Wednesday Crossword — December 20, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/20/1978. By Herb L. Risteen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Emulate the flight of the kite (4)
- SOAR
- 5 Across: Canal or Canyon (5)
- GRAND
- 10 Across: SEATO, for one (4)
- PACT
- 14 Across: Earthen jar (4)
- OLLA
- 15 Across: Logrolling contest (5)
- ROLEO
- 16 Across: Port of importance in the Crusades (4)
- ACRE
- 17 Across: Easy to lift (15)
- LIGHTASAFEATHER
- 20 Across: Discharge in disgrace (7)
- CASHIER
- 21 Across: Diplomatic-corps dean (5)
- DOYEN
- 22 Across: Hill dweller (3)
- ANT
- 23 Across: Breakfast food (4)
- BRAN
- 25 Across: Appetizing (6)
- SAVORY
- 29 Across: Talk boastfully (4)
- BRAG
- 30 Across: Vinegar (3)
- VIM
- 33 Across: Urge on (4)
- ABET
- 34 Across: Snow or soap follower (5)
- FLAKE
- 35 Across: Suffix with alp or river (3)
- INE
- 36 Across: Build a Swiss bank account (15)
- FEATHERONESNEST
- 40 Across: Building section (3)
- ELL
- 41 Across: Eschew (5)
- AVOID
- 42 Across: Pitcher (4)
- EWER
- 43 Across: Madrid monarch (3)
- REY
- 44 Across: "Good Queen ___" (4)
- BESS
- 45 Across: Magician's "___ chango!" (6)
- PRESTO
- 47 Across: Solecistic word (4)
- AINT
- 48 Across: Vietnamese city (3)
- HUE
- 49 Across: Catkin (5)
- AMENT
- 52 Across: "Babes in Toyland" composer (7)
- HERBERT
- 56 Across: Compatible persons (15)
- BIRDSOFAFEATHER
- 60 Across: Muse of history (4)
- CLIO
- 61 Across: Ex ___ (one-sided) (5)
- PARTE
- 62 Across: Apt rhyme for casino (4)
- RENO
- 63 Across: Kind of mouse or hound (4)
- DEER
- 64 Across: Four of 52 (5)
- TREYS
- 65 Across: Marryat's "Mr. Midshipman ___" (4)
- EASY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Costa del ___ (3)
- SOL
- 2 Down: Suffix used in acid names (4)
- OLIC
- 3 Down: Water growth (4)
- ALGA
- 4 Down: Stadium sounds (4)
- RAHS
- 5 Down: Mottled, as a photograph (6)
- GRAINY
- 6 Down: Brazil red (5)
- ROSET
- 7 Down: Winged (4)
- ALAR
- 8 Down: Ship-shaped clock (3)
- NEF
- 9 Down: Hutch occupant (3)
- DOE
- 10 Down: "Cry the Beloved Country" author (5)
- PATON
- 11 Down: Rheumatic (4)
- ACHY
- 12 Down: Hudson Bay Indian (4)
- CREE
- 13 Down: Gull's cousin (4)
- TERN
- 18 Down: "___ she blows!" (4)
- THAR
- 19 Down: Well-known sayings (6)
- ADAGES
- 23 Down: Stigma (5)
- BRAND
- 24 Down: Dissolute man (4)
- RAKE
- 25 Down: Less risky (5)
- SAFER
- 26 Down: White poplar (5)
- ABELE
- 27 Down: Immature (5)
- VEALY
- 28 Down: Diamond star Mel (3)
- OTT
- 29 Down: City on the Loire (5)
- BLOIS
- 30 Down: Surveys (5)
- VIEWS
- 31 Down: Separate leaf in a book (5)
- INSET
- 32 Down: Subway on the Continent (5)
- METRO
- 34 Down: New England poet: 1874–1963 (5)
- FROST
- 37 Down: Special garbs (6)
- HABITS
- 38 Down: Uniform (4)
- EVEN
- 39 Down: Born (3)
- NEE
- 45 Down: Thick soups (6)
- PUREES
- 46 Down: One-fourth of a shekel (4)
- REBA
- 47 Down: Words in a contract (5)
- ANDOR
- 48 Down: Built like a fullback (5)
- HEFTY
- 49 Down: First four rows at the Met (4)
- ABCD
- 50 Down: Track-meet event (4)
- MILE
- 51 Down: Battle of Lake ___: 1813 (4)
- ERIE
- 52 Down: The constellation Lepus (4)
- HARE
- 53 Down: Raison d'___ (4)
- ETRE
- 54 Down: Flightless bird (4)
- RHEA
- 55 Down: "Sawbucks" (4)
- TENS
- 57 Down: Choose (3)
- OPT
- 58 Down: Word with East or West (3)
- FAR
- 59 Down: Campanella (3)
- ROY
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