Wednesday Crossword — January 24, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 1/24/1979. By Jean J. Davison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Likely (3)
- APT
- 4 Across: Cuckoo (4)
- DAFT
- 8 Across: Ivan or Nicholas (4)
- TSAR
- 12 Across: Zeno's hometown (4)
- ELEA
- 13 Across: Shade of green (5)
- ALOES
- 15 Across: Prefix for distant or lateral (4)
- EQUI
- 16 Across: Grime (4)
- DIRT
- 17 Across: Feat (5)
- STUNT
- 18 Across: Corrosion (4)
- RUST
- 19 Across: Third dimension (5)
- DEPTH
- 21 Across: Unify (9)
- INTEGRATE
- 23 Across: Anoints, old style (6)
- ANELES
- 25 Across: Up in ___ (unsettled) (6)
- THEAIR
- 26 Across: Soprano Kubiak of the Met (6)
- TERESA
- 28 Across: Best or worst (6)
- DEFEAT
- 31 Across: Rhea's relative (3)
- EMU
- 33 Across: Cousin of tie-dye (5)
- BATIK
- 35 Across: Liquid measure: Br. or Fr. (5)
- LITRE
- 36 Across: ___ the riot act (4)
- READ
- 38 Across: Readied the fiddle (5)
- TUNED
- 40 Across: Scorch (4)
- CHAR
- 41 Across: Moslem faith (5)
- ISLAM
- 43 Across: Water wheel (5)
- NORIA
- 45 Across: Shade tree (3)
- ELM
- 46 Across: Pinko's pal (6)
- COMMIE
- 48 Across: Gambol (6)
- FROLIC
- 50 Across: With candor (6)
- OPENLY
- 52 Across: Negligent (6)
- REMISS
- 55 Across: After-school punishment (9)
- DETENTION
- 58 Across: Small herring (5)
- SPRAT
- 59 Across: Ireland (4)
- ERIN
- 60 Across: Domestic duck (5)
- ROUEN
- 62 Across: Before novem (4)
- OCTO
- 63 Across: Slab of ice (4)
- FLOE
- 64 Across: Door or gate (5)
- ENTRY
- 65 Across: It comes 'twixt cup and lip (4)
- SLIP
- 66 Across: Care for (4)
- TEND
- 67 Across: Oxford or pump (4)
- SHOE
- 68 Across: X (3)
- TEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Foreign (5)
- ALIEN
- 2 Down: An impossible dream (15)
- PERPETUALMOTION
- 3 Down: Blab (6)
- TATTLE
- 4 Down: German article (3)
- DAS
- 5 Down: High: Comb. form (4)
- ALTI
- 6 Down: An impossible dream (15)
- FOUNTAINOFYOUTH
- 7 Down: Tithe (5)
- TENTH
- 8 Down: Very good or very bad (8)
- TERRIFIC
- 9 Down: An instruction impossible to fulfill (15)
- SQUARETHECIRCLE
- 10 Down: Neighbor of Ger. and It. (4)
- AUST
- 11 Down: Bar mitzvah, e.g. (4)
- RITE
- 12 Down: Norse myth collection (4)
- EDDA
- 14 Down: Rosinante or Bucephalus (5)
- STEED
- 20 Down: Dill or thyme (4)
- HERB
- 22 Down: Celt (4)
- GAEL
- 24 Down: Base (4)
- SEAT
- 27 Down: Flabbergast (4)
- STUN
- 29 Down: Soviet lake (4)
- ARAL
- 30 Down: Semester's relative (4)
- TERM
- 31 Down: ___ the Red (4)
- ERIC
- 32 Down: Middle: Comb. form (4)
- MESO
- 34 Down: Jean or Walter (4)
- KERR
- 37 Down: Prepared sheets for ironing (8)
- DAMPENED
- 39 Down: Name in high fashion (4)
- DIOR
- 42 Down: Aspect (4)
- MIEN
- 44 Down: English country festivals (4)
- ALES
- 47 Down: ___ nous (5)
- ENTRE
- 49 Down: Duty (6)
- IMPOST
- 51 Down: Celebrities (5)
- LIONS
- 53 Down: Smooth material (5)
- SATIN
- 54 Down: Road sign (4)
- STOP
- 55 Down: Adroit (4)
- DEFT
- 56 Down: Perry's creator (4)
- ERLE
- 57 Down: Famous fiddler (4)
- NERO
- 61 Down: Group of pheasants (3)
- NYE
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