Wednesday Crossword — January 31, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 1/31/1979. By Maura B. Jacobson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Elec. unit (3)
- AMP
- 4 Across: L.A. locale (5)
- CALIF
- 9 Across: Travois (4)
- SLED
- 13 Across: Do fingerpainting (4)
- DAUB
- 15 Across: Bell town (5)
- ADANO
- 16 Across: Held up in use (4)
- WORE
- 17 Across: Excerpt (15)
- ARTICLEPARTICLE
- 20 Across: Governs badly (8)
- MISRULES
- 21 Across: Not so puzzling (6)
- EASIER
- 22 Across: Stowe title (4)
- DRED
- 23 Across: Invites (4)
- ASKS
- 24 Across: Sticky (6)
- VISCID
- 27 Across: Prepay the pot (4)
- ANTE
- 28 Across: Dunce (3)
- ASS
- 31 Across: Of Andean natives (5)
- INCAN
- 32 Across: Ballerina's knee bend (4)
- PLIE
- 33 Across: Monitor lizard (4)
- URAN
- 34 Across: Clinch (15)
- SNUGGLESTRUGGLE
- 37 Across: Mal à la ___ (4)
- TETE
- 38 Across: Puccini piece (4)
- ARIA
- 39 Across: Mitt (5)
- GLOVE
- 40 Across: "But where ___ the snows . . . " (3)
- ARE
- 41 Across: Word on an octagonal sign (4)
- STOP
- 42 Across: Luise from Vienna (6)
- RAINER
- 43 Across: Form of "lie" (4)
- LAIN
- 44 Across: Creator of the Buddenbrooks (4)
- MANN
- 45 Across: Swear to (6)
- ATTEST
- 48 Across: Tended the flowers (8)
- GARDENED
- 52 Across: Gold standard (15)
- TREASUREMEASURE
- 54 Across: Yours and mine (4)
- OURS
- 55 Across: Duke or Day (5)
- DORIS
- 56 Across: Getz (4)
- STAN
- 57 Across: Confined, with "up" (4)
- PENT
- 58 Across: Robert ___ Sherwood (5)
- EMMET
- 59 Across: Pig's digs (3)
- STY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "Madam, I'm ___" (4)
- ADAM
- 2 Down: Parisian spouse (4)
- MARI
- 3 Down: ___ forth (proposes) (4)
- PUTS
- 4 Down: Directed the hoedown (6)
- CALLED
- 5 Down: "___ without a name": "Macbeth" (5)
- ADEED
- 6 Down: Track circuits (4)
- LAPS
- 7 Down: Actress Balin (3)
- INA
- 8 Down: Ranger of a sort (8)
- FORESTER
- 9 Down: Bernese, e.g. (5)
- SWISS
- 10 Down: Math points (4)
- LOCI
- 11 Down: Gardner (4)
- ERLE
- 12 Down: Elk's ilk (4)
- DEER
- 14 Down: Canary's confines (8)
- BIRDCAGE
- 18 Down: Smokehouse process (6)
- CURING
- 19 Down: Film segment (4)
- TAKE
- 23 Down: Loos (5)
- ANITA
- 24 Down: Panorama (5)
- VISTA
- 25 Down: Kind of city or tube (5)
- INNER
- 26 Down: Reptile's covering (5)
- SCUTE
- 27 Down: Town in NE Illinois (5)
- ALSIP
- 28 Down: Gaseous element in our atmosphere (5)
- ARGON
- 29 Down: Ointment (5)
- SALVE
- 30 Down: Derisive look (5)
- SNEER
- 32 Down: Name of fame in Argentina (5)
- PERON
- 33 Down: Duckling's problem (8)
- UGLINESS
- 35 Down: Line on a map (8)
- LATITUDE
- 36 Down: Amin's realm (6)
- UGANDA
- 41 Down: Back talk (4)
- SASS
- 42 Down: Most uncommon (6)
- RAREST
- 43 Down: Minimum (5)
- LEAST
- 44 Down: Former First Lady (5)
- MAMIE
- 45 Down: On the peak (4)
- ATOP
- 46 Down: Factual (4)
- TRUE
- 47 Down: Sea swallow (4)
- TERN
- 48 Down: Bacterium (4)
- GERM
- 49 Down: C.O. Skinner's "___ in May" (4)
- NUTS
- 50 Down: Part of Q.E.D. (4)
- ERAT
- 51 Down: Gainsay (4)
- DENY
- 53 Down: Male gypsy (3)
- ROM
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