Wednesday Crossword — February 7, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/7/1979. By C. J. Angio.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Seven for Sinbad (4)
- SEAS
- 5 Across: Author of the quotation below (4)
- SHAW
- 9 Across: Squama (5)
- SCALE
- 14 Across: Start of a quotation (4)
- LACK
- 15 Across: Armadillo (4)
- PEBA
- 16 Across: Paint company employee (5)
- TONER
- 17 Across: Court celebrity (4)
- ASHE
- 18 Across: North African cypress pine (4)
- ARAR
- 19 Across: Rocket's upper stage (5)
- AGENA
- 20 Across: Mangel-wurzels (5)
- BEETS
- 22 Across: Quotation: Part II (9)
- OFMONEYIS
- 24 Across: Noted N.Y. governor (7)
- CLINTON
- 26 Across: State bird of Hawaii (4)
- NENE
- 27 Across: Turkish titles (6)
- PASHAS
- 30 Across: Triton (4)
- NEWT
- 32 Across: Quotation: Part III (3)
- THE
- 33 Across: "The play's the ___" (5)
- THING
- 36 Across: Tocsin (5)
- ALARM
- 40 Across: Lancaster's Valley group (5)
- AMISH
- 42 Across: Rosalynn Carter, ___ Smith (3)
- NEE
- 43 Across: Neighbor of Iraq (5)
- SYRIA
- 44 Across: Therefore (5)
- HENCE
- 45 Across: Kind of singer or bearer (5)
- TORCH
- 47 Across: Here, in Haiti (3)
- ICI
- 48 Across: ___ Islands, near New Guinea (4)
- AROE
- 50 Across: OPEC lands (6)
- OILDOM
- 52 Across: Like A. J. Foyt's cars (4)
- FAST
- 55 Across: Historic French forest (7)
- ARGONNE
- 58 Across: Quotation: Part IV (9)
- ROOTOFALL
- 60 Across: Dehisced (5)
- GAPED
- 64 Across: Fiat (5)
- ORDER
- 65 Across: Wainscot (4)
- CEIL
- 67 Across: Carnegie or Evans (4)
- DALE
- 68 Across: Genesis (5)
- START
- 69 Across: Rikki-Tikki-___ (4)
- TAVI
- 70 Across: End of quotation (4)
- EVIL
- 71 Across: Byron's "The Lament of ___" (5)
- TASSO
- 72 Across: Captain Hook's sidekick (4)
- SMEE
- 73 Across: Authentic (4)
- REAL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Thick piece of marble (4)
- SLAB
- 2 Down: Luxury (4)
- EASE
- 3 Down: Word with tooth or ear (4)
- ACHE
- 4 Down: Rough drawing (6)
- SKETCH
- 5 Down: French Lick is one (3)
- SPA
- 6 Down: Bittern (5)
- HERON
- 7 Down: At the stern (5)
- ABAFT
- 8 Down: Rabid hawk (9)
- WARMONGER
- 9 Down: Musial (4)
- STAN
- 10 Down: In a convincing way (8)
- COGENTLY
- 11 Down: Keep ___ on (watch over) (5)
- ANEYE
- 12 Down: Pravda founder: 1912 (5)
- LENIN
- 13 Down: Obliterate (5)
- ERASE
- 21 Down: Apply thickly (7)
- SLATHER
- 23 Down: Washington's bill (3)
- ONE
- 25 Down: ___ Kabibble (3)
- ISH
- 27 Down: The Egyptian Vulcan (4)
- PTAH
- 28 Down: Alas! (4)
- AHME
- 29 Down: Existence, in Essen (4)
- SEIN
- 31 Down: Monday's chore (7)
- WASHING
- 34 Down: Has reciprocal effect (9)
- INTERACTS
- 35 Down: Prefix with classic or Gothic (3)
- NEO
- 37 Down: Devoid of interest (4)
- ARID
- 38 Down: Puerto ___ (4)
- RICO
- 39 Down: Disable (4)
- MAIM
- 41 Down: Strews (8)
- SCATTERS
- 46 Down: Debate side (3)
- CON
- 49 Down: Lummox (3)
- OAF
- 51 Down: Man in the van (6)
- LEADER
- 52 Down: Jack or Robert (5)
- FROST
- 53 Down: Corporeal channel (5)
- AORTA
- 54 Down: Refreshments (5)
- SODAS
- 56 Down: Flash of light (5)
- GLEAM
- 57 Down: Relish-tray item (5)
- OLIVE
- 59 Down: "___ take arms . . . " (4)
- ORTO
- 61 Down: Smooth the way (4)
- PAVE
- 62 Down: Kazan (4)
- ELIA
- 63 Down: Farmer's locale, in a song (4)
- DELL
- 66 Down: Whopper (3)
- LIE
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