Wednesday Crossword — March 21, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/21/1979. By Mary Virginia Orna.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Capitol feature (4)
- DOME
- 5 Across: Headland (4)
- NESS
- 9 Across: Lombardy lake (4)
- COMO
- 13 Across: Set up (5)
- ERECT
- 15 Across: Thomas Hood's "Eugene ___" (4)
- ARAM
- 16 Across: Fresh: Abbr. (4)
- ORIG
- 17 Across: "Alexandria Quartet" author (15)
- LAWRENCEDURRELL
- 20 Across: Underwriter (7)
- INSURER
- 21 Across: Empty (5)
- INANE
- 22 Across: Escoffier and Bocuse (5)
- CHEFS
- 25 Across: Yellow-fever culprit (5)
- AEDES
- 26 Across: Free-for-all (5)
- MELEE
- 30 Across: "Where there's ___ . . . " (5)
- AWILL
- 32 Across: Seed covering (4)
- ARIL
- 33 Across: Slightest (6)
- MEREST
- 35 Across: Affirmative (3)
- YES
- 38 Across: Composer of "Clarinet Quintet in A" (15)
- WOLFGANGAMOZART
- 41 Across: Piffle (3)
- ROT
- 42 Across: Troupe group (6)
- ACTORS
- 43 Across: Heraldic border (4)
- ORLE
- 44 Across: Small woodenware (5)
- TREEN
- 45 Across: Article of faith (5)
- TENET
- 46 Across: Allegro ___: Mus. dir. (5)
- ASSAI
- 49 Across: Happen again (5)
- RECUR
- 52 Across: Ecstasy (5)
- BLISS
- 53 Across: Al fresco (7)
- OPENAIR
- 58 Across: One of a famous ennead (15)
- BEETHOVENSSIXTH
- 62 Across: Brink (4)
- EDGE
- 63 Across: San Diego Zoo inhabitant (4)
- KIWI
- 64 Across: Ill will (5)
- SPITE
- 65 Across: River of Belgium (4)
- YSER
- 66 Across: Guinness (4)
- ALEC
- 67 Across: Blackthorn (4)
- SLOE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sandwich shop, for short (4)
- DELI
- 2 Down: Algerian seaport (4)
- ORAN
- 3 Down: London's royal stables (4)
- MEWS
- 4 Down: Neutral shade (4)
- ECRU
- 5 Down: Mother-of-pearl (5)
- NACRE
- 6 Down: Rather than (3)
- ERE
- 7 Down: Mournful (3)
- SAD
- 8 Down: T.C.U. rival (3)
- SMU
- 9 Down: Actor Wilde (6)
- CORNEL
- 10 Down: Mountain nymph (5)
- OREAD
- 11 Down: Eeyore's creator (5)
- MILNE
- 12 Down: Coquettish glances (5)
- OGLES
- 14 Down: Canonical hour (5)
- TERCE
- 18 Down: O.T. book (3)
- NEH
- 19 Down: Theater district (6)
- RIALTO
- 23 Down: Nearing complete exhaustion (7)
- FARGONE
- 24 Down: Take an oath (5)
- SWEAR
- 26 Down: Bryn ___ (4)
- MAWR
- 27 Down: Slangy suffix (4)
- EROO
- 28 Down: Rhythmic cadence (4)
- LILT
- 29 Down: Kringle aide (3)
- ELF
- 31 Down: Ideologies (4)
- ISMS
- 33 Down: Self-defense item (4)
- MACE
- 34 Down: Go in (5)
- ENTER
- 35 Down: Tale (4)
- YARN
- 36 Down: Gardner (4)
- ERLE
- 37 Down: Proofreader's direction (4)
- STET
- 39 Down: Loud (6)
- GARISH
- 40 Down: Playwright Akins (3)
- ZOE
- 44 Down: Vintner's employee (6)
- TASTER
- 45 Down: Lock (5)
- TRESS
- 46 Down: Famed ruins at Cluny (5)
- ABBEY
- 47 Down: Vehicles in Whitehorse and Yellowknife (5)
- SLEDS
- 48 Down: Long, distressing period (5)
- SIEGE
- 50 Down: Shaped like a funnel (5)
- CONIC
- 51 Down: Highs (3)
- UPS
- 54 Down: Stings, as frost (4)
- NIPS
- 55 Down: Plant angle (4)
- AXIL
- 56 Down: "Tell ___ the Marines" (4)
- ITTO
- 57 Down: Syngman of Korea (4)
- RHEE
- 59 Down: Orel's river (3)
- OKA
- 60 Down: Municipality: Abbr. (3)
- VIL
- 61 Down: One-time lamb (3)
- EWE
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