Wednesday Crossword — March 28, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/28/1979. By Kathryn Righter.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Medit. island (3)
- SAR
- 4 Across: Stansfield Turner's org. (3)
- CIA
- 7 Across: Fasten with cord (4)
- LASH
- 11 Across: Lose color (4)
- FADE
- 12 Across: Verdi opera (4)
- AIDA
- 14 Across: Third canonical hour (5)
- TERCE
- 15 Across: What an altimeter indicates (9)
- ELEVATION
- 17 Across: Rose oil (5)
- ATTAR
- 18 Across: Russian wagon (6)
- TELEGA
- 19 Across: Shade of blue (8)
- SAPPHIRE
- 21 Across: "The ___ Isle" (Erin) (7)
- EMERALD
- 23 Across: Kind of glass or lamp (4)
- OPAL
- 24 Across: Small porch (5)
- STOOP
- 26 Across: Fully matured (6)
- MELLOW
- 29 Across: Concur (5)
- AGREE
- 32 Across: He's often robbed (5)
- PETER
- 34 Across: Inner: Prefix (3)
- ESO
- 35 Across: Burden (4)
- LOAD
- 36 Across: Walter Payton's teammates (5)
- BEARS
- 37 Across: Guthrie (4)
- ARLO
- 38 Across: With 30 Down, a color (3)
- OLD
- 39 Across: Sierra ___ (5)
- MADRE
- 40 Across: Le Gallienne's "The ___ the Little Peoples" (5)
- CRYOF
- 41 Across: Prepared for publication (6)
- EDITED
- 43 Across: I work: Sp. (5)
- LABRO
- 45 Across: Quote (4)
- CITE
- 46 Across: Baseball locale (7)
- DIAMOND
- 50 Across: Kind of blonde (8)
- PLATINUM
- 54 Across: Spongy substance used as tinder (6)
- AMADOU
- 55 Across: Rider on a winged ram (5)
- HELLE
- 56 Across: Cursed article in a Collins classic (9)
- MOONSTONE
- 58 Across: "Lounge lizard" (5)
- IDLER
- 59 Across: Bois de Boulogne is one (4)
- PARC
- 60 Across: Angers (4)
- IRES
- 61 Across: Macaulay's "___ of Ancient Rome" (4)
- LAYS
- 62 Across: Kind of table or wagon (3)
- TEA
- 63 Across: Between E.S.T. and M.S.T. (3)
- CST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: City in NE corner of Mass. (5)
- SALEM
- 2 Down: Name meaning "noble" (5)
- ADELE
- 3 Down: Like a clerical collar (8)
- REVERSED
- 4 Down: Buffalo-cattle hybrid (6)
- CATALO
- 5 Down: Act ___, "La Traviata" finale (3)
- III
- 6 Down: Stirs (4)
- ADOS
- 7 Down: Deadly (6)
- LETHAL
- 8 Down: Troops firing howitzers (9)
- ARTILLERY
- 9 Down: Cicatrix (4)
- SCAR
- 10 Down: Now's partner (4)
- HERE
- 11 Down: Celebration (4)
- FETE
- 13 Down: Prefix meaning "up" (3)
- ANA
- 14 Down: Telegraph key (6)
- TAPPER
- 16 Down: Type of type (5)
- AGATE
- 20 Down: Apple, pear, quince et al. (5)
- POMES
- 22 Down: Doctored (5)
- DOPED
- 25 Down: Singer Bailey (5)
- PEARL
- 27 Down: King Olav's capital (4)
- OSLO
- 28 Down: Canine sound (4)
- WOOF
- 29 Down: Plant of the lily family (4)
- ALOE
- 30 Down: See 38 Across (4)
- GOLD
- 31 Down: In an extreme way (9)
- RADICALLY
- 33 Down: Tire feature (5)
- TREAD
- 36 Down: Former state in West Germany (5)
- BADEN
- 37 Down: Fragrant (8)
- AROMATIC
- 39 Down: Trade or profession (6)
- METIER
- 40 Down: Studies at the last minute (5)
- CRAMS
- 42 Down: Earl and duke (6)
- TITLES
- 44 Down: Sister-in-law of Petruchio (6)
- BIANCA
- 47 Down: Scents (5)
- ODORS
- 48 Down: Composition for nine (5)
- NONET
- 49 Down: Club fees (4)
- DUES
- 50 Down: Villapiano of the Raiders (4)
- PHIL
- 51 Down: Mother of Castor and Pollux (4)
- LEDA
- 52 Down: Ref's counterpart (3)
- UMP
- 53 Down: Castle defense (4)
- MOAT
- 57 Down: Prospector's quest (3)
- ORE
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