Wednesday Crossword — July 18, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/18/1979. By Russell.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Noted inventor and electrician (5)
TESLA
6 Across: Augury (4)
OMEN
10 Across: "Terrible" czar (4)
IVAN
14 Across: Garret (5)
ATTIC
15 Across: Determine the graduations of (9)
CALIBRATE
17 Across: Hemingway novel (15)
THESUNALSORISES
19 Across: Dumbarton Oaks, e.g. (6)
ESTATE
20 Across: Violations (6)
ABUSES
21 Across: Give forth (4)
EMIT
24 Across: Summer, in Vichy (3)
ETE
25 Across: Stewpot (4)
OLLA
29 Across: Flight info (3)
ETA
30 Across: Mohammedan religion (5)
ISLAM
34 Across: Raise (4)
REAR
35 Across: Cuttlefishes (6)
SEPIAS
38 Across: Boundary: Comb. form (3)
ORI
39 Across: Salinger classic, with "The" (15)
CATCHERINTHERYE
42 Across: Exploit (3)
USE
43 Across: Classify (6)
ASSORT
44 Across: ___ even keel (4)
ONAN
45 Across: Thicket growth (5)
SHRUB
47 Across: Mediocre mark (3)
CEE
48 Across: Without (4)
SANS
49 Across: Clear (3)
RID
51 Across: Navy V.I.P.'s (4)
ADMS
53 Across: Kind of justice or license (6)
POETIC
56 Across: Exhibit (6)
PARADE
61 Across: Hemingway tale, with "The" (15)
OLDMANANDTHESEA
64 Across: T.M. adherent (9)
MEDITATOR
65 Across: Data for a computer (5)
INPUT
66 Across: U.S. agcy. since 1958 (4)
NASA
67 Across: Calhoun of the cinema (4)
RORY
68 Across: Defeats (5)
BESTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Where to see Watts works (4)
TATE
2 Down: Old English letters (4)
ETHS
3 Down: Proofreading direction (4)
STET
4 Down: Soprano in Bellini's "La Sonnambula" (4)
LISA
5 Down: Keenly perceptive (5)
ACUTE
6 Down: Wood sorrel (3)
OCA
7 Down: Grand or petit follower (3)
MAL
8 Down: Maxwell or Lanchester (4)
ELSA
9 Down: Queen whose pride Leto could not abide (5)
NIOBE
10 Down: Rainbows (6)
IRISES
11 Down: Tall, open vessel (4)
VASE
12 Down: Sweetsop (4)
ATES
13 Down: Vane readings (3)
NES
16 Down: Cruel and stupid (7)
BRUTISH
18 Down: Avengers (7)
NEMESES
22 Down: Roman roads (5)
ITERS
23 Down: Pudding thickener (7)
TAPIOCA
25 Down: Underworld god (5)
ORCUS
26 Down: Fido's tether (5)
LEASH
27 Down: In the future (5)
LATER
28 Down: Curve segment (3)
ARC
31 Down: Singer Luft (5)
LORNA
32 Down: "Nordic" in the Third Reich (5)
ARYAN
33 Down: External appearances (5)
MIENS
36 Down: "The Lady ___," 1935 song (5)
INRED
37 Down: Endeavor (7)
ATTEMPT
40 Down: Natural environment (7)
HABITAT
41 Down: Dawn goddess (3)
EOS
46 Down: Poisoning of the blood (6)
UREMIA
50 Down: Money in Baghdad (5)
DINAR
52 Down: Master, in colonial India (5)
SAHIB
53 Down: Entreaty (4)
PLEA
54 Down: Track figures (4)
ODDS
55 Down: Roman statesman (4)
CATO
57 Down: Descartes (4)
RENE
58 Down: Vipers (4)
ASPS
59 Down: O.T. book (4)
DEUT
60 Down: Corrodes (4)
EATS
61 Down: All: Comb. form (3)
OMN
62 Down: Conjunction (3)
NOR
63 Down: Prohibitionist (3)
DRY

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