Wednesday Crossword — August 8, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/8/1979. By Greenleaf.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Iridescent (7)
- OPALINE
- 8 Across: Inflamed (7)
- STIRRED
- 15 Across: Andiron (7)
- FIREDOG
- 16 Across: Place for making leather (7)
- TANNERY
- 17 Across: Lenten act (7)
- FASTING
- 18 Across: Moving, as leaves (7)
- ARUSTLE
- 19 Across: Son of Seth (4)
- ENOS
- 20 Across: Missile bins (5)
- SILOS
- 22 Across: "___ Alte" (Adenauer) (3)
- DER
- 23 Across: Actor Glass in "Barney Miller" (3)
- RON
- 24 Across: They work out before playing (8)
- ATHLETES
- 27 Across: ___ Garson (5)
- GREER
- 28 Across: Ultimate (4)
- LAST
- 32 Across: Carbohydrate: Suffix (3)
- OSE
- 35 Across: Family mems. (4)
- RELS
- 36 Across: Magic manufactured in Hollywood (6)
- GLAMOR
- 38 Across: Launce (7)
- SANDEEL
- 40 Across: Pie order (7)
- ALAMODE
- 41 Across: Gentlemen's companions (6)
- LADIES
- 42 Across: Right away (4)
- ANON
- 43 Across: Met in council (3)
- SAT
- 44 Across: Thereabouts (4)
- ORSO
- 45 Across: Large amount (5)
- FLOOD
- 46 Across: Restores wasteland (8)
- RECLAIMS
- 49 Across: Cheer (3)
- RAH
- 52 Across: Pismire (3)
- ANT
- 55 Across: Wedding-gown feature (5)
- TRAIN
- 56 Across: ___ Alto (4)
- PALO
- 57 Across: What everybody talks about (7)
- WEATHER
- 59 Across: Quisling (7)
- TRAITOR
- 62 Across: Art devotee (7)
- ESTHETE
- 63 Across: Nine-to-five people (7)
- EARNERS
- 64 Across: Held the helm (7)
- STEERED
- 65 Across: Repentant regret (7)
- REMORSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Present (5)
- OFFER
- 2 Down: Opposite of forte (5)
- PIANO
- 3 Down: A felony (5)
- ARSON
- 4 Down: Court cries (4)
- LETS
- 5 Down: Ides, in Italy (3)
- IDI
- 6 Down: Sine qua ___ (3)
- NON
- 7 Down: Wall color (8)
- EGGSHELL
- 8 Down: Less fresh (6)
- STALER
- 9 Down: Fortune card (5)
- TAROT
- 10 Down: Occupied (5)
- INUSE
- 11 Down: M.D.'s right hands (3)
- RNS
- 12 Down: Like many a sr. citizen (4)
- RETD
- 13 Down: Gardner (4)
- ERLE
- 14 Down: Author of "Pulling Your Own Strings" (4)
- DYER
- 21 Down: Saint-Louis and de France (4)
- ILES
- 24 Down: See eye to eye (5)
- AGREE
- 25 Down: Locusts and Indian beans (5)
- TREES
- 26 Down: Bang (4)
- SLAM
- 29 Down: Andy's partner (4)
- AMOS
- 30 Down: Ash or pop predecessor (4)
- SODA
- 31 Down: Waste allowance (4)
- TRET
- 32 Down: One place to spend kroner (4)
- OSLO
- 33 Down: German coal basin (4)
- SAAR
- 34 Down: Goals (4)
- ENDS
- 36 Down: Dimness (5)
- GLOOM
- 37 Down: "In ___ beyond the sea": Wordsworth (5)
- LANDS
- 39 Down: Memorable couturier (4)
- DIOR
- 40 Down: Priest's role during Extreme Unction (8)
- ANOINTER
- 42 Down: U.S.S.R. range (4)
- ALAI
- 45 Down: Spread gradually outward, as a skirt (6)
- FLARED
- 47 Down: Anesthetic (5)
- ETHER
- 48 Down: Minos' island (5)
- CRETE
- 49 Down: Estimator (5)
- RATER
- 50 Down: "Well?" in Caen (5)
- ALORS
- 51 Down: Roan or sorrel (5)
- HORSE
- 52 Down: Causes fear mixed with reverence (4)
- AWES
- 53 Down: Aerie (4)
- NEST
- 54 Down: London gallery (4)
- TATE
- 56 Down: Spanish evergreen (4)
- PINO
- 58 Down: Article (3)
- THE
- 60 Down: Actress Charlotte (3)
- RAE
- 61 Down: A firth is one (3)
- ARM
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