Wednesday Crossword — August 15, 1979
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Charles Engler8/15/1979
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Backward (3 letters)
- 4 Across
- D.C. agent (4 letters)
- 8 Across
- Author of "The Alteration" (4 letters)
- 12 Across
- Follower of bridge or street (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- "Laborare est ___" (5 letters)
- 15 Across
- Piquant (4 letters)
- 16 Across
- Ningpo nurse (4 letters)
- 17 Across
- Fictional detective (10 letters)
- 19 Across
- Top-ranking bishop (7 letters)
- 21 Across
- Out on a limb, literally (5 letters)
- 22 Across
- Rock: Comb. form (4 letters)
- 23 Across
- Cronies (4 letters)
- 24 Across
- "Bread and Wine" author: 1937 (6 letters)
- 27 Across
- TV plainclothesman (7 letters)
- 30 Across
- Hot ___ pistol (3 letters)
- 31 Across
- Mediterranean gulf or seaport (5 letters)
- 33 Across
- Whey (5 letters)
- 35 Across
- Program featuring Hawkeye (4 letters)
- 37 Across
- Dean Martin show (5 letters)
- 39 Across
- Monkeyshine (4 letters)
- 40 Across
- Studio tripod (5 letters)
- 42 Across
- Midnight plus 60 minutes (5 letters)
- 44 Across
- Browning's "Rabbi ___ Ezra" (3 letters)
- 45 Across
- TV sleuth (7 letters)
- 47 Across
- Nine days' devotion (6 letters)
- 49 Across
- Antelope, to a lion (4 letters)
- 50 Across
- Architectural pier (4 letters)
- 51 Across
- Baby powders (5 letters)
- 53 Across
- Like the neighbors' grass (7 letters)
- 56 Across
- Spillane's shamus (10 letters)
- 58 Across
- Gator's cousin (4 letters)
- 60 Across
- Wellaway! (4 letters)
- 61 Across
- Effrontery (5 letters)
- 62 Across
- Within: Comb. form (4 letters)
- 63 Across
- Utensils for Poe (4 letters)
- 64 Across
- Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely" (4 letters)
- 65 Across
- Kt.'s attendant (3 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Peninsula in the U.S.A. (3 letters)
- 2 Down
- Garage entrance (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- Colleague of Dwight in W.W. II (4 letters)
- 4 Down
- Timeworn, as a joke (5 letters)
- 5 Down
- Defense against a mugger (4 letters)
- 6 Down
- Floating zoo (3 letters)
- 7 Down
- Juice for Zeus (6 letters)
- 8 Down
- Collared (8 letters)
- 9 Down
- Chanticleer, to a biddy (4 letters)
- 10 Down
- On the rocks (4 letters)
- 11 Down
- ___ Darya, Soviet river (3 letters)
- 13 Down
- S.S. Van Dine protagonist, with 48 Down (5 letters)
- 14 Down
- Painting the town red (7 letters)
- 18 Down
- Van Gogh's "Bedroom at ___" (5 letters)
- 20 Down
- Chinese dynasty or vase (4 letters)
- 23 Down
- Gone with the winds of fashion (5 letters)
- 24 Down
- Like many an "old story" (4 letters)
- 25 Down
- Rebecca's spouse (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- Steer snagger (5 letters)
- 27 Down
- Bingo's twin (5 letters)
- 28 Down
- Chief's concern (5 letters)
- 29 Down
- Pulitzer poet: 1948 (5 letters)
- 32 Down
- Kind of prize (5 letters)
- 34 Down
- Leonardo lady (4 letters)
- 36 Down
- Incapacitated (8 letters)
- 38 Down
- Leatherworkers (7 letters)
- 41 Down
- Decisive defeat in cribbage (5 letters)
- 43 Down
- Small particle (4 letters)
- 46 Down
- Iron-ore range (6 letters)
- 48 Down
- See 13 Down (5 letters)
- 50 Down
- "There's no music in ___": Ruskin (5 letters)
- 51 Down
- High silk hat (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- Descendant of Esau (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Relative of 4 Across (4 letters)
- 54 Down
- Lightweight champ: 1899–1902 (4 letters)
- 55 Down
- Gangland gats (4 letters)
- 56 Down
- Touring aid (3 letters)
- 57 Down
- Gamp or Gummidge (3 letters)
- 59 Down
- Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le ___ d'Or" (3 letters)
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