Wednesday Crossword — August 15, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/15/1979. By Charles Engler.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Backward (3)
- FRO
- 4 Across: D.C. agent (4)
- TMAN
- 8 Across: Author of "The Alteration" (4)
- AMIS
- 12 Across: Follower of bridge or street (4)
- LAMP
- 14 Across: "Laborare est ___" (5)
- ORARE
- 15 Across: Piquant (4)
- RACY
- 16 Across: Ningpo nurse (4)
- AMAH
- 17 Across: Fictional detective (10)
- NICKCARTER
- 19 Across: Top-ranking bishop (7)
- PRIMATE
- 21 Across: Out on a limb, literally (5)
- TREED
- 22 Across: Rock: Comb. form (4)
- LITE
- 23 Across: Cronies (4)
- PALS
- 24 Across: "Bread and Wine" author: 1937 (6)
- SILONE
- 27 Across: TV plainclothesman (7)
- BARETTA
- 30 Across: Hot ___ pistol (3)
- ASA
- 31 Across: Mediterranean gulf or seaport (5)
- GABES
- 33 Across: Whey (5)
- SERUM
- 35 Across: Program featuring Hawkeye (4)
- MASH
- 37 Across: Dean Martin show (5)
- ROAST
- 39 Across: Monkeyshine (4)
- DIDO
- 40 Across: Studio tripod (5)
- EASEL
- 42 Across: Midnight plus 60 minutes (5)
- ONEAM
- 44 Across: Browning's "Rabbi ___ Ezra" (3)
- BEN
- 45 Across: TV sleuth (7)
- COLUMBO
- 47 Across: Nine days' devotion (6)
- NOVENA
- 49 Across: Antelope, to a lion (4)
- PREY
- 50 Across: Architectural pier (4)
- ANTA
- 51 Across: Baby powders (5)
- TALCS
- 53 Across: Like the neighbors' grass (7)
- GREENER
- 56 Across: Spillane's shamus (10)
- MIKEHAMMER
- 58 Across: Gator's cousin (4)
- CROC
- 60 Across: Wellaway! (4)
- ALAS
- 61 Across: Effrontery (5)
- BRASS
- 62 Across: Within: Comb. form (4)
- ENDO
- 63 Across: Utensils for Poe (4)
- PENS
- 64 Across: Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely" (4)
- ISNT
- 65 Across: Kt.'s attendant (3)
- ESQ
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Peninsula in the U.S.A. (3)
- FLA
- 2 Down: Garage entrance (4)
- RAMP
- 3 Down: Colleague of Dwight in W.W. II (4)
- OMAR
- 4 Down: Timeworn, as a joke (5)
- TRITE
- 5 Down: Defense against a mugger (4)
- MACE
- 6 Down: Floating zoo (3)
- ARK
- 7 Down: Juice for Zeus (6)
- NECTAR
- 8 Down: Collared (8)
- ARRESTED
- 9 Down: Chanticleer, to a biddy (4)
- MATE
- 10 Down: On the rocks (4)
- ICED
- 11 Down: ___ Darya, Soviet river (3)
- SYR
- 13 Down: S.S. Van Dine protagonist, with 48 Down (5)
- PHILO
- 14 Down: Painting the town red (7)
- ONATEAR
- 18 Down: Van Gogh's "Bedroom at ___" (5)
- ARLES
- 20 Down: Chinese dynasty or vase (4)
- MING
- 23 Down: Gone with the winds of fashion (5)
- PASSE
- 24 Down: Like many an "old story" (4)
- SAME
- 25 Down: Rebecca's spouse (5)
- ISAAC
- 26 Down: Steer snagger (5)
- LASSO
- 27 Down: Bingo's twin (5)
- BEANO
- 28 Down: Chief's concern (5)
- TRIBE
- 29 Down: Pulitzer poet: 1948 (5)
- AUDEN
- 32 Down: Kind of prize (5)
- BOOBY
- 34 Down: Leonardo lady (4)
- MONA
- 36 Down: Incapacitated (8)
- HELPLESS
- 38 Down: Leatherworkers (7)
- TANNERS
- 41 Down: Decisive defeat in cribbage (5)
- LURCH
- 43 Down: Small particle (4)
- MOTE
- 46 Down: Iron-ore range (6)
- MESABI
- 48 Down: See 13 Down (5)
- VANCE
- 50 Down: "There's no music in ___": Ruskin (5)
- AREST
- 51 Down: High silk hat (4)
- TILE
- 52 Down: Descendant of Esau (4)
- AKAN
- 53 Down: Relative of 4 Across (4)
- GMAN
- 54 Down: Lightweight champ: 1899–1902 (4)
- ERNE
- 55 Down: Gangland gats (4)
- RODS
- 56 Down: Touring aid (3)
- MAP
- 57 Down: Gamp or Gummidge (3)
- MRS
- 59 Down: Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le ___ d'Or" (3)
- COQ
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