Wednesday Crossword — August 29, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/29/1979. By Frank Geary.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Arabian port (4)
- ADEN
- 5 Across: Joseph's many-colored garment (4)
- COAT
- 9 Across: Don José's feeling for Carmen (4)
- AMOR
- 13 Across: Cut off (4)
- PARE
- 14 Across: Ending with wash or wear (4)
- ABLE
- 15 Across: Pentateuch (5)
- TORAH
- 17 Across: Lamb's pseudonym (4)
- ELIA
- 18 Across: Bag of tricks (10)
- REPERTOIRE
- 20 Across: What S O S signifies (8)
- DISTRESS
- 22 Across: Employee (6)
- EARNER
- 23 Across: Proboscis (4)
- NOSE
- 24 Across: He had an Irish Rose (4)
- ABIE
- 25 Across: Fragments (6)
- SHREDS
- 28 Across: Criterion (8)
- STANDARD
- 32 Across: Respite (5)
- PAUSE
- 33 Across: Realtors' wares (4)
- LOTS
- 34 Across: "___ Tag," Barrie play (3)
- DER
- 35 Across: Sea birds (4)
- ERNS
- 36 Across: In solitude (5)
- ALONE
- 38 Across: ___ Scotia (4)
- NOVA
- 39 Across: Silkworm (3)
- ERI
- 40 Across: Brain's offspring (4)
- IDEA
- 41 Across: Antitoxin (5)
- SERUM
- 42 Across: Vacuum tube (8)
- DYNATRON
- 44 Across: Genetic offshoots (6)
- CLONES
- 45 Across: Ouch's cause (4)
- PAIN
- 46 Across: What claques do (4)
- CLAP
- 47 Across: Dome (6)
- CUPOLA
- 50 Across: Augment or intensify (8)
- HEIGHTEN
- 54 Across: Within creative or fanciful limits (10)
- IMAGINABLE
- 56 Across: Auld lang syne (4)
- YORE
- 57 Across: Cop ___: Slang (5)
- APLEA
- 58 Across: Pluvious forecast (4)
- RAIN
- 59 Across: Refrain syllables (4)
- TRAS
- 60 Across: Witnessed (4)
- SEEN
- 61 Across: Sigma Chi, for short (4)
- FRAT
- 62 Across: Congers (4)
- EELS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Imitated (4)
- APED
- 2 Down: Salvador from Spain (4)
- DALI
- 3 Down: Goddess of discord (4)
- ERIS
- 4 Down: Sometimes this counts (8)
- NEATNESS
- 5 Down: Fondle (6)
- CARESS
- 6 Down: Portly (5)
- OBESE
- 7 Down: Hannibal crossed them (4)
- ALPS
- 8 Down: Curling mark (3)
- TEE
- 9 Down: Achieves (7)
- ATTAINS
- 10 Down: Anchored (6)
- MOORED
- 11 Down: O'Neill protagonist (4)
- ORIN
- 12 Down: Infrequent (4)
- RARE
- 16 Down: "Leave ___ to Heaven": Ben Ames Williams (3)
- HER
- 19 Down: Kickback (6)
- REBATE
- 21 Down: Took a cab (4)
- RODE
- 24 Down: Like ___ of bricks (4)
- ATON
- 25 Down: This has its limits (5)
- SPEED
- 26 Down: Franklin's follower (5)
- HARRY
- 27 Down: Quarrel (5)
- RUNIN
- 28 Down: Former V.I.P. at G.M. (5)
- SLOAN
- 29 Down: Embellish (5)
- ADORN
- 30 Down: Musical performance (5)
- REVUE
- 31 Down: Small quantities (5)
- DRAMS
- 36 Down: Pope: 772–95 (6)
- ADRIAN
- 37 Down: Spinks (4)
- LEON
- 38 Down: Novice (8)
- NEOPHYTE
- 40 Down: Native of Leghorn (7)
- ITALIAN
- 41 Down: Smelter's fused refuse (4)
- SLAG
- 43 Down: Highest point (6)
- APOGEE
- 44 Down: Private eye's customer (6)
- CLIENT
- 46 Down: "As You Like It" girl (5)
- CELIA
- 47 Down: Govt. agency (3)
- CIA
- 48 Down: Decision makers, for short (4)
- UMPS
- 49 Down: Ashen (4)
- PALE
- 50 Down: Flanged piece of metal (4)
- HBAR
- 51 Down: Went like 60 (4)
- TORE
- 52 Down: Of an epoch (4)
- ERAL
- 53 Down: Watery home of a monster? (4)
- NESS
- 55 Down: Comment from Annie's canine (3)
- ARF
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