Wednesday Crossword — September 5, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/5/1979. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: L.A. euphemism for smog (4)
- HAZE
- 5 Across: Kind of pupil (4)
- STAR
- 9 Across: ___ cum laude (5)
- MAGNA
- 14 Across: Type style: Abbr. (4)
- ITAL
- 15 Across: Comfort (4)
- EASE
- 16 Across: Do ___ burn (seethe) (5)
- ASLOW
- 17 Across: Parents' September lament: Part I (15)
- FORBACKTOSCHOOL
- 20 Across: One who surmises (8)
- INFERRER
- 21 Across: Shrimp dish (6)
- PRAWNS
- 22 Across: Obtain (3)
- GET
- 23 Across: Winged (4)
- ALAR
- 24 Across: Part II of "lament" (15)
- WHYDOTHEYIMPOSE
- 32 Across: They go to blazes (5)
- HOSES
- 33 Across: State bird of Hawaii (4)
- NENE
- 34 Across: Layer (3)
- HEN
- 35 Across: U.S.S.R. neighbor (4)
- IRAN
- 36 Across: Explosion (5)
- BLAST
- 38 Across: Arena agenda (4)
- CARD
- 39 Across: State (3)
- SAY
- 40 Across: Thrash or thresh (4)
- BEAT
- 41 Across: ___ Lanza, memorable tenor (5)
- MARIO
- 42 Across: Part III of "lament" (15)
- THEGOLDENRULEOF
- 46 Across: Stratagem (4)
- RUSE
- 47 Across: Arab alliance: 1958–61 (3)
- UAR
- 48 Across: Chico's treat (6)
- TAMALE
- 51 Across: Most wrathful (8)
- ANGRIEST
- 56 Across: Last line of "lament" (15)
- BRANDNEWCLOTHES
- 58 Across: Chemical compound (5)
- AMIDE
- 59 Across: Silkworm (4)
- ERIA
- 60 Across: Author Bombeck (4)
- ERMA
- 61 Across: British golf cup (5)
- RYDER
- 62 Across: French city (4)
- LYON
- 63 Across: Rabin's predecessor (4)
- MEIR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Relative of stereo (4)
- HIFI
- 2 Down: Like ___ of bricks (4)
- ATON
- 3 Down: Artistic cuplike stand (4)
- ZARF
- 4 Down: River into the North Sea (4)
- ELBE
- 5 Down: Arcane (6)
- SECRET
- 6 Down: " . . . and the Lord ___ away" (6)
- TAKETH
- 7 Down: Star: Comb. form (4)
- ASTR
- 8 Down: Car named for Mr. Olds (3)
- REO
- 9 Down: Kind of lace (7)
- MACRAME
- 10 Down: Musical key (6)
- ASHARP
- 11 Down: Radiate (4)
- GLOW
- 12 Down: Whistle-blowing time (4)
- NOON
- 13 Down: Piercing tools (4)
- AWLS
- 18 Down: Historic city in Greece (5)
- ARGOS
- 19 Down: First-aid contrivance (6)
- SPLINT
- 23 Down: Capitol Hill votes (4)
- AYES
- 24 Down: Forerunner of bridge (5)
- WHIST
- 25 Down: Israeli dance (5)
- HORAH
- 26 Down: Famed Belgian violinist (5)
- YSAYE
- 27 Down: Leonine lair (3)
- DEN
- 28 Down: Growing out (5)
- ENATE
- 29 Down: Busy airport (5)
- OHARE
- 30 Down: Word with comic (5)
- SERIO
- 31 Down: "Till the ___ Time," 1945 song (5)
- ENDOF
- 36 Down: Nazi war-crimes setting (6)
- BELSEN
- 37 Down: Do a shipper's job (4)
- LADE
- 38 Down: One of Ike's predecessors (3)
- CAL
- 40 Down: Plymouth Rock, e.g. (7)
- BOULDER
- 41 Down: ___ Trail, on Lanai, Hawaii (5)
- MURRO
- 43 Down: Rio ___ (6)
- GRANDE
- 44 Down: Papal legate (6)
- NUNCIO
- 45 Down: Loose overcoat (6)
- RAGLAN
- 48 Down: Skier's transport (4)
- TBAR
- 49 Down: It "marches on its stomach" (4)
- ARMY
- 50 Down: Hotel worker (4)
- MAID
- 51 Down: Off course (4)
- AWRY
- 52 Down: News brief (4)
- ITEM
- 53 Down: Honor, in Hannover (4)
- EHRE
- 54 Down: Half: Prefix (4)
- SEMI
- 55 Down: Autocrat (4)
- TSAR
- 57 Down: Slithery creature (3)
- EEL
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