Wednesday Crossword — September 26, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/26/1979. By Meunier.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Ore deposit (4)
- LODE
- 5 Across: Unit of elec. current (3)
- AMP
- 8 Across: Violin for a virtuoso (5)
- AMATI
- 13 Across: Chimps (4)
- APES
- 14 Across: Keats feats (4)
- ODES
- 15 Across: Scimitar (5)
- SABER
- 16 Across: Main idea (4)
- GIST
- 17 Across: Prefix with meter or trooper (4)
- PARA
- 18 Across: Elephant's nasal extension (5)
- TRUNK
- 19 Across: Very special person (13)
- ONEINAMILLION
- 22 Across: Wait on tables (5)
- SERVE
- 23 Across: Against (4)
- ANTI
- 24 Across: Chances (4)
- ODDS
- 27 Across: Loner at a hop (4)
- STAG
- 28 Across: Christmas (4)
- NOEL
- 29 Across: Follower of astro or cosmo (4)
- NAUT
- 30 Across: Delicate sensitivity (4)
- TACT
- 32 Across: Tease (3)
- RIB
- 34 Across: New Deal letters (3)
- NRA
- 35 Across: "He ___ me to lie down . . . " (6)
- MAKETH
- 38 Across: Site of Lafayette College (6)
- EASTON
- 40 Across: Epoch (3)
- ERA
- 41 Across: Auditory organ (3)
- EAR
- 43 Across: Man or Rhodes (4)
- ISLE
- 44 Across: Care for (4)
- TEND
- 46 Across: Mexican day laborer (4)
- PEON
- 48 Across: Trips around the track (4)
- LAPS
- 51 Across: Wise one (4)
- SAGE
- 52 Across: Beanery sign (4)
- EATS
- 53 Across: Anagram for canoe (5)
- OCEAN
- 55 Across: Terrible odds (13)
- AMILLIONTOONE
- 58 Across: Wicked king (5)
- HEROD
- 60 Across: Metalware, often lacquered (4)
- TOLE
- 61 Across: Flats: Abbr. (4)
- APTS
- 62 Across: Solitary (5)
- ALONE
- 63 Across: "On thy cold gray stones, ___!" (4)
- OSEA
- 64 Across: Part of a vending machine (4)
- SLOT
- 65 Across: Sheen (5)
- GLOSS
- 66 Across: Legal matter (3)
- RES
- 67 Across: Heroine of an 1891 novel (4)
- TESS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Capital of Nigeria (5)
- LAGOS
- 2 Down: Thinks (6)
- OPINES
- 3 Down: Gobi or Sahara (6)
- DESERT
- 4 Down: Snooze through the summer (8)
- ESTIVATE
- 5 Down: Obdurate (7)
- ADAMANT
- 6 Down: Breed of sheep (6)
- MERINO
- 7 Down: Biblical book (7)
- PSALTER
- 8 Down: Italian province, noted for wine (4)
- ASTI
- 9 Down: Leave high and dry (6)
- MAROON
- 10 Down: Copious (8)
- ABUNDANT
- 11 Down: Number of Commandments (3)
- TEN
- 12 Down: Annoy (3)
- IRK
- 14 Down: ___-Locka, city in Fla. (3)
- OPA
- 20 Down: Nullify (6)
- NEGATE
- 21 Down: Easter flowers (6)
- LILIES
- 25 Down: Coin for 46 Across (4)
- DURO
- 26 Down: Netman Smith (4)
- STAN
- 31 Down: Place of worship (6)
- CHAPEL
- 33 Down: Vote (6)
- BALLOT
- 35 Down: They play at Shea (4)
- METS
- 36 Down: Region (4)
- AREA
- 37 Down: Leaper recorded by Captain Cook (8)
- KANGAROO
- 39 Down: Littoral area (8)
- SEACOAST
- 42 Down: He has lots to sell (7)
- REALTOR
- 43 Down: Shoe parts (7)
- INSOLES
- 45 Down: Incubuses (6)
- DEMONS
- 47 Down: Indolent (6)
- OTIOSE
- 49 Down: Folks (6)
- PEOPLE
- 50 Down: World's largest coffee port (6)
- SANTOS
- 54 Down: Hoopoes' homes (5)
- NESTS
- 56 Down: Kin of kalends and nones (4)
- IDES
- 57 Down: Rival of the A.F.T. (3)
- NEA
- 58 Down: Crone (3)
- HAG
- 59 Down: Building extension (3)
- ELL
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