Wednesday Crossword — October 10, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 10/10/1979. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Oh, What ___ Was Mary" (4)
- APAL
- 5 Across: Carson quip (5)
- ADLIB
- 10 Across: Highway access (4)
- RAMP
- 14 Across: Alliance acronym (4)
- NATO
- 15 Across: Moulin ___ (5)
- ROUGE
- 16 Across: Draft status (4)
- ONEA
- 17 Across: Theme song for Ali's challenger? (15)
- SWINGINGONASTAR
- 20 Across: Slanders (8)
- ASPERSES
- 21 Across: Serviceable (5)
- UTILE
- 22 Across: ___ B. (univ. degree) (4)
- LITT
- 23 Across: Concerning (4)
- ASTO
- 25 Across: Theme song for a rookie? (13)
- HEYLOOKMEOVER
- 30 Across: Painting by Orozco (5)
- MURAL
- 31 Across: Affectations (4)
- AIRS
- 32 Across: Dyer's need (3)
- VAT
- 34 Across: Conjugator's word (4)
- AMAS
- 35 Across: Throng (5)
- HORDE
- 37 Across: Autry or Tierney (4)
- GENE
- 38 Across: Repartee requisite (3)
- WIT
- 39 Across: Kyoto quaff (4)
- SAKE
- 40 Across: Flynn of former flicks (5)
- ERROL
- 41 Across: Theme song for an epeeist? (13)
- DONTFENCEMEIN
- 45 Across: Pledge (4)
- OATH
- 46 Across: Athena ___ (4)
- ALEA
- 47 Across: Oleoresin (5)
- ELEMI
- 50 Across: Society column newsmakers (8)
- SMARTSET
- 54 Across: Theme song for a clown? (15)
- PUTONAHAPPYFACE
- 57 Across: Stravinsky (4)
- IGOR
- 58 Across: Spelunking spots (5)
- CAVES
- 59 Across: Word with ear or tooth (4)
- ACHE
- 60 Across: Treat for a tot (4)
- CONE
- 61 Across: Word with fore or after (5)
- THERE
- 62 Across: Work-break time (4)
- NOON
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Amphora adjunct (4)
- ANSA
- 2 Down: Fido's foursome (4)
- PAWS
- 3 Down: "Take ___ from me" (4)
- ATIP
- 4 Down: "I wandered ___ a cloud . . . ": Wordsworth (8)
- LONELYAS
- 5 Down: Elitist, for short (6)
- ARISTO
- 6 Down: "Look What They've ___ My Song" (6)
- DONETO
- 7 Down: Pulls with effort (4)
- LUGS
- 8 Down: "There ___," 1940 song (3)
- IGO
- 9 Down: Author Hecht (3)
- BEN
- 10 Down: Metropolis on the Don (6)
- ROSTOV
- 11 Down: Con (4)
- ANTI
- 12 Down: Repast (4)
- MEAL
- 13 Down: Trim (4)
- PARE
- 18 Down: Short-order cook's need (5)
- GRILL
- 19 Down: Nash and Reo (5)
- AUTOS
- 23 Down: During (4)
- AMID
- 24 Down: Wizened (4)
- SERE
- 25 Down: Like St. Louis in August (5)
- HUMID
- 26 Down: Clio's poetic sister (5)
- ERATO
- 27 Down: Valentine delivered in Santa Rosa (5)
- KAREN
- 28 Down: "If ___ Would Leave You," 1960 song (5)
- EVERI
- 29 Down: Talked heedlessly (5)
- RANON
- 30 Down: Gullet (3)
- MAW
- 33 Down: Arab word for hill (3)
- TEL
- 35 Down: Tool handle (4)
- HAFT
- 36 Down: Slangy approval (4)
- OKEH
- 37 Down: ___ palm (sounds like a rooter) (8)
- GREATFAN
- 39 Down: Soil (5)
- STAIN
- 40 Down: Corundum for grinding (5)
- EMERY
- 42 Down: "Weep ___, my lady . . . " (6)
- NOMORE
- 43 Down: Home on wheels (6)
- CAMPER
- 44 Down: Go by (6)
- ELAPSE
- 47 Down: "Beowulf" is one (4)
- EPIC
- 48 Down: Province of Spain (4)
- LUGO
- 49 Down: School Eden attended (4)
- ETON
- 50 Down: Goalie's triumph (4)
- SAVE
- 51 Down: Maine city or river (4)
- SACO
- 52 Down: Blip on a radarscope (4)
- ECHO
- 53 Down: Harold of the comics (4)
- TEEN
- 55 Down: Do a skit (3)
- ACT
- 56 Down: Sound of disbelief (3)
- HAH
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