Wednesday Crossword — October 24, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/24/1979. By C. J. Angio.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: The Crimson Tide, for short (4)
- BAMA
- 5 Across: God of love (4)
- AMOR
- 9 Across: One of two before "hooray" (3)
- HIP
- 12 Across: Capital of Guam (5)
- AGANA
- 14 Across: Successor to Claudius I (4)
- NERO
- 15 Across: Emulated Penelope (4)
- WOVE
- 16 Across: Hundred on a gridiron (5)
- YARDS
- 17 Across: On ___ (in trouble with the boss) (9)
- THECARPET
- 19 Across: Suffix with disc and talc (3)
- OID
- 20 Across: Spree (4)
- TOOT
- 22 Across: Poet Lizette Woodworth ___ (5)
- REESE
- 23 Across: Group honored annually on Oct. 24 (13)
- UNITEDNATIONS
- 27 Across: Kong's captive (4)
- WRAY
- 28 Across: Home of the Oilers (7)
- HOUSTON
- 31 Across: Tom Joad, for one (4)
- OKIE
- 34 Across: "The ___ of Navarone": 1961 film (4)
- GUNS
- 35 Across: "___ pro nobis" (3)
- ORA
- 36 Across: Legislative body for 23 Across (15)
- GENERALASSEMBLY
- 41 Across: Platter for a deejay (3)
- REC
- 42 Across: State flower of Tenn. (4)
- IRIS
- 43 Across: Shoe widths (4)
- EEES
- 44 Across: Puzzles (7)
- ENIGMAS
- 46 Across: Inoculation (4)
- SHOT
- 49 Across: Where the blueprint for 23 Across was drawn up (13)
- DUMBARTONOAKS
- 54 Across: He wrote "The Old Wives' Tale": 1595 (5)
- PEELE
- 56 Across: First-rate (4)
- AONE
- 57 Across: Nickname for one of the Russells (3)
- LIL
- 58 Across: Bureaucratic buck-passing (9)
- RUNAROUND
- 61 Across: Expiate (5)
- ATONE
- 63 Across: Comedian Johnson (4)
- ARTE
- 64 Across: Slangy synonym for influence (4)
- DRAG
- 65 Across: Musketeer maneuver (5)
- LUNGE
- 66 Across: Sandberg's "The People, ___" (3)
- YES
- 67 Across: ___-Q, old dance (4)
- SUSY
- 68 Across: "Father Knows ___" (4)
- BEST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Jambalaya country (5)
- BAYOU
- 2 Down: "How's that ___?" (5)
- AGAIN
- 3 Down: Melville book (5)
- MARDI
- 4 Down: Rain cats ___ dogs (3)
- AND
- 5 Down: Burton role in 1962 (6)
- ANTONY
- 6 Down: Zubin ___, noted conductor (5)
- MEHTA
- 7 Down: Native mineral (3)
- ORE
- 8 Down: Fabulous bird (3)
- ROC
- 9 Down: "Man partly is, and wholly ___": Browning (9)
- HOPESTOBE
- 10 Down: Currier's partner (4)
- IVES
- 11 Down: Rose or Fountain (4)
- PETE
- 13 Down: Fall bloom (5)
- ASTER
- 15 Down: Tomtits (5)
- WRENS
- 18 Down: Excite (6)
- AROUSE
- 21 Down: Harem room (3)
- ODA
- 24 Down: Sound from a nest (4)
- TWEE
- 25 Down: What "sic" means (4)
- THUS
- 26 Down: Cyclotron particles (4)
- IONS
- 29 Down: Wreath on a knight's helmet (4)
- ORLE
- 30 Down: Votes from the opposition (4)
- NAYS
- 31 Down: Man-eating monster (4)
- OGRE
- 32 Down: Sharp (4)
- KEEN
- 33 Down: Occurrences (9)
- INCIDENTS
- 34 Down: Natural ___ (3)
- GAS
- 37 Down: Edging tool (6)
- RIMMER
- 38 Down: Sinai dweller (4)
- ARAB
- 39 Down: Soprano Della Casa (4)
- LISA
- 40 Down: "Get ___ the Church on Time" (4)
- METO
- 45 Down: Upper throats (5)
- GULAE
- 46 Down: Like a stick-in-the-mud (6)
- STODGY
- 47 Down: Darlin' (3)
- HON
- 48 Down: He played in "Love Story" (5)
- ONEAL
- 50 Down: Punjab princes (5)
- RANAS
- 51 Down: By oneself (5)
- ALONE
- 52 Down: Book of the Bible (5)
- KINGS
- 53 Down: One cause of crashes (5)
- SLEET
- 54 Down: Say grace (4)
- PRAY
- 55 Down: Chartres' stream (4)
- EURE
- 59 Down: Army togs (3)
- ODS
- 60 Down: O.A.S. member (3)
- URU
- 62 Down: Junior's Saturday evening post (3)
- TUB
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