Wednesday Crossword — November 14, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/14/1979. By William Jarvis.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Word with knee or fools (3)
- CAP
- 4 Across: Sgt. Friday worked for it (4)
- LAPD
- 8 Across: Kind of test tube (5)
- PHIAL
- 13 Across: Tarzan's mate (4)
- JANE
- 14 Across: Dies ___ (4)
- IRAE
- 15 Across: Laundry cycle (5)
- RINSE
- 16 Across: "Voi che sapete" is one (4)
- ARIA
- 17 Across: Streaky pastry (10)
- MARBLECAKE
- 19 Across: Prop for a promenade (12)
- WALKINGSTICK
- 21 Across: Addison's partner (6)
- STEELE
- 22 Across: School subj. (3)
- SCI
- 23 Across: Football pts. (3)
- TDS
- 26 Across: Fed. agency (3)
- IRS
- 28 Across: The Jewish people, as descendants of Jacob (6)
- ISRAEL
- 30 Across: Motorist's manual device (10)
- STICKSHIFT
- 36 Across: Site of Napoleon's first exile (4)
- ELBA
- 37 Across: Birchbark or dugout (5)
- CANOE
- 38 Across: Kimono sash (3)
- OBI
- 39 Across: Proboscis (5)
- SNOUT
- 40 Across: Ray or Moro (4)
- ALDO
- 41 Across: Ancient circular arrangement on Salisbury Plain (10)
- STONEHENGE
- 43 Across: Molly McGee's maid (6)
- BEULAH
- 45 Across: Heredity's helix (3)
- DNA
- 46 Across: Compass dir. (3)
- SSE
- 47 Across: Fluffy scarf (3)
- BOA
- 49 Across: Russian marshal (6)
- ZHUKOV
- 54 Across: Source of smooth talk (12)
- BLARNEYSTONE
- 57 Across: Any prude or pedant (10)
- SCHOOLMARM
- 60 Across: ___ Minor (4)
- URSA
- 61 Across: "A Bell for ___" (5)
- ADANO
- 62 Across: Escutcheon border (4)
- ORLE
- 63 Across: Virginia ___ (4)
- REEL
- 64 Across: King's "I have a ___" (5)
- DREAM
- 65 Across: Bread and whisky (4)
- RYES
- 66 Across: Turner or Hentoff (3)
- NAT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Weight equal to 200 mg. (5)
- CARAT
- 2 Down: Doddering (5)
- ANILE
- 3 Down: Arab Legion founder (5)
- PEAKE
- 4 Down: Da Vinci and Hopper (7)
- LIMNERS
- 5 Down: "He's ___ Picker," Berlin song (4)
- ARAG
- 6 Down: Golf scores (4)
- PARS
- 7 Down: Word on a dollar bill (5)
- DEBTS
- 8 Down: Summary (6)
- PRECIS
- 9 Down: Rube (4)
- HICK
- 10 Down: Balin or Claire (3)
- INA
- 11 Down: "___, and ye shall receive" (3)
- ASK
- 12 Down: Grant's adversary (3)
- LEE
- 13 Down: Hit film of 1975 (4)
- JAWS
- 18 Down: Permissible (5)
- LICIT
- 20 Down: "___ Ike" (5)
- ILIKE
- 23 Down: Eagle's claw (5)
- TALON
- 24 Down: Remove spying devices (5)
- DEBUG
- 25 Down: Purplish gray (5)
- SLATE
- 27 Down: Word with put or gun (4)
- SHOT
- 29 Down: Descartes or Magritte (4)
- RENE
- 30 Down: Strikebreakers (5)
- SCABS
- 31 Down: Fitzgerald's "___ of the Jazz Age" (5)
- TALES
- 32 Down: Transfuse or supply (5)
- INDUE
- 33 Down: Imperturbable (4)
- COOL
- 34 Down: Nigerian language (3)
- IBO
- 35 Down: Encounter (4)
- FIND
- 39 Down: Former Iranian rulers (5)
- SHAHS
- 41 Down: Sand bar (5)
- SHOAL
- 42 Down: Pepsin, trypsin, etc. (7)
- ENZYMES
- 44 Down: In flower (6)
- ABLOOM
- 48 Down: Protective plate (5)
- ARMOR
- 50 Down: Motorist's about-face (5)
- UTURN
- 51 Down: Where Pusan is (5)
- KOREA
- 52 Down: Commencement (5)
- ONSET
- 53 Down: Kind of stew (4)
- VEAL
- 54 Down: ___ fide (4)
- BONA
- 55 Down: Not one, to 9 Down (4)
- NARY
- 56 Down: Creator of Perry (4)
- ERLE
- 57 Down: Chapfallen (3)
- SAD
- 58 Down: Nav. rank (3)
- CDR
- 59 Down: "Scots Wha ___": Burns (3)
- HAE
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