Wednesday Crossword — December 26, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/26/1979. By Joy L. Wouk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Johann Sebastian ___ (4)
- BACH
- 5 Across: Sharp blow (4)
- CLAP
- 9 Across: ___ morgana (mirage) (4)
- FATA
- 13 Across: Singer Fitzgerald (4)
- ELLA
- 14 Across: Leander's love (4)
- HERO
- 15 Across: Rational (5)
- SOBER
- 16 Across: Like ___ of bricks (4)
- ATON
- 17 Across: "The ___ that men do . . . " (4)
- EVIL
- 18 Across: Letter permitting a cleric to transfer (5)
- EXEAT
- 19 Across: Comic verse (8)
- DOGGEREL
- 21 Across: Spays (6)
- ALTERS
- 22 Across: Dismal (4)
- DIRE
- 23 Across: Make a canine sound (4)
- GNAR
- 24 Across: British lord's domain (6)
- BARONY
- 27 Across: Carpenter's support (8)
- SAWHORSE
- 31 Across: Item in a makeup kit (5)
- ROUGE
- 32 Across: Soft drink (4)
- COLA
- 33 Across: Rockweed (4)
- TANG
- 34 Across: Ending with post (3)
- ERN
- 35 Across: Arbor (5)
- BOWER
- 36 Across: Caesar's "man" (3)
- VIR
- 37 Across: On the roof (4)
- ATOP
- 39 Across: Regrets (4)
- RUES
- 40 Across: ___ de chine (5)
- CREPE
- 42 Across: Multiply (8)
- MANIFOLD
- 44 Across: Kind of ray (6)
- VIOLET
- 45 Across: Crossed bars (4)
- GRID
- 46 Across: Information (4)
- DATA
- 47 Across: Orator Webster (6)
- DANIEL
- 50 Across: Andirons (8)
- FIREDOGS
- 54 Across: To pieces (5)
- APART
- 55 Across: Jai ___ (4)
- ALAI
- 56 Across: Triangular instrument (4)
- HARP
- 57 Across: Populace (5)
- DEMOS
- 58 Across: Crescent-shaped figure (4)
- LUNE
- 59 Across: River formed at Pittsburgh (4)
- OHIO
- 60 Across: Genesis locale (4)
- EDEN
- 61 Across: "___, Kindly Light" (4)
- LEAD
- 62 Across: Outburst or outrush (4)
- GUST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Draw a ___ on (aim) (4)
- BEAD
- 2 Down: Lowest female voice (4)
- ALTO
- 3 Down: Patten (4)
- CLOG
- 4 Down: Furtive (7)
- HANGDOG
- 5 Down: Amarelle (6)
- CHERRY
- 6 Down: Reception (5)
- LEVEE
- 7 Down: Seed covering (4)
- ARIL
- 8 Down: Cambodia's Pot (3)
- POL
- 9 Down: Dance in 4/4 time (7)
- FOXTROT
- 10 Down: ___ in one's bonnet (4)
- ABEE
- 11 Down: Sign of sorrow (4)
- TEAR
- 12 Down: Crafts' companion (4)
- ARTS
- 15 Down: Psalm word (5)
- SELAH
- 20 Down: "___ kleine Nachtmusik" (4)
- EINE
- 21 Down: Sadat (5)
- ANWAR
- 23 Down: Hurricanes' little cousins (5)
- GALES
- 24 Down: Golden shiner (5)
- BREAM
- 25 Down: Insect's vital vessel (5)
- AORTA
- 26 Down: Kind of sentence (5)
- RUNON
- 27 Down: Sprinkled (5)
- SOWED
- 28 Down: "Boléro" composer (5)
- RAVEL
- 29 Down: Marsh bird (5)
- SNIPE
- 30 Down: Plume source (5)
- EGRET
- 32 Down: "I ___ a tale unfold . . . ": Hamlet (5)
- COULD
- 35 Down: Tumult (5)
- BROIL
- 38 Down: Blast-furnace product (7)
- PIGIRON
- 40 Down: Mention (4)
- CITE
- 41 Down: Dangerous driver (7)
- ROADHOG
- 43 Down: Lute parts (5)
- FRETS
- 44 Down: Diverse (6)
- VARIED
- 46 Down: Huntress of mythology (5)
- DIANA
- 47 Down: Florida county (4)
- DADE
- 48 Down: Mimicked (4)
- APED
- 49 Down: Epithet (4)
- NAME
- 50 Down: Soft, fluffy lint (4)
- FLUE
- 51 Down: Diamond Head location (4)
- OAHU
- 52 Down: Cubist Juan (4)
- GRIS
- 53 Down: Cleaner's concern (4)
- SPOT
- 55 Down: "___ the Way," 1957 song (3)
- ALL
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