Wednesday Crossword — April 9, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/9/1980. By Bette Sue Cohen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Grand" batting feat (4)
- SLAM
- 5 Across: "La Douce" (4)
- IRMA
- 9 Across: Record-breaker Hank (5)
- AARON
- 14 Across: Entire: Comb. form (4)
- HOLO
- 15 Across: Average (4)
- MEAN
- 16 Across: Lane in London (5)
- DRURY
- 17 Across: Civil liberties org. (4)
- ACLU
- 18 Across: Type of hairdo (4)
- AFRO
- 19 Across: Miss by ___ (5)
- AMILE
- 20 Across: Announcer's report on a home run (14)
- GOINGGOINGGONE
- 23 Across: Active one (4)
- DOER
- 24 Across: "___ the ramparts . . . " (3)
- OER
- 25 Across: Heartsease (5)
- PANSY
- 28 Across: Record-breaker Roger (5)
- MARIS
- 31 Across: Ott of Polo Grounds fame (3)
- MEL
- 34 Across: Atmospheres (6)
- AROMAS
- 36 Across: Scored more runs (3)
- WON
- 37 Across: Renown (4)
- FAME
- 38 Across: Fine fielding feat (15)
- SHOESTRINGCATCH
- 41 Across: East Indian hemp (4)
- SUNN
- 42 Across: Shutout spoiler (3)
- RUN
- 43 Across: "Third Reich" author (6)
- SHIRER
- 44 Across: D.C.-from-Chi. direction (3)
- ESE
- 45 Across: City on the Red River (5)
- FARGO
- 47 Across: Iroquois members (5)
- ERIES
- 48 Across: ___ Deco (3)
- ART
- 49 Across: Biting remark (4)
- BARB
- 51 Across: Mets, Reds et al. (14)
- NATIONALLEAGUE
- 58 Across: Arms and wings (5)
- LIMBS
- 59 Across: Medit. language (4)
- ITAL
- 60 Across: Peer (4)
- LORD
- 61 Across: Of the hipbone (5)
- ILIAC
- 62 Across: Phillies' Rose (4)
- PETE
- 63 Across: Dip (4)
- LADE
- 64 Across: Slow, to Solti (5)
- LENTO
- 65 Across: Observed (4)
- SEEN
- 66 Across: Hit with a bean ball (4)
- STUN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Chase fly balls (4)
- SHAG
- 2 Down: Nuts (4)
- LOCO
- 3 Down: " . . . monarch of ___ survey" (4)
- ALLI
- 4 Down: Hurlers (9)
- MOUNDSMEN
- 5 Down: Candidate's concern (5)
- IMAGE
- 6 Down: What K. M. Landis instituted (6)
- REFORM
- 7 Down: Spouse, in Savoie (4)
- MARI
- 8 Down: Shortly (4)
- ANON
- 9 Down: Saws (6)
- ADAGES
- 10 Down: Lancelot's gear (5)
- ARMOR
- 11 Down: Decaying state (4)
- RUIN
- 12 Down: Heraldic border (4)
- ORLE
- 13 Down: U.S. humorist: 1850–96 (3)
- NYE
- 21 Down: "Naked Maja," etc. (5)
- GOYAS
- 22 Down: ___-on (activities) (6)
- GOINGS
- 25 Down: In no way mod (5)
- PASSE
- 26 Down: Danish port (5)
- ARHUS
- 27 Down: Nary a soul (5)
- NOONE
- 29 Down: "On ___ and a prayer" (5)
- AWING
- 30 Down: Yankees' Guidry (3)
- RON
- 31 Down: Mother: Comb. form (5)
- MATRI
- 32 Down: Mike person (5)
- EMCEE
- 33 Down: Glassmakers' ovens (5)
- LEHRS
- 35 Down: Prefix with sphere (6)
- STRATO
- 37 Down: Umpires' calls (9)
- FAIRBALLS
- 39 Down: Capek play (3)
- RUR
- 40 Down: ___ amie (5)
- CHERE
- 45 Down: Giants' burg (6)
- FRISCO
- 46 Down: Like a flattened ball (6)
- OBLATE
- 48 Down: Awaiting the pitch (5)
- ATBAT
- 50 Down: Announcer Mel (see 20 Across) (5)
- ALLEN
- 51 Down: Egypt's lifeline (4)
- NILE
- 52 Down: Idi (4)
- AMIN
- 53 Down: Beats by a run (4)
- NIPS
- 54 Down: To ___ (exactly) (4)
- ATEE
- 55 Down: Player who loses the game (4)
- GOAT
- 56 Down: Pakistani tongue (4)
- URDU
- 57 Down: Garden spot (4)
- EDEN
- 58 Down: ___ Abner (3)
- LIL
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