Wednesday Crossword — April 23, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 4/23/1980. By Raymond F. Eisner.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Poet Ogden (4)
NASH
5 Across: Bar orders (5)
SOURS
10 Across: Semitic deity of yore (4)
BAAL
14 Across: Prefix with plasm (4)
ECTO
15 Across: Sieved food (5)
PUREE
16 Across: Nazimova (4)
ALLA
17 Across: Rattigan play, with "The" (15)
BROWNINGVERSION
20 Across: Trust (8)
RELIANCE
21 Across: Parlor piece (6)
SETTEE
22 Across: Tupelo or tulip (4)
TREE
23 Across: Loblolly (4)
PINE
24 Across: United States of ___ (6)
BRAZIL
27 Across: Candidate for a body shop (4)
DENT
28 Across: Gibraltar primate (3)
APE
31 Across: Iron, in Essen (5)
EISEN
32 Across: Hot or love follower (4)
SEAT
33 Across: Crocus, for one (4)
IRID
34 Across: Poet Elizabeth (15)
BARRETTBROWNING
37 Across: Nice seasons (4)
ETES
38 Across: U.S.S.R. river (4)
URAL
39 Across: Like-minded (5)
ATONE
40 Across: Housman's "A Shropshire ___" (3)
LAD
41 Across: Mean moppet (4)
BRAT
42 Across: Match sites (6)
ARENAS
43 Across: Type of tail (4)
PONY
44 Across: Turkish title (4)
EMIR
45 Across: Nunnery V.I.P. (6)
ABBESS
48 Across: Adjective for some cooks and maids (8)
SLEEPOUT
52 Across: "Vulgar Errors" author (15)
SIRTHOMASBROWNE
54 Across: Faure or Wiesel (4)
ELIE
55 Across: Roman holiday (5)
FERIA
56 Across: Jacket feature (4)
SLIT
57 Across: English country festivals (4)
ALES
58 Across: Western bees (5)
FLIES
59 Across: Commune in Padova (4)
ESTE

Down Answers

1 Down: Broken Bow is here: Abbr. (4)
NEBR
2 Down: Parcel for a peasant to plow (4)
ACRE
3 Down: Acronym for a type of aircraft (4)
STOL
4 Down: Artillery weapons (9)
HOWITZERS
5 Down: Ruby ___ (gem) (6)
SPINEL
6 Down: Snow leopard (5)
OUNCE
7 Down: Exhort (4)
URGE
8 Down: Bible bk. (3)
REV
9 Down: Investigates (8)
SEESINTO
10 Down: Sew loosely (5)
BASTE
11 Down: Came to rest (4)
ALIT
12 Down: Succulent plant (4)
ALOE
13 Down: Abbe or Lois (4)
LANE
18 Down: Of the nostrils (6)
NARINE
19 Down: Lessee's payment (4)
RENT
23 Down: Bailey or White (5)
PEARL
24 Down: A founder of Germany's Social Democratic Party (5)
BEBEL
25 Down: Rancher's lariat (5)
RIATA
26 Down: ___ as a beet (5)
ASRED
27 Down: Dispute, in Paris (5)
DEBAT
28 Down: Greek poet who rode on a dolphin (5)
ARION
29 Down: External ear (5)
PINNA
30 Down: Selvages (5)
EDGES
32 Down: Maverick (5)
STRAY
33 Down: Mediate (9)
INTERPOSE
35 Down: Takes a highway exit (8)
TURNSOFF
36 Down: More cautious (6)
WARIER
41 Down: Tommyrot (4)
BOSH
42 Down: Protozoa (6)
AMEBAS
43 Down: Reiser and Rozelle (5)
PETES
44 Down: Longfellow heroine (5)
ELSIE
45 Down: " . . . ___ of troubles": Hamlet (4)
ASEA
46 Down: Invoice (4)
BILL
47 Down: Creamy cheese (4)
BRIE
48 Down: Delhi dress (4)
SARI
49 Down: Wise ones, proverbially (4)
OWLS
50 Down: Group of troops (4)
UNIT
51 Down: Item above a cou (4)
TETE
53 Down: Singer Tillis (3)
MEL

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