Wednesday Crossword — April 30, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/30/1980. By John Chervokas.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Treat for Rover (4)
BONE
5 Across: Romance, in Ravenna (5)
AMORE
10 Across: "___ she blows!" (4)
THAR
14 Across: Opus choreographed by Balanchine (4)
AGON
15 Across: Man, for one (5)
BIPED
16 Across: Wee bit (4)
IOTA
17 Across: Strauss favorite (15)
BLUEDANUBEWALTZ
20 Across: Hankering (3)
YEN
21 Across: Exploits (4)
USES
22 Across: Goodnight girl (5)
IRENE
23 Across: Lynn of the Red Sox (4)
FRED
24 Across: Turner who was christened Julia (4)
LANA
26 Across: Strong aversion (6)
HORROR
29 Across: Huge statues (7)
COLOSSI
32 Across: Harold the chemist (4)
UREY
33 Across: Lincoln's birthplace (5)
CABIN
34 Across: Memorabilia (3)
ANA
36 Across: Kohlrabi and kale (15)
GREENVEGETABLES
40 Across: Towel word (3)
HIS
41 Across: Disease-carrying mosquito (5)
AEDES
42 Across: Night on the town (4)
LARK
43 Across: Early Westerner (7)
SETTLER
45 Across: Meet feats (6)
VAULTS
47 Across: Lends a hand (4)
AIDS
48 Across: Word with rats or hen (4)
BANE
49 Across: Word form with physics (5)
ASTRO
52 Across: Delta material (4)
SILT
53 Across: Burro (3)
ASS
56 Across: Wallflower's cousin (15)
SHRINKINGVIOLET
60 Across: Pompadour, for example (4)
COIF
61 Across: Caesar's "veni" (5)
ICAME
62 Across: Send a cable (4)
WIRE
63 Across: Kelso's foot (4)
HOOF
64 Across: Errata (5)
TYPOS
65 Across: ___ year (4)
LEAP

Down Answers

1 Down: Brice's Snooks (4)
BABY
2 Down: Lecher's wide-eyed stare (4)
OGLE
3 Down: It may be collective (4)
NOUN
4 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
ENE
5 Down: One who humiliates (6)
ABASER
6 Down: Laid booby traps (5)
MINED
7 Down: Composer's effort (4)
OPUS
8 Down: He fought with Lee (3)
REB
9 Down: Dutch commune (3)
EDE
10 Down: Glittery headgear (6)
TIARAS
11 Down: Doughnut property (4)
HOLE
12 Down: Abbr. on an envelope (4)
ATTN
13 Down: Bring down the house (4)
RAZE
18 Down: Spanish legal tender (4)
DURO
19 Down: City in SE Minn. (6)
WINONA
23 Down: David the aper (4)
FRYE
24 Down: Lung divisions (5)
LOBES
25 Down: Disembarked (4)
ALIT
26 Down: Carey or Downs (4)
HUGH
27 Down: Root used to make sachet (5)
ORRIS
28 Down: Harold the ex-shortstop (5)
REESE
29 Down: A seven-footer, quite often (5)
CAGER
30 Down: West Coast shrub (5)
SALAL
31 Down: Very sluggish (5)
INERT
33 Down: Gives up (5)
CEDES
35 Down: Questions (4)
ASKS
37 Down: She carried clout at the bar (6)
NATION
38 Down: Antelopes play here, too (4)
VELD
39 Down: Cerulean (4)
BLUE
44 Down: Import-export issue (6)
TARIFF
45 Down: Sluice gates (6)
VALVES
46 Down: Supporter's antithesis (4)
ANTI
48 Down: Nickname for a famous warship (5)
BIGMO
49 Down: Sholem the writer (4)
ASCH
50 Down: Curt comment to a cat (4)
SHOO
51 Down: Division of a march (4)
TRIO
52 Down: Lead-pipe cinch (4)
SNAP
53 Down: "Shall Caesar send ___?": Shak. (4)
ALIE
54 Down: Curative agents (4)
SERA
55 Down: Something to watch (4)
STEP
57 Down: Set of tools (3)
KIT
58 Down: Aloof (3)
ICY
59 Down: Boobook or ruru (3)
OWL

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