Wednesday Crossword — August 13, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/13/1980. By Peter Swift.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fish seen in tanks a lot (5)
- GUPPY
- 6 Across: Asian title of respect (4)
- KHAN
- 10 Across: Sea ___ (motorboat) (4)
- SLED
- 14 Across: Harden (5)
- INURE
- 15 Across: The Supreme Court, e.g. (4)
- NINE
- 16 Across: He had many a kick coming (4)
- PELE
- 17 Across: English town (15)
- STRATFORDONAVON
- 20 Across: Rent (4)
- TORN
- 21 Across: Top-notch (3)
- ACE
- 22 Across: Clumsy (5)
- INEPT
- 23 Across: Uncomfortably moist (4)
- DANK
- 25 Across: Preserves in brine (7)
- PICKLES
- 27 Across: About to be a has-been (6)
- FADING
- 30 Across: Chummy, in Cheltenham (5)
- MATEY
- 31 Across: Great expanse (5)
- OCEAN
- 32 Across: Adjutant (4)
- AIDE
- 33 Across: Tit for ___ (3)
- TAT
- 36 Across: French city (15)
- CHALONSSURMARNE
- 40 Across: Coop dweller (3)
- HEN
- 41 Across: Nick Charles's dog (4)
- ASTA
- 42 Across: Make amends (5)
- ATONE
- 43 Across: Boniface, Benedict et al. (5)
- POPES
- 45 Across: Without kernels (6)
- PITTED
- 46 Across: Neckwear (7)
- SCARVES
- 49 Across: Birthmark (4)
- MOLE
- 50 Across: Craze (5)
- MANIA
- 51 Across: Dads (3)
- PAS
- 52 Across: Unless, to lawyers (4)
- NISI
- 56 Across: New York town (15)
- ARDSLEYONHUDSON
- 60 Across: Nothing (4)
- ZERO
- 61 Across: Virile (4)
- MALE
- 62 Across: Kind of criminal (5)
- FELON
- 63 Across: She wrote "The Salamanca Drum": 1977 (4)
- EDEN
- 64 Across: Card game (4)
- SKAT
- 65 Across: "Night Music" playwright (5)
- ODETS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Main point (4)
- GIST
- 2 Down: "Do ___ others . . . " (4)
- UNTO
- 3 Down: Contented cat's comment (4)
- PURR
- 4 Down: Regarding dinner (8)
- PRANDIAL
- 5 Down: Still (3)
- YET
- 6 Down: Bad-mouth (5)
- KNOCK
- 7 Down: Charter (4)
- HIRE
- 8 Down: Plus (3)
- AND
- 9 Down: Recent: Prefix (3)
- NEO
- 10 Down: "Our Gang" member (6)
- SPANKY
- 11 Down: Tell it like it is (5)
- LEVEL
- 12 Down: Run away together (5)
- ELOPE
- 13 Down: Jalopy features (5)
- DENTS
- 18 Down: Jack London's "White ___" (4)
- FANG
- 19 Down: Pleasing (4)
- NICE
- 24 Down: Part of A.D. (4)
- ANNO
- 25 Down: City west of Venice (5)
- PADUA
- 26 Down: Aqueduct of Sylvius (4)
- ITER
- 27 Down: World War I marshal (4)
- FOCH
- 28 Down: Dull pain (4)
- ACHE
- 29 Down: Doyen (4)
- DEAN
- 30 Down: Vapors (5)
- MISTS
- 32 Down: Silly people (5)
- ASSES
- 33 Down: Jog (4)
- TROT
- 34 Down: One of Henry VIII's wives (4)
- ANNE
- 35 Down: ___ off (began) (4)
- TEED
- 37 Down: Neck part (4)
- NAPE
- 38 Down: Post (4)
- 39 Down: Was there (8)
- ATTENDED
- 43 Down: Possible residence of 62 Across (6)
- PRISON
- 44 Down: Ellipsoidal (4)
- OVAL
- 45 Down: Fashionable (4)
- POSH
- 46 Down: Form of air pollution (5)
- SMAZE
- 47 Down: Was concerned (5)
- CARED
- 48 Down: Novelist Malraux (5)
- ANDRE
- 49 Down: Impressionist Edouard (5)
- MANET
- 51 Down: Actress Negri (4)
- POLA
- 53 Down: Lake Superior's ___ Royale (4)
- ISLE
- 54 Down: Fuliginous substance (4)
- SOOT
- 55 Down: Hospices (4)
- INNS
- 57 Down: Typesetting measures (3)
- EMS
- 58 Down: "Mirthquake" (3)
- YAK
- 59 Down: Strange sky sight (3)
- UFO
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