Wednesday Crossword — August 27, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/27/1980. By Jeanette K. Brill.
Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.
Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle
Across Answers
- 1 Across: Marry on the run (5)
- ELOPE
- 6 Across: Former movie vamp (4)
- BARA
- 10 Across: Teen-age woe (4)
- ACNE
- 14 Across: Kind of orange (5)
- NAVEL
- 15 Across: "The ___ Love" (4)
- ONEI
- 16 Across: Mother of Hermes (4)
- MAIA
- 17 Across: Retrench (15)
- DRAWINONESHORNS
- 20 Across: Royal pawner of jewels (8)
- ISABELLA
- 21 Across: "I've ___ You Under My Skin" (3)
- GOT
- 22 Across: Rankle (6)
- FESTER
- 25 Across: Homilies (7)
- SERMONS
- 27 Across: Wood sorrels (4)
- OCAS
- 28 Across: Capek drama (3)
- RUR
- 31 Across: Location for rejuvenation (3)
- SPA
- 32 Across: High, in music (3)
- ALT
- 33 Across: Airs not for pairs (5)
- SOLOS
- 35 Across: Forster's "A Passage to ___" (5)
- INDIA
- 39 Across: Give up (15)
- LAYDOWNONESARMS
- 42 Across: Play a banjo (5)
- STRUM
- 43 Across: Cattail (5)
- AMENT
- 44 Across: "___ sum?" (stunned Roman's question) (3)
- UBI
- 45 Across: Ennis or Crandall of baseball (3)
- DEL
- 47 Across: So far (3)
- YET
- 48 Across: Mimicked (4)
- APED
- 49 Across: Ballerina's need (7)
- TOESHOE
- 53 Across: Deter (6)
- IMPEDE
- 55 Across: Where lts. are made (3)
- OTC
- 56 Across: Excel (8)
- OUTSTRIP
- 59 Across: Give up (15)
- THROWINTHETOWEL
- 64 Across: Après juillet (4)
- AOUT
- 65 Across: Marquis de ___ (4)
- SADE
- 66 Across: River in SE Kenya (5)
- TSAVO
- 67 Across: Tilt (4)
- LIST
- 68 Across: "___ est percipi" (Berkeley principle) (4)
- ESSE
- 69 Across: French legislative body (5)
- SENAT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Windup (3)
- END
- 2 Down: Roman household god (3)
- LAR
- 3 Down: Eggs, to Caesar (3)
- OVA
- 4 Down: Lapwings (6)
- PEWITS
- 5 Down: Beethoven's "Für ___" (5)
- ELISE
- 6 Down: McNutt of comics (4)
- BOOB
- 7 Down: Bancroft of films (4)
- ANNE
- 8 Down: Spins (5)
- REELS
- 9 Down: Bridal paths (6)
- AISLES
- 10 Down: One of a Latin trio (3)
- AMO
- 11 Down: Freight (5)
- CARGO
- 12 Down: Smooth, sheer fabric (5)
- NINON
- 13 Down: Bridge positions (5)
- EASTS
- 18 Down: Restricted (6)
- NARROW
- 19 Down: Clarsach player (7)
- HARPIST
- 22 Down: Newborn Clydesdales (5)
- FOALS
- 23 Down: Acclaim (5)
- ECLAT
- 24 Down: Sylvan deity (5)
- SATYR
- 26 Down: "Give a ___ horse . . . " (4)
- MANA
- 29 Down: Arm bone corresponding to the fibula (4)
- ULNA
- 30 Down: Capacious (5)
- ROOMY
- 33 Down: By hook or by crook (7)
- SOMEHOW
- 34 Down: Snicker attachment (4)
- SNEE
- 36 Down: One-seeded fruit (5)
- DRUPE
- 37 Down: Enclose closely (5)
- IMBED
- 38 Down: Stage ploy (5)
- ASIDE
- 40 Down: Flops (4)
- DUDS
- 41 Down: Complete (6)
- ENTIRE
- 46 Down: Lake near Banff (6)
- LOUISE
- 48 Down: Place in juxtaposition (6)
- APPOSE
- 49 Down: Calculator's result (5)
- TOTAL
- 50 Down: Holy Roman Emperor: 962–73 (5)
- OTHOI
- 51 Down: Tans (5)
- ECRUS
- 52 Down: Lab heaters (5)
- ETNAS
- 54 Down: Gear for Bench and Fisk (5)
- MITTS
- 57 Down: Criteria: Abbr. (4)
- STDS
- 58 Down: Quaker pronoun (4)
- THEE
- 60 Down: Baseball Hall of Famer (3)
- OTT
- 61 Down: Ashen (3)
- WAN
- 62 Down: Peron or Gabor (3)
- EVA
- 63 Down: Abraham's nephew (3)
- LOT
Ready to play?
Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.