Wednesday Crossword — October 15, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/15/1980. By Charles J. Matonti.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Box (4)
- SPAR
- 5 Across: Half-bottle (5)
- SPLIT
- 10 Across: Bird of the Nile (4)
- IBIS
- 14 Across: Word form with cast or gram (4)
- TELE
- 15 Across: "___ and Prejudice" (5)
- PRIDE
- 16 Across: Adventure story (4)
- SAGA
- 17 Across: "Vissi d'arte" is one (4)
- ARIA
- 18 Across: Hard-hit ball (5)
- LINER
- 19 Across: Plod through mire (4)
- SLOG
- 20 Across: Tchaikovsky opus (15)
- NUTCRACKERSUITE
- 23 Across: Antithesis of give (4)
- TAKE
- 24 Across: D.D.E. (3)
- IKE
- 25 Across: Sovereign's seat (6)
- THRONE
- 28 Across: Some ticket recipients (8)
- SPEEDERS
- 33 Across: "Cross my ___ . . . " (5)
- HEART
- 34 Across: Room in an old English mansion (5)
- EWERY
- 35 Across: King Cole (3)
- NAT
- 36 Across: Picnic pests (4)
- ANTS
- 37 Across: "Guilty" and "Not guilty" (5)
- PLEAS
- 38 Across: Raison d'___ (4)
- ETRE
- 39 Across: Compass dir. (3)
- NNE
- 40 Across: German cathedral town (5)
- TRIER
- 41 Across: Fawn; cringe (5)
- CREEP
- 42 Across: Most primitive (8)
- EARLIEST
- 44 Across: Some tires (6)
- SPARES
- 45 Across: Word with spring or color (3)
- OFF
- 46 Across: Bucolic areas (4)
- LEAS
- 47 Across: Simon show (15)
- CALIFORNIASUITE
- 55 Across: Theater sign (4)
- EXIT
- 56 Across: Controls (5)
- REINS
- 57 Across: Partner of branch (4)
- ROOT
- 58 Across: Tropical fruit (4)
- LIME
- 59 Across: Tropical fruit (5)
- MANGO
- 60 Across: Spirit (4)
- ELAN
- 61 Across: Ivan or Peter (4)
- TSAR
- 62 Across: Eloper with a dish (5)
- SPOON
- 63 Across: Actress Thompson (4)
- SADA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Laurel or Smith (4)
- STAN
- 2 Down: Neighbor of Colombia (4)
- PERU
- 3 Down: Dismounted (4)
- ALIT
- 4 Down: Atomic furnaces (8)
- REACTORS
- 5 Down: Hybrid trout (6)
- SPLAKE
- 6 Down: Leontyne or Vincent (5)
- PRICE
- 7 Down: Chain part (4)
- LINK
- 8 Down: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 9 Down: Lhasa apsos (8)
- TERRIERS
- 10 Down: Put forth (6)
- ISSUED
- 11 Down: Denpasar is its capital (4)
- BALI
- 12 Down: "___ Rhythm" (4)
- IGOT
- 13 Down: Emerson or Jefferson (4)
- SAGE
- 21 Down: Rave's partner (4)
- RANT
- 22 Down: Bar on a yoke for oxen (4)
- SKEY
- 25 Down: Scottish noble (5)
- THANE
- 26 Down: Hair rinse (5)
- HENNA
- 27 Down: One who evaluates (5)
- RATER
- 28 Down: "___ Charity," Verdon vehicle (5)
- SWEET
- 29 Down: Bosc or Seckel (4)
- PEAR
- 30 Down: Stage direction (5)
- ENTER
- 31 Down: Peep show (5)
- RAREE
- 32 Down: Thirty-nine for Donat (5)
- STEPS
- 34 Down: Yalies (4)
- ELIS
- 37 Down: Biscuits eventually sent to a deejay (8)
- PREFORMS
- 38 Down: Typists' headaches (8)
- ERASURES
- 40 Down: Quarrel (4)
- TIFF
- 41 Down: Tax-form assts. (4)
- CPAS
- 43 Down: Dawdle (6)
- LOITER
- 44 Down: Salt (6)
- SEASON
- 46 Down: Argot (5)
- LINGO
- 47 Down: Breton or Briton (4)
- CELT
- 48 Down: W.W. II losers (4)
- AXIS
- 49 Down: Where Pizarro died (4)
- LIMA
- 50 Down: Harvest (4)
- REAP
- 51 Down: Boy, in Barcelona (4)
- NINO
- 52 Down: Kansas city (4)
- IOLA
- 53 Down: Bufo or agua (4)
- TOAD
- 54 Down: One of Vulcan's workshops (4)
- ETNA
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