Wednesday Crossword — October 29, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/29/1980. By Jean J. Davison.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Morse or zip (4)
CODE
5 Across: Obligations (5)
DEBTS
10 Across: Presently (4)
ANON
14 Across: "___ go bragh" (4)
ERIN
15 Across: As thin as ___ (5)
ARAIL
16 Across: Tiny opening (4)
PORE
17 Across: Roster (4)
LIST
18 Across: Please, in Bonn (5)
BITTE
19 Across: "The ___ and Future King": White (4)
ONCE
20 Across: Clear (5)
LUCID
22 Across: "Cunning hunter" in Genesis (4)
ESAU
23 Across: A great deal (4)
SCAD
24 Across: Fable's end (5)
MORAL
26 Across: Altogether (6)
INTOTO
28 Across: Mode's companion (6)
MEDIAN
30 Across: Positions of control (5)
HELMS
32 Across: Wane (3)
EBB
34 Across: Neglects (5)
OMITS
36 Across: Compensate (5)
REPAY
38 Across: Picasso's "Blue ___" (4)
ROOM
40 Across: Different (5)
OTHER
42 Across: Several (4)
SOME
43 Across: Word with stamp or record (5)
ALBUM
45 Across: Stroke on a letter (5)
SERIF
47 Across: Gel (3)
SET
48 Across: Garb in Balanchine productions (5)
TUTUS
50 Across: Scene of wild confusion (6)
BEDLAM
52 Across: Bind, in surgery (6)
LIGATE
54 Across: Like many a pitcher (5)
EARED
56 Across: Ancient Semitic fertility god (4)
BAAL
58 Across: Guy's sidekick (4)
DOLL
60 Across: I.Q. test originator (5)
BINET
62 Across: Cultural org. (4)
ANTA
63 Across: Deduce (5)
INFER
65 Across: The sun, e.g. (4)
STAR
66 Across: Let it stand (4)
STET
67 Across: Twilled fabric (5)
SERGE
68 Across: Late European leader (4)
TITO
69 Across: Secrete (4)
HIDE
70 Across: Assignation (5)
TRYST
71 Across: Very pale (4)
ASHY

Down Answers

1 Down: Organizational unit (4)
CELL
2 Down: Suffix for audit or script (5)
ORIUM
3 Down: Confused (15)
DISCOMBOBULATED
4 Down: Total (6)
ENTIRE
5 Down: Small amount (3)
DAB
6 Down: Extinct Indian group (4)
ERIE
7 Down: What kooks have (15)
BATSINTHEBELFRY
8 Down: Giant (5)
TITAN
9 Down: Nero or Ellery (6)
SLEUTH
10 Down: Gethsemane group (8)
APOSTLES
11 Down: Not of sound mind (15)
NONCOMPOSMENTIS
12 Down: Whale in a 1977 film (4)
ORCA
13 Down: Want (4)
NEED
21 Down: Slotted groove (4)
DADO
25 Down: Big car, familiarly (4)
LIMO
27 Down: Poetic contraction (3)
OER
29 Down: Small islands (4)
AITS
31 Down: Identical (4)
SAME
32 Down: Age (3)
ERA
33 Down: Nut's companion (4)
BOLT
35 Down: Very dry (4)
SERE
37 Down: Still (3)
YET
39 Down: Grangerize (a book) (8)
MUTILATE
41 Down: Tease (4)
RIDE
44 Down: Shaver's vessel (3)
MUG
46 Down: Potbelly's problem (4)
FLAB
49 Down: To smite is his delight (6)
SADIST
51 Down: Bristlelike structure (6)
ARISTA
53 Down: Photography worker (5)
TONER
55 Down: ___ and taxes (5)
DEATH
56 Down: Southampton shindig (4)
BASH
57 Down: Prefix for toxin (4)
ANTI
59 Down: Diamond of the 20's (4)
LEGS
61 Down: Where Paris placed Helen (4)
TROY
64 Down: Macerate (3)
RET

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