Wednesday Crossword — December 31, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/31/1980. By Nancy McCarthy.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Ivy league team (4)
- YALE
- 5 Across: Brilliance (5)
- ECLAT
- 10 Across: To which "all roads lead" (4)
- ROME
- 14 Across: Lamb's pen name (4)
- ELIA
- 15 Across: Something to take up (5)
- SLACK
- 16 Across: Gallic brainstorm (4)
- IDEE
- 17 Across: Dregs (4)
- LEES
- 18 Across: Clash in Texas: Jan. 1 (10)
- COTTONBOWL
- 20 Across: Military command (8)
- LEFTFACE
- 22 Across: Confederate general (5)
- EARLY
- 23 Across: Labor (4)
- WORK
- 24 Across: Like certain cats (4)
- COOL
- 26 Across: Oscar-winner Meryl (6)
- STREEP
- 29 Across: Candlemaker (8)
- CHANDLER
- 33 Across: Erstwhile "Voice of the Opera" (5)
- CROSS
- 34 Across: Specks (5)
- WHITS
- 35 Across: See 1 Across (3)
- ELI
- 36 Across: Family member (4)
- AUNT
- 37 Across: Electrified particle (3)
- ION
- 38 Across: Marsh bird (4)
- RAIL
- 39 Across: Cornell's Big ___ team (3)
- RED
- 40 Across: Cuttlefish ink (5)
- SEPIA
- 42 Across: Short story (5)
- CONTE
- 43 Across: More austere (8)
- FROSTIER
- 45 Across: In a huddle (6)
- MASSED
- 46 Across: Female deer (4)
- HIND
- 47 Across: " . . . he shall ___ again": Matt. 20:19 (4)
- RISE
- 48 Across: Bobwhite (5)
- COLIN
- 51 Across: Postseason game for dirty players? (8)
- WASHBOWL
- 55 Across: Florida fracas: Jan. 1 (10)
- ORANGEBOWL
- 58 Across: A woodwind (4)
- OBOE
- 59 Across: Labyrinth (4)
- MAZE
- 60 Across: Asian country (5)
- KOREA
- 61 Across: "The Way We ___" (4)
- WERE
- 62 Across: River in Germany (4)
- ODER
- 63 Across: Vestibule (5)
- ENTRY
- 64 Across: Lixiviums (4)
- LYES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: College cheer (4)
- YELL
- 2 Down: Command at sea (4)
- ALEE
- 3 Down: Willingly (4)
- LIEF
- 4 Down: Shrine Bowl opponents: Jan. 10 (8)
- EASTWEST
- 5 Down: Part of a rampart (6)
- ESCARP
- 6 Down: Scoreboard fixture (5)
- CLOCK
- 7 Down: Recent (4)
- LATE
- 8 Down: Performance (3)
- ACT
- 9 Down: Boxing result (3)
- TKO
- 10 Down: Vulgarly jocular (6)
- RIBALD
- 11 Down: Reputation (4)
- ODOR
- 12 Down: Cry like a baby (4)
- MEWL
- 13 Down: Slithery (4)
- EELY
- 19 Down: Ad lights (5)
- NEONS
- 21 Down: The other side (4)
- FOES
- 24 Down: "Slow Boat" destination (5)
- CHINA
- 25 Down: Cereal grass (3)
- OAT
- 26 Down: Muffler (5)
- SCARF
- 27 Down: More faithful (5)
- TRUER
- 28 Down: Musical composition (5)
- RONDO
- 29 Down: Singing group (5)
- CHOIR
- 30 Down: Relies (on) (5)
- LEANS
- 31 Down: Top-drawer (5)
- ELITE
- 32 Down: Het up (5)
- RILED
- 34 Down: Rubbed clean (5)
- WIPED
- 38 Down: California showdown: Jan. 1 (8)
- ROSEBOWL
- 40 Down: Smart (5)
- STING
- 41 Down: ___ Gev, Israeli settlement (3)
- EIN
- 42 Down: Ready money (4)
- CASH
- 44 Down: Silvery freshwater fish (6)
- SHINER
- 45 Down: Lose (6)
- MISLAY
- 47 Down: Bleaker (5)
- RAWER
- 48 Down: Lake or Perry (4)
- COMO
- 49 Down: Mouthward (4)
- ORAD
- 50 Down: Take life easy (4)
- LAZE
- 51 Down: Potherb (4)
- WORT
- 52 Down: Comply (4)
- OBEY
- 53 Down: Lasted (4)
- WORE
- 54 Down: Prominent Virginia family (4)
- LEES
- 56 Down: Supplement, with "out" (3)
- EKE
- 57 Down: Double this for a confection (3)
- BON
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