Wednesday Crossword — March 4, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/4/1981. By Robert Katz.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: West German region (4)
- SAAR
- 5 Across: Agile (4)
- SPRY
- 9 Across: Right a wrong (5)
- ATONE
- 14 Across: She sees Meara in the mirror (4)
- ANNE
- 15 Across: Word with blue or love (4)
- TRUE
- 16 Across: Indigo is one (5)
- COLOR
- 17 Across: Sneaky one in the wine line (4)
- PETE
- 18 Across: Barrett or Jaffe (4)
- RONA
- 19 Across: Synthetic fiber (5)
- ORLON
- 20 Across: Las Vegas phenomena (14)
- WINNINGSTREAKS
- 23 Across: What a sprinter seeks to break (4)
- TAPE
- 24 Across: "Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof" (3)
- ONA
- 25 Across: Out-of-studio telecast (6)
- REMOTE
- 28 Across: Peccadillo (3)
- SIN
- 30 Across: Half of MCCCII (4)
- DCLI
- 34 Across: Pipe-tobacco feature (5)
- AROMA
- 35 Across: Players of short stature (4)
- TOTS
- 37 Across: Threw one's hat in the ring (3)
- RAN
- 38 Across: Las Vegas tactic (15)
- DOUBLEORNOTHING
- 42 Across: Newspaper revenue-maker (3)
- ADS
- 43 Across: Lanchester (4)
- ELSA
- 44 Across: Man's slipper (5)
- ROMEO
- 45 Across: What stogies do (4)
- REEK
- 47 Across: Ophidian (3)
- ASP
- 48 Across: Most silent (6)
- MUTEST
- 49 Across: Suffix for Marx or Lenin (3)
- IST
- 51 Across: Flicks (4)
- PICS
- 52 Across: Cleans up at Las Vegas (14)
- HITSTHEJACKPOT
- 59 Across: Sprout (5)
- ARISE
- 60 Across: Ivory source (4)
- TUSK
- 61 Across: Heed the head (4)
- OBEY
- 63 Across: "Easy ___" (5)
- RIDER
- 64 Across: Top name in Modena: 1288 (4)
- ESTE
- 65 Across: Kind of board or bag (4)
- TOTE
- 66 Across: River into the Rhone (5)
- ISERE
- 67 Across: Check (4)
- STAY
- 68 Across: Noticed (4)
- SEEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Drain of energy (3)
- SAP
- 2 Down: All over again (4)
- ANEW
- 3 Down: Prefix with body (4)
- ANTI
- 4 Down: Change the locale for interment (8)
- REENTOMB
- 5 Down: Zebra feature (6)
- STRIPE
- 6 Down: Disposed (5)
- PRONE
- 7 Down: Ladder part (4)
- RUNG
- 8 Down: Senate votes (4)
- YEAS
- 9 Down: Whence comes a mighty oak (5)
- ACORN
- 10 Down: "Oh! teach the orphan boy ___": Tennyson (6)
- TOREAD
- 11 Down: Earthenware container (4)
- OLLA
- 12 Down: Cranny's partner (4)
- NOOK
- 13 Down: Sea birds (4)
- ERNS
- 21 Down: Christmas in Cremona (6)
- NATALE
- 22 Down: The Masked Man's pal (5)
- TONTO
- 25 Down: Instrument at Kennedy (5)
- RADAR
- 26 Down: Undercut (5)
- ERODE
- 27 Down: Timid one (5)
- MOUSE
- 28 Down: Rush-hour hanger (5)
- STRAP
- 29 Down: Charged particle (3)
- ION
- 31 Down: Word with fiction or rate (5)
- CRIME
- 32 Down: Highway units (5)
- LANES
- 33 Down: Gold mold (5)
- INGOT
- 36 Down: Hit (6)
- STRUCK
- 39 Down: Israeli port (5)
- ELATH
- 40 Down: C.I.A.'s predecessor (3)
- OSS
- 41 Down: Trouble areas (8)
- HOTSPOTS
- 46 Down: Georgie Porgie was one (6)
- KISSER
- 48 Down: Author Spillane (6)
- MICKEY
- 50 Down: Metric measure (5)
- STERE
- 51 Down: Shells, elbows, etc. (5)
- PASTA
- 52 Down: Mata ___ (4)
- HARI
- 53 Down: Eye part (4)
- IRIS
- 54 Down: Skipper's concern (4)
- TIDE
- 55 Down: Parisian seasons (4)
- ETES
- 56 Down: Fair (4)
- JUST
- 57 Down: Woodwind (4)
- OBOE
- 58 Down: ___-bêche, philatelist's phrase (4)
- TETE
- 62 Down: Item a Japanese may have a hankering for (3)
- YEN
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