Wednesday Crossword — May 20, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/20/1981. By Marie West.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Collars (4)
- NABS
- 5 Across: Rizzuto of diamond fame (4)
- PHIL
- 9 Across: Embarkation port in 1492 (5)
- PALOS
- 14 Across: Pres. or V.P. (4)
- EXEC
- 15 Across: Descartes (4)
- RENE
- 16 Across: ___ acids (5)
- AMINO
- 17 Across: Conductor's cry (9)
- ALLABOARD
- 19 Across: Where a dude becomes an equestrian (5)
- RANCH
- 20 Across: "___ the Marines!" (8)
- TELLITTO
- 21 Across: What Olympic bobsleds do (6)
- CAREEN
- 22 Across: World Series star: 1969 (4)
- AGEE
- 23 Across: "Volsunga" or "Forsyte" (4)
- SAGA
- 24 Across: Latin I verb (3)
- AMO
- 27 Across: "The ___ News Bears" (3)
- BAD
- 28 Across: Boot a ground ball (3)
- ERR
- 29 Across: "___ Misérables" (3)
- LES
- 32 Across: Plaid (6)
- TARTAN
- 34 Across: Eric Heiden, for one (8)
- MEDALIST
- 36 Across: Prepare for a bout (5)
- TRAIN
- 37 Across: Protection for Jim Plunkett (3)
- PAD
- 38 Across: Piebald or skewbald (5)
- PINTO
- 39 Across: Whole numbers (8)
- INTEGERS
- 41 Across: Babylonian coin (6)
- SHEKEL
- 42 Across: Bee follower (3)
- CEE
- 43 Across: Power agcy. (3)
- TVA
- 44 Across: Bando of baseball (3)
- SAL
- 45 Across: Vane reading (3)
- SSE
- 46 Across: Masonry wedge (4)
- SHIM
- 47 Across: Celebes ox (4)
- ANOA
- 49 Across: Proust (6)
- MARCEL
- 52 Across: Cafeterias' kin (8)
- AUTOMATS
- 56 Across: Febrero's predecessor (5)
- ENERO
- 57 Across: Yosemite peak (world's largest monolith) (9)
- ELCAPITAN
- 58 Across: Companionway (5)
- STAIR
- 59 Across: Hebrew letter (4)
- ALEF
- 60 Across: Marsh bird (4)
- SORA
- 61 Across: Nickname for a Chandler of baseball fame (5)
- HAPPY
- 62 Across: Nineveh's partner (4)
- TYRE
- 63 Across: Smoke-fog combo (4)
- SMOG
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Uncluttered (4)
- NEAT
- 2 Down: Wheel spindle (4)
- AXLE
- 3 Down: Its sound ends a round (4)
- BELL
- 4 Down: La ___, opera house (5)
- SCALA
- 5 Down: Extremely variable (7)
- PROTEAN
- 6 Down: Angry (6)
- HEATED
- 7 Down: Obi accessory (4)
- INRO
- 8 Down: Came in first (3)
- LED
- 9 Down: Figure-skating maneuver (13)
- PARAGRAPHLOOP
- 10 Down: Soprano Lucine (5)
- AMARA
- 11 Down: "Hold that ___!" (4)
- LINE
- 12 Down: Nostalgic adverb (4)
- ONCE
- 13 Down: Vater's boy (4)
- SOHN
- 18 Down: Cosmologist's or heavy puncher's conjecture? (13)
- BIGBANGTHEORY
- 21 Down: Boxing program (4)
- CARD
- 23 Down: Rate, as players at Wimbledon (4)
- SEED
- 24 Down: Classical (5)
- ATTIC
- 25 Down: Seine tributary (5)
- MARNE
- 26 Down: Wax eloquent (5)
- ORATE
- 29 Down: Johnny Miller's milieu (5)
- LINKS
- 30 Down: Kefauver (5)
- ESTES
- 31 Down: Beat the catcher's throw (5)
- STOLE
- 33 Down: Reason for extra innings (3)
- TIE
- 34 Down: Grad. degrees (3)
- MAS
- 35 Down: Golfer's concern (3)
- LIE
- 37 Down: Hyde Park vehicle (4)
- PRAM
- 40 Down: Malefic (4)
- EVIL
- 41 Down: Pioneers' trail (7)
- SANTAFE
- 44 Down: U.F.O. (6)
- SAUCER
- 46 Down: Redeemable certificate (5)
- SCRIP
- 48 Down: Not quite right (5)
- AMISS
- 49 Down: Network or knitwork (4)
- MESH
- 50 Down: Theater org. (4)
- ANTA
- 51 Down: Garner (4)
- REAP
- 52 Down: Associate (4)
- ALLY
- 53 Down: Fissionable unit (4)
- ATOM
- 54 Down: South Seas staple (4)
- TARO
- 55 Down: Catch quickly, as a ball (4)
- SNAG
- 57 Down: End a crash diet (3)
- EAT
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