Wednesday Crossword — August 12, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Albert L. Misenko8/12/1981

New to crosswords? Learn how to play

Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.

Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Aid for Spade (4 letters)
5 Across
Musical character (4 letters)
9 Across
Babylonian earth god (5 letters)
14 Across
Suspended (4 letters)
15 Across
Blood: Prefix (4 letters)
16 Across
Grape conserve (5 letters)
17 Across
Puzzling (9 letters)
19 Across
Early TV sensation (5 letters)
20 Across
___ William, Lewis Carroll character (6 letters)
21 Across
Compensated (8 letters)
23 Across
Hash-house sign (4 letters)
25 Across
Succinct (5 letters)
26 Across
"Regnat Populus" is its motto (8 letters)
30 Across
Starr of comics (6 letters)
33 Across
Fondant (5 letters)
34 Across
Entertainer Hayes: 1885–1969 (5 letters)
36 Across
Colloidal substance (3 letters)
37 Across
Bonds (4 letters)
38 Across
Indian serving in the British army (5 letters)
39 Across
Angel's topper (4 letters)
40 Across
Carbohydrate: Suffix (3 letters)
41 Across
Like haunted houses (5 letters)
42 Across
Fight (5 letters)
43 Across
Soften (6 letters)
45 Across
Kind of table (8 letters)
47 Across
Result (5 letters)
49 Across
Street sign (4 letters)
50 Across
Steward for a monastery (8 letters)
53 Across
Kind of paste (6 letters)
57 Across
Tartar deposited in wine casks (5 letters)
58 Across
Audacious (9 letters)
60 Across
French measure (5 letters)
61 Across
Done (4 letters)
62 Across
Memorable leader at Belgrade (4 letters)
63 Across
Incinerator leavings (5 letters)
64 Across
Unites (4 letters)
65 Across
River into the Fulda (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Man in white (4 letters)
2 Down
Beautiful moth (4 letters)
3 Down
Single thing (4 letters)
4 Down
Highbrows (8 letters)
5 Down
Plans (6 letters)
6 Down
Assign by contract (3 letters)
7 Down
Eastern ruler (4 letters)
8 Down
Diamond surface (5 letters)
9 Down
Mistress of Louis XV (7 letters)
10 Down
Not inclined (6 letters)
11 Down
Entrance to a flower show (10 letters)
12 Down
Tamarisk salt tree (4 letters)
13 Down
If ___ be (4 letters)
18 Down
Late labor leader (5 letters)
22 Down
Palmated, as many water birds (5 letters)
24 Down
Wiser (5 letters)
26 Down
Man in a cast (5 letters)
27 Down
Poker player's verb (5 letters)
28 Down
Ending at the patella, as a skirt (10 letters)
29 Down
Palatable (5 letters)
31 Down
Nile river area (5 letters)
32 Down
Standoffish (5 letters)
35 Down
Certain South Africans (5 letters)
38 Down
Arrangement (5 letters)
39 Down
Spouse (8 letters)
41 Down
Stores, as fodder (7 letters)
42 Down
Bamboozlement (5 letters)
44 Down
"Again!" (6 letters)
46 Down
Fur-bearing mammals (6 letters)
48 Down
Item stocked by a plumber (5 letters)
50 Down
Cry from the nursery (4 letters)
51 Down
Greek war god (4 letters)
52 Down
Roof protection (4 letters)
54 Down
Part of DNA (4 letters)
55 Down
One of the heads of France (4 letters)
56 Down
Rose's attribute (4 letters)
59 Down
Sportswriter Smith (3 letters)

More Medium Puzzles

Browse all medium puzzles →