Wednesday Crossword — August 12, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/12/1981. By Albert L. Misenko.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Aid for Spade (4)
- CLUE
- 5 Across: Musical character (4)
- CLEF
- 9 Across: Babylonian earth god (5)
- DAGAN
- 14 Across: Suspended (4)
- HUNG
- 15 Across: Blood: Prefix (4)
- HEMA
- 16 Across: Grape conserve (5)
- UVATE
- 17 Across: Puzzling (9)
- ENIGMATIC
- 19 Across: Early TV sensation (5)
- BERLE
- 20 Across: ___ William, Lewis Carroll character (6)
- FATHER
- 21 Across: Compensated (8)
- REWARDED
- 23 Across: Hash-house sign (4)
- EATS
- 25 Across: Succinct (5)
- TERSE
- 26 Across: "Regnat Populus" is its motto (8)
- ARKANSAS
- 30 Across: Starr of comics (6)
- BRENDA
- 33 Across: Fondant (5)
- CANDY
- 34 Across: Entertainer Hayes: 1885–1969 (5)
- GABBY
- 36 Across: Colloidal substance (3)
- GEL
- 37 Across: Bonds (4)
- TIES
- 38 Across: Indian serving in the British army (5)
- SEPOY
- 39 Across: Angel's topper (4)
- HALO
- 40 Across: Carbohydrate: Suffix (3)
- OSE
- 41 Across: Like haunted houses (5)
- EERIE
- 42 Across: Fight (5)
- SETTO
- 43 Across: Soften (6)
- RELENT
- 45 Across: Kind of table (8)
- DROPLEAF
- 47 Across: Result (5)
- ENSUE
- 49 Across: Street sign (4)
- STOP
- 50 Across: Steward for a monastery (8)
- MANCIPLE
- 53 Across: Kind of paste (6)
- TOMATO
- 57 Across: Tartar deposited in wine casks (5)
- ARGOL
- 58 Across: Audacious (9)
- BAREFACED
- 60 Across: French measure (5)
- METRE
- 61 Across: Done (4)
- OVER
- 62 Across: Memorable leader at Belgrade (4)
- TITO
- 63 Across: Incinerator leavings (5)
- ASHES
- 64 Across: Unites (4)
- WEDS
- 65 Across: River into the Fulda (4)
- EDER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Man in white (4)
- CHEF
- 2 Down: Beautiful moth (4)
- LUNA
- 3 Down: Single thing (4)
- UNIT
- 4 Down: Highbrows (8)
- EGGHEADS
- 5 Down: Plans (6)
- CHARTS
- 6 Down: Assign by contract (3)
- LET
- 7 Down: Eastern ruler (4)
- EMIR
- 8 Down: Diamond surface (5)
- FACET
- 9 Down: Mistress of Louis XV (7)
- DUBARRY
- 10 Down: Not inclined (6)
- AVERSE
- 11 Down: Entrance to a flower show (10)
- GARDENGATE
- 12 Down: Tamarisk salt tree (4)
- ATLE
- 13 Down: If ___ be (4)
- NEED
- 18 Down: Late labor leader (5)
- MEANY
- 22 Down: Palmated, as many water birds (5)
- WEBBY
- 24 Down: Wiser (5)
- SAGER
- 26 Down: Man in a cast (5)
- ACTOR
- 27 Down: Poker player's verb (5)
- RAISE
- 28 Down: Ending at the patella, as a skirt (10)
- KNEELENGTH
- 29 Down: Palatable (5)
- SAPID
- 31 Down: Nile river area (5)
- DELTA
- 32 Down: Standoffish (5)
- ALOOF
- 35 Down: Certain South Africans (5)
- BOERS
- 38 Down: Arrangement (5)
- SETUP
- 39 Down: Spouse (8)
- HELPMATE
- 41 Down: Stores, as fodder (7)
- ENSILES
- 42 Down: Bamboozlement (5)
- SPOOF
- 44 Down: "Again!" (6)
- ENCORE
- 46 Down: Fur-bearing mammals (6)
- OTTERS
- 48 Down: Item stocked by a plumber (5)
- ELBOW
- 50 Down: Cry from the nursery (4)
- MAMA
- 51 Down: Greek war god (4)
- ARES
- 52 Down: Roof protection (4)
- EAVE
- 54 Down: Part of DNA (4)
- ACID
- 55 Down: One of the heads of France (4)
- TETE
- 56 Down: Rose's attribute (4)
- ODOR
- 59 Down: Sportswriter Smith (3)
- RED
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