Wednesday Crossword — August 26, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/26/1981. By Christy Ridley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Knack (4)
- GIFT
- 5 Across: "___ Maisie Knew," James novel (4)
- WHAT
- 9 Across: Kind of note (4)
- MASH
- 13 Across: Theater award (4)
- OBIE
- 14 Across: Hollandaise, e.g. (5)
- SAUCE
- 15 Across: High: Comb. form (4)
- ALTI
- 16 Across: Route for Dorothy (15)
- YELLOWBRICKROAD
- 19 Across: Cutting tool (3)
- AXE
- 20 Across: Leas (5)
- MEADS
- 21 Across: ___ Dame University (5)
- NOTRE
- 22 Across: Tastes the tea (4)
- SIPS
- 23 Across: Also (3)
- TOO
- 24 Across: Carouse (15)
- PAINTTHETOWNRED
- 32 Across: Bergman role in "Casablanca" (4)
- ILSA
- 33 Across: Chessman (4)
- PAWN
- 34 Across: He wrote "The College Widow" (3)
- ADE
- 35 Across: Speech defect (4)
- LISP
- 36 Across: One of the Allens (5)
- WOODY
- 38 Across: "___ star to steer her by": Masefield (4)
- ANDA
- 39 Across: The Buckeyes' initials (3)
- OSU
- 40 Across: A pirate or a choreographer (4)
- KIDD
- 41 Across: Memorable Israeli leader (4)
- MEIR
- 42 Across: Argonauts' prize (15)
- THEGOLDENFLEECE
- 47 Across: Mimic (3)
- APE
- 48 Across: Holly (4)
- ILEX
- 49 Across: Bizarre (5)
- OUTRE
- 52 Across: Ghanaian export (5)
- COCOA
- 54 Across: Chat (3)
- GAB
- 57 Across: Kubrick film, with "A" (15)
- CLOCKWORKORANGE
- 60 Across: Edible tuber (4)
- TARO
- 61 Across: Velocity (5)
- SPEED
- 62 Across: Sandburg or Van Doren (4)
- CARL
- 63 Across: Soon (4)
- ANON
- 64 Across: Thoroughly (4)
- WELL
- 65 Across: Etc.'s relative (4)
- ETAL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Court painter to Charles III (4)
- GOYA
- 2 Down: Old World mountain goat (4)
- IBEX
- 3 Down: "The round ___" (wastepaper basket) (4)
- FILE
- 4 Down: ___ Aviv (3)
- TEL
- 5 Down: Indiana–Illinois boundary river (6)
- WABASH
- 6 Down: New Mexico artist Peter (4)
- HURD
- 7 Down: "___ and Galatea," Handel opus (4)
- ACIS
- 8 Down: Shamus (3)
- TEC
- 9 Down: Strand (6)
- MAROON
- 10 Down: "Little Things Mean ___," 1954 song (4)
- ALOT
- 11 Down: What the man of La Mancha followed (4)
- STAR
- 12 Down: Pelt (4)
- HIDE
- 14 Down: Used a besom (5)
- SWEPT
- 17 Down: Neglect (4)
- OMIT
- 18 Down: Understood (5)
- KNOWN
- 22 Down: Cinch (4)
- SNAP
- 23 Down: Resembling a certain fiber (4)
- TOWY
- 24 Down: Guide (5)
- PILOT
- 25 Down: Like stout (5)
- ALISH
- 26 Down: Offspring (5)
- ISSUE
- 27 Down: Final stanza of a Pindaric poem (5)
- EPODE
- 28 Down: Boy (3)
- TAD
- 29 Down: Indian princess (5)
- RANEE
- 30 Down: Relating to early literature of Iceland (5)
- EDDIC
- 31 Down: "The Wreck of the Mary ___," Innes novel (5)
- DEARE
- 36 Down: Sly trick (4)
- WILE
- 37 Down: Singular (3)
- ODD
- 38 Down: Stock-exchange heading (4)
- AMEX
- 40 Down: Part of a ruble (5)
- KOPEK
- 43 Down: Waiter or servant (6)
- GARCON
- 44 Down: This bears an image of Monticello (6)
- NICKEL
- 45 Down: Inundate (5)
- FLOOD
- 46 Down: Cordelia's father (4)
- LEAR
- 49 Down: Eight: Comb. form (4)
- OCTA
- 50 Down: ___ Bator, Mongolia (4)
- ULAN
- 51 Down: Bullring cry, sometimes (4)
- TORO
- 52 Down: Deal with successfully (4)
- COPE
- 53 Down: Russian city (4)
- OREL
- 54 Down: Small two-winged insect (4)
- GNAT
- 55 Down: Taj Mahal city (4)
- AGRA
- 56 Down: Dingaling thing (4)
- BELL
- 58 Down: Compass pt. (3)
- WSW
- 59 Down: Person who excels (3)
- ACE
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