Wednesday Crossword — September 9, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/9/1981. By A. J. Santora.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Exults (6)
- BOASTS
- 7 Across: Barbara Eden's target in a TV series (3)
- PTA
- 10 Across: Hot spot (4)
- OAST
- 14 Across: Not more than (6)
- ATMOST
- 15 Across: Forage plant (3)
- ERS
- 16 Across: Hoodwink (4)
- DUPE
- 17 Across: Left port (10)
- SHIPPEDOUT
- 19 Across: To be, in Paree (4)
- ETRE
- 20 Across: Puts down turf (4)
- SODS
- 21 Across: Palmer's forte (10)
- PENMANSHIP
- 23 Across: Myerson's crown in 1945 (5)
- TIARA
- 24 Across: Kind of upmanship (3)
- ONE
- 25 Across: "___ long way to . . . " (4)
- ITSA
- 29 Across: Sharp (4)
- KEEN
- 30 Across: Come near, with "on" (5)
- VERGE
- 32 Across: Some warehousemen (8)
- SHIPPERS
- 34 Across: Kin of sobrinas (4)
- TIAS
- 35 Across: Sends out again (7)
- RESHIPS
- 36 Across: "Don't give up ___" (7)
- THESHIP
- 39 Across: Dye (4)
- TINT
- 40 Across: Serves a sentence (8)
- DOESTIME
- 41 Across: Belief (5)
- CREDO
- 43 Across: Affected (4)
- AIRY
- 44 Across: Quarrel (4)
- SPAT
- 45 Across: Above, to F. S. Key (3)
- OER
- 46 Across: Device for stimulating emission of radiation (5)
- LASER
- 48 Across: Superiority (10)
- MASTERSHIP
- 51 Across: Guam harbor (4)
- APRA
- 55 Across: Repeat (4)
- ECHO
- 56 Across: Guidance (10)
- LEADERSHIP
- 58 Across: Swizzle (4)
- STIR
- 59 Across: Be at fault (3)
- ERR
- 60 Across: Home-grown (6)
- NATIVE
- 61 Across: Some ophidians (4)
- ASPS
- 62 Across: Part of E.S.T. (3)
- STD
- 63 Across: Kind of "ship" with a franchise (6)
- DEALER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: It bites in the Atlantic Bight (4)
- BASS
- 2 Down: H.R.E. emperor (4)
- OTHO
- 3 Down: Word with ships (4)
- AMID
- 4 Down: Saturates (4)
- SOPS
- 5 Down: Recipe amt. (3)
- TSP
- 6 Down: Kind of rate or rocket (4)
- STEP
- 7 Down: Showy flowers (7)
- PEONIES
- 8 Down: ___ Doctrine: 1947 (6)
- TRUMAN
- 9 Down: " . . . wagon to ___": Emerson (5)
- ASTAR
- 10 Down: Pindarics (4)
- ODES
- 11 Down: Byline information (10)
- AUTHORSHIP
- 12 Down: Carson's "Silent ___" (6)
- SPRING
- 13 Down: Indian home (6)
- TEEPEE
- 18 Down: Keeps in check (6)
- DETERS
- 22 Down: Hosts of warships (6)
- NAVIES
- 25 Down: Neighbor of Syr. (3)
- ISR
- 26 Down: ___ dansant (tea dance) (3)
- THE
- 27 Down: Pinta to Santa Maria (10)
- SISTERSHIP
- 28 Down: Ant cow (5)
- APHID
- 29 Down: Held on to (4)
- KEPT
- 31 Down: Positions in Goren's game (5)
- EASTS
- 33 Down: Flour made from corn, beans, etc. (6)
- PINOLE
- 34 Down: "___ also serve . . . " (4)
- THEY
- 36 Down: Sultry (6)
- TORRID
- 37 Down: "___ Yankee Doodle . . . " (3)
- IMA
- 38 Down: Favorite (3)
- PET
- 40 Down: Extreme conservative (7)
- DIEHARD
- 41 Down: ___ cropper (fails) (6)
- COMESA
- 42 Down: Strikes back (6)
- REACTS
- 43 Down: Maintain (6)
- ASSERT
- 47 Down: Cathedral city of France (5)
- ARLES
- 49 Down: High crags (4)
- TORS
- 50 Down: ___ Oreille (Idaho lake) (4)
- PEND
- 51 Down: Nick and Nora's terrier (4)
- ASTA
- 52 Down: Donahue of TV (4)
- PHIL
- 53 Down: Cleave (4)
- RIVE
- 54 Down: Mimic (4)
- APER
- 57 Down: Scottish explorer (3)
- RAE
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