Wednesday Crossword — October 28, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/28/1981. By Robert Katz.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Haggard work (3)
- SHE
- 4 Across: Pennines, e.g. (4)
- ALPS
- 8 Across: ___ Alto, Calif. (4)
- PALO
- 12 Across: Knicks or Nets (4)
- TEAM
- 14 Across: Artificial jewelry (5)
- PASTE
- 16 Across: In the thick of (4)
- AMID
- 17 Across: "The ___ 'e knows . . . ": Kipling (4)
- ORSE
- 18 Across: Staggering (5)
- AREEL
- 19 Across: Actor's quest (4)
- ROLE
- 20 Across: Like Lovelace's lines (6)
- POETIC
- 22 Across: Parvenus (8)
- UPSTARTS
- 24 Across: Draw ___ on (aim) (5)
- ABEAD
- 26 Across: A founder of Dadaism (3)
- ARP
- 27 Across: Toadfish (4)
- SAPO
- 29 Across: Oct., Nov., etc. (3)
- MOS
- 31 Across: Key or cay (5)
- ISLET
- 35 Across: Racing sailboat (4)
- MOTH
- 36 Across: Part of the fleet (10)
- DESTROYERS
- 38 Across: Tar's word (4)
- AHOY
- 39 Across: Silver coin of Malta (5)
- ONCIA
- 40 Across: Farmer's concern (4)
- CROP
- 41 Across: Keeping company (10)
- CONSORTING
- 43 Across: "Bonanza" good guy (4)
- HOSS
- 44 Across: She wrote "Tender Buttons": 1914 (5)
- STEIN
- 45 Across: Division; part: Abbr. (3)
- SEG
- 46 Across: Privilege in a democracy (4)
- VOTE
- 47 Across: El ___, Spanish hero (3)
- CID
- 49 Across: Thackeray product (5)
- NOVEL
- 51 Across: Hebrew scholar (8)
- SEMITIST
- 55 Across: Alien (6)
- EXOTIC
- 59 Across: Zone (4)
- AREA
- 60 Across: Gather, as a seamstress (5)
- SHIRR
- 62 Across: Actor Wilder (4)
- GENE
- 63 Across: Shensi capital (4)
- SIAN
- 64 Across: Does a garden chore (5)
- HOSES
- 65 Across: Himalayan track maker (4)
- YETI
- 66 Across: Cluckers and scratchers (4)
- HENS
- 67 Across: Kitchen follower (4)
- ETTE
- 68 Across: Sunny side of a bullfight arena (3)
- SOL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Halt (4)
- STOP
- 2 Down: Protagonist (4)
- HERO
- 3 Down: Facility (4)
- EASE
- 4 Down: Swiftly (5)
- APACE
- 5 Down: Gibbon (3)
- LAR
- 6 Down: Quack of a sort (15)
- PSEUDOSCIENTIST
- 7 Down: Short distance (4)
- STEP
- 8 Down: Medium for a medium (14)
- PARAPSYCHOLOGY
- 9 Down: Cupid (4)
- AMOR
- 10 Down: Swingy rhythm (4)
- LILT
- 11 Down: Lyrical literature (4)
- ODES
- 13 Down: Speculative philosophers (14)
- METAPHYSICIANS
- 15 Down: Wagner heroine (4)
- ELSA
- 21 Down: Nigerian native (3)
- IBO
- 23 Down: Threesome (4)
- TRIO
- 25 Down: Idiots or catkins (6)
- AMENTS
- 27 Down: Not ___ (mediocre) (5)
- SOHOT
- 28 Down: Do penance (5)
- ATONE
- 30 Down: Strong drink in a pub (6)
- STINGO
- 32 Down: Dormouse (5)
- LEROT
- 33 Down: Worn away (5)
- EROSE
- 34 Down: Recipe abbr. (4)
- TSPS
- 35 Down: London raincoats, for short (4)
- MACS
- 36 Down: June bug (3)
- DOR
- 37 Down: Scott Joplin's creation (3)
- RAG
- 42 Down: "With a blue ribbon ___" (4)
- ONIT
- 46 Down: Annoy (3)
- VEX
- 48 Down: Cookbook entry (4)
- DISH
- 50 Down: This might be light (5)
- VERSE
- 51 Down: Obi (4)
- SASH
- 52 Down: City in Pa. (4)
- ERIE
- 53 Down: Intend (4)
- MEAN
- 54 Down: Hoof wear (4)
- SHOE
- 56 Down: North Sea feeder (4)
- TEES
- 57 Down: Division word (4)
- INTO
- 58 Down: Line a roof (4)
- CEIL
- 61 Down: Soak flax (3)
- RET
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