Wednesday Crossword — November 18, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/18/1981. By John Greenman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Tiff (4)
- SPAT
- 5 Across: Part of many fire escapes (5)
- STAIR
- 10 Across: Fine-grained mineral (4)
- TALC
- 14 Across: Verdant (4)
- LUSH
- 15 Across: Eeyore's creator (5)
- MILNE
- 16 Across: Lamb's pseudonym (4)
- ELIA
- 17 Across: Playground, e.g. (4)
- AREA
- 18 Across: "Toys in the ___," Hellman play (5)
- ATTIC
- 19 Across: Soft breeze (4)
- AURA
- 20 Across: Police-squad member (15)
- PLAINCLOTHESMAN
- 23 Across: Mamie's man (3)
- IKE
- 24 Across: Put away, in a way (3)
- ATE
- 25 Across: Jazz dances (6)
- STOMPS
- 29 Across: Con artist (8)
- SWINDLER
- 34 Across: Neophyte (4)
- TYRO
- 35 Across: Black Sea port, formerly Stalin (5)
- VARNA
- 36 Across: Rathskeller staple (3)
- ALE
- 37 Across: Lhasa ___ (4)
- APSO
- 38 Across: Rabbits' cousins (5)
- PIKAS
- 39 Across: Geraint's mate (4)
- ENID
- 40 Across: Burns, for short (3)
- GEO
- 41 Across: Chandler's "The Big ___ " (5)
- SLEEP
- 42 Across: Tragicomedy segment (4)
- ACTI
- 43 Across: Those in an upper house (8)
- SENATORS
- 45 Across: Accorded (6)
- AGREED
- 47 Across: Half a diam. (3)
- RAD
- 48 Across: Hard ___ rock (3)
- ASA
- 49 Across: Masquerades (15)
- FANCYDRESSBALLS
- 58 Across: Oriental nanny (4)
- AMAH
- 59 Across: Spooky (5)
- EERIE
- 60 Across: Authentic (4)
- REAL
- 61 Across: Judith Anderson, for one (4)
- DAME
- 62 Across: Three incarnations of Vishnu (5)
- RAMAS
- 63 Across: Subdue (4)
- TAME
- 64 Across: Ending for spin or rhyme (4)
- STER
- 65 Across: Railroad trestles (5)
- SPANS
- 66 Across: Diffuse, as light (4)
- SHED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Insult (4)
- SLAP
- 2 Down: Small loop on the edge of lace (4)
- PURL
- 3 Down: On the Marmara (4)
- ASEA
- 4 Down: Bangkok native (4)
- THAI
- 5 Down: Fishing boats (6)
- SMACKS
- 6 Down: Señora or Madame (5)
- TITLE
- 7 Down: Glee-club member (4)
- ALTO
- 8 Down: Monogram unit: Abbr. (4)
- INIT
- 9 Down: Joins detached links (8)
- RECHAINS
- 10 Down: Hectored (6)
- TEASED
- 11 Down: Astringent (4)
- ALUM
- 12 Down: Sicilian coin (4)
- LIRA
- 13 Down: He played Sonny in "The Godfather" (4)
- CAAN
- 21 Down: Chill (3)
- NIP
- 22 Down: Relative of Vesuvius (4)
- ETNA
- 25 Down: Antlered ones (5)
- STAGS
- 26 Down: Melville work (5)
- TYPEE
- 27 Down: Welles or Bean (5)
- ORSON
- 28 Down: Pasture sound (3)
- MOO
- 29 Down: Purposes (5)
- SAKES
- 30 Down: Opera cape (4)
- WRAP
- 31 Down: Picador's weapon (5)
- LANCE
- 32 Down: Type size (5)
- ELITE
- 33 Down: Staged a revival (5)
- REDID
- 35 Down: Contender (4)
- VIER
- 38 Down: Drudges (8)
- PLODDERS
- 39 Down: Pitcher handle (3)
- EAR
- 41 Down: Sojourn (4)
- STAY
- 44 Down: William Tell was one (6)
- ARCHER
- 45 Down: Appraise (6)
- ASSESS
- 46 Down: Chew the fat (3)
- GAB
- 48 Down: Shanghai native, e.g. (5)
- ASIAN
- 49 Down: Passing fancies (4)
- FADS
- 50 Down: He loves, to Cato (4)
- AMAT
- 51 Down: Signature (4)
- NAME
- 52 Down: Harvest (4)
- REAP
- 53 Down: Humorist Bombeck (4)
- ERMA
- 54 Down: Martial ___ (4)
- ARTS
- 55 Down: Jacob's first wife (4)
- LEAH
- 56 Down: Kind of duck (4)
- LAME
- 57 Down: Snowmobile's relative (4)
- SLED
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