Wednesday Crossword — February 17, 1982 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/17/1982. By Bette Sue Cohen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Upright (4)
- JUST
- 5 Across: Part of a fedora (4)
- BRIM
- 9 Across: Lollipop, e.g. (4)
- SHIP
- 13 Across: Common noun ending (4)
- ENCE
- 14 Across: Rival of Vegas (4)
- RENO
- 15 Across: Message from Aesop (5)
- MORAL
- 17 Across: MacDonald's property (4)
- FARM
- 18 Across: Impersonated (4)
- APED
- 19 Across: Originate (5)
- ARISE
- 20 Across: Hassles; to-dos (5)
- FLAPS
- 22 Across: Mine finds (4)
- ORES
- 24 Across: Whodunit pooch (4)
- ASTA
- 25 Across: Young ruler of yore (3)
- TUT
- 26 Across: Monosyllabic word meaning "exaggerated" (9)
- STRETCHED
- 28 Across: Hide (7)
- SECRETE
- 31 Across: Jeanne to Jean, perhaps (4)
- AMIE
- 32 Across: Arid tract (6)
- SAHARA
- 33 Across: Auricular (4)
- OTIC
- 34 Across: Lawn material (3)
- SOD
- 37 Across: Mao ___-tung (3)
- TSE
- 38 Across: Jan or Marguerite (5)
- STEEN
- 40 Across: Gallic homophone for key (3)
- QUI
- 41 Across: But, to Cato (3)
- SED
- 42 Across: Twinkler (4)
- STAR
- 43 Across: Give confidence to (6)
- ASSURE
- 46 Across: Fabricate (4)
- COIN
- 47 Across: Most pretentious (7)
- ARTIEST
- 48 Across: Monosyllabic word meaning "cadged" (9)
- SCROUNGED
- 52 Across: Annex (3)
- ELL
- 53 Across: MacDermot musical (4)
- HAIR
- 54 Across: Actress Rowlands (4)
- GENA
- 55 Across: Elects or selects (5)
- PICKS
- 58 Across: Minn. county or city (5)
- ANOKA
- 60 Across: Kádár's predecessor (4)
- NAGY
- 62 Across: Bloke (4)
- CHAP
- 63 Across: Emulate Canova (5)
- YODEL
- 64 Across: Cade or titi (4)
- TREE
- 65 Across: Horne from Brooklyn (4)
- LENA
- 66 Across: Tiber feeder (4)
- NERA
- 67 Across: Cong. sitting (4)
- SESS
- 68 Across: Anthony or Barbara (4)
- EDEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bud Fisher character (4)
- JEFF
- 2 Down: Single (4)
- UNAL
- 3 Down: Monosyllabic word meaning "scribbled" (9)
- SCRATCHED
- 4 Down: Fried food, in Tokyo (7)
- TEMPURA
- 5 Down: Lingerie item (3)
- BRA
- 6 Down: Rest (6)
- REPOSE
- 7 Down: Like xenon (5)
- INERT
- 8 Down: Reasonable (8)
- MODERATE
- 9 Down: Little, to Burns (3)
- SMA
- 10 Down: Great odist (6)
- HORACE
- 11 Down: Kind of coffee (5)
- IRISH
- 12 Down: Defeat badly (5)
- PASTE
- 16 Down: Pb (4)
- LEAD
- 21 Down: Pun ending (4)
- STER
- 23 Down: Class of a sort (7)
- SEMINAR
- 27 Down: Twitching (3)
- TIC
- 28 Down: Concordes (4)
- SSTS
- 29 Down: Freedom from vicissitude (4)
- EASE
- 30 Down: Oenologist's activity (7)
- TASTING
- 33 Down: Key's "above" (3)
- OER
- 34 Down: Monosyllabic word meaning "sat on" (9)
- SQUELCHED
- 35 Down: Cather's "One of ___" (4)
- OURS
- 36 Down: Assembly (4)
- DIET
- 39 Down: Touching lines (8)
- TANGENTS
- 42 Down: Trifle (3)
- SOU
- 44 Down: Something to watch, at times (4)
- STEP
- 45 Down: Mustard pod (7)
- SILICLE
- 46 Down: Lulu (6)
- CORKER
- 47 Down: Saws (6)
- ADAGES
- 48 Down: Dobbin's follower (4)
- SHAY
- 49 Down: Criterion (5)
- CANON
- 50 Down: ___ Oro (5)
- RIODE
- 51 Down: Finnish lake, to Swedes (5)
- ENARE
- 56 Down: Welles role (4)
- KANE
- 57 Down: George Washington, e.g. (4)
- SPAN
- 59 Down: "Modish" words (3)
- ALA
- 61 Down: Sycophant's pet word (3)
- YES
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