Wednesday Crossword — February 23, 1982 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 2/23/1982. By Whitten.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Nuisance (4)
- PEST
- 5 Across: Hornet (4)
- WASP
- 9 Across: Looped band (5)
- STRAP
- 14 Across: Wood strip (4)
- LATH
- 15 Across: River at Rennes (4)
- ILLE
- 16 Across: Greasewood (5)
- CHICO
- 17 Across: Maple genus (4)
- ACER
- 18 Across: This may be proper (4)
- NOUN
- 19 Across: Hoopster Gilmore (5)
- ARTIS
- 20 Across: " . . . ___ and four . . . " (15)
- THREETOGETREADY
- 23 Across: "Dreamgirls" librettist (4)
- EYEN
- 24 Across: Sycamore, e.g. (4)
- TREE
- 25 Across: Strongbox (6)
- COFFER
- 28 Across: Back (3)
- FRO
- 29 Across: Tempo (4)
- PACE
- 33 Across: Forward (5)
- AHEAD
- 34 Across: Jacket (4)
- COAT
- 35 Across: Selves (4)
- EGOS
- 36 Across: Dramatist Connelly (4)
- MARC
- 37 Across: Certain liquors (5)
- MALTS
- 38 Across: Pertaining to seamen: Abbr. (4)
- NAUT
- 39 Across: Sea eagle (4)
- ERNE
- 40 Across: A Gardner (4)
- ERLE
- 41 Across: Long-billed bird (5)
- SNIPE
- 42 Across: One with "the delicate air" (4)
- LASS
- 43 Across: Attempt (3)
- TRY
- 44 Across: British economist (6)
- KEYNES
- 45 Across: Margarine (4)
- OLEO
- 47 Across: Platter for an audition (4)
- DEMO
- 48 Across: " . . . win ___" (exhortation for the Fighting Irish) (15)
- ONEFORTHEGIPPER
- 55 Across: Embankments (5)
- DIKES
- 56 Across: Payment of a sort (4)
- TOLL
- 57 Across: Comfort (4)
- EASE
- 58 Across: Pupil, in Paris (5)
- ELEVE
- 59 Across: Bone: Comb. form (4)
- OSTE
- 60 Across: Ceremony (4)
- RITE
- 61 Across: Jewish feast (5)
- SEDER
- 62 Across: Bosc, e.g. (4)
- PEAR
- 63 Across: Russian sea (4)
- ARAL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Map of a municipality (4)
- PLAT
- 2 Down: Every's partner (4)
- EACH
- 3 Down: Mob follower (4)
- STER
- 4 Down: "The ___," Joanne Woodward film (15)
- THREEFACESOFEVE
- 5 Down: July–August in Australia (6)
- WINTER
- 6 Down: Crazy as ___ (5)
- ALOON
- 7 Down: Small mollusk (4)
- SLUG
- 8 Down: Pierce (9)
- PENETRATE
- 9 Down: Frighten (5)
- SCARE
- 10 Down: "The ___," Weill work (15)
- THREEPENNYOPERA
- 11 Down: Moreno (4)
- RITA
- 12 Down: Astringent (4)
- ACID
- 13 Down: Nosegay (4)
- POSY
- 21 Down: Viewed (4)
- EYED
- 22 Down: Gaits (5)
- TROTS
- 25 Down: Hageen (5)
- CAMEL
- 26 Down: He wrote "Assembly": 1961 (5)
- OHARA
- 27 Down: Pteridophytes (5)
- FERNS
- 28 Down: Absurdity (5)
- FOLLY
- 30 Down: Once more (5)
- AGAIN
- 31 Down: Car style (5)
- COUPE
- 32 Down: This is not a park in Colorado (5)
- ESTES
- 34 Down: Redhead (9)
- CARROTTOP
- 37 Down: This may run while you ride (5)
- METER
- 41 Down: Large truck, for short (4)
- SEMI
- 44 Down: Bowler (6)
- KEGLER
- 46 Down: Ford in 1976 (5)
- LOSER
- 47 Down: River-mouth deposit (5)
- DELTA
- 48 Down: Words worth a poetry lover's time (4)
- ODES
- 49 Down: Africa's longest river (4)
- NILE
- 50 Down: ___ out (supplemented) (4)
- EKED
- 51 Down: These also may run (4)
- HOSE
- 52 Down: Duo (4)
- PAIR
- 53 Down: Durango demonstrative (4)
- ESTA
- 54 Down: Sway (4)
- REEL
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