Wednesday Crossword — September 5, 1984 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/5/1984. By William Canine.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Lingerie item (3)
- BRA
- 4 Across: Shepherd's concerns (4)
- EWES
- 8 Across: Decision maker (6)
- UMPIRE
- 14 Across: Sleazy publication (3)
- RAG
- 15 Across: Vidal (4)
- GORE
- 16 Across: Former Mideast leader (6)
- NASSER
- 17 Across: A Uris hero (3)
- ARI
- 18 Across: Score for Gretzky (4)
- GOAL
- 19 Across: Warbles (6)
- TRILLS
- 20 Across: Churchill Downs event (5)
- DERBY
- 22 Across: Cookout, e.g. (4)
- MEAL
- 24 Across: Ogle (3)
- EYE
- 25 Across: Golden-winged flicker (12)
- YELLOWHAMMER
- 29 Across: Succulent plant (4)
- ALOE
- 30 Across: Site of Dakar (7)
- SENEGAL
- 34 Across: Blackbirds (8)
- GRACKLES
- 38 Across: Roman official (5)
- EDILE
- 39 Across: Connection (4)
- LINK
- 40 Across: Coattails, e.g. (5)
- FLAPS
- 43 Across: Fruit of the blackthorn (4)
- SLOE
- 44 Across: Neighbor of Rome (5)
- UTICA
- 46 Across: Extinct diver (8)
- GREATAUK
- 48 Across: Malaysian city (7)
- MALACCA
- 51 Across: Suffix with Boswell or Johnson (4)
- IANA
- 52 Across: Large swallow (12)
- PURPLEMARTIN
- 57 Across: Pallid (3)
- WAN
- 60 Across: Pipe cement (4)
- LUTE
- 61 Across: Warehouse (5)
- ETAPE
- 62 Across: Summons (6)
- EVOKES
- 64 Across: Calla lily (4)
- ARUM
- 67 Across: Tugboat service (3)
- TOW
- 68 Across: Release (6)
- LETOUT
- 69 Across: "___, vidi, vici" (4)
- VENI
- 70 Across: Porter, for one (3)
- ALE
- 71 Across: Ornate (6)
- DRESSY
- 72 Across: "Poema del Cid," e.g. (4)
- EPIC
- 73 Across: A neighbor of Leb. (3)
- SYR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Diamond Jim (5)
- BRADY
- 2 Down: Peep show (5)
- RAREE
- 3 Down: "___ Like I," Loos autobiography (5)
- AGIRL
- 4 Down: Poundcake ingredient (7)
- EGGYOLK
- 5 Down: Pay suit (3)
- WOO
- 6 Down: Epoch (3)
- ERA
- 7 Down: Alabama city (5)
- SELMA
- 8 Down: Make wild (6)
- UNTAME
- 9 Down: "Blue Angel" actress's first name (7)
- MARLENE
- 10 Down: Greek letter (3)
- PSI
- 11 Down: Presque ___ Bay (4)
- ISLE
- 12 Down: Depend (4)
- RELY
- 13 Down: Highlanders' language (4)
- ERSE
- 21 Down: Chickadee (8)
- BLACKCAP
- 23 Down: Printers' measures (3)
- EMS
- 26 Down: Pack animal (4)
- WOLF
- 27 Down: Cant (4)
- HEEL
- 28 Down: Colorful warbler (8)
- REDSTART
- 31 Down: Colorado tributary (4)
- GILA
- 32 Down: Family name in baseball (4)
- ALOU
- 33 Down: Emblem of Wales (4)
- LEEK
- 34 Down: Depressed (4)
- GLUM
- 35 Down: Coolidge or Tushingham (4)
- RITA
- 36 Down: Indigo (4)
- ANIL
- 37 Down: Slump (3)
- SAG
- 41 Down: ___-dieu (kneeling bench) (4)
- PRIE
- 42 Down: Juncture (4)
- SEAM
- 45 Down: Sting, to a zoologist (7)
- ACULEUS
- 47 Down: Lacking vitality (7)
- ANAEMIC
- 49 Down: Sharp-tongued (6)
- CRUSTY
- 50 Down: Fitting (3)
- APT
- 53 Down: Time off (5)
- LEAVE
- 54 Down: Informal farewells (5)
- TATAS
- 55 Down: River in Hungary (5)
- IPOLY
- 56 Down: More recent (5)
- NEWER
- 57 Down: N.Y.C.'s Tuesday (4)
- WELD
- 58 Down: Claim (4)
- AVER
- 59 Down: Eminence (4)
- NOTE
- 63 Down: Items in Ali's rec. (3)
- KOS
- 65 Down: Ribbed fabric (3)
- REP
- 66 Down: Prefix with form or cell (3)
- UNI
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