Wednesday Crossword — January 16, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/16/1985. By Judson G. Trent.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Rival of Ole Miss (4)
- BAMA
- 5 Across: After, in Arles (5)
- APRES
- 10 Across: Ghanaian seaport (4)
- KETA
- 14 Across: Ancient kingdom (4)
- ELAM
- 15 Across: Literary Becky (5)
- SHARP
- 16 Across: First governor of "The 49th" (4)
- EGAN
- 17 Across: French magazine (4)
- ELLE
- 18 Across: Short-legged dog (5)
- CORGI
- 19 Across: Presswork with pix (4)
- ROTO
- 20 Across: Strain (8)
- FILTRATE
- 22 Across: Jayhawker (6)
- KANSAN
- 24 Across: Pueblo Indian (4)
- HOPI
- 25 Across: Joyous celebration (4)
- FETE
- 26 Across: Yields as a return (4)
- PAYS
- 28 Across: Birthstone (9)
- CARNELIAN
- 33 Across: Grasped (6)
- SENSED
- 35 Across: Item often having interest (4)
- LOAN
- 36 Across: Sine ___ (3)
- DIE
- 37 Across: Formerly, once (4)
- ERST
- 38 Across: Homophone for a biblical queen (5)
- ESTER
- 40 Across: Body (4)
- SOMA
- 41 Across: "Pink Marsh" author (3)
- ADE
- 42 Across: Conductor Klemperer (4)
- OTTO
- 43 Across: Blackjack player's opponent (6)
- DEALER
- 45 Across: Birthstone (9)
- TURQUOISE
- 48 Across: Chevet (4)
- APSE
- 49 Across: Am. call-up outfit (4)
- USNR
- 50 Across: File (4)
- RASP
- 52 Across: Crow's kin (6)
- DAKOTA
- 55 Across: Tempestuous winds (8)
- NORTHERS
- 59 Across: Vent (4)
- EMIT
- 60 Across: Craft (5)
- TRADE
- 62 Across: Brainstorm (4)
- IDEA
- 63 Across: Anagram of noel (4)
- LONE
- 64 Across: Corroded (5)
- EATEN
- 65 Across: Wagnerian cycle (4)
- RING
- 66 Across: ___ out (barely managed) (4)
- EKED
- 67 Across: "___ thou these great buildings?": Mark 13:2 (5)
- SEEST
- 68 Across: Major ending (4)
- ETTE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Gripe (4)
- BEEF
- 2 Down: "I am monarch of ___ survey" (4)
- ALLI
- 3 Down: Promenade (4)
- MALL
- 4 Down: Birthstone (8)
- AMETHYST
- 5 Down: B.M.I. rival (5)
- ASCAP
- 6 Down: Caused by light (6)
- PHOTIC
- 7 Down: Choice (4)
- RARE
- 8 Down: Unit of work (3)
- ERG
- 9 Down: Plant of the ginseng family (9)
- SPIKENARD
- 10 Down: Core (6)
- KERNEL
- 11 Down: Selves (4)
- EGOS
- 12 Down: So long, in Soho (4)
- TATA
- 13 Down: Shortly (4)
- ANON
- 21 Down: "Second Hand ___" (4)
- ROSE
- 23 Down: Solar disk (4)
- ATEN
- 25 Down: Cleaving tool (4)
- FROE
- 26 Down: Lost to view (5)
- PERDU
- 27 Down: Goose genus (5)
- ANSER
- 29 Down: Choral singers (5)
- ALTOS
- 30 Down: Fans' favorites (5)
- IDOLS
- 31 Down: Evangelist McPherson (5)
- AIMEE
- 32 Down: Stingy (4)
- NEAR
- 33 Down: In the catbird ___ (4)
- SEAT
- 34 Down: Explodes (9)
- DETONATES
- 39 Down: Slammer (4)
- STIR
- 40 Down: Birthstone (8)
- SAPPHIRE
- 42 Down: Expel (4)
- OUST
- 44 Down: Maugham's "___ of Suez" (4)
- EAST
- 46 Down: Named a price (6)
- QUOTED
- 47 Down: Gullies (6)
- ERODES
- 51 Down: Common contraction (5)
- ARENT
- 52 Down: Take out (4)
- DELE
- 53 Down: Berserk (4)
- AMOK
- 54 Down: Cattle, to Cowper (4)
- KINE
- 55 Down: N.B.A.'s Archibald (4)
- NATE
- 56 Down: Emulate Edward Bok (4)
- EDIT
- 57 Down: Cleft (4)
- RENT
- 58 Down: Kind of brush (4)
- SAGE
- 61 Down: Charlotte from Milwaukee (3)
- RAE
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