Wednesday Crossword — April 2, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/2/1986. By Nancy McCarthy.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Court minutes (4)
- ACTA
- 5 Across: L.A. round-baller (5)
- LAKER
- 10 Across: Role (4)
- PART
- 14 Across: Surround (4)
- GIRD
- 15 Across: Like a grandam (5)
- ANILE
- 16 Across: Plant of the lily family (4)
- ALOE
- 17 Across: Amos and Andy (15)
- OTISANDWILLIAMS
- 20 Across: Wool cluster (3)
- NEP
- 21 Across: Mata ___ (4)
- HARI
- 22 Across: Something of value (5)
- ASSET
- 23 Across: Cincinnati Rose (4)
- PETE
- 24 Across: Sunken fence (4)
- HAHA
- 26 Across: Flower cluster (6)
- RACEME
- 29 Across: Bore, to boar (7)
- HOMONYM
- 32 Across: Locality (4)
- AREA
- 33 Across: Angry fit (5)
- FUROR
- 34 Across: Dawn goddess (3)
- EOS
- 36 Across: Lucy and Ricky (15)
- MONROEANDNELSON
- 40 Across: Dance movement (3)
- PAS
- 41 Across: Belgian marble (5)
- RANCE
- 42 Across: Air: Comb. form (4)
- AERI
- 43 Across: Boxing encore (7)
- REMATCH
- 45 Across: Hunting hound (6)
- BASSET
- 47 Across: ___-bitsy (4)
- ITSY
- 48 Across: Trading center (4)
- MART
- 49 Across: Anoint, old style (5)
- ANELE
- 52 Across: Gross, in a way (4)
- EARN
- 53 Across: Follower of Fannie or Ginnie (3)
- MAE
- 56 Across: Jack and Jill (15)
- JONESANDIRELAND
- 60 Across: Kabul V.I.P. (4)
- AMIR
- 61 Across: French queen (5)
- REINE
- 62 Across: Noisome (4)
- OLID
- 63 Across: Beatty film (4)
- REDS
- 64 Across: Tourist's stopover (5)
- MOTEL
- 65 Across: Cunning (4)
- WILY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Ancient contest (4)
- AGON
- 2 Down: Quote (4)
- CITE
- 3 Down: Stumble (4)
- TRIP
- 4 Down: Classified sect. (3)
- ADS
- 5 Down: Woolly (6)
- LANATE
- 6 Down: Conductor Kostelanetz: 1901–80 (5)
- ANDRE
- 7 Down: Flightless bird (4)
- KIWI
- 8 Down: Yalie (3)
- ELI
- 9 Down: Unit of reluctance (3)
- REL
- 10 Down: Rossellini film: 1946 (6)
- PAISAN
- 11 Down: Sad disyllable (4)
- ALAS
- 12 Down: Where Sinclair Lewis died (4)
- ROME
- 13 Down: This may be acidy (4)
- TEST
- 18 Down: Attention getter (4)
- AHEM
- 19 Down: Pakistani city (6)
- LAHORE
- 23 Down: Fleshy fruit (4)
- PEAR
- 24 Down: Multitude (5)
- HORDE
- 25 Down: Egyptian sun god (4)
- AMON
- 26 Down: Stadium passage (4)
- RAMP
- 27 Down: Bellowing (5)
- AROAR
- 28 Down: Perfume, in a way (5)
- CENSE
- 29 Down: Premonition (5)
- HUNCH
- 30 Down: Assents (5)
- YESES
- 31 Down: Dudley or Henry (5)
- MOORE
- 33 Down: Imagination (5)
- FANCY
- 35 Down: Tizzy (4)
- SNIT
- 37 Down: Uses a podium (6)
- ORATES
- 38 Down: Greasy-spoon sign (4)
- EATS
- 39 Down: Endure (4)
- LAST
- 44 Down: Cram's competitors (6)
- MILERS
- 45 Down: Cooper's creation (6)
- BARREL
- 46 Down: "Rule, Britannia" composer (4)
- ARNE
- 48 Down: Down East state (5)
- MAINE
- 49 Down: Not quite shut (4)
- AJAR
- 50 Down: "Caro ___," Verdi aria (4)
- NOME
- 51 Down: Author Bagnold (4)
- ENID
- 52 Down: Correct copy (4)
- EDIT
- 53 Down: Bamako's land (4)
- MALI
- 54 Down: Indigo (4)
- ANIL
- 55 Down: Swirl (4)
- EDDY
- 57 Down: Branch (3)
- ARM
- 58 Down: Modernist (3)
- NEO
- 59 Down: Soft (3)
- LOW
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