Wednesday Crossword — April 30, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/30/1986. By Dorothy Cannan.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bandage material (4)
- TAPE
- 5 Across: Twist (4)
- SKEW
- 9 Across: Unit of capacitance (5)
- FARAD
- 14 Across: Redolence (4)
- ODOR
- 15 Across: Radial, for one (4)
- TIRE
- 16 Across: Abscond (5)
- ELOPE
- 17 Across: Exclusive (4)
- SOLE
- 18 Across: Operatic solo (4)
- ARIA
- 19 Across: Fla. seaport (5)
- TAMPA
- 20 Across: ___-Magnon man (3)
- CRO
- 21 Across: British-game equipment (11)
- CRICKETBALL
- 23 Across: Gods of the Norse (5)
- AESIR
- 25 Across: "___ of the Apes," 1968 film (6)
- PLANET
- 26 Across: Filament (4)
- HAIR
- 28 Across: Introduction (5)
- PROEM
- 30 Across: Russian peninsula (6)
- CRIMEA
- 32 Across: Resinous substance (3)
- LAC
- 33 Across: King spared by Saul (4)
- AGAG
- 37 Across: Tune (3)
- AIR
- 38 Across: ___ of hand (7)
- SLEIGHT
- 41 Across: Old Danish money (3)
- ORA
- 42 Across: Cotton fabric (4)
- BATT
- 44 Across: Actor Chaney (3)
- LON
- 45 Across: Small bandlike sleeve (6)
- ARMLET
- 47 Across: Like an April day (5)
- RAINY
- 49 Across: Part of a major's insignia (4)
- LEAF
- 50 Across: Store fodder (6)
- ENSILE
- 53 Across: Cartographer's work (5)
- ATLAS
- 56 Across: Milieu for Becker (11)
- TENNISCOURT
- 61 Across: Marsh elder (3)
- IVA
- 62 Across: Identical (5)
- ALIKE
- 63 Across: In addition (4)
- ALSO
- 64 Across: Giant panda in the Moscow Zoo (4)
- ANAN
- 65 Across: Pertaining to Swiss mountains (5)
- ALPEN
- 66 Across: ___ Cong (4)
- VIET
- 67 Across: Parody (4)
- SKIT
- 68 Across: Wens (5)
- CYSTS
- 69 Across: "God's Little ___": Caldwell (4)
- ACRE
- 70 Across: ___ Royale (4)
- ISLE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Puccini heroine (5)
- TOSCA
- 2 Down: Venerate (5)
- ADORE
- 3 Down: Sportswear (9)
- POLOSHIRT
- 4 Down: Before, to Byron (3)
- ERE
- 5 Down: Deneb or Sirius (4)
- STAR
- 6 Down: ___ Te Kanawa, noted soprano (4)
- KIRI
- 7 Down: Greenland's colonizer (4)
- ERIC
- 8 Down: Debilitated (4)
- WEAK
- 9 Down: Condition (6)
- FETTLE
- 10 Down: The Crimson Tide (7)
- ALABAMA
- 11 Down: Kind of alphabet or candle (5)
- ROMAN
- 12 Down: Sweeting, e.g. (5)
- APPLE
- 13 Down: Distributed playing cards (5)
- DEALT
- 21 Down: Weeps (5)
- CRIES
- 22 Down: Of a time period (7)
- EPOCHAL
- 24 Down: "___ Woman," Reddy hit (3)
- IAM
- 27 Down: Mass meetings (7)
- RALLIES
- 28 Down: Roman writer-statesman (5)
- PLINY
- 29 Down: Remnant (3)
- RAG
- 30 Down: Taxi (3)
- CAB
- 31 Down: Creek (3)
- RIA
- 34 Down: Setting for Peete (9)
- GOLFLINKS
- 35 Down: Unit of surface measurement (3)
- ARE
- 36 Down: Narrow ship channel (3)
- GAT
- 39 Down: Long time (3)
- EON
- 40 Down: Entertain (5)
- TREAT
- 43 Down: Gewgaw (7)
- TRINKET
- 46 Down: Entangle (3)
- MAT
- 48 Down: Science fiction characters (6)
- ALIENS
- 50 Down: Blaubok (5)
- ETAAC
- 51 Down: "Let not poor ___ starve": Charles II (5)
- NELLY
- 52 Down: Cuts (5)
- SNIPS
- 54 Down: Benefit (5)
- AVAIL
- 55 Down: "A votre ___!" (5)
- SANTE
- 57 Down: Hollows (4)
- CAVA
- 58 Down: Chemical suffix (4)
- OLIC
- 59 Down: Employer (4)
- USER
- 60 Down: Kyle of football fame (4)
- ROTE
- 64 Down: "___ live and breathe!" (3)
- ASI
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