Wednesday Crossword — September 10, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/10/1986. By Peter Swift.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: News broadcaster's summary (5)
- RECAP
- 6 Across: Auricular (4)
- OTIC
- 10 Across: Statutes (4)
- ACTS
- 14 Across: "___ Paris," Porter song (5)
- ILOVE
- 15 Across: Hawaiian bird (4)
- NENE
- 16 Across: Recipe direction (4)
- BOIL
- 17 Across: Choice oysters (10)
- BLUEPOINTS
- 19 Across: Heraldic border (4)
- ORLE
- 20 Across: Undermine (3)
- SAP
- 21 Across: Nudge (4)
- PROD
- 22 Across: Basked (6)
- SUNNED
- 24 Across: "Michel Strogoff" author (5)
- VERNE
- 25 Across: Lucy Hayes, ___ Webb (3)
- NEE
- 26 Across: Debussy work (5)
- LAMER
- 29 Across: Decisions at a P.O. (4)
- RTES
- 32 Across: ___ volente (3)
- DEO
- 35 Across: Gemayel of Lebanon (4)
- AMIN
- 36 Across: Declare without proof (6)
- ALLEGE
- 38 Across: Lingerie item (3)
- BRA
- 39 Across: Salad ingredients (15)
- DANDELIONGREENS
- 42 Across: Trygve of the U.N. (3)
- LIE
- 43 Across: Circumscribes (6)
- LIMITS
- 44 Across: ___-majesté (4)
- LESE
- 45 Across: Duo in mayonnaise (3)
- ENS
- 46 Across: Author Barstow (4)
- STAN
- 47 Across: Strains (5)
- SIFTS
- 48 Across: Thee, in Tours (3)
- TOI
- 50 Across: Sage or pimento (5)
- SPICE
- 53 Across: Grain used in making whisky (6)
- BARLEY
- 56 Across: " . . . ___clock scholar" (4)
- TENO
- 57 Across: Vestment (3)
- ALB
- 60 Across: Plant with fleshy leaves (4)
- ALOE
- 61 Across: Summer drink (10)
- ICEDCOFFEE
- 64 Across: Pantheon goddess (4)
- JUNO
- 65 Across: TV's Jack (4)
- PAAR
- 66 Across: Crustacean for a gourmet (5)
- PRAWN
- 67 Across: French souls (4)
- AMES
- 68 Across: Nev. city (4)
- ELKO
- 69 Across: N.Y. restaurateur (5)
- SARDI
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pork cuts (4)
- RIBS
- 2 Down: Cinders (4)
- ELLA
- 3 Down: Masterstroke (4)
- COUP
- 4 Down: "___ atque vale" (3)
- AVE
- 5 Down: Pungent condiment (6)
- PEPPER
- 6 Down: Lyonnaise potatoes essential (5)
- ONION
- 7 Down: Popular main course (15)
- TENDERLOINSTEAK
- 8 Down: Part of I.R.S. (3)
- INT
- 9 Down: Levy (4)
- CESS
- 10 Down: " . . . her poor dog ___" (5)
- ABONE
- 11 Down: Cabbage accompaniment (10)
- CORNEDBEEF
- 12 Down: Game piece (4)
- TILE
- 13 Down: Coaster (4)
- SLED
- 18 Down: Hockey great (3)
- ORR
- 23 Down: Indy 500 star (5)
- UNSER
- 24 Down: Peddle (4)
- VEND
- 26 Down: Soup server (5)
- LADLE
- 27 Down: Greatly, poetically (5)
- AMAIN
- 28 Down: Thick vegetable soup (10)
- MINESTRONE
- 30 Down: Big top (4)
- TENT
- 31 Down: ___ Benedict (4)
- EGGS
- 33 Down: Director Lubitsch (5)
- ERNST
- 34 Down: Wadis, at times (5)
- OASES
- 36 Down: Landed (4)
- ALIT
- 37 Down: Sieva bean's relative (4)
- LIMA
- 40 Down: Longfellow heroine (5)
- ELSIE
- 41 Down: Author Wiesel (4)
- ELIE
- 47 Down: Ice-cream servers (6)
- SCOOPS
- 49 Down: Pseudobutters (5)
- OLEOS
- 51 Down: Dodger Guerrero (5)
- PEDRO
- 52 Down: Kind of tax: Abbr. (3)
- INC
- 53 Down: ___ California (4)
- BAJA
- 54 Down: Grad. (4)
- ALUM
- 55 Down: Cry out sharply (4)
- YIPE
- 57 Down: Way off (4)
- AFAR
- 58 Down: Lecherous (4)
- LEWD
- 59 Down: Bolivian river (4)
- BENI
- 62 Down: First Lady Grace's man (3)
- CAL
- 63 Down: Spaghetti ___ diavolo (3)
- FRA
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