Wednesday Crossword — October 15, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/15/1986. By Whitten.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Affront (4)
- SLAP
- 5 Across: Cub Scout unit (4)
- PACK
- 9 Across: Untidy (5)
- MESSY
- 14 Across: Indian unit of weight (4)
- TOLA
- 15 Across: Persia, today (4)
- IRAN
- 16 Across: Sharp ridge (5)
- ARETE
- 17 Across: Sole (4)
- ONLY
- 18 Across: Loblolly (4)
- PINE
- 19 Across: Welcome (5)
- GREET
- 20 Across: Rock-and-roll group (13)
- REOSPEEDWAGON
- 23 Across: "The A-Team" regular (3)
- MRT
- 24 Across: Otherwise (4)
- ELSE
- 25 Across: " . . . ___ for them in the inn": Luke 2:7 (6)
- NOROOM
- 28 Across: Tell's canton (3)
- URI
- 29 Across: Pre-Easter period (4)
- LENT
- 31 Across: Alfonso's queen (3)
- ENA
- 32 Across: Arm of the Atlantic (9)
- HUDSONBAY
- 36 Across: At any time (4)
- EVER
- 37 Across: Property receiver in a transfer (7)
- ALIENEE
- 38 Across: Harrovian's rival (7)
- ETONIAN
- 41 Across: More's antithesis (4)
- LESS
- 42 Across: Robert Altman film: 1975 (9)
- NASHVILLE
- 44 Across: Quantity: Abbr. (3)
- AMT
- 45 Across: Pear type (4)
- BOSC
- 47 Across: Scarlet (3)
- RED
- 48 Across: Tar (6)
- SAILOR
- 50 Across: Scorch (4)
- CHAR
- 52 Across: ___ poetica (3)
- ARS
- 55 Across: Chicago financial area (13)
- LASALLESTREET
- 58 Across: Sparsely inhabited tracts (5)
- WILDS
- 60 Across: Every one (4)
- EACH
- 61 Across: A Guthrie (4)
- ARLO
- 62 Across: "The Story of ___ H.," 1975 film (5)
- ADELE
- 63 Across: An arachnid (4)
- MITE
- 64 Across: Grandstand section (4)
- TIER
- 65 Across: Complications (5)
- NODES
- 66 Across: John ___, actor in "Roots" (4)
- AMOS
- 67 Across: Scour; hunt (4)
- SEEK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Tempest (5)
- STORM
- 2 Down: Individualist of a sort (5)
- LONER
- 3 Down: Distribute (5)
- ALLOT
- 4 Down: Remunerates (4)
- PAYS
- 5 Down: Channel of conveyance (8)
- PIPELINE
- 6 Down: Zodiacal sign (5)
- ARIES
- 7 Down: Unit of luminous intensity (7)
- CANDELA
- 8 Down: Recognized (4)
- KNEW
- 9 Down: Larva, whim or obsession (6)
- MAGGOT
- 10 Down: Goof (5)
- ERROR
- 11 Down: Wise monkey's words (9)
- SEENOEVIL
- 12 Down: Sault ___ Marie (3)
- STE
- 13 Down: Besides (3)
- YET
- 21 Down: Argentine name (5)
- PERON
- 22 Down: ___ Arbor, Mich. (3)
- ANN
- 26 Down: Tatum or Ryan (5)
- ONEAL
- 27 Down: Seine feeder (5)
- MARNE
- 28 Down: Employs (4)
- USES
- 30 Down: Vision (4)
- EYES
- 32 Down: Papa Bear of football (5)
- HALAS
- 33 Down: Moslem scholars (5)
- ULEMA
- 34 Down: Refined (9)
- DISTILLED
- 35 Down: Vereen and Gazzara (4)
- BENS
- 36 Down: Camelot lady (4)
- ENID
- 39 Down: Beats soundly (8)
- THRASHES
- 40 Down: Not hidden (5)
- OVERT
- 43 Down: Applaud (7)
- ACCLAIM
- 45 Down: Foremen (6)
- BOSSES
- 46 Down: A feast ___ famine (3)
- ORA
- 49 Down: Cuplike spoon (5)
- LADLE
- 51 Down: Hundred: Comb. form (5)
- HECTO
- 52 Down: Eagle's nest (5)
- AERIE
- 53 Down: Appomattox signature (5)
- RELEE
- 54 Down: Baby bird? (5)
- STORK
- 56 Down: Champagne Tony of golf (4)
- LEMA
- 57 Down: "Peanuts" expletive (4)
- RATS
- 58 Down: Ashen (3)
- WAN
- 59 Down: Altar words (3)
- IDO
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