Wednesday Crossword — March 9, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 3/9/1988. By Kathryn Righter.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Flag supports (5)
- POLES
- 6 Across: Cotillion (6)
- GERMAN
- 12 Across: Members of the ox family (7)
- BOVINES
- 14 Across: Fly a plane (6)
- AVIATE
- 15 Across: Like certain Mediterranean winds (7)
- ETESIAN
- 16 Across: "Il Trovatore" heroine (7)
- LEONORA
- 18 Across: Type of ship: Abbr. (3)
- STR
- 19 Across: Motormen (7)
- DRIVERS
- 21 Across: Former capital of Serbia (3)
- NIS
- 22 Across: Conger (3)
- EEL
- 23 Across: Whirls (5)
- SPINS
- 24 Across: Desire (4)
- WISH
- 25 Across: Pamphlet (5)
- TRACT
- 28 Across: Vegetable (3)
- PEA
- 29 Across: Parsonage (5)
- MANSE
- 30 Across: Damaged (7)
- SPOILED
- 32 Across: Sheeplike antelopes (6)
- SAIGAS
- 33 Across: Retired for the night (4)
- ABED
- 34 Across: Force; power (4)
- DINT
- 35 Across: Tried (6)
- TESTED
- 38 Across: Piquant; sharp (7)
- PUNGENT
- 41 Across: Source of Solomon's gold (5)
- OPHIR
- 42 Across: ___-relief (3)
- BAS
- 43 Across: Aromas (5)
- ODORS
- 45 Across: Bakery products (4)
- PIES
- 46 Across: Kinds (5)
- SORTS
- 48 Across: Tear (3)
- RIP
- 49 Across: Ailing (3)
- ILL
- 50 Across: Laborers (7)
- WORKMEN
- 52 Across: Mid-11th-century date (3)
- MLI
- 53 Across: Alcoholic beverage (7)
- COLLINS
- 55 Across: Semitic language (7)
- ARAMAIC
- 57 Across: Celtic language (6)
- GAELIC
- 58 Across: Newness (7)
- NOVELTY
- 59 Across: Crush; stamp out (6)
- SCOTCH
- 60 Across: ___ rabbit (5)
- WELSH
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Ceramic artisans (7)
- POTTERS
- 2 Down: Cover and extend beyond (7)
- OVERLAP
- 3 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3)
- LIS
- 4 Down: Camelot character (4)
- ENID
- 5 Down: ___ Tower, Chicago (5)
- SEARS
- 6 Down: Lead ore (6)
- GALENA
- 7 Down: Player between Tinker and Chance (5)
- EVERS
- 8 Down: Ebro and Mayo (4)
- RIOS
- 9 Down: Chess piece (3)
- MAN
- 10 Down: Activity on Yom Kippur (7)
- ATONING
- 11 Down: Portia's handmaiden (7)
- NERISSA
- 12 Down: Attack (5)
- BESET
- 13 Down: Clipped (7)
- SNIPPED
- 17 Down: Lenten symbol (5)
- ASHES
- 20 Down: Contended (4)
- VIED
- 24 Down: Bided one's time (6)
- WAITED
- 26 Down: Relatives of raccoons (6)
- COATIS
- 27 Down: River at Rome (5)
- TIBER
- 29 Down: Tropical fruit (5)
- MANGO
- 31 Down: Guided (3)
- LED
- 32 Down: Transgress (3)
- SIN
- 34 Down: Refuse collector in Britain (7)
- DUSTMAN
- 35 Down: Subject (5)
- TOPIC
- 36 Down: Concluding speeches (7)
- EPILOGS
- 37 Down: Varnish ingredient (7)
- SHELLAC
- 38 Down: Recreation area (4)
- PARK
- 39 Down: Standards or averages (7)
- NORMALS
- 40 Down: Prehistoric structure of three stones (7)
- TRILITH
- 42 Down: Beet soup (6)
- BORSCH
- 44 Down: Like pepper pot (5)
- SPICY
- 46 Down: Kind of boom (5)
- SONIC
- 47 Down: Asian goat antelope (5)
- SEROW
- 50 Down: Wither (4)
- WILT
- 51 Down: Church area (4)
- NAVE
- 54 Down: Sign of the zodiac (3)
- LEO
- 56 Down: Honey, in pharmacy (3)
- MEL
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