Wednesday Crossword — November 9, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/9/1988. By Eileen Lexau.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Hits via a ray gun (4)
- ZAPS
- 5 Across: Watering places (4)
- SPAS
- 9 Across: Printer's mark (5)
- CARET
- 14 Across: Pitcher Hershiser (4)
- OREL
- 15 Across: Elegant (4)
- POSH
- 16 Across: Medieval French coin (5)
- OBOLE
- 17 Across: Character in "Dracula" (4)
- MINA
- 18 Across: French mountain (4)
- ALPE
- 19 Across: Little, e.g. (5)
- MIMIC
- 20 Across: Leatherworker (6)
- BEAMER
- 22 Across: Any which way (8)
- SLAPDASH
- 24 Across: Uncouth (7)
- ILLBRED
- 26 Across: Run away (4)
- FLEE
- 27 Across: Over (5)
- AGAIN
- 29 Across: Italian revolutionary: 1819-58 (6)
- ORSINI
- 33 Across: Softly, in music (5)
- PIANO
- 36 Across: Uncertain (5)
- VAGUE
- 38 Across: Gear (3)
- RIG
- 39 Across: . . . as a bug in ___ (4)
- ARUG
- 40 Across: Cooked pastry (5)
- BAKED
- 41 Across: Farm building (4)
- SILO
- 42 Across: Snitch (3)
- RAT
- 43 Across: "Five Men and Pompey" poet (5)
- BENET
- 44 Across: And wiser? (5)
- OLDER
- 45 Across: Himalayan cedar (6)
- DEODAR
- 47 Across: Italian cathedrals (5)
- DUOMI
- 49 Across: Section of Morocco (4)
- IFNI
- 51 Across: A fuel (7)
- PROPANE
- 55 Across: Exciting baseball game (8)
- SLUGFEST
- 59 Across: Bedded down, in Britain (6)
- DOSSED
- 60 Across: Danger (5)
- PERIL
- 61 Across: Small flute (4)
- FIFE
- 63 Across: Busy place (4)
- HIVE
- 64 Across: Class (5)
- CASTE
- 65 Across: Gumbo ingredient (4)
- OKRA
- 66 Across: Norse god (4)
- ODIN
- 67 Across: Coarse; unfeeling (5)
- CRASS
- 68 Across: Iranian coin (4)
- RIAL
- 69 Across: Retreats (4)
- DENS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Evil supernatural force (5)
- ZOMBI
- 2 Down: Shakespearean sprite (5)
- ARIEL
- 3 Down: Of punishment (5)
- PENAL
- 4 Down: Recklessly (8)
- SLAMBANG
- 5 Down: "Brother, Can You ___ Dime?" (6)
- SPAREA
- 6 Down: Ward heeler (3)
- POL
- 7 Down: Vipers (4)
- ASPS
- 8 Down: Bookcase section (5)
- SHELF
- 9 Down: British emcee (7)
- COMPERE
- 10 Down: Stands (6)
- ABIDES
- 11 Down: City on the Tevere (4)
- ROMA
- 12 Down: A department of Greece (4)
- ELIS
- 13 Down: Lab attendant, for short (4)
- TECH
- 21 Down: Therefore (4)
- ERGO
- 23 Down: So as to be heard (5)
- ALOUD
- 25 Down: Sofa (5)
- DIVAN
- 28 Down: Nude (5)
- NAKED
- 30 Down: Lilylike plant (4)
- IRID
- 31 Down: Shade of green (4)
- NILE
- 32 Down: "Prince ___," Borodin opera (4)
- IGOR
- 33 Down: Cowboy's pal (4)
- PARD
- 34 Down: Dies ___ (4)
- IRAE
- 35 Down: Stanley Steamer, e.g. (4)
- AUTO
- 37 Down: Costume (5)
- GETUP
- 40 Down: He wrote "Games People Play" (5)
- BERNE
- 41 Down: Careless (8)
- SLIPSHOD
- 43 Down: Perplexes (7)
- BAFFLES
- 44 Down: Melville novel (4)
- OMOO
- 46 Down: Toes, e.g. (6)
- DIGITS
- 48 Down: Trial (6)
- ORDEAL
- 50 Down: "A ___ apple" (5)
- ISFOR
- 52 Down: Stage direction (5)
- ASIDE
- 53 Down: Composer Ethelbert (5)
- NEVIN
- 54 Down: Utopias (5)
- EDENS
- 55 Down: Youngsters' protective assn. (4)
- SPCC
- 56 Down: Norman of TV fame (4)
- LEAR
- 57 Down: Sky Bear (4)
- URSA
- 58 Down: First Polynesian man (4)
- TIKI
- 62 Down: ___ Angelico (3)
- FRA
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