Wednesday Crossword — January 4, 1989 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/4/1989. By Betty Jorgensen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Third of 52 Across (5)
- GAMMA
- 6 Across: Not in the dark (5)
- AWARE
- 11 Across: Salt (3)
- TAR
- 14 Across: Throw for ___ (overwhelm) (5)
- ALOOP
- 15 Across: Danger (5)
- PERIL
- 16 Across: Important time (3)
- ERA
- 17 Across: Underage (5)
- MINOR
- 18 Across: Rio de la ___, Argentina (5)
- PLATA
- 19 Across: Asian holiday (3)
- TET
- 20 Across: Important archeological discovery: 1799 (12)
- ROSETTASTONE
- 23 Across: J.F.K. posting (3)
- ARR
- 26 Across: A daughter of Ingrid (3)
- PIA
- 27 Across: Hues (5)
- TINTS
- 28 Across: Egyptian figures on 20 Across (13)
- HIEROGLYPHICS
- 33 Across: Pseudonym of sorts (5)
- ALIAS
- 34 Across: The "Iliad," e.g. (4)
- EPIC
- 35 Across: Propensity (4)
- BENT
- 36 Across: Rental document (5)
- LEASE
- 38 Across: History (4)
- PAST
- 42 Across: Pinball no-no (4)
- TILT
- 43 Across: Noodles, macaroni, etc. (5)
- PASTA
- 44 Across: Where 20 Across is displayed (13)
- BRITISHMUSEUM
- 48 Across: Chef's garb (5)
- APRON
- 50 Across: Dory power (3)
- OAR
- 51 Across: Soft drink (3)
- ADE
- 52 Across: Other inscriptions on 20 Across (12)
- GREEKLETTERS
- 57 Across: Cato's tongue: Abbr. (3)
- LAT
- 58 Across: Actor in "The Maltese Falcon" (5)
- LORRE
- 59 Across: A neighbor of Switzerland (5)
- ITALY
- 63 Across: Exclamation of discovery (3)
- OHO
- 64 Across: Ford lemon (5)
- EDSEL
- 65 Across: "The ___ and the Dead": Mailer (5)
- NAKED
- 66 Across: Looking like a ghost (3)
- WAN
- 67 Across: Locales (5)
- SITES
- 68 Across: Third-day creation (5)
- GRASS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Get-together at sea (3)
- GAM
- 2 Down: Former ring king (3)
- ALI
- 3 Down: Washday: Abbr. (3)
- MON
- 4 Down: Spain invader (4)
- MOOR
- 5 Down: Relevant (7)
- APROPOS
- 6 Down: Second chance in court (6)
- APPEAL
- 7 Down: Strip of shoe leather (4)
- WELT
- 8 Down: Smell ___ (be suspicious) (4)
- ARAT
- 9 Down: Hayworth or Moreno (4)
- RITA
- 10 Down: Flexible (7)
- ELASTIC
- 11 Down: Rockies range (6)
- TETONS
- 12 Down: "I'm a dreamer, ___ we all?" (5)
- ARENT
- 13 Down: Counts (5)
- RATES
- 21 Down: Mr., in Pisa (3)
- SIG
- 22 Down: Facial problem (3)
- TIC
- 23 Down: Moby Dick's pursuer (4)
- AHAB
- 24 Down: Raise one's dander (4)
- RILE
- 25 Down: Bridle part (4)
- REIN
- 29 Down: Sinking ship's evacuee (3)
- RAT
- 30 Down: Nobelist in Literature: 1923 (5)
- YEATS
- 31 Down: Bottom-of-a-letter letters (3)
- PPS
- 32 Down: Hurry (3)
- HIE
- 36 Down: Afire (3)
- LIT
- 37 Down: David ___ Lilienthal (3)
- ELI
- 38 Down: Dance step (3)
- PAS
- 39 Down: Cruising (4)
- ASEA
- 40 Down: Shirt-front fastener (4)
- STUD
- 41 Down: Not feral (4)
- TAME
- 42 Down: Small bell sounds (7)
- TINKLES
- 43 Down: Like a contented cat (7)
- PURRING
- 44 Down: Brest native (6)
- BRETON
- 45 Down: Fish delicacy (3)
- ROE
- 46 Down: Monopoly structures (6)
- HOTELS
- 47 Down: A West from the East (3)
- MAE
- 48 Down: Shining (5)
- AGLOW
- 49 Down: Czech capital, to Czechs (5)
- PRAHA
- 53 Down: Calif. city (4)
- LODI
- 54 Down: Once, once (4)
- ERST
- 55 Down: Arboretum member (4)
- TREE
- 56 Down: Have the lead (4)
- STAR
- 60 Down: Police-blotter letters (3)
- AKA
- 61 Down: Bandleader Brown (3)
- LES
- 62 Down: Linear measures: Abbr. (3)
- YDS
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