Wednesday Crossword — October 4, 1989 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/4/1989. By Joy L. Wouk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Elec. unit (3)
- AMP
- 4 Across: Spines (5)
- BACKS
- 9 Across: Insect phase (5)
- IMAGO
- 14 Across: Zodiacal sign (3)
- LEO
- 15 Across: Me. town (5)
- ORONO
- 16 Across: U.S.-Can. defensive air command (5)
- NORAD
- 17 Across: Periodical item (15)
- MAGAZINEARTICLE
- 20 Across: Acronym for an aircraft (4)
- STOL
- 21 Across: Solid: Comb. form (6)
- STEREO
- 22 Across: Men and boys (3)
- HES
- 23 Across: Bakery employees (5)
- ICERS
- 25 Across: U.S. econ. figure (3)
- GNP
- 27 Across: Viper (3)
- ASP
- 30 Across: Black cuckoo (3)
- ANI
- 31 Across: Visionary (7)
- DREAMER
- 35 Across: Part of L.C.D. (5)
- LEAST
- 37 Across: "Of ___ I Sing" (4)
- THEE
- 39 Across: Split (4)
- RIVE
- 40 Across: Newspaper bigwig (15)
- EDITORIALWRITER
- 43 Across: Clair or Descartes (4)
- RENE
- 44 Across: Innkeeper (4)
- HOST
- 45 Across: "Ad ___ per aspera" (Kan. motto) (5)
- ASTRA
- 46 Across: "Don't ___ me" (1775 U.S. flag statement) (7)
- TREADON
- 48 Across: Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying" (3)
- ASI
- 50 Across: With: Prefix (3)
- SYN
- 51 Across: Slander (3)
- MUD
- 52 Across: Drink greedily (5)
- SWILL
- 54 Across: Nabokov heroine (3)
- ADA
- 57 Across: "___ peace" (6)
- RESTIN
- 59 Across: Muscat is its capital (4)
- OMAN
- 63 Across: Book source (15)
- PUBLISHINGHOUSE
- 66 Across: Conceal, as goods, in law (5)
- ELOIN
- 67 Across: Author Horatio (5)
- ALGER
- 68 Across: Letter after pi (3)
- RHO
- 69 Across: Hurled (5)
- SLUNG
- 70 Across: Frankfurt's state (5)
- HESSE
- 71 Across: Understanding (3)
- KEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Donation to the poor (4)
- ALMS
- 2 Down: Gist (4)
- MEAT
- 3 Down: Kelly's possum (4)
- POGO
- 4 Down: Dickens's pen name (3)
- BOZ
- 5 Down: Originated (6)
- ARISEN
- 6 Down: Remorse (10)
- CONTRITION
- 7 Down: Joints injured by Namath (5)
- KNEES
- 8 Down: Emulate a hawk (4)
- SOAR
- 9 Down: Chant (6)
- INTONE
- 10 Down: "L'état c'est ___" (3)
- MOI
- 11 Down: Remarque's "___ of Triumph" (4)
- ARCH
- 12 Down: Strong wind (4)
- GALE
- 13 Down: Shelley products (4)
- ODES
- 18 Down: Ring name (3)
- ALI
- 19 Down: Sprouted again (6)
- REGREW
- 24 Down: Inspector Clouseau's servant (4)
- CATO
- 26 Down: Kidnapper of Helen (5)
- PARIS
- 27 Down: Warn (5)
- ALERT
- 28 Down: Passover feast (5)
- SEDER
- 29 Down: "Common Sense" author (5)
- PAINE
- 31 Down: Certain jet structures (10)
- DELTAWINGS
- 32 Down: Catchers' needs (5)
- MITTS
- 33 Down: Companion of each (5)
- EVERY
- 34 Down: Showed a program again (5)
- RERAN
- 36 Down: What inspired Watt (5)
- STEAM
- 38 Down: Possesses (3)
- HAS
- 41 Down: Scholarship given to Sen. Bradley (6)
- RHODES
- 42 Down: Mud hen, e.g. (4)
- RAIL
- 47 Down: In the course of (6)
- DURING
- 49 Down: Burns slightly (6)
- SINGES
- 52 Down: Rural fence (5)
- STILE
- 53 Down: Old card game (3)
- LOO
- 54 Down: Gibbons (4)
- APES
- 55 Down: Sluggish (4)
- DULL
- 56 Down: ___ Ben Adhem (4)
- ABOU
- 58 Down: Former ruler of Iran (4)
- SHAH
- 60 Down: Gloom (4)
- MURK
- 61 Down: Arthur of the courts (4)
- ASHE
- 62 Down: Kind of light (4)
- NEON
- 64 Down: Author Yutang (3)
- LIN
- 65 Down: Charlemagne's dom. (3)
- HRE
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