Wednesday Crossword — November 8, 1989 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/8/1989. By Eli Wesoff.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Artifice (5)
- DODGE
- 6 Across: Belfry occupants (4)
- BATS
- 10 Across: Winter mos. (4)
- FEBS
- 14 Across: "___ to the wise . . . " (5)
- AWORD
- 15 Across: Got off (4)
- ALIT
- 16 Across: Hawaiian feast (4)
- LUAU
- 17 Across: Emulated Dorcas (5)
- SEWED
- 18 Across: Whiskers named for Gen. Burnside (9)
- SIDEBURNS
- 20 Across: Tenpenny, etc. (5)
- NAILS
- 22 Across: Moray, e.g. (3)
- EEL
- 23 Across: Quarters for Fatima (3)
- ODA
- 24 Across: Backslides (6)
- LAPSES
- 26 Across: Type of maid (7)
- SLEEPIN
- 28 Across: Man, for one (4)
- ISLE
- 29 Across: Chinese pagoda (3)
- TAA
- 32 Across: Creeks (6)
- INLETS
- 33 Across: African lake or republic (4)
- CHAD
- 34 Across: Gluttonous (6)
- GREEDY
- 36 Across: ___ lime pie (3)
- KEY
- 37 Across: Turnkeys in Britain (7)
- GAOLERS
- 39 Across: Killer whale (3)
- ORC
- 42 Across: See 22 Across (6)
- CONGER
- 43 Across: Burr-Hamilton affair (4)
- DUEL
- 44 Across: Outcome (6)
- UPSHOT
- 47 Across: Where B'klyn is (3)
- NYC
- 49 Across: Sicilian spouter (4)
- ETNA
- 50 Across: Secretes again (7)
- REHIDES
- 52 Across: Kidnapper's objective (6)
- RANSOM
- 54 Across: Precipitation in Glasgow (3)
- SNA
- 55 Across: Break a fast (3)
- EAT
- 56 Across: Author of "My Name is Asher Lev" (5)
- POTOK
- 57 Across: Attempt (9)
- UNDERTAKE
- 60 Across: Practical (5)
- UTILE
- 63 Across: Sediment (4)
- LEES
- 64 Across: Stretches, with "out" (4)
- EKES
- 65 Across: Wolfe and a Roman emperor (5)
- NEROS
- 66 Across: Increases (4)
- ADDS
- 67 Across: Budget item (4)
- RENT
- 68 Across: Bar legally (5)
- ESTOP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: German article (3)
- DAS
- 2 Down: Part of i.o.u. (3)
- OWE
- 3 Down: De-emphasize (8)
- DOWNPLAY
- 4 Down: ___ the palm (bribed) (7)
- GREASED
- 5 Down: Cantor or Arcaro (5)
- EDDIE
- 6 Down: Large-mouth or small-mouth (4)
- BASS
- 7 Down: The Greatest (3)
- ALI
- 8 Down: Neap and ebb (5)
- TIDES
- 9 Down: Harder (8)
- STEELIER
- 10 Down: Type of shot (3)
- FLU
- 11 Down: One side of the Urals (6)
- EUROPE
- 12 Down: One-armed ___ (6)
- BANDIT
- 13 Down: Saint James and Hayward (6)
- SUSANS
- 19 Down: Tobacco mixtures (6)
- BLENDS
- 21 Down: Omaha Beach vessel, for short (3)
- LST
- 24 Down: Overcome (4)
- LICK
- 25 Down: Wimbledon champ: 1975 (4)
- ASHE
- 27 Down: Culbertson of bridge (3)
- ELY
- 30 Down: Excited (4)
- AGOG
- 31 Down: Author of "The Green Hat" (5)
- ARLEN
- 35 Down: Uncanny (4)
- EERY
- 37 Down: Do-___ (humanitarian) (6)
- GOODER
- 38 Down: Echidna (8)
- ANTEATER
- 39 Down: Border; fringe (8)
- OUTSKIRT
- 40 Down: Silver State city (4)
- RENO
- 41 Down: Word with bake (4)
- CLAM
- 42 Down: " . . . sweetheart of Sigma ___" (3)
- CHI
- 43 Down: Stands for (7)
- DENOTES
- 44 Down: Actress Andress (6)
- URSULA
- 45 Down: Wrote (6)
- PENNED
- 46 Down: Worked on a pastel (6)
- SHADED
- 48 Down: ___-Magnon (3)
- CRO
- 51 Down: Spile (5)
- STAKE
- 53 Down: " . . . I am disposed to harmony . . . incapable of ___": Lamb (5)
- ATUNE
- 56 Down: Nuisance (4)
- PEST
- 58 Down: Curve (3)
- ESS
- 59 Down: Scope of understanding (3)
- KEN
- 61 Down: Old card game (3)
- LOO
- 62 Down: Unusual perception, for short (3)
- ESP
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