Wednesday Crossword — February 20, 1991 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/20/1991. By Wilson McBeath.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rhyme scheme (4)
ABBA
5 Across: Mall unit (5)
STORE
10 Across: A sound of music (4)
HIFI
14 Across: Boxer Max (4)
BAER
15 Across: Frankie of rock fame (5)
LYMON
16 Across: Yemeni seaport (4)
ADEN
17 Across: Varied background (15)
CHECKEREDCAREER
20 Across: ___ ceremony (be formal) (7)
STANDON
21 Across: Insipid (5)
STALE
22 Across: Malamutes, e.g. (4)
DOGS
23 Across: Nabokov's "___ Fire" (4)
PALE
25 Across: Garment size (6)
PETITE
28 Across: Turn; veer (4)
SLUE
29 Across: Scot's cap (3)
TAM
32 Across: Turkish V.I.P. (4)
AGHA
33 Across: Kind of oil (5)
SHALE
34 Across: Wrath (3)
IRE
35 Across: Hot dog's antics (15)
GRANDSTANDPLAYS
39 Across: Yet, in poesy (3)
EEN
40 Across: Storehouse (5)
ETAPE
41 Across: Where Kerman is (4)
IRAN
42 Across: Jeanne d'Arc's title: Abbr. (3)
STE
43 Across: Expose (4)
BARE
44 Across: Gaseous fuel (6)
BUTANE
46 Across: Make out (4)
FARE
47 Across: Meat (4)
GIST
48 Across: Mountains of Morocco (5)
ATLAS
51 Across: Lists (7)
CAREENS
54 Across: Caucus site? (15)
SMOKEFILLEDROOM
58 Across: Alleviate (4)
EASE
59 Across: TV group (5)
ATEAM
60 Across: Shade makers (4)
ELMS
61 Across: Hill dwellers (4)
ANTS
62 Across: Springe part (5)
NOOSE
63 Across: "Easy ___ it" (4)
DOES

Down Answers

1 Down: TV network (3)
ABC
2 Down: Cries of contempt (4)
BAHS
3 Down: Root vegetable (4)
BEET
4 Down: Pastoral (8)
ARCADIAN
5 Down: Tool or vehicle (6)
SLEDGE
6 Down: Novices (5)
TYROS
7 Down: Augury (4)
OMEN
8 Down: Curtain holder (3)
ROD
9 Down: Business-letter abbr. (3)
ENC
10 Down: Author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" (5)
HARTE
11 Down: Think-tank product (4)
IDEA
12 Down: Grope (4)
FEEL
13 Down: Anent (4)
INRE
18 Down: Sheepshank, for one (4)
KNOT
19 Down: In the arms of Morpheus (6)
ASLEEP
23 Down: Kind of geometry (5)
PLANE
24 Down: Old: Scot. (4)
AULD
25 Down: Leaves (5)
PAGES
26 Down: Wading bird (5)
EGRET
27 Down: Title for Macbeth (5)
THANE
28 Down: Configuration (5)
SHAPE
29 Down: Chaplet (5)
TIARA
30 Down: Indo-European (5)
ARYAN
31 Down: Middle, in law (5)
MESNE
33 Down: Rubberneck (5)
STARE
36 Down: Humble (6)
DEBASE
37 Down: Featured actor (4)
STAR
38 Down: Strewed trash (8)
LITTERED
44 Down: Oared galley (6)
BIREME
45 Down: Took advantage of (4)
USED
46 Down: Four-flushers (5)
FAKES
47 Down: Celebrations (5)
GALAS
48 Down: On the Ligurian (4)
ASEA
49 Down: Fed (4)
TMAN
50 Down: Pixie-led (4)
LOST
51 Down: An Afr. queen (4)
CLEO
52 Down: ___ contendere (4)
NOLO
53 Down: Indefinite number (4)
SOME
55 Down: Rooter (3)
FAN
56 Down: "Quincy" actor (3)
ITO
57 Down: Novel drafts: Abbr. (3)
MSS

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