Wednesday Crossword — December 25, 1991 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/25/1991. By Nancy Scandrett Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Like a bachelor dinner (4)
STAG
5 Across: Trail marker (5)
BLAZE
10 Across: Stoic philosopher (4)
CATO
14 Across: Kind of type (4)
PICA
15 Across: Home-run king (5)
AARON
16 Across: Celebrity (4)
LION
17 Across: Seasonal TV offering (15)
ACHRISTMASCAROL
20 Across: Doubting Thomases (8)
SKEPTICS
21 Across: Hazardous (5)
RISKY
22 Across: Essen exclamation (3)
ACH
23 Across: Nanny's vehicle (4)
PRAM
25 Across: Broadway backers (6)
ANGELS
29 Across: Yard part (4)
FOOT
30 Across: Hit sign (3)
SRO
33 Across: Rhode Island rebel: 1842 (4)
DORR
34 Across: Waste maker (5)
HASTE
35 Across: A must for cheerleaders (3)
PEP
36 Across: Role in 17 Across (15)
EBENEZERSCROOGE
40 Across: "To Kill a Mockingbird" author (3)
LEE
41 Across: Parry (5)
FENCE
42 Across: White-sprinkled horse (4)
ROAN
43 Across: Brotherhood member (3)
ELK
44 Across: Bill of ___ (4)
FARE
45 Across: Beachcomber's loot (6)
SHELLS
47 Across: Chromatic prefix (4)
POLY
48 Across: Daisy ___ of Dogpatch (3)
MAE
49 Across: Vilification (5)
SMEAR
52 Across: Fla. resort (8)
SARASOTA
57 Across: Role in 17 Across (15)
TINYTIMCRATCHIT
60 Across: African succulent (4)
ALOE
61 Across: Uneven (5)
ROUGH
62 Across: "___ Misbehavin'" (4)
AINT
63 Across: American Beauty (4)
ROSE
64 Across: Diva Emma (5)
EAMES
65 Across: ___ bene (4)
NOTA

Down Answers

1 Down: Bath and Saratoga (4)
SPAS
2 Down: Check mark (4)
TICK
3 Down: Pain's cousin (4)
ACHE
4 Down: John Irving character (4)
GARP
5 Down: Fundamentals (6)
BASICS
6 Down: Closing device (5)
LATCH
7 Down: Fortifies (4)
ARMS
8 Down: Animals: Comb. form (3)
ZOA
9 Down: U.S.N.A. grad (3)
ENS
10 Down: Demand as due (5)
CLAIM
11 Down: Tunes (4)
AIRS
12 Down: Captured (4)
TOOK
13 Down: Sole (4)
ONLY
18 Down: Editor's abbr. (4)
ITAL
19 Down: Missing judge (6)
CRATER
23 Down: Sheriff's men (5)
POSSE
24 Down: Campus org. (4)
ROTC
25 Down: "Die Fledermaus" maid (5)
ADELE
26 Down: Prestigious prize (5)
NOBEL
27 Down: Socrates, e.g. (5)
GREEK
28 Down: Sea bird (3)
ERN
29 Down: Feydeau specialty (5)
FARCE
30 Down: Thread holder (5)
SPOOL
31 Down: Majestic (5)
REGAL
32 Down: Unfastens (5)
OPENS
34 Down: Ford or Winkler (5)
HENRY
37 Down: Endeavor (6)
EFFORT
38 Down: Ardor (4)
ZEAL
39 Down: Pitchblende or bauxite (3)
ORE
45 Down: Actresses Miles and Churchill (6)
SARAHS
46 Down: Fervor (4)
HEAT
47 Down: Check casher (5)
PAYEE
48 Down: One of the Champions (5)
MARGE
49 Down: Magi "guide" (4)
STAR
50 Down: Actor O'Shea (4)
MILO
51 Down: Author Mills (4)
ENOS
52 Down: Isaac Singer's last novel (4)
SCUM
53 Down: Peruse (4)
SCAN
54 Down: Paducah's river (4)
OHIO
55 Down: Salon service (4)
TINT
56 Down: "___ baby!" (4)
ATTA
58 Down: Choler (3)
IRE
59 Down: Extinct N.Z. bird (3)
MOA

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