Wednesday Crossword — April 29, 1992 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/29/1992. By Michael A. Rampino.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Scraps for 47 Across (4)
ORTS
5 Across: Work units (4)
ERGS
9 Across: Dog in "The Thin Man" (4)
ASTA
13 Across: Michelangelo's Mother of Sorrows (5)
PIETA
15 Across: A tide (4)
NEAP
16 Across: Calm (4)
COOL
17 Across: Stylish (5)
SMART
18 Across: Amphora, e.g. (4)
VASE
19 Across: "Winnie ___ Pu" (4)
ILLE
20 Across: A "purrfect" pet? (14)
AKITTYTOCUDDLE
23 Across: Org. Robert Gates heads (3)
CIA
24 Across: Other things: Lat. (4)
ALIA
25 Across: Theater, in Tivoli (6)
TEATRO
28 Across: Suffix with cash (3)
IER
29 Across: Type of dance (3)
TAP
32 Across: Debates (6)
ARGUES
33 Across: Election winners (3)
INS
34 Across: "Means of Ascent" author (4)
CARO
35 Across: Catafalques (5)
BIERS
36 Across: Hoosier humorist (3)
ADE
37 Across: Hindu social class (5)
CASTE
38 Across: Rosacea (4)
ACNE
39 Across: Correspondent's second afterthought (3)
PPS
40 Across: Toboggan slides (6)
CHUTES
41 Across: Manx, e.g. (3)
CAT
42 Across: "O sole ___" (3)
MIO
43 Across: In recent days (6)
LATELY
44 Across: Looped handle (4)
ANSA
46 Across: Friend, in Amiens (3)
AMI
47 Across: Pamperable pup? (14)
APOOCHTOSMOOCH
54 Across: Cossets (4)
PETS
55 Across: James ___ Carter Jr. (4)
EARL
56 Across: Marquetry (5)
INLAY
58 Across: "Honi ___ qui mal y pense" (4)
SOIT
59 Across: Piedmontese city (4)
ASTI
60 Across: Sight from Notre Dame (5)
SEINE
61 Across: Head of a tale (4)
ONCE
62 Across: A pair (4)
DYAD
63 Across: Basenjis and Samoyeds (4)
DOGS

Down Answers

1 Down: Harvest goddess (3)
OPS
2 Down: "Green Mansions" girl (4)
RIMA
3 Down: Shipbuilding lumber (4)
TEAK
4 Down: Severe censure (9)
STRICTURE
5 Down: Begrudge (4)
ENVY
6 Down: Gaucho's lariat (5)
REATA
7 Down: Reo's requirement (8)
GASOLINE
8 Down: Category lower than genus (7)
SPECIES
9 Down: This turns litmus red (4)
ACID
10 Down: Auctioneer's cry (4)
SOLD
11 Down: Ring slowly (4)
TOLL
12 Down: Not aweather (4)
ALEE
14 Down: Arrays (7)
ATTIRES
21 Down: N.M. art colony (4)
TAOS
22 Down: G. A. Nasser's alliance (3)
UAR
25 Down: Pierre's pipe filler (5)
TABAC
26 Down: Heather (5)
ERICA
27 Down: Deputy (5)
AGENT
29 Down: Sample (5)
TASTE
30 Down: Russian workers' cooperative (5)
ARTEL
31 Down: Precious metered writing (5)
POESY
33 Down: Sources of instinctive energy (3)
IDS
34 Down: Alerted (9)
CAUTIONED
36 Down: Desertion of faith (8)
APOSTASY
37 Down: Soft, thin leather (7)
CHAMOIS
39 Down: Nitwit (7)
PINHEAD
40 Down: Quahog (4)
CLAM
42 Down: Singer Davis (3)
MAC
45 Down: Main artery (5)
AORTA
47 Down: Lhasa ___, Tibetan dog (4)
APSO
48 Down: Laborer (4)
PEON
49 Down: Aural (4)
OTIC
50 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4)
OSTE
51 Down: Slipped (4)
SLID
52 Down: Muse of history (4)
CLIO
53 Down: Pend (4)
HANG
57 Down: A referendum vote (3)
YES

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