Wednesday Crossword — July 8, 1992 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/8/1992. By Sidney L. Robbins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Shade trees (4)
ELMS
5 Across: Sat. preceder (3)
FRI
8 Across: Disguise (5)
COVER
13 Across: Twelve inches (4)
FOOT
14 Across: Elbow's need (4)
ROOM
16 Across: Gluck work (5)
OPERA
17 Across: Inflection (4)
TONE
18 Across: Do what Abie's Irish Rose did (10)
INTERMARRY
20 Across: Buddhist shrines (6)
STUPAS
22 Across: First of all (4)
ADAM
23 Across: Silly one (3)
ASS
24 Across: Smug smile (5)
SMIRK
25 Across: Compass pt. (3)
ENE
26 Across: Hollywood's output (13)
ENTERTAINMENT
33 Across: "___ overboard!" (3)
MAN
35 Across: "Eureka!" cause (4)
IDEA
36 Across: Frolicsome Berlin river? (5)
SPREE
37 Across: Kefauver (5)
ESTES
39 Across: N.Y. time in Aug. (3)
DST
41 Across: Customary (5)
USUAL
42 Across: Commandment verb (5)
SHALT
43 Across: Zoom like an eagle (4)
SOAR
45 Across: Noncom: Abbr. (3)
CPL
46 Across: Pompously conceited (13)
SELFIMPORTANT
50 Across: Secretive org. (3)
CIA
51 Across: Peppard's TV group (5)
ATEAM
53 Across: He does give a hoot (3)
OWL
56 Across: Israeli port (4)
ACRE
58 Across: Beat (6)
BESTED
60 Across: Blanketflower (10)
GAILLARDIA
63 Across: Einstein's fourth dimension (4)
TIME
64 Across: Competitor (5)
RIVAL
65 Across: Squawk (4)
YELL
66 Across: Crazy as a ___ (4)
LOON
67 Across: " . . . the ___, and he is us!" (5)
ENEMY
68 Across: Us, to Cato (3)
NOS
69 Across: Bay State motto start (4)
ENSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Newts (4)
EFTS
2 Down: Steals after a riot (5)
LOOTS
3 Down: Like Beethoven's Ninth (10)
MONUMENTAL
4 Down: Like some garments (6)
STEPIN
5 Down: Searched bodily (7)
FRISKED
6 Down: Actor Leibman (3)
RON
7 Down: Speck (4)
IOTA
8 Down: Of equal extent (12)
COMMENSURATE
9 Down: W.W. II org. (3)
OPA
10 Down: Actress Ralston (4)
VERA
11 Down: Is off the mark (4)
ERRS
12 Down: Beams (4)
RAYS
15 Down: Euripides tragedy (5)
MEDEA
19 Down: Rajah's wife (4)
RANI
21 Down: In an esthetic way (12)
ARTISTICALLY
27 Down: Visibly embarrassed (3)
RED
28 Down: Italian poet: 1544-95 (5)
TASSO
29 Down: Lords et al., in Brit. (3)
MPS
30 Down: Volcanic activity (10)
ERUCTATION
31 Down: Lowest high tide (4)
NEAP
32 Down: Swiss archer (4)
TELL
33 Down: Army chow (4)
MESS
34 Down: Tennis V.I.P. (4)
ASHE
38 Down: Sprite (3)
ELF
40 Down: Rocky peak (3)
TOR
44 Down: Moorish drums (7)
ATABALS
47 Down: Isinglass (4)
MICA
48 Down: Ward off (5)
PARRY
49 Down: Snuggle (6)
NESTLE
52 Down: Reminders of sorts (5)
MEMOS
53 Down: Grimm monster (4)
OGRE
54 Down: Wright lead-in (4)
WAIN
55 Down: In person (4)
LIVE
57 Down: First place (4)
EDEN
59 Down: Sandy tract (4)
DENE
61 Down: Take it on the ___ (3)
LAM
62 Down: U.N. labor org. (3)
ILO

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