Wednesday Crossword — December 2, 1992 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/2/1992. By Peter Gordon.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cuts off, as branches (4)
- LOPS
- 5 Across: Palmer of "Twin Peaks" (5)
- LAURA
- 10 Across: Leg part (4)
- CALF
- 14 Across: Toward the sheltered side (4)
- ALEE
- 15 Across: March follower (5)
- APRIL
- 16 Across: Hawaiian feast (4)
- LUAU
- 17 Across: No more than (4)
- MERE
- 18 Across: Bad thing to open (10)
- CANOFWORMS
- 20 Across: Women's bedrooms (8)
- BOUDOIRS
- 22 Across: Sums up (6)
- RECAPS
- 23 Across: Play the ponies (3)
- BET
- 24 Across: Earth inheritors (4)
- MEEK
- 25 Across: Chest for valuables (6)
- COFFER
- 29 Across: Hornet (4)
- WASP
- 30 Across: Porky, for one (3)
- PIG
- 33 Across: Peace Nobelist: 1987 (5)
- ARIAS
- 34 Across: Secular (4)
- LAIC
- 35 Across: Scotch partner (4)
- SODA
- 36 Across: Loads of fun (15)
- BARRELOFMONKEYS
- 39 Across: News tidbit (4)
- ITEM
- 40 Across: Vittles (4)
- EATS
- 41 Across: Church section (5)
- AISLE
- 42 Across: Actor Beatty from Louisville (3)
- NED
- 43 Across: Avec's opposite (4)
- SANS
- 44 Across: Certain plastics (6)
- VINYLS
- 45 Across: G-men (4)
- FEDS
- 46 Across: ___ canto (3)
- BEL
- 47 Across: Artemis's brother (6)
- APOLLO
- 50 Across: Muscovites (8)
- RUSSIANS
- 55 Across: Band with three original Yardbirds in it (10)
- BOXOFFROGS
- 57 Across: Annoy (4)
- ROIL
- 58 Across: Takes advantage of (4)
- USES
- 59 Across: Aesop specialty (5)
- FABLE
- 60 Across: An 18th-century queen (4)
- ANNE
- 61 Across: Hamilton bills (4)
- TENS
- 62 Across: Pittsburgh product (5)
- STEEL
- 63 Across: Require (4)
- NEED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Mary's little pet (4)
- LAMB
- 2 Down: Butter substitute (4)
- OLEO
- 3 Down: Ecuadorean neighbor (4)
- PERU
- 4 Down: Beginning (4)
- SEED
- 5 Down: More meshy (6)
- LACIER
- 6 Down: Take ___ (disassemble) (5)
- APART
- 7 Down: Decorative vases (4)
- URNS
- 8 Down: "Blame It on ___," 1984 film (3)
- RIO
- 9 Down: Out-of-doors (8)
- ALFRESCO
- 10 Down: TV's "Beat the ___" (5)
- CLOCK
- 11 Down: Distinctive quality (4)
- AURA
- 12 Down: Night-table item (4)
- LAMP
- 13 Down: Ado (4)
- FUSS
- 19 Down: Cry (4)
- WEEP
- 21 Down: Unpleasingly plump (5)
- OBESE
- 24 Down: Injures (5)
- MAIMS
- 25 Down: Stateroom (5)
- CABIN
- 26 Down: Emulate Mario Cuomo (5)
- ORATE
- 27 Down: Canned (5)
- FIRED
- 28 Down: Silo site (4)
- FARM
- 29 Down: Floats through the air (5)
- WAFTS
- 30 Down: Suckling's forte (5)
- POESY
- 31 Down: Narrative in verse (5)
- IDYLL
- 32 Down: ___ up (fills the tank) (5)
- GASES
- 34 Down: Bank offerings (5)
- LOANS
- 35 Down: Scrape, as a knee (4)
- SKIN
- 37 Down: Beginnings (8)
- LEADOFFS
- 38 Down: Nabs a crook (5)
- NAILS
- 43 Down: " . . . to thine own ___ be true": Shak. (4)
- SELF
- 44 Down: Ship (6)
- VESSEL
- 45 Down: Dentist's advice (5)
- FLOSS
- 46 Down: Reveille instrument (5)
- BUGLE
- 47 Down: Touch, as tangential circles (4)
- ABUT
- 48 Down: Sit for a photo (4)
- POSE
- 49 Down: The yoke's on them (4)
- OXEN
- 50 Down: Peignoir (4)
- ROBE
- 51 Down: Persia, today (4)
- IRAN
- 52 Down: Excellent (4)
- AONE
- 53 Down: "The ___ Tailors," Sayers mystery (4)
- NINE
- 54 Down: Coaster (4)
- SLED
- 56 Down: Turn informer (3)
- RAT
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