Wednesday Crossword — October 6, 1993 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 10/6/1993. By Louis Sabin.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Frame (5)
SETUP
6 Across: Of a big town (5)
URBAN
11 Across: Meager (6)
SPARSE
12 Across: N.Z. natives (6)
MAORIS
14 Across: Merchant of warmth? (7)
FURRIER
15 Across: River duck (7)
PINTAIL
17 Across: ___ supra (as above) (3)
UBI
18 Across: Jolting (7)
BUMPING
20 Across: Dobbin turner (3)
GEE
21 Across: Streisand film: 1987 (4)
NUTS
23 Across: Arctic explorer (5)
PEARY
24 Across: "Fingal's ___": Mendelssohn (4)
CAVE
25 Across: Marathoner Waitz (5)
GRETE
27 Across: Rue Morgue killer (3)
APE
28 Across: Disclosed (5)
BARED
29 Across: Out-of-date (8)
OBSOLETE
31 Across: Swamp (6)
MORASS
32 Across: O'Neal-O'Neal film: 1973 (9)
PAPERMOON
34 Across: Tijuana break (6)
SIESTA
37 Across: England's central counties (8)
MIDLANDS
41 Across: Indulge in forensics (5)
ARGUE
42 Across: Accomplished (3)
DID
43 Across: Ballad of 1948 (5)
AGAIN
44 Across: Sticky stuff (4)
GOOP
45 Across: Pequod's crew (5)
SALTS
47 Across: Cup-and-saucer heater (4)
ETNA
48 Across: Diminutive social worker (3)
ANT
49 Across: Forms of elections (7)
BALLOTS
51 Across: Schoolyard game (3)
TAG
52 Across: First seducer (7)
SERPENT
54 Across: Seeger's old folk-singing group (7)
WEAVERS
56 Across: Gotham's Broadway area (6)
RIALTO
57 Across: City on the Loire (6)
NEVERS
58 Across: Conical road marker (5)
PYLON
59 Across: Pungs (5)
SLEDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Impish ones (7)
SPRITES
2 Down: Attention (3)
EAR
3 Down: Former N.Y. daily (4)
TRIB
4 Down: Exhaust (5)
USEUP
5 Down: Diffuse (8)
PERMEATE
6 Down: Diamond authority (6)
UMPIRE
7 Down: Wet (5)
RAINY
8 Down: Ringing sound (4)
BONG
9 Down: Camp activity (3)
ART
10 Down: Monroe-Cotten film: 1953 (7)
NIAGARA
11 Down: Great Neck to N.Y.C., e.g. (6)
SUBURB
13 Down: Prospects, in a way (6)
SIEVES
14 Down: Batted ball in baseball practice (5)
FUNGO
16 Down: University city on the Aire (5)
LEEDS
19 Down: Publisher's supply source (9)
PAPERMILL
22 Down: Clogs (7)
STOPSUP
24 Down: Slaughter (7)
CARNAGE
26 Down: Make proud (5)
ELATE
28 Down: Yalie's song opening (5)
BOOLA
30 Down: U.S. watchdog agcy. (3)
EPA
31 Down: "Now" (3)
MOD
33 Down: Cities' sections (8)
MIDTOWNS
34 Down: Long stories (5)
SAGAS
35 Down: Laundry appliance (6)
IRONER
36 Down: Self-satisfying course of action (7)
EGOTRIP
38 Down: Babbles (7)
NATTERS
39 Down: Kuwaiti money (6)
DINARS
40 Down: Hitches (5)
SNAGS
42 Down: Surname of Old West outlaw brothers (6)
DALTON
45 Down: Domingo or Tomás (5)
SANTO
46 Down: Symbol of toughness (5)
STEEL
49 Down: Quasimodo's charge (4)
BELL
50 Down: Reliever's quest (4)
SAVE
53 Down: Be profitable (3)
PAY
55 Down: Author Mehta (3)
VED

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