Wednesday Crossword — January 4, 1995 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/4/1995. By Stephanie Spadaccini.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Altar robes (4)
ALBS
5 Across: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" group (4)
WHAM
9 Across: Basic ball game (5)
CATCH
14 Across: Kitty cry (4)
MEOW
15 Across: New York college (4)
IONA
16 Across: Council Bluffs neighbor (5)
OMAHA
17 Across: Silly author? (15)
ANAISNINCOMPOOP
20 Across: Like church music (6)
SACRED
21 Across: "Dies _____" (4)
IRAE
22 Across: "Help!" (3)
SOS
23 Across: Traditional Easter fare (4)
LAMB
25 Across: Xenia's state (4)
OHIO
27 Across: Not for the faint of heart (4)
GORY
30 Across: Senior's nest egg, for short (3)
IRA
32 Across: Ruined (5)
UNDID
35 Across: Black cuckoo (3)
ANI
36 Across: Tennis score (4)
LOVE
38 Across: Shell food? (5)
TACOS
40 Across: French director with ESP? (15)
RENECLAIRVOYANT
44 Across: Ziti or linguine (5)
PASTA
45 Across: Mrs. David Copperfield (4)
DORA
46 Across: Wind dir. (3)
NNE
47 Across: Pillages (5)
LOOTS
49 Across: Christmas quaff (3)
NOG
50 Across: Play the lead (4)
STAR
51 Across: Zola heroine (4)
NANA
53 Across: Unthinking (4)
RASH
55 Across: Write (down) (3)
JOT
58 Across: Peru's capital (4)
LIMA
60 Across: Kind of bread (6)
RAISIN
64 Across: Person with a polite message? (15)
EMILYPOSTITNOTE
67 Across: Actor Toomey (5)
REGIS
68 Across: The _____ Reader (eclectic magazine) (4)
UTNE
69 Across: Actress Raines (4)
ELLA
70 Across: Genuflected (5)
KNELT
71 Across: "Phooey!" (4)
RATS
72 Across: Kaiser or Parker House (4)
ROLL

Down Answers

1 Down: Latin 101 verb (4)
AMAS
2 Down: Actress Olin (4)
LENA
3 Down: Bygone airline (4)
BOAC
4 Down: Helical (6)
SWIRLY
5 Down: Quixote's opponent (8)
WINDMILL
6 Down: _____ polloi (3)
HOI
7 Down: Years, to Tiberius (4)
ANNI
8 Down: Computer shortcut (5)
MACRO
9 Down: Acquire by accident (8)
COMEINTO
10 Down: Rocker's equipment (3)
AMP
11 Down: _____ Ski Valley, N.M. (4)
TAOS
12 Down: Ending for "ah" (4)
CHOO
13 Down: Occurs, poetically (4)
HAPS
18 Down: Q.E. 2 setting (3)
SEA
19 Down: Pearl Harbor site (4)
OAHU
24 Down: Bette Midler's "A View From a _____" (5)
BROAD
26 Down: Singer Anita (4)
ODAY
27 Down: John Irving title character (4)
GARP
28 Down: Barry Lyndon portrayer, 1975 (5)
ONEAL
29 Down: Detergent brand (5)
RINSO
31 Down: Word on a French postcard (5)
AVION
33 Down: Pessimist's phrase (5)
ICANT
34 Down: Part of DKNY (5)
DONNA
37 Down: Boo-boo (5)
ERROR
39 Down: Ending with seam or team (4)
STER
41 Down: English school (4)
ETON
42 Down: Instigator (8)
CATALYST
43 Down: Unpredictable events (8)
VAGARIES
48 Down: Use scissors (4)
SNIP
50 Down: Evidence of a fistfight (6)
SHINER
52 Down: It makes le monde go round (5)
AMOUR
54 Down: Was impassive (3)
SAT
55 Down: Yank (4)
JERK
56 Down: Foreshadowing (4)
OMEN
57 Down: Buster Brown's dog (4)
TIGE
59 Down: Nick and Nora's dog (4)
ASTA
61 Down: Go it alone (4)
SOLO
62 Down: "_____ be a cold day in hell..." (4)
ITLL
63 Down: Actress Patricia (4)
NEAL
65 Down: Diamond _____ (3)
LIL
66 Down: Explosive stuff (3)
TNT

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