Wednesday Crossword — December 25, 1996 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/25/1996. By N. S. Ross.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Garden dweller (4)
- ADAM
- 5 Across: Cassius and company, in "Julius Caesar" (5)
- CABAL
- 10 Across: Achievement (4)
- FEAT
- 14 Across: Prefix with byte or buck (4)
- MEGA
- 15 Across: Run with a hon? (5)
- ELOPE
- 16 Across: Site of the MGM Grand (4)
- RENO
- 17 Across: December 25 activity (15)
- OPENINGPRESENTS
- 20 Across: Severe (6)
- STRICT
- 21 Across: These may get a welcome sight (8)
- SOREEYES
- 22 Across: Pick apart (4)
- CARP
- 24 Across: Hereabout (4)
- NEAR
- 25 Across: ___-relief (3)
- BAS
- 28 Across: Creeks (4)
- RIAS
- 30 Across: Drafted (6)
- DREWUP
- 34 Across: "What's the ___?" (3)
- USE
- 35 Across: Court org. (5)
- USLTA
- 37 Across: Wee bit (4)
- IOTA
- 38 Across: Convivial holiday affair (15)
- CHRISTMASDINNER
- 42 Across: Pub needs (4)
- KEGS
- 43 Across: Positions (5)
- SITES
- 44 Across: Part of TNT (3)
- TRI
- 45 Across: Like Clifford Odets's "Waiting for Lefty" (6)
- ONEACT
- 48 Across: "Whip It" rock group (4)
- DEVO
- 49 Across: Smoke signal message, maybe (3)
- SOS
- 50 Across: Kind of bond (4)
- BAIL
- 52 Across: Baltic port (4)
- RIGA
- 54 Across: Used a caret-and-stick approach? (8)
- INSERTED
- 58 Across: Pinpoint (6)
- LOCATE
- 62 Across: Sign-off a la Clement Moore (15)
- TOALLAGOODNIGHT
- 64 Across: Nefariousness (4)
- EVIL
- 65 Across: Opposite of viejo (5)
- NUEVO
- 66 Across: Campus V.I.P. (4)
- DEAN
- 67 Across: ___ fide (bad faith) (4)
- MALA
- 68 Across: Bit of parsley (5)
- SPRIG
- 69 Across: Bristle (4)
- SETA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sheriff Tupper of "Murder, She Wrote" (4)
- AMOS
- 2 Down: Agric. or H.H.S., e.g. (4)
- DEPT
- 3 Down: Ripener (4)
- AGER
- 4 Down: Frenzied (5)
- MANIC
- 5 Down: Political moderate (8)
- CENTRIST
- 6 Down: School subj. (3)
- ALG
- 7 Down: Hits, in slang (4)
- BOPS
- 8 Down: Stage extension (5)
- APRON
- 9 Down: Looked lasciviously (6)
- LEERED
- 10 Down: Unlimited choice (8)
- FREEREIN
- 11 Down: Counting-out word (4)
- EENY
- 12 Down: Add to the pot (4)
- ANTE
- 13 Down: Play horseshoes (4)
- TOSS
- 18 Down: Mythical flier (6)
- ICARUS
- 19 Down: Scorch (4)
- SEAR
- 23 Down: Oasis trees (5)
- PALMS
- 25 Down: British swaggerer (5)
- BUCKO
- 26 Down: Pale (5)
- ASHEN
- 27 Down: Maestro Koussevitzky (5)
- SERGE
- 29 Down: Sedate (5)
- STAID
- 31 Down: Habits (5)
- WONTS
- 32 Down: In ___ (not yet born) (5)
- UTERO
- 33 Down: Golden apple bestower (5)
- PARIS
- 36 Down: Daisylike bloom (5)
- ASTER
- 39 Down: Patron of Columbus (8)
- ISABELLA
- 40 Down: Marine, informally (8)
- DEVILDOG
- 41 Down: Equiangular geometrical shape (6)
- ISOGON
- 46 Down: Sagan of "Cosmos" (4)
- CARL
- 47 Down: Certain missiles (6)
- TITANS
- 51 Down: Mounter's assist (5)
- LEGUP
- 53 Down: These can be citric (5)
- ACIDS
- 54 Down: Gossip tidbit (4)
- ITEM
- 55 Down: Suddenly bright star (4)
- NOVA
- 56 Down: Spinnaker, e.g. (4)
- SAIL
- 57 Down: Active one (4)
- DOER
- 59 Down: 1957 Pulitzer winner (4)
- AGEE
- 60 Down: "___ does it!" (4)
- THAT
- 61 Down: Sicilian sight (4)
- ETNA
- 63 Down: Egg: Prefix (3)
- OVI
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