Wednesday Crossword — August 5, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/5/1998. By Patrick Jordan.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Big sugar exporter (4)
- FIJI
- 5 Across: Find repugnant (5)
- ABHOR
- 10 Across: Hiking locale (4)
- PATH
- 14 Across: ___ about (approximately) (4)
- ONOR
- 15 Across: Playground feature (5)
- SLIDE
- 16 Across: Quick reply, say (4)
- ECHO
- 17 Across: Start of a quip (15)
- ACHEAPUSEDCARIS
- 20 Across: Chesspiece (3)
- MAN
- 21 Across: Luau souvenirs (4)
- LEIS
- 22 Across: Cut off (5)
- ALONE
- 23 Across: Cropped photos? (4)
- PICS
- 24 Across: Kind of throat (5)
- STREP
- 26 Across: Part 2 of the quip (11)
- PROOFTHATIT
- 30 Across: Naval inits. (3)
- HMS
- 33 Across: Run out (5)
- LAPSE
- 34 Across: Cuts off (4)
- LOPS
- 35 Across: Alley ___ (3)
- OOP
- 36 Across: Provide with a hideout, perhaps (4)
- ABET
- 37 Across: Breaks up, in a way (5)
- PLOWS
- 39 Across: Skilled (4)
- ABLE
- 40 Across: 007's creator Fleming (3)
- IAN
- 41 Across: ___ Clinic (4)
- MAYO
- 42 Across: Afghan or Thai (5)
- ASIAN
- 43 Across: Like one in a series (3)
- NTH
- 44 Across: Part 3 of the quip (11)
- ISOFTENHARD
- 47 Across: Locale in western London (5)
- ACTON
- 49 Across: Fringe (4)
- EDGE
- 50 Across: Sitcom pioneer Desi (5)
- ARNAZ
- 52 Across: Nicolas of "Con Air" (4)
- CAGE
- 53 Across: Humorous fellow (3)
- WAG
- 56 Across: End of the quip (15)
- TODRIVEABARGAIN
- 60 Across: Doomsayer's sign (4)
- OMEN
- 61 Across: Knot-tying site (5)
- ALTAR
- 62 Across: Gumbo vegetable (4)
- OKRA
- 63 Across: Assembled (4)
- MADE
- 64 Across: Thick-soled shoes (5)
- CLOGS
- 65 Across: Top-quality (4)
- BEST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Shaver's purchase (4)
- FOAM
- 2 Down: One in an old empire (4)
- INCA
- 3 Down: Facilities (4)
- JOHN
- 4 Down: Dander (3)
- IRE
- 5 Down: Facet (6)
- ASPECT
- 6 Down: Like robins' eggs (6)
- BLUISH
- 7 Down: Greeting for the villain (4)
- HISS
- 8 Down: Wordsworth work (3)
- ODE
- 9 Down: Sunburned (3)
- RED
- 10 Down: "Positive Thinking" proponent (5)
- PEALE
- 11 Down: Woe for a high-wire walker (10)
- ACROPHOBIA
- 12 Down: Dilute (4)
- THIN
- 13 Down: Firefighter's handful (4)
- HOSE
- 18 Down: "Get ___!" (90's catch phrase) (5)
- ALIFE
- 19 Down: Grocery sights (5)
- CARTS
- 23 Down: Assignment (4)
- POST
- 24 Down: Put into the hold (4)
- STOW
- 25 Down: Loses verticality (4)
- TIPS
- 26 Down: No-frills (5)
- PLAIN
- 27 Down: Capital on the African coast (5)
- RABAT
- 28 Down: Generous (10)
- OPENHANDED
- 29 Down: Distant (5)
- ALOOF
- 31 Down: Grinder (5)
- MOLAR
- 32 Down: Devote, as time (5)
- SPEND
- 37 Down: El ___, Tex. (4)
- PASO
- 38 Down: City northeast of St.-Étienne (4)
- LYON
- 39 Down: Tennis legend Arthur (4)
- ASHE
- 41 Down: Actress Gaynor (5)
- MITZI
- 42 Down: Inflame (5)
- ANGER
- 45 Down: Item attached to a string (6)
- TEABAG
- 46 Down: Mystery writers' awards (6)
- EDGARS
- 48 Down: Judy of "Laugh-In" (5)
- CARNE
- 50 Down: Elemental particle (4)
- ATOM
- 51 Down: Ancient capital (4)
- ROMA
- 52 Down: Censor of 51-Down (4)
- CATO
- 53 Down: Stir (4)
- WAKE
- 54 Down: Superciliousness (4)
- AIRS
- 55 Down: Small buzzer (4)
- GNAT
- 57 Down: Hoover, e.g., informally (3)
- VAC
- 58 Down: Add-on (3)
- ELL
- 59 Down: Tar (3)
- GOB
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