Wednesday Crossword — December 9, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/9/1998. By Alan Arbesfeld.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Reprimand, with "out" (4)
- BAWL
- 5 Across: Capital on the Willamette River (5)
- SALEM
- 10 Across: Full mark (4)
- BRIM
- 14 Across: Inter ___ (4)
- ALIA
- 15 Across: Three-time A.L. batting champ (5)
- OLIVA
- 16 Across: Relax (4)
- LAZE
- 17 Across: TV series? (15)
- SONYRCAMAGNAVOX
- 20 Across: Made hot? (5)
- STOLE
- 21 Across: Intertwined (7)
- ENLACED
- 22 Across: City half an hour north of Des Moines (4)
- AMES
- 25 Across: Mentally twisted (4)
- SICK
- 26 Across: Facial movement (3)
- TIC
- 29 Across: Off the job (4)
- IDLE
- 31 Across: Football squad (6)
- ELEVEN
- 35 Across: Mountain in Crete (3)
- IDA
- 36 Across: Slumber rumble (5)
- SNORE
- 38 Across: William Howard Taft's alma mater (4)
- YALE
- 39 Across: World Series? (15)
- MARSSATURNVENUS
- 43 Across: Popular restaurant chain, briefly (4)
- IHOP
- 44 Across: Tear (5)
- SPREE
- 45 Across: D.C. summer clock setting (3)
- EDT
- 46 Across: Spoonful, say (6)
- DOLLOP
- 49 Across: Virgin Islands, e.g.: Abbr. (4)
- TERR
- 50 Across: ___ Plaines, Ill. (3)
- DES
- 51 Across: Mideast hot spot (4)
- IRAQ
- 53 Across: Prescription info (4)
- DOSE
- 55 Across: Widespread (7)
- GENERAL
- 58 Across: City ESE of Rome (5)
- UTICA
- 62 Across: Mini-series? (15)
- LITTLETINYSHORT
- 65 Across: Fiend (4)
- OGRE
- 66 Across: No longer ineffable (5)
- NAMED
- 67 Across: A party to (4)
- INON
- 68 Across: Unloading site (4)
- PIER
- 69 Across: Puts on display, with "out" (5)
- TROTS
- 70 Across: Guitar accessory (4)
- CAPO
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Word with blue or sea (4)
- BASS
- 2 Down: Plenty (4)
- ALOT
- 3 Down: Bowery denizen (4)
- WINO
- 4 Down: Eric Clapton hit with a seemingly endless chorus (5)
- LAYLA
- 5 Down: Assn. (3)
- SOC
- 6 Down: Like (3)
- ALA
- 7 Down: Many a twist (4)
- LIME
- 8 Down: Rogers's partner (5)
- EVANS
- 9 Down: The Barber of the old Polo Grounds (6)
- MAGLIE
- 10 Down: Stigma (8)
- BLACKEYE
- 11 Down: Angel's delight (4)
- RAVE
- 12 Down: Big name in menswear (4)
- IZOD
- 13 Down: Neighbor of Guat. (3)
- MEX
- 18 Down: Negligent (6)
- REMISS
- 19 Down: Table salt (4)
- NACL
- 23 Down: Mystery writer Buchanan (4)
- EDNA
- 24 Down: Vegas equipment (5)
- SLOTS
- 26 Down: Shrinking (5)
- TIMID
- 27 Down: Potato choice (5)
- IDAHO
- 28 Down: Seasonal song (5)
- CAROL
- 30 Down: Appear suddenly (5)
- ERUPT
- 32 Down: Like many barns (5)
- VANED
- 33 Down: Give the slip (5)
- ELUDE
- 34 Down: Settles down (5)
- NESTS
- 37 Down: Committed a faux pas (5)
- ERRED
- 40 Down: Kind of group (8)
- SPLINTER
- 41 Down: Detective Wolfe (4)
- NERO
- 42 Down: Against (6)
- VERSUS
- 47 Down: Pitcher Hershiser (4)
- OREL
- 48 Down: Disney, to ABC (6)
- PARENT
- 52 Down: Gulf emirate (5)
- QATAR
- 54 Down: Set of values (5)
- ETHIC
- 55 Down: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" musical (4)
- GIGI
- 56 Down: Peut-___ (maybe, in France) (4)
- ETRE
- 57 Down: Fancy wheels (4)
- LIMO
- 59 Down: Macbeth's burial place (4)
- IONA
- 60 Down: Cut off (4)
- CROP
- 61 Down: ___ extra cost (4)
- ATNO
- 62 Down: Cut (off) (3)
- LOP
- 63 Down: Take home (3)
- NET
- 64 Down: Gridiron gains: Abbr. (3)
- YDS
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