Monday Crossword — February 24, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/24/1986. By Virginia L. Yates.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Get-up-and-go (3)
- ZIP
- 4 Across: Challenge taker (5)
- DARER
- 9 Across: Grab forcibly (5)
- WREST
- 14 Across: Altar answer (3)
- IDO
- 15 Across: Betel palm (5)
- ARECA
- 16 Across: Auburn dye (5)
- HENNA
- 17 Across: Derive (3)
- GET
- 18 Across: "You Are ___," tune from "The Broadway Melody of 1936" (11)
- MYLUCKYSTAR
- 20 Across: Print tint (5)
- SEPIA
- 22 Across: Arthur of the courts (4)
- ASHE
- 23 Across: "QB VII" author (4)
- URIS
- 24 Across: Beginning (5)
- ONSET
- 26 Across: Nail polish (6)
- ENAMEL
- 28 Across: Tune from "Good News": 1927 (11)
- LUCKYINLOVE
- 30 Across: Zhivago's beloved (4)
- LARA
- 31 Across: Allhallows ___ (3)
- EVE
- 32 Across: Bracken or Albert (5)
- EDDIE
- 36 Across: Melody (3)
- AIR
- 37 Across: Plant for ground cover (7)
- CREEPER
- 40 Across: Noisy squabble (3)
- ROW
- 41 Across: Pipe (5)
- BRIAR
- 43 Across: Belle of the coming-out ball (3)
- DEB
- 44 Across: Corduroy's rib (4)
- WALE
- 45 Across: Tune from "On the Town": 1944 (11)
- LUCKYTOBEME
- 49 Across: Bold (6)
- BRAZEN
- 51 Across: Mt. ___, Tenn. (5)
- UNAKA
- 52 Across: War god (4)
- ARES
- 53 Across: Transaction (4)
- DEAL
- 55 Across: Bumppo of "Leatherstocking Tales" (5)
- NATTY
- 58 Across: Tune from "Guys and Dolls": 1950 (11)
- LUCKBEALADY
- 61 Across: A Gershwin (3)
- IRA
- 62 Across: Square pillars (5)
- ANTAE
- 63 Across: Fargo of songdom (5)
- DONNA
- 64 Across: Stitch (3)
- SEW
- 65 Across: U.S. suffragist Lucy (5)
- STONE
- 66 Across: ___ example (be a model) (5)
- SETAN
- 67 Across: Commandments number (3)
- TEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Angles off (4)
- ZIGS
- 2 Down: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 3 Down: Medley (9)
- POTPOURRI
- 4 Down: Richly patterned fabric (6)
- DAMASK
- 5 Down: Ending for mission or vision (3)
- ARY
- 6 Down: Kin (8)
- RELATIVE
- 7 Down: Old French coins (4)
- ECUS
- 8 Down: Leah's sister (6)
- RACHEL
- 9 Down: Interrogator's word (3)
- WHY
- 10 Down: Began again (7)
- RESUMED
- 11 Down: Between: Fr. (5)
- ENTRE
- 12 Down: Slow-paced one (5)
- SNAIL
- 13 Down: Gobs (4)
- TARS
- 19 Down: Game of chance (4)
- KENO
- 21 Down: S.A. Indian (4)
- INCA
- 25 Down: Looker (4)
- EYER
- 27 Down: Assert (4)
- AVER
- 28 Down: Den (4)
- LAIR
- 29 Down: Indigent (5)
- NEEDY
- 30 Down: M.I.T. room (3)
- LAB
- 33 Down: Ibsen or Inge (9)
- DRAMATIST
- 34 Down: Hercules' captive (4)
- IOLE
- 35 Down: Member of the fold (3)
- EWE
- 37 Down: Santa ___, Arg. (4)
- CRUZ
- 38 Down: Querulous (8)
- PETULANT
- 39 Down: Black, to Byron (4)
- EBON
- 42 Down: Nome native, e.g. (7)
- ALASKAN
- 44 Down: Maori hen (4)
- WEKA
- 46 Down: Grant title to (4)
- CEDE
- 47 Down: Prepares dough (6)
- KNEADS
- 48 Down: Multi-trunked tree (6)
- BANYAN
- 49 Down: Heaviest part (5)
- BRUNT
- 50 Down: Right-hand page (5)
- RECTO
- 52 Down: "Oh, woe!" (4)
- ALAS
- 54 Down: Healing plant (4)
- ALOE
- 56 Down: Genealogical chart (4)
- TREE
- 57 Down: Display drowsiness (4)
- YAWN
- 59 Down: Spelling event (3)
- BEE
- 60 Down: Geneticist's concern (3)
- DNA
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