Monday Crossword — May 5, 1986 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/5/1986. By Arthur W. Palmer.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Missing G.I. (4)
AWOL
5 Across: Type of curriculum (4)
CORE
9 Across: Played a trumpet (4)
BLEW
13 Across: July treat (4)
CONE
14 Across: Ecclesiastical decree (5)
CANON
15 Across: Paul Revere did this (4)
RODE
16 Across: Stands firm (15)
HOLDSONESGROUND
19 Across: Culbertson of bridge fame (3)
ELY
20 Across: Item in a log (5)
ENTRY
21 Across: Willingham's "___ a Man" (5)
ENDAS
22 Across: Blast or carp beginner (4)
ENDO
23 Across: Type of meal (3)
OAT
24 Across: Is in suspense (15)
HOLDSONESBREATH
32 Across: Battery terminal (5)
ANODE
33 Across: Rumpus ___ (4)
ROOM
34 Across: La-la preceder (3)
TRA
35 Across: Costa ___ (4)
RICA
36 Across: No longer fresh (5)
STALE
38 Across: Lath (4)
SLAT
39 Across: Mrs., in Madrid (3)
SRA
40 Across: Olympia's country (4)
ELIS
41 Across: Author of "The Cloister and the Hearth" (5)
READE
42 Across: Waits (15)
HOLDSONESHORSES
46 Across: Consumed (3)
ATE
47 Across: "Mary ___ little . . . " (4)
HADA
48 Across: Alan Ladd role (5)
SHANE
51 Across: Official proclamation (5)
UKASE
53 Across: "The ___ Curiosity Shop" (3)
OLD
56 Across: Keeps silent (15)
HOLDSONESTONGUE
59 Across: Or ___ (4)
ELSE
60 Across: Devoutness (5)
PIETY
61 Across: Writer Sarah ___ Jewett (4)
ORNE
62 Across: Eros (4)
AMOR
63 Across: Sight from Taormina (4)
ETNA
64 Across: "___ Abby" (4)
DEAR

Down Answers

1 Down: Head or tooth problem (4)
ACHE
2 Down: Merino product (4)
WOOL
3 Down: Sole (4)
ONLY
4 Down: Guided (3)
LED
5 Down: Swiss division (6)
CANTON
6 Down: Lalapalooza (4)
ONER
7 Down: Optimistic (4)
ROSY
8 Down: Sch. subject (3)
ENG
9 Down: Charlotte, Emily or Anne (6)
BRONTE
10 Down: ___ and clear (4)
LOUD
11 Down: Ferber or Best (4)
EDNA
12 Down: Marries (4)
WEDS
14 Down: Modern abode (5)
CONDO
17 Down: Judgment (5)
SENSE
18 Down: Update military equipment (5)
REARM
22 Down: Old Norse literature (4)
EDDA
23 Down: A woodwind (4)
OBOE
24 Down: Strident (5)
HARSH
25 Down: Dream: Comb. form (5)
ONIRO
26 Down: Union chapter (5)
LOCAL
27 Down: Delete (5)
ERASE
28 Down: Old ___ (the sun) (3)
SOL
29 Down: North African range (5)
ATLAS
30 Down: Plumbing or welding (5)
TRADE
31 Down: Detests (5)
HATES
36 Down: Type of gin (4)
SLOE
37 Down: Bolivian export (3)
TIN
38 Down: Antitoxins (4)
SERA
40 Down: Kefauver (5)
ESTES
41 Down: Calf-roping event (5)
RODEO
43 Down: Anger (6)
DANDER
44 Down: Daisy variety (6)
SHASTA
45 Down: Harvard's ___ Pudding Club (5)
HASTY
48 Down: Mets' home (4)
SHEA
49 Down: Sort of oak (4)
HOLM
50 Down: "The Sun ___ Rises" (4)
ALSO
51 Down: Module or monad (4)
UNIT
52 Down: Bewail, Irish style (4)
KEEN
53 Down: Monster (4)
OGRE
54 Down: Type of moth (4)
LUNA
55 Down: Buck or doe (4)
DEER
57 Down: Disclose, to Shelley (3)
OPE
58 Down: Wynken pal (3)
NOD

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