Friday Crossword — September 26, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/26/1986. By Joy L. Wouk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Ave atque ___ (4)
- VALE
- 5 Across: Sub's nemesis (6)
- CHASER
- 11 Across: Gammon, e.g. (3)
- HAM
- 14 Across: Concert halls (4)
- ODEA
- 15 Across: Berber, e.g. (6)
- HAMITE
- 16 Across: It begins with enero (3)
- ANO
- 17 Across: Ell (4)
- WING
- 18 Across: Dalis and Papas (6)
- IRENES
- 19 Across: Weapon propeller for 7 Down (3)
- BOW
- 20 Across: Aircraft type (4)
- STOL
- 21 Across: Actor Bruce (4)
- DERN
- 22 Across: Remain (5)
- ABIDE
- 24 Across: Varnish resin (5)
- ELEMI
- 26 Across: Like some ruches (6)
- FLUTED
- 27 Across: Annoys (6)
- CHAFES
- 30 Across: Sitting Bull, e.g. (5)
- CHIEF
- 32 Across: Wife of Menelaus (5)
- HELEN
- 33 Across: British pen (4)
- GAOL
- 34 Across: Pressed fabric (4)
- FELT
- 38 Across: Bombeck (4)
- ERMA
- 39 Across: Vessel for Hiawatha (5)
- CANOE
- 40 Across: Cupid (4)
- AMOR
- 41 Across: Rebecca or Benjamin (4)
- WEST
- 42 Across: Lodged (4)
- ALIT
- 43 Across: Book by Read (5)
- ALIVE
- 44 Across: Purim villain (5)
- HAMAN
- 46 Across: Schools in Cannes (6)
- ECOLES
- 47 Across: She helped Perseus (6)
- ATHENA
- 50 Across: "___ in the Afternoon": Hemingway (5)
- DEATH
- 52 Across: Statistician's pie ___ (5)
- CHART
- 53 Across: Jewison film (4)
- FIST
- 54 Across: Heron relative (4)
- IBIS
- 58 Across: Accelerate, for short (3)
- REV
- 59 Across: Interact realistically (6)
- RELATE
- 61 Across: Crepuscule (4)
- DUSK
- 62 Across: A Eur. republic (3)
- IRE
- 63 Across: He has pressing problems (6)
- IRONER
- 64 Across: Town SW of Padua (4)
- ESTE
- 65 Across: Phrontistery (3)
- DEN
- 66 Across: Family of an Attorney General (6)
- MEESES
- 67 Across: Display (4)
- SHOW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Solemn assertions (4)
- VOWS
- 2 Down: Stulm (4)
- ADIT
- 3 Down: Meshed fabric (4)
- LENO
- 4 Down: Item for Geronimo's headdress (12)
- EAGLEFEATHER
- 5 Down: Reproves (6)
- CHIDES
- 6 Down: Where a khanum presides (5)
- HAREM
- 7 Down: Rees and Crees (15)
- AMERICANINDIANS
- 8 Down: Ireland's ___ Fein (4)
- SINN
- 9 Down: Nice season (3)
- ETE
- 10 Down: Used-car deal (6)
- RESALE
- 11 Down: Custom (5)
- HABIT
- 12 Down: Battery part (5)
- ANODE
- 13 Down: Did the lawn (5)
- MOWED
- 23 Down: Tepee walls (12)
- BUFFALOHIDES
- 25 Down: Actor Cariou (3)
- LEN
- 26 Down: Do an office job (4)
- FILE
- 27 Down: Masticate (4)
- CHEW
- 28 Down: Now partner (4)
- HERE
- 29 Down: Baksheesh (4)
- ALMS
- 31 Down: Strigine sound (4)
- HOOT
- 33 Down: Festive (4)
- GALA
- 35 Down: ___ von Skoda, Czech industrialist (4)
- EMIL
- 36 Down: Mezzo-soprano Shirley (4)
- LOVE
- 37 Down: ___ bien! (4)
- TRES
- 39 Down: ___ fox of S Africa (4)
- CAMA
- 43 Down: Function (3)
- ACT
- 45 Down: Former Irish county (6)
- ANTRIM
- 46 Down: Lotophagi, e.g. (6)
- EATERS
- 47 Down: Sarcastic (5)
- ACRID
- 48 Down: Voila! (5)
- THERE
- 49 Down: Refuge (5)
- HAVEN
- 51 Down: Lauder of cosmetics (5)
- ESTEE
- 53 Down: Arctic Ocean sight (4)
- FLOE
- 55 Down: Mondale's successor (4)
- BUSH
- 56 Down: Ratio words (4)
- ISTO
- 57 Down: Bias (4)
- SKEW
- 60 Down: Palindromic word (3)
- ERE
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