Friday Crossword — October 10, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/10/1986. By Nancy Joline.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Zaharias (4)
- BABE
- 5 Across: Newt (3)
- EFT
- 8 Across: Greek island where Sappho lived (6)
- LESBOS
- 14 Across: Presidential office (4)
- OVAL
- 15 Across: Train-schedule abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 16 Across: Toscanini (6)
- ARTURO
- 17 Across: Aussie marsupial (8)
- WALLAROO
- 19 Across: Nursery-school items (6)
- BLOCKS
- 20 Across: Kind of protest (5)
- LIEIN
- 21 Across: Editor's notation (3)
- SIC
- 23 Across: Wapiti (3)
- ELK
- 24 Across: "___ we forget": Kipling (4)
- LEST
- 25 Across: Peter or Nicholas (4)
- TSAR
- 27 Across: Country on the Mekong (4)
- LAOS
- 30 Across: Expresses scorn (6)
- SNORTS
- 32 Across: Word with order or gear (7)
- REVERSE
- 34 Across: "___ any drop to drink": Coleridge (3)
- NOR
- 35 Across: Centers of activity (4)
- LOCI
- 36 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
- OSE
- 37 Across: "The ___ is a ass": Dickens (3)
- LAW
- 40 Across: Hobgoblin (7)
- BUGABOO
- 42 Across: Boer hero ___ Paul Kruger (3)
- OOM
- 43 Across: "___ Clear Day" (3)
- ONA
- 44 Across: Employer (4)
- USER
- 45 Across: ___ de France (3)
- ILE
- 47 Across: Affirms (7)
- ATTESTS
- 49 Across: Lemon, e.g. (6)
- FLAVOR
- 52 Across: Believe (4)
- DEEM
- 53 Across: North Sea feeder (4)
- YSER
- 55 Across: "The ___ is out of joint": Shak. (4)
- TIME
- 56 Across: Wheel part (3)
- RIM
- 58 Across: Mesabi product (3)
- ORE
- 59 Across: Choice (5)
- ELECT
- 61 Across: "Old ___," 1957 Disney film (6)
- YELLER
- 64 Across: Asian monkey (8)
- WANDEROO
- 66 Across: Paris hub (6)
- ETOILE
- 67 Across: Forte of football fame (3)
- IKE
- 68 Across: Shock (4)
- STUN
- 69 Across: Worthless pieces of lumber (6)
- SCOOTS
- 70 Across: Actress Carrie (3)
- NYE
- 71 Across: Sprinter's target (4)
- TAPE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "The Golden ___": James (4)
- BOWL
- 2 Down: Profits (6)
- AVAILS
- 3 Down: Whalebone (6)
- BALEEN
- 4 Down: "Invisible Man" author (7)
- ELLISON
- 5 Down: Crossette (3)
- EAR
- 6 Down: David and Robert (6)
- FROSTS
- 7 Down: Deux follower (5)
- TROIS
- 8 Down: Curie's milieu (3)
- LAB
- 9 Down: Perry's creator (4)
- ERLE
- 10 Down: Tennis veteran Fred (6)
- STOLLE
- 11 Down: Cowboy (8)
- BUCKAROO
- 12 Down: Mork's planet (3)
- ORK
- 13 Down: Mayday relative (3)
- SOS
- 18 Down: "The Skin of Our Teeth" name (8)
- ANTROBUS
- 22 Down: Chocolate substitute (5)
- CAROB
- 26 Down: Kickback (6)
- RECOIL
- 28 Down: Treat for Pietro's dog (4)
- OSSO
- 29 Down: Look (4)
- SEEM
- 31 Down: Reliable (6)
- TRUSTY
- 33 Down: Broke in upon (8)
- VIOLATED
- 35 Down: Roman household god (3)
- LAR
- 37 Down: Follower of car or truck (4)
- LOAD
- 38 Down: Prefix with date (4)
- ANTE
- 39 Down: London bridge (8)
- WATERLOO
- 41 Down: Paste for bas-reliefs (5)
- GESSO
- 46 Down: Most reprehensible (7)
- EVILEST
- 48 Down: Estevez or Pucci (6)
- EMILIO
- 49 Down: Odd (6)
- FREAKY
- 50 Down: Sicilian code of silence (6)
- OMERTA
- 51 Down: Compensate (6)
- RECOUP
- 54 Down: Rommel (5)
- ERWIN
- 57 Down: Dissolve (4)
- MELT
- 60 Down: Musical sound (4)
- TONE
- 61 Down: Aye (3)
- YES
- 62 Down: Relative of et al. (3)
- ETC
- 63 Down: In medias ___ (3)
- RES
- 65 Down: Helen Taft, ___ Herron (3)
- NEE
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