Monday Crossword — April 6, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/6/1987. By Bernice Gordon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: A kind of waist (4)
WASP
5 Across: Dialect (5)
ARGOT
10 Across: Morose (4)
GLUM
14 Across: Composer of the oratorio "Judith" (4)
ARNE
15 Across: Ice-cream flavor (5)
PEACH
16 Across: Assumed character (4)
ROLE
17 Across: Blabbed (15)
SPILLEDTHEBEANS
20 Across: Rips into shreds (7)
TATTERS
21 Across: Mysteries (7)
ENIGMAS
22 Across: Seat of the Krupp steel works (5)
ESSEN
23 Across: Heck's cousin (4)
DRAT
24 Across: Field of Merce Cunningham (5)
DANCE
27 Across: Annul (6)
RECALL
32 Across: Elec. unit (3)
AMP
35 Across: "The Bridge" is his autobiography: 1940 (5)
POOLE
37 Across: Tony's relative (4)
OBIE
38 Across: Spoke imprudently (15)
TALKEDOUTOFTURN
42 Across: Nonrepresentational painter (4)
KLEE
43 Across: Cristofori made the first one: 1709 (5)
PIANO
44 Across: Randy's skating partner (3)
TAI
45 Across: Crater lake near Rome (6)
ALBANO
48 Across: Attack (5)
STORM
50 Across: Shaft of a wheel (4)
AXLE
52 Across: Vigorous vitality (5)
GUSTO
56 Across: Park in Queens (7)
ASTORIA
60 Across: Saints' days in Sevilla (7)
FIESTAS
62 Across: Flatter (15)
SPREADITONTHICK
64 Across: High-strung (4)
TAUT
65 Across: Accustom (5)
ENURE
66 Across: Commune in Sicily (4)
ENNA
67 Across: Design (4)
IDEA
68 Across: Mails (5)
SENDS
69 Across: Rigel is one (4)
STAR

Down Answers

1 Down: Scrap (5)
WASTE
2 Down: Harps: Sp. (5)
ARPAS
3 Down: States of agitation (5)
SNITS
4 Down: Threw stones (6)
PELTED
5 Down: Little, e.g. (4)
APER
6 Down: Scarlet and cherry (4)
REDS
7 Down: Roscoe (3)
GAT
8 Down: Earthy pigment (5)
OCHER
9 Down: Palm (6)
THENAR
10 Down: Diver Louganis (4)
GREG
11 Down: Rich soil (4)
LOAM
12 Down: Forearm bone (4)
ULNA
13 Down: Chow (4)
MESS
18 Down: See 31 Down (6)
LENAPE
19 Down: Munch (4)
BITE
23 Down: Comedian Dom (7)
DELUISE
25 Down: Dreamland (3)
NOD
26 Down: Leghorn's home (4)
COOP
28 Down: Camping gear (3)
COT
29 Down: Touch upon (4)
ABUT
30 Down: Turkish coin (4)
LIRA
31 Down: With 18 Down, a Delaware (4)
LENI
32 Down: An Aleutian island (4)
ATKA
33 Down: Shopping area (4)
MALL
34 Down: Commoner (4)
PLEB
36 Down: State, in St.-Lô (4)
ETAT
39 Down: Large parrot (3)
KEA
40 Down: Yoko (3)
ONO
41 Down: ___-me-not (6)
FORGET
46 Down: Ex-capital of Japan (4)
NARA
47 Down: Binary compounds (6)
OXIDES
49 Down: Drives a dog team (6)
MUSHES
51 Down: "Mule Train" singer (5)
LAINE
53 Down: Chore (5)
STINT
54 Down: Peruvian city (5)
TACNA
55 Down: Actor Werner (5)
OSKAR
56 Down: Italian wine center (4)
ASTI
57 Down: Plane or nail (4)
SPAD
58 Down: Exam answer (4)
TRUE
59 Down: Range in Greece (4)
OETA
60 Down: Glenn or Henry (4)
FORD
61 Down: Feminine suffixes (4)
INES
63 Down: Cask (3)
TUN

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