Monday Crossword — May 25, 1987 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/25/1987. By Sidney L. Robbins.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Pomp and Circumstance" composer (5)
- ELGAR
- 6 Across: Comedian Foxx (4)
- REDD
- 10 Across: Bosom companion? (3)
- BRA
- 13 Across: N.Y. mayor before Koch (5)
- BEAME
- 14 Across: Fancy case (4)
- ETUI
- 15 Across: Anon (4)
- SOON
- 16 Across: Gaucho weapons (5)
- BOLAS
- 17 Across: Arrow poison (4)
- INEE
- 18 Across: Something to knock on (4)
- WOOD
- 19 Across: Organized U.S. militia force (13)
- NATIONALGUARD
- 22 Across: Syr. neighbor (3)
- ISR
- 23 Across: Ex-frosh (4)
- SOPH
- 24 Across: ___ Paulo, Brazil (3)
- SAO
- 27 Across: Bugle call after tattoo (4)
- TAPS
- 30 Across: Loose robe (5)
- SIMAR
- 34 Across: B.P.O.E. member (3)
- ELK
- 35 Across: Captured (4)
- TOOK
- 37 Across: Wed stealthily (5)
- ELOPE
- 38 Across: Group Wilson fostered (15)
- LEAGUEOFNATIONS
- 42 Across: Flower holder (5)
- LAPEL
- 43 Across: Play about Sadie Thompson (4)
- RAIN
- 44 Across: Bishop's domain (3)
- SEE
- 45 Across: Backbone (5)
- SPINE
- 46 Across: Kind of mother (4)
- STEP
- 48 Across: Lunch, e.g. (3)
- EAT
- 49 Across: Golden-rule preposition (4)
- UNTO
- 52 Across: Society bloke (3)
- NOB
- 54 Across: Forty-two-year-old group (13)
- UNITEDNATIONS
- 60 Across: Persia updated (4)
- IRAN
- 61 Across: Hebrew month (4)
- ADAR
- 62 Across: Chalk's need (5)
- SLATE
- 64 Across: Smash review (4)
- RAVE
- 65 Across: Bristle (4)
- SETA
- 66 Across: Painter's item (5)
- EASEL
- 67 Across: Foxy (3)
- SLY
- 68 Across: Greek god of love (4)
- EROS
- 69 Across: Makes cartoons (5)
- DRAWS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Recede (3)
- EBB
- 2 Down: Trotsky or Uris (4)
- LEON
- 3 Down: Festive occasion (4)
- GALA
- 4 Down: Violinmaker of Cremona (5)
- AMATI
- 5 Down: Withstand (6)
- RESIST
- 6 Down: Check (4)
- REIN
- 7 Down: Volcano in Sicily (4)
- ETNA
- 8 Down: One-on-one contests (5)
- DUELS
- 9 Down: San ___ Padres (5)
- DIEGO
- 10 Down: Clodhopper (4)
- BOOR
- 11 Down: Crucifix (4)
- ROOD
- 12 Down: Also (3)
- AND
- 15 Down: Bantu of Zanzibar (7)
- SWAHILI
- 20 Down: Declaim (5)
- ORATE
- 21 Down: Surprising victory (5)
- UPSET
- 24 Down: Hawks (5)
- SELLS
- 25 Down: "With ___ and a bound . . . ": Coleridge (5)
- ALEAP
- 26 Down: African mammal (5)
- OKAPI
- 28 Down: Like a church mouse (4)
- POOR
- 29 Down: Living-room items (5)
- SOFAS
- 31 Down: Large ruminant (5)
- MOOSE
- 32 Down: Asphyxia (5)
- APNEA
- 33 Down: Adjust the alarm clock (5)
- RESET
- 36 Down: Contract the brows (4)
- KNIT
- 39 Down: Real (7)
- GENUINE
- 40 Down: Abundant: Suffix (5)
- ULENT
- 41 Down: Concerning (5)
- ANENT
- 47 Down: Composed (6)
- POISED
- 50 Down: Rib (5)
- TEASE
- 51 Down: More peculiar (5)
- ODDER
- 53 Down: Claylike (5)
- BOLAR
- 54 Down: Russia's ___ Mountains (4)
- URAL
- 55 Down: Defense arm (4)
- NAVY
- 56 Down: Pact since W.W. II (4)
- NATO
- 57 Down: River in Turkish Armenia (4)
- ARAS
- 58 Down: Space org. (4)
- NASA
- 59 Down: Muddle or mulligan (4)
- STEW
- 60 Down: Taxing initials (3)
- IRS
- 63 Down: Lofty vehs. (3)
- ELS
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