Monday Crossword — December 21, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/21/1987. By Fred Toole.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Record (4)
TAPE
5 Across: Recurring theme (5)
MOTIF
10 Across: Battle site: 1944 (4)
STLO
14 Across: Taj Mahal site (4)
AGRA
15 Across: "Gesundheit" getter (5)
ACHOO
16 Across: Pequod's captain (4)
AHAB
17 Across: Worms or squids (4)
BAIT
18 Across: Violinist Isaac ___ (5)
STERN
19 Across: TV staple (4)
NEWS
20 Across: Samovar (3)
URN
21 Across: Norse king (4)
OLAV
22 Across: British bye-byes (5)
TATAS
24 Across: Cato's 156 (4)
CLVI
26 Across: Galsworthy's "___ Devon" (6)
AMANOF
28 Across: Director Spielberg (6)
STEVEN
30 Across: Horse's motion (4)
GAIT
31 Across: Wooden mortar beater (3)
RAB
34 Across: Singing group (5)
CHOIR
35 Across: "Common Sense" author (5)
PAINE
36 Across: Hawaiian baking pit (3)
IMU
37 Across: A sound of music (4)
HIFI
38 Across: Costly fur (5)
SABLE
39 Across: Skin blemish (4)
SCAR
40 Across: Finish (3)
END
41 Across: Poi sources (5)
TAROS
42 Across: Blame bearers (5)
GOATS
43 Across: Scottish river (3)
DEE
44 Across: South Yemen's capital (4)
ADEN
45 Across: Muse of astronomy (6)
URANIA
46 Across: Dozed off (6)
NODDED
48 Across: M–R connection (4)
NOPQ
49 Across: Divert (5)
AMUSE
50 Across: Scot's wear (4)
KILT
52 Across: Springsteen's "Born in the ___" (3)
USA
55 Across: North African port (4)
ORAN
56 Across: Din (5)
NOISE
58 Across: North Sea feeder (4)
TEES
59 Across: Geometric fig. (4)
CIRC
60 Across: Sea eagles (5)
ERNES
61 Across: Lease (4)
RENT
62 Across: Capture (4)
TAKE
63 Across: Venetian V.I.P.'s (5)
DOGES
64 Across: ___-European (4)
INDO

Down Answers

1 Down: Forbidden (4)
TABU
2 Down: Seaweed product (4)
AGAR
3 Down: Hamlet's title (15)
PRINCEOFDENMARK
4 Down: Consume (3)
EAT
5 Down: Type of British bread (6)
MASLIN
6 Down: Prefix with chord (4)
OCTA
7 Down: Friml title (15)
THEVAGABONDKING
8 Down: Comparative suffix (3)
IOR
9 Down: A Joan of films (8)
FONTAINE
10 Down: ___ Domingo (5)
SANTO
11 Down: Bogart-Hepburn title (15)
THEAFRICANQUEEN
12 Down: Statutes (4)
LAWS
13 Down: Dictionary abbr. (3)
OBS
21 Down: Finished (4)
OVER
23 Down: Sweeten the pot (4)
ANTE
25 Down: Cato's 57 (4)
LVII
27 Down: Posts (5)
MAILS
28 Down: Itin. (5)
SCHED
29 Down: Biblically yours (5)
THINE
32 Down: Violin for a virtuoso (5)
AMATI
33 Down: Anatomical sac (5)
BURSA
35 Down: Gay ___ (5)
PAREE
38 Down: Cast down (8)
SADDENED
39 Down: It comes in cakes (4)
SOAP
41 Down: Youngsters (4)
TADS
42 Down: Poetic cave (4)
GROT
45 Down: Except (6)
UNLESS
47 Down: Sixteenth of a pound (5)
OUNCE
49 Down: "Cara nome," for one (4)
ARIA
51 Down: Words of comprehension (4)
ISEE
53 Down: Transmit (4)
SEND
54 Down: In re (4)
ASTO
55 Down: Sept. chaser (3)
OCT
57 Down: Spanish gold (3)
ORO
58 Down: Prefix with corn or color (3)
TRI

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