Tuesday Crossword — February 16, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/16/1988. By Arthur W. Palmer.

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Across Answers

1 Across: London gallery (4)
TATE
5 Across: Ipso ___ (5)
FACTO
10 Across: Spanish Surrealist (4)
DALI
14 Across: Actor Ladd (4)
ALAN
15 Across: Gruesome (5)
LURID
16 Across: Soviet river (4)
URAL
17 Across: ___ avis (4)
RARA
18 Across: Revere (5)
ADORE
19 Across: "Auntie ___" (4)
MAME
20 Across: Discard smoking material? (9)
PITCHPIPE
22 Across: Receded (5)
EBBED
23 Across: Record (4)
TAPE
24 Across: Him follower (4)
SELF
26 Across: N.Y.C.-to-Boston dir. (3)
ENE
29 Across: ___ an ear (hearken) (4)
LEND
31 Across: Avoids a big wedding (6)
ELOPES
35 Across: Trade (8)
COMMERCE
37 Across: Of the nerves (6)
NEURAL
38 Across: Type of bean (4)
LIMA
39 Across: Comic-strip cry (3)
EEK
41 Across: Ibsen heroine (4)
NORA
42 Across: Roman amphitheaters (6)
ARENAE
45 Across: On the decline (8)
DECADENT
48 Across: Cousin of a leash (6)
TETHER
49 Across: Signs showing success (4)
SROS
50 Across: Eds. receive them (3)
MSS
51 Across: Precinct (4)
AREA
53 Across: Aware of (4)
ONTO
55 Across: Office worker (5)
STENO
58 Across: Regret of a reformed thief? (9)
MISTAKING
63 Across: Garnish (4)
LARD
64 Across: "We're off ___ the Wizard" (5)
TOSEE
65 Across: Privy to (4)
INON
66 Across: College subj. (4)
ECOL
67 Across: Actor Maurice (5)
EVANS
68 Across: Miss Kett (4)
ETTA
69 Across: Quantity (4)
DOSE
70 Across: Belief (5)
TENET
71 Across: Glide on high (4)
SOAR

Down Answers

1 Down: Canvas cover, for short (4)
TARP
2 Down: Jai ___ (4)
ALAI
3 Down: Pungent (4)
TART
4 Down: Pass a law (5)
ENACT
5 Down: Swinger in the 20's (7)
FLAPPER
6 Down: Formal interview (8)
AUDIENCE
7 Down: Trim (4)
CROP
8 Down: Bores (5)
TIRES
9 Down: Keats work (3)
ODE
10 Down: Puzzle (9)
DUMBFOUND
11 Down: Yemeni, for one (4)
ARAB
12 Down: Type of excuse (4)
LAME
13 Down: "___ Three Lives": Philbrick (4)
ILED
21 Down: Hearty's companion (4)
HALE
22 Down: Pronoun for a Parisienne (4)
ELLE
25 Down: Dusk's time, to Tennyson (3)
EEN
26 Down: Brilliance (5)
ECLAT
27 Down: Black, in Boulogne (5)
NOIRE
28 Down: Irish patriot (5)
EMMET
30 Down: Some sale documents (5)
DEEDS
32 Down: Introductory remarks (5)
PROEM
33 Down: Merits (5)
EARNS
34 Down: Louvers (5)
SLATS
36 Down: Clue to homo sapiens? (9)
MANHANDLE
40 Down: Flammable oil (8)
KEROSENE
43 Down: Plane or space preceder (4)
AERO
44 Down: Before, poetically (3)
ERE
46 Down: Oppose (7)
CONTEST
47 Down: Movie dog (4)
ASTA
52 Down: Get ___ on (stir) (5)
AMOVE
54 Down: Migrant workers of the 30's (5)
OKIES
55 Down: Eskimo vehicle (4)
SLED
56 Down: Mexican staple (4)
TACO
57 Down: A god of love (4)
EROS
59 Down: "No man ___ island": Donne (4)
ISAN
60 Down: Division word (4)
INTO
61 Down: ___ bene (4)
NOTA
62 Down: Growl (4)
GNAR
64 Down: Asian holiday (3)
TET

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