Saturday Crossword — March 19, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/19/1988. By Nancy Joline.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Slap ___," 1977 Newman film (4)
- SHOT
- 5 Across: Yuruk, e.g. (5)
- NOMAD
- 10 Across: Raddle (4)
- SCAR
- 14 Across: Resort coast on Hawaii (4)
- KONA
- 15 Across: "There is Nothin' Like ___" (5)
- ADAME
- 16 Across: "___ da Capo": Millay (4)
- ARIA
- 17 Across: Funnel-shaped (15)
- INFUNDIBULIFORM
- 20 Across: Besides (3)
- TOO
- 21 Across: Actor McKellen (3)
- IAN
- 22 Across: Gluts (5)
- SATES
- 23 Across: Serb's neighbor (5)
- CROAT
- 25 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
- ENE
- 26 Across: Ballston ___, N.Y. (3)
- SPA
- 29 Across: Like Joseph's coat (15)
- HETEROCHROMATIC
- 34 Across: Almanach de ___ (5)
- GOTHA
- 35 Across: Season (5)
- SPICE
- 36 Across: Pith helmet (4)
- TOPI
- 39 Across: Coniferous forest of Siberia (5)
- TAIGA
- 42 Across: Limerick's popularizer (4)
- LEAR
- 43 Across: Actor Jeremy (5)
- IRONS
- 45 Across: This takes two (5)
- TANGO
- 47 Across: Clarification (15)
- ECLAIRCISSEMENT
- 53 Across: Bob's sidekick (3)
- RAY
- 54 Across: Cusk ___ (3)
- EEL
- 55 Across: Saul's commander-in-chief (5)
- ABNER
- 56 Across: Mrs. Goldwater (5)
- PEGGY
- 58 Across: Craggy peak (3)
- TOR
- 60 Across: Caesar's 502 (3)
- DII
- 61 Across: Excessive moralizing (15)
- SENTENTIOUSNESS
- 65 Across: Grocery item (4)
- OLEO
- 66 Across: Assisted (5)
- AIDED
- 67 Across: ___ Egg, "Gatsby" locale (4)
- EAST
- 68 Across: Game or ground follower (4)
- PLAN
- 69 Across: Restrain (5)
- LEASH
- 70 Across: Redbud, e.g. (4)
- TREE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bandleader Henderson (6)
- SKITCH
- 2 Down: Balzac (6)
- HONORE
- 3 Down: Riding shanks' mare (6)
- ONFOOT
- 4 Down: Tee, to Aristotle (3)
- TAU
- 5 Down: Nothing, in Navarra (4)
- NADA
- 6 Down: Norse god of war (4)
- ODIN
- 7 Down: Shelley subject (3)
- MAB
- 8 Down: Comic (6)
- AMUSER
- 9 Down: Mount ___, Mont. (6)
- DELANO
- 10 Down: Secure (4)
- SAFE
- 11 Down: Part of a railroad track (8)
- CROSSTIE
- 12 Down: Broadcast (3)
- AIR
- 13 Down: Aries (3)
- RAM
- 18 Down: An explosive (5)
- NITRO
- 19 Down: Particulars (5)
- ITEMS
- 24 Down: Greek island in the Saronic Gulf (6)
- AEGINA
- 27 Down: Typewriter type (4)
- PICA
- 28 Down: Maple genus (4)
- ACER
- 30 Down: Famed Giant (3)
- OTT
- 31 Down: Rolled tea (3)
- CHA
- 32 Down: Where Papa Doc ruled (5)
- HAITI
- 33 Down: Poise (6)
- APLOMB
- 36 Down: Wedding-cake part (4)
- TIER
- 37 Down: A 1977 film (4)
- ORCA
- 38 Down: Rapid respiration (8)
- POLYPNEA
- 40 Down: Argon or krypton (3)
- GAS
- 41 Down: Years, to Pierre (3)
- ANS
- 44 Down: Persistent attack (5)
- SIEGE
- 46 Down: They make a mesh (5)
- GEARS
- 48 Down: Of a monarch (6)
- REGNAL
- 49 Down: A daughter of Pandareus (6)
- CLYTIE
- 50 Down: Make beloved (6)
- ENDEAR
- 51 Down: Oder feeder (6)
- NEISSE
- 52 Down: Sibelius's "Valse ___" (6)
- TRISTE
- 57 Down: Harrow's rival (4)
- ETON
- 58 Down: Low digits (4)
- TOES
- 59 Down: Region in N India (4)
- OUDH
- 61 Down: Conciliatory gift (3)
- SOP
- 62 Down: Annex (3)
- ELL
- 63 Down: Actress Lupino (3)
- IDA
- 64 Down: Seine (3)
- NET
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