Wednesday Crossword — March 23, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/23/1988. By Alfio Micci.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Dum ___, spero" (5)
SPIRO
6 Across: Partner of alas (5)
ALACK
11 Across: Fam. member (3)
SIS
14 Across: Western (5)
OATER
15 Across: A thermoplastic (5)
SARAN
16 Across: Explosive (3)
TNT
17 Across: Start of a punny quip (11)
ONEMANSMEDE
19 Across: Here, in Honduras (3)
ACA
20 Across: Transfer (5)
RELAY
21 Across: Heckled (7)
NEEDLED
23 Across: Kind of rags (4)
GLAD
25 Across: "The ___ Santini," Duvall film (5)
GREAT
27 Across: "Aurora" painter (4)
RENI
28 Across: Nymph chaser (5)
SATYR
30 Across: Elected ones (3)
INS
31 Across: "Romola" character (5)
TESSA
32 Across: Cow, in a way (3)
AWE
33 Across: "___ a little pony . . . " (4)
IHAD
35 Across: In a snit (5)
IRATE
36 Across: More of the quip (9)
ISANOTHER
38 Across: City in S Quebec (5)
SOREL
40 Across: Alert (4)
WARN
41 Across: Blend (3)
MIX
44 Across: Actress Black (5)
KAREN
45 Across: Designer of Harvard's Kennedy Library (3)
PEI
46 Across: Arthur Miller's forte (5)
DRAMA
48 Across: Spirit (4)
ELAN
49 Across: Move cautiously (5)
SIDLE
51 Across: ___ the finish (4)
INAT
52 Across: Telephone personnel (7)
LINEMEN
54 Across: Polecat (5)
SKUNK
56 Across: Journey part (3)
LEG
57 Across: End of the quip (11)
MANSPERSIAN
61 Across: Center of a well-known palindrome (3)
ERE
62 Across: Gum resin (5)
ELEMI
63 Across: Kind (5)
GENRE
64 Across: Sweetbread, in Sedan (3)
RIS
65 Across: Family car (5)
SEDAN
66 Across: Fisher or Cantor (5)
EDDIE

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ Canals (3)
SOO
2 Down: Peter or sauce follower (3)
PAN
3 Down: Repeat (7)
ITERATE
4 Down: Cure (6)
REMEDY
5 Down: Spoken (4)
ORAL
6 Down: Nineveh native (8)
ASSYRIAN
7 Down: Hasty escape: Slang (3)
LAM
8 Down: Omni and Spectrum (6)
ARENAS
9 Down: West Pointer (5)
CADET
10 Down: Genu (4)
KNEE
11 Down: Most trite (7)
STALEST
12 Down: Madden (7)
INCENSE
13 Down: Sports sites (6)
STADIA
18 Down: Pester (3)
NAG
22 Down: Dismal, to Donne (5)
DREAR
23 Down: J. Low org. (3)
GSA
24 Down: Partner of order (3)
LAW
26 Down: Provided funds (7)
ENDOWED
29 Down: Anagram for siren (5)
RISEN
31 Down: Direction (5)
TREND
34 Down: Producer Wallis (3)
HAL
35 Down: German pronoun (3)
IHR
36 Down: Actress Bordoni (5)
IRENE
37 Down: Emotional upheaval (8)
TAILSPIN
38 Down: Abraham's Oscar-winning role (7)
SALIERI
39 Down: Sunset hues (7)
ORANGES
41 Down: The human race (7)
MANKIND
42 Down: A Hogg (3)
IMA
43 Down: Carved Indian pole (3)
XAT
44 Down: Anne Sullivan's charge (6)
KELLER
45 Down: Held firmly in one place (6)
PINNED
47 Down: Removed the suds (6)
RINSED
49 Down: Author of "A Lonely Rage" (5)
SEALE
50 Down: Make do (3)
EKE
53 Down: Fr. married women (4)
MMES
55 Down: Desire (4)
URGE
58 Down: Wee, to Burns (3)
SMA
59 Down: Jackie's second (3)
ARI
60 Down: Formerly named (3)
NEE

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