Saturday Crossword — April 9, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 4/9/1988. By Eileen Lexau.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Lighthouse (6)
- PHAROS
- 7 Across: Sandbank (5)
- SHOAL
- 12 Across: Obliteration (6)
- RASURE
- 13 Across: Old chap (6)
- CODGER
- 15 Across: She wrote "Angel of Light" (15)
- JOYCECAROLOATES
- 18 Across: "___ a penny . . . " (5)
- INFOR
- 19 Across: Planter (5)
- SOWER
- 20 Across: Do a buck-and-wing (3)
- TAP
- 21 Across: Booty (4)
- LOOT
- 22 Across: Early railroad tycoon (5)
- GOULD
- 23 Across: Trick (4)
- RUSE
- 24 Across: Düsseldorf door (3)
- TUR
- 25 Across: Chair parts (5)
- RUNGS
- 26 Across: Writer Francis or Roger (5)
- BACON
- 27 Across: First prime minister of Ghana (7)
- NKRUMAH
- 29 Across: Happening (5)
- EVENT
- 30 Across: Involve unfavorably (9)
- IMPLICATE
- 33 Across: Part of a door frame (5)
- STILE
- 36 Across: Aircraft-engine enclosure (7)
- NACELLE
- 39 Across: Color modifier (5)
- TONER
- 40 Across: Eyes amorously (5)
- OGLES
- 41 Across: Likely (3)
- APT
- 43 Across: Fish often seen in pools (4)
- ORFS
- 44 Across: School dances (5)
- PROMS
- 45 Across: Eastern bigwig (4)
- EMIR
- 46 Across: Suffix with provident (3)
- IAL
- 47 Across: Wernher von ___, rocket engineer (5)
- BRAUN
- 48 Across: Originate (5)
- ARISE
- 49 Across: She wrote "Villette": 1853 (15)
- CHARLOTTEBRONTE
- 52 Across: Stow in a ship's hold (6)
- STEEVE
- 53 Across: Huarache (6)
- SANDAL
- 54 Across: ___ Park, Colo. (5)
- ESTES
- 55 Across: He wrote "The Crisis": 1714 (6)
- STEELE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Him or her (7)
- PRONOUN
- 2 Down: Farm tool (7)
- HAYFORK
- 3 Down: Race place (5)
- ASCOT
- 4 Down: Remorseful one (4)
- RUER
- 5 Down: Killer whale (3)
- ORC
- 6 Down: A part-time employee (8)
- SEASONAL
- 7 Down: Frowns (6)
- SCOWLS
- 8 Down: ___ out (sank a putt) (5)
- HOLED
- 9 Down: Yerby's "An ___ of Sanctity" (4)
- ODOR
- 10 Down: Begum's spouse (3)
- AGA
- 11 Down: Cos, e.g. (7)
- LETTUCE
- 14 Down: Sanity (6)
- REASON
- 15 Down: Leave at the church (4)
- JILT
- 16 Down: Shaping in a preliminary way (11)
- ROUGHINGOUT
- 17 Down: Tired (5)
- SPENT
- 22 Down: An Andy of the comics (4)
- GUMP
- 23 Down: "Myrrha" composer (5)
- RAVEL
- 25 Down: Author Godden (5)
- RUMER
- 26 Down: French brutes (5)
- BETES
- 28 Down: Irritates (5)
- RILES
- 31 Down: Serenity (8)
- CALMNESS
- 32 Down: "Bullets" in poker (4)
- ACES
- 33 Down: Impassive (5)
- STOIC
- 34 Down: Hebrew scrolls (6)
- TORAHS
- 35 Down: Expand, in a way (7)
- INFLATE
- 37 Down: Of layers (7)
- LAMINAL
- 38 Down: Didactic letter (7)
- EPISTLE
- 40 Down: Emulates Pericles (6)
- ORATES
- 42 Down: Sapota or senecio (4)
- TREE
- 44 Down: Demonstrate as true (5)
- PROVE
- 45 Down: Trade center in India (5)
- ERODE
- 47 Down: Fruit decay (4)
- BLET
- 48 Down: Book by Bjornson (4)
- ARNE
- 50 Down: Legal thing (3)
- RES
- 51 Down: Vespertilio (3)
- BAT
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