Thursday Crossword — May 5, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/5/1988. By Walter Covell.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: One of the Channel Islands (4)
- HERM
- 5 Across: Aegean island (5)
- MELOS
- 10 Across: Caribbean island (4)
- CUBA
- 14 Across: Kind of code (4)
- AREA
- 15 Across: Siouan language (5)
- OMAHA
- 16 Across: "E pluribus ___" (4)
- UNUM
- 17 Across: Curse (4)
- DAMN
- 18 Across: Bill (5)
- VISOR
- 19 Across: " . . . in corpore ___" (4)
- SANO
- 20 Across: Tahiti's former name (8)
- OTAHEITE
- 22 Across: Authorized agent (6)
- DEPUTY
- 24 Across: Legal minorities (7)
- NONAGES
- 25 Across: Short snorts (4)
- NIPS
- 26 Across: Diatonic notes (3)
- TIS
- 27 Across: Skirt style (4)
- MINI
- 28 Across: Some eau (3)
- LAC
- 31 Across: Airborne biters (5)
- GNATS
- 34 Across: Dry out (9)
- DESICCATE
- 36 Across: A Turner (4)
- LANA
- 37 Across: Where Petruchio wived wealthily (5)
- PADUA
- 38 Across: City in Hawaii (4)
- HILO
- 39 Across: Monte Corno's milieu (9)
- APENNINES
- 41 Across: European iris (5)
- ORRIS
- 42 Across: Teeter-totter's Marjorie (3)
- DAW
- 43 Across: Cereal of the frisky (4)
- OATS
- 44 Across: Former Brit. colonies (3)
- BWI
- 45 Across: Broadway's Tommy ___ (4)
- TUNE
- 46 Across: Danish island (7)
- FALSTER
- 50 Across: Either of a Bahamian duo (6)
- BIMINI
- 53 Across: Arch's sine qua non (8)
- KEYSTONE
- 54 Across: Oar shaft (4)
- LOOM
- 55 Across: Kind of fence (5)
- SPITE
- 57 Across: Volcanic crater (4)
- MAAR
- 58 Across: Aware of, as a hoax (4)
- ONTO
- 59 Across: Pangloss, e.g. (5)
- TUTOR
- 60 Across: Dog star (4)
- ASTA
- 61 Across: Ring great (4)
- BAER
- 62 Across: Harsh (5)
- STERN
- 63 Across: Gun for Tommy Atkins (4)
- STEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Wore (5)
- HADON
- 2 Down: Muse for Marvell (5)
- ERATO
- 3 Down: Provide new crew (5)
- REMAN
- 4 Down: First hit by Rodgers-Hart (9)
- MANHATTAN
- 5 Down: Cinema (6)
- MOVIES
- 6 Down: Utters (5)
- EMITS
- 7 Down: Give off coherent light (4)
- LASE
- 8 Down: Cry of surprise (3)
- OHO
- 9 Down: Cagliari is its capital (8)
- SARDINIA
- 10 Down: Tooth prominences (5)
- CUSPS
- 11 Down: Two-toed sloth (4)
- UNAU
- 12 Down: Batter's ploy (4)
- BUNT
- 13 Down: Island west of Taiwan (4)
- AMOY
- 21 Down: Sponsorship (4)
- EGIS
- 23 Down: "Beowulf," e.g. (4)
- EPIC
- 25 Down: Exertion (5)
- NISUS
- 27 Down: Some ancient Iranians (5)
- MEDES
- 28 Down: Wildcat's pad (4)
- LAIR
- 29 Down: Gudrun's victim (4)
- ATLI
- 30 Down: Ancient name of a Cyclades island (4)
- CEOS
- 31 Down: All smiles (4)
- GLAD
- 32 Down: Calif. wine area (4)
- NAPA
- 33 Down: Again (4)
- ANEW
- 34 Down: "La Vita Nuova" poet (5)
- DANTE
- 35 Down: Indian Ocean island (9)
- CHRISTMAS
- 37 Down: Nero and Rubinstein (8)
- PIANISTS
- 40 Down: Speech part (4)
- NOUN
- 41 Down: Nocturnal raptors (4)
- OWLS
- 44 Down: Bavaria, to Berliners (6)
- BAYERN
- 45 Down: Indonesian island (5)
- TIMOR
- 46 Down: Reek (5)
- FETOR
- 47 Down: Melba or French (5)
- TOAST
- 48 Down: Growing outward (5)
- ENATE
- 49 Down: Showed on TV once more (5)
- RERAN
- 50 Down: Daub (4)
- BLOB
- 51 Down: Hebrides island (4)
- IONA
- 52 Down: Speck (4)
- MOTE
- 53 Down: Inflate a check (4)
- KITE
- 56 Down: ___-in-Bay, Ohio (3)
- PUT
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