Monday Crossword — May 16, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/16/1988. By Robert O. Dillman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Mediterranean isle (5)
- MALTA
- 6 Across: Whips (5)
- FLOGS
- 11 Across: Mil. award (3)
- DSM
- 14 Across: As crazy as ___ (5)
- ALOON
- 15 Across: Greek architectural order (5)
- IONIC
- 16 Across: Yoko, once (3)
- ONO
- 17 Across: Hit ahead of preceding golfer(s) (11)
- PLAYTHROUGH
- 19 Across: Earth: Comb. form (3)
- GEO
- 20 Across: Lyres' kin (5)
- HARPS
- 21 Across: Eyed amorously (5)
- OGLED
- 23 Across: Darling, in Yorkshire (6)
- SWEETY
- 26 Across: Toolbox item (6)
- PLIERS
- 27 Across: Attracts (6)
- CHARMS
- 28 Across: Bounded (6)
- SPRANG
- 30 Across: Moreno and Hayworth (5)
- RITAS
- 31 Across: Less ruddy (5)
- PALER
- 32 Across: Hair piece (3)
- RAT
- 35 Across: Singles (4)
- ONES
- 36 Across: Class clown (5)
- CUTUP
- 37 Across: Missile housing (4)
- SILO
- 38 Across: For each (3)
- PER
- 39 Across: Solzhenitsyn subject (5)
- GULAG
- 40 Across: Tropical grass used for thatching (5)
- COGON
- 41 Across: Listen (6)
- HARKEN
- 43 Across: Eye protectors (6)
- LASHES
- 44 Across: His motto: "The puck stops here" (6)
- GOALIE
- 46 Across: Guides (6)
- PILOTS
- 47 Across: Demolished (5)
- RAZED
- 48 Across: Part of Hispaniola (5)
- HAITI
- 50 Across: Alias, for short (3)
- AKA
- 51 Across: Par-plus-two score (11)
- DOUBLEBOGEY
- 57 Across: Thrice, in prescriptions (3)
- TER
- 58 Across: Thread (5)
- LISLE
- 59 Across: Eat away (5)
- ERODE
- 60 Across: Like some products (3)
- END
- 61 Across: Sommer's namesakes (5)
- ELKES
- 62 Across: He has nerves of steel (5)
- ROBOT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Treasure hunter's aid (3)
- MAP
- 2 Down: Word with told or star (3)
- ALL
- 3 Down: Mauna ___ (3)
- LOA
- 4 Down: Trifle (3)
- TOY
- 5 Down: Hymns of praise (7)
- ANTHEMS
- 6 Down: Like Oregonian forests (5)
- FIRRY
- 7 Down: Airplane maneuver (4)
- LOOP
- 8 Down: Burden (4)
- ONUS
- 9 Down: Musician's engagement (3)
- GIG
- 10 Down: Roger Ascham was one (7)
- SCHOLAR
- 11 Down: Slicer's favorite hole (11)
- DOGLEGRIGHT
- 12 Down: Scoff (5)
- SNEER
- 13 Down: Feelings (5)
- MOODS
- 18 Down: November ring occupants (4)
- HATS
- 22 Down: "The ___ Game" (3)
- GIN
- 23 Down: Excel (5)
- SHINE
- 24 Down: Duffer's downfall (11)
- WATERHAZARD
- 25 Down: Paleozoic and Mesozoic (4)
- ERAS
- 26 Down: Certain school, for short (4)
- PREP
- 27 Down: Trim (4)
- CROP
- 28 Down: Archfiend (5)
- SATAN
- 29 Down: Ad or nag (4)
- PLUG
- 31 Down: Whimper (4)
- PULE
- 33 Down: "A Lesson From ___" (5)
- ALOES
- 34 Down: Lots (4)
- TONS
- 36 Down: Gourd's "cuz" (4)
- CUKE
- 37 Down: Middling (4)
- SOSO
- 39 Down: Frying pan (7)
- GRIDDLE
- 40 Down: Worth; distinction (7)
- CALIBER
- 42 Down: Word with house or wife (3)
- ALE
- 43 Down: Stone: Comb. form (4)
- LITE
- 44 Down: Abrade (5)
- GRATE
- 45 Down: Like a certain bucket (5)
- OAKEN
- 46 Down: Accumulations (5)
- PILES
- 48 Down: Part of an ear of corn (4)
- HUSK
- 49 Down: Qualified (4)
- ABLE
- 52 Down: Venezuelan export (3)
- OIL
- 53 Down: Gold, in Genova (3)
- ORO
- 54 Down: Tar (3)
- GOB
- 55 Down: Nipponese capital, once (3)
- EDO
- 56 Down: Eventually (3)
- YET
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