Friday Crossword — May 27, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/27/1988. By Robert O. Dillman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Coretta ___ King (5)
- SCOTT
- 6 Across: Bart or Brenda (5)
- STARR
- 11 Across: Musical Brown (3)
- LES
- 14 Across: Dyads (5)
- PAIRS
- 15 Across: " . . . after they've seen ___" (5)
- PAREE
- 16 Across: Wall creeper (3)
- IVY
- 17 Across: Writer, familiarly (11)
- OLLIEHOLMES
- 19 Across: Buddhist sect (3)
- ZEN
- 20 Across: Milker's need (5)
- STOOL
- 21 Across: Bite (6)
- NIBBLE
- 23 Across: Truman Cabinet member (7)
- ACHESON
- 26 Across: Stork or shoebill (5)
- WADER
- 27 Across: Arranged (6)
- PLACED
- 28 Across: Started an N.H.L. game (8)
- FACEDOFF
- 31 Across: Pointers (5)
- HINTS
- 32 Across: Small boats (5)
- PUNTS
- 33 Across: Card game (3)
- WAR
- 34 Across: Sign (3)
- INK
- 35 Across: Asteroid or goddess (5)
- CERES
- 36 Across: Teachers' org. (3)
- NEA
- 37 Across: Morse-code character (3)
- DIT
- 38 Across: Peach, for one (5)
- COLOR
- 39 Across: Hideaways (5)
- LAIRS
- 41 Across: "Ode to Joy" poet (8)
- SCHILLER
- 43 Across: Clyde's partner (6)
- BONNIE
- 44 Across: "Venus clerk, ___": Chaucer (5)
- OVIDE
- 45 Across: Cleanup man (7)
- SLUGGER
- 46 Across: Zenanas (6)
- HAREMS
- 48 Across: Part of LED (5)
- DIODE
- 49 Across: Goddess of criminal folly (3)
- ATE
- 50 Across: Novelist, familiarly (11)
- BOPASTERNAK
- 55 Across: Mauna ___ (3)
- LOA
- 56 Across: Susan Lucci role (5)
- ERICA
- 57 Across: "Private Lives" character (5)
- SIBYL
- 58 Across: Big bird (3)
- EMU
- 59 Across: Spurn (5)
- REPEL
- 60 Across: Autocrats (5)
- TSARS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Naval add. (3)
- SPO
- 2 Down: President before Herb (3)
- CAL
- 3 Down: Tin Man's need (3)
- OIL
- 4 Down: Geometry-quiz directive (7)
- TRISECT
- 5 Down: Feared flies (7)
- TSETSES
- 6 Down: Angling lure (5)
- SPOON
- 7 Down: Like some glasses (4)
- TALL
- 8 Down: Fortify (3)
- ARM
- 9 Down: Performs again (8)
- REENACTS
- 10 Down: Sojourns (7)
- RESIDES
- 11 Down: Poetess, familiarly (11)
- LIZBROWNING
- 12 Down: "___ Knievel," 1972 film (4)
- EVEL
- 13 Down: Since, to Burns (4)
- SYNE
- 18 Down: Suffix for sister (4)
- HOOD
- 22 Down: Partner of breakfast (3)
- BED
- 23 Down: Sap suckers (6)
- APHIDS
- 24 Down: Where shots are cheap (6)
- CLINIC
- 25 Down: Essayist, familiarly (11)
- HANKTHOREAU
- 26 Down: Big Poison of baseball (5)
- WANER
- 28 Down: Hullabaloo (5)
- FUROR
- 29 Down: "The ___ Queene" (6)
- FAERIE
- 30 Down: British Columbian river (6)
- FRASER
- 32 Down: West Indies volcano (5)
- PELEE
- 35 Down: Fever blister (8)
- COLDSORE
- 38 Down: Jungle gym (7)
- CLIMBER
- 39 Down: Most stentorian (7)
- LOUDEST
- 40 Down: "___ a short madness": Horace (7)
- ANGERIS
- 42 Down: "___ got sixpence . . . " (3)
- IVE
- 43 Down: Spot (4)
- BLOT
- 45 Down: Cordage fiber (5)
- SISAL
- 46 Down: Sound (4)
- HALE
- 47 Down: Scintilla (4)
- ATOM
- 48 Down: Minnow's kin (4)
- DACE
- 51 Down: Small seed (3)
- PIP
- 52 Down: Spurs' org. (3)
- NBA
- 53 Down: Queensland town (3)
- AYR
- 54 Down: Units of vol. (3)
- KLS
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