Friday Crossword — June 17, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/17/1988. By I. Judah Koolyk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Tam-tam (4)
- GONG
- 5 Across: Blemishes (5)
- SCARS
- 10 Across: Hero of a Sophocles drama (4)
- AJAX
- 14 Across: Plane designer Sikorsky (4)
- IGOR
- 15 Across: Former Ottoman title (5)
- PASHA
- 16 Across: Brocaded fabric (4)
- LAME
- 17 Across: Where to browse alfresco (10)
- FLEAMARKET
- 19 Across: Quatrain scheme (4)
- ABAB
- 20 Across: Mosaic unit (7)
- TESSERA
- 21 Across: Trouble (3)
- AIL
- 23 Across: Capri ending (3)
- OTE
- 24 Across: Countermands a deletion (5)
- STETS
- 26 Across: Rural (6)
- RUSTIC
- 28 Across: Led the ace of trumps (6)
- CASHED
- 31 Across: Stridulate (5)
- CHIRP
- 33 Across: One of a Dumas trio (5)
- ATHOS
- 34 Across: British athlete (9)
- CRICKETER
- 38 Across: Unbalanced (4)
- ALOP
- 39 Across: Wine: Comb. form (3)
- OEN
- 40 Across: Pasternak character (4)
- LARA
- 41 Across: Caviled (9)
- NITPICKED
- 44 Across: Gracie or Steve (5)
- ALLEN
- 45 Across: Terry of the theater (5)
- ELLEN
- 46 Across: Draw forth (6)
- ELICIT
- 47 Across: Where to put a rock collection (6)
- STEREO
- 50 Across: Ivanhoe, e.g. (5)
- SAXON
- 52 Across: Kind of wrestling (3)
- ARM
- 53 Across: ___ of war (3)
- TUG
- 55 Across: Misplaces a participle (7)
- DANGLES
- 59 Across: Barks (4)
- YAPS
- 61 Across: Divining rods (10)
- DOODLEBUGS
- 63 Across: Location (4)
- SITE
- 64 Across: Bittern's cousin (5)
- EGRET
- 65 Across: Part of Q.E.D. (4)
- ERAT
- 66 Across: It makes cameo appearances (4)
- ONYX
- 67 Across: Active ones (5)
- DOERS
- 68 Across: Fish dish (4)
- EELS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Gab, to a deipnosophist (4)
- GIFT
- 2 Down: Make goo-goo eyes (4)
- OGLE
- 3 Down: Denials (4)
- NOES
- 4 Down: Bar order (11)
- GRASSHOPPER
- 5 Down: Was frugal (6)
- SPARED
- 6 Down: Two hundred milligrams (5)
- CARAT
- 7 Down: Catechize (3)
- ASK
- 8 Down: Flightless bird (4)
- RHEA
- 9 Down: Like Defoe's work (7)
- SATIRIC
- 10 Down: ___ carte (3)
- ALA
- 11 Down: Lace ruffle (5)
- JABOT
- 12 Down: Fine fiddle (5)
- AMATI
- 13 Down: Three-masted ship (5)
- XEBEC
- 18 Down: Allots (5)
- METES
- 22 Down: Skulk (4)
- LURK
- 25 Down: Pretests or pretexts (7)
- SCREENS
- 27 Down: Cacographer's nightmare (11)
- SPELLINGBEE
- 28 Down: "Rollerball" star (4)
- CAAN
- 29 Down: King of the Huns (4)
- ATLI
- 30 Down: Item put in a field event (4)
- SHOT
- 32 Down: Rear (4)
- HIND
- 34 Down: Wood : charcoal :: coal : ___ (4)
- COKE
- 35 Down: Soapstone (4)
- TALC
- 36 Down: Part of a palindrome (4)
- EREI
- 37 Down: Be bombastic (4)
- RANT
- 42 Down: "___ a Song Go Out of My Heart" (4)
- ILET
- 43 Down: Obscure (7)
- CLOUDED
- 44 Down: Byrd book (5)
- ALONE
- 46 Down: Praises (6)
- EXALTS
- 47 Down: Authority (5)
- SAYSO
- 48 Down: Procession (5)
- TRAIN
- 49 Down: Meaningless (5)
- EMPTY
- 51 Down: Fer-de-lance's kin (5)
- ADDER
- 54 Down: Not conservative (4)
- GOGO
- 56 Down: Artificial bait (4)
- LURE
- 57 Down: Same, in Somme (4)
- EGAL
- 58 Down: "Maching birds" (4)
- SSTS
- 60 Down: ID datum (3)
- SEX
- 62 Down: It's mined off one's lode (3)
- ORE
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