Monday Crossword — July 4, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/4/1988. By William S. McIlrath.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Money spent in an agora (4)
OBOL
5 Across: At the bottom (5)
BASAL
10 Across: Fort Worth inst. (3)
TCU
13 Across: Emulate an orant (4)
PRAY
14 Across: Faye of films (5)
ALICE
15 Across: Humbug (4)
SHAM
16 Across: Becomes hortatory (15)
TAKESTOTHESTUMP
19 Across: Suffix with rest (3)
IVE
20 Across: " . . . lovely as ___" (5)
ATREE
21 Across: Bails (5)
LADES
22 Across: Sometime Roman followers (7)
CANDLES
24 Across: Deface (3)
MAR
25 Across: Comparative ending (3)
IER
26 Across: Certain wave crest (8)
WHITECAP
31 Across: Concerning (4)
ASTO
34 Across: Pan fry (5)
SAUTE
35 Across: In the manner of (3)
ALA
36 Across: Old Glory features (15)
STARSANDSTRIPES
40 Across: Poetic contraction (3)
EEN
41 Across: River's little cousin (5)
CREEK
42 Across: What a jay invades (4)
NEST
43 Across: Like some candies in boxes (8)
ASSORTED
45 Across: Spot for a developer (3)
LOT
47 Across: Fam. member (3)
SIS
48 Across: Sounds of shots (7)
REPORTS
52 Across: Popular fabric (5)
DENIM
55 Across: Rhone feeder (5)
ISERE
57 Across: Cry of discovery (3)
OHO
58 Across: Declaration commemoration (15)
INDEPENDENCEDAY
61 Across: Bellow (4)
ROAR
62 Across: " . . . home of the ___" (5)
BRAVE
63 Across: Capp's Hyena (4)
LENA
64 Across: Sambar (3)
ELK
65 Across: Certain exerciser (5)
BIKER
66 Across: Gates and Burgoyne (4)
FOES

Down Answers

1 Down: Kind of nerve (5)
OPTIC
2 Down: Music to a diva's ears (5)
BRAVA
3 Down: Holmlike (5)
OAKEN
4 Down: Caustic (3)
LYE
5 Down: Pitcher's opponent (6)
BATTER
6 Down: Then, in Toulon (5)
ALORS
7 Down: Location (4)
SITE
8 Down: Twinge (4)
ACHE
9 Down: Light-Horse Harry (3)
LEE
10 Down: It's usually dull (4)
THUD
11 Down: Arrived (4)
CAME
12 Down: Refs' cousins (4)
UMPS
15 Down: Rubberneck (5)
STARE
17 Down: Vendition (4)
SALE
18 Down: Roofer, at times (6)
SLATER
23 Down: Fashionable name (4)
DIOR
24 Down: Glove for Mattingly (4)
MITT
26 Down: Forded (5)
WADED
27 Down: Coat for corn (4)
HUSK
28 Down: Mantilla, at times (4)
CAPE
29 Down: Bitters (4)
ALES
30 Down: Over (4)
PAST
31 Down: Bewildered (4)
ASEA
32 Down: Fr. holy women (4)
STES
33 Down: Thrashes (4)
TANS
34 Down: Snick-or-___ (4)
SNEE
37 Down: Cut corners (6)
SCRIMP
38 Down: Partner of crafts (4)
ARTS
39 Down: Double preposition (4)
INTO
44 Down: Willow (5)
OSIER
45 Down: Loewe's lyrist (6)
LERNER
46 Down: Oily acronym (4)
OPEC
48 Down: Bailiff (5)
REEVE
49 Down: Copland composition (5)
RODEO
50 Down: A title for Macbeth (5)
THANE
51 Down: Certain beans (5)
SOYAS
52 Down: Dreadful (4)
DIRE
53 Down: Chemical compound (4)
ENOL
54 Down: Minn. neighbor (4)
NDAK
55 Down: Inits. at Calvary (4)
INRI
56 Down: See 54 Down (4)
SDAK
59 Down: Wane (3)
EBB
60 Down: Brownie (3)
ELF

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