Friday Crossword — July 29, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/29/1988. By James L. Beatty.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Corrode (3)
EAT
4 Across: Aroma (4)
ODOR
8 Across: Mulberry bark (4)
TAPA
12 Across: Tater (4)
SPUD
14 Across: Celebrated (5)
NOTED
16 Across: Bates or Ladd (4)
ALAN
17 Across: Triangle ratio (4)
SINE
18 Across: Solitary (5)
ALONE
19 Across: Papal name (4)
PIUS
20 Across: Collective noun (14)
AGAGGLEOFGEESE
23 Across: Deer dears (4)
DOES
24 Across: Bacon bringer (6)
EARNER
25 Across: Signaling device (6)
SENSOR
28 Across: Knots in wool (5)
BURLS
30 Across: Kind of house or frog (4)
TREE
31 Across: Bout (5)
SETTO
32 Across: Windshield sticker (3)
AAA
35 Across: Collective noun (15)
ALEAPOFLEOPARDS
39 Across: Four-poster (3)
BED
40 Across: Girasols (5)
OPALS
41 Across: A tide (4)
NEAP
42 Across: Profs' boss (5)
PREXY
43 Across: Quakes (6)
SEISMS
45 Across: Heel over (6)
CAREEN
48 Across: Broadcasts (4)
AIRS
49 Across: Collective noun (14)
AMURDEROFCROWS
54 Across: W Pacific sea (4)
SULU
55 Across: Founder of the Russian empire (5)
RURIK
56 Across: Veronica or Como (4)
LAKE
58 Across: Expends (4)
USES
59 Across: Dog's warning (5)
SNARL
60 Across: Okla. city (4)
ENID
61 Across: Dry (4)
SERE
62 Across: Kind of club (4)
GLEE
63 Across: Compass point (3)
ESE

Down Answers

1 Down: Double curve (3)
ESS
2 Down: A Samoan capital (4)
APIA
3 Down: Drying oil (4)
TUNG
4 Down: Wild ass (6)
ONAGER
5 Down: Guys need 'em (5)
DOLLS
6 Down: Okla. tribe (4)
OTOE
7 Down: U. of Nevada site (4)
RENO
8 Down: Candles (6)
TAPERS
9 Down: E.T., e.g. (5)
ALIEN
10 Down: Recorder word (5)
PAUSE
11 Down: A goose (5)
ANSER
13 Down: Essenes' locale (7)
DEADSEA
15 Down: Yield in judgment (7)
DEFERTO
21 Down: Baby's word (3)
GOO
22 Down: Round dance (5)
GALOP
25 Down: Bats backward (4)
STAB
26 Down: A Gardner (4)
ERLE
27 Down: Want (4)
NEED
28 Down: Kind of dance (5)
BELLY
29 Down: Shoshoneans (4)
UTES
31 Down: Tunisian seaport (4)
SFAX
32 Down: God once put in a jar (4)
ARES
33 Down: Furniture style (4)
ADAM
34 Down: Vipers (4)
ASPS
36 Down: Pondered intently (5)
PORED
37 Down: Poker term (7)
OPENERS
38 Down: Aromatic liquid (7)
ANISOLE
42 Down: Read carefully (6)
PERUSE
43 Down: Reaping tool (6)
SICKLE
44 Down: Slip up (3)
ERR
45 Down: ___ belli (war starter) (5)
CASUS
46 Down: Entertain (5)
AMUSE
47 Down: Sovereign (5)
RULER
48 Down: Filled with ardor (5)
AFIRE
50 Down: Step of promotion (4)
RUNG
51 Down: Verbal (4)
ORAL
52 Down: Antithesis of wax (4)
WANE
53 Down: Glides along a piste (4)
SKIS
57 Down: Netherlands town (3)
EDE

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