Saturday Crossword — August 13, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/13/1988. By Kevin Boyle.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Mongibello (4)
- ETNA
- 5 Across: Like Abdul-Jabbar (4)
- TALL
- 9 Across: Slug (5)
- SNAIL
- 14 Across: Disney movie: 1982 (4)
- TRON
- 15 Across: Turkish regiment (4)
- ALAI
- 16 Across: Diacritical mark (5)
- TILDE
- 17 Across: Conference Constantine convened (15)
- COUNCILOFNICAEA
- 20 Across: Aromatic herb (6)
- HYSSOP
- 21 Across: Otic bones (8)
- STAPEDES
- 22 Across: Slangy assent (3)
- YEP
- 24 Across: Siamang (3)
- APE
- 25 Across: Roman ruler (8)
- AURELIAN
- 30 Across: Kind of hatch (6)
- ESCAPE
- 35 Across: Indeed (5)
- TRULY
- 36 Across: High-priced (4)
- DEAR
- 38 Across: Grievous exclamation (4)
- ALAS
- 39 Across: A Socratic dialogue (4)
- MENO
- 40 Across: ___-burly (5)
- HURLY
- 41 Across: Bane (4)
- PEST
- 42 Across: Fat: Comb. form (4)
- ADIP
- 43 Across: This has a soffit (4)
- EAVE
- 44 Across: Furze; whin (5)
- GORSE
- 45 Across: Harmful (6)
- NOCENT
- 47 Across: Roman ruler (8)
- AUGUSTUS
- 49 Across: Snipefish (3)
- EEL
- 51 Across: Jazz guitarist Farlow (3)
- TAL
- 52 Across: N. African tree (8)
- SANDARAC
- 57 Across: Strong snuff (6)
- RAPPEE
- 62 Across: Imperial security force (15)
- PRAETORIANGUARD
- 64 Across: Bride's walkway (5)
- AISLE
- 65 Across: To be, in Bernay (4)
- ETRE
- 66 Across: Cato's 202 (4)
- CCII
- 67 Across: Mongol invader (5)
- TATAR
- 68 Across: Burn (4)
- SEAR
- 69 Across: Where Hengist ruled (4)
- KENT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Engrave (4)
- ETCH
- 2 Down: Ilium (4)
- TROY
- 3 Down: Mind, to a philosopher (4)
- NOUS
- 4 Down: Miller and Harding (4)
- ANNS
- 5 Down: Capital of Taiwan (6)
- TAIPEI
- 6 Down: "___ for Love": Dryden (3)
- ALL
- 7 Down: Mekong River people (4)
- LAOS
- 8 Down: Not ___ finger (do nothing) (5)
- LIFTA
- 9 Down: Stalklike support (6)
- STIPES
- 10 Down: Attractive (4)
- NICE
- 11 Down: "When I was ___ . . . " (4)
- ALAD
- 12 Down: Napoleon's notion (4)
- IDEE
- 13 Down: Grasslands (4)
- LEAS
- 18 Down: With false modesty (5)
- COYLY
- 19 Down: Linens (6)
- NAPERY
- 23 Down: Mantegna's birthplace (5)
- PADUA
- 25 Down: Buddhist self (5)
- ATMAN
- 26 Down: Hives (5)
- UREDO
- 27 Down: Kind of rhyme (5)
- RUNIC
- 28 Down: Abscond (5)
- ELOPE
- 29 Down: Roman ruler (5)
- NERVA
- 31 Down: Devices for 51 Across (5)
- CAPOS
- 32 Down: Vigilant (5)
- ALERT
- 33 Down: Pari ___ (equably) (5)
- PASSU
- 34 Down: Famed American photorealist (5)
- ESTES
- 37 Down: Eskimo (5)
- ALEUT
- 40 Down: Other: Comb. form (6)
- HETERO
- 44 Down: Penal network est. 1918 (5)
- GULAG
- 46 Down: Less messy (6)
- NEATER
- 48 Down: Thirty-second U.S. Vice President (6)
- GARNER
- 50 Down: Roman household gods (5)
- LARES
- 52 Down: Small gaiter (4)
- SPAT
- 53 Down: Cantata part (4)
- ARIA
- 54 Down: Tammany antagonist (4)
- NAST
- 55 Down: First governor of Va., Baron ___ Warr (4)
- DELA
- 56 Down: Mention (4)
- CITE
- 58 Down: Robin Goodfellow (4)
- PUCK
- 59 Down: With deference to (4)
- PACE
- 60 Down: "Exile of ___": T. Campbell (4)
- ERIN
- 61 Down: What diaskeuasts do (4)
- EDIT
- 63 Down: Southern constellation (3)
- ARA
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