Thursday Crossword — September 29, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/29/1988. By S. E. Wilkinson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Defense method (4)
- JUDO
- 5 Across: Cut capers (5)
- FRISK
- 10 Across: Wharf (4)
- QUAY
- 14 Across: "On the land ___ the sea" (4)
- ASON
- 15 Across: Play girl (5)
- ANNIE
- 16 Across: Biblical preposition (4)
- UNTO
- 17 Across: JACK (10)
- RECEPTACLE
- 19 Across: "An apple ___ . . . " (4)
- ADAY
- 20 Across: Granada gold (3)
- ORO
- 21 Across: "Scarface" star (8)
- ALPACINO
- 23 Across: Stop transmitting (7)
- SIGNOFF
- 27 Across: Flatboats (4)
- ARKS
- 28 Across: "___ Apart," Frost poem (5)
- AMOOD
- 29 Across: Sternward (5)
- ABAFT
- 32 Across: Israeli Chief of Staff: 1974 (3)
- GUR
- 35 Across: Made a web (4)
- SPUN
- 36 Across: Standoffish (6)
- FROSTY
- 37 Across: Nice one (3)
- UNE
- 38 Across: Hospital ship (4)
- HOPE
- 39 Across: "___, thou art sick": Blake (5)
- OROSE
- 40 Across: Jazz trumpeter Al (4)
- HIRT
- 41 Across: Botanist Gray (3)
- ASA
- 42 Across: A metalworker (6)
- BRAZER
- 43 Across: On the Black (4)
- ASEA
- 44 Across: Hankering (3)
- YEN
- 45 Across: Palette pigment (5)
- OCHER
- 46 Across: Grating sound (5)
- CREAK
- 47 Across: Drop off (4)
- DOZE
- 49 Across: Silly talk (7)
- TWADDLE
- 51 Across: Old mild oath (8)
- GADZOOKS
- 55 Across: Intoxicant in liq. (3)
- ALC
- 56 Across: Complete (4)
- ATOZ
- 57 Across: BILL (10)
- PAPERMONEY
- 62 Across: Notation on a ticket (4)
- ROWI
- 63 Across: Dodge (5)
- EVADE
- 64 Across: Tick off (4)
- RILE
- 65 Across: Pelagic predator (4)
- ERNE
- 66 Across: Theme of this puzzle (5)
- NAMES
- 67 Across: Way out (4)
- EXIT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Shake up (3)
- JAR
- 2 Down: Purpose (3)
- USE
- 3 Down: Bandleader Severinsen (3)
- DOC
- 4 Down: Basketball defense (8)
- ONEONONE
- 5 Down: Live off the ___ the land (5)
- FATOF
- 6 Down: Cell letters (3)
- RNA
- 7 Down: Quechua (4)
- INCA
- 8 Down: Threshold (4)
- SILL
- 9 Down: HARRY (9)
- KEEPAFTER
- 10 Down: Mountebank (5)
- QUACK
- 11 Down: FRANK (11)
- UNDISGUISED
- 12 Down: ___ impasse (4)
- ATAN
- 13 Down: Cellist Ma (4)
- YOYO
- 18 Down: Cow poke? (4)
- PROD
- 22 Down: Pseudoesthetic (4)
- ARTY
- 23 Down: Glide (6)
- SASHAY
- 24 Down: Barge in (6)
- IMPOSE
- 25 Down: BOB (11)
- GOUPANDDOWN
- 26 Down: Actress Fawcett (6)
- FARRAH
- 30 Down: Hooch (5)
- BOOZE
- 31 Down: Maintain (6)
- ASSERT
- 33 Down: Delusory (6)
- UNREAL
- 34 Down: One more try on a set (6)
- RETAKE
- 36 Down: JIMMY (9)
- FORCEOPEN
- 40 Down: Uncompromising (8)
- HARDCORE
- 42 Down: Big, stupid guy (4)
- BOZO
- 46 Down: Collected (4)
- CALM
- 48 Down: A memorable Nelson (5)
- OZZIE
- 50 Down: Merchandise (5)
- WARES
- 51 Down: ___ du Nord, Parisian depot (4)
- GARE
- 52 Down: Suffix with liquid (4)
- ATOR
- 53 Down: Pepper plant (4)
- KAVA
- 54 Down: Canned meat (4)
- SPAM
- 58 Down: Dutch commune (3)
- EDE
- 59 Down: Nope (3)
- NIX
- 60 Down: Wallach or Whitney (3)
- ELI
- 61 Down: Even though (3)
- YET
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