Saturday Crossword — October 15, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/15/1988. By Walter Covell.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Made the wild mild (5)
- TAMED
- 6 Across: Like a Simon couple (3)
- ODD
- 9 Across: Place for a chip (3)
- DIP
- 12 Across: Mahre specialties (7)
- SLALOMS
- 15 Across: Aberdeen's river (3)
- DEE
- 16 Across: Cardinal number (3)
- ONE
- 17 Across: Delivery by parachute (7)
- AIRDROP
- 18 Across: Alan Paton, e.g. (7)
- AFRICAN
- 20 Across: Mil. unit (3)
- RGT
- 21 Across: Irritated state (4)
- SNIT
- 23 Across: Image: Comb. form (3)
- EID
- 24 Across: Popular song since 1908 (15)
- SHINEONHARVESTMOON
- 30 Across: Literary monogram (3)
- TSE
- 31 Across: High-schooler, usually (4)
- TEEN
- 32 Across: Plains Indian (4)
- OTOE
- 33 Across: The ___ (rock group) (3)
- WHO
- 35 Across: Lunar halo's bright spot (4)
- MOONDOG
- 38 Across: Suffix with honor (3)
- ARY
- 39 Across: Maugham opus: 1919 (15)
- THEMOONANDSIXPENCE
- 44 Across: Macerate (3)
- RET
- 45 Across: Encounter (4)
- MEET
- 46 Across: "Babi ___," Kuznetsov novel (3)
- YAR
- 47 Across: Performing ___ (4)
- ARTS
- 49 Across: Garden soil (4)
- LOAM
- 51 Across: Graduate deg. (3)
- SCD
- 54 Across: African heights, mentioned by Ptolemy (15)
- MOUNTAINSOFTHEMOON
- 59 Across: Charged atom (3)
- ION
- 60 Across: Emerald Isle (4)
- EIRE
- 61 Across: Oaf (3)
- ASS
- 62 Across: Jawless fish (7)
- LAMPREY
- 66 Across: Scottish schoolmaster (7)
- DOMINIE
- 68 Across: Lamb's dam (3)
- EWE
- 69 Across: Oft-quoted Chairman (3)
- MAO
- 70 Across: Complete, in Cannes (7)
- ENTIERE
- 71 Across: Describing some blankets (3)
- WET
- 72 Across: Sea eagle (3)
- ERN
- 73 Across: Lubricated (5)
- OILED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Nicholas and Ivan (5)
- TSARS
- 2 Down: Land (6)
- ALIGHT
- 3 Down: Memorable Cuban hero and family (6)
- MARTIS
- 4 Down: Antiquity, once (3)
- ELD
- 5 Down: Back of a book, to old-timers (5)
- DORSE
- 6 Down: Seraglio room (3)
- ODA
- 7 Down: Postpone (5)
- DEFER
- 8 Down: Origin: Abbr. (5)
- DERIV
- 9 Down: One of seven (3)
- DOC
- 10 Down: Actress Claire (3)
- INA
- 11 Down: Cob's mate (3)
- PEN
- 13 Down: Plainsong feature (8)
- MONOTONE
- 14 Down: Backbone (5)
- SPINE
- 19 Down: Thought: Comb. form (4)
- IDEO
- 22 Down: Wilkie Collins mystery (9)
- THEMOONSTONE
- 25 Down: Nelson Eddy film (4)
- NEWMOON
- 26 Down: "The King ___" (4)
- ANDI
- 27 Down: Laurel or Musial (4)
- STAN
- 28 Down: Ancient ornamental collar (4)
- TORC
- 29 Down: Silvery freshwater fish (4)
- MOONEYE
- 34 Down: Stage emoter (3)
- HAM
- 36 Down: Phrase like "thundering silence" (8)
- OXYMORON
- 37 Down: RR employee (3)
- GPA
- 39 Down: Coal-mine vehicle (4)
- TRAM
- 40 Down: Leander's beloved (4)
- HERO
- 41 Down: Words to Brutus (4)
- ETTU
- 42 Down: Prepared-foods shop (4)
- DELI
- 43 Down: Once, once (4)
- ERST
- 48 Down: Emulate Delilah (4)
- SNIP
- 50 Down: Stage comment (5)
- ASIDE
- 52 Down: Coco of perfumery (6)
- CHANEL
- 53 Down: Yen (6)
- DESIRE
- 55 Down: The Velvet Fog (5)
- TORME
- 56 Down: Have ___ to the ground (5)
- ANEAR
- 57 Down: One-quadrillionth: Comb. form (5)
- FEMTO
- 58 Down: Climbing plant (5)
- MOONSEED
- 62 Down: Actor Ayres (3)
- LEW
- 63 Down: Dread of a sort (3)
- AWE
- 64 Down: Shea player (3)
- MET
- 65 Down: Hither's partner (3)
- YON
- 67 Down: VII minus IV (3)
- III
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