Monday Crossword — October 17, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/17/1988. By Thomas Bohm.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Campus buildings (5)
HALLS
6 Across: ___ Hari (4)
MATA
10 Across: Detect (4)
SPOT
14 Across: Oil: Comb. form (5)
ELAEO
15 Across: Presage (4)
OMEN
16 Across: Weighty book (4)
TOME
17 Across: Neighbor in "I Love Lucy" (5)
ETHEL
18 Across: Hindu woman's garment (4)
SARI
19 Across: Comedian King (4)
ALAN
20 Across: Sarcastic term for a household head (14)
LORDOFTHEMANOR
23 Across: Adriatic, e.g. (3)
SEA
24 Across: Pouch (3)
SAC
25 Across: Asner and Sullivan (3)
EDS
28 Across: Skin layer (5)
DERMA
31 Across: Run away to be married (5)
ELOPE
36 Across: Senator from Kan. (4)
DOLE
38 Across: "Norma ___" (3)
RAE
39 Across: Coral islands (6)
ATOLLS
40 Across: Impending evil or danger (15)
SWORDOFDAMOCLES
43 Across: Whole (6)
ENTIRE
44 Across: "The Greatest" (3)
ALI
45 Across: Crack in flesh (4)
KIBE
46 Across: Rabies (5)
LYSSA
47 Across: Luges (5)
SLEDS
49 Across: Twilight time, to Tennyson (3)
EEN
50 Across: Corpulent (3)
FAT
52 Across: "My Gal ___" (3)
SAL
54 Across: Visionary project (14)
CASTLEINTHEAIR
62 Across: Taxi rider (4)
FARE
63 Across: Domesticated (4)
TAME
64 Across: Chemical combining form (5)
AMIDO
65 Across: Ajar (4)
OPEN
66 Across: Cry of sorrow (4)
ALAS
67 Across: Acting parts (5)
ROLES
68 Across: Peruse (4)
READ
69 Across: Doctrines (4)
ISMS
70 Across: Vase handles (5)
ANSAE

Down Answers

1 Down: End piece of a loaf (4)
HEEL
2 Down: Lowest female voice (4)
ALTO
3 Down: A memorable Bert (4)
LAHR
4 Down: City on the Aire (5)
LEEDS
5 Down: Performed alone (6)
SOLOED
6 Down: Part of M.V.P. (4)
MOST
7 Down: Baby's nurse, in China (4)
AMAH
8 Down: Singer Brewer (6)
TERESA
9 Down: Life; soul (5)
ANIMA
10 Down: Getz or Kenton (4)
STAN
11 Down: Kind of shirt (4)
POLO
12 Down: General Bradley (4)
OMAR
13 Down: Half a score (3)
TEN
21 Down: Denmark's ___ Islands (6)
FAEROE
22 Down: Vinegar: Comb. form (5)
ACETO
25 Down: Old car (5)
EDSEL
26 Down: Soft and fluffy (5)
DOWNY
27 Down: Narrow openings (5)
SLOTS
29 Down: U.K. airmen (3)
RAF
30 Down: Olympic award (5)
MEDAL
32 Down: Tuft of hair (4)
LOCK
33 Down: Kukla, Fran and ___ (5)
OLLIE
34 Down: U.S.N.A. newcomer (5)
PLEBE
35 Down: W. German city (5)
ESSEN
37 Down: Greek goddess of strife (4)
ERIS
39 Down: Surrounded by (6)
AMIDST
41 Down: Preliminary sketch (5)
DRAFT
42 Down: Cakes and ___ (3)
ALE
47 Down: Purloins (6)
STEALS
48 Down: African desert (6)
SAHARA
51 Down: Central Asian range (5)
ALTAI
53 Down: Citrus fruit (5)
LEMON
54 Down: Cloak (4)
CAPE
55 Down: Region (4)
AREA
56 Down: Transmit (4)
SEND
57 Down: Moslem priest (4)
IMAM
58 Down: "The Untouchables" man (4)
NESS
59 Down: Good for what ___ you (4)
AILS
60 Down: Concept (4)
IDEA
61 Down: Kennedy matriarch (4)
ROSE
62 Down: Pro (3)
FOR

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