Saturday Crossword — October 22, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/22/1988. By Jesse Roarke.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Computer circuit (4)
NAND
5 Across: Undomesticated (5)
FERAL
10 Across: Egyptian god (4)
AMON
14 Across: "Roast Pig" dissertator (4)
ELIA
15 Across: City north of Tokyo (5)
URAWA
16 Across: Small fishing boat (4)
DORY
17 Across: George ___ Carver (10)
WASHINGTON
19 Across: Individuals (4)
ONES
20 Across: Sibelius's "Valse ___" (6)
TRISTE
21 Across: Mesquite (8)
ALGAROBA
23 Across: Ygdrasil, e.g. (3)
ASH
25 Across: What David wielded (5)
SLING
26 Across: Opened, as a door (8)
UNBOLTED
31 Across: Furnished with a handle (6)
ANSATE
34 Across: A player, perhaps (5)
PIANO
35 Across: Horn-shaped object (5)
CORNU
37 Across: Patronymic prefix (3)
MAC
38 Across: Unaccompanied (4)
SOLO
39 Across: Scrap (5)
SHRED
40 Across: Seethe (4)
BOIL
41 Across: Recede (3)
EBB
42 Across: Malodorous (5)
FETID
43 Across: Steam bath (5)
SAUNA
44 Across: Province of E Spain (6)
TERUEL
46 Across: Vt.'s ___ Dam (8)
SOMERSET
48 Across: Legal phrase (5)
INREM
50 Across: Scan. land (3)
NOR
51 Across: Tyro (8)
BEGINNER
54 Across: He's most disturbing (6)
RIOTER
59 Across: Capital of Latvia (4)
RIGA
60 Across: Leafless, white plant of the U.S. (10)
INDIANPIPE
62 Across: Smell ___ (be suspicious) (4)
ARAT
63 Across: Effusions from 27 Down (5)
TEARS
64 Across: Related (4)
AKIN
65 Across: Retreats (4)
DENS
66 Across: Snaky curves (5)
ESSES
67 Across: Tilt, as a ship (4)
LIST

Down Answers

1 Down: Salamander (4)
NEWT
2 Down: Winglike (4)
ALAR
3 Down: Kind of decree (4)
NISI
4 Down: Partners of dits (4)
DAHS
5 Down: Doleful (6)
FUNEST
6 Down: Unit of energy (3)
ERG
7 Down: Pro ___ (4)
RATA
8 Down: Delinquent G.I.'s (5)
AWOLS
9 Down: "Piers Plowman" poet, possibly (8)
LANGLAND
10 Down: Embellishes (6)
ADORNS
11 Down: Unlike most sultans (10)
MONOGAMOUS
12 Down: Midianite prince (4)
OREB
13 Down: Polish river (4)
NYSA
18 Down: Writer Svevo (5)
ITALO
22 Down: Aborigine of Japan (4)
AINU
24 Down: "Gargoyles" author: 1922 (5)
HECHT
26 Down: Rattled (5)
UPSET
27 Down: Leto's taunter (5)
NIOBE
28 Down: A knitted fabric (10)
BALBRIGGAN
29 Down: "Sail ___ Union . . . " (3)
ONO
30 Down: Mother of the Nereids (5)
DORIS
32 Down: French historian-critic: 1828-93 (5)
TAINE
33 Down: Panache (5)
ECLAT
36 Down: Painter Odilon ___ (5)
REDON
39 Down: Type of gypsum (8)
SELENITE
40 Down: ___ sinister (3)
BAR
42 Down: Brake or bracken (4)
FERN
43 Down: Canary's relative (5)
SERIN
45 Down: Eastern Christians (6)
UNIATS
47 Down: Swamp (6)
MORASS
49 Down: First ruler of all Egypt (5)
MENES
51 Down: Wire nail (4)
BRAD
52 Down: Douglas Hyde's land (4)
EIRE
53 Down: Nutritional specifications: Abbr. (4)
RDAS
55 Down: Oculus mundi (4)
OPAL
56 Down: Polynesian carved image (4)
TIKI
57 Down: Finials (4)
EPIS
58 Down: Lessee's concern (4)
RENT
61 Down: Wrath (3)
IRE

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