Friday Crossword — October 28, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/28/1988. By S. E. Wilkinson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: The ___, Dick Tracy adversary (4)
BROW
5 Across: Pencil wood (5)
CEDAR
10 Across: Two-wheeler (4)
BIKE
14 Across: Bonkers (4)
LOCO
15 Across: Port-au-Prince's country (5)
HAITI
16 Across: Consumer (4)
USER
17 Across: Hemsley sitcom (4)
AMEN
18 Across: Prepared for battle (5)
ARMED
19 Across: Nil (4)
ZERO
20 Across: Part? (8)
HEADLINE
22 Across: Bakers' 13's (6)
DOZENS
24 Across: "___ and yet so far" (6)
SONEAR
25 Across: Cut a way (4)
PLOW
26 Across: Cups' lips (4)
RIMS
28 Across: Some Impressionist works (7)
RENOIRS
32 Across: This may be over your head (3)
HAT
35 Across: Proportion (5)
RATIO
37 Across: Bandleader Shaw (5)
ARTIE
38 Across: Switch ending (4)
EROO
40 Across: Actress Talmadge (5)
NORMA
42 Across: Computer fodder (4)
DATA
43 Across: Lehmann or Palmer (5)
LILLI
45 Across: Quick (5)
RAPID
47 Across: "___ Lin," Scottish ballad (3)
TAM
48 Across: Horse course (7)
PADDOCK
50 Across: Jogging gait (4)
TROT
52 Across: Four parts (4)
TWOS
53 Across: Palms off (6)
FOISTS
57 Across: Merry (6)
JOVIAL
60 Across: Crew? (8)
SHORTCUT
62 Across: Eliot's Bede (4)
ADAM
63 Across: By and by (5)
LATER
65 Across: "Grenada" songwriter (4)
LARA
66 Across: Burrowing mammal (4)
MOLE
67 Across: Writer Asimov (5)
ISAAC
68 Across: The original ones were actors (4)
ELKS
69 Across: ___ Rabbit (4)
BRER
70 Across: Quarter back? (5)
EAGLE
71 Across: Casement (4)
SASH

Down Answers

1 Down: Malaise of a sort (5)
BLAHS
2 Down: Play boy? (5)
ROMEO
3 Down: Swell place? (5)
OCEAN
4 Down: It's really something (6)
WONDER
5 Down: Usher? (8)
CHAIRMAN
6 Down: Make some bread (4)
EARN
7 Down: January marcher (4)
DIME
8 Down: Tucked away (3)
ATE
9 Down: Conundrum (6)
RIDDLE
10 Down: Hum? (8)
BUZZWORD
11 Down: What "video" means (4)
ISEE
12 Down: "Sunny" composer (4)
KERN
13 Down: Cupid (4)
EROS
21 Down: Leo's lodge (4)
LAIR
23 Down: A Chaplin (4)
OONA
25 Down: On time (6)
PROMPT
27 Down: Voiceless birds (6)
STORKS
29 Down: Leave ___ that (4)
ITAT
30 Down: Hayworth or Gam (4)
RITA
31 Down: Clothes line? (4)
SEAM
32 Down: Lend a hand (4)
HELP
33 Down: Met air (4)
ARIA
34 Down: Narrated (4)
TOLD
36 Down: Author Levin (3)
IRA
39 Down: Hourglass? (8)
OLDTIMER
41 Down: Wind? (8)
AIRFORCE
44 Down: Corn Belt state (4)
IOWA
46 Down: Way out (4)
DOOR
49 Down: Sheep dog (6)
COLLIE
51 Down: Earl, duke, etc. (6)
TITLES
54 Down: Actress Gia (5)
SCALA
55 Down: Young ones want changes (5)
TURKS
56 Down: Hide away (5)
STASH
57 Down: Side post (4)
JAMB
58 Down: Bouquet (4)
ODOR
59 Down: Vocalist Jerry (4)
VALE
60 Down: For men only (4)
STAG
61 Down: Restore (4)
HEAL
64 Down: Sly ___ fox (3)
ASA

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