Friday Crossword — November 4, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 11/4/1988. By Irene Smullyan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Arctic attire (5)
PARKA
6 Across: Corn porridge (4)
SAMP
10 Across: "___ homo!" (4)
ECCE
14 Across: Pertaining to space (5)
AREAL
15 Across: Entreaty (4)
PLEA
16 Across: Food fish (4)
SHAD
17 Across: Italian island (5)
CAPRI
18 Across: Kind of department at a hospital (9)
ADMITTING
20 Across: Mystical word (11)
ABRACADABRA
22 Across: Trygve of U.N. fame (3)
LIE
23 Across: Ancient highway (4)
ITER
24 Across: Altar screen (7)
REREDOS
26 Across: Smart (4)
WISE
28 Across: Wandering (7)
NOMADIC
31 Across: Retirement prog. (3)
IRA
32 Across: Knight's tunic (5)
GIPON
33 Across: Confection (5)
FUDGE
37 Across: Chum (3)
PAL
38 Across: Scolding (7)
REPROOF
40 Across: Sound perception (3)
EAR
41 Across: Follow (5)
ENSUE
43 Across: Defeats badly (5)
ROUTS
44 Across: Type of lettuce (3)
COS
45 Across: A Redgrave (7)
VANESSA
47 Across: Valley (4)
DALE
48 Across: Chides (7)
BERATES
51 Across: Francis Marion surprise (4)
RAID
53 Across: Palindromic preposition (3)
ERE
54 Across: Comfort (11)
EASEFULNESS
59 Across: Dissolute person (9)
LIBERTINE
61 Across: Actress Berger (5)
SENTA
62 Across: Holes-in-one (4)
ACES
63 Across: Bacchanalian cry (4)
EVOE
64 Across: Killer whales (5)
ORCAS
65 Across: Nathan Hale's alma mater (4)
YALE
66 Across: Residue (4)
REST
67 Across: Ashbery and Nemerov (5)
POETS

Down Answers

1 Down: Spotted cavy (4)
PACA
2 Down: A sheik, e.g. (4)
ARAB
3 Down: Hostile tit-for-tat actions (9)
REPRISALS
4 Down: Form of self-defense (6)
KARATE
5 Down: Famous eatery owner (5)
ALICE
6 Down: W.W. I plane (4)
SPAD
7 Down: Robert or Alan of films (4)
ALDA
8 Down: Resembling a thin tissue (10)
MEMBRANOUS
9 Down: Married (6)
PAIRED
10 Down: "Dulce et decorum ___ . . . " (3)
EST
11 Down: Toddler (5)
CHILD
12 Down: Leoncavallo husband (5)
CANIO
13 Down: Rims (5)
EDGES
19 Down: Duties (7)
TARIFFS
21 Down: "L.A. Law" attorney (5)
ARNIE
25 Down: Old French coin (3)
ECU
26 Down: Clean (4)
WIPE
27 Down: Where Meshed is (4)
IRAN
29 Down: Heavy (10)
OPPRESSIVE
30 Down: Philippine tribesmen (5)
MOROS
32 Down: ___ Antilles (7)
GREATER
34 Down: Turpitude (9)
DECADENCE
35 Down: British prison (4)
GAOL
36 Down: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
39 Down: Japanese city (5)
OTARU
42 Down: Mexican grape (3)
UVA
46 Down: Tidier (6)
NEATER
47 Down: Pesos (6)
DINERO
48 Down: "Stop!" to Captain Bligh (5)
BELAY
49 Down: Heath (5)
ERICA
50 Down: Wat Tyler was one (5)
REBEL
52 Down: Famed political columnist (5)
ALSOP
55 Down: A son of Seth (4)
ENOS
56 Down: Pedal extremities (4)
FEET
57 Down: Photocopy, for short (4)
STAT
58 Down: Fresh talk (4)
SASS
60 Down: Suffix with Siam (3)
ESE

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