Saturday Crossword — December 31, 1988 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/31/1988. By Joy L. Wouk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bosnian river (5)
- DRINA
- 6 Across: "___ Sanctorum" (4)
- ACTA
- 10 Across: Do a road job (4)
- PAVE
- 14 Across: Alps sound (5)
- YODEL
- 15 Across: Den (4)
- LAIR
- 16 Across: Admit frankly (4)
- AVOW
- 17 Across: Reveler's gadget (10)
- NOISEMAKER
- 19 Across: Propel a punt (4)
- POLE
- 20 Across: Tokyo, once (3)
- EDO
- 21 Across: Past (4)
- GONE
- 22 Across: Some are current (6)
- EVENTS
- 24 Across: Ski-lift feature (4)
- TBAR
- 26 Across: Step (5)
- STAIR
- 28 Across: Joel Grey vehicle (7)
- CABARET
- 31 Across: J.F.K. abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 32 Across: Period (3)
- ERA
- 35 Across: One who acts: Suffix (4)
- ATOR
- 36 Across: Sobriquet for Santa (4)
- NICK
- 38 Across: Domesticated (5)
- TAMED
- 40 Across: Nose tickler (15)
- CHAMPAGNEBUBBLE
- 43 Across: Pegasus, e.g. (5)
- HORSE
- 44 Across: Midnight to 1 A.M. (4)
- HOUR
- 45 Across: Seethe (4)
- BOIL
- 46 Across: Antiquity, formerly (3)
- ELD
- 47 Across: Iowa time, for short (3)
- CST
- 49 Across: Cornmeal mush (7)
- POLENTA
- 51 Across: "Mosses From an Old ___": Hawthorne (5)
- MANSE
- 53 Across: Inhale suddenly (4)
- GASP
- 54 Across: Bathhouse (6)
- CABANA
- 57 Across: Ticket part (4)
- STUB
- 59 Across: "___ That Kiss," 1931 song (3)
- OOH
- 62 Across: Muscat is its capital (4)
- OMAN
- 63 Across: Cartoonist's scythe carrier (10)
- FATHERTIME
- 66 Across: Director Vidor (4)
- KING
- 67 Across: Eye part (4)
- UVEA
- 68 Across: Sea eagles (5)
- ERNES
- 69 Across: Whirlpool (4)
- EDDY
- 70 Across: Espied (4)
- SEEN
- 71 Across: Czechoslovakia's ___ Mountains (5)
- TATRA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Unit of force (4)
- DYNE
- 2 Down: Large crucifix (4)
- ROOD
- 3 Down: TV prompter (10)
- IDIOTBOARD
- 4 Down: Vane readings (3)
- NES
- 5 Down: Sour drink (6)
- ALEGAR
- 6 Down: Alda or Arkin (4)
- ALAN
- 7 Down: Petits fours (5)
- CAKES
- 8 Down: Restrain (3)
- TIE
- 9 Down: In ___ (behind in debt paying) (6)
- ARREAR
- 10 Down: Dissertation (5)
- PAPER
- 11 Down: Name of three English rivers (4)
- AVON
- 12 Down: Fencer's leap (4)
- VOLT
- 13 Down: Lambs' dams (4)
- EWES
- 18 Down: Sierra ___, Spanish range (6)
- MORENA
- 23 Down: Artistic objects (5)
- VIRTU
- 25 Down: Malt-liquor foams (5)
- BARMS
- 27 Down: Occupy (6)
- TAKEUP
- 28 Down: Hiding place (5)
- CACHE
- 29 Down: Town near Fitchburg, Mass. (5)
- ATHOL
- 30 Down: Dancer's hose (6)
- TIGHTS
- 32 Down: Plumpness (10)
- EMBONPOINT
- 33 Down: Started a fire again (5)
- RELIT
- 34 Down: ___ Rogers St. Johns (5)
- ADELA
- 37 Down: Nimitz in '45 (3)
- CNO
- 39 Down: French priests' titles (5)
- ABBES
- 41 Down: Praline ingredient (5)
- PECAN
- 42 Down: Shoe or accent (6)
- BROGUE
- 48 Down: Throws into confusion (6)
- SNAFUS
- 50 Down: Lip ornament (6)
- LABRET
- 51 Down: Squalid (5)
- MANGY
- 52 Down: A Lauder (5)
- ESTEE
- 54 Down: Blast-furnace fuel (4)
- COKE
- 55 Down: Surrounded by (4)
- AMID
- 56 Down: "And the ___ played on" (4)
- BAND
- 58 Down: Comparison word (4)
- THAN
- 60 Down: Hebrew measure (4)
- OMER
- 61 Down: "For ___ jolly good fellow" (4)
- HESA
- 64 Down: "___ atque vale" (3)
- AVE
- 65 Down: Musical syllable (3)
- TRA
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