Friday Crossword — February 10, 1989 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/10/1989. By Rhonda Kraus.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tully of Rome (6)
CICERO
7 Across: Ice-cream concoction (6)
FRAPPE
13 Across: Disrepute (7)
ILLFAME
15 Across: Clover (7)
TREFOIL
16 Across: Noise (7)
CLATTER
17 Across: Lists (7)
ROSTERS
18 Across: Some (3)
ANY
19 Across: Self-important one (7)
EGOTIST
21 Across: Mai ___ (rum drink) (3)
TAI
22 Across: Sect. (4)
DEPT
24 Across: Skillful (5)
ADEPT
25 Across: Spot (4)
SITE
26 Across: Hmong, e.g. (5)
ASIAN
28 Across: Building annex (3)
ELL
29 Across: Hindu grooms (5)
SICES
30 Across: Beach (6)
STRAND
32 Across: Intemperance (6)
EXCESS
34 Across: Never, in Nürnberg (3)
NIE
35 Across: Plural ending (3)
IES
36 Across: Quake (6)
SHIVER
39 Across: Brumal period (6)
WINTER
42 Across: Huxley's "___ Barren Leaves" (5)
THOSE
43 Across: Dir. (3)
ESE
45 Across: Mansard extensions (5)
EAVES
47 Across: Impetuous (4)
RASH
48 Across: Lake Geneva resort (5)
EVIAN
50 Across: Seven, in Sèvres (4)
SEPT
51 Across: Greek peak (3)
IDA
52 Across: Tight turn (7)
HAIRPIN
54 Across: Street, in Savoie (3)
RUE
55 Across: Gormé and Tormé (7)
SINGERS
57 Across: Reflexive pronoun (7)
ONESELF
59 Across: Defensible (7)
TENABLE
60 Across: Waiting maid to Portia (7)
NERISSA
61 Across: Undoes (6)
ERASES
62 Across: Melt (6)
SOFTEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Noisy insect (6)
CICADA
2 Down: Malady (7)
ILLNESS
3 Down: Source for a potter's material (7)
CLAYPIT
4 Down: Newt (3)
EFT
5 Down: Evaluate (4)
RATE
6 Down: End of a gamut (5)
OMEGA
7 Down: Rime (5)
FROST
8 Down: Rhythmic silence, in music (4)
REST
9 Down: Sternward (3)
AFT
10 Down: Study of prosody (7)
POETICS
11 Down: Pittsburgh or Penzance group (7)
PIRATES
12 Down: Actress Janis et al. (6)
ELSIES
14 Down: Worn away (6)
ERODED
15 Down: Kind of crown or play (6)
TRIPLE
20 Down: Hill, to an Arab (3)
TEL
23 Down: Destroy the luster (7)
TARNISH
25 Down: P.M. practices in Pamplona (7)
SIESTAS
27 Down: Ingenuous (5)
NAIVE
29 Down: Indecorous display (5)
SCENE
31 Down: Coretta King, ___ Scott (3)
NEE
33 Down: Twelve, to 1 Across (3)
XII
36 Down: Less distinct (7)
SHADIER
37 Down: Worshiper's cry (7)
HOSANNA
38 Down: Amend (6)
REVISE
39 Down: Halberd, e.g. (6)
WEAPON
40 Down: K2 cousin (7)
EVEREST
41 Down: British war vessel sunk in W.W. II (7)
REPULSE
42 Down: Sad (6)
TRISTE
44 Down: Novelist Haggard's title (3)
SIR
46 Down: Writer Zweig or Heym (6)
STEFAN
48 Down: Certain peers (5)
EARLS
49 Down: Dressed to the ___ (5)
NINES
52 Down: Greek goddess of youth (4)
HEBE
53 Down: Pianist Peter (4)
NERO
56 Down: Vapor (3)
GAS
58 Down: Thor's wife (3)
SIF

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