Thursday Crossword — March 9, 1989 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/9/1989. By Betty Jorgensen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Vassal (4)
SERF
5 Across: Freeway entrance or exit (4)
RAMP
9 Across: Order around (4)
BOSS
13 Across: Ululate (4)
WAIL
14 Across: Mélange (4)
OLIO
15 Across: Turn back (5)
REPEL
16 Across: Official records (4)
ACTA
17 Across: Military dining hall (4)
MESS
18 Across: Proverb (5)
ADAGE
19 Across: Start of a quip (15)
THATMARSHMALLOW
22 Across: "___ You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" (4)
WONT
23 Across: Okla. city (3)
ADA
24 Across: Suez and Kiel (6)
CANALS
27 Across: Con's adversary (3)
PRO
29 Across: Prefix meaning 1,000,000 (4)
MEGA
33 Across: Love very much (5)
ADORE
34 Across: Country fetes (5)
FAIRS
36 Across: Hamilton bill (3)
TEN
37 Across: More of the quip (15)
SALESMANPITCHES
40 Across: Former Spanish queen (3)
ENA
41 Across: Carries (5)
TOTES
42 Across: Wage earner's hope (5)
RAISE
43 Across: "The ___ of the prophet . . . " (4)
SONS
45 Across: Thing, in law (3)
RES
46 Across: "The Lives of a Bengal ___" (6)
LANCER
47 Across: Steeped beverage (3)
TEA
49 Across: Cato's eight (4)
VIII
50 Across: End of the quip (15)
AREALLYSOFTSELL
58 Across: Evening segment (5)
SHANK
59 Across: Landed (4)
ALIT
60 Across: Combo (4)
TRIO
61 Across: Does a cowboy's job (5)
HERDS
62 Across: Furry pests (4)
MICE
63 Across: Nev. city (4)
ELKO
64 Across: Many eras (4)
EONS
65 Across: Hurried (4)
SPED
66 Across: Smell strongly (4)
REEK

Down Answers

1 Down: Hit a fly (4)
SWAT
2 Down: Apiece (4)
EACH
3 Down: Actress Hayworth (4)
RITA
4 Down: Table silver (8)
FLATWARE
5 Down: Dwellers in the Eternal City (6)
ROMANS
6 Down: On the qui vive (5)
ALERT
7 Down: Be lonely for (4)
MISS
8 Down: Luxurious (4)
POSH
9 Down: Chaos (6)
BEDLAM
10 Down: Oct.'s stone (4)
OPAL
11 Down: Utah's lily (4)
SEGO
12 Down: Seattle ___, great race horse (4)
SLEW
15 Down: Boer assembly (4)
RAAD
20 Down: Annoy (6)
MOLEST
21 Down: New Zealand native (5)
MAORI
24 Down: Looks the joint over (5)
CASES
25 Down: Hersey's bell town (5)
ADANO
26 Down: Actor Lloyd (5)
NOLAN
27 Down: What glaziers take with their work (5)
PANES
28 Down: Saws wood lengthwise (4)
RIPS
30 Down: Rules of conduct (5)
ETHIC
31 Down: They gather in gaggles (5)
GEESE
32 Down: Genus for 31 Down (5)
ANSER
34 Down: Kismet (4)
FATE
35 Down: Gibraltar or Hormuz (6)
STRAIT
38 Down: Aesop's ending (5)
MORAL
39 Down: Kitchen container (8)
CANISTER
44 Down: Easels or tripods (6)
STANDS
46 Down: Picked up (6)
LIFTED
48 Down: They have a benevolent order (4)
ELKS
49 Down: Sinatra's great asset (5)
VOICE
50 Down: "Off the Court" author (4)
ASHE
51 Down: Current: Comb. form (4)
RHEO
52 Down: Bring home the bacon (4)
EARN
53 Down: Sweet potatoes (4)
YAMS
54 Down: Petticoat (4)
SLIP
55 Down: Writer Gardner (4)
ERLE
56 Down: "I ___ New York in June" (4)
LIKE
57 Down: Dior's was New (4)
LOOK

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