Friday Crossword — March 31, 1989 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/31/1989. By Kathryn Righter.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Chore (4)
- TASK
- 5 Across: Senate employee (4)
- PAGE
- 9 Across: Goddess of the hearth (5)
- VESTA
- 14 Across: Butter substitute (4)
- OLEO
- 15 Across: Always (4)
- EVER
- 16 Across: Muslim faith (5)
- ISLAM
- 17 Across: Noisy gangster? (9)
- RACKETEER
- 19 Across: Ascend; climb (5)
- SCALE
- 20 Across: Bobolink (7)
- ORTOLAN
- 21 Across: Egyptian solar deity (4)
- ATON
- 22 Across: Island off NW Venezuela (5)
- ARUBA
- 25 Across: Drift (5)
- TREND
- 26 Across: Two sounds in one (11)
- THUNDERCLAP
- 30 Across: God waited on by the Graces (4)
- EROS
- 31 Across: Suffix with origin (4)
- ATOR
- 32 Across: Affirmative vote (3)
- AYE
- 35 Across: Adage for a dumb blonde? (15)
- SILENCEISGOLDEN
- 40 Across: Pedal digit (3)
- TOE
- 41 Across: Part of J.E.C. (4)
- EARL
- 42 Across: Food for Alysheba (4)
- OATS
- 43 Across: Noisy native of Dhaka? (11)
- BANGLADESHI
- 47 Across: Prank (5)
- CAPER
- 50 Across: Gentleman, in Madrid (5)
- SENOR
- 51 Across: Kiln (4)
- OVEN
- 52 Across: Terse (7)
- CONCISE
- 57 Across: Frenzied (5)
- MANIC
- 59 Across: Noisy Australian club? (9)
- BOOMERANG
- 61 Across: Gambling game (5)
- BINGO
- 62 Across: One, in Germany (4)
- EINE
- 63 Across: Exchange premium (4)
- AGIO
- 64 Across: Bias (5)
- SLANT
- 65 Across: Happy (4)
- GLAD
- 66 Across: Swabs (4)
- MOPS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Matador's victim (4)
- TORO
- 2 Down: Opposite of apterous (4)
- ALAR
- 3 Down: Cult (4)
- SECT
- 4 Down: Oahu's ___ Head (4)
- KOKO
- 5 Down: Kind of firecracker (6)
- PETARD
- 6 Down: Where New Yorkers take the Fifth (6)
- AVENUE
- 7 Down: Turn right (3)
- GEE
- 8 Down: Goof (3)
- ERR
- 9 Down: Strength; force (3)
- VIS
- 10 Down: Steep slope (6)
- ESCARP
- 11 Down: List of candidates (5)
- SLATE
- 12 Down: Leftover cards after a deal (5)
- TALON
- 13 Down: Revise (5)
- AMEND
- 18 Down: Verve (4)
- ELAN
- 23 Down: Famed teacher of the blind (7)
- BRAILLE
- 24 Down: Shakespeare's plays have five (4)
- ACTS
- 25 Down: Poi ingredient (4)
- TARO
- 26 Down: "Faust" finale (4)
- TRIO
- 27 Down: You may dig this (4)
- HOLE
- 28 Down: Employ (3)
- USE
- 29 Down: Roleo roller (3)
- LOG
- 30 Down: Erhard's therapy (3)
- EST
- 32 Down: A wife of Esau (4)
- ADAH
- 33 Down: Himalayan humanoid (4)
- YETI
- 34 Down: Pulver's title: Abbr. (3)
- ENS
- 36 Down: Alaska's ___ Islands (4)
- NEAR
- 37 Down: Container (3)
- CAN
- 38 Down: Cgs units (4)
- ERGS
- 39 Down: ___ Alamos (3)
- LOS
- 43 Down: Nonthreatening (6)
- BENIGN
- 44 Down: Altarpiece or Italian port (6)
- ANCONA
- 45 Down: Predestined (6)
- DOOMED
- 46 Down: Former lightweight champ (4)
- ERNE
- 47 Down: Grooming implements (5)
- COMBS
- 48 Down: Serve the purpose (5)
- AVAIL
- 49 Down: President of Brazil: 1906-9 (5)
- PENNA
- 53 Down: Famous miler (4)
- CRAM
- 54 Down: Shakespearean villain (4)
- IAGO
- 55 Down: Sassy lassie (4)
- SNIP
- 56 Down: These modify ids (4)
- EGOS
- 58 Down: Charpoy (3)
- COT
- 59 Down: Panhandle (3)
- BEG
- 60 Down: Peanut byproduct (3)
- OIL
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