Friday Crossword — May 12, 1989 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/12/1989. By William E. Heinemann.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Event on a rink (4)
- SAVE
- 5 Across: Part song (4)
- GLEE
- 9 Across: Group in a loft (5)
- CHOIR
- 14 Across: Dance (4)
- TRIP
- 15 Across: Nino ___, Italian composer (4)
- ROTA
- 16 Across: Coward's "This ___ Breed" (5)
- HAPPY
- 17 Across: Friend of Antony (4)
- EROS
- 18 Across: ___ out (barely manages) (4)
- EKES
- 19 Across: Obloquy (5)
- ABUSE
- 20 Across: Gdansk dance (9)
- POLONAISE
- 22 Across: Neon and freon (5)
- GASES
- 23 Across: Pundits (6)
- SWAMIS
- 24 Across: Do some mending (4)
- DARN
- 26 Across: Courts' needs (4)
- NETS
- 29 Across: Blockades (6)
- SIEGES
- 33 Across: Encampment (5)
- ETAPE
- 37 Across: Bill Haley's music (9)
- ROCKNROLL
- 39 Across: Gaucho's weapon (4)
- BOLA
- 40 Across: Quashes (5)
- KILLS
- 41 Across: Swedish pop-rock quartet (4)
- ABBA
- 42 Across: "The Girl From Ipanema," e.g. (9)
- BOSSANOVA
- 44 Across: Advantage (5)
- ASSET
- 45 Across: What Burns was to Allen (6)
- STOOGE
- 46 Across: Turkish title (4)
- EMIR
- 48 Across: Droplets of water (4)
- DEWS
- 50 Across: Redresses (6)
- RIGHTS
- 55 Across: "Deck the Halls," for one (5)
- CAROL
- 58 Across: Formal ball (9)
- COTILLION
- 61 Across: Kind of flat (5)
- ADOBE
- 62 Across: Woeful word (4)
- ALAS
- 63 Across: Soprano Moffo (4)
- ANNA
- 64 Across: Toy-shop display (5)
- DOLLS
- 65 Across: Marceau, e.g. (4)
- MIME
- 66 Across: Sambar (4)
- DEER
- 67 Across: Antilles (5)
- ISLES
- 68 Across: Boston orchestra (4)
- POPS
- 69 Across: Chimney on das Haus (4)
- ESSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Dance routines (5)
- STEPS
- 2 Down: Pointer (5)
- ARROW
- 3 Down: Pansy (5)
- VIOLA
- 4 Down: College in S England (5)
- EPSOM
- 5 Down: Long-running musical (6)
- GREASE
- 6 Down: Norse god of mischief (4)
- LOKI
- 7 Down: Nice summers (4)
- ETES
- 8 Down: Lightened (5)
- EASED
- 9 Down: Vexation (7)
- CHAGRIN
- 10 Down: Cuban tangolike dances (9)
- HABANERAS
- 11 Down: Beethoven creation (4)
- OPUS
- 12 Down: ___ dixit (4)
- IPSE
- 13 Down: Bread and whisky (4)
- RYES
- 21 Down: Number of Muses (4)
- NINE
- 25 Down: Quizzes (4)
- ASKS
- 27 Down: Pointer Sisters, e.g. (4)
- TRIO
- 28 Down: Decipher (5)
- SOLVE
- 30 Down: Rafts (4)
- GOBS
- 31 Down: Hamburg's river (4)
- ELBE
- 32 Down: Blind section (4)
- SLAT
- 33 Down: Falls back (4)
- EBBS
- 34 Down: Binge (4)
- TOOT
- 35 Down: Further (4)
- ALSO
- 36 Down: Corrida march music (9)
- PASODOBLE
- 38 Down: Quahog (4)
- CLAM
- 40 Down: Apprehended clearly (4)
- KNEW
- 43 Down: Perpetual (7)
- AGELESS
- 44 Down: Seed covering (4)
- ARIL
- 47 Down: Rainbows (6)
- IRISES
- 49 Down: Rascal (5)
- SCAMP
- 51 Down: Forest clearing (5)
- GLADE
- 52 Down: Jazzman Earl (Fatha) ___ (5)
- HINES
- 53 Down: Musical sounds (5)
- TONES
- 54 Down: Small drum (5)
- SNARE
- 55 Down: Muslim judge (4)
- CADI
- 56 Down: Foofaraws (4)
- ADOS
- 57 Down: Beat for Ringo (4)
- ROLL
- 59 Down: Miscellany (4)
- OLIO
- 60 Down: Pack in gently (4)
- TAMP
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