Saturday Crossword — October 28, 1989 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/28/1989. By Kevin Boyle.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Statutes (4)
LAWS
5 Across: Tibiae (5)
SHINS
10 Across: "Jaws" vessel (4)
ORCA
14 Across: Et ___ (and others) (4)
ALII
15 Across: Cereal disease (5)
ERGOT
16 Across: Smile expansively (4)
BEAM
17 Across: With sincere dedication (15)
SINGLEHEARTEDLY
20 Across: Suffragist Lucy (5)
STONE
21 Across: Ideas proposed as demonstrable truths (8)
THEOREMS
22 Across: Hand-over-hand swinger (3)
APE
25 Across: Brace (3)
TWO
26 Across: Equivoques; ambiguities: Fr. (15)
DOUBLESENTENTES
35 Across: Site of the Cyclopes' smithy (4)
ETNA
36 Across: Of a breathless condition (6)
APNEAL
37 Across: Edible tuber (3)
OCA
38 Across: Call ___ (stop) (5)
AHALT
40 Across: Ottoman official (3)
AGA
41 Across: Ivanhoe, e.g. (5)
SAXON
43 Across: "Fiasco" author (3)
LEM
44 Across: Mulish (6)
ORNERY
47 Across: Like Hickok (4)
WILD
48 Across: Certain confederations (15)
TRIPLEALLIANCES
51 Across: Biographer Winslow (3)
OLA
52 Across: French designer's inits. (3)
YSL
53 Across: Scatter (8)
DISPERSE
58 Across: Siouan language (5)
OSAGE
63 Across: Cachinnation (15)
HOMERICLAUGHTER
66 Across: "A foolish thing was but ___": Shak. (4)
ATOY
67 Across: Kind of drip (5)
NASAL
68 Across: Gudrun's husband (4)
ATLI
69 Across: Situation, in Stuttgart (4)
LAGE
70 Across: Eminent (5)
GREAT
71 Across: Calliope, e.g. (4)
MUSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Girl for Lauder (4)
LASS
2 Down: Landed upon (4)
ALIT
3 Down: Skid-Row resident (4)
WINO
4 Down: Indication (4)
SIGN
5 Down: Meet a bet (3)
SEE
6 Down: Brit. title of respect (3)
HRH
7 Down: "___ Around," 1964 Beach Boys hit (4)
IGET
8 Down: Famed animal handler (4)
NOAH
9 Down: ___ di mano (Italian handshake) (7)
STRETTA
10 Down: Actress Merle (6)
OBERON
11 Down: Counsel, old style (4)
REDE
12 Down: Storm's predecessor (4)
CALM
13 Down: Vanderbilt and Carter (4)
AMYS
18 Down: Faith on the Firth of Forth (4)
LEAL
19 Down: Objects thrown in defeat (6)
TOWELS
23 Down: Sweet or split chaser (3)
PEA
24 Down: ¿Donde esta Avila? (6)
ESPANA
26 Down: Passed out (5)
DEALT
27 Down: Contrary (5)
OTHER
28 Down: Delaware Indian (5)
UNAMI
29 Down: Palais social event (3)
BAL
30 Down: German writer Johann Jakob ___ (5)
ENGEL
31 Down: Almost (6)
NEARLY
32 Down: Kind of waste (5)
TOXIC
33 Down: Caen college (5)
ECOLE
34 Down: "___ of Iwo Jima," 1949 film (5)
SANDS
39 Down: Dog trained to entice ducks (6)
TOLLER
42 Down: Bristle (3)
AWN
45 Down: Bringing up baby (7)
REARING
46 Down: Group living in SW China (3)
YIS
49 Down: Faulkner's "embodiment of evil" character (6)
POPEYE
50 Down: Sleep like ___ (4)
ALOG
53 Down: Pigeon pea (4)
DHAL
54 Down: Theta's follower (4)
IOTA
55 Down: L.A. problem (4)
SMOG
56 Down: Raddle (4)
SCAR
57 Down: Differently (4)
ELSE
59 Down: Feign (4)
SHAM
60 Down: N. Pacific island (4)
ATTU
61 Down: Congeals (4)
GELS
62 Down: Part of HOMES (4)
ERIE
64 Down: Motorist's org. (3)
AAA
65 Down: Max. (3)
ULT

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