Friday Crossword — April 5, 1991 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/5/1991. By Nancy Scandrett Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Acad. degree (3)
EDB
4 Across: Manor owners (5)
LORDS
9 Across: Red-carpet honoree (3)
VIP
12 Across: Preserves, in a way (5)
DRIES
14 Across: "And I sae weary fu' ___!": Burns (5)
OCARE
15 Across: Choler (3)
IRE
16 Across: Present answer, on the street (11)
DISSOLUTION
18 Across: Heir, frequently (3)
SON
19 Across: "___ Murderer," Ngaio Marsh mystery (6)
ENTERA
20 Across: Present combo, on the street (7)
DISBAND
22 Across: Bridle part (4)
REIN
23 Across: Restrain (5)
DETER
24 Across: Brief look (4)
GLIM
26 Across: "Metamorphoses" author (4)
OVID
28 Across: Streamline copy (4)
EDIT
32 Across: Soldier in gray (3)
REB
33 Across: Damsel's lament (4)
ALAS
34 Across: Peeping Tom saw her (6)
GODIVA
36 Across: Big bird (3)
EMU
37 Across: Present twine, on the street (7)
DISCORD
39 Across: Part of R.S.V.P. (3)
SIL
40 Across: Series season (6)
AUTUMN
42 Across: Pea petals (4)
ALAE
43 Across: Understand (3)
SEE
44 Across: Three, in Toledo (4)
TRES
45 Across: Stowe book (4)
DRED
46 Across: Joins (4)
WEDS
47 Across: Decorous (5)
STAID
50 Across: Employer (4)
USER
52 Across: Present street attire (7)
DISROBE
55 Across: Like a throwback (6)
ATAVIC
58 Across: Busy insect (3)
ANT
59 Across: Present magic act, on the street (11)
DISILLUSION
62 Across: See 12 Down (3)
IKE
63 Across: Maid in "Die Fledermaus" (5)
ADELE
64 Across: Religious groups (5)
SECTS
65 Across: Prefix for metrical (3)
SYM
66 Across: Shouts (5)
YELLS
67 Across: Meadow (3)
LEA

Down Answers

1 Down: Emerald Isle (4)
ERIN
2 Down: Present praise, on the street (10)
DISTRIBUTE
3 Down: Be worthy of (6)
BESEEM
4 Down: Manager Piniella (3)
LOU
5 Down: Witch mo. (3)
OCT
6 Down: Assaulted (6)
RAIDED
7 Down: "Dieu et mon ___" (5)
DROIT
8 Down: Austen title starter (5)
SENSE
9 Down: Passport addition (4)
VISA
10 Down: Press (4)
IRON
11 Down: Remain undecided (4)
PEND
12 Down: Presidential monogram (3)
DDE
13 Down: Spore clusters on ferns (4)
SORI
17 Down: Wool fat (7)
LANOLIN
21 Down: "What's ___ in the Bone": R. Davies (4)
BRED
23 Down: Present joker, on the street (7)
DISCARD
24 Down: First-rate (5)
GREAT
25 Down: Madagascar mammal (5)
LEMUR
27 Down: Duct (3)
VAS
29 Down: Present employment, on the street (10)
DISSERVICE
30 Down: Vine-covered (5)
IVIED
31 Down: Yarns (5)
TALES
33 Down: Nav. bigwig (3)
ADM
34 Down: Opposite of precipitous (7)
GRADUAL
35 Down: Lyrical poem (3)
ODE
38 Down: Fronton cheer (3)
OLE
41 Down: U.N. member (4)
USSR
45 Down: Engine inventor (6)
DIESEL
46 Down: Ermine, e.g. (6)
WEASEL
48 Down: NBC show (5)
TODAY
49 Down: Dwell (5)
ABIDE
51 Down: Actor Erwin et al. (4)
STUS
52 Down: Place for a lectern (4)
DAIS
53 Down: Black (4)
INKY
54 Down: Pipe part (4)
STEM
56 Down: Speck (4)
IOTA
57 Down: Huge guns: Abbr. (3)
CNS
60 Down: Out of sorts (3)
ILL
61 Down: "___ Girls" (3)
LES

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