Friday Crossword — May 24, 1991 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/24/1991. By Daniel Girardi.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Prosaic (4)
- DRAB
- 5 Across: Chinese wax (4)
- PELA
- 9 Across: Assassinated Swedish Prime Minister: 1986 (5)
- PALME
- 14 Across: Level, in Lincolnshire (4)
- RASE
- 15 Across: American composer: 1874-1954 (4)
- IVES
- 16 Across: Rap-sheet entry (5)
- ALIAS
- 17 Across: Mediate (9)
- INTERCEDE
- 19 Across: Desert ___ (1991 military operation) (5)
- STORM
- 20 Across: Racing shell (7)
- PAIROAR
- 21 Across: Fondness promoter? (7)
- ABSENCE
- 23 Across: Duos: Abbr. (3)
- PRS
- 24 Across: " . . . thy warfare ___": Scott (3)
- OER
- 25 Across: Tormented, with "at" (6)
- GNAWED
- 29 Across: Severity (8)
- HARDNESS
- 34 Across: Where Gideon mustered his army (5)
- HAROD
- 35 Across: Harsh: Comb. form (4)
- CACO
- 36 Across: Galsworthy's "___ of Devon" (4)
- AMAN
- 37 Across: Depose (4)
- AVER
- 38 Across: Spent (5)
- ALLIN
- 39 Across: Jade (4)
- TIRE
- 40 Across: Exigency (4)
- NEED
- 41 Across: Depilous (4)
- BALD
- 42 Across: Road sign (5)
- MERGE
- 43 Across: They sparkle on diamonds (8)
- ALLSTARS
- 45 Across: Joke that wows 'em (6)
- GASSER
- 46 Across: Buddhist temple (3)
- WAT
- 47 Across: Michael Jackson hit (3)
- BAD
- 48 Across: Obtrudes (7)
- IMPOSES
- 52 Across: Makes the grade (7)
- ARRIVES
- 57 Across: Young salmon (5)
- PARRS
- 58 Across: Variety of quartz (9)
- CARNELIAN
- 60 Across: What aristarchs do (5)
- SLATE
- 61 Across: Early Irish nobleman (4)
- AIRE
- 62 Across: German cheese (4)
- KASE
- 63 Across: Shell crew (5)
- EIGHT
- 64 Across: Fruit decay (4)
- BLET
- 65 Across: Der ___ (Adenauer) (4)
- ALTE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Cousin of a twerp (4)
- DRIP
- 2 Down: Bombay bigwig (4)
- RANA
- 3 Down: Piedmontese city (4)
- ASTI
- 4 Down: It's sold in a stube (4)
- BEER
- 5 Down: French father of modern astronomy (6)
- PICARD
- 6 Down: Cubs' Hall of Famer (5)
- EVERS
- 7 Down: Directed (3)
- LED
- 8 Down: On the Java (4)
- ASEA
- 9 Down: Didn't see, in poker (6)
- PASSED
- 10 Down: Certain jurors (10)
- ALTERNATES
- 11 Down: St. Mark's symbol (4)
- LION
- 12 Down: French brandy (4)
- MARC
- 13 Down: Salinger girl (4)
- ESME
- 18 Down: Fooled, with "in" (5)
- ROPED
- 22 Down: Element used in metallurgy (5)
- BORON
- 25 Down: Its major export is cacao (5)
- GHANA
- 26 Down: Umbilicus (5)
- NAVEL
- 27 Down: Spinning (5)
- AREEL
- 28 Down: "Tintern Abbey" poet (10)
- WORDSWORTH
- 29 Down: "___ of Anger," 1970 film (5)
- HALLS
- 30 Down: Kind of test (4)
- ACID
- 31 Down: Islamic chieftains (5)
- EMIRS
- 32 Down: Beetle Bailey's boss (5)
- SARGE
- 33 Down: Mock (5)
- SNEER
- 35 Down: Instr. for Artie Shaw (4)
- CLAR
- 38 Down: Weaken (5)
- ABATE
- 42 Down: ___ de Dios, Andean river (5)
- MADRE
- 44 Down: Knight's armor plate (6)
- TASSET
- 45 Down: Tackle for hoisting cargo (6)
- GARNET
- 47 Down: Handrail for an étoile (5)
- BARRE
- 48 Down: ___ dixit (4)
- IPSE
- 49 Down: Neighbor of Niger (4)
- MALI
- 50 Down: Czech capital, to Germans (4)
- PRAG
- 51 Down: Crust (4)
- SCAB
- 53 Down: Writer Chase (4)
- ILKA
- 54 Down: Ampul (4)
- VIAL
- 55 Down: Cardinal point (4)
- EAST
- 56 Down: Dagger (4)
- SNEE
- 59 Down: Distress (3)
- AIL
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