Monday Crossword — January 27, 1992 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/27/1992. By Evelyn Benshoof.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fiction's antithesis (4)
FACT
5 Across: Shadowbox (4)
SPAR
9 Across: Prank (4)
LARK
13 Across: Pale purple (5)
LILAC
15 Across: Albacore (4)
TUNA
16 Across: Buck heroine (4)
OLAN
17 Across: Palm tree having betel nuts (5)
ARECA
18 Across: Collar or jacket (4)
ETON
19 Across: Verne hero (4)
NEMO
20 Across: Soon (10)
BEFORELONG
22 Across: Pluck (4)
GRIT
23 Across: Yemeni port (4)
ADEN
24 Across: Top-drawer (5)
ELITE
26 Across: Blandly urbane (6)
SVELTE
30 Across: Seattle Seahawks. e.g. (4)
PROS
31 Across: Resort near Venice (4)
LIDO
32 Across: Calif. wine region (4)
NAPA
35 Across: Amalgamate (5)
BLEND
39 Across: Concerning (5)
ANENT
41 Across: Marsh (3)
BOG
42 Across: "High Noon," e.g. (5)
OATER
43 Across: Danish comedian (5)
BORGE
44 Across: Signaling sound (4)
BEEP
46 Across: Hub (4)
NAVE
47 Across: Confront (4)
FACE
49 Across: Dipped out (6)
LADLED
51 Across: Ponder, with "on" (5)
DWELL
53 Across: Scrutinize carefully (4)
SCAN
55 Across: Seed covering (4)
ARIL
56 Across: Start of Edward VIII's abdication statement (10)
ATLONGLAST
62 Across: Undulate (4)
ROLL
63 Across: Drudgery (4)
MOIL
64 Across: Liberator (5)
SAVER
65 Across: Performer Ray (4)
ALDO
66 Across: Efface (4)
UNDO
67 Across: Hackneyed (5)
TRITE
68 Across: Sounded a horn (4)
BLEW
69 Across: Nobleman (4)
PEER
70 Across: One of the Aleutians (4)
ADAK

Down Answers

1 Down: Slack flesh (4)
FLAB
2 Down: English river having atmosphere? (4)
AIRE
3 Down: Musical symbol (4)
CLEF
4 Down: Sandwich in Sonora (4)
TACO
5 Down: Monument of a sort (5)
STELE
6 Down: Don (5)
PUTON
7 Down: Ever and ___ (4)
ANON
8 Down: Yellowstone Park employee (6)
RANGER
9 Down: Site of Queens (10)
LONGISLAND
10 Down: On the ball (5)
ALERT
11 Down: Fiber from an Asian shrub (5)
RAMIE
12 Down: Clove hitch, for one (4)
KNOT
14 Down: Gem weight (5)
CARAT
21 Down: Original-sin site (4)
EDEN
25 Down: Timber wolf (4)
LOBO
26 Down: Thick slice (4)
SLAB
27 Down: Drink for Dante (4)
VINO
28 Down: German reservoir dam (4)
EDER
29 Down: "Evangeline" author (10)
LONGFELLOW
30 Down: Congressional aide (4)
PAGE
33 Down: Monastery head (4)
ABBE
34 Down: "The Gold Bug" author (3)
POE
36 Down: Cousin of etc. (4)
ETAL
37 Down: Snow field (4)
NEVE
38 Down: ___ Scott decision (4)
DRED
40 Down: Greenish blue (4)
TEAL
45 Down: Design (4)
PLAN
48 Down: Withhold information (6)
CLAMUP
50 Down: Dread (5)
ANGST
51 Down: Witty (5)
DROLL
52 Down: Lady Windermere's creator (5)
WILDE
53 Down: Playground apparatus (5)
SLIDE
54 Down: Kind of scheme (5)
COLOR
55 Down: Burnoose wearer (4)
ARAB
57 Down: Accent (4)
TONE
58 Down: Christie role: 1965 (4)
LARA
59 Down: Dedicated (4)
AVID
60 Down: ___ precedent (4)
SETA
61 Down: Hard journey (4)
TREK

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