Thursday Crossword — February 27, 1992 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/27/1992. By Jeff Herrington.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Monastic superior (6)
- ABBESS
- 7 Across: Big leagues (6)
- MAJORS
- 13 Across: Eared seal (7)
- SEALION
- 15 Across: Talismans (7)
- AMULETS
- 17 Across: Suitable for the block (7)
- SALABLE
- 18 Across: Fixed attitude (7)
- MINDSET
- 19 Across: Judah's second son (4)
- ONAN
- 20 Across: Break a cipher (6)
- DECODE
- 22 Across: Numerical prefix (3)
- TRI
- 23 Across: Tough skin (4)
- RIND
- 24 Across: Painter who illustrated Dante's works (4)
- DORE
- 25 Across: By and by (4)
- SOON
- 26 Across: British gumshoes (4)
- TECS
- 27 Across: In addition (4)
- ELSE
- 28 Across: Very neat (4)
- TRIG
- 29 Across: Mariner's dir. (3)
- SSE
- 30 Across: Newsy note (4)
- ITEM
- 31 Across: Avaricious (6)
- GREEDY
- 33 Across: Michael Collins, e.g. (9)
- ASTRONAUT
- 35 Across: Effacement (6)
- RASURE
- 38 Across: Alaskan city (4)
- NOME
- 39 Across: TV series (3)
- ROC
- 42 Across: Bird, to Brutus (4)
- AVIS
- 43 Across: ___ Wawa, Radner role (4)
- BABA
- 44 Across: Hindu spirit (4)
- DEVA
- 45 Across: Suffix with base or abase (4)
- MENT
- 46 Across: Clipping on a gridiron, e.g. (4)
- FOUL
- 47 Across: Cousin of etc. (4)
- ETAL
- 48 Across: Kind of virus (3)
- RNA
- 49 Across: Monopoly (6)
- CARTEL
- 51 Across: Wimbledon superstar: 1976-80 (4)
- BORG
- 52 Across: External (7)
- OUTWARD
- 54 Across: Sunrooms (7)
- SOLARIA
- 56 Across: Craze (7)
- DERANGE
- 57 Across: Glass raiser (7)
- TOASTER
- 58 Across: Suit maker (6)
- SARTOR
- 59 Across: Hirsute (6)
- TRESSY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Classifies (7)
- ASSORTS
- 2 Down: Skullcaps (7)
- BEANIES
- 3 Down: Equilibrate (7)
- BALANCE
- 4 Down: Large kin of dik-diks (6)
- ELANDS
- 5 Down: Bro, to sis (3)
- SIB
- 6 Down: Auctioneer's word (4)
- SOLD
- 7 Down: Bolivian river (6)
- MAMORE
- 8 Down: Ammonia derivative (5)
- AMIDE
- 9 Down: Havoc of Hollywood (4)
- JUNE
- 10 Down: Stale (3)
- OLD
- 11 Down: Put back (7)
- RESTORE
- 12 Down: Muscle builder (7)
- STEROID
- 14 Down: Tease (7)
- NEEDLER
- 16 Down: Penurious (6)
- STINGY
- 21 Down: Yuri Gagarin, e.g. (9)
- COSMONAUT
- 25 Down: Proofreader's mark (4)
- STET
- 27 Down: Planch add-on (4)
- ETTE
- 30 Down: Leb. neighbor (3)
- ISR
- 31 Down: Character in "Princess Ida" (4)
- GAMA
- 32 Down: Scribe or de Rivoli (3)
- RUE
- 33 Down: Czech. neighbor (4)
- AUST
- 34 Down: Shakespeare's adjective for Brutus (7)
- NOBLEST
- 35 Down: Muzzle loader (6)
- RAMROD
- 36 Down: Modes of access (7)
- AVENUES
- 37 Down: "Rat Pack" leader (7)
- SINATRA
- 39 Down: Comebacks (7)
- RETORTS
- 40 Down: Plant parts enclosing young seeds (7)
- OVARIES
- 41 Down: Alberta city (7)
- CALGARY
- 43 Down: Something to purfle (6)
- BORDER
- 44 Down: Lower in character (6)
- DEBASE
- 46 Down: Henry Wells stopped here (5)
- FARGO
- 49 Down: Slanting motion (4)
- CANT
- 50 Down: Joe Orton play (4)
- LOOT
- 53 Down: Whitman's "The Real ___" (3)
- WAR
- 55 Down: Tutelary deity (3)
- LAR
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