Friday Crossword — August 28, 1992 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/28/1992. By Sidney L. Robbins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "McElligot's ___ ": Dr. Seuss (4)
POOL
5 Across: Flows back (4)
EBBS
9 Across: Leave out (4)
OMIT
13 Across: Circa (5)
ABOUT
15 Across: Spill over (4)
SLOP
16 Across: Not any (4)
NONE
17 Across: Greetings to new parents (15)
CONGRATULATIONS
20 Across: A social (3)
TEA
21 Across: Improve (5)
AMEND
22 Across: Popular gift (5)
ROSES
23 Across: Weskit (4)
VEST
24 Across: Hermit (5)
LONER
25 Across: Sluggish (6)
LEADEN
29 Across: Kind of cross (3)
TAU
30 Across: Exert moral pressure (5)
IMPEL
31 Across: Cause for joy (9)
FIRSTBORN
37 Across: Lebanon's ___ Gemayel (4)
AMIN
38 Across: Sky sight (5)
COMET
39 Across: Netman Nastase (4)
ILIE
40 Across: With 55 Across, more greetings (9)
MANYHAPPY
42 Across: Sampler's "God ___ Our Home" (5)
BLESS
43 Across: Silly one (3)
ASS
44 Across: Sri Lankan exports (6)
PEKOES
45 Across: Sentient (5)
AWARE
48 Across: Redolence (4)
ODOR
50 Across: "Ghosts" is one (5)
DRAMA
51 Across: Open to view (5)
OVERT
52 Across: Osprey's cousin (3)
ERN
55 Across: See 40 Across (15)
RETURNSOFTHEDAY
58 Across: Change of five (4)
ONES
59 Across: Columbus's state (4)
OHIO
60 Across: Cut (5)
SLICE
61 Across: Peel (4)
PARE
62 Across: Slosh through water (4)
WADE
63 Across: Let it stand (4)
STET

Down Answers

1 Down: NATO, e.g. (4)
PACT
2 Down: Shawm's descendant (4)
OBOE
3 Down: Mrs. Chaplin (4)
OONA
4 Down: Haul (3)
LUG
5 Down: Noted author of children's books (5)
ESTES
6 Down: Dull (5)
BLUNT
7 Down: ___ Ruler, Secretariat's sire (4)
BOLD
8 Down: Ems or Baden-Baden (3)
SPA
9 Down: Tear-jerker (5)
ONION
10 Down: Beast in "Northern Exposure" (5)
MOOSE
11 Down: Kind of tube (5)
INNER
12 Down: Polanski film (4)
TESS
14 Down: Emulate Gulliver (6)
TRAVEL
18 Down: Last word (4)
AMEN
19 Down: Namaycush, e.g. (5)
TROUT
24 Down: Endure (4)
LAST
25 Down: Actor Neeson (4)
LIAM
26 Down: Soprano Trentini (4)
EMMA
27 Down: Hear ___ drop (4)
APIN
28 Down: Just say no (4)
DENY
29 Down: Die side (4)
TREY
31 Down: Skipjacks (4)
FOPS
32 Down: Limb of the Devil (3)
IMP
33 Down: Swindle (4)
BILK
34 Down: Oil, in Olot (4)
OLEO
35 Down: Stevens of Met fame (4)
RISE
36 Down: Stack role (4)
NESS
38 Down: Example (4)
CASE
41 Down: Ethiopian city (5)
HARAR
42 Down: Pullman pads (6)
BERTHS
44 Down: Larboard (4)
PORT
45 Down: Market Square, e.g. (5)
ARENA
46 Down: Pitcher's burden (5)
WATER
47 Down: Entertain (5)
AMUSE
48 Down: Egg-shaped (5)
OVOID
49 Down: Creator of Moll Flanders (5)
DEFOE
50 Down: Dew or lemon follower (4)
DROP
51 Down: Labor Dept. branch (4)
OSHA
52 Down: Splice some shots (4)
EDIT
53 Down: Iditarod, e.g. (4)
RACE
54 Down: Russian veto (4)
NYET
56 Down: President Ireland's gp. (3)
NOW
57 Down: Sights in the Bx. (3)
ELS

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