Thursday Crossword — September 10, 1992 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/10/1992. By Reginald L. Johnson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Perspiration unit (4)
BEAD
5 Across: Kind of duty (5)
CIVIC
10 Across: Soviet fighter plane (3)
MIG
13 Across: The top (4)
ACME
14 Across: Peaceful harmony (5)
AMITY
15 Across: Lode load (3)
ORE
16 Across: Sweet dream re Bullwinkle? (14)
CHOCOLATEMOOSE
19 Across: It consists of 114 suras (5)
KORAN
20 Across: Kasparov ploy (6)
GAMBIT
21 Across: Guitar predecessor (4)
LUTE
23 Across: Gal of song (3)
SAL
24 Across: Biol. or phys. (3)
SCI
27 Across: A subject of puns herein (7)
DESSERT
30 Across: They're more than pint-sized (6)
LITERS
32 Across: It's beaten by a birdie (3)
PAR
33 Across: Run amok (4)
RIOT
35 Across: Object of contemplation during omphaloskepsis (5)
NAVEL
36 Across: Geometrician's sweet dream? (15)
LEMONMERINGUEPI
40 Across: Novelist Zola (5)
EMILE
41 Across: First ruler of the Slavs (4)
SAMO
42 Across: Dem.'s rival (3)
REP
43 Across: Secured (6)
BONDED
45 Across: Flower people (7)
HIPPIES
48 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
ENE
49 Across: Venus or Minerva (3)
DEA
51 Across: Cherished animal? (4)
DEER
52 Across: Waterlogged (6)
SODDEN
54 Across: Aptly named author (5)
READE
58 Across: Clergyman's sweet dream? (14)
HOTFUDGESUNDAY
61 Across: "___ voce poco fa," Rossini aria (3)
UNA
62 Across: Leave off (5)
CEASE
63 Across: De Valera's land (4)
EIRE
64 Across: Court-imposed order (3)
GAG
65 Across: German painter Max ___ (5)
ERNST
66 Across: Jeanne d'Arc et al. (4)
STES

Down Answers

1 Down: Endorse (4)
BACK
2 Down: Canyon iteration (4)
ECHO
3 Down: Bow-wielding infant (4)
AMOR
4 Down: Bumper adornments (6)
DECALS
5 Down: Ripkin of the Orioles (3)
CAL
6 Down: Figurative descriptions (9)
IMAGERIES
7 Down: "La Dolce ___," 1960 film (4)
VITA
8 Down: List entries (5)
ITEMS
9 Down: A ringer for Ringo (6)
CYMBAL
10 Down: Debatable (4)
MOOT
11 Down: Apr. collector (3)
IRS
12 Down: Haw's opposite (3)
GEE
17 Down: Responsibility (4)
ONUS
18 Down: Bodybuilder's preshow activity (6)
OILING
22 Down: Six years, for Bentsen (4)
TERM
24 Down: Draconian (6)
SEVERE
25 Down: Suzette's creations? (6)
CREPES
26 Down: L.I. town (5)
ISLIP
27 Down: Subordinate deity (6)
DAEMON
28 Down: One of the weasels (6)
ERMINE
29 Down: Pentateuch (5)
TORAH
31 Down: Kind of cross (3)
TAU
32 Down: Eisenhower, in 1911 (5)
PLEBE
34 Down: Quality of 51 Across (9)
TIMIDNESS
37 Down: Stale (3)
OLD
38 Down: "All men have ___ the gods": Homer (6)
NEEDOF
39 Down: Slangy denial (4)
NOPE
44 Down: Glean (6)
DEDUCE
46 Down: Llama land (4)
PERU
47 Down: Dunne and Cara (6)
IRENES
50 Down: Summer snake? (5)
ADDER
52 Down: Unaccompanied (4)
STAG
53 Down: Former governor of Alaska (4)
EGAN
55 Down: Mine access (4)
ADIT
56 Down: Bell the cat (4)
DARE
57 Down: Windows of the soul (4)
EYES
58 Down: Hold like a bear (3)
HUG
59 Down: "___ Clear Day" (3)
ONA
60 Down: Harden (3)
SET

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