Saturday Crossword — February 4, 1989 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/4/1989. By Robert Katz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: In ___ (having trouble) (4)
AJAM
5 Across: Not up and around (4)
ABED
9 Across: Tempo (4)
PACE
13 Across: Part of a golf club (4)
SOLE
14 Across: Navajo, historically (5)
NOMAD
16 Across: Opposite of apterous (4)
ALAR
17 Across: Hitchcockian staircase? (15)
THIRTYNINESTEPS
20 Across: Walking ___ (elated) (5)
ONAIR
21 Across: Sergeant's forte (5)
DRILL
22 Across: Large shoe width (3)
EEE
23 Across: Chest chaser (3)
NUT
25 Across: Duel starter (4)
SLAP
27 Across: Lighthouse chamber? (14)
AROOMWITHAVIEW
34 Across: Where to see olas (3)
MAR
35 Across: Graph initiator (4)
PARA
36 Across: Leaf angle (4)
AXIL
38 Across: TV role for Sonny Shroyer (4)
ENOS
40 Across: Yugoslav group (5)
SERBS
43 Across: A predecessor of Checkers (4)
FALA
44 Across: Zola title (4)
NANA
45 Across: The ___, Epsom downs race (4)
OAKS
47 Across: Quarter of DCIV (3)
CLI
48 Across: Hellman's stash? (14)
TOYSINTHEATTIC
53 Across: A year in Napoli (4)
ANNO
54 Across: Arafat's org. (3)
PLO
55 Across: Saharan garb (3)
ABA
58 Across: Emulates Charles Dudley Warner (5)
EDITS
61 Across: Thud's kin (5)
SPLAT
65 Across: Adlerian distinction? (with "A") (15)
HOUSEISNOTAHOME
68 Across: Dynamic beginning (4)
AERO
69 Across: Vulcan's workshop (5)
AETNA
70 Across: This may lead to lead (4)
ADIT
71 Across: Park of N.H.L. fame (4)
BRAD
72 Across: Heathrow arrivals (4)
SSTS
73 Across: A waiter for no man (4)
TIDE

Down Answers

1 Down: In re (4)
ASTO
2 Down: Silver coined by R.L.S. (4)
JOHN
3 Down: Former Jordanian queen (4)
ALIA
4 Down: Yarn originally spun in Spain (6)
MERINO
5 Down: Whatever (3)
ANY
6 Down: "M" associate (4)
BOND
7 Down: Eastern ruler (4)
EMIR
8 Down: Breakfast order (6)
DANISH
9 Down: One way to stand (3)
PAT
10 Down: Away from gusts (4)
ALEE
11 Down: Balenciaga creation (4)
CAPE
12 Down: Irish Gaelic (4)
ERSE
15 Down: Lucia ___ Robbia, sculptor (5)
DELLA
18 Down: A big dealer (5)
TRUMP
19 Down: Pole, e.g. (4)
SLAV
24 Down: "___ the night . . . " (4)
TWAS
26 Down: Memorable Edith (4)
PIAF
27 Down: The last word in churches (4)
AMEN
28 Down: Attacked (5)
RANAT
29 Down: University of Me. town (5)
ORONO
30 Down: Pique at its peak (3)
IRE
31 Down: Mystic card (5)
TAROT
32 Down: Require (5)
EXACT
33 Down: "___ set up my everlasting rest": Shak. (5)
WILLI
37 Down: Not of the cloth (4)
LAIC
39 Down: Philippine skirt (4)
SAYA
41 Down: Tchu! (3)
BAH
42 Down: Straw beehive (4)
SKEP
46 Down: Hot sauce (5)
SALSA
49 Down: Old dagger (4)
SNEE
50 Down: Kipling was here (5)
INDIA
51 Down: Some pollutants (6)
NOISES
52 Down: Astaire-Rogers hit (6)
TOPHAT
55 Down: Jezebel's husband (4)
AHAB
56 Down: One of the wars (4)
BOER
57 Down: Charisma's cousin (4)
AURA
59 Down: Explosives (4)
TNTS
60 Down: A form of être (4)
SONT
62 Down: Napoleonic battle site: 1796 (4)
LODI
63 Down: Right in there (4)
AMID
64 Down: Place for a beret (4)
TETE
66 Down: Material for a permanent igloo (3)
SOD
67 Down: Londoners' grateful words (3)
TAS

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