Saturday Crossword — February 16, 1991 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 2/16/1991. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sandy beach (5)
- PLAGE
- 6 Across: Freebies (6)
- PASSES
- 12 Across: Dancer Pearl ___ (6)
- PRIMUS
- 13 Across: Chanteuse, e.g. (7)
- ARTISTE
- 15 Across: World Series team: 1975 (15)
- THEBOSTONREDSOX
- 17 Across: Kind of blank (5)
- ORDER
- 18 Across: "Toilers of the Sea" painter (5)
- RYDER
- 19 Across: "___ tu," Verdi aria (3)
- ERI
- 20 Across: Road lead-in (4)
- RAIL
- 21 Across: Attacks (5)
- HASAT
- 22 Across: " . . . with the blue ribbons ___" (4)
- ONIT
- 23 Across: Dos Passos work (3)
- USA
- 24 Across: Goes on a diet (5)
- BANTS
- 25 Across: Canadian Indians (5)
- CREES
- 26 Across: Fabric feature (8)
- SELVEDGE
- 28 Across: Bigwigs (5)
- BRASS
- 29 Across: Construe (9)
- INTERPRET
- 31 Across: Kin of lotto (5)
- BEANO
- 33 Across: Commandments (8)
- PRECEPTS
- 37 Across: Greek legislative assembly (5)
- BOULE
- 38 Across: Like a gale (5)
- BLOWY
- 39 Across: "Where—where slept thine ___": Keats (3)
- IRE
- 40 Across: Echidna fare (4)
- ANTS
- 41 Across: Serb and Croat (5)
- SLAVS
- 42 Across: Frown or scowl (4)
- LOUR
- 43 Across: Third-rate grade (3)
- CEE
- 44 Across: Glide or soar (5)
- PLANE
- 45 Across: Animals of a region (5)
- FAUNA
- 46 Across: Slugger for 15 Across (15)
- CARLYASTRZEMSKI
- 49 Across: "Be thou ___ of health . . . ": Hamlet (7)
- ASPIRIT
- 50 Across: Climbing peppers (6)
- BETELS
- 51 Across: Mount Saint ___, Wash. (6)
- HELENS
- 52 Across: Entangling; insidious (5)
- SNARY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Landed (7)
- PREDIAL
- 2 Down: Freedom-of-speech limit (5)
- LIBEL
- 3 Down: Valentine figure (4)
- AMOR
- 4 Down: NASA's Grissom (3)
- GUS
- 5 Down: Keep apart (8)
- ESTRANGE
- 6 Down: Washington Zoo pair (6)
- PANDAS
- 7 Down: Fiat cousin (5)
- ARRET
- 8 Down: Trick finish (4)
- STER
- 9 Down: Tom Sawyer's half brother (3)
- SID
- 10 Down: Scroll scribes (7)
- ESSENES
- 11 Down: Lardner products (7)
- STORIES
- 12 Down: Part of many a sentence (6)
- PHRASE
- 14 Down: Beltway signs (5)
- EXITS
- 15 Down: Doughnut, for one (5)
- TORUS
- 16 Down: Salsify (11)
- OYSTERPLANT
- 21 Down: "It ___ Be You," 1924 song (5)
- HADTO
- 22 Down: Be grandiloquent (5)
- ORATE
- 24 Down: Sesame (5)
- BENNE
- 25 Down: Where the longbow prevailed (5)
- CRECY
- 27 Down: Perfumery packaging (5)
- VIALS
- 28 Down: Concocts (5)
- BREWS
- 30 Down: Old Testament book (8)
- PROVERBS
- 31 Down: Pottery material (7)
- BONEASH
- 32 Down: Her symbol was a flute (7)
- EUTERPE
- 34 Down: In a devout way (7)
- PIOUSLY
- 35 Down: Baggage (6)
- TRUNKS
- 36 Down: Turkish inn (5)
- SERAI
- 37 Down: Any grape, banana, etc. (5)
- BACCA
- 38 Down: Denounces (6)
- BLASTS
- 41 Down: Done in (5)
- SLAIN
- 42 Down: Debussy opus (5)
- LAMER
- 44 Down: This stack'll crackle (4)
- PYRE
- 45 Down: Greek goat cheese (4)
- FETA
- 47 Down: Diamond ___ (3)
- LIL
- 48 Down: Form of Buddhism (3)
- ZEN
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