Saturday Crossword — April 18, 1992 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 4/18/1992. By Ronald C. Hirschfeld.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Actress Rita (3)
GAM
4 Across: ___ Act: 1765 (5)
STAMP
9 Across: Iron-casting molds (4)
PIGS
13 Across: Paleozoic and Mesozoic (4)
ERAS
15 Across: Deed recipient (5)
OWNER
16 Across: Author of "How Children Learn" (4)
HOLT
17 Across: Earthy deposit (4)
MARL
18 Across: Razorback (5)
RIDGE
19 Across: "___ penny, two a penny . . . " (4)
ONEA
20 Across: Tip O'Neill was one (7)
SPEAKER
22 Across: Contrite person's activity (7)
ATONING
24 Across: Blab (13)
SPILLTHEBEANS
26 Across: Meteorological devices (6)
SONDES
28 Across: He fought with Custer (4)
RENO
29 Across: Paragon (5)
IDEAL
30 Across: Salad plants (9)
PURSLANES
35 Across: Smooth: Comb. form (4)
LISS
36 Across: Imitation jewelry (5)
PASTE
37 Across: "Honor is a ___ scutcheon": Shak. (4)
MERE
38 Across: Berlin's "Puttin' ___" (9)
ONTHERITZ
40 Across: Up to this time (5)
SOFAR
41 Across: Mislay (4)
LOSE
42 Across: Vicar's deputy (6)
CURATE
43 Across: Neat condition (13)
APPLEPIEORDER
48 Across: Dashing elegance (7)
PANACHE
49 Across: More piquant (7)
ZESTIER
52 Across: Pipe part (4)
STEM
53 Across: Kind of grease (5)
ELBOW
55 Across: Soliloquy starter (4)
TOBE
56 Across: Live ___ (have a ball) (4)
ITUP
57 Across: Replicate, in a way (5)
CLONE
58 Across: Cather's "One of ___" (4)
OURS
59 Across: Admiral who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1921 (4)
SIMS
60 Across: Sing like a Tyrolean (5)
YODEL
61 Across: Tosspot (3)
SOT

Down Answers

1 Down: Jade and jasper (4)
GEMS
2 Down: Not give ___ (4)
ARAP
3 Down: Hoax (9)
MARESNEST
4 Down: Male fallow deer (6)
SORELS
5 Down: Spin (5)
TWIRL
6 Down: Song in "A Chorus Line" (3)
AND
7 Down: Unit of frequency (9)
MEGAHERTZ
8 Down: Artifice (8)
PRETENSE
9 Down: Call (5)
PHONE
10 Down: Where Ephesus was located (5)
IONIA
11 Down: Close from Greenwich (5)
GLENN
12 Down: Red deer (5)
STAGS
14 Down: Slipshod (8)
SLAPDASH
21 Down: Canal between the Baltic and North Seas (4)
KIEL
23 Down: Ancient Greek coin (4)
OBOL
25 Down: College president's overseer (7)
TRUSTEE
26 Down: Home for a missile (4)
SILO
27 Down: Lord of Asgard (4)
ODIN
30 Down: Composer of "The Barber of Seville" before Rossini (9)
PAISIELLO
31 Down: Infant cupid (8)
AMORETTO
32 Down: Extremely wicked (9)
NEFARIOUS
33 Down: Part of Q.E.D. (4)
ERAT
34 Down: Desiccated (4)
SERE
36 Down: Apocalyptic revelation (8)
PROPHECY
39 Down: An interest of T.A.E. (4)
ELEC
40 Down: Beer, colloquially (4)
SUDS
42 Down: Yarn for embroidery (6)
CREWEL
43 Down: Moon's apogee or perigee (5)
APSIS
44 Down: Singer LuPone (5)
PATTI
45 Down: Respiration: Comb. form (5)
PNEUM
46 Down: Lucigens (5)
LAMPS
47 Down: Refreshing air (5)
OZONE
50 Down: River in Spain (4)
EBRO
51 Down: Musical pause (4)
REST
54 Down: Fellow: Brit. (3)
BOD

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