Thursday Crossword — September 17, 1992 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/17/1992. By Robert Katz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Out of harm's way (4)
SAFE
5 Across: Fin fifth (4)
BUCK
9 Across: "___ lay me down . . . " (4)
NOWI
13 Across: Jai chaser (4)
ALAI
14 Across: Not this (5)
OTHER
16 Across: So be it (4)
AMEN
17 Across: Half a prison (4)
SING
18 Across: Love, in Lucca (5)
AMORE
19 Across: Adolescent (4)
TEEN
20 Across: Potato words (15)
HASHBROWNSCHIPS
23 Across: Hardy heroine (4)
TESS
24 Across: Done ___ turn (3)
TOA
25 Across: Rate (5)
MERIT
28 Across: Keyboard key (3)
TAB
31 Across: Growls (5)
GNARS
35 Across: Awn (6)
ARISTA
37 Across: Louis or Henri (3)
ROI
39 Across: A brother of Curly (3)
MOE
40 Across: Potato words (15)
MASHEDLYONNAISE
44 Across: Had a bite (3)
ATE
45 Across: Juno, e.g. (3)
DEA
46 Across: Garfield's treat (6)
CATNIP
47 Across: More irate (5)
SORER
50 Across: Reply to a ques. (3)
ANS
52 Across: Some Siouans (5)
OTOES
53 Across: "Neither a borrower ___ . . . ": Shak. (3)
NOR
55 Across: Robin Cook title (4)
COMA
57 Across: Potato words (15)
SPUDTATERMICKEY
65 Across: Not taped (4)
LIVE
66 Across: Street show (5)
RAREE
67 Across: Possess (4)
HAVE
68 Across: Draft status (4)
ONEA
69 Across: Hashemite capital (5)
AMMAN
70 Across: Organic compound (4)
ENOL
71 Across: Attire (4)
WEAR
72 Across: Jacks of clubs (4)
PAMS
73 Across: Far from shallow (4)
DEEP

Down Answers

1 Down: Obi, e.g. (4)
SASH
2 Down: Saturn attachment (4)
ALIA
3 Down: Punkahs (4)
FANS
4 Down: Popular date time, more or less (8)
EIGHTISH
5 Down: These are often wild (5)
BOARS
6 Down: The tops (6)
UTMOST
7 Down: Mess fare (4)
CHOW
8 Down: Songsmith Jerome (4)
KERN
9 Down: Hale or Detroit (6)
NATHAN
10 Down: Chinese sacred mountain (4)
OMEI
11 Down: Act like a willow? (4)
WEEP
12 Down: Motels' ancestors (4)
INNS
15 Down: Caesura (4)
REST
21 Down: Midler or Davis (5)
BETTE
22 Down: Machine part (3)
COG
25 Down: Maternal appellations (5)
MAMAS
26 Down: Sappho's Muse (5)
ERATO
27 Down: Stair part (5)
RISER
29 Down: Indo-European (5)
ARYAN
30 Down: Call of the riled (3)
BOO
32 Down: Acid type (5)
AMINO
33 Down: W.W. II riveter (5)
ROSIE
34 Down: Oozes (5)
SEEPS
36 Down: Use a calculator (3)
ADD
38 Down: "Airways, ___ ": Dos Passos (3)
INC
41 Down: Greensward (3)
LEA
42 Down: One of the Judds (5)
NAOMI
43 Down: Tied on (8)
ATTACHED
48 Down: Ingratiate (6)
ENDEAR
49 Down: Go bad (3)
ROT
51 Down: Shriek (6)
SCREAM
54 Down: ___ avis (4)
RARA
56 Down: Signs (5)
OMENS
57 Down: Off-ramp warning (4)
SLOW
58 Down: Pulpwood source (4)
PINE
59 Down: Eye part (4)
UVEA
60 Down: Pack down (4)
TAMP
61 Down: Author Bombeck (4)
ERMA
62 Down: Welles role (4)
KANE
63 Down: Bacchanalian cry (4)
EVOE
64 Down: Canine protest (4)
YELP

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