Friday Crossword — July 9, 1993 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/9/1993. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Treats brutally (7)
SAVAGES
8 Across: Sun deflector (7)
PARASOL
15 Across: One of the buttercups (7)
ANEMONE
16 Across: Disposed to love (7)
AMATIVE
17 Across: Ill-fated liner: 1912 (7)
TITANIC
18 Across: Certain carriers (7)
POSTMEN
19 Across: Hemsley sitcom (4)
AMEN
20 Across: Laundry machine (5)
DRIER
22 Across: Mystery writer Catherine (4)
AIRD
23 Across: V.P. under G.R.F. (3)
NAR
24 Across: Commit a solecism (3)
ERR
25 Across: Old Gynt's widow (3)
ASE
26 Across: Slanted type: Abbr. (4)
ITAL
28 Across: Overpriced (5)
STEEP
30 Across: Lollapalooza (4)
ONER
31 Across: Retreat house (7)
CENACLE
33 Across: Lunch and brunch (7)
REPASTS
35 Across: "___ Hear a Waltz?" (3)
DOI
36 Across: Thames islet (3)
AIT
37 Across: Element's degree of combining power (7)
VALENCE
41 Across: Early Allen film (7)
SLEEPER
45 Across: Swedish politician-historian: 1848-1900 (4)
ALIN
46 Across: Deportee (5)
EXILE
48 Across: Vic's radio wife (4)
SADE
49 Across: Hoosegow (3)
CAN
50 Across: "Israfel" poet (3)
POE
51 Across: Schisgal play (3)
LUV
52 Across: Former labor leader (4)
ABEL
54 Across: Establish (5)
FOUND
56 Across: Spots (4)
LOCI
57 Across: Dishes in Durango (7)
TAMALES
59 Across: Proceeding by 10's (7)
DECIMAL
61 Across: Spring (7)
EMANATE
62 Across: Try to equal (7)
EMULATE
63 Across: Petted; pampered (7)
DANDLED
64 Across: Like Bush and Reagan (7)
RETIRED

Down Answers

1 Down: Rushdie's "___ Verses" (7)
SATANIC
2 Down: Work on "Aladdin" (7)
ANIMATE
3 Down: Experienced (7)
VETERAN
4 Down: To ___ (100%) (4)
AMAN
5 Down: Ending with deca or nona (3)
GON
6 Down: Writer Bagnold (4)
ENID
7 Down: Conceal (7)
SECRETE
8 Down: Hanger of a sort (7)
PAPERER
9 Down: Ovid's god of love (4)
AMOR
10 Down: Headland (3)
RAS
11 Down: Sweetsop (4)
ATTA
12 Down: Pongids (7)
SIMIANS
13 Down: Throw into confusion (7)
OVERSET
14 Down: Usurers, e.g. (7)
LENDERS
21 Down: Choler (3)
IRE
27 Down: Like a backpacker (5)
LADEN
28 Down: Azinger gaffe (5)
SLICE
29 Down: Painter Charles, James, or Rembrandt (5)
PEALE
30 Down: A Bruins star (5)
OATES
32 Down: Deceive (3)
CON
34 Down: Baseball's Traynor (3)
PIE
37 Down: Withdrew from occupancy (7)
VACATED
38 Down: Award-winning music group (7)
ALABAMA
39 Down: Alex Karras, once (7)
LINEMAN
40 Down: In the open (7)
EXPOSED
41 Down: Svelte (7)
SLENDER
42 Down: Observatory near San Diego (7)
PALOMAR
43 Down: Inform in detail (7)
EDUCATE
44 Down: Excoriated (7)
REVILED
47 Down: Sign of debt (3)
IOU
53 Down: Cry from a crow's-nest (4)
LAND
54 Down: Honor at a gala (4)
FETE
55 Down: Close-bred community (4)
DEME
56 Down: Actress Damita (4)
LILI
58 Down: Indian poet P. ___ (3)
LAL
60 Down: ___ and run (leave in haste) (3)
CUT

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