Friday Crossword — August 6, 1993 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/6/1993. By Bill Polvogt.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Jeopardy (4)
RISK
5 Across: Bearcat (5)
PANDA
10 Across: Tarzan's companions (4)
APES
14 Across: Ambition (10)
ASPIRATION
16 Across: Tey's "___ Farrar" (4)
BRAT
17 Across: Diplomatic agent (15)
PLENIPOTENTIARY
19 Across: Jiff (3)
SEC
20 Across: Feeler (4)
PALP
21 Across: Ancient Roman magistrate (6)
AEDILE
22 Across: Tire mount (3)
RIM
24 Across: Slight (4)
SLIM
26 Across: Dry: Comb. form (3)
XER
27 Across: Bulgaria's capital (5)
SOFIA
29 Across: Plant disease (4)
SCAB
31 Across: Riverbank, in Roma (4)
RIPA
34 Across: Espials (6)
EYINGS
36 Across: Hamburger magnate (4)
KROC
38 Across: Cosmological unit of time (3)
EON
39 Across: Gofers (7)
LACKEYS
41 Across: Giant statues (7)
COLOSSI
43 Across: Math course (3)
ALG
44 Across: Con game (4)
SCAM
46 Across: Fines (6)
MULCTS
47 Across: Chervil or parsley (4)
HERB
49 Across: Parts of psyches (4)
EGOS
51 Across: German mystic: 1575-1624 (5)
BOHME
52 Across: Land measure (3)
ARE
54 Across: With the bow, to Muti (4)
ARCO
56 Across: Egg ___ yong (3)
FOO
57 Across: Fine smoke (6)
HAVANA
60 Across: Kalahari's Mongolian cousin (4)
GOBI
62 Across: Mouths (3)
ORA
64 Across: Auto couplings (15)
UNIVERSALJOINTS
67 Across: Starbuck on the Pequod (4)
MATE
68 Across: Novices (10)
TENDERFEET
69 Across: "The ___ the limit!" (4)
SKYS
70 Across: Leavening (5)
YEAST
71 Across: Humorist Bombeck (4)
ERMA

Down Answers

1 Down: Criticizes (4)
RAPS
2 Down: National park in Lake Superior (10)
ISLEROYALE
3 Down: Relative density (15)
SPECIFICGRAVITY
4 Down: Relations (3)
KIN
5 Down: Actress from Greece (5)
PAPAS
6 Down: Lagoon sites (6)
ATOLLS
7 Down: Quibble (7)
NITPICK
8 Down: Female lagomorph (3)
DOE
9 Down: O'Neill's Christie (4)
ANNA
10 Down: Tolerant one (6)
ABIDER
11 Down: Pioneer's wagon (15)
PRAIRIESCHOONER
12 Down: Fatha Hines (4)
EARL
13 Down: Chalazion (4)
STYE
15 Down: Split apart (3)
RIP
18 Down: Bandleader Beneke (3)
TEX
23 Down: Type of ranch (4)
MINK
25 Down: Kind of brandy (4)
MARC
27 Down: Word used in Psalms (5)
SELAH
28 Down: Grows old (4)
AGES
30 Down: Thrive (4)
BOOM
32 Down: After-the-fact discussion (10)
POSTMORTEM
33 Down: Liqueur flavoring (5)
ANISE
35 Down: Stable attendant, in India (4)
SYCE
37 Down: Truncheon (4)
CLUB
40 Down: "Volsunga ___" (4)
SAGA
42 Down: ___ Palme, former P.M. of Sweden (4)
OLOF
45 Down: Fata ___ (7)
MORGANA
48 Down: Meets head-on (6)
BRAVES
50 Down: Upbraids (6)
SCOLDS
53 Down: Opposite of WSW (3)
ENE
55 Down: ___ d'art (5)
OBJET
57 Down: Bombinates (4)
HUMS
58 Down: Blblical giant (4)
ANAK
59 Down: Pseudo-esthetic (4)
ARTY
61 Down: Super finale (3)
IOR
63 Down: The Charles's pet (4)
ASTA
65 Down: Holy ___, at Rome (3)
SEE
66 Down: Nigerian city (3)
IFE

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