Thursday Crossword — August 31, 1995 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 8/31/1995. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Winter workers (9)
SHOVELERS
10 Across: Woodsy area (5)
GLADE
15 Across: Place for the self-serving (9)
CAFETERIA
16 Across: Alternative to a Movado (5)
ROLEX
17 Across: Projects, in a way (9)
OVERHANGS
18 Across: Gulf of ____ (5)
AQABA
19 Across: Tint again (5)
REDYE
20 Across: Group (4)
HERD
22 Across: ____ de plume (3)
NOM
23 Across: Hot time in Paris (3)
ETE
24 Across: What a commuter mustn't miss (7)
LASTBUS
27 Across: Cuckoo (3)
ANI
28 Across: Underworld figures (4)
DONS
30 Across: Take a risk (5)
BETON
31 Across: Caramel-topped dessert (4)
FLAN
32 Across: Disney pooch (5)
PLUTO
34 Across: Sad Sack's girlfriend, in the comics (5)
SADIE
35 Across: Direct (15)
STRAIGHTFORWARD
40 Across: "...____ from our sponsor" (5)
AWORD
41 Across: Wore (5)
HADON
42 Across: Miss out on a prize (4)
LOSE
43 Across: Schiller's "____ Joy" (5)
ODETO
45 Across: Fast fliers (4)
SSTS
49 Across: Wolfed down (3)
ATE
50 Across: Some soon-to-be marrieds (7)
ELOPERS
52 Across: Designate (3)
TAP
53 Across: ____ good turn (3)
DOA
54 Across: Samoan port, if repeated (4)
PAGO
55 Across: Heavy clay (5)
ADOBE
57 Across: One-time Reagan co-star (5)
BONZO
59 Across: Woman's magazine founded in 1989 (9)
MIRABELLA
62 Across: Wing (5)
ANNEX
63 Across: "Sugar Babies" star (9)
ANNMILLER
64 Across: Frail (5)
REEDY
65 Across: Like some tableware (9)
STAINLESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Went home (6)
SCORED
2 Down: Must (6)
HAVETO
3 Down: "East ____" (6)
OFEDEN
4 Down: To a high degree (4)
VERY
5 Down: Mertz or Merman (5)
ETHEL
6 Down: Grazing area (3)
LEA
7 Down: Directional suffix (3)
ERN
8 Down: Direct (15)
RIGHTTOTHEPOINT
9 Down: Southwest Japanese port (6)
SASEBO
10 Down: Last year's srs. (5)
GRADS
11 Down: He speaks: Lat. abbr. (3)
LOQ
12 Down: "The Four Seasons" director (8)
ALANALDA
13 Down: Cary Grant-like (8)
DEBONAIR
14 Down: Grilled (8)
EXAMINED
21 Down: Part of a dog pound (3)
RUN
25 Down: Put ____ in one's ear (4)
ABUG
26 Down: Dickens's Pecksniff (4)
SETH
29 Down: Replacement item (5)
SPARE
31 Down: Babes in the woods (5)
FAWNS
33 Down: Pot top (3)
LID
34 Down: Sign of success (3)
SRO
35 Down: Restaurant feature (8)
SALADBAR
36 Down: Fairly solid, as odds (8)
TWOTOONE
37 Down: Emmy-winning comedienne (8)
ROSEANNE
38 Down: Lot (4)
FATE
39 Down: Repute (4)
ODOR
43 Down: Spanish wave (3)
OLA
44 Down: Beliefs (6)
DOGMAS
46 Down: Aussie tennis champ Fred (6)
STOLLE
47 Down: Turn the ____ (6)
TABLES
48 Down: Tridents (6)
SPEARS
50 Down: Sticky stuff (5)
EPOXY
51 Down: Vaccine developer (5)
SABIN
56 Down: Secluded spot (4)
DELL
58 Down: British finale (3)
ZED
60 Down: Ribosomal ____ (3)
RNA
61 Down: "____ Blue?" (1929 hit) (3)
AMI

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