Wednesday Crossword — February 14, 1996 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/14/1996. By C. Lundberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Practical joke (4)
JAPE
5 Across: Malice (5)
VENOM
10 Across: Opera house box (4)
LOGE
14 Across: Kind of history (4)
ORAL
15 Across: Southwest home (5)
ADOBE
16 Across: During (4)
AMID
17 Across: Cluckers (4)
HENS
18 Across: More than angry (5)
LIVID
19 Across: Rankle (4)
RILE
20 Across: What the N.B.A.'s Thurmond did in Lhasa, palindromically? (15)
NATEBITATIBETAN
23 Across: Gum unit (3)
WAD
24 Across: England's F.B.I. (3)
CID
25 Across: Bank statement entry (5)
DEBIT
28 Across: Pen name (3)
BIC
31 Across: Wackos (5)
KOOKS
35 Across: Big birds (4)
EMUS
36 Across: Threaten (6)
MENACE
38 Across: Logical prefix (3)
GEO
39 Across: Like Napoleon, palindromically? (15)
ABLEROFFFORELBA
42 Across: Itinerary section (3)
LEG
43 Across: Idolized (6)
ADORED
44 Across: Spring (4)
LEAP
45 Across: Rendezvous (5)
TRYST
47 Across: Di-Gel target (3)
GAS
48 Across: 80's top-rated TV star (5)
COSBY
49 Across: Winter woe, in Wittenberg (3)
EIS
51 Across: Ages and ages (3)
EON
52 Across: Wallop Nebraska tycoons, palindromically? (15)
SLUGOMAHAMOGULS
61 Across: Soup ingredient (4)
TOFU
62 Across: Buzzer (5)
ALARM
63 Across: Land east of the Urals (4)
ASIA
64 Across: Succulent plant (4)
ALOE
65 Across: Spread out (5)
SPLAY
66 Across: Seven-foot, e.g. (4)
TALL
67 Across: McCartney's instrument (4)
BASS
68 Across: Scornful cries (5)
HOOTS
69 Across: Small amphibians (4)
EFTS

Down Answers

1 Down: One of 21 popes (4)
JOHN
2 Down: Zone (4)
AREA
3 Down: Puff (4)
PANT
4 Down: Differently (8)
ELSEWISE
5 Down: Legal (5)
VALID
6 Down: Revise (4)
EDIT
7 Down: Bygone Chevy (4)
NOVA
8 Down: Notice of departure (4)
OBIT
9 Down: Front-line physician (5)
MEDIC
10 Down: Texas city on the Rio Grande (6)
LAREDO
11 Down: Elide (4)
OMIT
12 Down: Arizona river (4)
GILA
13 Down: Sir Anthony (4)
EDEN
21 Down: Be up (3)
BAT
22 Down: Cycle enthusiast (5)
BIKER
25 Down: Distributed (5)
DEALT
26 Down: Fire remnant (5)
EMBER
27 Down: Not flat (5)
BULGY
28 Down: Obscure (5)
BEFOG
29 Down: Prefix with red (5)
INFRA
30 Down: Sidewalk umbrella sites (5)
CAFES
32 Down: Eyes (5)
OGLES
33 Down: Shish___ (5)
KEBAB
34 Down: Needing a rinse (5)
SOAPY
36 Down: 60's fashion plate (3)
MOD
37 Down: Oil source (3)
COD
40 Down: 2:1, e.g. (5)
RATIO
41 Down: Stretch (8)
ELONGATE
46 Down: Transitions (6)
SEGUES
48 Down: Lover's sound (3)
COO
50 Down: Big hit (5)
SMASH
51 Down: September TV special, with "the" (5)
EMMYS
52 Down: Pierce (4)
STAB
53 Down: Gwen Verdon role (4)
LOLA
54 Down: Subjects of 58-Down investigations (4)
UFOS
55 Down: Rival rival (4)
ALPO
56 Down: Light ring (4)
HALO
57 Down: Smell___ (4)
ARAT
58 Down: Fliers' mil. branch (4)
USAF
59 Down: Sing with grace (4)
LILT
60 Down: Mineo and others (4)
SALS

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