Friday Crossword — March 1, 1996 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 3/1/1996. By Charles E. Gersch.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Microwaveable meal (8)
TVDINNER
9 Across: Reach (5)
GETAT
14 Across: Card game also called schnautz (9)
THIRTYONE
15 Across: Nellie Forbush's "South Pacific" love (5)
EMILE
16 Across: Environmentalist's activity (9)
RECYCLING
17 Across: Continued (5)
RANON
18 Across: Pierre's soul (3)
AME
19 Across: Car engine part (4)
HOSE
20 Across: Something much watched (6)
WEIGHT
21 Across: Hoover Dam loc. (3)
NEV
22 Across: "___blue-bell or streamer" (Poe poem start) (5)
NEATH
24 Across: Ancestress of six tribes of Israel (4)
LEAH
25 Across: Does a dog trick (6)
SPEAKS
28 Across: Subject of a certain code (5)
DRESS
30 Across: Stick one's___ (meddle) (5)
OARIN
31 Across: "It's___thing!" (5)
ASURE
32 Across: Detroit inits. (3)
GMC
35 Across: 1939 Jimmy Stewart role (7)
MRSMITH
37 Across: Holiday decoration (7)
MENORAH
39 Across: Jamaican music (3)
SKA
40 Across: Win completely (5)
SWEEP
42 Across: 1970 World's Fair site (5)
OSAKA
43 Across: Flimflammer (5)
CHEAT
44 Across: Detective, often (6)
TRACER
45 Across: Wound (4)
GASH
48 Across: First name in dance (5)
ADELE
50 Across: Add-on (3)
ELL
51 Across: Slight improvement (6)
UPTICK
53 Across: Delaware Senator William (4)
ROTH
55 Across: Never, in Nurnberg (3)
NIE
56 Across: "If I Were___Man" ("Fiddler" tune) (5)
ARICH
57 Across: Collection of a sort (9)
ANTHOLOGY
59 Across: Home for Hadrian (5)
VILLA
60 Across: Lines at a stadium? (9)
BASEPATHS
61 Across: Take up, e.g. (5)
ALTER
62 Across: Jazz band part (8)
CLARINET

Down Answers

1 Down: Disney venture (9)
THEMEPARK
2 Down: The opposite (9)
VICEVERSA
3 Down: Like Rioja wine (3)
DRY
4 Down: Yen (4)
ITCH
5 Down: These may run while you walk (6)
NYLONS
6 Down: Brattle (5)
NOISE
7 Down: Supreme Courts, e.g. (7)
ENNEADS
8 Down: Std. (3)
REG
9 Down: "Power" star, 1986 (4)
GERE
10 Down: Writes modern-style (6)
EMAILS
11 Down: Small amount (5)
TINGE
12 Down: Farewell (5)
ALOHA
13 Down: Tin anniversary (5)
TENTH
14 Down: Some windows (8)
TRANSOMS
20 Down: Invitation heading (5)
WHERE
23 Down: Surpass (5)
TRUMP
26 Down: Rifleman's second in command? (3)
AIM
27 Down: Deli delicacy (5)
KNISH
29 Down: ___Wences of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (5)
SENOR
31 Down: Onward (5)
AHEAD
32 Down: Musical embellishment (9)
GRACENOTE
33 Down: Belittle, with "of" (9)
MAKELIGHT
34 Down: Brandon Thomas play "___Aunt" (8)
CHARLEYS
36 Down: Pinch (5)
TWEAK
38 Down: ___Mayor (Spanish Big Dipper) (3)
OSA
41 Down: God, with "the" (7)
ETERNAL
43 Down: Chewing gum base (6)
CHICLE
44 Down: Restrain (6)
TETHER
45 Down: Fruit jelly source (5)
GUAVA
46 Down: Shower time (5)
APRIL
47 Down: Pink-legged bird (5)
STILT
49 Down: "___luck!" (5)
LOTSA
52 Down: Scorch (4)
CHAR
54 Down: Tribe whose name means "peaceful" (4)
HOPI
57 Down: Epitome of simplicity (3)
ABC
58 Down: The year, in Paris (3)
LAN

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