Tuesday Crossword — May 14, 1996 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/14/1996. By G. E. Paul.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mideast ship (5)
OILER
6 Across: Garden smoother (4)
RAKE
10 Across: Peepers (4)
EYES
14 Across: Siesta sound (5)
SNORE
15 Across: Dining sites (4)
INNS
16 Across: Stubborn one (4)
MULE
17 Across: Future oak (5)
ACORN
18 Across: Of old poetry (4)
ODIC
19 Across: Author Harte (4)
BRET
20 Across: Talk, talk, talk (3)
YAK
21 Across: 1985 Streep/Redford film (11)
OUTOFAFRICA
24 Across: Overlook (4)
OMIT
26 Across: Pass on (5)
RELAY
27 Across: Ring figure (7)
REFEREE
30 Across: Pledge (6)
AVOWAL
34 Across: Island in New York Harbor (5)
ELLIS
35 Across: Fruit container (5)
CRATE
38 Across: Annual deposit: Abbr. (3)
IRA
39 Across: North Carolina college (4)
ELON
40 Across: Tinge (5)
SHADE
41 Across: Trim (4)
SNIP
42 Across: Fifty-four, to Flavius (3)
LIV
43 Across: Leaf aperture (5)
STOMA
44 Across: Carbonated drinks (5)
SODAS
45 Across: Have underlying anger (6)
SEETHE
47 Across: "La Desserte" artist (7)
MATISSE
49 Across: Caught on the ranch (5)
ROPED
52 Across: Hawaiian tuber (4)
TARO
53 Across: William Bendix 50's sitcom, with "The" (11)
LIFEOFRILEY
57 Across: Home loan grp. (3)
FHA
60 Across: Stratford's river (4)
AVON
61 Across: "Just this___..." (4)
ONCE
62 Across: Deere product (5)
MOWER
64 Across: Sighting from the crow's-nest (4)
LAND
65 Across: Singer Coolidge (4)
RITA
66 Across: Hip (5)
AWARE
67 Across: First name on "60 Minutes" (4)
ANDY
68 Across: College official (4)
DEAN
69 Across: Social misfits (5)
NERDS

Down Answers

1 Down: National anthem start (4)
OSAY
2 Down: Old Peruvian (4)
INCA
3 Down: "Casino Royale" song, with "The" (10)
LOOKOFLOVE
4 Down: Go off course (3)
ERR
5 Down: Some Impressionist paintings (7)
RENOIRS
6 Down: Supreme comedy (4)
RIOT
7 Down: Combination conjunction (5)
ANDOR
8 Down: Scalpel (5)
KNIFE
9 Down: Step up (8)
ESCALATE
10 Down: First stage (6)
EMBRYO
11 Down: Soviet leader Andropov (4)
YURI
12 Down: T.V.A. output: Abbr. (4)
ELEC
13 Down: ___good example (4)
SETA
22 Down: Opponent of Kit Carson (3)
UTE
23 Down: Grooviest one (4)
FAVE
25 Down: "Don't Fence___" (4)
MEIN
27 Down: Bobbins (5)
REELS
28 Down: Mayberry druggist (5)
ELLIE
29 Down: Chamber sound (4)
ECHO
31 Down: Herman Wouk novel, with "The" (10)
WINDSOFWAR
32 Down: Divas' songs (5)
ARIAS
33 Down: Backslide (5)
LAPSE
36 Down: Butt (3)
RAM
37 Down: West of Hollywood (4)
ADAM
40 Down: Ira Levin's "The___Wives" (8)
STEPFORD
41 Down: Evian evening (4)
SOIR
43 Down: "Buzz off!" (4)
SHOO
44 Down: ___convention, in bridge (7)
STAYMAN
46 Down: Chic (6)
TRENDY
48 Down: Noshed (3)
ATE
50 Down: Cartoonist Bushmiller (5)
ERNIE
51 Down: Mandates (5)
DICTA
53 Down: Carol syllables (4)
LALA
54 Down: Wall Street's Boesky (4)
IVAN
55 Down: Adoring, with "of" (4)
FOND
56 Down: Mrs. Sprat's no-no (4)
LEAN
58 Down: Grazing group (4)
HERD
59 Down: Greek Mars (4)
ARES
63 Down: Have bills (3)
OWE

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