Monday Crossword — May 20, 1996 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/20/1996. By G. E. Paul.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Droops (4)
SAGS
5 Across: Dutch engineerig feat (4)
DIKE
9 Across: Capital on the Seine (5)
PARIS
14 Across: Prefix with port or pad (4)
HELI
15 Across: Spew (4)
EMIT
16 Across: Separately (5)
APART
17 Across: Historic periods (4)
ERAS
18 Across: New Year's Eve figure (10)
FATHERTIME
20 Across: Machine for removing cloth waste (6)
LINTER
22 Across: Chinese: Prefix (4)
SINO
23 Across: Forty winks (3)
NAP
24 Across: Make a___case of (7)
FEDERAL
26 Across: Not windy (4)
CALM
28 Across: Of kings and queens (5)
ROYAL
30 Across: Cried like a Siamese (6)
MEOWED
34 Across: "Philadelphia" star Tom (5)
HANKS
37 Across: Kemo___ (the Lone Ranger) (4)
SABE
39 Across: Little hopper (4)
TOAD
40 Across: Skin soother (4)
ALOE
41 Across: Flower feature (5)
PETAL
42 Across: Dance at a Jewish wedding (4)
HORA
43 Across: "Phooey!" (4)
DARN
44 Across: Angers (4)
IRES
45 Across: Abdomen (5)
BELLY
46 Across: ___d'Arc (6)
JEANNE
48 Across: Hardship (5)
RIGOR
50 Across: Play area (4)
YARD
52 Across: Most extended (7)
LONGEST
56 Across: Put 2 and 2 together (3)
ADD
59 Across: Gum or plum, e.g. (4)
TREE
61 Across: Brewer Coors (6)
ADOLPH
62 Across: 1938 movie with Ronald Reagan (10)
BROTHERRAT
65 Across: CBer's end-of-message word (4)
OVER
66 Across: Newswoman Shriver (5)
MARIA
67 Across: St. Patrick's land (4)
EIRE
68 Across: ___qua non (4)
SINE
69 Across: Proust hero (5)
SWANN
70 Across: Femur-tibia go-between (4)
KNEE
71 Across: Villa d'___ (4)
ESTE

Down Answers

1 Down: Continental___ (5)
SHELF
2 Down: Cliff dwelling (5)
AERIE
3 Down: Thyroid, e.g. (5)
GLAND
4 Down: 1946 Rosalind Russell role (11)
SISTERKENNY
5 Down: Bear part of, as expenses (6)
DEFRAY
6 Down: "___Yankee Doodle dandy" (3)
IMA
7 Down: Model sets (4)
KITS
8 Down: Moral precept (5)
ETHIC
9 Down: Conditional release (6)
PAROLE
10 Down: Prone (3)
APT
11 Down: Parade spoiler (4)
RAIN
12 Down: "___la Douce" (4)
IRMA
13 Down: Word repeated by a drill sergeant (4)
STEP
19 Down: Nail polish (6)
ENAMEL
21 Down: Greek Cupid (4)
EROS
25 Down: Surgical beam (5)
LASER
27 Down: Nursery name (11)
MOTHERGOOSE
29 Down: Slangy goodbye (5)
LATER
31 Down: Winter fabric (4)
WOOL
32 Down: ___of Suffolk (4)
EARL
33 Down: June 6, 1944 (4)
DDAY
34 Down: Pilgrimage to Mecca (4)
HADJ
35 Down: Wings: Lat. (4)
ALAE
36 Down: Nick's "Thin Man" wife (4)
NORA
38 Down: Pesto herb (5)
BASIL
41 Down: Coyote State's capital (6)
PIERRE
45 Down: 007 (4)
BOND
47 Down: Lane of "The Birdcage" (6)
NATHAN
49 Down: Trimmed beard (6)
GOATEE
51 Down: Actress Bo (5)
DEREK
53 Down: Ed Sullivan guest of 9/9/56 (5)
ELVIS
54 Down: Worn-out (5)
SPENT
55 Down: Babe Ruth's number (5)
THREE
56 Down: Some military defenses: Abbr. (4)
ABMS
57 Down: Sketch (4)
DRAW
58 Down: "Cannery Row" character (4)
DORA
60 Down: "___go bragh!" (4)
ERIN
63 Down: Can material (3)
TIN
64 Down: Exist (3)
ARE

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