Friday Crossword — June 14, 1996 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 6/14/1996. By R. Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tie (8)
STANDOFF
9 Across: Whispered words (6)
ASIDES
15 Across: Entertain (8)
HAVEOVER
16 Across: Follow (6)
GONEXT
17 Across: Turnpike feature (8)
EXITLANE
18 Across: Like almost immediately (6)
TAKETO
19 Across: Film box letters (3)
ASA
20 Across: Sea eagle (4)
ERNE
21 Across: Copy (5)
REPRO
22 Across: Comics expletive (4)
RATS
24 Across: Slangy assent (3)
YEP
25 Across: Experienced (in) (6)
VERSED
26 Across: Get an out-of-state license? (5)
ELOPE
28 Across: Crowbar, e.g. (5)
LEVER
30 Across: Five-foot runner (3)
EMU
31 Across: Mock (6)
DERIDE
33 Across: Skedaddled (3)
RAN
34 Across: Measure (4)
STEP
35 Across: Complicated affair (9)
LONGSTORY
38 Across: Shopaholic's hangout (4)
MALL
41 Across: Banking trans. (3)
DEP
42 Across: Case determinants (6)
MERITS
46 Across: Collection (3)
ANA
47 Across: Fertilized, in a way (5)
LIMED
49 Across: Squawbush, e.g. (5)
SUMAC
50 Across: City south of Ft. Myers Beach (6)
NAPLES
52 Across: Limit (3)
CAP
54 Across: "Down at___Joe's" ('63 hit) (4)
PAPA
55 Across: When some local news is on (5)
ATTEN
56 Across: Red-bearded god (4)
THOR
58 Across: Card table call (3)
GIN
59 Across: Very large number (6)
GOOGOL
61 Across: Fancy (8)
ILLUSION
63 Across: Domain (6)
EMPIRE
64 Across: What "R" might indicate (8)
VIOLENCE
65 Across: Complex (6)
SYSTEM
66 Across: Beach book, e.g. (8)
EASYREAD

Down Answers

1 Down: Without a coat (7)
SHEARED
2 Down: Default consequence, sometimes (7)
TAXSALE
3 Down: Pilot (7)
AVIATOR
4 Down: Bottom line (3)
NET
5 Down: Relief (4)
DOLE
6 Down: Pistil part (5)
OVARY
7 Down: Aromatic herb (6)
FENNEL
8 Down: Stage designer's technique (15)
FREEPERSPECTIVE
9 Down: Govt. employee (3)
AGT
10 Down: Eagle, at times (6)
SOARER
11 Down: Press mechanism (5)
INKER
12 Down: Far back (7)
DEEPSET
13 Down: Limit (7)
EXTREME
14 Down: Resisted, with "to" (7)
STOODUP
23 Down: Highchair hazard (5)
SPILL
25 Down: Ill will (5)
VENOM
27 Down: Tokyo, once (3)
EDO
29 Down: Vineyard need (3)
VAT
32 Down: "The___in sight" (5)
ENDIS
34 Down: Dessert sweetener (5)
SYRUP
36 Down: Treasure (3)
GEM
37 Down: ___alienae (legal term) (3)
RES
38 Down: Gets by (7)
MANAGES
39 Down: Makeup class? (7)
ANATOMY
40 Down: Some notebooks (7)
LAPTOPS
43 Down: Fancy (7)
IMAGINE
44 Down: Dessert made from a Brazilian export (7)
TAPIOCA
45 Down: Input, in a way (7)
SCANNED
47 Down: Poe poem (6)
LENORE
48 Down: Cactus___ (6)
DAHLIA
51 Down: On the up and up (5)
LEGIT
53 Down: Some shirts (5)
POLOS
57 Down: Like good behavior, jocularly (4)
RULY
60 Down: Space program acronym (3)
LEM
62 Down: Sun. talk (3)
SER

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