Friday Crossword — July 5, 1996 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 7/5/1996. By M. Gaffney.

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Across Answers

1 Across: 1984 sci-fi film (7)
STARMAN
8 Across: Snafu (7)
BIGMESS
15 Across: Catherine the great was one (7)
TSARINA
16 Across: Where Al Capone went to prison (7)
ATLANTA
17 Across: Appellate court orders (7)
REMANDS
18 Across: Use as a base (7)
STANDON
19 Across: Clique member (7)
ELITIST
20 Across: Covering ground (7)
SODDING
21 Across: G.O.P. consultant Roger (5)
AILES
22 Across: Name in 1995 news (3)
ITO
24 Across: Word with time or life (5)
SAVER
25 Across: Moon over Munchen (4)
MOND
26 Across: It keeps Rover from roving (5)
LEASH
28 Across: "Tootsie" co-star fro Dustin (4)
TERI
29 Across: Sault___Marie (3)
STE
30 Across: Neighborhood sing word (4)
LOST
31 Across: "Battleship Potemkin" locale (6)
ODESSA
33 Across: Gunk (3)
GOO
34 Across: Is afflicated by (3)
HAS
35 Across: Freshen (6)
AIROUT
38 Across: Desert Storm terror (4)
SCUD
40 Across: To be, in Buenos Aires (3)
SER
43 Across: Bring (out) (4)
TROT
44 Across: Kind of heat (5)
STEAM
46 Across: Presage (4)
BODE
47 Across: 1988 skating gold medalist Gustafson (5)
TOMAS
49 Across: Headline with an exclamation point (3)
WAR
50 Across: Spot (5)
LOCUS
51 Across: Befuddled (7)
INADAZE
53 Across: "West Side Story" song (7)
AMERICA
55 Across: Sea cow (7)
MANATEE
56 Across: Get set (7)
CONGEAL
57 Across: Swellhead (7)
EGOTIST
58 Across: Mickey Mouse Club name (7)
ANNETTE
59 Across: Common speeding speed (7)
SEVENTY
60 Across: Agrees (7)
SAYSYES

Down Answers

1 Down: Currents (7)
STREAMS
2 Down: "Murder in the Cathedral" writer (7)
TSELIOT
3 Down: "Enchanted Places" memoir subject (7)
AAMILNE
4 Down: Like "Pulp Fiction" (6)
RRATED
5 Down: 60's attire (5)
MINIS
6 Down: No ifs,___or buts (4)
ANDS
7 Down: Unpleasant folk (7)
NASTIES
8 Down: Choir section (6)
BASSOS
9 Down: "Tell___the judge" (4)
ITTO
10 Down: Certain garden flowers, for short (5)
GLADS
11 Down: Requires (8)
MANDATES
12 Down: Salad greens (7)
ENDIVES
13 Down: Some assailants (7)
STONERS
14 Down: Drink in a pitcher (7)
SANGRIA
23 Down: Retribution object (3)
TAT
26 Down: Sacks (5)
LOOTS
27 Down: Causing ennui (5)
HOHUM
30 Down: Actor Jacobi (3)
LOU
32 Down: Lead-in for gum (3)
DAD
33 Down: Prepared for the prom (8)
GOTADATE
35 Down: Now and then (7)
ATTIMES
36 Down: Archeologist's period (7)
IRONAGE
37 Down: Bygone dynasty name (7)
ROMANOV
38 Down: Overwhelming amount (3)
SEA
39 Down: Simon Bolivar's birthplace (7)
CARACAS
40 Down: Glitterati (7)
SOCIETY
41 Down: School (7)
EDUCATE
42 Down: Some transactions (7)
RESALES
45 Down: Sylvester's would-be prey (6)
TWEETY
46 Down: Celebrated Argentine writer (6)
BORGES
48 Down: Protested, 1960's-style (5)
SATIN
50 Down: Comic Bruce (5)
LENNY
52 Down: Animation (4)
ZEST
54 Down: Novelist Simpson (4)
MONA

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