Saturday Crossword — August 10, 1996 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 8/10/1996. By R. Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: One not to criticize (9)
SACREDCOW
10 Across: Excitement (5)
FEVER
15 Across: Musical tempo (9)
ALLABREVE
16 Across: Sprightly (5)
AGILE
17 Across: Went up like a monkey (9)
CLAMBERED
18 Across: Foggy (5)
DAZED
19 Across: Fusspots (4)
HENS
20 Across: Dynamic start (4)
AERO
21 Across: Proclamation (5)
EDICT
22 Across: Kind of white (3)
EGG
23 Across: Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7: Abbr. (4)
AMAJ
24 Across: ___ precedent (4)
SETA
25 Across: Lock (5)
TRESS
27 Across: Raskolnikov portrayer in 1935 (5)
LORRE
31 Across: Training unit (3)
REP
32 Across: Soaked (6)
SODDEN
34 Across: Contentious promise (8)
YOULLSEE
36 Across: River to the Severn (4)
AVON
38 Across: ___-Aryan (language group) (4)
INDO
39 Across: Stunned (8)
SHAKENUP
43 Across: Collaborate (with) (6)
TEAMUP
47 Across: Argument closer (3)
QED
48 Across: Refrain from enforcing, as a sentence (5)
REMIT
50 Across: Malign, with "at" (5)
SNIPE
51 Across: Cancel (4)
UNDO
53 Across: Remaining (4)
LEFT
55 Across: Some deg. holders (3)
DRS
56 Across: Common contraction (5)
ARENT
58 Across: City named for a Civil War general (4)
RENO
59 Across: "___ true?" (4)
ISIT
60 Across: "The Flying Dutchman" painter (5)
RYDER
61 Across: Instructional (9)
EDUCATIVE
63 Across: "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You" musical (5)
EVITA
64 Across: One giving sermons (9)
MORALIZER
65 Across: "77 Sunset Strip" restaurant (5)
DINOS
66 Across: Vaudeville fare (9)
ONELINERS

Down Answers

1 Down: Powder pads (7)
SACHETS
2 Down: How to play "Waltzing Matilda" (7)
ALLEGRO
3 Down: Rung (7)
CLANGED
4 Down: 1980 Super Bowl losers (4)
RAMS
5 Down: Go down (3)
EBB
6 Down: Fancy (5)
DREAM
7 Down: Life, e.g. (6)
CEREAL
8 Down: Make more than happy (7)
OVERJOY
9 Down: Words of collective consent (4)
WEDO
10 Down: Wash out (4)
FADE
11 Down: "My word!" (5)
EGADS
12 Down: Former Muslim officials (7)
VIZIERS
13 Down: In (7)
ELECTEE
14 Down: Government bonds? (7)
REDTAPE
23 Down: Letter ender (6)
ASEVER
26 Down: Neb. neighbor (4)
SDAK
28 Down: Francis I, e.g. (3)
ROI
29 Down: Shrimp (4)
RUNT
30 Down: Like a tribal leader, perhaps (6)
ELDEST
33 Down: Bar ___ (4)
NONE
35 Down: Advance (4)
LOAN
37 Down: O.T. book (3)
NUM
39 Down: Balanced (7)
SQUARED
40 Down: Subject for Shakespeare (7)
HENRYVI
41 Down: Gave as a bonus (7)
ADDEDIN
42 Down: Committed a football violation (7)
PILEDON
44 Down: Not compact, maybe (7)
MIDSIZE
45 Down: In jail? (7)
UPRIVER
46 Down: Won't quit (7)
PESTERS
49 Down: Security of a kind (6)
TENURE
52 Down: "You're ___ talk!" (5)
ONETO
54 Down: Primary (5)
FOCAL
57 Down: Musical syllables (4)
TRAS
58 Down: San ___ (4)
REMO
59 Down: Pack ___ (4)
ITIN
62 Down: Richard's "Goodbye, Columbus" co-star (3)
ALI

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