Saturday Crossword — October 19, 1996 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 10/19/1996. By G. Petgrave.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Dash (7)
SPATTER
8 Across: Landscaper's tools (6)
EDGERS
14 Across: Acquisition (8)
PURCHASE
15 Across: Site of the world's first subway (6)
LONDON
16 Across: Kind of carriage (8)
ONEHORSE
17 Across: Artificial channel (6)
SLUICE
18 Across: Winner of seven Emmys (5)
ASNER
19 Across: Photographer Adams (5)
ANSEL
21 Across: Start of many poem titles (3)
TOA
22 Across: Country or its largest lake (4)
CHAD
23 Across: Bulfinch topic (4)
MYTH
24 Across: Kind of radio or wave (5)
SHOCK
26 Across: Angel's prayer (3)
HIT
27 Across: Milk protein (6)
CASEIN
29 Across: "Plan 9 From Outer Space" alien (4)
EROS
30 Across: Pave the way for (6)
ENABLE
32 Across: Time on the throne (5)
REIGN
34 Across: Drummer's activity (7)
SELLING
36 Across: Milk-yielding plants (7)
DAIRIES
40 Across: In two (5)
APART
42 Across: By and large (6)
MAINLY
43 Across: Word in some French restaurant names (4)
CHEZ
46 Across: Grow more intense (6)
DEEPEN
48 Across: Kind of mother (3)
DEN
49 Across: Forced to go (5)
HALED
51 Across: Sound like an ass (4)
BRAY
52 Across: Baryshnikov's birthplace (4)
RIGA
53 Across: Brink (3)
EVE
54 Across: Winner of 18 majors (5)
EVERT
56 Across: Sports show finale, perhaps (5)
RECAP
57 Across: Gorge (6)
RAVINE
59 Across: Smith and wright (8)
ARTISANS
61 Across: Disquiet (6)
UNEASE
62 Across: Win over (8)
CONVINCE
63 Across: Outstanding (6)
BANNER
64 Across: Understanding (7)
ENTENTE

Down Answers

1 Down: Cheer (8)
SUNSHINE
2 Down: Like some care (8)
PRENATAL
3 Down: Felt (for) (5)
ACHED
4 Down: Mjolnir's wielder (4)
THOR
5 Down: Blacken (3)
TAR
6 Down: Bacon pieces (6)
ESSAYS
7 Down: Take part in again (7)
REENTER
8 Down: Besides that (4)
ELSE
9 Down: Runyon characters (5)
DOLLS
10 Down: Veldt grazer (3)
GNU
11 Down: Tina Brown, for one (6)
EDITOR
12 Down: Highly ornate (6)
ROCOCO
13 Down: Casual footwear (6)
SNEAKS
14 Down: Uses court bouillon, in cooking (7)
POACHES
20 Down: Started (5)
SHIED
23 Down: Frenzied follower (6)
MAENAD
25 Down: Painter Rousseau (5)
HENRI
27 Down: Movie excerpt (4)
CLIP
28 Down: Niger's capital (6)
NIAMEY
31 Down: Horse marking (5)
BLAZE
33 Down: Sculptor ___ Lorenzo Bernini (4)
GIAN
35 Down: Helldiver (5)
GREBE
37 Down: Sign or symptom (8)
INDICANT
38 Down: Chic (8)
ELEGANCE
39 Down: Neurotransmitter's route (7)
SYNAPSE
41 Down: John O'Hara's "From the ___" (7)
TERRACE
43 Down: Innocent (6)
CHERUB
44 Down: Where Ponce de Leon died (6)
HAVANA
45 Down: News hour (6)
ELEVEN
47 Down: Regular (6)
PATRON
50 Down: Not very swift (5)
DENSE
52 Down: Amber, e.g. (5)
RESIN
55 Down: Shift course (4)
VEER
56 Down: Gauche introduction? (4)
RIVE
58 Down: Publisher Ballantine (3)
IAN
60 Down: Amatol ingredient (3)
TNT

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