Tuesday Crossword — December 31, 1996 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/31/1996. By A. S. Verdesca.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Slam-dunks (4)
- JAMS
- 5 Across: Stiller and ___ (5)
- MEARA
- 10 Across: Prefix with business (4)
- AGRI
- 14 Across: Like Nash's lama (4)
- ONEL
- 15 Across: Waters of song (5)
- ETHEL
- 16 Across: Amorphous mass (4)
- BLOB
- 17 Across: 1935 Cole Porter song (15)
- BEGINTHEBEGUINE
- 20 Across: Pundit (5)
- SWAMI
- 21 Across: Olio (8)
- MIXEDBAG
- 22 Across: Disney's "___ and the Detectives" (4)
- EMIL
- 25 Across: Vietnam's Ngo ___ Diem (4)
- DINH
- 26 Across: No longer hold up (3)
- SAG
- 29 Across: F. Scott Fitzgerald had one: Abbr. (4)
- INIT
- 31 Across: New York's ___ Island (6)
- STATEN
- 35 Across: Swellhead's problem (3)
- EGO
- 36 Across: Number of mousquetaires (5)
- TROIS
- 38 Across: Invited (4)
- BADE
- 39 Across: Unofficial Australian "anthem" (15)
- WALTZINGMATILDA
- 43 Across: Anon's partner (4)
- EVER
- 44 Across: ___ objection (go along) (5)
- SEENO
- 45 Across: Nurse's bag (3)
- KIT
- 46 Across: Lax (6)
- REMISS
- 49 Across: Garden tool (4)
- RAKE
- 50 Across: Molly Bloom's last word in "Ulysses" (3)
- YES
- 51 Across: Pot builder (4)
- ANTE
- 53 Across: Torture chamber item (4)
- RACK
- 55 Across: Well-to-do (8)
- AFFLUENT
- 59 Across: Gut-wrenching feeling (5)
- ANGST
- 63 Across: 1939 Andrews Sisters hit (15)
- BEERBARRELPOLKA
- 66 Across: ___ ideal (perfect model) (4)
- BEAU
- 67 Across: "Camelot" tunesmith (5)
- LOEWE
- 68 Across: Mariner Ericson (4)
- LEIF
- 69 Across: Memo abbr. (4)
- ATTN
- 70 Across: Winter hazard (5)
- SLEET
- 71 Across: Advanced (4)
- LENT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Steven of Apple computers (4)
- JOBS
- 2 Down: Once more (4)
- ANEW
- 3 Down: Prefix with phone (4)
- MEGA
- 4 Down: Ooze (5)
- SLIME
- 5 Down: Encountered (3)
- MET
- 6 Down: Biblical verb ending (3)
- ETH
- 7 Down: "Beg your pardon" (4)
- AHEM
- 8 Down: Bridge action (5)
- REBID
- 9 Down: One of the Carringtons, on "Dynasty" (6)
- ALEXIS
- 10 Down: Largest of the United Arab Emirates (8)
- ABUDHABI
- 11 Down: Fluent (4)
- GLIB
- 12 Down: Author Jaffe (4)
- RONA
- 13 Down: "___ to differ!" (4)
- IBEG
- 18 Down: Pacific Fleet admiral of W.W. II (6)
- NIMITZ
- 19 Down: Lady's partner (4)
- GENT
- 23 Down: Letters from Calvary (4)
- INRI
- 24 Down: Den fathers (5)
- LIONS
- 26 Down: Drain (5)
- SEWER
- 27 Down: Century plant (5)
- AGAVE
- 28 Down: Automaton (5)
- GOLEM
- 30 Down: Go-getter (5)
- TIGER
- 32 Down: Loquacious (5)
- TALKY
- 33 Down: Jockey Arcaro (5)
- EDDIE
- 34 Down: ___-foot oil (5)
- NEATS
- 37 Down: Daub (5)
- SMEAR
- 40 Down: Demonstration test (8)
- TRIALRUN
- 41 Down: Singer Paul (4)
- ANKA
- 42 Down: Cobbler's tip (6)
- TOECAP
- 47 Down: Slight (4)
- SNUB
- 48 Down: Base runner's stat (6)
- STEALS
- 52 Down: Register (5)
- ENROL
- 54 Down: Small hill (5)
- KNOLL
- 55 Down: "Dancing Queen" pop group (4)
- ABBA
- 56 Down: Podiatrists' concerns (4)
- FEET
- 57 Down: Potential Guinness Book entry (4)
- FEAT
- 58 Down: Shade giver (4)
- TREE
- 60 Down: Open delight (4)
- GLEE
- 61 Down: Scrape, as the knee (4)
- SKIN
- 62 Down: Electee of 1908 (4)
- TAFT
- 64 Down: Female with a wool coat (3)
- EWE
- 65 Down: Tennis call (3)
- LET
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