Saturday Crossword — February 8, 1997 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/8/1997. By G. R. Ferguson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Impala, e.g. (7)
HARDTOP
8 Across: ___ Palace (7)
CAESARS
15 Across: One way to stop (7)
ONADIME
16 Across: Back of the head (7)
OCCIPUT
17 Across: Football fling (7)
LATERAL
18 Across: "Good going!" (7)
NICEONE
19 Across: R.R. stop (3)
STA
20 Across: Virginia Woolf novel (7)
ORLANDO
22 Across: "___ gather" (3)
SOI
23 Across: Small fry (4)
TOTS
25 Across: Two-time U.S. Open tennis champ (5)
SELES
26 Across: Phaser setting (4)
STUN
27 Across: Impala's relative (5)
ELAND
29 Across: Part of a winning combination (3)
TAC
30 Across: Sheds (5)
MOLTS
31 Across: Delay (6)
RETARD
33 Across: Makes an effort (7)
STRIVES
35 Across: ___ colada (4)
PINA
37 Across: Conductor's intro (4)
SEMI
38 Across: Shows up (7)
APPEARS
41 Across: Like a patchwork quilt (6)
PIECED
45 Across: Noted coloratura (5)
SILLS
46 Across: Bashful colleague (3)
DOC
48 Across: Outlet, e.g. (5)
STORE
49 Across: Rock's Motley ___ (4)
CRUE
50 Across: "Lost in Yonkers" character (5)
BELLA
52 Across: Tommy's gun (4)
STEN
53 Across: Coat part (3)
ARM
54 Across: Instrument panel (7)
CONSOLE
56 Across: Cable TV giant (3)
TCI
57 Across: Spoof (7)
LAMPOON
59 Across: Schedule again (7)
RESLATE
61 Across: Colorless solvent (7)
ACETONE
62 Across: Whole number (7)
INTEGER
63 Across: Movie do-overs (7)
RETAKES
64 Across: Neptune's gardens (7)
SEABEDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Colt's home (7)
HOLSTER
2 Down: Director Litvak (7)
ANATOLE
3 Down: Rapper's sound (7)
RATATAT
4 Down: E.T.O. commander (3)
DDE
5 Down: Novice (4)
TIRO
6 Down: Baseball's Vizquel et al. (5)
OMARS
7 Down: Ball (6)
PELLET
8 Down: Bonds (8)
CONNECTS
9 Down: Litmus reddeners (5)
ACIDS
10 Down: Behold, to Bellini (4)
ECCO
11 Down: Prussian pronoun (3)
SIE
12 Down: Mark, for one (7)
APOSTLE
13 Down: Expirations (7)
RUNOUTS
14 Down: Bud holders (6)
STEINS
21 Down: "I am miserable" (4)
ALAS
24 Down: Popular quencher (7)
SNAPPLE
26 Down: Reds (7)
SOVIETS
28 Down: Towels off (5)
DRIES
30 Down: Rogers and others (5)
MIMIS
32 Down: Some trial evidence (3)
DNA
34 Down: Account exec (3)
REP
36 Down: Battle of the Bulge locale (8)
ARDENNES
38 Down: High-drama competition? (7)
AIRRACE
39 Down: Fall (7)
PLUMMET
40 Down: Musical notes (4)
SOLS
42 Down: Kind of industry (7)
COTTAGE
43 Down: Put up (7)
ERECTED
44 Down: "Nay" sayers (7)
DENIERS
45 Down: Graduated (6)
SCALAR
47 Down: She played Phyllis on TV (6)
CLORIS
50 Down: Kentucky county (5)
BOONE
51 Down: Coeur d'___, Idaho (5)
ALENE
54 Down: Doctor, in a way (4)
COOK
55 Down: This, to Pedro (4)
ESTA
58 Down: Open-house org. (3)
PTA
60 Down: Kahlil Gibran's homeland: Abbr. (3)
LEB

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