Saturday Crossword — March 1, 1997 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 3/1/1997. By Jim Page.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Backs (8)
- SPONSORS
- 9 Across: Deceives (5)
- FLAMS
- 14 Across: Aspen unit (9)
- SKIPATROL
- 15 Across: Sublease (5)
- RELET
- 16 Across: Symposium, originally (9)
- WINEPARTY
- 17 Across: Novelist Brookner (5)
- ANITA
- 18 Across: Former crown colony (4)
- ADEN
- 19 Across: "Turandot" role (3)
- LIU
- 20 Across: Necessitate (6)
- ENTAIL
- 21 Across: "Rocky III" actor (3)
- MRT
- 22 Across: TV ___ (6)
- DINNER
- 24 Across: Psychiatrist's response (4)
- ISEE
- 25 Across: Like granola (5)
- OATEN
- 27 Across: Participles, sometimes (8)
- DANGLERS
- 29 Across: Call it a day on the set (4)
- WRAP
- 30 Across: Black ___ (paddy wagon) (5)
- MARIA
- 31 Across: Time-saving means of travel (3)
- SST
- 32 Across: Lake at the foothills of the Alps (4)
- COMO
- 34 Across: Comparative form of little (4)
- LESS
- 36 Across: Dog with a curled tail (3)
- PUG
- 39 Across: Classic kids' game (5)
- SORRY
- 41 Across: It may be critical (4)
- MASS
- 44 Across: "Blossom Time," e.g. (8)
- OPERETTA
- 46 Across: Alternative to Russian (5)
- RANCH
- 47 Across: Bone: Prefix (4)
- OSTE
- 48 Across: Connective tissue (6)
- TENDON
- 50 Across: Rage (3)
- IRE
- 52 Across: Covers (up) (6)
- HUSHES
- 54 Across: Mythical flier (3)
- ROC
- 55 Across: Actor Elliott of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (4)
- REID
- 56 Across: Stomach (5)
- BROOK
- 57 Across: Kindergarten outlay (9)
- MILKMONEY
- 59 Across: Be consistent (5)
- AGREE
- 60 Across: Mission souvenirs (9)
- MOONROCKS
- 61 Across: Minds (5)
- HEEDS
- 62 Across: Plays up (8)
- STRESSES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Lush setting? (7)
- SKIDROW
- 2 Down: Cause of a 1983 baseball controversy (7)
- PINETAR
- 3 Down: Crack (4)
- OPEN
- 4 Down: Raised fiber (3)
- NAP
- 5 Down: Infamous Georgian (6)
- STALIN
- 6 Down: Hatch out of Utah (5)
- ORRIN
- 7 Down: Hotel lobby, maybe (7)
- ROTUNDA
- 8 Down: Roguish (3)
- SLY
- 9 Down: Pal of Ollie (4)
- FRAN
- 10 Down: Navy bean alternative (6)
- LENTIL
- 11 Down: Rap sheet list (7)
- ALIASES
- 12 Down: Fields (7)
- METIERS
- 13 Down: Least newsworthy (7)
- STALEST
- 14 Down: Emulated Leander (4)
- SWAM
- 20 Down: Banks of the Cubs (5)
- ERNIE
- 22 Down: Oust (6)
- DEPOSE
- 23 Down: Primitive (5)
- EARLY
- 26 Down: One-third of XXX? (3)
- TAC
- 28 Down: Meter reader (6)
- GASMAN
- 30 Down: Word in a Thomas Malory title (5)
- MORTE
- 33 Down: Miss ___ (Uncle Remus character) (5)
- MOTTS
- 35 Down: ___ Gabriel (3)
- SAN
- 36 Down: His title was "Lord High Everything Else" (7)
- POOHBAH
- 37 Down: Rise (7)
- UPSURGE
- 38 Down: Bristle (7)
- GETSORE
- 40 Down: Cut loose (7)
- RANRIOT
- 42 Down: Premed focus (7)
- SCIENCE
- 43 Down: Horror film sounds (7)
- SHRIEKS
- 45 Down: Went over the same ground? (6)
- REHOED
- 46 Down: 1940 O'Brien part (6)
- ROCKNE
- 49 Down: Grief (5)
- DOLOR
- 51 Down: Ice cream brand (4)
- EDYS
- 53 Down: Stretches, with "out" (4)
- EKES
- 55 Down: Outback hoppers (4)
- ROOS
- 57 Down: Music degrees (3)
- MMS
- 58 Down: "___ Parkington" (Greer Garson film) (3)
- MRS
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