Monday Crossword — March 31, 1997 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/31/1997. By Janet R. Bender.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Employee's reward (5)
- BONUS
- 6 Across: Person from Muscat (5)
- OMANI
- 11 Across: Civil War alliance: Abbr. (3)
- CSA
- 14 Across: ___-garde (5)
- AVANT
- 15 Across: Repairman (5)
- FIXER
- 16 Across: Cause friction (3)
- RUB
- 17 Across: Nervousness (11)
- BUTTERFLIES
- 19 Across: Slippery fish (3)
- EEL
- 20 Across: Lover of Sir Lancelot (6)
- ELAINE
- 21 Across: Dawn goddess (3)
- EOS
- 22 Across: Take it easy (4)
- LAZE
- 23 Across: Chooses (7)
- SELECTS
- 25 Across: Computer-telephone link (5)
- MODEM
- 27 Across: Some New Year's resolutions (5)
- DIETS
- 29 Across: Gallows loops (6)
- NOOSES
- 32 Across: Muppeteer Henson (3)
- JIM
- 35 Across: Former pro footballer, briefly (5)
- LARAM
- 37 Across: Like mountains in winter (5)
- SNOWY
- 38 Across: Very dry (4)
- ARID
- 40 Across: Batman's sidekick (5)
- ROBIN
- 42 Across: Yemeni port (4)
- ADEN
- 43 Across: Hotel employee (5)
- VALET
- 45 Across: Words mouthed at a TV camera (5)
- HIMOM
- 47 Across: "We ___ Not Alone" (1939 film) (3)
- ARE
- 48 Across: Short sock (6)
- ANKLET
- 50 Across: "Frasier" character (5)
- NILES
- 52 Across: Red wine (5)
- MEDOC
- 54 Across: Outline (7)
- CONTOUR
- 58 Across: Part of Q.E.D. (4)
- QUOD
- 60 Across: Prof's deg. (3)
- PHD
- 62 Across: Jelly used for fuel (6)
- STERNO
- 63 Across: Coffee maker (3)
- URN
- 64 Across: Numbskulls (11)
- CHEESEHEADS
- 66 Across: Ripen (3)
- AGE
- 67 Across: Out-of-date (5)
- PASSE
- 68 Across: Stan's partner, for short (5)
- OLLIE
- 69 Across: Actress Susan (3)
- DEY
- 70 Across: Place for grandma's trunk (5)
- ATTIC
- 71 Across: Yorkshire city (5)
- LEEDS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "___ in Toyland" (5)
- BABES
- 2 Down: Small egg (5)
- OVULE
- 3 Down: Birth-related (5)
- NATAL
- 4 Down: Loose, as shoelaces (6)
- UNTIED
- 5 Down: Sign painter's aid (7)
- STENCIL
- 6 Down: Not at work (3)
- OFF
- 7 Down: Miss's equivalent, in a saying (4)
- MILE
- 8 Down: Adage (5)
- AXIOM
- 9 Down: Actor Liam (6)
- NEESON
- 10 Down: April check payee: Abbr. (3)
- IRS
- 11 Down: Certain soft drink (9)
- CREAMSODA
- 12 Down: Mideast canal (4)
- SUEZ
- 13 Down: Skillful (4)
- ABLE
- 18 Down: Open up a rip again (6)
- RETEAR
- 22 Down: Hotelier Helmsley (5)
- LEONA
- 24 Down: ___ Brewery Co., of Detroit (5)
- STROH
- 26 Down: Opposite of no-nos (3)
- DOS
- 28 Down: Polio vaccine developer (5)
- SABIN
- 30 Down: Pitcher (4)
- EWER
- 31 Down: Auld lang ___ (4)
- SYNE
- 32 Down: Jakarta's island (4)
- JAVA
- 33 Down: Ayatollah's land (4)
- IRAN
- 34 Down: Small allowance for a schoolchild (9)
- MILKMONEY
- 36 Down: Copycat (5)
- MIMIC
- 39 Down: Took out (5)
- DELED
- 41 Down: Like a win-win situation (6)
- NOLOSE
- 44 Down: "Nightline" host Koppel (3)
- TED
- 46 Down: Cough drop ingredient (7)
- MENTHOL
- 49 Down: Formal headgear (6)
- TOPHAT
- 51 Down: "The Spectator" essayist (6)
- STEELE
- 53 Down: Treasure container (5)
- CHEST
- 55 Down: Papal vestment (5)
- ORALE
- 56 Down: Ruined (5)
- UNDID
- 57 Down: What everything's coming up, in song (5)
- ROSES
- 58 Down: College area (4)
- QUAD
- 59 Down: Encourage (4)
- URGE
- 61 Down: Lucy's husband (4)
- DESI
- 64 Down: Bean counter, for short (3)
- CPA
- 65 Down: Dry, as wine (3)
- SEC
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