Saturday Crossword — April 12, 1997 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 4/12/1997. By Bob Klahn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Like tattersall (9)
- PATTERNED
- 10 Across: Swagger (5)
- SWASH
- 15 Across: Once (9)
- AWHILEAGO
- 16 Across: Part woman, part bird creature (5)
- HARPY
- 17 Across: Euphemism for hell (9)
- TARNATION
- 18 Across: Waiting in the wings (5)
- ONTAP
- 19 Across: Clytemnestra's slayer (7)
- ORESTES
- 20 Across: Complain bitterly (7)
- INVEIGH
- 22 Across: Mint (3)
- NEW
- 23 Across: Common language suffix (3)
- ISH
- 24 Across: Pulitzer playwright Akins (3)
- ZOE
- 25 Across: Antonio Banderas, in "Evita" (3)
- CHE
- 26 Across: Smidgen (3)
- JOT
- 27 Across: Sub station? (4)
- DELI
- 28 Across: "1-2-3" singer Barry (3)
- LEN
- 29 Across: Orwell's "The Road to ___ Pier" (5)
- WIGAN
- 32 Across: Minor, in law (5)
- PETIT
- 33 Across: Announcement at LAX (3)
- ETA
- 34 Across: Noted singer with Krupa & His Orchestra (4)
- ODAY
- 35 Across: Annoy (5)
- GRATE
- 36 Across: "The Sound and the Fury" director (4)
- RITT
- 37 Across: Fighter at Vicksburg (3)
- REB
- 38 Across: Garlicky mayonnaise (5)
- AIOLI
- 39 Across: Chutzpah (5)
- MOXIE
- 40 Across: 1950 film noir classic (3)
- DOA
- 41 Across: Schmoozes (4)
- GABS
- 42 Across: Supermarket tabloid subject (3)
- LIZ
- 43 Across: Certain camera, initially (3)
- SLR
- 44 Across: Rock pioneer Brian (3)
- ENO
- 45 Across: Latin law (3)
- LEX
- 46 Across: Pin ___ (3)
- OAK
- 49 Across: Ford best sellers (7)
- MODELTS
- 51 Across: Egg-laying animals (7)
- OVIPARA
- 53 Across: "Enough!" (5)
- IGIVE
- 54 Across: Sexton, for one (9)
- CARETAKER
- 56 Across: Carthage, today (5)
- TUNIS
- 57 Across: "High Sierra" star (9)
- IDALUPINO
- 58 Across: Scalawags (5)
- HEELS
- 59 Across: Oomph (9)
- SEXAPPEAL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: ___ the back (5)
- PATON
- 2 Down: Hip (5)
- AWARE
- 3 Down: Cast (5)
- THREW
- 4 Down: Cannery row? (4)
- TINS
- 5 Down: Jubilance (7)
- ELATION
- 6 Down: Makeup (6)
- RETEST
- 7 Down: TV's Charlie Chan (5)
- NAISH
- 8 Down: Victim of deflation (3)
- EGO
- 9 Down: "Lucia di Lammermoor" composer (9)
- DONIZETTI
- 10 Down: Comment to a boss in a Johnny Paycheck title (7)
- SHOVEIT
- 11 Down: Draw to a close (4)
- WANE
- 12 Down: State dispute section of America's first constitution (9)
- ARTICLEIX
- 13 Down: Insulating tubing (9)
- SPAGHETTI
- 14 Down: Break one's word? (9)
- HYPHENATE
- 21 Down: "Really!" (5)
- NOLIE
- 26 Down: Late-night name (3)
- JAY
- 27 Down: Passes out, in a way (5)
- DEALS
- 29 Down: The person who made this puzzle, e.g. (9)
- WORDSMITH
- 30 Down: Doctrinaire sort (9)
- IDEOLOGUE
- 31 Down: Worsted twill (9)
- GABARDINE
- 32 Down: Beak (9)
- PROBOSCIS
- 35 Down: Elephantine (5)
- GIANT
- 36 Down: "Shoe" waitress, in the comics (3)
- ROZ
- 38 Down: Undying (7)
- AGELESS
- 39 Down: Engage in a quarrel (7)
- MIXITUP
- 42 Down: Bottom of a parking garage, perhaps (6)
- LEVELA
- 45 Down: Seuss creature (5)
- LORAX
- 46 Down: Actor Jack of "The Great Dictator" (5)
- OAKIE
- 47 Down: Play ground? (5)
- ARENA
- 48 Down: Pope John Paul II's real first name (5)
- KAROL
- 50 Down: Rank and vile (4)
- EVIL
- 52 Down: Founder of New York's Public Theater (4)
- PAPP
- 55 Down: Drink suffix (3)
- ADE
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