Monday Crossword — April 14, 1997 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/14/1997. By Stephanie Spadaccini.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Enter (4)
GOIN
5 Across: Throaty utterance (4)
RASP
9 Across: Up, as the ante (5)
RAISE
14 Across: Ancient alphabetic character (4)
RUNE
15 Across: Singer Guthrie (4)
ARLO
16 Across: Get straight A's, e.g. (5)
EXCEL
17 Across: Lot of land (4)
ACRE
18 Across: "Greetings ___..." (postcard opening) (4)
FROM
19 Across: Opinions (5)
VIEWS
20 Across: Lose some weight (14)
SHEDAFEWPOUNDS
23 Across: Looks perfect on (4)
FITS
24 Across: Not pos. (3)
NEG
25 Across: Flier Earhart (6)
AMELIA
29 Across: Part of T.G.I.F. (3)
ITS
30 Across: Place to crash (3)
PAD
33 Across: Recluse (5)
LONER
34 Across: 60's hairdo (4)
AFRO
36 Across: ___ fide (4)
BONA
37 Across: Criticize formally (15)
LODGEACOMPLAINT
40 Across: God of war (4)
ARES
41 Across: Where the Mets meet (4)
SHEA
42 Across: Pulitzer winner Pyle (5)
ERNIE
43 Across: Actor Beatty (3)
NED
44 Across: Senor Guevara (3)
CHE
45 Across: Certain marbles (6)
AGATES
46 Across: "We ___ the Champions" (Queen tune) (3)
ARE
47 Across: He loved Lucy (4)
DESI
49 Across: Nears, as a target (14)
HOMESRIGHTINON
56 Across: Hardly the brainy type (5)
BIMBO
57 Across: "Othello" villain (4)
IAGO
58 Across: Golfer's cry (4)
FORE
59 Across: The Little Mermaid (5)
ARIEL
60 Across: Quite a rarity (4)
ONER
61 Across: Writer Lebowitz (4)
FRAN
62 Across: Raison ___ (5)
DETRE
63 Across: Marquis de ___ (4)
SADE
64 Across: Jodie Foster's alma mater (4)
YALE

Down Answers

1 Down: Pate de foie ___ (4)
GRAS
2 Down: "That hurt!" (4)
OUCH
3 Down: Concerning (4)
INRE
4 Down: Exigency (4)
NEED
5 Down: Basket material (6)
RAFFIA
6 Down: Stop, in France (5)
ARRET
7 Down: Puts on the brakes (5)
SLOWS
8 Down: Splendor (4)
POMP
9 Down: Variety shows (6)
REVUES
10 Down: Getting rid of (5)
AXING
11 Down: Decorated, as a cake (4)
ICED
12 Down: Uses needle and thread (4)
SEWS
13 Down: Overhead trains, for short (3)
ELS
21 Down: Blazing (5)
AFIRE
22 Down: "___ of Old Smoky" (5)
ONTOP
25 Down: Nebbishy comic Sherman (5)
ALLAN
26 Down: Sculptor Henry (5)
MOORE
27 Down: Signed off (5)
ENDED
28 Down: Diamond, of gangsterdom (4)
LEGS
29 Down: "___ la Douce" (4)
IRMA
30 Down: Gist (5)
POINT
31 Down: Vanity Fair photographer Leibovitz (5)
ANNIE
32 Down: Palm tree fruits (5)
DATES
34 Down: Word with head or heart (4)
ACHE
35 Down: Enemy (3)
FOE
36 Down: Silent film star Theda (4)
BARA
38 Down: Hearth residue (5)
ASHES
39 Down: On the up and up (5)
LEGIT
44 Down: New Orleans cuisine (6)
CREOLE
45 Down: On dry land (6)
ASHORE
46 Down: Yellowish-brown (5)
AMBER
47 Down: Rigg or Ross (5)
DIANA
48 Down: Pushed, with "on" (5)
EGGED
49 Down: Take on, as an employee (4)
HIRE
50 Down: Leave out (4)
OMIT
51 Down: Grande and Bravo (4)
RIOS
52 Down: Questionable (4)
IFFY
53 Down: "A Doll's House" heroine (4)
NORA
54 Down: Like much testimony (4)
ORAL
55 Down: Hawaii's state bird (4)
NENE
56 Down: Good, in street talk (3)
BAD

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