Friday Crossword — May 23, 1997 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 5/23/1997. By Martin Ashwood-Smith.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Personal things? (3)
- ADS
- 4 Across: It's full of roots (5)
- SCALP
- 9 Across: Rocky Mtn. highs? (4)
- ALTS
- 13 Across: Takes home (4)
- NETS
- 15 Across: ___ Conferences of 1899 and 1907 (5)
- HAGUE
- 16 Across: ___ Maar (Picasso mistress and subject) (4)
- DORA
- 17 Across: Some Havanans (10)
- AFROCUBANS
- 19 Across: Actor Morales (4)
- ESAI
- 20 Across: Round rolls (7)
- BIALIES
- 21 Across: Sentimentality (3)
- GOO
- 23 Across: Outer limit (3)
- END
- 24 Across: Pizza topping (5)
- ONION
- 25 Across: One that's over due? (3)
- TRE
- 27 Across: 1969 Hoffman role (5)
- RATSO
- 29 Across: Author ___ Yutang (3)
- LIN
- 30 Across: "Independence Day" actor (5)
- QUAID
- 32 Across: Fleetwood Mac's "Walk ___ Line" (5)
- ATHIN
- 33 Across: Mason attachment (3)
- ITE
- 34 Across: Commercial prefix for many cold-weather products (3)
- SNO
- 35 Across: Comic actor John (6)
- CLEESE
- 36 Across: Like a shake roof (7)
- CEDARED
- 39 Across: Mollycoddles (7)
- COSSETS
- 40 Across: Military demolitions expert (6)
- SAPPER
- 41 Across: Shoot the breeze (3)
- JAW
- 42 Across: Take a bough (3)
- LOP
- 43 Across: Nursery items (5)
- TREES
- 44 Across: Monthly service (5)
- CABLE
- 46 Across: Trip (3)
- ERR
- 47 Across: French story (5)
- ETAGE
- 48 Across: Long ___ (3)
- AGO
- 49 Across: Millionths of a meter (5)
- MICRA
- 51 Across: Singer Ocasek of the Cars (3)
- RIC
- 52 Across: Old-fashioned contraction (3)
- TIS
- 54 Across: ___ one's welcome (7)
- OUTSTAY
- 56 Across: Noted name in newspapering (4)
- OCHS
- 58 Across: Hospital helper (10)
- NURSESAIDE
- 60 Across: "___ Three Lives" (TV oldie) (4)
- ILED
- 61 Across: "The Pirates of Penzance" heroine (5)
- MABEL
- 62 Across: Roulette bet (4)
- NOIR
- 63 Across: ___ Jr. (acting son, familiarly) (4)
- DESI
- 64 Across: Beethoven dedicatee (5)
- ELISE
- 65 Across: Antis (3)
- NOS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Body builder? (15)
- ANABOLICSTEROID
- 2 Down: One usually precedes 15-Across (15)
- DEFINITEARTICLE
- 3 Down: Infant's dessert, maybe (15)
- STRAINEDPEACHES
- 4 Down: "Leaving Las Vegas" co-star (4)
- SHUE
- 5 Down: Hack's place (8)
- CABSTAND
- 6 Down: Palindromic title (3)
- AGA
- 7 Down: Took a stab at? (6)
- LUNGED
- 8 Down: Colombian coin (4)
- PESO
- 9 Down: "The Sultan of Sulu" writer (3)
- ADE
- 10 Down: Fall short in votes (15)
- LOSETHEELECTION
- 11 Down: 50's innovation (15)
- TRANSISTORRADIO
- 12 Down: Hoped for salvation (15)
- SAIDONESPRAYERS
- 14 Down: Whist variety (4)
- SOLO
- 18 Down: Roulette bet (4)
- CINQ
- 22 Down: They're all talk (5)
- ORALS
- 26 Down: Capital city till 1960 (3)
- RIO
- 28 Down: Chemical suffixes (4)
- ATES
- 31 Down: Mouse manipulator (4)
- USER
- 35 Down: Hood (4)
- COWL
- 37 Down: Take down ___ (4)
- APEG
- 38 Down: Right, in a way (5)
- RESET
- 39 Down: Crews' quarters (8)
- CABOOSES
- 41 Down: Bender (3)
- JAG
- 44 Down: Invitation notation (6)
- CASUAL
- 45 Down: CPR pros (4)
- EMTS
- 50 Down: "No man ___..." (4)
- ISAN
- 53 Down: "Trust ___" (1937 hit) (4)
- INME
- 55 Down: Ubangi tributary (4)
- UELE
- 57 Down: 80's Pentagon letters (3)
- SDI
- 59 Down: Diamond stat. (3)
- RBI
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