Saturday Crossword — June 14, 1997 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 6/14/1997. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Ciao" (4)
TATA
5 Across: Lock part (4)
HASP
9 Across: Shirt name (4)
IZOD
13 Across: "No return" (4)
ASIS
14 Across: More sound (5)
SANER
15 Across: Bibble (4)
TOPE
16 Across: Singer Joan (4)
JETT
17 Across: Yankee Conference locale (5)
ORONO
18 Across: "I will play the ___, and die in music": Emilia (4)
SWAN
19 Across: State Department department (14)
AFRICANAFFAIRS
22 Across: Drinking spot (5)
OASIS
23 Across: Glazed fabric (6)
TILLET
24 Across: Part of N.Y.C. (3)
BOR
26 Across: Assemble (4)
MASS
28 Across: Year in Claudius's rule (3)
LII
29 Across: Red ___ (3)
ANT
30 Across: Bit of insincerity (10)
LIPSERVICE
35 Across: Come to (5)
REACH
38 Across: O.T. book (3)
NEH
39 Across: Don Jose, in "Carmen" (5)
TENOR
40 Across: Item on a beach head? (10)
BATHINGCAP
43 Across: Circulation increaser (3)
FAN
44 Across: Akkadian god of heaven (3)
ANU
45 Across: Tightfitting (4)
SNUG
47 Across: Prefix with sphere (3)
EXO
48 Across: 1927 Peace Nobelist Ludwig (6)
QUIDDE
51 Across: Famous Roosevelt (5)
GRIER
53 Across: Printer's activity (14)
RUNNINGPRESSES
56 Across: Tucks away (4)
EATS
57 Across: Train track bar (5)
IRAIL
58 Across: Become unhinged (4)
SNAP
60 Across: Daughter of Oceanus (4)
ASIA
61 Across: Green shade (5)
KELLY
62 Across: Curtain shade (4)
ECRU
63 Across: "Boy, is it hot!" (4)
PHEW
64 Across: Ancient meeting place (4)
STOA
65 Across: Smart (4)
NEAT

Down Answers

1 Down: Atlantic City casino, with "the" (3)
TAJ
2 Down: Voyaging (4)
ASEA
3 Down: One way to retaliate (9)
TITFORTAT
4 Down: Kansas motto word (5)
ASTRA
5 Down: On one's case (9)
HARASSING
6 Down: Soon (4)
ANON
7 Down: Where a president presides (5)
SENAT
8 Down: Bio (7)
PROFILE
9 Down: Cry in a grade-B horror movie (8)
ITSALIVE
10 Down: Cry of delight (5)
ZOWIE
11 Down: Some 60's museum exhibits (5)
OPART
12 Down: Hollows (4)
DENS
14 Down: Party (6)
SOCIAL
20 Down: Pagan follower? (3)
ISM
21 Down: Vamp (5)
FLIRT
24 Down: Zinger (4)
BARB
25 Down: Liable to be called (4)
ONEA
27 Down: Builder's sheet (5)
SPECS
31 Down: James Hilton locale (9)
SHANGRILA
32 Down: Something drawn (9)
INFERENCE
33 Down: Soft-soap (4)
COAX
34 Down: "Diane" composer Rapee (4)
ERNO
36 Down: Woods sound, maybe (8)
CHAINSAW
37 Down: Language for 350 million (5)
HINDI
41 Down: Bores (7)
NUDNIKS
42 Down: 100% (6)
PURELY
46 Down: Grunts (3)
GIS
48 Down: Subdue (5)
QUASH
49 Down: Pull strings? (5)
UNTIE
50 Down: Florida bird (5)
EGRET
52 Down: City acquired by Prussia, 1802 (5)
ESSEN
53 Down: Bring in (4)
REAP
54 Down: ___ Pinto (Texas county) (4)
PALO
55 Down: 1986 #1 hit for Starship (4)
SARA
59 Down: Place (3)
PUT

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