Saturday Crossword — July 19, 1997 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/19/1997. By Robert H. Wolfe.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Detention sites (7)
STALAGS
8 Across: Banter (7)
JOSHING
15 Across: Spanish beans (7)
PESETAS
16 Across: Post, e.g. (7)
AVIATOR
17 Across: Super Bowl XV champs (7)
RAIDERS
18 Across: Words before attention or arms (7)
CALLSTO
19 Across: Banks of Chicago (5)
ERNIE
20 Across: Dairy (8)
MILKFARM
21 Across: Words of explanation in spelling (4)
ASIN
22 Across: Certain students' wear (5)
ETONS
24 Across: [all of a sudden!] (3)
BAM
25 Across: Roseanne's TV hubby (3)
DAN
26 Across: First president of the German republic, 1919 (5)
EBERT
27 Across: English poet Nicholas (5)
MOORE
29 Across: Sauna (9)
STEAMBATH
31 Across: Thus far (5)
ASYET
32 Across: Naval inits. (3)
HMS
33 Across: Charlton's 1956 co-star (3)
YUL
34 Across: Longtime Olympics sportscaster (5)
MCKAY
37 Across: Made way (for) (9)
MOVEDOVER
43 Across: Black-and-white set (5)
CHESS
44 Across: Deserted (5)
ALONE
45 Across: Long ___ (3)
AGO
46 Across: Midmost: Abbr. (3)
CEN
47 Across: Gobs (5)
SLEWS
48 Across: Foot of a food chain (4)
ALGA
49 Across: Attacks (8)
LAYSINTO
52 Across: Abscind (5)
SEVER
53 Across: Untenably positioned (7)
UPATREE
54 Across: Without money changing hands (7)
INTRADE
56 Across: Dubs over (7)
RENAMES
57 Across: Brutus, e.g. (7)
TRAITOR
58 Across: Catch (7)
ENSNARE
59 Across: Relatives of 10-Down (7)
SATEENS

Down Answers

1 Down: Bookies' concerns (7)
SPREADS
2 Down: Claws (7)
TEARSAT
3 Down: Brainless (7)
ASININE
4 Down: Warmly welcomed, as a guest (5)
LEDIN
5 Down: To ___ (how a golfer wants to perform?) (4)
ATEE
6 Down: House ext. (3)
GAR
7 Down: Object of S.D.S. protest (3)
SSS
8 Down: Reddish-orange (7)
JACINTH
9 Down: Some windows (5)
OVALS
10 Down: Worm product (4)
SILK
11 Down: Kennedy item (4)
HALF
12 Down: Birth announcement (7)
ITSABOY
13 Down: Well-done (7)
NOTRARE
14 Down: Eyelet (7)
GROMMET
20 Down: Mad magazine cartoonist Drucker (4)
MORT
22 Down: Falls off (4)
EBBS
23 Down: This is popular in spots (3)
TEA
26 Down: Daytime ___ (5)
EMMYS
27 Down: Sitcom set in Tuckahoe, N.Y. (5)
MAUDE
28 Down: Where marathoner Grete Waitz was born (4)
OSLO
30 Down: Words teachers like to hear (4)
AHAS
33 Down: Thirsts (4)
YENS
34 Down: "The Virginian" actor (7)
MCCLURE
35 Down: Devalue (7)
CHEAPEN
36 Down: Richard Leakey and others (7)
KENYANS
37 Down: Bluish-gray cat (7)
MALTESE
38 Down: Cooking staple (4)
OLEO
39 Down: Word (3)
VOW
40 Down: Having flow controls (7)
VALVATE
41 Down: Pushed (7)
EGGEDON
42 Down: Leo and others (7)
ROARERS
47 Down: Insinuative remark (5)
SNEER
48 Down: Lookout point (5)
AERIE
50 Down: Cartoonist Drake (4)
STAN
51 Down: Actress Seigel of "Fernwood 2-Night" (4)
IRMA
52 Down: "Now!" (4)
STAT
54 Down: W. C. Fields film "___ a Gift" (3)
ITS
55 Down: Important 1930's inits. (3)
NRA

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