Thursday Crossword — August 14, 1997 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 8/14/1997. By David J. Kahn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Whey-faced (3)
- WAN
- 4 Across: Popular snack (6)
- NACHOS
- 10 Across: Durable transports, for short (4)
- ATVS
- 14 Across: Proposal defeated in 1982 (3)
- ERA
- 15 Across: How some coffee is served (6)
- AULAIT
- 16 Across: Administer (4)
- DEAL
- 17 Across: O.K. (10)
- ACCEPTABLE
- 19 Across: ___ cava (4)
- VENA
- 20 Across: Outcasts (7)
- PARIAHS
- 21 Across: Indiana : Hoosier :: Nevada : ___ (7)
- SAGEHEN
- 23 Across: Inca fortunes (4)
- OROS
- 24 Across: Kyrgyz city (3)
- OSH
- 26 Across: Most basic (6)
- MEREST
- 27 Across: 61-Across, for example (4)
- NOUN
- 28 Across: They may be seeded (4)
- RYES
- 30 Across: More than tubby (5)
- OBESE
- 31 Across: Automatic start (4)
- SEMI
- 33 Across: ___ East (4)
- NEAR
- 35 Across: 1989 Jack Lemmon film (3)
- DAD
- 36 Across: Epitome of sharpness (9)
- RAZOREDGE
- 39 Across: Prone (3)
- APT
- 42 Across: Swear by, with "on" (4)
- RELY
- 43 Across: Dump (4)
- JILT
- 45 Across: Monomaniac, informally (5)
- CRANK
- 47 Across: McCurry, to Clinton (4)
- AIDE
- 49 Across: 5-Down, for example (4)
- VERB
- 52 Across: Office staple (6)
- COPIER
- 54 Across: London theater Old ___ (3)
- VIC
- 55 Across: N.B.A.'s Nick Van ___ (4)
- EXEL
- 56 Across: Put up (7)
- ERECTED
- 58 Across: Shock (7)
- STARTLE
- 60 Across: British title (4)
- DAME
- 61 Across: O.K. (10)
- PERMISSION
- 63 Across: List ender (4)
- ETAL
- 64 Across: Take ___ of absence (6)
- ALEAVE
- 65 Across: Schoolboy (3)
- LAD
- 66 Across: Forswear (4)
- DENY
- 67 Across: Enthusiastic response (6)
- YESYES
- 68 Across: Mag. staff (3)
- EDS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Club, say (6)
- WEAPON
- 2 Down: Citation's jockey (6)
- ARCARO
- 3 Down: Pearly: Var. (7)
- NACROUS
- 4 Down: Sonoma neighbor (4)
- NAPA
- 5 Down: O.K. (9)
- AUTHORIZE
- 6 Down: Stylish (6)
- CLASSY
- 7 Down: Book before Zephaniah: Abbr. (3)
- HAB
- 8 Down: Works at the Met (4)
- OILS
- 9 Down: Word with iron or bath (5)
- STEAM
- 10 Down: 46-Down, for example (6)
- ADVERB
- 11 Down: Tittered (7)
- TEEHEED
- 12 Down: Dustin's "Agatha" co-star (7)
- VANESSA
- 13 Down: Like propaganda (7)
- SLANTED
- 18 Down: Disney head (6)
- EISNER
- 22 Down: Soyuz 6 cosmonaut Shonin (6)
- GEORGI
- 25 Down: Shakespearean play in two parts (7)
- HENRYIV
- 29 Down: "Comprende?" (3)
- SEE
- 32 Down: Superstore (6)
- MARKET
- 34 Down: 17-Across, for example (9)
- ADJECTIVE
- 37 Down: Suffix with pay (3)
- OLA
- 38 Down: Little wrigglers (6)
- ELVERS
- 39 Down: Assumed, with "to" (7)
- ACCEDED
- 40 Down: Apportion (7)
- PRORATE
- 41 Down: Surveyor's assistant (7)
- TAPEMAN
- 44 Down: Cotton or wool (7)
- TEXTILE
- 46 Down: O.K. (6)
- NICELY
- 48 Down: Unnerve (6)
- DISMAY
- 50 Down: Fill up again, in a way (6)
- RELOAD
- 51 Down: Merges (6)
- BLENDS
- 53 Down: Indemnify (5)
- REPAY
- 57 Down: Red-pencil (4)
- DELE
- 59 Down: "___ Death" (Grieg work) (4)
- ASES
- 62 Down: Point, in law (3)
- RES
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