Friday Crossword — September 26, 1997 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/26/1997. By Chuck Deodene.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Andean shrub (4)
- COCA
- 5 Across: ___ Sanctorum (4)
- ACTA
- 9 Across: Crayola color (5)
- UMBER
- 14 Across: Caspian Sea feeder (4)
- URAL
- 15 Across: 1966 Lennon-McCartney tune (4)
- GIRL
- 16 Across: "Hold your tongue!" (5)
- PEACE
- 17 Across: Refugee's request (15)
- POLITICALASYLUM
- 20 Across: "Murder, ___" (1960 film) (3)
- INC
- 21 Across: Author Robert ___ Butler (4)
- OLEN
- 22 Across: Jazz trumpeter Baker (4)
- CHET
- 23 Across: Skeptics (8)
- DOUBTERS
- 25 Across: City on the Po (6)
- TORINO
- 28 Across: Fate (3)
- LOT
- 29 Across: National Gallery ___ (5)
- OFART
- 31 Across: Slicker (3)
- MAC
- 32 Across: Like fraudulent accidents (6)
- STAGED
- 35 Across: Milk source (3)
- EWE
- 36 Across: Cartoonist Walker (4)
- MORT
- 37 Across: Timber or water, for instance (15)
- NATURALRESOURCE
- 40 Across: Some train cargoes (4)
- ORES
- 41 Across: "Undoubtedly" (3)
- YES
- 42 Across: Like the risk to bet on, maybe (6)
- SUREST
- 43 Across: "What a ___!" (beach comment) (3)
- BOD
- 44 Across: Reno game (5)
- SLOTS
- 46 Across: "Chuang Tzu" principle (3)
- TAO
- 47 Across: Prefix with sphere (6)
- STRATO
- 49 Across: Infamous pen (8)
- ALCATRAZ
- 53 Across: Side in a 1980's war (4)
- IRAN
- 54 Across: Go bad (4)
- TURN
- 55 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
- IDE
- 56 Across: Modern air munition (15)
- LASERGUIDEDBOMB
- 60 Across: Movie scorer Straus (5)
- OSKAR
- 61 Across: Beclouds, with "up" (4)
- FOGS
- 62 Across: Controversial ripener (4)
- ALAR
- 63 Across: Verbose (5)
- GASSY
- 64 Across: Change machine fill (4)
- ONES
- 65 Across: Rowlands of "Light of Day" (4)
- GENA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: One usually seen taking a bow (5)
- CUPID
- 2 Down: Town near Bangor (5)
- ORONO
- 3 Down: They're deemed worth taking (15)
- CALCULATEDRISKS
- 4 Down: The People's Champ (3)
- ALI
- 5 Down: Quick (5)
- AGILE
- 6 Down: Chicago suburb (6)
- CICERO
- 7 Down: Commuter hub (15)
- TRANSFERSTATION
- 8 Down: Completely (3)
- ALL
- 9 Down: Gist (6)
- UPSHOT
- 10 Down: Industrialist Guggenheim (5)
- MEYER
- 11 Down: Babe Ruth, in 1914 (15)
- BALTIMOREORIOLE
- 12 Down: French crown (3)
- ECU
- 13 Down: "The One I Love" group (3)
- REM
- 18 Down: Barely walk (6)
- TOTTER
- 19 Down: Taylor or Hayes, e.g. (7)
- ACTRESS
- 24 Down: Counterfeit (5)
- BOGUS
- 26 Down: Busters (5)
- NARCS
- 27 Down: Chamber group, perhaps (5)
- OCTET
- 30 Down: Knock out, so to speak (3)
- AWE
- 32 Down: Brahmins (5)
- SNOBS
- 33 Down: Place to see a hanged man, e.g. (5)
- TAROT
- 34 Down: Dawn-till-dusk (7)
- DAYLONG
- 36 Down: Marshal under Napoleon (5)
- MURAT
- 38 Down: Roarer (3)
- LEO
- 39 Down: ___ about (publicly visible) (6)
- OUTAND
- 44 Down: Without a cover at night (6)
- STARRY
- 45 Down: Gunk (6)
- SLUDGE
- 48 Down: Expanses (5)
- AREAS
- 50 Down: Garnish leaf (5)
- CRESS
- 51 Down: Pitcher, of a sort (5)
- ADMAN
- 52 Down: Kind of crossing (5)
- ZEBRA
- 56 Down: Part of a trunk (3)
- LOG
- 57 Down: ___ precaution (3)
- ASA
- 58 Down: Subject of a grainy picture? (3)
- UFO
- 59 Down: Nab (3)
- BAG
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