Monday Crossword — November 10, 1997 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/10/1997. By Grace Fabbroni.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Milky-white gem (4)
OPAL
5 Across: Turned white (5)
PALED
10 Across: Inclusion with a MS. (4)
SASE
14 Across: Trucking rig (4)
SEMI
15 Across: French love (5)
AMOUR
16 Across: Drug ___ (Washington pooh-bah) (4)
CZAR
17 Across: Patronizing person (4)
SNOB
18 Across: Sparkling headwear (5)
TIARA
19 Across: Ladder step (4)
RUNG
20 Across: Start of a quip (13)
DIRTISNOTDIRT
23 Across: Son of Aphrodite (4)
EROS
24 Across: Fencing blade (4)
EPEE
25 Across: Harmony (5)
AMITY
28 Across: On the up-and-up (5)
LEGIT
31 Across: Rioter's take (4)
LOOT
32 Across: Joins (6)
UNITES
34 Across: Hen's pride (3)
EGG
37 Across: Middle of the quip (15)
BUTONLYMATTERIN
40 Across: Adriatic, e.g. (3)
SEA
41 Across: Ryan and Tatum of filmdom (6)
ONEALS
42 Across: Verdi's slave girl (4)
AIDA
43 Across: Tête-à-têtes (5)
CHATS
44 Across: Awry (5)
ASKEW
45 Across: Feedback of a sort (4)
ECHO
47 Across: Like auto shop floors (4)
OILY
49 Across: End of the quip (13)
THEWRONGPLACE
55 Across: ___ and tell (4)
SHOW
56 Across: Scarlett, for one (5)
OHARA
57 Across: Snug (4)
COZY
59 Across: Sped (4)
TORE
60 Across: Heavy volumes (5)
TOMES
61 Across: Lamb's sobriquet (4)
ELIA
62 Across: Took advantage of (4)
USED
63 Across: Kasparov's game (5)
CHESS
64 Across: Red light directive (4)
STOP

Down Answers

1 Down: C.I.A. predecessor (3)
OSS
2 Down: Await judgment (4)
PEND
3 Down: To me, in Paris (4)
AMOI
4 Down: It kept Bizet busy (8)
LIBRETTO
5 Down: Outdoor lounging area (5)
PATIO
6 Down: Faulty (5)
AMISS
7 Down: Temporary use (4)
LOAN
8 Down: Currency replacing the mark, franc, lira, etc. (4)
EURO
9 Down: "Phooey!" (4)
DRAT
10 Down: Actor's "homework" (6)
SCRIPT
11 Down: Sky-blue (5)
AZURE
12 Down: "À votre ___!" (5)
SANTE
13 Down: Work unit (3)
ERG
21 Down: Word repeated before "again," in a saying (3)
TRY
22 Down: Jefferson, religiously (5)
DEIST
25 Down: Priests' garments (4)
ALBS
26 Down: Grimace (4)
MOUE
27 Down: Smidgen (4)
IOTA
28 Down: Beans in a stew (5)
LIMAS
29 Down: List-ending abbr. (4)
ETAL
30 Down: Catches on (4)
GETS
32 Down: Forearm bone (4)
ULNA
33 Down: Boris's refusal (4)
NYET
34 Down: Actor Estrada (4)
ERIK
35 Down: 1947 Literature Nobelist André (4)
GIDE
36 Down: Eat beaver-style (4)
GNAW
38 Down: Not at all (5)
NOHOW
39 Down: Classic 30's-40's radio comedy (8)
EASYACES
43 Down: Reprimanded, with "out" (6)
CHEWED
44 Down: 100% (3)
ALL
45 Down: Group character (5)
ETHOS
46 Down: Taking out the garbage, e.g. (5)
CHORE
47 Down: Fairy tale villains (5)
OGRES
48 Down: Bridge declaration (5)
IPASS
50 Down: University mil. group (4)
ROTC
51 Down: "Oops!" (4)
OHOH
52 Down: Reputation (4)
NAME
53 Down: Revolver inventor (4)
COLT
54 Down: Pinza of the Met (4)
EZIO
55 Down: Trio after R (3)
STU
58 Down: Prattle (3)
YAP

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