Friday Crossword — November 28, 1997 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 11/28/1997. By Ed Pegg Jr..
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Kind of wrench (6)
- SOCKET
- 7 Across: Venomous, as a snake (6)
- ASPISH
- 13 Across: Do well (6)
- THRIVE
- 14 Across: Not real (7)
- PHANTOM
- 16 Across: Reducer (6)
- ABATER
- 17 Across: Eavesdropped (8)
- LISTENED
- 19 Across: With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down (10)
- GOVERNMENT
- 21 Across: Prefix with stasis (4)
- META
- 22 Across: "___ only" (4)
- EYES
- 23 Across: Appropriate, in a way (5)
- ANNEX
- 25 Across: School subj. (3)
- SCI
- 26 Across: Hall of fame (5)
- MONTY
- 28 Across: Brine-cured cheeses (5)
- FETAS
- 30 Across: The skeptic (6)
- SCULLY
- 32 Across: Hairy-chested (6)
- VIRILE
- 33 Across: With the worst consequences (7)
- FATALLY
- 35 Across: Convictions (7)
- BELIEFS
- 36 Across: ___ Foods, Inc. (6)
- OREIDA
- 37 Across: Frequent 24-Down subject (6)
- ALIENS
- 38 Across: Picture (5)
- SCENE
- 39 Across: Public relations interpretations (5)
- SPINS
- 40 Across: Undermine (3)
- SAP
- 41 Across: Vituperates (5)
- RANTS
- 43 Across: Gift ___ (4)
- WRAP
- 47 Across: Site of temptation (4)
- EDEN
- 49 Across: See 19-Across (10)
- CONSPIRACY
- 52 Across: Nice work if you can get it (8)
- SINECURE
- 54 Across: James Russell Lowell, for one (6)
- EDITOR
- 55 Across: Freshens, in a way (7)
- AERATES
- 56 Across: Bow out (6)
- RETIRE
- 57 Across: Illegal race track workers (6)
- DOPERS
- 58 Across: Secret fraternity (6)
- MASONS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Put on (5)
- STAGE
- 2 Down: "Goody!" (5)
- OHBOY
- 3 Down: Desire (5)
- CRAVE
- 4 Down: Wind-up toys? (5)
- KITES
- 5 Down: Incessantly (4)
- EVER
- 6 Down: Arctic ___ (4)
- TERN
- 7 Down: Very much (7)
- APLENTY
- 8 Down: Climb (6)
- SHINNY
- 9 Down: Wallop (5)
- PASTE
- 10 Down: Some investors' income: Abbr. (3)
- INT
- 11 Down: Pipe part (4)
- STEM
- 12 Down: Truthful qualities (9)
- HONESTIES
- 15 Down: Actress Laurie of "Roseanne" (7)
- METCALF
- 18 Down: Parts of meeting rooms (6)
- DAISES
- 20 Down: Hairy-chested (5)
- MANLY
- 24 Down: Theme of this puzzle, with "The" (6)
- XFILES
- 26 Down: The believer (6)
- MULDER
- 27 Down: Spanish stew (4)
- OLLA
- 29 Down: Object of March celebrations (4)
- ERIN
- 30 Down: Made more precipitous (9)
- STEEPENED
- 31 Down: "Double Indemnity" novelist (4)
- CAIN
- 32 Down: Phlebotomy target (4)
- VEIN
- 33 Down: Defensive ditches (6)
- FOSSES
- 34 Down: Land of peace and simplicity (7)
- ARCADIA
- 35 Down: Heaven (5)
- BLISS
- 37 Down: Relevance (7)
- APTNESS
- 39 Down: Bothersome bedmate (6)
- SNORER
- 42 Down: Critical (5)
- ACUTE
- 43 Down: Fieri facias and others (5)
- WRITS
- 44 Down: Statistical bit (5)
- RATIO
- 45 Down: It's put away for winter (5)
- ACORN
- 46 Down: Mourning sites (5)
- PYRES
- 48 Down: Student of Seneca (4)
- NERO
- 50 Down: Give a wave? (4)
- PERM
- 51 Down: Essay's basis (4)
- IDEA
- 53 Down: Kind of gun (3)
- CAP
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