Friday Crossword — January 23, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/23/1998. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Huh-uh" (9)
- NOWAYJOSE
- 10 Across: Star quality (5)
- ECLAT
- 15 Across: Spread out, in a way (9)
- AMORTIZED
- 16 Across: Root (5)
- CAUSE
- 17 Across: Sunday drives? (9)
- TELETHONS
- 18 Across: 1946 Literature Nobelist (5)
- HESSE
- 19 Across: Extreme (3)
- END
- 20 Across: "We the Living" author (4)
- RAND
- 21 Across: Outdone (6)
- BESTED
- 22 Across: Pants specification (4)
- WIDE
- 23 Across: Imparts (6)
- RELAYS
- 24 Across: Festive (6)
- JOYOUS
- 27 Across: Transplant need (5)
- DONOR
- 28 Across: Consternation (5)
- ALARM
- 29 Across: Sociopolitical movement (9)
- WOMENSLIB
- 33 Across: Sting (4)
- BILK
- 34 Across: Where Swansea is (5)
- WALES
- 35 Across: Light (4)
- AIRY
- 36 Across: Enter from the rear, maybe (9)
- SNEAKINTO
- 38 Across: Kid's comment (5)
- BLEAT
- 39 Across: Toast beginning (5)
- HERES
- 40 Across: Designer Lanvin (6)
- JEANNE
- 41 Across: Stole from (6)
- LOOTED
- 43 Across: First-place (4)
- GOLD
- 44 Across: Sheds, British-style (6)
- MOULTS
- 45 Across: Sci-fi author Frederik (4)
- POHL
- 46 Across: Burlesque (3)
- APE
- 49 Across: Before (5)
- UNTIL
- 50 Across: Swedes, gastronomically speaking (9)
- RUTABAGAS
- 52 Across: Clear, in a way (5)
- DEICE
- 53 Across: Crash course? (9)
- ECONOMICS
- 54 Across: Getup (5)
- DRESS
- 55 Across: Trivial (9)
- PENNYANTE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "Big ___" of the comics page (4)
- NATE
- 2 Down: Sign (4)
- OMEN
- 3 Down: Elevated, open country (4)
- WOLD
- 4 Down: Metric measure (3)
- ARE
- 5 Down: Element #39 (7)
- YTTRIUM
- 6 Down: Holy wars (6)
- JIHADS
- 7 Down: What CFC's deplete (5)
- OZONE
- 8 Down: Radio, e.g. (4)
- SEND
- 9 Down: Some staffers, for short (3)
- EDS
- 10 Down: Level (7)
- ECHELON
- 11 Down: Chef Cardini's creation (11)
- CAESARSALAD
- 12 Down: Full of vigor (5)
- LUSTY
- 13 Down: Onagers (5)
- ASSES
- 14 Down: Got ready to drive (4)
- TEED
- 21 Down: Two-time Czech president (5)
- BENES
- 22 Down: Busy bodies? (11)
- WORKAHOLICS
- 23 Down: One gentleman of Verona (5)
- ROMEO
- 24 Down: Hook alternatives (4)
- JABS
- 25 Down: Golfer Dutra (4)
- OLIN
- 26 Down: Noah Webster's alma mater (4)
- YALE
- 27 Down: Lunkheads (5)
- DOLTS
- 29 Down: Let up (5)
- WANED
- 30 Down: Bank claim (4)
- LIEN
- 31 Down: Where Baha'i began (4)
- IRAN
- 32 Down: Storage unit (4)
- BYTE
- 34 Down: Some guys (5)
- WIRES
- 37 Down: They sometimes whistle (7)
- KETTLES
- 38 Down: "Front!" runner (7)
- BELLBOY
- 40 Down: Bach or Strauss, e.g. (6)
- JOHANN
- 41 Down: Hardly a people person (5)
- LONER
- 42 Down: Certain navel, slangily (5)
- OUTIE
- 43 Down: Boarded (5)
- GOTON
- 44 Down: Noted PBS newsman (4)
- MUDD
- 45 Down: Dark purple (4)
- PUCE
- 46 Down: "I'm ___ it!" (4)
- AGIN
- 47 Down: Bargain (4)
- PACT
- 48 Down: Being (4)
- ESSE
- 50 Down: Agent, colloquially (3)
- REP
- 51 Down: Professional org. since 1847 (3)
- AMA
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