Friday Crossword — February 13, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 2/13/1998. By Jim Page.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Mount (5)
- STAGE
- 6 Across: Pie-eyed (7)
- SMASHED
- 13 Across: Circulation, in a way (7)
- READERS
- 15 Across: Dealer's deal (7)
- CARSALE
- 16 Across: Ripple (7)
- WAVELET
- 17 Across: Boneless cuts (7)
- RIBEYES
- 18 Across: Japanese novelist Kobo ___ (3)
- ABE
- 19 Across: French peers (5)
- EGALS
- 21 Across: Heyerdahl raft (3)
- RAI
- 22 Across: Vera's TV husband (4)
- NORM
- 24 Across: Buckles (5)
- WARPS
- 25 Across: "5,000 Nights at the Opera" author (4)
- BING
- 26 Across: Niels Bohr, e.g. (4)
- DANE
- 27 Across: ___ de la Société (4)
- ILES
- 28 Across: Enticed (5)
- LEDON
- 29 Across: She had a reputation for being fast (8)
- ATALANTA
- 31 Across: Scares off (6)
- DETERS
- 32 Across: It's less filling (9)
- LIGHTBEER
- 34 Across: They take turns (6)
- ROTORS
- 37 Across: Relative of baggataway (8)
- LACROSSE
- 41 Across: Like mutton (5)
- OVINE
- 42 Across: Gounod contemporary (4)
- LALO
- 43 Across: Start of a whaler's cry (4)
- THAR
- 44 Across: Sparks et al. (4)
- NEDS
- 45 Across: Menial (5)
- LOWLY
- 46 Across: ___ fit (blew up) (4)
- HADA
- 47 Across: Dr. of rap (3)
- DRE
- 48 Across: Honorary Shawnee (5)
- BOONE
- 49 Across: Hwys. (3)
- RDS
- 50 Across: Tax base (7)
- EARNERS
- 52 Across: Crush (7)
- TRAMPLE
- 56 Across: Without her, Theseus didn't have a clue (7)
- ARIADNE
- 57 Across: More piquant (7)
- SALTIER
- 58 Across: More than many (7)
- UMPTEEN
- 59 Across: Fell off (5)
- WANED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Craft (7)
- SEABOAT
- 2 Down: Athens eatery (7)
- TAVERNA
- 3 Down: Suffix on fruit names (3)
- ADE
- 4 Down: React to pectin (3)
- GEL
- 5 Down: Afore (3)
- ERE
- 6 Down: Deep-sixes (6)
- SCRAPS
- 7 Down: Posts (5)
- MAILS
- 8 Down: Wall St. whizzes (4)
- ARBS
- 9 Down: Pilot's heading (3)
- SSE
- 10 Down: Certain outing (7)
- HAYRIDE
- 11 Down: Mother of Richard I (7)
- ELEANOR
- 12 Down: Drafts (7)
- DESIGNS
- 13 Down: Country in 1994 headlines (6)
- RWANDA
- 14 Down: Hugger-muggery (7)
- STEALTH
- 20 Down: Site of Central Park concerts (9)
- GREATLAWN
- 23 Down: Pittsburgh philanthropists (7)
- MELLONS
- 24 Down: Parts of museums (5)
- WINGS
- 25 Down: Affiance (7)
- BETROTH
- 28 Down: Smirk's cousin (4)
- LEER
- 30 Down: Leeds's river (4)
- AIRE
- 31 Down: Shill (5)
- DECOY
- 33 Down: Saint-Léon works (7)
- BALLETS
- 34 Down: François Villon offering (7)
- RONDEAU
- 35 Down: Like many pitches (7)
- OVERARM
- 36 Down: Current phenomenon (7)
- TIDERIP
- 38 Down: Slick fellow (7)
- SHARPIE
- 39 Down: Burdened (7)
- SADDLED
- 40 Down: Knockout, in boxing slang (6)
- ERASER
- 42 Down: Relax (6)
- LOOSEN
- 45 Down: Marion of "Bewitched" (5)
- LORNE
- 48 Down: Benedictine scholar (4)
- BEDE
- 51 Down: "Ah, Wilderness!" character (3)
- NAT
- 53 Down: Green (3)
- RAW
- 54 Down: Where the C.S.A. was formed (3)
- ALA
- 55 Down: Map abbr. (3)
- MTN
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