Thursday Crossword — March 5, 1998 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/5/1998. By Wayne Robert Williams.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Composer Khachaturian (4)
ARAM
5 Across: Starting letters in military code (5)
ALFAS
10 Across: Asian holidays (4)
TETS
14 Across: Electronics giant (4)
SONY
15 Across: It may be sweet (5)
TOOTH
16 Across: Indian tourist town (4)
AGRA
17 Across: "Georgia on My Mind" composer (15)
HOAGYCARMICHAEL
20 Across: B.P.O.E. cousin (4)
IOOF
21 Across: Any of the Furies (6)
ERINYS
22 Across: Circumspect (5)
CHARY
25 Across: Serf (5)
HELOT
27 Across: War admiral under Charles II (14)
EARLOFSANDWICH
32 Across: O.R. personnel (3)
DRS
33 Across: Nasal partitions (5)
SEPTA
34 Across: Where to make waves (5)
SALON
36 Across: Half brother of Hermes (4)
ARES
38 Across: Deep-six (5)
DITCH
40 Across: Thou-shalt-not (4)
NONO
41 Across: Thousand Island alternative (5)
RANCH
43 Across: Outfit (5)
GETUP
45 Across: Jack of "Barney Miller" (3)
SOO
46 Across: More than fans (14)
HEROWORSHIPERS
49 Across: Skips (5)
OMITS
50 Across: It can be found in runes (5)
NORSE
51 Across: Hot (6)
STOLEN
54 Across: Plutarch biographical subject (4)
CATO
56 Across: Blue Meanies musical (15)
YELLOWSUBMARINE
62 Across: Compelled (4)
MADE
63 Across: Japanese immigrant (5)
ISSEI
64 Across: Irish name (4)
ERIN
65 Across: Iditarod Trail transport (4)
SLED
66 Across: Gets 30-Down (5)
NEARS
67 Across: Tear to pieces (4)
REND

Down Answers

1 Down: Blond shade (3)
ASH
2 Down: Friend of Tigger (3)
ROO
3 Down: Literary snippets (3)
ANA
4 Down: 1965 Temptations hit (6)
MYGIRL
5 Down: Old record label (4)
ATCO
6 Down: It has two heels (4)
LOAF
7 Down: On behalf of (3)
FOR
8 Down: Where to use a PIN (3)
ATM
9 Down: Guard (6)
SHIELD
10 Down: Papeete resident (8)
TAHITIAN
11 Down: First governor of Alaska (4)
EGAN
12 Down: Rare trick-taker (4)
TREY
13 Down: "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria (4)
SALS
18 Down: Is wildly unstable (5)
YOYOS
19 Down: Toots one's own horn (5)
CROWS
22 Down: Moth-repellent wood (5)
CEDAR
23 Down: 70's-80's All-Star Toby (6)
HARRAH
24 Down: Leblanc's Lupin (6)
ARSENE
25 Down: They may be mad (7)
HATTERS
26 Down: Passes (6)
ENACTS
28 Down: Stoked (3)
FED
29 Down: Tap (6)
SPIGOT
30 Down: Comparatively contiguous (6)
CLOSER
31 Down: A-student's conferral (6)
HONORS
35 Down: Lasso loop (5)
NOOSE
37 Down: Viewed more text, perhaps (8)
SCROLLED
39 Down: "Say, what?" (3)
HUH
42 Down: Similar: Prefix (5)
HOMEO
44 Down: Ship of 1492 (5)
PINTA
47 Down: Advantageous to both sides (6)
WINWIN
48 Down: Not as good (6)
POORER
51 Down: Cabaret singer Sylvia (4)
SYMS
52 Down: Shade of blue (4)
TEAL
53 Down: "Ye" follower, sometimes (4)
OLDE
54 Down: One with a handle (4)
CBER
55 Down: "Jake's Thing" novelist (4)
AMIS
57 Down: Maui-to-Hawaii dir. (3)
SSE
58 Down: Olympics chant (3)
USA
59 Down: Steamed state (3)
IRE
60 Down: "Henry & June" role (3)
NIN
61 Down: Kind of user (3)
END

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