Tuesday Crossword — March 17, 1998 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/17/1998. By Nancy Salomon and Bob Klahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "You are here" posting (3)
MAP
4 Across: Hawkeye Pierce portrayer (4)
ALDA
8 Across: Result (6)
UPSHOT
14 Across: Sign that all are welcome (8)
OPENDOOR
16 Across: Floodgate (6)
SLUICE
17 Across: Like a swift and spectacular success (8)
METEORIC
18 Across: Do a slow burn (6)
SEETHE
19 Across: Fabled thieves in green (13)
ROBINHOODSMEN
21 Across: "The ___ Mutiny" (5)
CAINE
23 Across: H.S. math (3)
ALG
24 Across: Sounds of hesitation (3)
ERS
25 Across: California fort named for a Union general (3)
ORD
26 Across: Circumspect (7)
GUARDED
30 Across: Fill to the ___ (4)
BRIM
32 Across: Small-business magazine (3)
INC
33 Across: Asimov and Newton (6)
ISAACS
37 Across: Civil rights activist Parks (4)
ROSA
38 Across: It'll make you red in the face (5)
ROUGE
40 Across: Mallorca, e.g. (4)
ISLA
41 Across: Spinning (6)
AWHIRL
43 Across: Black gunk (3)
TAR
44 Across: Wash cycle (4)
SPIN
45 Across: Augusta golf tourney (7)
MASTERS
47 Across: CPR expert (3)
EMT
48 Across: Ecol. watchdog (3)
EPA
51 Across: First person in Berlin (3)
ICH
52 Across: Where to get Seoul food (5)
KOREA
54 Across: Ivy League rooters in green (13)
DARTMOUTHFANS
59 Across: Taking the place (of) (6)
INLIEU
60 Across: Face decoration for a brave (8)
WARPAINT
63 Across: "You ___ bother!" (6)
NEEDNT
64 Across: Person-to-person (8)
ONEONONE
65 Across: They can be liquid or frozen (6)
ASSETS
66 Across: Distort (4)
SKEW
67 Across: Actor Beatty (3)
NED

Down Answers

1 Down: Tattoo word, often (3)
MOM
2 Down: King Kong (3)
APE
3 Down: Culture container (9)
PETRIDISH
4 Down: Desert clay (5)
ADOBE
5 Down: Actress Singer of "Footloose" (4)
LORI
6 Down: "___ What Comes Natur'lly" (Irving Berlin song) (4)
DOIN
7 Down: Flatfoot's lack (4)
ARCH
8 Down: Fighters in green (10)
USSOLDIERS
9 Down: Sorority candidates (7)
PLEDGES
10 Down: Takes to court (4)
SUES
11 Down: Words to a blackjack dealer (5)
HITME
12 Down: Yellow pigment (5)
OCHER
13 Down: Many MTV watchers (5)
TEENS
15 Down: It's a gas (4)
NEON
20 Down: Row your boat (3)
OAR
21 Down: Charmer's snake (5)
COBRA
22 Down: Cupid's dart (5)
ARROW
26 Down: Cookie sellers in green (10)
GIRLSCOUTS
27 Down: Popular card game (3)
UNO
28 Down: Sharp as a tack (5)
ACUTE
29 Down: Speaker's spot (4)
DAIS
31 Down: Hurt badly (4)
MAIM
34 Down: Slanderous insinuation (9)
ASPERSION
35 Down: General weather conditions (5)
CLIME
36 Down: Holiday visitor (5)
SANTA
39 Down: Civil War grp. (3)
GAR
42 Down: Clothing (7)
RAIMENT
46 Down: Turkey day: Abbr. (3)
THU
48 Down: Patsy's pal on "Absolutely Fabulous" (5)
EDINA
49 Down: Window pieces (5)
PANES
50 Down: Site in a Bizet suite (5)
ARLES
52 Down: Sound of a punch (5)
KAPOW
53 Down: "Chestnuts roasting ___ open fire" (4)
ONAN
55 Down: Ocean motion (4)
TIDE
56 Down: Ark groupings (4)
TWOS
57 Down: Bit of hair (4)
HANK
58 Down: At no cost (4)
FREE
61 Down: Opposite SSW (3)
NNE
62 Down: Cable kingpin Turner (3)
TED

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