Saturday Crossword — June 20, 1998 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 6/20/1998. By Cathy Millhauser.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Parentheses, e.g. (4)
ARCS
5 Across: What partyers raise (4)
HELL
9 Across: Part of a defense (4)
MOAT
13 Across: Makes a bundle (5)
BALES
15 Across: Suffix with buck (4)
AROO
16 Across: Jason's craft (4)
ARGO
17 Across: How Robin Hood won some contests? (15)
BYANARROWMARGIN
20 Across: Many surgical procedures (8)
REMOVALS
21 Across: Fuel gas (6)
BUTANE
22 Across: Go ballistic (4)
RAGE
23 Across: TV guides, nowadays (7)
RATINGS
24 Across: Dyed brown? (12)
DIDANUMBERON
28 Across: Settle down (5)
ROOST
29 Across: Mail letters (3)
RFD
30 Across: Poker player's declaration (4)
IMIN
34 Across: Cobbler's tool (3)
AWL
35 Across: Kind of nerve (7)
SCIATIC
39 Across: Hoopla (3)
ADO
40 Across: Power unit (4)
WATT
42 Across: Folk rock's ___ DiFranco (3)
ANI
43 Across: Lit (5)
OILED
45 Across: Failed as a corn farmer? (12)
HADANEARMISS
49 Across: Poetic analogies (7)
SIMILES
52 Across: "Arterio-" counterpart (4)
VENO
53 Across: Mythical character in "The Inferno" (6)
CHARON
54 Across: Of an orbital point (8)
PERIGEAL
58 Across: What Frosty's friends said about him? (15)
HESSUCHANICEGUY
60 Across: It holds a yard (4)
MAST
61 Across: Pianist Gilels (4)
EMIL
62 Across: Messenger of Gott (5)
ENGEL
63 Across: Cinnabar, taconite, etc. (4)
ORES
64 Across: Fishing boat (4)
DORY
65 Across: Fictional surname of 1847 (4)
EYRE

Down Answers

1 Down: This answer, for instance (4)
ABBR
2 Down: Zany Martha (4)
RAYE
3 Down: Smacker (4)
CLAM
4 Down: Married mujeres (7)
SENORAS
5 Down: Cotton Club site (6)
HARLEM
6 Down: Love child? (4)
EROS
7 Down: Blue (3)
LOW
8 Down: Annual college football award (8)
LOMBARDI
9 Down: Popular cocktail (7)
MARTINI
10 Down: Generous donation (5)
ORGAN
11 Down: Winery process (5)
AGING
12 Down: Color or coloratura variations (5)
TONES
14 Down: They're brilliant (7)
SAVANTS
18 Down: Certain sauce (4)
RAGU
19 Down: Prefix with focus (4)
AUTO
23 Down: Taken by force, old-style (4)
REFT
24 Down: Western command (4)
DRAW
25 Down: Part of the Corn Belt (4)
IOWA
26 Down: Airhead (4)
DOLT
27 Down: Egghead (5)
BRAIN
31 Down: African country (4)
MALI
32 Down: One 13th? (4)
IDES
33 Down: Acceptances (4)
NODS
36 Down: Rhythmic (8)
CADENCED
37 Down: Claire and Balin (4)
INAS
38 Down: Entablature top (7)
CORNICE
41 Down: Yens (7)
THIRSTS
44 Down: Half of a 1950's comedy team (7)
IMOGENE
46 Down: 1968-69 Pirates All-Star (4)
ALOU
47 Down: Half-and-half (6)
EVENLY
48 Down: Gas: Prefix (4)
AERI
49 Down: Jerk (5)
SCHMO
50 Down: Audio translation (5)
IHEAR
51 Down: Tricky billiard shot (5)
MASSE
54 Down: Match (4)
PAIR
55 Down: Like some batters (4)
EGGY
56 Down: Violinist Leopold (4)
AUER
57 Down: Sparky who pitched (4)
LYLE
59 Down: Medical provider grp. (3)
HMO

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