Thursday Crossword — June 25, 1998 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 6/25/1998. By Stanley B. Whitten.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Singer whose life was made into a 1980 hit play (4)
PIAF
5 Across: Word said with vigorous nodding (4)
AMEN
9 Across: Leg up (4)
EDGE
13 Across: Sammy Kaye's "___ Tomorrow" (5)
UNTIL
15 Across: Golfer Sandy (4)
LYLE
16 Across: Hoodlum (4)
THUG
17 Across: Outlet (5)
STORE
18 Across: Atlas section (4)
ASIA
19 Across: Person standing in a row (4)
HOER
20 Across: Page of math problems, say (8)
HOMEWORK
22 Across: African fly (6)
TSETSE
24 Across: Game-ending declaration (3)
GIN
25 Across: Visionary (8)
IDEALIST
27 Across: Opposed (6)
AVERSE
30 Across: Boss Tweed's nemesis (4)
NAST
31 Across: Italian moola (4)
LIRA
32 Across: Villain's doing (9)
DIRTYWORK
37 Across: There are five in a shilling (5)
PENCE
39 Across: Night of celebration (3)
EVE
40 Across: Frank Lloyd Wright's ___ House (5)
ROBIE
41 Across: Like many breakfast cereals (9)
SWEETENED
43 Across: Bootlicking (4)
OILY
44 Across: Reagan Secretary of State (4)
HAIG
45 Across: Elle's elles (6)
MODELS
47 Across: Gulfweed (8)
SARGASSO
51 Across: Diminish (3)
EBB
52 Across: Turn in the right direction (6)
ORIENT
53 Across: Indefatigable (8)
TIRELESS
58 Across: Mother ___ (4)
LODE
59 Across: Gold Glove winner, 1957-68 (4)
MAYS
61 Across: 1945 meeting site (5)
YALTA
62 Across: Cathy ___, "East of Eden" wife (4)
AMES
63 Across: Bard's stream (4)
AVON
64 Across: Kind of rug (5)
SISAL
65 Across: Book classification (4)
RARE
66 Across: Ship-related: Abbr. (4)
NAUT
67 Across: Big tear (4)
RENT

Down Answers

1 Down: Door word (4)
PUSH
2 Down: Get ___ trouble (4)
INTO
3 Down: Kind of bomb (4)
ATOM
4 Down: 1990's sitcom, literally (9)
FIREGRACE
5 Down: Out-of-favor apple treatment (4)
ALAR
6 Down: 1936 Cole Porter song, literally (15)
MYSKINIVEGOTYOU
7 Down: Actor Wallach (3)
ELI
8 Down: Like prizewinning handwriting (7)
NEATEST
9 Down: One of the Barrymores (5)
ETHEL
10 Down: Hindu's loin cloth (5)
DHOTI
11 Down: Riddler's challenge (5)
GUESS
12 Down: White heron (5)
EGRET
14 Down: Clark's partner (5)
LEWIS
21 Down: Wee hour (3)
ONE
23 Down: Dionysus attendant (5)
SATYR
26 Down: Bearded (5)
DARED
27 Down: "The Sound of Music" backdrop (4)
ALPS
28 Down: Scene (4)
VIEW
29 Down: Coastal flier (4)
ERNE
32 Down: Patron saint of France (5)
DENIS
33 Down: "L.A. Law" actor, literally (9)
WOODBLAIR
34 Down: Theater award (4)
OBIE
35 Down: Small brook (4)
RILL
36 Down: Custodian's need (4)
KEYS
38 Down: "___ Frome" (5)
ETHAN
42 Down: Photography pioneer (7)
EASTMAN
45 Down: Terre's counterpart (3)
MER
46 Down: Observes (5)
OBEYS
47 Down: Kind of battery (5)
SOLAR
48 Down: Cigar feature (5)
AROMA
49 Down: Bill attachment (5)
RIDER
50 Down: Ninnies (5)
GEESE
54 Down: "___ It Romantic?" (4)
ISNT
55 Down: Unnamed alternative (4)
ELSE
56 Down: Cartoonist Drake (4)
STAN
57 Down: Dash in the kitchen (4)
SALT
60 Down: Actress Gardner (3)
AVA

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