Friday Crossword — July 10, 1998 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/10/1998. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: MTV alternative (5)
VHONE
6 Across: Ice holders (6)
CHESTS
12 Across: "Talking Straight" author (7)
IACOCCA
15 Across: Drop-off center, of sorts (7)
DAYCARE
16 Across: Hot (7)
ONAROLL
17 Across: Bad (7)
IMMORAL
18 Across: Golfer Hinkle (3)
LON
19 Across: "Saul and David" composer Carl (7)
NIELSEN
21 Across: One might find it boring (3)
AWL
22 Across: Tolstoy hero (4)
IVAN
24 Across: Typical beginning (5)
PROTO
25 Across: Pas ___ (gentle ballet step) (4)
ALLE
26 Across: Carried chair (5)
SEDAN
28 Across: Seesaw necessity (3)
TWO
29 Across: Emulate Snidely Whiplash (5)
SNEER
30 Across: Globetrot (6)
TRAVEL
32 Across: Construction workers (8)
ERECTERS
34 Across: Priestly robes (4)
ALBS
36 Across: Hatcher of "Lois & Clark" (4)
TERI
37 Across: Group with the #1 album "Vitalogy" (8)
PEARLJAM
41 Across: Young raptor (6)
EAGLET
45 Across: Ledger line (5)
ENTRY
46 Across: M.P.H. (3)
VEL
48 Across: Many times before? (5)
MULTI
49 Across: Perry's creator (4)
ERLE
50 Across: Part of R.W.E. (5)
WALDO
52 Across: One to build on? (4)
ACRE
53 Across: Big inits. in camping (3)
KOA
54 Across: Engaging (7)
WINSOME
56 Across: 1950 film "___ Very Own" (3)
OUR
57 Across: Minute Maid competitor (7)
SUNKIST
59 Across: The Eve of mythology (7)
PANDORA
61 Across: Arrays (7)
ATTIRES
62 Across: More than sweet (7)
ANGELIC
63 Across: Like a span of oxen (6)
TEAMED
64 Across: Man behind the wheel (5)
SAJAK

Down Answers

1 Down: One who takes a bow (7)
VIOLIST
2 Down: Queen Victoria's house (7)
HANOVER
3 Down: Strains at SkyDome (7)
OCANADA
4 Down: "___ gloom of night..." (3)
NOR
5 Down: Course with charts: Abbr. (4)
ECON
6 Down: Small part (5)
CAMEO
7 Down: Service break? (4)
HYMN
8 Down: Prefix with -cide (3)
ECO
9 Down: Big name in cakes (7)
SARALEE
10 Down: Shrimp boat, e.g. (7)
TRAWLER
11 Down: Shopkeepers (7)
SELLERS
13 Down: Kind of joint (4)
CLIP
14 Down: Tornado siren, e.g. (5)
ALERT
15 Down: Misrepresent (7)
DISTORT
20 Down: "Oxford Blues" star, 1984 (4)
LOWE
23 Down: Historical kingdom in the Pyrenees (7)
NAVARRE
25 Down: Island Columbus reached in 1493 (7)
ANTIGUA
27 Down: Literature Nobelist Sachs (5)
NELLY
29 Down: Take a powder (5)
SCRAM
31 Down: Great Society inits. (3)
LBJ
33 Down: Shoe store stamp (3)
EEE
35 Down: Pundits (7)
SAVANTS
37 Down: Views furtively (7)
PEEKSAT
38 Down: Coming (7)
ENROUTE
39 Down: Where Shannon Miller won gold (7)
ATLANTA
40 Down: Sitcom eatery (4)
MELS
42 Down: Grammy winner for "Hey Lover" (7)
LLCOOLJ
43 Down: Ancient land between the Arno and Tiber (7)
ETRURIA
44 Down: Clothes closet accessory (7)
TIERACK
47 Down: Parkinsonism treatment (5)
LDOPA
50 Down: Got hip, with "up" (5)
WISED
51 Down: Qabus bin Said's domain (4)
OMAN
54 Down: Race's end (4)
WIRE
55 Down: M.I.T. grads: Abbr. (4)
ENGS
58 Down: Kipling novel (3)
KIM
60 Down: Bust makers, for short (3)
DEA

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