Tuesday Crossword — September 22, 1998 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/22/1998. By Nancy Salomon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Part of P.T.A.: Abbr. (4)
ASSN
5 Across: Make sense (5)
ADDUP
10 Across: St. Thomas or St. Martin (4)
ISLE
14 Across: It's hard for some people to carry (4)
TUNE
15 Across: Dough (5)
MOOLA
16 Across: N.Y. Met or L.A. Dodger, e.g. (4)
NLER
17 Across: White's dessert? (10)
BROWNBETTY
19 Across: Fly high (4)
SOAR
20 Across: Ho hello (5)
ALOHA
21 Across: Dried up (4)
SERE
22 Across: There's no free ride on these hwys. (4)
TPKS
23 Across: Key task? (6)
TYPING
25 Across: Fable fellow (5)
AESOP
27 Across: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and others (6)
ROUNDS
30 Across: Check for fit (5)
TRYON
33 Across: Prepare for a rainy day (4)
SAVE
36 Across: Bud's buddy (3)
LOU
37 Across: Disco spinner (6)
DEEJAY
38 Across: Prop in slapstick (3)
PIE
39 Across: Carrey's snack food? (7)
SLIMJIM
41 Across: Mine find (3)
ORE
42 Across: Shows flexibility, in a way (6)
ADAPTS
44 Across: Hit like Holyfield (3)
BOX
45 Across: Numero uno (4)
BEST
46 Across: Free-for-all (5)
MELEE
47 Across: Western howler (6)
COYOTE
49 Across: Blender maker (5)
OSTER
51 Across: Like Joe Average (6)
NORMAL
55 Across: From pillar to ___ (4)
POST
57 Across: Televises (4)
AIRS
60 Across: Bid the bed adieu (5)
ARISE
61 Across: ___ in a blue moon (4)
ONCE
62 Across: Sawyer's beef? (10)
STEAKDIANE
64 Across: Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago" (4)
OMAR
65 Across: Leg bone (5)
TIBIA
66 Across: Life-or-death matter: Abbr. (4)
EMER
67 Across: The lady's (4)
HERS
68 Across: Like snakeskin (5)
SCALY
69 Across: Madams' men (4)
SIRS

Down Answers

1 Down: Trip to the plate (5)
ATBAT
2 Down: Rude and sullen (5)
SURLY
3 Down: Be a busybody (5)
SNOOP
4 Down: Recently employed worker (7)
NEWHIRE
5 Down: Diplomat: Abbr. (3)
AMB
6 Down: Bucks' mates (4)
DOES
7 Down: Fuss over, with "on" (4)
DOTE
8 Down: Extremists (6)
ULTRAS
9 Down: Check casher (5)
PAYEE
10 Down: Coming up (7)
INSTORE
11 Down: Pesci's sandwich? (9)
SLOPPYJOE
12 Down: Faucet failure (4)
LEAK
13 Down: Screws up (4)
ERRS
18 Down: Billionth: Prefix (4)
NANO
24 Down: Patsies (5)
GULLS
26 Down: Stern's opposite (4)
STEM
28 Down: "___ won't be afraid" ("Stand by Me" lyric) (3)
NOI
29 Down: Flying elephant (5)
DUMBO
31 Down: They fit in locks (4)
OARS
32 Down: Nikita's "no" (4)
NYET
33 Down: Junk E-mail (4)
SPAM
34 Down: Glorified gofer (4)
AIDE
35 Down: Wilde's entree? (9)
VEALOSCAR
37 Down: Popular pencil brand (5)
DIXON
39 Down: Let it be, editorially (4)
STET
40 Down: Newborn child, for one (3)
JOY
43 Down: Bothers à la baby brother (7)
PESTERS
45 Down: They may be black and blue (7)
BERRIES
47 Down: Siskel or Ebert (6)
CRITIC
48 Down: Warty-skinned critter (4)
TOAD
50 Down: Bridge positions (5)
EASTS
52 Down: Home of the N.B.A. Heat (5)
MIAMI
53 Down: "Lou Grant" star (5)
ASNER
54 Down: Salacious looks (5)
LEERS
55 Down: Christopher Robin's pal (4)
POOH
56 Down: Treater's words (4)
ONME
58 Down: Singer McEntire (4)
REBA
59 Down: Go yachting (4)
SAIL
63 Down: Mary ___ of cosmetics (3)
KAY

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