Saturday Crossword — October 3, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 10/3/1998. By Rich Norris.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Parades (8)
- SHOWSOFF
- 9 Across: Percussion instruments (6)
- ANVILS
- 15 Across: Review in detail (8)
- HASHOVER
- 16 Across: Sacred (6)
- ICONIC
- 17 Across: With savvy (8)
- ASTUTELY
- 18 Across: Cavalry member (6)
- LANCER
- 19 Across: Way off (4)
- RAMP
- 20 Across: Claw (6)
- NIPPER
- 22 Across: Horatian work (3)
- ODE
- 23 Across: Grp. hosting an open house (3)
- PTA
- 24 Across: Riot (4)
- CARD
- 25 Across: Sheet (4)
- FLOE
- 26 Across: Lords (4)
- SIRS
- 28 Across: Compacter than compact (4)
- MINI
- 29 Across: Kind of costume (5)
- CLOWN
- 30 Across: Result of a wallop (3)
- TKO
- 31 Across: 1980 Diana Ross hit (9)
- ITSMYTURN
- 33 Across: A substitute? (4)
- ALFA
- 35 Across: Tops (4)
- AONE
- 36 Across: Using fiscal prudence (9)
- THRIFTILY
- 39 Across: Cowboys' grp. (3)
- NFC
- 42 Across: Merino, for one (5)
- BREED
- 43 Across: ___ many words (4)
- INSO
- 44 Across: French chalk (4)
- TALC
- 46 Across: Construed (4)
- READ
- 47 Across: Anjou alternative (4)
- BOSC
- 48 Across: "Angie" actor, 1994 (3)
- REA
- 49 Across: Vex, with "at" (3)
- EAT
- 50 Across: Indication of permanence (6)
- TENURE
- 52 Across: Seaweed product (4)
- AGAR
- 53 Across: Not so good physically (6)
- ACHIER
- 55 Across: Not to mention (8)
- LETALONE
- 57 Across: Like bons mots (6)
- CLEVER
- 58 Across: Borders on the beach? (8)
- TANLINES
- 59 Across: Grounds for excommunication (6)
- HERESY
- 60 Across: Dabbles (in) (8)
- SMATTERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Experts (6)
- SHARPS
- 2 Down: Dives into a project (7)
- HASATIT
- 3 Down: European coin until 1990 (7)
- OSTMARK
- 4 Down: Paste (4)
- WHUP
- 5 Down: Lush (3)
- SOT
- 6 Down: Dutch ___ (4)
- OVEN
- 7 Down: Compliment (12)
- FELICITATION
- 8 Down: Skillets (7)
- FRYPANS
- 9 Down: Distressed (5)
- AILED
- 10 Down: Tenn. neighbor (4)
- NCAR
- 11 Down: Part of a noble's name (3)
- VON
- 12 Down: Like almost all TV shows nowadays (7)
- INCOLOR
- 13 Down: Go to bed, say (7)
- LIEDOWN
- 14 Down: Show for critics (6)
- SCREEN
- 21 Down: Kind of therapy (12)
- PRIMALSCREAM
- 25 Down: Smooth (6)
- FLUENT
- 27 Down: Became exalted (6)
- SOARED
- 28 Down: Annoy (4)
- MIFF
- 29 Down: Bill of lading abbr. (3)
- CTN
- 32 Down: Dork (4)
- YOYO
- 34 Down: Cover (3)
- LID
- 36 Down: Goo (7)
- TREACLE
- 37 Down: Low-growing shrub (7)
- HEATHER
- 38 Down: Schoolyard taunts (7)
- INSULTS
- 40 Down: Beyond repair (7)
- FARGONE
- 41 Down: Having fewer errors, as copy (7)
- CLEANER
- 42 Down: Security error (6)
- BREACH
- 45 Down: Treat lovingly (6)
- CARESS
- 47 Down: Tart ingredient (5)
- BERRY
- 50 Down: Elevators, of a sort (4)
- TEES
- 51 Down: "Empedocles on ___" (Arnold poem) (4)
- ETNA
- 52 Down: Settled (on) (4)
- ALIT
- 54 Down: Suffix with correct (3)
- IVE
- 56 Down: Ft. above land (3)
- ALT
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