Saturday Crossword — October 10, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 10/10/1998. By Bob Klahn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Knee-slapper (6)
- HOTONE
- 7 Across: Trigger, for one (8)
- PALOMINO
- 15 Across: "Foundation Trilogy" author (6)
- ASIMOV
- 16 Across: Cut off (8)
- ISOLATED
- 17 Across: Ace place? (6)
- SLEEVE
- 18 Across: Stymied (8)
- THWARTED
- 19 Across: Pal of Pooh (6)
- TIGGER
- 20 Across: Vaudevillian, in a way (5)
- CORNY
- 21 Across: Red-tagged (6)
- ONSALE
- 22 Across: Fruitless (4)
- ARID
- 23 Across: Pickle (3)
- JAM
- 26 Across: Makes out (6)
- ESPIES
- 28 Across: Corporate image (4)
- LOGO
- 29 Across: Abalone eater (8)
- SEAOTTER
- 33 Across: Eager to try (6)
- KEENON
- 35 Across: Monks' head (5)
- ABBOT
- 36 Across: Yerby's "A Rose for ___ Maria" (3)
- ANA
- 38 Across: Safire subject (5)
- USAGE
- 39 Across: Falls off the wagon (6)
- BOOZES
- 41 Across: Candid, perhaps (8)
- SNAPSHOT
- 43 Across: Deadly desire (4)
- ENVY
- 44 Across: Statue base (6)
- PLINTH
- 46 Across: Highball ingredient (3)
- RYE
- 47 Across: Rushes (4)
- HIES
- 48 Across: 4:00 service (6)
- TEASET
- 53 Across: Playwright/novelist Capek (5)
- KAREL
- 54 Across: Transfix (6)
- IMPALE
- 55 Across: Tortellini topping (8)
- MARINARA
- 58 Across: Bad atmosphere (6)
- MIASMA
- 59 Across: North Sea port (8)
- ABERDEEN
- 60 Across: "Belvedere" artist (6)
- ESCHER
- 61 Across: Rusty locale (8)
- JUNKYARD
- 62 Across: Not kissproof (6)
- SMEARY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Can't help but (5)
- HASTO
- 2 Down: "Hold Me" country Grammy winner, 1988 (5)
- OSLIN
- 3 Down: "The Way to Natural Beauty" author, 1980 (5)
- TIEGS
- 4 Down: The end of Plato? (5)
- OMEGA
- 5 Down: 10,000 words, perhaps (9)
- NOVELETTE
- 6 Down: Mountain known locally as Chomolungma (7)
- EVEREST
- 7 Down: 1934 Hall and Nordhoff adventure novel (15)
- PITCAIRNSISLAND
- 8 Down: Taking liberty (6)
- ASHORE
- 9 Down: Having little exposure (7)
- LOWRISK
- 10 Down: Warner of Hollywood (5)
- OLAND
- 11 Down: One of the Tudors (4)
- MARY
- 12 Down: Onetime electronics giant (3)
- ITT
- 13 Down: By birth (3)
- NEE
- 14 Down: Like one (3)
- ODD
- 23 Down: Person thought to bring bad luck (5)
- JONAH
- 24 Down: To your heart's content (5)
- AGOGO
- 25 Down: "Rouen Cathedral" painter (5)
- MONET
- 27 Down: Kind of coal or coat (3)
- PEA
- 28 Down: Nothing ___ (4)
- LESS
- 29 Down: Its rattle is threatening (5)
- SABER
- 30 Down: Key material (5)
- EBONY
- 31 Down: "Heavens ___!" (5)
- ABOVE
- 32 Down: Like mud (4)
- OOZY
- 34 Down: Egad, e.g. (9)
- EUPHEMISM
- 37 Down: Common female middle name (3)
- ANN
- 40 Down: Meadowsweet (7)
- SPIRAEA
- 42 Down: Now and again (7)
- ATTIMES
- 45 Down: One with awful looks? (6)
- LEERER
- 47 Down: Just around the corner (5)
- HANDY
- 49 Down: Chop-chop (5)
- APACE
- 50 Down: Princess in Woolf's "Orlando" (5)
- SASHA
- 51 Down: Bugs chaser (5)
- ELMER
- 52 Down: Starting to break down (5)
- TEARY
- 53 Down: TV captain (4)
- KIRK
- 55 Down: Key abbr. (3)
- MAJ
- 56 Down: "The Thief of Baghdad" role (3)
- ABU
- 57 Down: Cartoon character who says "You eediot!" (3)
- REN
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