Thursday Crossword — October 22, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/22/1998. By Chuck Deodene.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Quarrel (4)
- SPAR
- 5 Across: Twenty-one words (5)
- HITME
- 10 Across: Warp (4)
- SKEW
- 14 Across: Cherry ___ (4)
- COLA
- 15 Across: Overthrow, e.g. (5)
- ERROR
- 16 Across: Capture on video (4)
- TAPE
- 17 Across: Ouida's "___ of Flanders" (4)
- ADOG
- 18 Across: Exurb (10)
- FRINGEAREA
- 20 Across: Onion servings (5)
- RINGS
- 22 Across: Suffix with final or fatal (3)
- IST
- 23 Across: Site of Texas College (5)
- TYLER
- 24 Across: Atlantic City event (7)
- PAGEANT
- 26 Across: "Fat chance!" (3)
- HAH
- 28 Across: Fantasize (5)
- DREAM
- 30 Across: Standing (6)
- REPUTE
- 35 Across: With 45-Across, a 1976 Eagles hit (8)
- TAKEITTO
- 38 Across: Noggins (6)
- CRANIA
- 39 Across: Footnote note (4)
- IBID
- 40 Across: Do schoolwork? (5)
- TEACH
- 42 Across: What Band-Aids aid (4)
- CUTS
- 43 Across: Golden Horde member (6)
- MONGOL
- 45 Across: See 35-Across (8)
- THELIMIT
- 47 Across: City south of Salem (6)
- EUGENE
- 48 Across: Printing flourish (5)
- SERIF
- 49 Across: "Princess ___" (1884 premiere) (3)
- IDA
- 51 Across: Some Fertile Crescent residents (7)
- SYRIANS
- 55 Across: Opposer of Cortés (5)
- AZTEC
- 59 Across: Bug killer, briefly (3)
- DDT
- 61 Across: Make mischief (5)
- ACTUP
- 62 Across: Madonna's first top 10 song (10)
- BORDERLINE
- 65 Across: Harassed (4)
- RODE
- 66 Across: Washerful (4)
- LOAD
- 67 Across: Old hull caulking (5)
- OAKUM
- 68 Across: Actress Swenson (4)
- INGA
- 69 Across: "Frasier" honor (4)
- EMMY
- 70 Across: Systems of waist removal? (5)
- DIETS
- 71 Across: Shrinking (4)
- MEEK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Line of cliffs (5)
- SCARP
- 2 Down: Lecterns (5)
- PODIA
- 3 Down: "Moving right ___..." (5)
- ALONG
- 4 Down: Milieu of the stressed-out (10)
- RAGGEDEDGE
- 5 Down: Playboy Mansion name (3)
- HEF
- 6 Down: Peeve (8)
- IRRITATE
- 7 Down: Speaker of note (4)
- TRIS
- 8 Down: Billing cycle, often (5)
- MONTH
- 9 Down: Fraction of a joule (3)
- ERG
- 10 Down: Command to Fido (4)
- STAY
- 11 Down: Auto engineer Benz (4)
- KARL
- 12 Down: Foil's heavier cousin (4)
- EPEE
- 13 Down: Erode (4)
- WEAR
- 19 Down: Pre-op inhalant, once (5)
- ETHER
- 21 Down: Hindu outfit (4)
- SARI
- 25 Down: Not entirely happy (7)
- NETTLED
- 27 Down: It takes a bow (7)
- ARCHERY
- 29 Down: Zoo barriers (5)
- MOATS
- 31 Down: Trade area of expanding importance (10)
- PACIFICRIM
- 32 Down: Coin word (4)
- UNUM
- 33 Down: South American monkey (4)
- TITI
- 34 Down: Down ___ (Maine) (4)
- EAST
- 35 Down: Marathoner's stat (4)
- TIME
- 36 Down: "___ Ben Adhem" (4)
- ABOU
- 37 Down: Kind of snake or crab (4)
- KING
- 41 Down: Roasted item (8)
- CHESTNUT
- 44 Down: In the cooler (5)
- ONICE
- 46 Down: Turkish money (4)
- LIRA
- 50 Down: Runner-up to Ike (5)
- ADLAI
- 52 Down: Make amends (5)
- ATONE
- 53 Down: Elbow (5)
- NUDGE
- 54 Down: Command to Fido (5)
- SPEAK
- 55 Down: Proficient (4)
- ABLE
- 56 Down: Really move (4)
- ZOOM
- 57 Down: Alpine transport (4)
- TRAM
- 58 Down: Countercurrent (4)
- EDDY
- 60 Down: High ground in Dutch lowlands (4)
- DIKE
- 63 Down: Fishing aid (3)
- ROD
- 64 Down: German river (3)
- EMS
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