Thursday Crossword — October 29, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/29/1998. By Cathy Millhauser.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Wrap (4)
- COAT
- 5 Across: Scrap (4)
- SPAT
- 9 Across: Sparkle (5)
- ECLAT
- 14 Across: Common rhyme scheme (4)
- ABBA
- 15 Across: Mayor Dinkins's predecessor (4)
- KOCH
- 16 Across: Coronet (5)
- TIARA
- 17 Across: Choose one of two gas forms (15)
- PICKEITHERETHER
- 20 Across: Connecticut River town (5)
- ESSEX
- 21 Across: ___ Maria liqueur (3)
- TIA
- 22 Across: Not give ___ (4)
- ARAP
- 23 Across: Kind of bay (4)
- SICK
- 26 Across: Poker game (4)
- STUD
- 28 Across: Grand you earn, old-style (14)
- THOUTHOUMAKEST
- 34 Across: King David's instrument (4)
- HARP
- 35 Across: Author Beattie (3)
- ANN
- 36 Across: Yale of Yale University (5)
- ELIHU
- 38 Across: Prohibition ___ (3)
- ERA
- 39 Across: Hoffman and Streep, in a 1979 film (7)
- KRAMERS
- 42 Across: "Just kidding!" (3)
- NOT
- 43 Across: ___ Martin cars (5)
- ASTON
- 45 Across: Airport approximation (3)
- ETA
- 46 Across: Mideast capital (4)
- SANA
- 47 Across: Part of a Pilgrim's anatomy lesson (14)
- HEREISTHYTHIGH
- 51 Across: Metric prefix (4)
- DECI
- 52 Across: Rex's stout detective (4)
- NERO
- 53 Across: Let go (4)
- FREE
- 56 Across: Noisy trains (3)
- ELS
- 58 Across: Caddies' offerings (5)
- IRONS
- 62 Across: "Do that vowel over, Kojak" (15)
- REWRITETHEOTHEO
- 66 Across: Poster boys, maybe (5)
- IDOLS
- 67 Across: Pitcher Hideo (4)
- NOMO
- 68 Across: Falsified (4)
- LIED
- 69 Across: 1964 Olympics site (5)
- TOKYO
- 70 Across: Times that try parents' souls (4)
- TWOS
- 71 Across: Geriatric Jedi master (4)
- YODA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: May in New Jersey, e.g. (4)
- CAPE
- 2 Down: "The Mikado" attire (4)
- OBIS
- 3 Down: Basics (4)
- ABCS
- 4 Down: Occupies (7)
- TAKESUP
- 5 Down: Word with water or jet (3)
- SKI
- 6 Down: Olla (3)
- POT
- 7 Down: Sieben follower (4)
- ACHT
- 8 Down: Belief in God (6)
- THEISM
- 9 Down: Berlioz's "Nuit d'___" (3)
- ETE
- 10 Down: It went coed 8/24/96, with "The" (7)
- CITADEL
- 11 Down: Bert who was a Leo, aptly (4)
- LAHR
- 12 Down: Department (4)
- AREA
- 13 Down: Field cover (4)
- TARP
- 18 Down: Withdrawal (4)
- EXIT
- 19 Down: Pro ___ (4)
- RATA
- 24 Down: Flat cleaner (4)
- CHAR
- 25 Down: Hawaiian coffee (4)
- KONA
- 27 Down: Banjos' kin (4)
- UKES
- 28 Down: Former ABC sitcom (4)
- THEA
- 29 Down: Grating (5)
- HARSH
- 30 Down: Emulate Cicero (5)
- ORATE
- 31 Down: Like some goals, sadly (5)
- UNMET
- 32 Down: Where Moses got the word (5)
- SINAI
- 33 Down: Flip-flop (5)
- THONG
- 37 Down: Its motto is "Industry" (4)
- UTAH
- 39 Down: Kind of jerk (4)
- KNEE
- 40 Down: People: Prefix (4)
- ETHN
- 41 Down: Actress Martha (4)
- RAYE
- 44 Down: Neat (7)
- ORDERLY
- 46 Down: Soon (7)
- SHORTLY
- 48 Down: "Body Count" rapper (4)
- ICET
- 49 Down: Mum (6)
- SILENT
- 50 Down: The Fates, e.g. (4)
- TRIO
- 53 Down: Glassmaking ingredient (4)
- FRIT
- 54 Down: Overhaul (4)
- REDO
- 55 Down: Furry "Star Wars" creature (4)
- EWOK
- 57 Down: Put in the hold (4)
- STOW
- 59 Down: Wheeling's river (4)
- OHIO
- 60 Down: Financial aid criterion (4)
- NEED
- 61 Down: Kind of jerk (4)
- SODA
- 63 Down: Prefix with -prene (3)
- ISO
- 64 Down: Medical provider grp. (3)
- HMO
- 65 Down: Daybreak deity (3)
- EOS
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