Saturday Crossword — December 26, 1998 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 12/26/1998. By A. J. Santora.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Steele Justice" actress (8)
- SELAWARD
- 9 Across: "From the Terrace" author and family (6)
- OHARAS
- 15 Across: Firebrand (8)
- AGITATOR
- 16 Across: Travel by aeroplano (6)
- VOLARE
- 17 Across: Avalon's locale (8)
- CATALINA
- 18 Across: Flying high (6)
- ELATED
- 19 Across: Arms race abbr. (3)
- SDI
- 20 Across: Display case (7)
- ETAGERE
- 22 Across: Like Handel's Suite No. 5 (3)
- INE
- 23 Across: Blather (3)
- GAS
- 25 Across: Hit high into the air (4)
- LOFT
- 26 Across: Take off (4)
- SOAR
- 27 Across: Luxurious resorts (4)
- SPAS
- 29 Across: Duke University locale (6)
- DURHAM
- 31 Across: Powerhouses (6)
- TITANS
- 34 Across: Diamondback (8)
- TERRAPIN
- 38 Across: Atmospheric pressure measurer (7)
- ANEROID
- 40 Across: "Growing Young" author Ashley (7)
- MONTAGU
- 41 Across: Ended (8)
- RESULTED
- 43 Across: Hosed down (6)
- WETTED
- 44 Across: Capital on the Tagus estuary (6)
- LISBON
- 46 Across: Kin of -ule (4)
- ETTE
- 47 Across: Destroyer destroyer (4)
- MINE
- 50 Across: Kind of steak (4)
- TUNA
- 51 Across: Inflation ender (3)
- ARY
- 52 Across: Incense (3)
- IRE
- 53 Across: Like some cameras nowadays (7)
- DIGITAL
- 55 Across: Something to chew over (3)
- CUD
- 58 Across: Gunpowder holder (6)
- TEABAG
- 60 Across: ___ Republic (8)
- MALAGASY
- 62 Across: Better (6)
- ENRICH
- 63 Across: Complete (8)
- UNBROKEN
- 64 Across: Any stanza in Burns's "To a Mouse" (6)
- SESTET
- 65 Across: Steer out of control? (8)
- STAMPEDE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Alveoli (4)
- SACS
- 2 Down: "Holy Toledo!" (4)
- EGAD
- 3 Down: Contests at the bar? (9)
- LITIGATES
- 4 Down: ___ loss (3)
- ATA
- 5 Down: Where the Wye River rises (5)
- WALES
- 6 Down: Bickering (4)
- ATIT
- 7 Down: First name in clowns (6)
- RONALD
- 8 Down: Prolong (7)
- DRAGOUT
- 9 Down: Make a baseball boo-boo (9)
- OVERTHROW
- 10 Down: Flag location (4)
- HOLE
- 11 Down: ___ mort (dispirited) (3)
- ALA
- 12 Down: I.Q., e.g. (5)
- RATIO
- 13 Down: "The Lady or the Tiger?" setting (5)
- ARENA
- 14 Down: When haroseth is eaten (5)
- SEDER
- 21 Down: Conductor Kurtz (5)
- EFREM
- 24 Down: Most of the time (7)
- ASARULE
- 26 Down: Speak with spotty knowledge (7)
- SMATTER
- 27 Down: General acquisition (4)
- STAR
- 28 Down: Emulate Echo (4)
- PINE
- 30 Down: "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" composer (4)
- ARNE
- 32 Down: Do not, in old Rome (4)
- NOLI
- 33 Down: Waits and sees (9)
- SITSTIGHT
- 35 Down: Rhyme that's done by hand? (9)
- PATTYCAKE
- 36 Down: Belinda Carlisle's "___ Weak" (4)
- IGET
- 37 Down: Hosiery shade (4)
- NUDE
- 39 Down: Correct code (5)
- DEBUG
- 42 Down: Popular radio personality (7)
- DONIMUS
- 45 Down: Floating (6)
- NATANT
- 47 Down: Backbiters (5)
- MITES
- 48 Down: "The Woman," to Sherlock (5)
- IRENE
- 49 Down: Gets in range of (5)
- NEARS
- 51 Down: It may be false (5)
- ALARM
- 53 Down: Bait fish (4)
- DACE
- 54 Down: Goya's "The Duchess of ___" (4)
- ALBA
- 56 Down: Worn (4)
- USED
- 57 Down: Centimeter-gram-second unit (4)
- DYNE
- 59 Down: Shtick (3)
- BIT
- 61 Down: Elephant group (3)
- GOP
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