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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 1, 1996

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Thursday, August 1, 1996

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, August 1, 1996. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

74 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

Down clues & answers

1
Diary
2
Copy
3
Storekeeper
4
As to
5
Busy
6
Means___end
7
Small serving of coffee
8
Site of a Gen. McClellan victory
9
Open, as oysters
10
"Three Tall Women" writer
11
Cello maestro
12
Proceeds sans parental consent
13
Releases
22
Most nigh
23
Panama, e.g.
24
Letter before beth
26
Connecticut River city
28
Economical
29
Faction
32
Bambi's aunt
34
TV marine
35
Words with a ring to them?
37
So inclined
38
Local government position
39
Stationery purchase
42
Grads-to-be
43
Dishwasher listings
44
Former Albany first family
45
Where the Palme d'Or is awarded
47
Parlor pieces
50
Small
51
Old-time actor Jack
55
Ready to eat
56
Ugandan exile
57
Brand name that happens to be Latin for "I read"
61
Actress Merkel
62
Latin foot

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Wednesday, July 31, 1996

across

1. Union flouters: SCABS
6. It's mined in South Australia: OPAL
10. Legendary Memphis recording company: STAX
14. City near Leipzig: HALLE
15. Gossiper Barrett: RONA
16. Wyoming town named for a frontiersman: CODY
17. "___With a View": AROOM
18. Scored 100 on: ACED
19. Bailiff's cry: OYEZ
20. Pickup line: DONTIKNOWYOU
23. Famous twin: ENG
24. Slacker at the track: NAG
25. Name on old Asian maps: BURMA
28. Pickup line: WHATSYOURSIGN
33. ___Tuck: FRIAR
35. Association: Abbr.: ORG
36. Vast amount: SEA
37. "___people go": LETMY
38. Babe in the woods: CUB
39. Sorry ones: RUERS
41. Somewhat: Suffix: ISH
42. Impediment: BAR
43. This may have fallout: ATEST
44. Pickup line: COMEHEREOFTEN
49. Coup___: DETAT
50. Welcome item: MAT
51. Govt. pension agcy.: SSA
54. Blanket pickup line rejection: HITTHEBRICKS
58. Jai___: ALAI
61. Spoken: ORAL
62. Take___(plop down): ASEAT
63. Bath powder: TALC
64. Incense: RILE
65. Bridge, in Bologna: PONTE
66. Rams' mates: EWES
67. Predicament: SPOT
68. Show of derision: SNEER

down

1. Ghost: SHADE
2. "Gigi" star: CARON
3. Song from "Call Me Mister," 1946: ALONGWITHME
4. Ink smudge: BLOT
5. Religious school: SEMINARY
6. Jungle swingers: ORANGS
7. Somewhat, in music: POCO
8. Freshly: ANEW
9. It's spotted in a garden: LADYBUG
10. Turns inside out, so to speak: SCOURS
11. Mattel item: TOY
12. "Fables in Slang" author: ADE
13. ___Affair: XYZ
21. "Krazy" one: KAT
22. 1983 hit "___House": OUR
26. Play staging: MISEENSCENE
27. Maturation catalysts: AGERS
29. Ingredient in a Western 47-Down: HAM
30. The Beatles' "Baby___a Rich Man": YOURE
31. Spinner in space: ORB
32. Harper's Weekly cartoonist: NAST
33. Cannes cop: FLIC
34. Fix the lawn: RESOD
38. Train unit: CAR
39. Hovels: RATTRAPS
40. Western Indian: UTE
42. Race track supporters: BETTORS
45. Legal subject: ETHICS
46. "Bali___": HAI
47. See 29-Down: OMELET
48. Marvy: FAB
52. Roll right along: SKATE
53. China___: ASTER
55. Misstep: TRIP
56. Angelic headgear: HALO
57. "The race___!": ISON
58. Broke bread: ATE
59. Fortas's forte: LAW
60. Half pints, maybe: ALE

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