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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 28, 1998
Monday, September 28, 1998
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, September 28, 1998. 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.
Across clues & answers
- 36
Down clues & answers
- 21
- 22
- 33
- 43
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Sunday, September 27, 1998
across
- 1. Playwright Norman: MARSHA
- 7. 1943 Bogart film: SAHARA
- 13. Where suits are put on: CABANAS
- 20. Colorless ketone: ACETOL
- 21. Canadiens and Canucks: ICEMEN
- 22. Milieu: ELEMENT
- 23. He should have written "What Makes Sammy Run": JONATHANSWIFT
- 25. TV role for Penny: LAVERNE
- 26. Kind of chance: SPORTING
- 27. Suffix with human: OID
- 29. Toot: BENDER
- 30. Fork-tailed flier: TERN
- 31. He should have written "Fear of Flying": NOELCOWARD
- 35. Handle, as insurance claims: ADJUST
- 38. Like some heads: DOMED
- 39. Explorer Vasco da ___: GAMA
- 40. ___ Lobos: LOS
- 43. Sprang: LEAPT
- 44. Magnate: TITAN
- 45. Sight at post offices: FLAGPOLE
- 47. Robbins and Russert: TIMS
- 48. Coach: TRAIN
- 49. "Yikes!": EGAD
- 51. ___ vie: EAUDE
- 52. What candles may signify: AGE
- 53. He should have written "Green Eggs and Ham": FRANCISBACON
- 56. Social reformer Jacob: RIIS
- 57. O.R. workers: RNS
- 58. Erskine Caldwell title character: AIMEE
- 59. Seaman's description: ABLE
- 60. Start: OUTSET
- 62. Blade attachments: HILTS
- 64. Tommy Dorsey's "___ Always You": ITS
- 65. Seeress: SIBYL
- 66. Wasted: STINKO
- 68. Rancher's enemy: PUMA
- 70. Stuffy: CLOSE
- 72. Frequent direction givers: Abbr.: AAA
- 75. Challenge, metaphorically: HILL
- 76. He should have written "Postcards From the Edge": NORMANMAILER
- 79. Certain fighter: MIG
- 80. Many a Gary Cooper pic: OATER
- 82. Canadiens or Canucks: TEAM
- 83. Crash locale in "Alive": ANDES
- 84. V-chips block it: PORN
- 85. Strong objections: PROTESTS
- 87. Oodles: SCADS
- 88. 72-Across recommendation: ROUTE
- 89. José or Juan: SAN
- 90. Kind of collar: FLEA
- 91. Where Jimmy Carter taught after his Presidency: EMORY
- 92. Nosebleed seats: TOPROW
- 93. She should have written "On the Beach": GEORGESAND
- 95. Lorelei Lee's creator: LOOS
- 96. Communicate: IMPART
- 99. U.S.N.A. grad: ENS
- 100. Piece of dust: PARTICLE
- 104. Gang of Four members: MAOISTS
- 106. He should have written "Arrowsmith": JEFFREYARCHER
- 110. Cabalist: PLOTTER
- 111. Temporarily away: ONLOAN
- 112. More virtuous than thou: HOLIER
- 113. Common cleanser: SALSODA
- 114. Eats one's heart out: YEARNS
- 115. Barbecue offerings: STEAKS
down
- 1. They report to lt. cols.: MAJS
- 2. Reynolds film "Rent-___": ACOP
- 3. Civil War major general Jesse: RENO
- 4. Business undertakings: STARTUPS
- 5. Most popular: HOTTEST
- 6. "Java" man: ALHIRT
- 7. Blab: SING
- 8. B.T.U. producers: ACS
- 9. Chop down: HEW
- 10. Friend of mon frère: AMI
- 11. Fix some origami: REFOLD
- 12. Marxlike: ANTIC
- 13. Disney Store purchase: CEL
- 14. Bart Starr's alma mater: ALABAMA
- 15. Libation: BEVERAGE
- 16. Touch up: AMEND
- 17. Social misfit: NERD
- 18. Sister of King Arthur: ANNE
- 19. Suffix with pun: STER
- 24. Cape ___: ANN
- 28. Grunt : Vietnam :: ___ : W.W. II: DOGFACE
- 31. Foreknowledge: NOTICE
- 32. Muscateer?: OMANI
- 33. When dark comes o'er the land: EEN
- 34. He was lost in books: WALDO
- 35. Hitching post: ALTAR
- 36. Condescend: DEIGN
- 37. He should have written "Hotel": JAMESHILTON
- 38. 1928 hit with the lyric "I'm in heaven when I see you smile": DIANE
- 40. He should have written "Love Story": LOUISLAMOUR
- 41. Song of the past: OLDIE
- 42. View à la Shakespeare: SEEST
- 44. They have their own lines: TRAMS
- 46. Telephone user: PARTY
- 48. Moon of Neptune: TRITON
- 49. Fades: EBBS
- 50. Square dance partner: GAL
- 53. TV's Peter: FALK
- 54. "Paradise Lost" character: SATAN
- 55. Pops, e.g.: NOISES
- 61. Over in Germany: UBER
- 63. Coastline feature: INLET
- 64. Mosque V.I.P.: IMAM
- 65. Pumps have them: SOLES
- 66. Goes to market: SHOPS
- 67. Miss's accessory: TIARA
- 68. Be prophetic: PRESAGE
- 69. John's "Pulp Fiction" partner: UMA
- 70. Hoax: CANARD
- 71. Plain-speaking radio talk show host: LIDDY
- 73. ___-ground missile: AIRTO
- 74. Ford predecessor: AGNEW
- 77. Sea ___: OTTER
- 78. Little Richard's hometown: MACON
- 81. Mentions: REFERSTO
- 84. It gets a licking: POPSICLE
- 86. On the schedule: SLOTTED
- 87. Wee, to Burns: SMA
- 88. Tree trauma: ROOTROT
- 91. Sect member during the time of Christ: ESSENE
- 92. Ark contents: TORAHS
- 93. Ways of walking: GAITS
- 94. Benefit from: ENJOY
- 95. Not in the profession: LAY
- 96. Baby sitter's banes: IMPS
- 97. ___ fide (in bad faith): MALA
- 98. Combine: POOL
- 100. Parker and Waterman: PENS
- 101. Minty Mexican plant: CHIA
- 102. Soup vegetable: LEEK
- 103. Slips: ERRS
- 105. Title for Mrs. Perón: SRA
- 107. Panama City's home: Abbr.: FLA
- 108. Pro: FOR
- 109. Didn't hold: RAN
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