Friday Crossword — February 4, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/4/2000. By Dana Motley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Diamond holder (4)
SAFE
5 Across: Job for an ob/gyn (5)
AMNIO
10 Across: Clash (4)
TIFF
14 Across: Got off the bus (4)
ALIT
15 Across: Hallelujah (5)
PAEAN
16 Across: Kind of history (4)
ORAL
17 Across: G-man (4)
NARC
18 Across: Good source of potassium (10)
PRUNEJUICE
20 Across: Plus fours (9)
KNEEPANTS
22 Across: Cause of a wake-up (5)
APNEA
23 Across: Not so tasty (6)
STALER
24 Across: Has no doubt whatever (6)
SWEARS
25 Across: Ministers (to) (6)
CATERS
27 Across: Desert home (5)
ADOBE
29 Across: Now, in Juárez (5)
AHORA
30 Across: Cloudiness (5)
BLEAR
31 Across: Transportation inits. since 1930 (3)
TWA
34 Across: Wyoming river (7)
LARAMIE
36 Across: Early work? (7)
PREQUEL
38 Across: Tech stock (3)
IBM
39 Across: Razzle-dazzle (5)
ECLAT
41 Across: Like one of the senses (5)
AURAL
42 Across: Upbraid (5)
SCOLD
43 Across: Facts (6)
SKINNY
44 Across: Show for which Bob Fosse won a 1978 Tony (6)
DANCIN
47 Across: Servings at a 44-Down (6)
JULEPS
49 Across: Artist-illustrator Vedder (5)
ELIHU
50 Across: Celeb (9)
SUPERSTAR
53 Across: Payback (10)
RECOMPENSE
55 Across: Turner or Sinatra (4)
TINA
56 Across: Clip-fed machine gun (4)
BREN
57 Across: Aspect (5)
FACET
58 Across: Carolina college (4)
ELON
59 Across: Knight time (4)
YORE
60 Across: ___ Sark (5)
CUTTY
61 Across: Rupture (4)
REND

Down Answers

1 Down: Collapsed (4)
SANK
2 Down: Josephine Tey investigator ___ Grant (4)
ALAN
3 Down: Hullabaloo (9)
FIRESTORM
4 Down: Yadda yadda yadda (8)
ETCETERA
5 Down: Horrifies (6)
APPALS
6 Down: Area in W.W. I news (5)
MARNE
7 Down: A car may be in it (7)
NEUTRAL
8 Down: Writer Buruma and others (4)
IANS
9 Down: Last word heard on New Year's Eve (3)
ONE
10 Down: Spot remover? (6)
TOUPEE
11 Down: Sister of Boris Godunov (5)
IRINA
12 Down: Stunning blow (5)
FACER
13 Down: Tiny jumpers (5)
FLEAS
19 Down: Zbigniew Brzezinski, e.g. (10)
JAWBREAKER
21 Down: It's something in the water (10)
PARAMECIUM
24 Down: Take off (4)
SOAR
25 Down: Colombian city (4)
CALI
26 Down: Jezebel's husband (4)
AHAB
28 Down: Corp. section (4)
DEPT
30 Down: Round sound (4)
BELL
31 Down: Entrance sight, maybe (9)
TURNSTILE
32 Down: Break off (4)
WEAN
33 Down: One who takes sides (4)
ALLY
35 Down: Many a celebrity (4)
ICON
37 Down: Wit (8)
QUIPSTER
40 Down: Add-on (7)
ADJUNCT
42 Down: "Die ___ Müllerin" (Schubert work) (6)
SCHONE
43 Down: Hazardous, travelwise (6)
SLEETY
44 Down: You can bet on it (5)
DERBY
45 Down: Olds make (5)
ALERO
46 Down: More upscale (5)
NICER
48 Down: Election news (5)
UPSET
50 Down: Linebacker Junior (4)
SEAU
51 Down: Any minute (4)
ANON
52 Down: "The Fountainhead" author (4)
RAND
54 Down: One-striper, for short (3)
PFC

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