Friday Crossword — February 25, 2000 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 2/25/2000. By William S. Cotter.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Backyard item (9)
- BUGZAPPER
- 10 Across: Woman of La Mancha (5)
- MUJER
- 15 Across: The earth's is largely iron (9)
- INNERCORE
- 16 Across: Foucault's "This Is Not ___" (5)
- APIPE
- 17 Across: Ceres, for one (9)
- PLANETOID
- 18 Across: The sky, maybe (5)
- LIMIT
- 19 Across: Spanish article (3)
- LAS
- 20 Across: Exuviates (5)
- SHEDS
- 22 Across: Bygone money (3)
- ECU
- 23 Across: Long (4)
- ACHE
- 25 Across: Wage ___ (6)
- EARNER
- 28 Across: "Rob Roy" star, 1995 (6)
- NEESON
- 31 Across: He played himself in "Being John Malkovich" (8)
- SEANPENN
- 33 Across: Ancient ascetic (6)
- ESSENE
- 34 Across: The gamut, in retailing (8)
- ALLSIZES
- 35 Across: Accept, but maybe unhappily (7)
- SWALLOW
- 37 Across: Get clobbered (8)
- TAKEAHIT
- 41 Across: Optimal number of golf strokes (6)
- FEWEST
- 46 Across: Noted bell ringer (8)
- AVONLADY
- 47 Across: PepsiCo product (6)
- FRITOS
- 48 Across: Persist (6)
- LINGER
- 49 Across: Literally, "injured" (4)
- LESE
- 50 Across: Kit ___ (3)
- KAT
- 51 Across: Super Bowl XXV site (5)
- TAMPA
- 56 Across: Street wear? (3)
- RUT
- 57 Across: Circus prop (5)
- STILT
- 60 Across: Important crossing points (9)
- GOALLINES
- 63 Across: It might get you a ride (5)
- TOKEN
- 64 Across: Teflon, for one (9)
- TRADENAME
- 65 Across: Wooer of Merope, in myth (5)
- ORION
- 66 Across: Lags (9)
- STRAGGLES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Many a crop-duster (7)
- BIPLANE
- 2 Down: Prepares to remove (7)
- UNLACES
- 3 Down: Grinds (7)
- GNASHES
- 4 Down: Pursuit of satori (3)
- ZEN
- 5 Down: Metric measure (3)
- ARE
- 6 Down: Batting avgs., e.g. (4)
- PCTS
- 7 Down: "Fiddle-faddle!" (4)
- POOH
- 8 Down: Gannon University city (4)
- ERIE
- 9 Down: Demond's 70's TV co-star (4)
- REDD
- 10 Down: Start to adjust? (3)
- MAL
- 11 Down: Co. formed in a 1958 merger (3)
- UPI
- 12 Down: 1956 Literature Nobelist Juan Ramón ___ (7)
- JIMENEZ
- 13 Down: Having the characteristics of both sexes (7)
- EPICENE
- 14 Down: Figures watched at night? (7)
- RETURNS
- 21 Down: Barricade (7)
- SEALOFF
- 24 Down: Suffix with Brooklyn (3)
- ESE
- 26 Down: Match, as a description (6)
- ANSWER
- 27 Down: Coll. in Troy, N.Y. (3)
- RPI
- 29 Down: Discounted (6)
- ONSALE
- 30 Down: Sitcom with Dick and Joanna (7)
- NEWHART
- 31 Down: Slightly blue (5)
- SALTY
- 32 Down: Addition of sorts (3)
- ELL
- 36 Down: Succor (3)
- AID
- 37 Down: Addresses (7)
- TALKSTO
- 38 Down: Snoopy, as he sometimes fancied himself (7)
- AVIATOR
- 39 Down: 1950 nonfiction best seller (7)
- KONTIKI
- 40 Down: School subj. (3)
- ENG
- 42 Down: 1977 "Gnomes" best-selling author Huygen (3)
- WIL
- 43 Down: Like some flames (7)
- ETERNAL
- 44 Down: Snide retort (7)
- SOSUEME
- 45 Down: Cousins of houseflies (7)
- TSETSES
- 52 Down: Ticket sellers: Abbr. (4)
- AGTS
- 53 Down: "Beetle Bailey" creator Walker (4)
- MORT
- 54 Down: Bygone TV host (4)
- PAAR
- 55 Down: Actor whose last name has three letters of his first (4)
- ALDA
- 58 Down: Fierce type, astrologically (3)
- LEO
- 59 Down: Statler Bros. broadcaster (3)
- TNN
- 61 Down: Mutton serving (3)
- LEG
- 62 Down: Like a popular Beethoven minuet (3)
- ING
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