Friday Crossword — April 7, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 4/7/2000. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mideast V.I.P. (9)
EHUDBARAK
10 Across: Green gimme (5)
TAPIN
15 Across: Dapple (9)
VARIEGATE
16 Across: Province of Italy (5)
UDINE
17 Across: Subject in a Rembrandt painting (9)
ARISTOTLE
18 Across: Language group that includes Xhosa (5)
BANTU
19 Across: King's place (4)
DECK
20 Across: It holds the line (4)
REEL
21 Across: "Inside the Third Reich" author (5)
SPEER
22 Across: Letter in runes (3)
EDH
23 Across: Fruit named for a city in Turkey (6)
CASABA
25 Across: Starch source (4)
TARO
26 Across: ___ anemone (3)
RUE
27 Across: Essence (4)
SOUL
29 Across: Ltr. addendum (3)
PPS
30 Across: Attack (4)
GOAT
32 Across: Butler's quarters? (4)
TARA
33 Across: Columbian starter (3)
PRE
34 Across: Decathlon event (7)
JAVELIN
37 Across: Shampooing problem (7)
TANGLES
39 Across: Is multiplied? (3)
ARE
40 Across: Twain's "___ Diary" (4)
EVES
42 Across: You can't do it alone (4)
DUET
43 Across: Something to shoot for (3)
PAR
44 Across: Editor's concern (4)
TEXT
45 Across: Snare (3)
GIN
46 Across: Ottoman title (4)
AGHA
48 Across: Way down, perhaps (6)
STAIRS
50 Across: Standard setting at 0 degrees long. (3)
GST
53 Across: Required things (5)
NEEDS
55 Across: Drain (4)
TIRE
56 Across: Harp, for one (4)
BEER
57 Across: Modern memoranda (5)
EMAIL
58 Across: Mesmerized (9)
INATRANCE
60 Across: Busted looie (5)
SARGE
61 Across: Source of rare metals, maybe (9)
METEORITE
62 Across: Wound up (5)
ENDED
63 Across: Flower that's a symbol of purity (9)
EDELWEISS

Down Answers

1 Down: Duck (5)
EVADE
2 Down: Ran fast, to Brits (5)
HARED
3 Down: Spenser portrayer (5)
URICH
4 Down: Floppy (4)
DISK
5 Down: Play favorites? (3)
BET
6 Down: Early malls (6)
AGORAE
7 Down: Hotel posting (5)
RATES
8 Down: Minimally (7)
ATLEAST
9 Down: Freight carrier at sea (8)
KEELBOAT
10 Down: Some like them hot (4)
TUBS
11 Down: Go with the flow (5)
ADAPT
12 Down: Luau serving (9)
PINEAPPLE
13 Down: Gloss (9)
INTERPRET
14 Down: Personality disorders (8)
NEUROSES
23 Down: Butcher's offering (6)
CUTLET
24 Down: Kirlian photography image (4)
AURA
26 Down: Scottish arctic explorer (3)
RAE
28 Down: "Animal House" director (6)
LANDIS
30 Down: Service station employee (9)
GARAGEMAN
31 Down: Got an earful, in a way (9)
OVERHEARD
34 Down: Kind of lantern (8)
JAPANESE
35 Down: Pulitzer winner for "Symphony No. 3" (4)
IVES
36 Down: When to have better luck? (8)
NEXTTIME
38 Down: Hit man (3)
GUN
41 Down: Not clean (7)
STAINED
45 Down: Humperdinck heroine (6)
GRETEL
47 Down: Adriatic feeder (5)
ADIGE
49 Down: Storming (5)
IRATE
50 Down: Wish granters of myth (5)
GENII
51 Down: Shakers and others (5)
SECTS
52 Down: Apples and oranges (5)
TREES
54 Down: Runners carry it (4)
SLED
56 Down: In the raw (4)
BARE
59 Down: Lineup (3)
ROW

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