Thursday Crossword — April 20, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/20/2000. By Nelson Hardy.

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Across Answers

1 Across: It's produced from a single layer (3)
EGG
4 Across: Blooper (5)
GAFFE
9 Across: Wilts (4)
SAGS
13 Across: "Mârouf" baritone (3)
ALI
14 Across: Dark (5)
UNLIT
15 Across: Void (5)
ANNUL
16 Across: Part of a submarine (9)
TORPEDOTUBE
18 Across: Rocket fuel ingredient, for short (5)
NITRO
19 Across: Beach sounds (8)
SPLASHES
20 Across: Frames (6)
SETSUP
21 Across: Exploits (4)
USES
22 Across: Pen name (3)
BIC
23 Across: Means of support (6)
PILLAR
26 Across: "...And God Created Woman," e.g. (8)
BARDOTFILM
31 Across: Mother with a coat on (3)
EWE
32 Across: Pre-Revolution leaders (5)
TSARS
34 Across: "Leave It to Beaver" smoothie (5)
EDDIE
35 Across: "Norma Rae" director Martin (4)
RITT
37 Across: Novelist Harper (3)
LEE
38 Across: Four-star (4)
RAVE
39 Across: "Life ___ a dream" (5)
ISBUT
41 Across: School no-brainer (5)
EASYA
44 Across: The Crystals' "___ a Rebel" (3)
HES
45 Across: Work successfully (8)
DOTHETRICK
47 Across: "More!" (6)
ENCORE
49 Across: Vessel measured in cubits (3)
ARK
50 Across: Borgia in-law (4)
ESTE
51 Across: Gagster's gimmick (6)
SHTICK
55 Across: Was imaginative (8)
HADIDEAS
59 Across: Gist (5)
POINT
60 Across: U.S./Mexico border city (9)
LAREDOTEXAS
61 Across: Helps as a lookout, say (5)
ABETS
62 Across: Aqua ___ (5)
VITAE
63 Across: Louvre affair? (3)
ART
64 Across: Nitwit (4)
DODO
65 Across: Stravinsky and Sikorsky (5)
IGORS
66 Across: Army cops (3)
MPS

Down Answers

1 Down: Takes in (4)
EATS
2 Down: Hardly haute cuisine (4)
GLOP
3 Down: Demoiselle (4)
GIRL
4 Down: Conjecture (7)
GUESSAT
5 Down: Et alii (7)
ANDOTHERS
6 Down: Soot collectors (5)
FLUES
7 Down: Makes stuff up (4)
FIBS
8 Down: Summer abroad (3)
ETE
9 Down: Tizzy (4)
SNIT
10 Down: Farm workers? (4)
ANTS
11 Down: Mentor (4)
GURU
12 Down: Spill (over) (4)
SLOP
15 Down: Funny little story (6)
ANECDOTE
17 Down: Klee or Cézanne (4)
PAUL
20 Down: Private's greeting (3)
SIR
22 Down: Diamond bags (5)
BASES
23 Down: Green birthstone (5)
PERIDOT
24 Down: "If only!" (5)
IWISH
25 Down: Leave alone (5)
LETBE
26 Down: Intermission (5)
BREAK
27 Down: Big Apple artery, with "the" (3)
FDR
28 Down: Salmon River locale (5)
IDAHO
29 Down: Gravy ingredient, maybe (5)
LIVER
30 Down: Reagan's second Attorney General (5)
MEESE
33 Down: Smart ___ (5)
ALECK
36 Down: Scolder's syllable (3)
TUT
40 Down: Plots (6)
TRACTS
42 Down: Reply from an obedient spouse (7)
YESDEAR
43 Down: Remedies (7)
ANTIDOTES
46 Down: Tee off (3)
IRK
48 Down: Relinquish (4)
CEDE
50 Down: Keep an ___ the ground (5)
EARTO
51 Down: W.W. I French plane (4)
SPAD
52 Down: Rail rider (4)
HOBO
53 Down: Lashed (4)
TIED
54 Down: Captivated by (4)
INTO
55 Down: "Inner Circles" memoirist (4)
HAIG
56 Down: Checkup (4)
EXAM
57 Down: 50-and-up grp. (4)
AARP
58 Down: Part of the Air France fleet (4)
SSTS
60 Down: Year in Nero's reign (3)
LVI

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