Friday Crossword — June 30, 2000 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 6/30/2000. By Martin Ashwood-Smith.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Locale receiving investments (15)
- DEVELOPMENTAREA
- 16 Across: Newspaper feature (15)
- EDITORIALCOLUMN
- 17 Across: Quick-sketch pros (15)
- SIDEWALKARTISTS
- 18 Across: Certain clamp shapes (4)
- CEES
- 19 Across: Flirts may use theirs (4)
- TOES
- 20 Across: Zairean autocrat Mobutu ___ Seko (4)
- SESE
- 21 Across: Kind of test (4)
- BETA
- 22 Across: Summer feature: Abbr. (3)
- DST
- 24 Across: Head (4)
- FOAM
- 27 Across: Codger (4)
- COOT
- 29 Across: Addressee of many a request (3)
- MOM
- 32 Across: Possible result of hesitation (15)
- LOSTOPPORTUNITY
- 36 Across: Hobbies and such (15)
- ACTIVEINTERESTS
- 37 Across: Paris premiere of 1953 (15)
- WAITINGFORGODOT
- 38 Across: Patty Hearst kidnap grp. (3)
- SLA
- 39 Across: Insouciance (4)
- EASE
- 40 Across: Western Electric founder ___ Barton (4)
- ENOS
- 41 Across: Abbr. on mariners' maps (3)
- ISL
- 42 Across: Guff (4)
- SASS
- 45 Across: Computer picture (4)
- SCAN
- 48 Across: Spot (4)
- ESPY
- 49 Across: Bug-eyed (4)
- GAGA
- 53 Across: Ballpark figures (15)
- CONCESSIONAIRES
- 57 Across: Memorable Met conductor (15)
- ARTUROTOSCANINI
- 58 Across: Gives cause for optimism (15)
- RAISESONESHOPES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Fam. tree member (4)
- DESC
- 2 Down: 1982 George Plimpton best seller (4)
- EDIE
- 3 Down: ___ infra (see below) (4)
- VIDE
- 4 Down: Form of the verb "etre" (4)
- ETES
- 5 Down: Fan setting (3)
- LOW
- 6 Down: Declaim (5)
- ORATE
- 7 Down: Command (5)
- PILOT
- 8 Down: Acknowledge (15)
- MAKEACONFESSION
- 9 Down: Old musical notes (4)
- ELAS
- 10 Down: Big mfr. of point-of-sale terminals (3)
- NCR
- 11 Down: Day care attendee (3)
- TOT
- 12 Down: Most-wanted (5)
- ALIST
- 13 Down: Dodge (4)
- RUSE
- 14 Down: CPR pros (4)
- EMTS
- 15 Down: Handle: Fr. (4)
- ANSE
- 21 Down: Standard late-night TV fare (7)
- BMOVIES
- 22 Down: 29-Across, often (5)
- DOTER
- 23 Down: Playwright Preston (7)
- STURGES
- 24 Down: Central (5)
- FOCAL
- 25 Down: Port of ancient Rome (5)
- OSTIA
- 26 Down: Bickering, say (4)
- ATIT
- 28 Down: "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Shak. (4)
- ORTO
- 29 Down: Botch (5)
- MISDO
- 30 Down: Four Holy Roman emperors (5)
- OTTOS
- 31 Down: Popular computer game (4)
- MYST
- 32 Down: See 33-Down (4)
- LAWS
- 33 Down: With 32-Down, things that send people to jail (5)
- PENAL
- 34 Down: Gluttons (4)
- PIGS
- 35 Down: Brightly colored (4)
- NEON
- 41 Down: Small bone of the middle ear (5)
- INCUS
- 43 Down: Strike ___ (5)
- APOSE
- 44 Down: Lip-___ (fakes it) (5)
- SYNCS
- 45 Down: Mark of Zorro? (4)
- SCAR
- 46 Down: "The Last of the Mohicans" girl (4)
- CORA
- 47 Down: Con man? (4)
- ANTI
- 48 Down: ___ perpetuum (let it be everlasting) (4)
- ESTO
- 49 Down: Football Hall-of-Famer Marchetti (4)
- GINO
- 50 Down: "What ___!" ("That's rich!") (4)
- ARIP
- 51 Down: Kind of therapy (4)
- GENE
- 52 Down: "No returns" (4)
- ASIS
- 54 Down: Prior to, to Prior (3)
- ERE
- 55 Down: Help wanted notice? (3)
- SOS
- 56 Down: "I see!" (3)
- AAH
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