Saturday Crossword — July 15, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/15/2000. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: In other words (6)
THATIS
7 Across: Ally on TV (7)
CALISTA
14 Across: Plain (6)
HOMELY
15 Across: Like some fine pottery (8)
ORIENTAL
16 Across: PANT (6)
ENAMEL
17 Across: CHEF (8)
DOMINANT
18 Across: Lively folk dance (4)
HORA
19 Across: Expensive car trips (4)
TOWS
20 Across: One of four Holy Roman emperors (4)
OTTO
21 Across: Surface (5)
ARISE
23 Across: Scandinavian money (3)
ORE
24 Across: Some nods (4)
CUES
25 Across: Jazz composer Evans (3)
GIL
26 Across: SPED (3)
SAW
28 Across: Coins with profiles of Nehru (6)
RUPEES
31 Across: Having no bounds: Abbr. (3)
UNL
32 Across: Pop music's Hanson, e.g. (4)
TRIO
34 Across: Vote in Québec (3)
NON
35 Across: Traits helpful in answering the eight capitalized clues (15)
EGOCENTRICITIES
41 Across: "...___ will!" (3)
ORI
42 Across: City on the Rhein (4)
KOLN
43 Across: Fuzziness (3)
NAP
44 Across: Kind of case (6)
CLOSET
47 Across: MOST (3)
WET
48 Across: Windy City transportation inits. (3)
CTA
49 Across: 48-Across's specialty (4)
RAIL
50 Across: What some surrogates get (3)
OVA
52 Across: Air beyond the clouds (5)
ETHER
54 Across: 1970's Vogue discovery (4)
IMAN
55 Across: Name for an Irish lass (4)
ERIN
56 Across: River known in ancient times as Obringa (4)
AARE
57 Across: DEFY (8)
VENERATE
59 Across: RUNS (6)
DEBRIS
61 Across: Strikeouts? (8)
ERASURES
62 Across: High point (6)
APOGEE
63 Across: Curtain decoration (7)
TASSELS
64 Across: Like the worst predictions (6)
DIREST

Down Answers

1 Down: Place for diplomacy (8)
THEHAGUE
2 Down: Eulogist's activity (8)
HONORING
3 Down: City that's the title of an Emmylou Harris song (8)
AMARILLO
4 Down: Melodic subjects (5)
TEMAS
5 Down: Suffix with project (3)
ILE
6 Down: Lang. unit (3)
SYL
7 Down: Braggart (6)
CROWER
8 Down: Sights (4)
AIMS
9 Down: ___ Day (May 1, in Hawaii) (3)
LEI
10 Down: NAVE (8)
INNOCENT
11 Down: David, e.g. (6)
STATUE
12 Down: Rouen relations (6)
TANTES
13 Down: Concert voices (5)
ALTOS
15 Down: Quality (4)
ODOR
19 Down: Specifically (5)
TOWIT
22 Down: Glycerides, e.g. (6)
ESTERS
27 Down: 1970's sitcom (5)
ARNIE
29 Down: Result of some arm-twisting? (5)
UNCLE
30 Down: ___ Claire (city near Montreal) (6)
POINTE
33 Down: Where Mork and Mindy honeymooned (3)
ORK
36 Down: POSE (8)
COOLNESS
37 Down: Herbert Hoover, for one (5)
IOWAN
38 Down: Responsible (8)
INCHARGE
39 Down: Bistros and the like (8)
EATERIES
40 Down: Gaunt (8)
SPARESET
44 Down: Land development (6)
CAMERA
45 Down: Rain forest sights (6)
LIANAS
46 Down: Just desserts (6)
TORTES
49 Down: Transfix (5)
RIVET
51 Down: Struggles (4)
VIES
53 Down: Accompaniment for a fife (5)
TABOR
55 Down: Title meaning "chieftain" (4)
EARL
58 Down: Wish nullified (3)
RUE
59 Down: Pop (3)
DAD
60 Down: Prefix with grammatical (3)
EPI

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