Tuesday Crossword — July 25, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/25/2000. By Patrick Jordan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Poker variation (4)
STUD
5 Across: Sources of delight (4)
JOYS
9 Across: Bashful, e.g. (5)
DWARF
14 Across: Improve, as one's skills (4)
HONE
15 Across: Sector (4)
AREA
16 Across: Contest in the West (5)
RODEO
17 Across: Milo's pal, in a 1989 film (4)
OTIS
18 Across: Word after body or grand (4)
SLAM
19 Across: Avoid answering (5)
EVADE
20 Across: "While I'm away on vacation, would you ___...?" (12)
WATCHMYHOUSE
23 Across: Object of an old French cheer (5)
LEROI
24 Across: Gives in to gravity (4)
SAGS
25 Across: Quick-witted (3)
APT
28 Across: Over there, poetically (4)
YOND
30 Across: Surface sheen (6)
LUSTER
32 Across: Battering device (3)
RAM
35 Across: "And ___...?" (11)
FEEDMYPUPPY
38 Across: Designer Cassini (4)
OLEG
40 Across: Teeny (3)
WEE
41 Across: One of two on a brig (4)
MAST
42 Across: "And ___...?" (11)
WATERMYLAWN
47 Across: Place to do the samba (3)
RIO
48 Across: Editor/suffragist Bloomer (6)
AMELIA
49 Across: Begin a hand (4)
DEAL
51 Across: Neither's partner (3)
NOR
52 Across: Nudge forward (4)
PROD
55 Across: Streetcars (5)
TRAMS
58 Across: "And ___?" (12)
PICKUPMYMAIL
61 Across: Stick that's waved (5)
BATON
64 Across: Plane prefix (4)
AERO
65 Across: Old TV clown (4)
BOZO
66 Across: Glorify (5)
EXALT
67 Across: Alka-Seltzer jingle starter (4)
PLOP
68 Across: Started a gunfight (4)
DREW
69 Across: Tropical lizard (5)
GECKO
70 Across: Political doctrines (4)
ISMS
71 Across: Capitol Hill worker (4)
AIDE

Down Answers

1 Down: Third place (4)
SHOW
2 Down: Wreck beyond recognition (5)
TOTAL
3 Down: Bring together (5)
UNITE
4 Down: Catch sight of (6)
DESCRY
5 Down: Incense scent (7)
JASMINE
6 Down: Paris airport (4)
ORLY
7 Down: Informal affirmatives (5)
YEAHS
8 Down: Pago Pago's place (5)
SAMOA
9 Down: Put on one's Sunday best (7)
DRESSUP
10 Down: Made a tapestry (4)
WOVE
11 Down: Cavity fillers' org. (3)
ADA
12 Down: Like a sunset (3)
RED
13 Down: Any Hatfield, to a McCoy (3)
FOE
21 Down: Foot that goes clop (4)
HOOF
22 Down: Hideous (4)
UGLY
25 Down: How some stocks sell (5)
ATPAR
26 Down: Coke competitor (5)
PEPSI
27 Down: "___ Remember" (1960 song) (5)
TRYTO
29 Down: Like a morning meadow (4)
DEWY
31 Down: Addition solution (3)
SUM
32 Down: Mr. Bean portrayer Atkinson (5)
ROWAN
33 Down: Crockett's last stand (5)
ALAMO
34 Down: Cabbie's counter (5)
METER
36 Down: Neighbor of Md. (3)
DEL
37 Down: Honey drink (4)
MEAD
39 Down: Hairstyling goop (3)
GEL
43 Down: Attack verbally (7)
RIPINTO
44 Down: Painter Chagall (4)
MARC
45 Down: Does a swab's job (7)
WETMOPS
46 Down: Not (a one) (4)
NARY
50 Down: Kappa follower (6)
LAMBDA
53 Down: Giraffelike beast (5)
OKAPI
54 Down: Combats of honor (5)
DUELS
56 Down: New Zealand native (5)
MAORI
57 Down: Measured, with "up" (5)
SIZED
58 Down: Tyler and Taylor's go-between (4)
POLK
59 Down: Place for a king and queen (4)
PROM
60 Down: 1993 Emmy winner Chad (4)
LOWE
61 Down: Dog command (3)
BEG
62 Down: Chopper (3)
AXE
63 Down: Middle X or O (3)
TAC

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