Friday Crossword — August 4, 2000 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 8/4/2000. By Jim Page.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Get comfy (6)
- NESTLE
- 7 Across: They're obviously happy (7)
- BEAMERS
- 14 Across: Gave drills to (7)
- COACHED
- 15 Across: Ship-to-shore handler (7)
- RADIOER
- 16 Across: Good way to rest (7)
- ASSURED
- 17 Across: Monteverdi opera (7)
- ARIANNA
- 18 Across: Incentive to buy tickets (12)
- LOTTOJACKPOT
- 20 Across: First name among sex symbols (3)
- MAE
- 21 Across: "Tonight ___ Comes" (hit by the Cars) (3)
- SHE
- 22 Across: Black (5)
- SABLE
- 26 Across: Grow every which way (6)
- SPRAWL
- 30 Across: It's like -like (3)
- ISH
- 32 Across: Touch of frost (3)
- NIP
- 33 Across: Whoosis (12)
- WHATSHISNAME
- 37 Across: It may be fueled and driven (7)
- ECONOMY
- 40 Across: Like moonstones (7)
- OPALINE
- 41 Across: Symbol of America (12)
- MOMSAPPLEPIE
- 43 Across: Emma player in "The Avengers" (3)
- UMA
- 44 Across: Catch, so to speak (3)
- SEE
- 45 Across: Cloverleaf part (6)
- ONRAMP
- 49 Across: Detection device (5)
- SONAR
- 52 Across: State since 1863: Abbr. (3)
- WVA
- 54 Across: Gore Vidal's "Burr," e.g. (3)
- BIO
- 55 Across: Cheap way to go (12)
- TOURISTCLASS
- 60 Across: Item for a tyro on the slopes (7)
- MINISKI
- 63 Across: Some roofs (7)
- PALATES
- 64 Across: Losing (7)
- ONADIET
- 65 Across: It might be picked out (7)
- IRONORE
- 66 Across: "With Reagan" author (7)
- EDMEESE
- 67 Across: Some N.S.A. employees (6)
- CODERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "Huh-uh" (6)
- NOSOAP
- 2 Down: Kind of egg (6)
- EASTER
- 3 Down: Cottontail's tail (4)
- SCUT
- 4 Down: Archaic preposition (4)
- THRO
- 5 Down: Actor ___ Cobb (4)
- LEEJ
- 6 Down: They were written in Old Norse (5)
- EDDAS
- 7 Down: Car halter (9)
- BRAKESHOE
- 8 Down: Frontier figure (4)
- EARP
- 9 Down: Cry before taking off (5)
- ADIOS
- 10 Down: Mazda model (5)
- MIATA
- 11 Down: No short time (3)
- EON
- 12 Down: Cartoon dog (3)
- REN
- 13 Down: Lady of Sp. (3)
- SRA
- 14 Down: Composes (5)
- CALMS
- 19 Down: Sigma ___ (fraternity men) (4)
- CHIS
- 23 Down: ___ B'rith (4)
- BNAI
- 24 Down: Depict (4)
- LIMN
- 25 Down: It has a guarded tip (4)
- EPEE
- 27 Down: Grass bristles (4)
- AWNS
- 28 Down: "Wait just a minute!" (4)
- WHOA
- 29 Down: Lights (5)
- LAMPS
- 31 Down: River resident (5)
- HIPPO
- 34 Down: Create striking sentences? (9)
- TYPEWRITE
- 35 Down: Pitching coach Johnny (4)
- SAIN
- 36 Down: N.Y. Met, e.g. (4)
- NLER
- 37 Down: They won't get off the ground (4)
- EMUS
- 38 Down: "Hot Diggity" singer (4)
- COMO
- 39 Down: Mideast land (4)
- OMAN
- 42 Down: 1889 Vice President ___ P. Morton (4)
- LEVI
- 46 Down: One who suspends an action, at law (6)
- ABATOR
- 47 Down: Unlikely donors (6)
- MISERS
- 48 Down: Oater assemblage (5)
- POSSE
- 50 Down: Agatha Christie's "There Is ___" (5)
- ATIDE
- 51 Down: First name in talk shows (5)
- ROSIE
- 53 Down: Jellied garnish (5)
- ASPIC
- 56 Down: They're picked in Hawaii (4)
- UKES
- 57 Down: It's harvested in Hawaii (4)
- TARO
- 58 Down: Doofus (4)
- CLOD
- 59 Down: Passing ___ (4)
- LANE
- 60 Down: Jazzman Koffman (3)
- MOE
- 61 Down: Like some candidates: Abbr. (3)
- IND
- 62 Down: "Miss Saigon" setting (3)
- NAM
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