Friday Crossword — August 11, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 8/11/2000. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Strikes among co-workers? (9)
BACKSLAPS
10 Across: Overthrow, e.g. (5)
ERROR
15 Across: Engineer's charge (9)
IRONHORSE
16 Across: Its capital is St.-Étienne (5)
LOIRE
17 Across: Really dresses down (9)
SCREAMSAT
18 Across: It ends in a point (5)
FABLE
19 Across: Lift, so to speak (6)
THIEVE
20 Across: Wizard's need (8)
TALISMAN
22 Across: Managed (3)
RAN
23 Across: Article in Die Zeit (3)
EIN
25 Across: Fixed (6)
INTENT
26 Across: Rooter's noise? (4)
OINK
28 Across: "Cool!" (5)
NEATO
31 Across: Beverage suffix (3)
ADE
32 Across: It may be stolen (5)
SCENE
34 Across: Stop along the Trans-Siberian Railroad (9)
ULANBATOR
37 Across: Traveling (9)
INTRANSIT
39 Across: American chicken variety (9)
WHITEROCK
42 Across: Soap scent (5)
LILAC
46 Across: Guinea ___ (3)
HEN
47 Across: Put one's name on (5)
INKED
49 Across: Hawaiian harvest (4)
TARO
50 Across: Crate (6)
ENCASE
53 Across: Ball girl? (3)
DEB
55 Across: Hebrew for "day" (3)
YOM
56 Across: Flying Circus performer (8)
ERICIDLE
59 Across: Arises unexpectedly (6)
POPSUP
61 Across: Cell dissolution (5)
LYSIS
62 Across: Mottled mount (9)
APPALOOSA
64 Across: Balances (5)
EVENS
65 Across: Stadiumgoer (9)
SPORTSFAN
66 Across: Like some mountains (5)
RIDGY
67 Across: African danger (9)
TSETSEFLY

Down Answers

1 Down: Places for bières (7)
BISTROS
2 Down: Like 29-Down (7)
ARCHAIC
3 Down: "The Far Country" actress Calvet (7)
CORINNE
4 Down: You may be down on one (4)
KNEE
5 Down: Eliminate one's shadow? (5)
SHAVE
6 Down: Wok concoction (6)
LOMEIN
7 Down: ___ Nova (3)
ARS
8 Down: Math makes up half of it: Abbr. (4)
PSAT
9 Down: ___ record (4)
SETA
10 Down: Short and sweet? (5)
ELFIN
11 Down: Criticize in no uncertain terms (5)
ROAST
12 Down: Chicken breasts may come with it (7)
RIBMEAT
13 Down: "As You Like It" hero (7)
ORLANDO
14 Down: One might do it after being stamped (7)
REENTER
21 Down: African dangers (5)
LIONS
24 Down: One acting on impulse? (6)
NEURON
27 Down: Joined together (4)
KNIT
29 Down: "Wellaway!" (5)
ALACK
30 Down: Blotto (6)
TANKED
33 Down: One way to travel: Abbr. (3)
ENE
35 Down: Cartoonist Keane (3)
BIL
36 Down: Fighting (4)
ATIT
38 Down: Strained (5)
TRIED
39 Down: Word after two, three or four (7)
WHEELER
40 Down: Eton's founder (7)
HENRYVI
41 Down: Cut into (7)
INCISED
43 Down: Lets go (7)
LAYSOFF
44 Down: Awakening (7)
AROUSAL
45 Down: Guests (7)
COMPANY
48 Down: Take off (6)
DEPART
51 Down: Breezing through (5)
ACING
52 Down: No bruiser (5)
SISSY
54 Down: They have heads and threads (5)
BOLTS
57 Down: Definitive (4)
LAST
58 Down: Actor Omar (4)
EPPS
60 Down: Prepare to be shot (4)
POSE
63 Down: His name is a letter short of his description (3)
POE

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