Friday Crossword — August 18, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 66 clues). Published 8/18/2000. By Patrick D. Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Like a tête-à-tête sofa (7)
SSHAPED
8 Across: Drink to one's health (7)
WASSAIL
15 Across: Reason to separate swine (7)
CHOLERA
16 Across: Roadblock (7)
IMPASSE
17 Across: Beat in a shootout (7)
OUTDRAW
18 Across: Charges (7)
TILTSAT
19 Across: Short, in a way (6)
ONEACT
20 Across: 1,500 years before the Wright brothers' first flight (5)
CDIII
21 Across: Onetime club initials (3)
PTL
22 Across: 70's-90's pitcher Charlie (5)
HOUGH
25 Across: Kind of coil (5)
TESLA
28 Across: Rd. map line (3)
RTE
30 Across: "O Sanctissima," e.g. (4)
NOEL
32 Across: Buff (3)
TAN
33 Across: Like coated fabrics (15)
CREASERESISTANT
38 Across: Went off the beam? (15)
LOSTONESBALANCE
39 Across: Gracious admission of an error (15)
ISTANDCORRECTED
40 Across: Spooky place?: Abbr. (3)
CIA
41 Across: Pivot (4)
SLUE
42 Across: The buck stops here (3)
DOE
43 Across: Big name at Notre Dame (5)
KNUTE
46 Across: Clashing (5)
ATWAR
48 Across: Spot (3)
DAB
51 Across: Rays (5)
RADII
53 Across: Comparison (6)
SIMILE
55 Across: Style of Hals and Velázquez (7)
REALISM
57 Across: Some newsbreaks (7)
UPDATES
58 Across: Flower cluster (7)
PANICLE
59 Across: Look through blinds, say (7)
PEEKOUT
60 Across: Changed (7)
MUTATED
61 Across: Subscription cards, e.g. (7)
INSERTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Beat, in a way (5)
SCOOP
2 Down: Divert (5)
SHUNT
3 Down: Ensconced eatery (15)
HOTELRESTAURANT
4 Down: Robert of "Guys and Dolls" (4)
ALDA
5 Down: Uses as a roost (9)
PERCHESON
6 Down: Wordsworth's Muse (5)
ERATO
7 Down: Bird that nests in chimneys (3)
DAW
8 Down: Unhealthy mix (11)
WITCHESBREW
9 Down: Surrounded by (4)
AMID
10 Down: Problem in an alley (5)
SPLIT
11 Down: "Ogives" composer (5)
SATIE
12 Down: Name in the middle of a masthead (15)
ASSISTANTEDITOR
13 Down: "There ___ Mountain" (1967 Donovan hit) (3)
ISA
14 Down: Umpire's cry (3)
LET
23 Down: Like much lost-and-found property (11)
UNRECLAIMED
24 Down: Has dates (7)
GOESOUT
26 Down: Pierce (5)
LANCE
27 Down: Chipped in (5)
ANTED
29 Down: "Later!" (4)
TATA
31 Down: Unreliable source (4)
LIAR
33 Down: Select on a computer (5)
CLICK
34 Down: Cellist's cube (5)
ROSIN
35 Down: Intentions (4)
ENDS
36 Down: Some winter merriment (9)
SLEDRIDES
37 Down: Kind of shell (4)
TACO
44 Down: Connie's portrayer, in "The Godfather" (5)
TALIA
45 Down: Order (5)
EDICT
47 Down: Resort near the White River National Forest (5)
ASPEN
49 Down: Dweller on the Bering Sea (5)
ALEUT
50 Down: Conquers (5)
BESTS
52 Down: Castaway's home (4)
ISLE
54 Down: Fulfill, as a bid (4)
MAKE
55 Down: Dashboard abbr. (3)
RPM
56 Down: ___ de vie (3)
EAU
57 Down: Big inits. in news (3)
UPI

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