Friday Crossword — September 1, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 9/1/2000. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Reviewed (9)
BRUSHEDUP
10 Across: Colorful squawker (5)
MACAW
15 Across: Where the Wildcats play (9)
RUPPARENA
16 Across: Building material (5)
ADOBE
17 Across: Like some immunological agents (9)
ANTIGENIC
18 Across: Join securely (5)
TENON
19 Across: Pour ___ (4)
ITON
20 Across: Cordwood measure (5)
STERE
22 Across: He was well-preserved (3)
TUT
23 Across: 1941 Oscar-winner Crisp (6)
DONALD
26 Across: Oil source (3)
SOY
27 Across: First N.L.'er to hit 500 homers (3)
OTT
28 Across: Late risers (8)
LIEABEDS
31 Across: Mysterious visitor (3)
UFO
32 Across: Like some decisions (10)
LASTMINUTE
35 Across: Interest, slangily (4)
GRAB
36 Across: Free from limits (5)
UNCAP
37 Across: Great leveler (3)
TNT
38 Across: Allotment (5)
PIECE
39 Across: Like some decisions (4)
SNAP
40 Across: On the same page, so to speak (10)
LIKEMINDED
42 Across: Pro ___ (3)
TEM
43 Across: Ready to deliver? (8)
LABORING
44 Across: Abbr. on a gauge (3)
AMP
45 Across: Follower of "Rocky" or "Superman" (3)
III
46 Across: Unfair hiring (6)
AGEISM
50 Across: Invoice amount (3)
FEE
51 Across: Cause of some stomachaches (5)
ECOLI
54 Across: It may be skipped (4)
ROPE
55 Across: Napoleons' relatives (5)
TARTS
57 Across: Alienates (9)
TURNSAWAY
60 Across: At attention (5)
ERECT
61 Across: Protect from bugs (9)
INOCULATE
62 Across: Wave catcher? (5)
RADIO
63 Across: It helps you take off the top (9)
CANOPENER

Down Answers

1 Down: Place for a ribbon (5)
BRAID
2 Down: Total (5)
RUNTO
3 Down: Author Sinclair (5)
UPTON
4 Down: Painful piercing (9)
SPINALTAP
5 Down: Hardly a nymph (3)
HAG
6 Down: "___ he drove out of sight..." (3)
ERE
7 Down: Wolves' creations (4)
DENS
8 Down: Graduation mark (4)
UNIT
9 Down: Bellwether (10)
PACESETTER
10 Down: Reading buddies? (6)
MATEYS
11 Down: Cooler cooler (3)
ADE
12 Down: Like some seats (9)
CONTOURED
13 Down: One-eighty (9)
ABOUTFACE
14 Down: Retired (9)
WENTTOBED
21 Down: Was contingent (on) (4)
RODE
24 Down: Favor one side? (4)
LIMP
25 Down: Opus ___ (work of God) (3)
DEI
29 Down: Protection from bugs (10)
ANTIBIOTIC
30 Down: Swindle (5)
BUNKO
32 Down: More than want (9)
LUSTAFTER
33 Down: Half a noted comedy duo (9)
ANNEMEARA
34 Down: Played tag, e.g. (9)
SCAMPERED
35 Down: Mixer (9)
GINGERALE
38 Down: Striking sound (4)
PING
40 Down: Of the flock (4)
LAIC
41 Down: Frank's third (3)
MIA
43 Down: Misinforms (6)
LIESTO
47 Down: Buffalo Bill, e.g. (5)
IOWAN
48 Down: Avalanche (5)
SPATE
49 Down: Nicholas who wrote "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" (5)
MEYER
52 Down: Isabel Allende's "Eva ___" (4)
LUNA
53 Down: Smooth (4)
IRON
56 Down: Big inits. in cable (3)
TCI
58 Down: Kind of mil. club (3)
NCO
59 Down: Eat (3)
SUP

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