Monday Crossword — October 23, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/23/2000. By Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Honeydew, e.g. (5)
MELON
6 Across: California wine valley (4)
NAPA
10 Across: Spot for an icicle (4)
EAVE
14 Across: Off to one side (5)
APART
15 Across: Like money to be repaid (4)
OWED
16 Across: Mellowed (4)
AGED
17 Across: Where Port Jefferson is on Long Island (10)
NORTHSHORE
19 Across: Uneven hairdo (4)
SHAG
20 Across: Hosp. area for critical cases (3)
ICU
21 Across: TV's Donahue (4)
PHIL
22 Across: Milan's land (5)
ITALY
23 Across: Scold (7)
CHEWOUT
25 Across: Barbie, for one (4)
DOLL
27 Across: Meadow mother (3)
EWE
28 Across: Spot on a dress? (8)
POLKADOT
32 Across: Clear the blackboard (5)
ERASE
35 Across: Poet Teasdale (4)
SARA
36 Across: Quick letter (4)
NOTE
37 Across: N.F.C. or A.F.C. subgroup (15)
CENTRALDIVISION
40 Across: Force that an astronaut feels on earth (4)
ONEG
41 Across: Milky Way and 3 Musketeers (4)
BARS
42 Across: Dressed to the ___ (5)
NINES
43 Across: Disastrous drop (8)
NOSEDIVE
45 Across: Former Saudi king ___ Saud (3)
IBN
46 Across: Five cents a minute, e.g. (4)
RATE
47 Across: Twist of phrase? (7)
ANAGRAM
51 Across: Mild, as weather (5)
BALMY
54 Across: 60's civil rights org. (4)
SNCC
55 Across: Devoured (3)
ATE
56 Across: Marco Polo crossed it (4)
ASIA
57 Across: "M*A*S*H" setting (10)
SOUTHKOREA
60 Across: "I've ___ had!" (4)
BEEN
61 Across: A fisherman may spin one (4)
TALE
62 Across: Actress Tatum (5)
ONEAL
63 Across: "Piece of cake!" (4)
EASY
64 Across: Macho man (4)
STUD
65 Across: 1040 and others (5)
FORMS

Down Answers

1 Down: Frenzied (5)
MANIC
2 Down: Notable period (5)
EPOCH
3 Down: Lash ___ of old westerns (5)
LARUE
4 Down: Uneaten morsel (3)
ORT
5 Down: Ultimate degree (8)
NTHPOWER
6 Down: Like a rare baseball game (5)
NOHIT
7 Down: Military no-show (4)
AWOL
8 Down: Part of m.p.h. (3)
PER
9 Down: Fruit drink suffix (3)
ADE
10 Down: Home of Michigan State University (11)
EASTLANSING
11 Down: ___ Khan (Muslim leader) (4)
AGHA
12 Down: Calf meat (4)
VEAL
13 Down: Nervously irritable (4)
EDGY
18 Down: Andrew of "Melrose Place" (4)
SHUE
22 Down: Variety (3)
ILK
24 Down: 1974 World Cup site (11)
WESTGERMANY
25 Down: With 44-Down, "Que Sera, Sera" singer (5)
DORIS
26 Down: Norwegian king (4)
OLAV
28 Down: Man with a mission (5)
PADRE
29 Down: Bump off (4)
DOIN
30 Down: Oklahoma Indian (4)
OTOE
31 Down: Change for a twenty (4)
TENS
32 Down: Supply-and-demand subj. (4)
ECON
33 Down: Nevada city (4)
RENO
34 Down: Hydrocarbon suffixes (4)
ANES
35 Down: Work like a dog (5)
SLAVE
38 Down: Slightly (4)
ABIT
39 Down: Behind (8)
INBACKOF
44 Down: See 25-Down (3)
DAY
45 Down: Foot division (4)
INCH
47 Down: Chipped in chips (5)
ANTED
48 Down: Harder to find (5)
RARER
49 Down: Mr. T's group (5)
ATEAM
50 Down: Military messes (5)
MEALS
51 Down: Paul Bunyan's ox (4)
BABE
52 Down: On a deck, perhaps (4)
ASEA
53 Down: Untruths (4)
LIES
54 Down: "Star Trek" navigator (4)
SULU
57 Down: Ave. crossers (3)
STS
58 Down: Nibble for Dobbin (3)
OAT
59 Down: Lennon's widow (3)
ONO

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