Wednesday Crossword — December 27, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/27/2000. By Michael S. Maurer and Bonnie Prystowsky.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Prop in "Siegfried" (5)
SPEAR
6 Across: High school breakout (4)
ACNE
10 Across: From where some worship? (4)
AFAR
14 Across: Fish illegally (5)
POACH
15 Across: Execute perfectly (4)
NAIL
16 Across: Bud holder (4)
VASE
17 Across: Beginning of a quip (15)
ALTHOUGHTIMEISA
20 Across: Plane part (4)
NOSE
21 Across: Crescent (4)
LUNE
22 Across: Tried pot luck? (5)
ANTED
23 Across: Bell and Barker (3)
MAS
24 Across: Like the Mississippi (6)
MIGHTY
25 Across: Rome's ___ Way (6)
APPIAN
29 Across: Tingle area? (5)
SPINE
31 Across: Visits from Vikings (5)
RAIDS
32 Across: Draft avoider's need? (5)
SCARF
33 Across: Mattress problem (3)
SAG
36 Across: Middle of the quip (15)
GREATHEALERITSA
39 Across: Roulette bet (3)
ODD
40 Across: Viscount's superiors (5)
EARLS
41 Across: Be of use to (5)
AVAIL
42 Across: Woods nymph (5)
DRYAD
43 Across: Unicellular life (6)
AMEBAE
44 Across: Has words? (6)
SPEAKS
47 Across: "Good morrow, cousin," for Romeo (3)
CUE
48 Across: "Sesame Street" regular (5)
ERNIE
49 Across: The McCoys, for one (4)
CLAN
51 Across: Ray of Hollywood (4)
ALDO
55 Across: End of the quip (15)
LOUSYBEAUTICIAN
58 Across: "A ___ formality" (4)
MERE
59 Across: Baal, e.g. (4)
IDOL
60 Across: E-mail option (5)
REPLY
61 Across: Singing family name (4)
AMES
62 Across: Pigeonhole's place (4)
DESK
63 Across: Reo rival (5)
ESSEX

Down Answers

1 Down: Pair of oxen (4)
SPAN
2 Down: Game you can't play left-handed (4)
POLO
3 Down: Chow (4)
EATS
4 Down: Heart problem? (4)
ACHE
5 Down: Sweater letter (3)
RHO
6 Down: Black ___ (cattle breed) (5)
ANGUS
7 Down: "High Hopes" lyricist (4)
CAHN
8 Down: Time for Nick? (4)
NITE
9 Down: Dubya, as a collegian (3)
ELI
10 Down: Exact satisfaction for (6)
AVENGE
11 Down: Kwanzaa principle (5)
FAITH
12 Down: Goodwill, e.g. (5)
ASSET
13 Down: On tap (5)
READY
18 Down: ___ Bator (4)
ULAN
19 Down: Source of a download (9)
MAINFRAME
23 Down: Super's entrustment (9)
MASTERKEY
24 Down: Cause of getting stuck (4)
MIRE
25 Down: Ship to Colchis (4)
ARGO
26 Down: Cowpoke's buddy (4)
PARD
27 Down: Jumbled (4)
PIED
28 Down: Nev. neighbor (3)
IDA
29 Down: Spill hot coffee on (5)
SCALD
30 Down: They hang together (4)
PALS
32 Down: Hospital fluids (4)
SERA
33 Down: Uneducated guess (4)
STAB
34 Down: 17 1/2 million square miles (4)
ASIA
35 Down: Oz visitor Dorothy (4)
GALE
37 Down: Makes bales for the barn (4)
HAYS
38 Down: "___ Gotta Crow" (3)
IVE
42 Down: Roasters' spots (6)
DAISES
43 Down: Em, to Dorothy (4)
AUNT
44 Down: 1965 King arrest site (5)
SELMA
45 Down: Preamble (5)
PROEM
46 Down: Accustom: Var. (5)
ENURE
47 Down: Make watertight (5)
CAULK
49 Down: Give up (4)
CEDE
50 Down: Where kip are spent (4)
LAOS
51 Down: Court coups (4)
ACES
52 Down: Some read them (4)
LIPS
53 Down: Hill's opposite (4)
DALE
54 Down: Cameo stone (4)
ONYX
56 Down: Action on eBay (3)
BID
57 Down: Hot temper (3)
IRE

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