Wednesday Crossword — January 3, 2001 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/3/2001. By Fred Piscop.

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Across Answers

1 Across: British sex symbol Diana (4)
DORS
5 Across: Tortilla, to a burrito (4)
WRAP
9 Across: Food often cut in eighths (5)
PIZZA
14 Across: Plimpton book subtitled "An American Biography" (4)
EDIE
15 Across: Good sign? (4)
HALO
16 Across: "Up the creek," e.g. (5)
IDIOM
17 Across: Eskimo prospector? (9)
COLDMINER
19 Across: 1,000 kilograms (5)
TONNE
20 Across: Like some coffee orders (6)
AULAIT
21 Across: Feeling of pain (4)
STAB
23 Across: Dark time for poets (3)
EEN
24 Across: Defatted, as a whale (7)
FLENSED
26 Across: Not quite yet (4)
ANON
28 Across: Eskimo hot dog topping? (11)
CHILLYSAUCE
33 Across: Have hands-on experience? (4)
FEEL
37 Across: Tram filler (3)
ORE
38 Across: Suppress (5)
SITON
39 Across: More than suggest (4)
URGE
40 Across: Waits on (5)
TENDS
43 Across: Sight from the crow's-nest (4)
LAND
44 Across: Maggie's mate, in the comics (5)
JIGGS
46 Across: "Well, lah-di-___" (3)
DAH
47 Across: Cows and sows (4)
SHES
48 Across: Eskimo words of enlightenment? (11)
ICYITALLNOW
52 Across: Attire worn with sandals (4)
TOGA
53 Across: Was of use (7)
AVAILED
58 Across: Wanted-poster letters (3)
AKA
61 Across: Hang (4)
PEND
63 Across: Salad green (6)
ENDIVE
64 Across: Remove errors from (5)
DEBUG
66 Across: Eskimo street? (9)
COOLDESAC
68 Across: Mississippi's ___ State University (5)
DELTA
69 Across: Vogue competitor (4)
ELLE
70 Across: Designer Gucci (4)
ALDO
71 Across: "The sweetest gift of heaven": Virgil (5)
SLEEP
72 Across: Critic Rex (4)
REED
73 Across: Look of a wolf (4)
LEER

Down Answers

1 Down: Joltless joe (5)
DECAF
2 Down: Two-time batting champ Lefty (5)
ODOUL
3 Down: Lunar valley (5)
RILLE
4 Down: Roomy vehicle (5)
SEDAN
5 Down: Impassioned (8)
WHITEHOT
6 Down: Showed (3)
RAN
7 Down: Pub potables (4)
ALES
8 Down: Way in (6)
PORTAL
9 Down: Casino honcho (7)
PITBOSS
10 Down: Swearing-in words (3)
IDO
11 Down: Fans' publication, for short (4)
ZINE
12 Down: Defense type (4)
ZONE
13 Down: "You said it!" (4)
AMEN
18 Down: Junk drawer abbr. (4)
MISC
22 Down: "___ takers?" (3)
ANY
25 Down: Calamitous (4)
DIRE
27 Down: Epitome of toughness (5)
NAILS
29 Down: Three-time U.S. Open winner Ivan (5)
LENDL
30 Down: Zion National Park home (4)
UTAH
31 Down: Dunce cap shape (4)
CONE
32 Down: Winds up (4)
ENDS
33 Down: Honshu peak (4)
FUJI
34 Down: Grid great Dickerson (4)
ERIC
35 Down: Like zabaglione (4)
EGGY
36 Down: Kosher (5)
LEGIT
41 Down: Andrews or Carvey (4)
DANA
42 Down: Cleared of snow (8)
SHOVELED
45 Down: Temporary fix (7)
STOPGAP
49 Down: Ripen (3)
AGE
50 Down: Cavalry member (6)
LANCER
51 Down: Tinker Bell prop (4)
WAND
54 Down: Worth a ten (5)
IDEAL
55 Down: Fine cotton thread (5)
LISLE
56 Down: Give the slip to (5)
EVADE
57 Down: Furnishings (5)
DECOR
58 Down: Throws in (4)
ADDS
59 Down: Boat's backbone (4)
KEEL
60 Down: Fully qualified (4)
ABLE
62 Down: Loser in 1996 (4)
DOLE
65 Down: Western Amerind (3)
UTE
67 Down: Pamplona cry (3)
OLE

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