Friday Crossword — January 19, 2001 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 64 clues). Published 1/19/2001. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Monarchy or parliamentary democracy (15)
POLITICALSYSTEM
16 Across: A little too clever (15)
OVERIMAGINATIVE
17 Across: Oven item (15)
MEATTHERMOMETER
18 Across: Stray (3)
ERR
19 Across: Join securely (5)
TENON
20 Across: 1984 skiing gold medalist (5)
MAHRE
21 Across: Many cottage dwellers (7)
RENTERS
23 Across: Diner orders (7)
OMELETS
25 Across: Arab League V.I.P.'s (6)
AMEERS
26 Across: Putdowns (5)
SLURS
27 Across: Connecting points (5)
NODES
28 Across: Sacks (5)
LOOTS
29 Across: Piece of neckwear (3)
BIB
32 Across: "Let's Get ___" (1973 #1 hit) (4)
ITON
33 Across: Star, maybe (5)
BADGE
34 Across: '93 Sugar Bowl champs (4)
BAMA
35 Across: W.W. I troops: Abbr. (3)
AEF
36 Across: Ace of clubs? (5)
CADDY
37 Across: Aristophanes comedy, with "The" (5)
WASPS
38 Across: New Orleans sandwich, informally (5)
POBOY
39 Across: Solid swats (6)
LINERS
40 Across: Emitted steam (7)
VAPORED
43 Across: Promotes (7)
TALKSUP
44 Across: Kind of warfare (5)
CLASS
45 Across: Half of the "Wayne's World" duo (5)
GARTH
47 Across: Author LeShan (3)
EDA
48 Across: Wall Street gambit (15)
HOSTILETAKEOVER
51 Across: Camper's need (15)
INSECTREPELLENT
52 Across: Comments from co-workers (15)
PEERASSESSMENTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Former German duchy known for a breed of dog (9)
POMERANIA
2 Down: Really ham it up, redundantly (9)
OVEREMOTE
3 Down: Found out about (9)
LEARNEDOF
4 Down: N.Y.C. subway (3)
IRT
5 Down: Snickers (7)
TITTERS
6 Down: "___, she's mine ..." (Manfred Mann lyric) (6)
IMHERS
7 Down: Columnist Herb and others (5)
CAENS
8 Down: Farm prefix (4)
AGRO
9 Down: Study of lakes and ponds (9)
LIMNOLOGY
10 Down: ___-Cross Championship Racing (3)
SNO
11 Down: Complains (7)
YAMMERS
12 Down: Baseball stat (6)
STEALS
13 Down: Church offering (5)
TITHE
14 Down: Turn out (5)
EVERT
15 Down: Paris parents (5)
MERES
22 Down: It may follow four or six, but not five (4)
TEEN
24 Down: Silence (4)
MUTE
26 Down: Like most cemetery plots (5)
SODDY
28 Down: Sports org. owned by Fox (9)
LADODGERS
29 Down: In which 49 is 100 (9)
BASESEVEN
30 Down: Rash (9)
IMPRUDENT
31 Down: What tubas play (9)
BASSPARTS
33 Down: Naïf (4)
BABE
34 Down: Place of interest? (4)
BANK
36 Down: Napoleon's birthplace (7)
CORSICA
37 Down: One of the brothers Grimm (7)
WILHELM
38 Down: Bill (6)
POSTER
39 Down: Potato dishes (6)
LATKES
40 Down: Screening device (5)
VCHIP
41 Down: Separate (5)
ALONE
42 Down: Not in (5)
PASSE
43 Down: Golfers' bane (5)
TRAPS
46 Down: To ___ (just so) (4)
ATEE
49 Down: Mil. titles (3)
LTS
50 Down: Encouraging word (3)
OLE

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