Wednesday Crossword — March 14, 2001 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/14/2001. By Greg Staples.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Pilgrim's destination (5)
- MECCA
- 6 Across: Passing yardage, e.g. (4)
- STAT
- 10 Across: Like many a cellar (4)
- DAMP
- 14 Across: ___ squash (5)
- ACORN
- 15 Across: Alice's chronicler (4)
- ARLO
- 16 Across: Three-ply snack (4)
- OREO
- 17 Across: Mauritius, once? (10)
- DODODOMAIN
- 19 Across: Tackle (4)
- GEAR
- 20 Across: From scratch (4)
- ANEW
- 21 Across: Muumuu go-with (3)
- LEI
- 22 Across: Point of view (5)
- SLANT
- 23 Across: Like black humor (6)
- MORBID
- 25 Across: Take the silver (5)
- PLACE
- 28 Across: St. Francis, e.g.? (12)
- ASSISISIGNOR
- 33 Across: First Super Bowl M.V.P. (5)
- STARR
- 36 Across: Casual attire (5)
- DENIM
- 37 Across: Outback runner (3)
- EMU
- 38 Across: Frame filler (3)
- ART
- 39 Across: Enzyme suffix (3)
- ASE
- 41 Across: Mai ___ (3)
- TAI
- 42 Across: Prefix with night or day (3)
- MID
- 43 Across: Pose (3)
- SIT
- 44 Across: French story (5)
- ETAGE
- 46 Across: Gov't security (5)
- TNOTE
- 48 Across: Waikiki wingding? (12)
- HONOLULULUAU
- 51 Across: Gargle, e.g. (5)
- RINSE
- 52 Across: Free-for-all (6)
- FRACAS
- 56 Across: Big brass (5)
- TUBAS
- 59 Across: B.O. sign (3)
- SRO
- 61 Across: Scrubbed mission (4)
- NOGO
- 62 Across: Crude bunch? (4)
- OPEC
- 63 Across: Passable party? (10)
- SOSOSOCIAL
- 66 Across: Part of a hat trick (4)
- GOAL
- 67 Across: Bellicose deity (4)
- ARES
- 68 Across: Dig (into) (5)
- DELVE
- 69 Across: It's a starter (4)
- ANTE
- 70 Across: Give up (4)
- CEDE
- 71 Across: Over 10% of the dictionary (5)
- ESSES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bawdyhouse figure (5)
- MADAM
- 2 Down: Low-budget prefix (5)
- ECONO
- 3 Down: Hacker, maybe (5)
- CODER
- 4 Down: Prier's need (7)
- CROWBAR
- 5 Down: "Go on ..." (3)
- AND
- 6 Down: What "tauto-" means (4)
- SAME
- 7 Down: Gad about (7)
- TRAIPSE
- 8 Down: Ryan's "Love Story" co-star (3)
- ALI
- 9 Down: Whole lot (3)
- TON
- 10 Down: Duffer's challenge (6)
- DOGLEG
- 11 Down: Gazetteer datum (4)
- AREA
- 12 Down: Penny-pinching (4)
- MEAN
- 13 Down: Left at sea (4)
- PORT
- 18 Down: Auto pioneer (4)
- OLDS
- 22 Down: Curved sword (8)
- SCIMITAR
- 24 Down: Sharon and others (8)
- ISRAELIS
- 26 Down: Door frame part (6)
- LINTEL
- 27 Down: Home to most Turks (4)
- ASIA
- 29 Down: High standards (6)
- IDEALS
- 30 Down: Verne mariner (4)
- NEMO
- 31 Down: Strike out (4)
- OMIT
- 32 Down: Hardly genteel (4)
- RUDE
- 33 Down: Cummerbund (4)
- SASH
- 34 Down: Beethoven's "Archduke ___" (4)
- TRIO
- 35 Down: Envelope abbr. (4)
- ATTN
- 40 Down: Bowl over (4)
- STUN
- 45 Down: Took a shot (7)
- GUESSED
- 47 Down: Subtle differences (7)
- NUANCES
- 49 Down: All-seeing one (6)
- ORACLE
- 50 Down: Roswell sightings (4)
- UFOS
- 53 Down: Prepares to strike (5)
- COILS
- 54 Down: Source of sisal hemp (5)
- AGAVE
- 55 Down: Cobbler's stock (5)
- SOLES
- 56 Down: Forum wear (4)
- TOGA
- 57 Down: Familiar with (4)
- UPON
- 58 Down: Ready for the sack (4)
- BEAT
- 60 Down: Wine choice (4)
- ROSE
- 63 Down: Defense org. until 1992 (3)
- SAC
- 64 Down: Pay dirt (3)
- ORE
- 65 Down: Lyrical lines (3)
- ODE
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