Wednesday Crossword — April 4, 2001 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/4/2001. By Alan Arbesfeld.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Pickup spot? (4)
- NAPE
- 5 Across: Women's group, of a sort (5)
- HAREM
- 10 Across: Both ways, to an electrician (4)
- ACDC
- 14 Across: "Fred Basset" cartoonist Graham (4)
- ALEX
- 15 Across: Place for a toothpick (5)
- OLIVE
- 16 Across: Honey (4)
- DEAR
- 17 Across: ___ Peak, in the Sierra Nevada (4)
- ALTA
- 18 Across: Like windows (5)
- PANED
- 19 Across: Wild (4)
- ZANY
- 20 Across: Hitchhiker's specialty (13)
- CATCHINGRIDES
- 23 Across: Suffix with neo- and zoo- (5)
- PHYTE
- 24 Across: The path of virtue (3)
- TAO
- 25 Across: I (3)
- EGO
- 28 Across: Hwys. (4)
- RTES
- 32 Across: Mass offering? (5)
- WAFER
- 34 Across: Brest friend (3)
- AMI
- 37 Across: Stroller wear (11)
- BABYBUNTING
- 40 Across: Novelist Simpson (4)
- MONA
- 42 Across: Like a ___ bricks (5)
- TONOF
- 43 Across: Part of a fantasia (4)
- ARIA
- 44 Across: Courting (11)
- PITCHINGWOO
- 47 Across: Velvet finish? (3)
- EEN
- 48 Across: Glacial ridge (5)
- ARETE
- 49 Across: Old name in oil (4)
- ESSO
- 50 Across: Gramm or Graham: Abbr. (3)
- SEN
- 51 Across: Grammy category (3)
- RAP
- 54 Across: Gymnast Comaneci (5)
- NADIA
- 59 Across: One-upmanship on the set (13)
- SCENESTEALING
- 64 Across: Fan's sound (4)
- WHIR
- 66 Across: Object of many knightly quests (5)
- GRAIL
- 67 Across: With 45-Down, words after "Pssst!" (4)
- OVER
- 68 Across: Good source of protein (4)
- TOFU
- 69 Across: Kind of suit (5)
- LIBEL
- 70 Across: Legendary loser (4)
- HARE
- 71 Across: "The flood of deadly hate": Milton (4)
- STYX
- 72 Across: Get away from (5)
- ELUDE
- 73 Across: Penny, perhaps (4)
- ANTE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Org. for Kweisi Mfume (5)
- NAACP
- 2 Down: Object of many prayers (5)
- ALLAH
- 3 Down: Picayune (5)
- PETTY
- 4 Down: Precise (5)
- EXACT
- 5 Down: Kachina doll makers (4)
- HOPI
- 6 Down: Mathematician Turing (4)
- ALAN
- 7 Down: Best man's charge (4)
- RING
- 8 Down: Six-time U.S. Open champ (5)
- EVERT
- 9 Down: Press (5)
- MEDIA
- 10 Down: Cutting tool (4)
- ADZE
- 11 Down: Halt (9)
- CEASEFIRE
- 12 Down: Blocker of "Bonanza" (3)
- DAN
- 13 Down: Make a plea for sympathy, maybe (3)
- CRY
- 21 Down: Angelica, for one (4)
- HERB
- 22 Down: Swallow (4)
- DOWN
- 26 Down: One who makes dreams come true (5)
- GENIE
- 27 Down: Ballpark fixture (5)
- ORGAN
- 29 Down: Comic Jacques (4)
- TATI
- 30 Down: Dark, to poets (4)
- EBON
- 31 Down: "The Playboy of the Western World" author (5)
- SYNGE
- 33 Down: ___ glance (3)
- ATA
- 34 Down: Oscars' org. (5)
- AMPAS
- 35 Down: Wavy pattern (5)
- MOIRE
- 36 Down: Pick up (9)
- INTENSIFY
- 38 Down: Hair decorations (4)
- BOWS
- 39 Down: Govt. secrets? (4)
- UFOS
- 41 Down: Function (3)
- ACT
- 45 Down: See 67-Across (4)
- HERE
- 46 Down: Mrs. Chaplin (4)
- OONA
- 52 Down: Trig figure (5)
- ANGLE
- 53 Down: Threat (5)
- PERIL
- 55 Down: ___ Bowl (5)
- ALOHA
- 56 Down: Couch (5)
- DIVAN
- 57 Down: Like krypton (5)
- INERT
- 58 Down: Say yes (5)
- AGREE
- 60 Down: Heart (4)
- CRUX
- 61 Down: "Elephant Boy" star (4)
- SABU
- 62 Down: Needing overtime (4)
- TIED
- 63 Down: Allure competitor (4)
- ELLE
- 64 Down: Gym gear: Abbr. (3)
- WTS
- 65 Down: Popular (3)
- HOT
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