Wednesday Crossword — July 4, 2001 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/4/2001. By John Beck.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Aerobic bit (4)
- STEP
- 5 Across: Managing, with "out" (5)
- EKING
- 10 Across: Leader in a beret (3)
- CHE
- 13 Across: Stay in the closet, say (4)
- HIDE
- 14 Across: Written record (5)
- ANNAL
- 15 Across: Classic detective (4)
- CHAN
- 16 Across: Strange-sounding city? (4)
- ERIE
- 17 Across: First territorial capital of Alaska (5)
- SITKA
- 18 Across: Posterior (4)
- HIND
- 19 Across: Start of a patriotic sports trio (15)
- DETROITREDWINGS
- 22 Across: Many a storm (3)
- SHE
- 23 Across: Anthropologist Fossey (4)
- DIAN
- 24 Across: More, in Managua (3)
- MAS
- 27 Across: Warmonger (4)
- ARES
- 30 Across: "Juno and the Paycock" writer (6)
- OCASEY
- 34 Across: Actor Werner of "Ship of Fools" (5)
- OSKAR
- 36 Across: Salt, to a chemist (4)
- NACL
- 38 Across: F.D.R.'s mother (4)
- SARA
- 39 Across: Middle of a patriotic sports trio (15)
- CHICAGOWHITESOX
- 42 Across: Mr., in Munich (4)
- HERR
- 43 Across: Important wine region (4)
- ASTI
- 44 Across: Operatic villains, often (5)
- BASSI
- 45 Across: Capers (6)
- ANTICS
- 47 Across: Number of sides on an "alto" sign (4)
- OCHO
- 49 Across: Word on a Ouija board (3)
- YES
- 50 Across: 50.1%+ (4)
- MOST
- 52 Across: Singleton (3)
- ONE
- 54 Across: Ironically, end of a patriotic sports trio (15)
- TORONTOBLUEJAYS
- 62 Across: Rack's partner (4)
- RUIN
- 63 Across: Approves (5)
- OKAYS
- 64 Across: "Tickle Me" boy (4)
- ELMO
- 65 Across: Unctuous (4)
- OILY
- 66 Across: "From the Earth to the Moon" writer (5)
- VERNE
- 67 Across: Kind of leaves (4)
- COCA
- 68 Across: Designer monogram (3)
- YSL
- 69 Across: Paradises (5)
- EDENS
- 70 Across: Furniture wood (4)
- TEAK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Tool site (4)
- SHED
- 2 Down: Spare item (4)
- TIRE
- 3 Down: Modify (4)
- EDIT
- 4 Down: They might cause pressure (5)
- PEERS
- 5 Down: Simpler (6)
- EASIER
- 6 Down: Make bootees, say (4)
- KNIT
- 7 Down: Foreword: Abbr. (4)
- INTR
- 8 Down: In an embarrassing position, maybe (5)
- NAKED
- 9 Down: Colorful, spiky flowers (8)
- GLADIOLI
- 10 Down: It may be stroked (4)
- CHIN
- 11 Down: "___ it all!" (4)
- HANG
- 12 Down: Completes (4)
- ENDS
- 15 Down: Taiwan is in it (8)
- CHINASEA
- 20 Down: Butler's companion? (5)
- OHARA
- 21 Down: W.W. II female (3)
- WAC
- 24 Down: Coffee flavor (5)
- MOCHA
- 25 Down: Pale (5)
- ASHEN
- 26 Down: Avoid (5)
- SKIRT
- 28 Down: Baseball's Slaughter (4)
- ENOS
- 29 Down: Tended (5)
- SAWTO
- 31 Down: Bygone teen magazine (5)
- SASSY
- 32 Down: Notched, as a leaf (5)
- EROSE
- 33 Down: Vertical graph component (5)
- YAXIS
- 35 Down: Bitterness (8)
- ACRIMONY
- 37 Down: In (4)
- CHIC
- 40 Down: Kitchen appliance (8)
- GASSTOVE
- 41 Down: Hearty entree (5)
- TBONE
- 46 Down: Jailbird (3)
- CON
- 48 Down: Two halves of Congress (6)
- HOUSES
- 51 Down: Puffed, illegally (5)
- TOKED
- 53 Down: Walkman button (5)
- EJECT
- 54 Down: Priam's home (4)
- TROY
- 55 Down: French accords? (4)
- OUIS
- 56 Down: Brook (4)
- RILL
- 57 Down: Reveal (4)
- BARE
- 58 Down: Boston suburb (4)
- LYNN
- 59 Down: Medicinal juice (4)
- ALOE
- 60 Down: Gym site (4)
- YMCA
- 61 Down: Drunkard (4)
- SOAK
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