Thursday Crossword — July 5, 2001 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/5/2001. By Peter Gordon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Suffix on color names (3)
ISH
4 Across: Shoot upward (6)
ROCKET
10 Across: 1950, in copyrights (4)
MCML
14 Across: DVD maker (3)
RCA
15 Across: In (6)
ATHOME
16 Across: Role for Ingrid (4)
ILSA
17 Across: N.Y.C. subway inits. (3)
IRT
18 Across: Moves suddenly (6)
STARTS
19 Across: Eartha Kitt role (4)
CATWOMAN
20 Across: Summer vacation locale (8)
SEASHORE
22 Across: Peter the Great, e.g. (4)
TSAR
24 Across: Fox's prey (4)
HARE
25 Across: 1980 Erich Segal novel (10)
MANWOMANANDCHILD
29 Across: A little over half the world (5)
WOMANKIND
31 Across: Time, in Torino (3)
ORA
32 Across: ___ Tomé (3)
SAO
33 Across: Mister (3)
SIR
35 Across: Deep blue (4)
ANIL
36 Across: Dict. listing (3)
SYN
37 Across: Percy Sledge hit of 1966 (13)
WHENAMANLOVESAWOMAN
41 Across: Star of "The Facts of Life" (3)
RAE
42 Across: Where E*Trade is traded: Abbr. (4)
NYSE
43 Across: Letter abbr. (3)
ENC
44 Across: Howard Hughes once controlled it (3)
TWA
45 Across: "Don't Bring Me Down" grp. (3)
ELO
46 Across: Kodak founder (5)
EASTMAN
50 Across: Ang Lee film, 1994 Best Foreign Film nominee (10)
EATDRINKMANWOMAN
55 Across: Sports org. since 1906 (4)
NCAA
56 Across: Unexciting (4)
SOSO
57 Across: Eliminates (8)
RULESOUT
59 Across: Place for a Christmas card (4)
MANTEL
61 Across: Aggravation (6)
TSURIS
63 Across: It might be picked apart (3)
ORE
64 Across: Attack (4)
GOAT
65 Across: City whose name is Siouan for "a good place to dig potatoes" (6)
TOPEKA
66 Across: End of a four-day hol., maybe (3)
TUE
67 Across: Mice catchers (4)
OWLS
68 Across: Degrades (6)
ABASES
69 Across: Draft org. (3)
SSS

Down Answers

1 Down: Edna O'Brien or Sinéad O'Connor (6)
IRISHWOMAN
2 Down: Shrill sound (6)
SCREAK
3 Down: John Wayne film set in Africa (6)
HATARI
4 Down: Rubella symptom (4)
RASH
5 Down: Place to put the feet up (5)
OTTOMAN
6 Down: Office building cleaner (5)
CHARWOMAN
7 Down: Asian peninsula (5)
KOREA
8 Down: CPR performer (3)
EMT
9 Down: Go out and back in an Outback, perhaps (9)
TESTDRIVE
10 Down: Book before Nahum (5)
MICAH
11 Down: "___ Explains It All" (cable series) (8)
CLARISSA
12 Down: Phoenix setting: Abbr. (3)
MST
13 Down: Song and album by the Doors (3)
LAWOMAN
21 Down: Meaning (5)
SENSE
23 Down: Like a 3-4-5 triangle (7)
SCALENE
26 Down: Verboten thing (4)
NONO
27 Down: One who's not in the habit of wearing a habit (4)
LAYWOMAN
28 Down: Mafia leader (3)
DON
30 Down: Some fund-raisers (7)
DINNERS
34 Down: "GoodFellas" co-star (9)
RAYLIOTTA
35 Down: Cakes' partner (3)
ALE
37 Down: Electric guitar attachment (4)
WAWA
38 Down: Protect from the air, in a way (8)
HEATSEAL
39 Down: Singer Marilyn (4)
MANSON
40 Down: Skims (5)
SCANS
41 Down: Map abbr. (3)
RTE
47 Down: Darts (6)
SCOOTS
48 Down: Mother's Day baby, e.g. (6)
TAURUS
49 Down: Dugongs' kin (6)
MANATEES
51 Down: Noodleheads (5)
DOLTS
52 Down: Drummer Gene (5)
KRUPA
53 Down: Fertilizes (5)
MANURES
54 Down: Feminine (5)
WOMANLIKE
58 Down: Those, to José (4)
ESAS
59 Down: Tropical fruit (3)
MANGO
60 Down: Wrecker's job (3)
TOW
62 Down: Word with sister or story (3)
SOB

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