Wednesday Crossword — August 29, 2001 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/29/2001. By James Rogers.

Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.

Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle

Across Answers

1 Across: Harem accessory (3)
FAN
4 Across: Word with cake or runner (3)
RUM
7 Across: Singer Scaggs (3)
BOZ
10 Across: 15 ___ (tennis score) (3)
ALL
13 Across: Hubbub (3)
ADO
14 Across: Occasional puzzle solver's action (7)
ERASURE
16 Across: 20-20, e.g. (3)
TIE
17 Across: Former U.S. Open champ Martina's feeling about an icon? (15)
NOTHINGISSACRED
20 Across: Strain locus (5)
GROIN
21 Across: Praising (9)
EXTOLLING
22 Across: Mars, to Uranus (4)
ARES
23 Across: Some O.C.S. grads (3)
LTS
24 Across: Recessed area (4)
APSE
25 Across: Hubbub (4)
STIR
26 Across: Mid 6th-century date (3)
DLI
27 Across: Big inits. in Detroit (3)
UAW
29 Across: Part of la familia (3)
TIO
30 Across: "Yes, ___" (4)
MAAM
31 Across: Opera's La ___ (5)
SCALA
34 Across: Former U.S. Open champ Chris's answer to "Who'll be tops this year?" (15)
YOUCANNEVERTELL
38 Across: "No Strings Attached" band (5)
NSYNC
39 Across: Are, eventually (4)
WERE
40 Across: "A pox on you!" (3)
FIE
41 Across: Brooding author (3)
POE
42 Across: Kind of agent (3)
IRS
43 Across: "Keep it" (4)
STET
44 Across: Cracked (4)
AJAR
47 Across: One or more (3)
ANY
48 Across: Erelong (4)
SOON
49 Across: Movement from Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony (9)
MINUETINC
52 Across: "The Sopranos" matriarch (5)
LIVIA
54 Across: Former U.S. Open champ Monica's cry upon seeing wooden rackets in her locker? (15)
THESEAREUSELESS
56 Across: Kind of radio (3)
HAM
57 Across: Leave 50%, maybe (7)
OVERTIP
58 Across: Itinerary abbr. (3)
RTE
59 Across: Conductor de Waart (3)
EDO
60 Across: El ___ (Heston role) (3)
CID
61 Across: Extreme suffix (3)
EST
62 Across: Snake's sound (3)
SSS

Down Answers

1 Down: Dracula feature (4)
FANG
2 Down: Worship (9)
ADORATION
3 Down: Classic Grant/ Bergman film (9)
NOTORIOUS
4 Down: They hold your horses (5)
REINS
5 Down: Coffee holder (3)
URN
6 Down: 1521 visitor to Guam (8)
MAGELLAN
7 Down: Wrecks (5)
BUSTS
8 Down: Roughly (4)
ORSO
9 Down: Passion (4)
ZEAL
10 Down: Hoisted, nautically (5)
ATRIP
11 Down: Legal claims (5)
LIENS
12 Down: Projection (5)
LEDGE
15 Down: Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across (13)
SIXTIMEWINNER
18 Down: Yesterday, to Yves (4)
HIER
19 Down: Paw (6)
CLAWAT
25 Down: Mud hole (3)
STY
26 Down: Charleston, e.g. (5)
DANCE
27 Down: Junkies (5)
USERS
28 Down: A lot of plot (4)
ACRE
30 Down: Hand: Sp. (4)
MANO
32 Down: Hash ingredients (9)
LEFTOVERS
33 Down: Psychiatrists of old (9)
ALIENISTS
35 Down: Island nation (6)
CYPRUS
36 Down: "You're so clever" (8)
VERYCUTE
37 Down: Tennis call (3)
LET
43 Down: Sully (4)
SOIL
44 Down: "I ___ Walrus" (5)
AMTHE
45 Down: Zealot's crusade (5)
JIHAD
46 Down: Meter starter (5)
ANEMO
47 Down: Shown (5)
AIRED
48 Down: Nodded (5)
SLEPT
50 Down: Fair-hiring watchdog: Abbr. (4)
EEOC
51 Down: Rikki-Tikki-___ (4)
TAVI
53 Down: "___ Death" ("Peer Gynt Suite" piece) (4)
ASES
55 Down: Serena, to Venus (3)
SIS

Ready to play?

Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.