Wednesday Crossword — October 10, 2001 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/10/2001. By Richard Chisholm.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Go out (5)
- LEAVE
- 6 Across: Understands (4)
- GETS
- 10 Across: Put away (4)
- STOW
- 14 Across: Big can producer (5)
- ALCOA
- 15 Across: Door sign (4)
- EXIT
- 16 Across: Topological shapes (4)
- TORI
- 17 Across: Finishing school enrollees (5)
- GIRLS
- 18 Across: Danish toy company (4)
- LEGO
- 19 Across: Election losers (4)
- OUTS
- 20 Across: Carried too much? (13)
- OVERSCHLEPPED
- 23 Across: Shoe part (6)
- INSOLE
- 25 Across: Red Sox legend Williams (3)
- TED
- 26 Across: Kind of trip (3)
- EGO
- 27 Across: Leopard, e.g. (3)
- CAT
- 28 Across: Heroic tales (5)
- SAGAS
- 31 Across: Construction element (5)
- IBEAM
- 33 Across: Heroic tale (4)
- EPIC
- 35 Across: Strenuous class (3)
- GYM
- 36 Across: Ike's W.W. II command (3)
- ETO
- 37 Across: Quick, strong alcoholic drinks? (13)
- SCHNAPPSSHOTS
- 42 Across: It may be positive or negative (3)
- ION
- 43 Across: Sass (3)
- LIP
- 44 Across: "Pygmalion" playwright (4)
- SHAW
- 46 Across: ___ acid (5)
- AMINO
- 49 Across: Baseballer noted for bon mots (5)
- BERRA
- 51 Across: Bank offering, for short (3)
- IRA
- 52 Across: Freight weight (3)
- TON
- 53 Across: Île ___ Marie (3)
- STE
- 55 Across: Modern Persians (6)
- IRANIS
- 57 Across: Slap shots for Jagr or Lemieux? (13)
- HOCKEYSCHTICK
- 61 Across: Unwritten (4)
- ORAL
- 62 Across: Part of a horse's pedigree (4)
- SIRE
- 63 Across: Smell (5)
- SCENT
- 66 Across: Appropriately named Colorado county (4)
- MESA
- 67 Across: Smell (4)
- ODOR
- 68 Across: Wild throw, e.g. (5)
- ERROR
- 69 Across: 1950's P.M. (4)
- EDEN
- 70 Across: Top-of-the-hour radio offering (4)
- NEWS
- 71 Across: Spiteful (5)
- NASTY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Hang back (3)
- LAG
- 2 Down: Ivy Leaguer (3)
- ELI
- 3 Down: Clever verse (8)
- ACROSTIC
- 4 Down: Latin for "I roll" (5)
- VOLVO
- 5 Down: Stands in a studio (6)
- EASELS
- 6 Down: Shower soaps (4)
- GELS
- 7 Down: Office honcho (4)
- EXEC
- 8 Down: Ballet wear (6)
- TIGHTS
- 9 Down: Non-P.C. garb (5)
- STOLE
- 10 Down: Desist (4)
- STOP
- 11 Down: Something put on the spot? (6)
- TOUPEE
- 12 Down: Former Sandinista leader (6)
- ORTEGA
- 13 Down: Sagacity (6)
- WISDOM
- 21 Down: President who was also a sportscaster (6)
- REAGAN
- 22 Down: Bunker matriarch (5)
- EDITH
- 23 Down: Clinch (3)
- ICE
- 24 Down: Refreshers, you might say (4)
- NAPS
- 29 Down: Swindle (3)
- GYP
- 30 Down: Sufficient (5)
- AMPLE
- 32 Down: Derisive reception (4)
- BOOS
- 34 Down: Gab (4)
- CHIN
- 36 Down: Zing (6)
- ESPRIT
- 38 Down: Tightenable loop (5)
- NOOSE
- 39 Down: Yes or no follower (3)
- SIR
- 40 Down: Academic types (8)
- THINKERS
- 41 Down: Bombay wear (4)
- SARI
- 45 Down: Used to be (3)
- WAS
- 46 Down: Not out (6)
- ATHOME
- 47 Down: Tied up, in a way (6)
- MOORED
- 48 Down: As a precaution (6)
- INCASE
- 49 Down: Next to (6)
- BESIDE
- 50 Down: Come to light (6)
- ARISEN
- 54 Down: Whom Holyfield KO'd, 11/9/96 (5)
- TYSON
- 56 Down: Capital on the Gulf of Guinea (5)
- ACCRA
- 58 Down: Hate group (4)
- KLAN
- 59 Down: Rooster's cry (4)
- CROW
- 60 Down: His's partner (4)
- HERS
- 64 Down: "___ so fast!" (3)
- NOT
- 65 Down: Taste (3)
- TRY
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