Wednesday Crossword — May 22, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/22/2002. By Sherry O. Blackard.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Treaty subject (4)
ARMS
5 Across: Broadway's Bob (5)
FOSSE
10 Across: Org. of which Nancy Lopez was once champion (4)
LPGA
14 Across: Hang over one's head (4)
LOOM
15 Across: For the birds? (5)
AVIAN
16 Across: Neighbor of Azerbaijan (4)
IRAN
17 Across: Prediction basis #1 (10)
TAROTCARDS
19 Across: Author ___ Neale Hurston (4)
ZORA
20 Across: Biblical landfall (6)
ARARAT
21 Across: Diving bird (3)
AUK
23 Across: Chess champ before and after Botvinnik (3)
TAL
24 Across: Hem again (5)
RESEW
25 Across: Prediction basis #2 (9)
ASTROLOGY
28 Across: 60's campus org. (3)
SDS
29 Across: Card balance (4)
DEBT
31 Across: Draws out (6)
EDUCES
32 Across: Old yellers? (6)
CRIERS
34 Across: Was second-best (4)
LOST
35 Across: Prediction basis #3 (11)
CRYSTALBALL
38 Across: English painter John (4)
OPIE
40 Across: Buttinskies (6)
SNOOPS
41 Across: Prod (6)
URGEON
44 Across: Robt. E. Lee, e.g. (4)
GENL
45 Across: Côte ___, France (3)
DOR
48 Across: Prediction basis #4 (9)
TEALEAVES
50 Across: "The Three Faces ___" (5)
OFEVE
52 Across: Car ad abbr. (3)
APR
53 Across: Hoop grp. (3)
NBA
54 Across: Wept wildly, maybe (6)
EMOTED
55 Across: Ties up the line (4)
GABS
57 Across: Prediction basis #5 (10)
OUIJABOARD
60 Across: Suffix with stink (4)
EROO
61 Across: Cause to swell (5)
BLOAT
62 Across: Adriatic resort (4)
LIDO
63 Across: Like a pinup (4)
SEXY
64 Across: Check mates? (5)
STUBS
65 Across: Toil wearily (4)
SLOG

Down Answers

1 Down: Sacred places (6)
ALTARS
2 Down: Laughed loudly (6)
ROARED
3 Down: Swampy area (6)
MORASS
4 Down: Chocolaty campfire treat (5)
SMORE
5 Down: Almanac bit (4)
FACT
6 Down: Egg cells (3)
OVA
7 Down: Lady's man (3)
SIR
8 Down: 1978 Peace co-Nobelist (5)
SADAT
9 Down: Guarantee (6)
ENSURE
10 Down: Gossipy Smith (3)
LIZ
11 Down: The right stuff? (8)
PROTOCOL
12 Down: Some sale sites (7)
GARAGES
13 Down: Assayer, e.g. (7)
ANALYST
18 Down: Cheaply showy (6)
TAWDRY
22 Down: Sent to the mat (3)
KOD
25 Down: Cases the joint for, say (5)
ABETS
26 Down: Way out (7)
STRANGE
27 Down: Slow times (5)
LULLS
30 Down: Frozen Wasser (3)
EIS
32 Down: Angler's basket (5)
CREEL
33 Down: Tart fruits (5)
SLOES
35 Down: Container with a lid that flips (8)
CIGARBOX
36 Down: Voyage beginning? (3)
BON
37 Down: Self-confidence (6)
APLOMB
38 Down: Power problems (7)
OUTAGES
39 Down: Whip up (7)
PREPARE
42 Down: Vintner's prefix (3)
OEN
43 Down: Moguls (6)
NABOBS
45 Down: Micromanager's concern (6)
DETAIL
46 Down: Carry too far (6)
OVERDO
47 Down: Football blitz (6)
REDDOG
49 Down: Safe place (5)
VAULT
51 Down: Nincompoops (5)
FOOLS
54 Down: Takes in (4)
EATS
56 Down: Sauce source (3)
SOY
58 Down: Promise to pay (3)
IOU
59 Down: The "one" of a one-two (3)
JAB

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