Tuesday Crossword — July 9, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/9/2002. By Robert Malinow.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Whatcha ___?" (4)
DOIN
5 Across: Madonna musical (5)
EVITA
10 Across: "Yikes!" (4)
EGAD
14 Across: Big name in oil (4)
ARCO
15 Across: Assaults with a spray (5)
MACES
16 Across: "Adam ___" (Eliot novel) (4)
BEDE
17 Across: Elvis Presley hit of 1956 (15)
HEARTBREAKHOTEL
20 Across: Hippie (8)
LONGHAIR
21 Across: Without support (5)
ALONE
22 Across: Like Coolidge's utterances (5)
TERSE
23 Across: Letter adornment (5)
SERIF
25 Across: Volcanic spew (3)
ASH
27 Across: Gist (7)
ESSENCE
29 Across: Portly plus (3)
FAT
32 Across: Record player (6)
DEEJAY
34 Across: Losing tic-tac-toe row (3)
XOO
35 Across: Pre-stereo (4)
MONO
36 Across: Stared at (5)
OGLED
37 Across: Busy airport (3)
HUB
38 Across: Gluck's "___ ed Euridice" (5)
ORFEO
39 Across: Hanging on every word (4)
RAPT
40 Across: Standard (3)
PAR
41 Across: Ralph Kramden, for one (6)
BUSMAN
42 Across: Sturdy tree (3)
ELM
43 Across: Bluesman McClinton (7)
DELBERT
45 Across: Mos. and mos. (3)
YRS
46 Across: Workout venues (5)
YMCAS
48 Across: Purple ___, New Hampshire's state flower (5)
LILAC
50 Across: Very, to Verdi (5)
ASSAI
52 Across: Reject, as a motion (8)
DISALLOW
55 Across: Beatles hit of 1967 (15)
WHENIMSIXTYFOUR
58 Across: "The Little Mermaid" baddies (4)
EELS
59 Across: Pitchfork wielder (5)
DEVIL
60 Across: Diversion (4)
RUSE
61 Across: Box that crackers go into? (4)
SAFE
62 Across: Hair-raising (5)
SCARY
63 Across: British P.M. before Macmillan (4)
EDEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Children's author Roald (4)
DAHL
2 Down: Nabisco cookie (4)
OREO
3 Down: Four Tops hit of 1965 (15)
ICANTHELPMYSELF
4 Down: Scandinavian land, to natives (5)
NORGE
5 Down: Mission (7)
EMBASSY
6 Down: Fluctuates (6)
VARIES
7 Down: Cake finisher (4)
ICER
8 Down: Kind of party (3)
TEA
9 Down: One way to get directions (3)
ASK
10 Down: Carlo Levi's "Christ Stopped at ___" (5)
EBOLI
11 Down: Rolling Stones hit of 1965 (15)
GETOFFOFMYCLOUD
12 Down: Yemeni port (4)
ADEN
13 Down: Expunge, as text (4)
DELE
18 Down: Sewer line? (6)
THREAD
19 Down: Fast runner (4)
HARE
23 Down: Stuck-up sort (4)
SNOB
24 Down: Prefix with system (3)
ECO
25 Down: Really love (5)
ADORE
26 Down: "Love Story" author (5)
SEGAL
28 Down: Outlying community (5)
EXURB
30 Down: Words after bend or lend (5)
ANEAR
31 Down: Cel mates? (5)
TOONS
33 Down: Widebody, e.g. (3)
JET
35 Down: ___ Smith's pies (3)
MRS
37 Down: Haarlem painter Frans (4)
HALS
38 Down: Start-up costs (6)
OUTLAY
40 Down: Shooter pellet (3)
PEA
41 Down: Easily provoked (7)
BRISTLY
43 Down: A fifth of MMMX (4)
DCII
44 Down: Medicine show purchase (6)
ELIXIR
47 Down: Parson's estate (5)
MANSE
49 Down: Actress Woodard (5)
ALFRE
50 Down: Impresses (4)
AWES
51 Down: Long Island Railroad stop (4)
SHEA
52 Down: Opera persona (4)
DIVA
53 Down: England's Great ___ River (4)
OUSE
54 Down: Plump songbird (4)
WREN
56 Down: E.R. workers (3)
MDS
57 Down: "Hold on a ___" (3)
SEC

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