Friday Crossword — August 30, 2002 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 8/30/2002. By Patrick Merrell.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: *Fringe benefits (7)
- PLUSSES
- 8 Across: *Cathedral sights (7)
- CROSSES
- 15 Across: Insult follower, perhaps (7)
- RIPOSTE
- 16 Across: Saintly glow (7)
- AUREOLA
- 17 Across: Travelers, e.g. (7)
- INSURER
- 18 Across: Picked up (7)
- CLEANED
- 19 Across: Act like a baby (4)
- MEWL
- 20 Across: Burning evidence (5)
- SMOKE
- 22 Across: Searchers for a baby (4)
- MAGI
- 23 Across: Self-examiner's query (3)
- AMI
- 24 Across: Harry Potter's Hedwig, e.g. (3)
- OWL
- 25 Across: Profs may employ them (3)
- TAS
- 26 Across: Some bills (4)
- TENS
- 28 Across: Cynic's response (5)
- SNEER
- 30 Across: Be in need of air, perhaps (4)
- PANT
- 31 Across: Meshes with (7)
- ENGAGES
- 33 Across: Cuts it out (7)
- DESISTS
- 35 Across: Self starter? (3)
- HER
- 36 Across: The best man may be in it (3)
- TUX
- 37 Across: Kind of knowledge (7)
- APRIORI
- 41 Across: Least (7)
- TINIEST
- 45 Across: Not keep secret (4)
- BLAB
- 46 Across: "___ Girls Go" (1948 musical) (5)
- ASTHE
- 48 Across: Series finales?: Abbr. (4)
- ETCS
- 49 Across: At least six games (3)
- SET
- 50 Across: "Told ya!" (3)
- SEE
- 51 Across: "Told ya!" (3)
- HAH
- 52 Across: See 58-Down (4)
- INTO
- 54 Across: Lots are seen in lots (5)
- AUTOS
- 56 Across: Saharan land (4)
- MALI
- 57 Across: Relate (7)
- NARRATE
- 59 Across: Aging agent (7)
- RIPENER
- 61 Across: One with a lot of pull (7)
- TRACTOR
- 62 Across: August (7)
- EMINENT
- 63 Across: *They may be at the end of the line (7)
- HYPHENS
- 64 Across: *Bad points (7)
- MINUSES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Man, e.g. (7)
- PRIMATE
- 2 Down: Ends, e.g. (7)
- LINEMEN
- 3 Down: Improvement (7)
- UPSWING
- 4 Down: Topic of some 7-Down (4)
- SOUL
- 5 Down: Abbr. on old maps (3)
- SSR
- 6 Down: Times when le mercure rises (4)
- ETES
- 7 Down: Service deliveries (7)
- SERMONS
- 8 Down: Imitated a witch (7)
- CACKLED
- 9 Down: It may be standing (4)
- RULE
- 10 Down: Rush attraction (3)
- ORE
- 11 Down: It may contain 10-Down (4)
- SEAM
- 12 Down: Recital numbers (7)
- SONATAS
- 13 Down: Polished (7)
- ELEGANT
- 14 Down: Cruel bunch (7)
- SADISTS
- 21 Down: What borrowers do (3)
- OWE
- 27 Down: Indian title (5)
- SAHIB
- 28 Down: Junípero ___, founder of San Francisco (5)
- SERRA
- 29 Down: Tighten, maybe (5)
- RETIE
- 30 Down: Sprite (5)
- PIXIE
- 32 Down: Prefix with metric (3)
- GEO
- 34 Down: Daily riser (3)
- SUN
- 37 Down: Bitter liqueur: Var. (7)
- ABSINTH
- 38 Down: Fully attended (7)
- PLENARY
- 39 Down: Ramshackle structure (7)
- RATTRAP
- 40 Down: They put out (7)
- ISSUERS
- 41 Down: Something to prove (7)
- THEOREM
- 42 Down: Some fuels (7)
- ETHANES
- 43 Down: Like some triangles (7)
- SCALENE
- 44 Down: Souvenir shop stock (7)
- TSHIRTS
- 47 Down: Lunar holiday (3)
- TET
- 53 Down: Its players know the score: Abbr. (4)
- ORCH
- 54 Down: Gobs (4)
- ATON
- 55 Down: ___ Valley, Calif. (4)
- SIMI
- 56 Down: It's taken after an order is given (4)
- MENU
- 58 Down: With 52-Across, eroded (3)
- ATE
- 60 Down: Match ender, maybe (3)
- PIN
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