Friday Crossword — September 20, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 9/20/2002. By Kevin Hagen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Chain founded by the Raffel Brothers (hence the name) (5)
ARBYS
6 Across: Web surfers' annoyances (8)
POPUPADS
14 Across: Bordeaux product (6)
CLARET
15 Across: Done, to a cinematographer (8)
INTHECAN
16 Across: 87, say (15)
REGULARGASOLINE
18 Across: Carousing (8)
ONASPREE
19 Across: Ibsen's Gabler (5)
HEDDA
20 Across: PC key (3)
ESC
21 Across: Cutworm, eventually (4)
MOTH
24 Across: Electronic narcotic in Shatner novels (3)
TEK
25 Across: Cry to a plow horse (3)
HAW
28 Across: PAC whose members pack? (3)
NRA
29 Across: Something that's spun (4)
TALE
30 Across: "The Arraignment of Paris" dramatist (5)
PEELE
32 Across: Army negative (8)
SIRNOSIR
34 Across: "Aha!" (7)
THATSIT
36 Across: No ritzy neighborhoods (7)
GHETTOS
37 Across: Stripped and stained, maybe (8)
RESTORED
39 Across: Hardly hale-looking (5)
ASHEN
40 Across: Stage org. (4)
ANTA
41 Across: Augustine's "De civitate ___" (3)
DEI
42 Across: Way to go: Abbr. (3)
RTE
43 Across: Market index, briefly (3)
DOW
44 Across: ___ account (4)
ONNO
46 Across: Early 70's White House name (3)
PAT
49 Across: Screened letters? (5)
EMAIL
52 Across: 1999 "Star Wars" release (8)
EPISODEI
56 Across: 16-Across offerers (15)
SERVICESTATIONS
59 Across: Using a fake ID, perhaps (8)
UNDERAGE
60 Across: Doctrine developer (6)
MONROE
61 Across: Transmitted (8)
PASSEDON
62 Across: Comparatively quick (5)
APTER

Down Answers

1 Down: Coeur d'___ (5)
ALENE
2 Down: Indian melodies (5)
RAGAS
3 Down: Trattoria appetizer (10)
BRUSCHETTA
4 Down: Pound sound (4)
YELP
5 Down: Big name (4)
STAR
6 Down: Easy marks (7)
PIGEONS
7 Down: Actress Munson of "Gone With the Wind" (3)
ONA
8 Down: Sports stat. (3)
PTS
9 Down: Goof follower (4)
UHOH
10 Down: Edson Arantes do Nascimento, familiarly (4)
PELE
11 Down: Pucker producer (9)
ACIDTASTE
12 Down: Bitter salad base (9)
DANDELION
13 Down: They're often heard during hoops games (8)
SNEAKERS
14 Down: ___-Magnon (3)
CRO
17 Down: Sleep clinic study (3)
REM
22 Down: It has several functions (4)
TRIG
23 Down: "Very funny" (6)
HARHAR
26 Down: Further (4)
ALSO
27 Down: Nut (6)
WEIRDO
29 Down: Direct (10)
TOTHEPOINT
30 Down: They're extraordinary (9)
PHENOMENA
31 Down: Like 1990's NATO expansion (9)
EASTWARDS
33 Down: Digs in a tree (4)
NEST
34 Down: Changes for the better (8)
TRADESUP
35 Down: Romeo or Juliet (4)
TEEN
38 Down: "Out of Africa" author (7)
DINESEN
45 Down: Go with, with "for" (3)
OPT
47 Down: Like lots (5)
ADORE
48 Down: Kind of horn (5)
TENOR
50 Down: Lithographer of Americana (4)
IVES
51 Down: Old money (4)
LIRE
53 Down: Dylan's "___ Lonesome Hobo" (4)
IAMA
54 Down: Market order (4)
STOP
55 Down: Final ending, in England (3)
ISE
57 Down: No gentleman (3)
CAD
58 Down: It may get a boost (3)
EGO

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