Friday Crossword — October 4, 2002 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 10/4/2002. By Martin Ashwood-Smith.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: They're lifesavers (15)
- FIREDEPARTMENTS
- 16 Across: Degree requirement, maybe (15)
- ORALEXAMINATION
- 17 Across: Point out (15)
- CALLATTENTIONTO
- 18 Across: Suit to ___ (4)
- ATEE
- 19 Across: Start of a German series (4)
- EINS
- 20 Across: Source of being, it's said (3)
- TAO
- 21 Across: Meyerbeer's "___ Huguenots" (3)
- LES
- 22 Across: Some poles (6)
- ANODES
- 24 Across: Amalgamate (4)
- MELD
- 25 Across: Discouraging word (3)
- TUT
- 26 Across: "Promised Land" author (4)
- EBAN
- 28 Across: Shot the breeze (5)
- JAWED
- 31 Across: Old colonial region (9)
- EASTINDIA
- 36 Across: 1983 film based on a Jean Shepherd book (15)
- ACHRISTMASSTORY
- 38 Across: Began (9)
- STARTEDIN
- 39 Across: Assuaging agent (5)
- EASER
- 40 Across: Shake off (4)
- LOSE
- 41 Across: Game show V.I.P.'s (3)
- MCS
- 42 Across: It produces wrinkles (4)
- AGER
- 44 Across: Repeat (6)
- PARROT
- 48 Across: "A shrewd pickpurse": Howell (3)
- LAW
- 51 Across: Herbert of "War and Peace" (3)
- LOM
- 52 Across: Help (4)
- MAID
- 53 Across: Reticulation (4)
- MESH
- 54 Across: Brief time? (15)
- PRESSCONFERENCE
- 59 Across: Smash-up (15)
- HEADONCOLLISION
- 60 Across: Restlessness (15)
- ANTSINONESPANTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Centrally located (5)
- FOCAL
- 2 Down: Uncontrollable (5)
- IRATE
- 3 Down: Chest sounds (5)
- RALES
- 4 Down: Marie Claire competitor (4)
- ELLE
- 5 Down: Bust specialists, for short (3)
- DEA
- 6 Down: Compass (6)
- EXTENT
- 7 Down: Place to sun (5)
- PATIO
- 8 Down: Better (5)
- AMEND
- 9 Down: Dentist's direction (5)
- RINSE
- 10 Down: Rock blaster (3)
- TNT
- 11 Down: Spring time in Paris (3)
- MAI
- 12 Down: 1940's arena: Abbr. (3)
- ETO
- 13 Down: Home entertainment systems (9)
- NINTENDOS
- 14 Down: Thoroughgoing (5)
- TOTAL
- 15 Down: Hair holder (5)
- SNOOD
- 22 Down: Reviews, as books (6)
- AUDITS
- 23 Down: Salon specialties (4)
- SETS
- 24 Down: Tropical rays (6)
- MANTAS
- 25 Down: Brat (6)
- TERROR
- 27 Down: Split (6)
- BISECT
- 28 Down: Madison, for one: Abbr. (3)
- JAS
- 29 Down: It separates two breaks (3)
- ACT
- 30 Down: Part of an Eskimo diet (9)
- WHALEMEAT
- 31 Down: LAX posting (3)
- ETD
- 32 Down: "___ Blue?" (1929 hit) (3)
- AMI
- 33 Down: Japanese honorific (3)
- SAN
- 34 Down: E.U. member (3)
- IRE
- 35 Down: Firth of Clyde port (3)
- AYR
- 37 Down: Percolate (4)
- SEEP
- 41 Down: 4-Down features (6)
- MODELS
- 42 Down: Top dog (5)
- ALPHA
- 43 Down: "Bridge Complete" author (5)
- GOREN
- 45 Down: Exxon rival (5)
- AMOCO
- 46 Down: Became wearisome (5)
- RANON
- 47 Down: Biathlon need (5)
- RIFLE
- 48 Down: Moscow's ___ Museum (5)
- LENIN
- 49 Down: Track founded in 1711 (5)
- ASCOT
- 50 Down: Times (5)
- WHENS
- 53 Down: Blue ___ Reservoir (Colorado's largest body of water) (4)
- MESA
- 55 Down: Old protest grp. (3)
- SDS
- 56 Down: "___ Married an Axe Murderer" (Mike Myers comedy) (3)
- SOI
- 57 Down: Media inits. since 1980 (3)
- CNN
- 58 Down: It may be written in stone (3)
- RIP
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