Thursday Crossword — October 17, 2002 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 10/17/2002. By Todd McClary.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Gossip (4)
- CHIN
- 5 Across: Gossips (4)
- GABS
- 9 Across: Geode material (5)
- AGATE
- 14 Across: Place for a comb (4)
- HIVE
- 15 Across: "New Jack City" co-star (4)
- ICET
- 16 Across: Interlaced (5)
- WOVEN
- 17 Across: Penny, perhaps (4)
- ANTE
- 18 Across: Mirth (4)
- GLEE
- 19 Across: Rack sites (5)
- OVENS
- 20 Across: Casino game that requires thought? (13)
- STUDIOUSPOKER
- 23 Across: Parent of Ameritech, Nynex, etc. (6)
- MABELL
- 24 Across: Haikus, e.g. (6)
- VERSES
- 27 Across: Boring Hyannis Port figure? (14)
- TEDIOUSKENNEDY
- 31 Across: Less ruddy (6)
- ASHIER
- 32 Across: Pearl Buck heroine (4)
- OLAN
- 33 Across: Prayer starter (5)
- OLORD
- 37 Across: Article in Le Monde (3)
- UNE
- 38 Across: Response to "You won't believe this!" (5)
- TRYME
- 39 Across: Goalie's feat (4)
- SAVE
- 40 Across: Ab exercise (6)
- CRUNCH
- 42 Across: Papers with poorly reasoned arguments? (14)
- SPECIOUSSHEETS
- 47 Across: Ones providing coverage at the Pillsbury Bake-Off? (6)
- APRONS
- 48 Across: Freshen (6)
- AIROUT
- 50 Across: Stock exchange worker who was cheated? (13)
- FURIOUSTRADER
- 54 Across: Hubert's successor (5)
- SPIRO
- 56 Across: "Nerts!" (4)
- DRAT
- 57 Across: Actress Thompson (4)
- SADA
- 58 Across: Where Garth Brooks hails from (5)
- TULSA
- 59 Across: Shrek, e.g. (4)
- OGRE
- 60 Across: They precede automnes (4)
- ETES
- 61 Across: Anarchic (5)
- UNLED
- 62 Across: Bring up (4)
- REAR
- 63 Across: Place for a phone (4)
- DESK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Gorge (5)
- CHASM
- 2 Down: Suggest (6)
- HINTAT
- 3 Down: Conduit in an I.C.U. (6)
- IVTUBE
- 4 Down: Vital (6)
- NEEDED
- 5 Down: Hired escorts (7)
- GIGOLOS
- 6 Down: Org. involved in the Scopes trial (4)
- ACLU
- 7 Down: 14-Across residents (4)
- BEES
- 8 Down: Rung (4)
- STEP
- 9 Down: Disturbed (6)
- AWOKEN
- 10 Down: Person in a mansion (8)
- GOVERNOR
- 11 Down: With reluctance (8)
- AVERSELY
- 12 Down: Perfect beauty, maybe (3)
- TEN
- 13 Down: Rank on the U.S.S. Enterprise: Abbr. (3)
- ENS
- 21 Down: War story (5)
- ILIAD
- 22 Down: Finished (4)
- OVER
- 25 Down: Gouda alternative (4)
- EDAM
- 26 Down: "Auld Lang ___" (4)
- SYNE
- 28 Down: Black ___ (reggae group) (5)
- UHURU
- 29 Down: Kind of headache (5)
- SINUS
- 30 Down: Laments (5)
- KEENS
- 33 Down: Bones, anatomically (4)
- OSSA
- 34 Down: Arctic European (4)
- LAPP
- 35 Down: Not just stuff (8)
- OVERFILL
- 36 Down: Contingency plan (8)
- RECOURSE
- 38 Down: Belonging to others (5)
- THEIR
- 40 Down: "___ fan tutte" (4)
- COSI
- 41 Down: Prate (7)
- CHATTER
- 43 Down: Raid (6)
- INROAD
- 44 Down: Clean, now (6)
- ERASED
- 45 Down: Yet (6)
- TODATE
- 46 Down: Some leathers (6)
- SUEDES
- 49 Down: Britain's Betty ___ Prize (literary award) (5)
- TRASK
- 51 Down: Renuzit target (4)
- ODOR
- 52 Down: Desire (4)
- URGE
- 53 Down: 1986 #1 hit for Starship (4)
- SARA
- 54 Down: "Rugrats" dad (3)
- STU
- 55 Down: Many an "Airplane!" gag (3)
- PUN
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