Wednesday Crossword — November 13, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/13/2002. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fare-beater's aid (4)
SLUG
5 Across: Broadway dance hit of 1999 (5)
FOSSE
10 Across: Soup bean (4)
LIMA
14 Across: Cancún coin (4)
PESO
15 Across: Ufologist's study (5)
ALIEN
16 Across: "This ___ good as it gets!" (4)
ISAS
17 Across: Author Jaffe (4)
RONA
18 Across: Prompters' utterances (5)
LINES
19 Across: Häagen-___ (4)
DAZS
20 Across: Start of a quip (11)
ANAPOLOGYIS
23 Across: One who's always buzzing off? (3)
BEE
24 Across: Molière's "The School for ___" (5)
WIVES
25 Across: Like (3)
ALA
26 Across: Loop trains (3)
ELS
27 Across: Nonclerical (3)
LAY
28 Across: They may be running (4)
TABS
32 Across: Glorifies (6)
EXALTS
34 Across: Like some car headlights (6)
DIMMED
36 Across: Succulent plant (4)
ALOE
37 Across: Middle of the quip (15)
AGREATWAYTOHAVE
42 Across: Do business (4)
DEAL
43 Across: Brews (6)
STEEPS
44 Across: In danger (6)
ATRISK
47 Across: Old-fashioned theaters (4)
ODEA
48 Across: Wee, to Burns (3)
SMA
51 Across: N.Y.C. subway overseer (3)
MTA
52 Across: Assn. formed in Bogotá (3)
OAS
54 Across: Beanie's top, perhaps (5)
ROTOR
56 Across: ___ Na Na (3)
SHA
57 Across: End of the quip (11)
THELASTWORD
61 Across: Guns (4)
REVS
63 Across: Throat doctor's concern (5)
UVULA
64 Across: There's little point to it (4)
EPEE
65 Across: Subject for Monet (4)
IRIS
66 Across: Pocket protector brigade (5)
NERDS
67 Across: Former Georgia senator (4)
NUNN
68 Across: Sunday ___ (4)
BEST
69 Across: Some of them are gray (5)
AREAS
70 Across: Smudge (4)
SPOT

Down Answers

1 Down: Urban ___ (6)
SPRAWL
2 Down: New Jersey town near Teaneck (6)
LEONIA
3 Down: Anchorman's network? (6)
USNAVY
4 Down: Flip (5)
GOAPE
5 Down: Mountaineer's worry (4)
FALL
6 Down: This and that (4)
OLIO
7 Down: Belt out (4)
SING
8 Down: "Later!" (5)
SEEYA
9 Down: Store, as corn (6)
ENSILE
10 Down: Topper (3)
LID
11 Down: Spanish queen who was given the title "the Catholic" (8)
ISABELLA
12 Down: "Congratulations!" (8)
MAZELTOV
13 Down: One with duties (8)
ASSESSEE
21 Down: Port of old Rome (5)
OSTIA
22 Down: Part of a jazz combo (3)
SAX
29 Down: Qty. (3)
AMT
30 Down: Autobahn sights (4)
BMWS
31 Down: Old anti-Communist assn. (5)
SEATO
33 Down: Sounds of relief (4)
AAHS
34 Down: Where heroes may be found (4)
DELI
35 Down: Not natural (4)
DYED
37 Down: 1949 Tracy/Hepburn film (8)
ADAMSRIB
38 Down: Arrive (8)
GETTHERE
39 Down: Curiosity (8)
RARAAVIS
40 Down: Kind of time (3)
TEE
41 Down: 60's-70's gallery hangings (5)
OPART
45 Down: Drinker (3)
SOT
46 Down: Wizard, in slang (6)
KAHUNA
48 Down: Clog (6)
STOPUP
49 Down: Oscar winner for "West Side Story" (6)
MORENO
50 Down: Dedicated (6)
ARDENT
53 Down: Cut (5)
SEVER
55 Down: Jesse known as the "Buckeye Bullet" (5)
OWENS
58 Down: Come-on (4)
LURE
59 Down: Actor Robert or Alan (4)
ALDA
60 Down: Lip (4)
SASS
62 Down: Heathrow plane (3)
SST

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