Friday Crossword — March 7, 2003 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 3/7/2003. By Harvey Estes.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Leaders of the Safavid dynasty (5)
SHAHS
6 Across: ___ buco (4)
OSSO
10 Across: Football no-no (4)
CLIP
14 Across: Martinique volcano with a violent 1902 eruption (5)
PELEE
15 Across: Bearing (4)
MIEN
16 Across: Mrs. Chaplin (4)
OONA
17 Across: Backward (5)
AREAR
18 Across: Some joints (4)
ELLS
19 Across: Wedge driver (4)
MAUL
20 Across: Union paper (15)
MARRIAGELICENSE
23 Across: Food storage material (5)
SARAN
24 Across: More to the point (6)
TERSER
25 Across: Fete (6)
REGALE
28 Across: 1970's TV court drama (5)
THEDA
30 Across: Noncommittal words (4)
IMAY
31 Across: Archibald of the N.B.A. (4)
NATE
33 Across: Name meaning "beloved" (5)
AIMEE
37 Across: Alert in a sportsmanlike way (15)
GIVEFAIRWARNING
40 Across: Det. McGarrett of "Hawaii Five-O" (5)
STEVE
41 Across: Host's handout (4)
MENU
42 Across: Melville tale (4)
OMOO
43 Across: James Taylor's "___ Fool to Care" (5)
IWASA
45 Across: Bullying, e.g. (6)
DURESS
47 Across: Machine at a demolition site (6)
LOADER
50 Across: Delivery room surprise (5)
TWINS
52 Across: Thin air (15)
OUTERATMOSPHERE
57 Across: Powerful kind of engine (4)
VTEN
58 Across: ___ Fox (4)
BRER
59 Across: Put on, in a way (5)
AIRED
60 Across: Novelist Ambler (4)
ERIC
61 Across: They have their pluses and minuses (4)
IONS
62 Across: Filling for a driller (5)
INLAY
63 Across: French physicist ___ de Réaumur (4)
RENE
64 Across: Handful of chips, maybe (4)
ANTE
65 Across: Title pages? (5)
DEEDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Flood with offers, say (4)
SPAM
2 Down: Mother of Ares (4)
HERA
3 Down: K.C. Royal, e.g. (4)
ALER
4 Down: Report of a report (15)
HEARSAYEVIDENCE
5 Down: Kind of number (6)
SERIAL
6 Down: Watch handle (5)
OMEGA
7 Down: Passive-aggressive response (15)
SILENTTREATMENT
8 Down: Succeed at pitching (4)
SELL
9 Down: Like some computer maintenance (6)
ONSITE
10 Down: No matter what (15)
COMERAINORSHINE
11 Down: Students may take them out (5)
LOANS
12 Down: Operating (5)
INUSE
13 Down: Less ruddy (5)
PALER
21 Down: Fight site (5)
ARENA
22 Down: Moth repellent (5)
CEDAR
25 Down: Fixes (4)
RIGS
26 Down: Shed (4)
EMIT
27 Down: Was charitable (4)
GAVE
29 Down: Cut (4)
HEWN
32 Down: Dreams (4)
AIMS
34 Down: Show without a line? (4)
MIME
35 Down: 1961 chimp in space (4)
ENOS
36 Down: Prima donna problems (4)
EGOS
38 Down: A dwindling number of (5)
FEWER
39 Down: 1970's Foxes (5)
AUDIS
44 Down: Sandy peninsula (6)
ARABIA
46 Down: Pro bono (6)
UNPAID
47 Down: Amorist (5)
LOVER
48 Down: Far-out (5)
OUTRE
49 Down: Had an old-fashioned dinner (5)
ATEIN
51 Down: Unfavorable prognosis (5)
WORSE
53 Down: High-tech suffix (4)
TRON
54 Down: First name in mysteries (4)
ERLE
55 Down: Examine volumes (4)
READ
56 Down: Popular ice cream (4)
EDYS

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