Saturday Crossword — March 22, 2003 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 3/22/2003. By Rich Norris.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Temper (9)
- SHORTFUSE
- 10 Across: Hardly close contests (5)
- ROMPS
- 15 Across: It's obvious (9)
- NOBRAINER
- 16 Across: Muzzle (5)
- SNOUT
- 17 Across: Tricks (9)
- OUTSMARTS
- 18 Across: Literally, "turned" (5)
- VERSA
- 19 Across: Big Ten sch. (3)
- OSU
- 20 Across: Help on the way up (4)
- STEP
- 21 Across: Burnout consequence (6)
- APATHY
- 22 Across: Spice (4)
- ZEST
- 24 Across: Return requirements (10)
- SALESSLIPS
- 26 Across: Tranquil spots (5)
- EDENS
- 28 Across: Overtakes, in a way (4)
- LAPS
- 29 Across: Riffraff (4)
- SCUM
- 30 Across: Young follower? (3)
- UNS
- 32 Across: In the middle: Abbr. (4)
- NEUT
- 34 Across: Dockers' grp. (3)
- ILA
- 35 Across: Reach (7)
- CONTACT
- 39 Across: Kind of cut (7)
- EMERALD
- 41 Across: Old-time actress Munson (3)
- ONA
- 42 Across: Ocean spirits (4)
- GROG
- 44 Across: "... the sun paused ___ it should alight": Shelley (3)
- ERE
- 45 Across: Gush (4)
- RAVE
- 47 Across: Long stretches (4)
- ERAS
- 49 Across: Web site (5)
- ATTIC
- 53 Across: Not perfectly balanced (10)
- ASYMMETRIC
- 56 Across: Frontier nickname (4)
- DANL
- 57 Across: Co. that got its own ZIP code in 1976 (6)
- LLBEAN
- 58 Across: Sub builder (4)
- DELI
- 60 Across: Actress Claire (3)
- INA
- 61 Across: Illinois birthplace of William Jennings Bryan (5)
- SALEM
- 62 Across: One with lots to think about (9)
- DEVELOPER
- 64 Across: Harden (5)
- ENURE
- 65 Across: Preview (9)
- SNEAKPEEK
- 66 Across: Blast from the past (5)
- ATEST
- 67 Across: Dismiss (9)
- CASTASIDE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Drop off (6)
- SNOOZE
- 2 Down: Protected (6)
- HOUSED
- 3 Down: Blunt (6)
- OBTUSE
- 4 Down: Where to find trainers?: Abbr. (3)
- RRS
- 5 Down: Tartan items (4)
- TAMS
- 6 Down: Orders (5)
- FIATS
- 7 Down: "Can you believe it?!" (6)
- UNREAL
- 8 Down: Fixed design (7)
- SETPLAN
- 9 Down: Hosp. areas (3)
- ERS
- 10 Down: Wedding count (5)
- RSVPS
- 11 Down: Father-daughter actors (6)
- ONEALS
- 12 Down: 60's sitcom character whose maiden name was Frump (8)
- MORTICIA
- 13 Down: Kind of toy (8)
- PUSHPULL
- 14 Down: Isn't forgiving (8)
- STAYSMAD
- 21 Down: Take on (6)
- ASSUME
- 23 Down: Hardware item (4)
- TNUT
- 25 Down: Its playing area is 2 x 14 meters (4)
- EPEE
- 27 Down: Catch (4)
- SNAG
- 31 Down: Hide (6)
- SCREEN
- 33 Down: Prefix with hertz (4)
- TERA
- 35 Down: It's east of the Great Barrier Reef (8)
- CORALSEA
- 36 Down: Slightly biased (8)
- ONASLANT
- 37 Down: Classic jacket choice (8)
- NAVYBLUE
- 38 Down: Reason for pressing a suit (4)
- TORT
- 40 Down: Like some I.R.A. owners: Abbr. (4)
- RETD
- 43 Down: Suburb south of Los Angeles (7)
- GARDENA
- 46 Down: Peers of caliphs (6)
- EMEERS
- 48 Down: They're used in some searches (6)
- SIEVES
- 50 Down: Capital of 2.6 million (6)
- TAIPEI
- 51 Down: Poor (6)
- INNEED
- 52 Down: "Earthlight" author, 1955 (6)
- CLARKE
- 54 Down: "American Buffalo" playwright (5)
- MAMET
- 55 Down: It can keep you from slipping (5)
- CLEAT
- 59 Down: Chase on stage (4)
- ILKA
- 62 Down: U.S. Army medal (3)
- DSC
- 63 Down: Covert ___ (army assignment) (3)
- OPS
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