Monday Crossword — May 12, 2003 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/12/2003. By Sarah Keller.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Bygone airline (3)
TWA
4 Across: Mass confusion (5)
CHAOS
9 Across: Demean (5)
ABASE
14 Across: Roll of bills (3)
WAD
15 Across: Greeting (5)
HELLO
16 Across: Rodeo participant (5)
ROPER
17 Across: Subject of the biography "Float Like a Butterfly" (3)
ALI
18 Across: Home of the Blue Grotto (11)
ISLEOFCAPRI
20 Across: ___ of March (4)
IDES
22 Across: Braxton or Tennille (4)
TONI
23 Across: ___ Maria (3)
AVE
24 Across: Feed (7)
NOURISH
27 Across: Guarantees (7)
ENSURES
30 Across: Unfounded, as gossip (4)
IDLE
31 Across: Lariat in the Southwest (5)
REATA
32 Across: Sheep's plaint (3)
BAA
35 Across: Work to get, as someone's trust (4)
EARN
37 Across: Outfit (5)
GETUP
40 Across: Regular's request (15)
ILLHAVETHEUSUAL
44 Across: Station (5)
DEPOT
45 Across: 15-Across, in Spain (4)
HOLA
46 Across: Full house sign: Abbr. (3)
SRO
47 Across: List components (5)
ITEMS
50 Across: Give a hoot (4)
CARE
52 Across: Ate at home (7)
DINEDIN
54 Across: Smarts (7)
KNOWHOW
58 Across: Exiled Amin (3)
IDI
59 Across: Neighbor of Cambodia (4)
LAOS
61 Across: Apiece (4)
EACH
62 Across: Theater guides (11)
AISLELIGHTS
67 Across: Maiden name preceder (3)
NEE
68 Across: Observant one (5)
NOTER
69 Across: Hotelier Helmsley (5)
LEONA
70 Across: Cereal grain (3)
OAT
71 Across: On the briny (5)
ATSEA
72 Across: Ninth mos. (5)
SEPTS
73 Across: ___ and outs (3)
INS

Down Answers

1 Down: "Tom Sawyer" author (5)
TWAIN
2 Down: Elusive children's book character (5)
WALDO
3 Down: Farewell (5)
ADIEU
4 Down: "The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" (3)
CHI
5 Down: "For ___ a jolly ..." (3)
HES
6 Down: Sane (8)
ALLTHERE
7 Down: Table spread (4)
OLEO
8 Down: Later's alternative (6)
SOONER
9 Down: L'___ de Triomphe (3)
ARC
10 Down: Feathery wrap (3)
BOA
11 Down: Equipment (9)
APPARATUS
12 Down: Deliver, as a summons (5)
SERVE
13 Down: Great Lakes Indians (5)
ERIES
19 Down: Speeder's penalty (4)
FINE
21 Down: ___ Lanka (3)
SRI
25 Down: Thought creatively (7)
IDEATED
26 Down: Cyrillic alphabet user (4)
SLAV
28 Down: Large cactus (7)
SAGUARO
29 Down: Sport ___ (off-road vehicles) (4)
UTES
32 Down: Bridge declaration (3)
BID
33 Down: Beverage that's bitterer than beer (3)
ALE
34 Down: Mountain climbers (9)
ALPINISTS
36 Down: To the ___ degree (3)
NTH
38 Down: Egypt and Syria, once: Abbr. (3)
UAR
39 Down: Arafat's org. (3)
PLO
41 Down: Table d'___ (restaurant offering) (4)
HOTE
42 Down: Pawning place (8)
HOCKSHOP
43 Down: Verve (4)
ELAN
48 Down: Pepper grinder (4)
MILL
49 Down: Slow movers (6)
SNAILS
51 Down: Ram's mate (3)
EWE
52 Down: Ross of the Supremes (5)
DIANA
53 Down: Dunderhead (5)
IDIOT
55 Down: Vietnam's capital (5)
HANOI
56 Down: Where the waves are (5)
OCEAN
57 Down: Sharpens (5)
WHETS
60 Down: S-shaped molding (4)
OGEE
63 Down: Actress Michele (3)
LEE
64 Down: Time in history (3)
ERA
65 Down: Explosive (3)
TNT
66 Down: KLM competitor (3)
SAS

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