Thursday Crossword — May 22, 2003 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/22/2003. By Dan Reichert.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Leading lady (4)
DIVA
5 Across: It's said when taking off (4)
TATA
9 Across: Take off (5)
STRIP
14 Across: Kaffiyeh sporter (4)
ARAB
15 Across: Score after deuce (4)
ADIN
16 Across: People concerned with feet (5)
POETS
17 Across: President Taft's alma mater (4)
YALE
18 Across: It may be driven during a storm (4)
SAND
19 Across: Namely (5)
IDEST
20 Across: Like a line (13)
ONEDIMENSIONAL
23 Across: Coll. hoops competition (3)
NIT
24 Across: Beam (3)
RAY
25 Across: Place for a shore dinner, maybe (6)
MARINA
29 Across: Height enhancer (4)
HEEL
31 Across: "Listen, ___ ..." (3)
SON
34 Across: "The Brady Bunch" housekeeper (5)
ALICE
35 Across: Self-starter? (4)
AUTO
36 Across: Ear piece (4)
LOBE
37 Across: They're packed during the holidays (15)
DEPARTMENTSTORES
40 Across: Suffix for high-tech gadgets (4)
TRON
41 Across: Groundless (4)
IDLE
42 Across: Take forcefully (5)
WREST
43 Across: Teutonic name part (3)
VON
44 Across: Don't take off (4)
STAY
45 Across: Sky pilots, so to speak (6)
PADRES
46 Across: Animal with a mane (3)
GNU
47 Across: Hegelian article (3)
EIN
48 Across: Hit Broadway play of 1945, with "The" (13)
GLASSMENAGERIE
55 Across: Walk together (5)
TROOP
57 Across: ___ end (4)
ATAN
58 Across: Major gold-mining area, with "the" (4)
RAND
59 Across: Certain backwater (5)
BAYOU
60 Across: Member of an instrument family (4)
ALTO
61 Across: Fizzy wine, familiarly (4)
ASTI
62 Across: 59-Across relative (5)
SWAMP
63 Across: Wax makers (4)
BEES
64 Across: One that gets tongue-tied? (4)
SHOE

Down Answers

1 Down: Harry Belafonte catchword (4)
DAYO
2 Down: Home of many mullahs (4)
IRAN
3 Down: Hollow between hills (4)
VALE
4 Down: Not up yet (4)
ABED
5 Down: State adjoining the Bass Strait (6)
TASMANIA
6 Down: Unlikely to reconsider (5)
ADAMANT
7 Down: Pantry containers (4)
TINS
8 Down: "___ quote ..." (4)
ANDI
9 Down: Like some injuries (6)
SPINAL
10 Down: Now (5)
TODAY
11 Down: Whirl (4)
REEL
12 Down: Possessive pronoun (3)
ITS
13 Down: Hrs. in the West (3)
PST
21 Down: Private (5)
INNER
22 Down: Lunchbox treats (5)
OREOS
25 Down: Show with skits (5)
MADTV
26 Down: Olds model (5)
ALERO
27 Down: Really tease (5)
RIPON
28 Down: Self-confident assertion (4)
ICAN
29 Down: By any practical means (5)
HUMANLY
30 Down: Ranch add-on? (4)
ETTE
31 Down: More tender (5)
SORER
32 Down: Past plump (5)
OBESE
33 Down: Egg holders (5)
NESTS
35 Down: Heather's "Melrose Place" role (4)
AMANDA
36 Down: Powerful person (4)
LORD
38 Down: Shakespeare's Andronicus (5)
TITUS
39 Down: Nashville sound? (5)
TWANG
44 Down: Buy in a hurry (6)
SNAPUP
45 Down: "Grand" things (6)
PIANOS
46 Down: Opposite of cheer (5)
GLOOM
47 Down: Spring (from) (5)
EMANATE
48 Down: Maja painter (4)
GOYA
49 Down: General Motors division (4)
SAAB
50 Down: Famed "7" wearer (4)
MANTLE
51 Down: Times to remember (4)
ERAS
52 Down: Ill-considered (4)
RASH
53 Down: Turned on by (4)
INTO
54 Down: Falco of "The Sopranos" (4)
EDIE
55 Down: Cable's Superstation (3)
TBS
56 Down: Like some deals (3)
RAW

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