Friday Crossword — August 8, 2003 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 8/8/2003. By Myles Callum.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Acceptance as cool, to some (10)
STREETCRED
11 Across: Nuclear physics prefix (4)
BETA
15 Across: Pop choice (10)
ORANGESODA
16 Across: Examination room sounds (4)
AAHS
17 Across: City on the Mahoning (10)
YOUNGSTOWN
18 Across: Georgia and others, once: Abbr. (4)
SSRS
19 Across: None too soon (6)
ATLAST
20 Across: Royal borough of Greater London (8)
KINGSTON
22 Across: Nail-biting sports events, briefly (3)
OTS
24 Across: Knuckle-headed gestures of affection? (7)
NOOGIES
25 Across: Lost it (8)
WENTNUTS
30 Across: Subject, usually (4)
NOUN
31 Across: "I'll speak a prophecy ___ go": Shak. (4)
EREI
32 Across: Headstrong one (4)
BULL
34 Across: Failed to (5)
DIDNT
37 Across: By and by (4)
SOON
38 Across: They're not too sharp (5)
EPEES
40 Across: Level (4)
TIER
41 Across: Memorable sidekick (5)
TONTO
43 Across: 1999 Ron Howard film (4)
EDTV
44 Across: Saab model (4)
AERO
45 Across: Base of a crocus stem (4)
CORM
47 Across: Daubs (8)
SMEARSON
49 Across: University of Cincinnati player (7)
BEARCAT
52 Across: LAX abbr. (3)
ETD
53 Across: Irrationality (8)
UNREASON
55 Across: "Gil Blas" writer (6)
LESAGE
60 Across: Cartoonist Walker (4)
MORT
61 Across: Base for some jellies (10)
CRABAPPLES
63 Across: Paranoiac's worry (4)
PLOT
64 Across: Gives freshman introduction, say (10)
ORIENTATES
65 Across: 1974 Peace Nobelist Eisaku ___ (4)
SATO
66 Across: Lie (10)
TELLASTORY

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ bean (4)
SOYA
2 Down: Certain harness race (4)
TROT
3 Down: Outfielder Mondesi (4)
RAUL
4 Down: Sicilian resort (4)
ENNA
5 Down: Pushes (6)
EGGSON
6 Down: Synthetic (8)
TESTTUBE
7 Down: Chi hrs. (3)
CST
8 Down: Corner piece (4)
ROOK
9 Down: Astronomer Hubble (5)
EDWIN
10 Down: Yoplait alternative (6)
DANNON
11 Down: Fender, perhaps (10)
BASSGUITAR
12 Down: Java locale (10)
EASTINDIES
13 Down: Pang (5)
THROE
14 Down: Leagues: Abbr. (5)
ASSNS
21 Down: Yummy (4)
GOOD
23 Down: Bonehead (5)
STUPE
25 Down: Nathanael who wrote "Miss Lonelyhearts" (4)
WEST
26 Down: Suffix with smash (4)
EROO
27 Down: Crayola color introduced in 1990 (10)
NEONCARROT
28 Down: Painter whose name means "little dyer" (10)
TINTORETTO
29 Down: Bobs, say (5)
SLEDS
33 Down: "I'd like to give it a try" (5)
LETME
35 Down: Role in Racine's "Britannicus" (4)
NERO
36 Down: Suffix with 11-Across (4)
TRON
39 Down: Joseph Stalin's daughter (8)
SVETLANA
42 Down: Quint's boat in "Jaws" (4)
ORCA
46 Down: Animal on the field, perhaps (6)
MASCOT
48 Down: Aces (6)
ADEPTS
49 Down: Some dermatological anomalies (5)
BUMPS
50 Down: Name on a famous B-29 (5)
ENOLA
51 Down: 1998 World Series winning manager (5)
TORRE
54 Down: Hit hard (4)
NAIL
56 Down: Row (4)
SPAT
57 Down: Kind of recorder (4)
ALTO
58 Down: Will of "Jeremiah Johnson" (4)
GEER
59 Down: Swedish actress Persson (4)
ESSY
62 Down: ___ and the Dragon (Apocryphal book) (3)
BEL

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