Thursday Crossword — October 23, 2003 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 10/23/2003. By Michael Shteyman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Some are hard to break (6)
HABITS
7 Across: Classic card game (7)
AUTHORS
14 Across: Kind of army or show (6)
ONEMAN
15 Across: "No problem" (8)
ALLRIGHT
16 Across: Food that may be served lyonnaise (6)
POTATO
17 Across: Citrus source (8)
LIMETREE
18 Across: How dogs chase their tails (9)
INACIRCLE
20 Across: Top military unit (5)
ATEAM
21 Across: Job for Triple A (3)
TOW
22 Across: Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr. (3)
ATH
23 Across: Sources of inspiration (5)
MUSES
28 Across: Ace (4)
WHIZ
30 Across: Thompson with an Oscar (4)
EMMA
34 Across: Worldly possessions (6)
ESTATE
36 Across: Fast no more (3)
EAT
37 Across: Some leather (4)
ROAN
38 Across: Maker of important decisions (15)
THESUPREMECOURT
41 Across: Count (on) (4)
RELY
42 Across: Kind of change (3)
OIL
43 Across: Not at all loose (6)
CHASTE
44 Across: Refinement targets (4)
ORES
45 Across: Connecticut senator Christopher (4)
DODD
47 Across: Suggestion box fill (5)
IDEAS
48 Across: Literary monogram (3)
TSE
50 Across: Drivel (3)
ROT
52 Across: Oldsmobile model (5)
ALERO
55 Across: Place for slow drivers (9)
RIGHTLANE
61 Across: Congratulatory cry (8)
MAZELTOV
63 Across: Heretofore (6)
ERENOW
64 Across: Leisure (8)
FREETIME
65 Across: Doctor (6)
REVISE
66 Across: First name in women's tennis (7)
MARTINA
67 Across: National personae non gratae (6)
EXILES

Down Answers

1 Down: Western Indian (4)
HOPI
2 Down: Before long (4)
ANON
3 Down: Not-quite-final software (4)
BETA
4 Down: Apple production (4)
IMAC
5 Down: Jacques of "Mon Oncle" (4)
TATI
6 Down: Sign of contempt (5)
SNORT
7 Down: "That's ___!" (4)
ALIE
8 Down: Einstein's birthplace (3)
ULM
9 Down: 46-Down's reward (5)
TREAT
10 Down: Take off (10)
HITTHEROAD
11 Down: No friendly fellow (4)
OGRE
12 Down: Saturn satellite (4)
RHEA
13 Down: Kind of cell (4)
STEM
15 Down: Auto traction improver (13)
ALLWHEELDRIVE
19 Down: It's sacred to some (3)
COW
22 Down: Montezuma II, for one (5)
AZTEC
23 Down: Trains underground (5)
METRO
24 Down: See (in) (5)
USHER
25 Down: Stone monument (5)
STELE
26 Down: Financial freedom (10)
EASYSTREET
27 Down: RV contents? (3)
STU
29 Down: Self expression? (3)
IAM
31 Down: One that squeaks by? (5)
MOUSE
32 Down: One of the Von Trapp girls (5)
MARTA
33 Down: Before, in Bogotá (5)
ANTES
35 Down: Lyric poem (5)
EPODE
39 Down: Antonio Carlos Jobim airport locale (3)
RIO
40 Down: X (3)
CHI
46 Down: One may sit for a master (3)
DOG
49 Down: Chicago Symphony director, 1969-91 (5)
SOLTI
51 Down: Word said before you go? (5)
THERE
52 Down: Kind of radio (4)
AMFM
53 Down: Pasternak heroine (4)
LARA
54 Down: Israeli president Weizman (4)
EZER
55 Down: Il pontefice's home (4)
ROMA
56 Down: "The Lost World" menace, briefly (4)
TREX
57 Down: Son of Jacob and Leah (4)
LEVI
58 Down: Indigo plant (4)
ANIL
59 Down: Bridge site (4)
NOSE
60 Down: Wool sources (4)
EWES
62 Down: Composition of some cups (3)
TIN

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