Thursday Crossword — January 29, 2004 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/29/2004. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Ready to work (7)
HIRABLE
8 Across: "Now where ___?" (4)
WASI
12 Across: Kennedy adviser (8)
SORENSEN
13 Across: End ___ era (4)
OFAN
14 Across: Start of a definition of "elbonics" (a word that doesn't exist but should) (13)
THEBEHAVIOROF
16 Across: Greek god sometimes pictured as blindfolded (4)
EROS
17 Across: Novelist Seton (4)
ANYA
18 Across: Each (4)
APOP
20 Across: Delighted reaction (3)
AAH
21 Across: Gathering place: Abbr. (3)
CTR
23 Across: Delilah player in "Samson and Delilah" (6)
LAMARR
25 Across: Definition, part 2 (9)
TWOPEOPLE
29 Across: Israel-based bank (5)
LEUMI
30 Across: Kind (3)
ILK
31 Across: Kind of history (4)
ORAL
33 Across: Actor Herbert (3)
LOM
34 Across: Definition, part 3 (15)
JOCKEYINGFORONE
39 Across: 1961 Literature Nobelist ___ Andric (3)
IVO
40 Across: Drill (4)
BORE
41 Across: "___ fallen ..." (3)
IVE
42 Across: "Siddhartha" author (5)
HESSE
44 Across: Definition, part 4 (9)
ARMRESTIN
49 Across: Oil worker? (6)
ARTIST
51 Across: Alway (3)
EER
52 Across: Cry of dismay, in poetry (3)
ONO
53 Across: Roll maker? (4)
DRUM
54 Across: Came down (4)
ALIT
57 Across: Token look-alike (4)
SLUG
58 Across: End of the definition (13)
AMOVIETHEATER
62 Across: Some bills (4)
TENS
63 Across: Do some stock speculating (8)
DAYTRADE
64 Across: Station name in England (4)
ESSO
65 Across: How "Waltzing Matilda" is to be played (7)
ALLEGRO

Down Answers

1 Down: Holiday cheer? (6)
HOHOHO
2 Down: Cholers (4)
IRES
3 Down: Confederate (3)
REB
4 Down: "Wheel of Fortune" request (3)
ANE
5 Down: C, alternatively (6)
BSHARP
6 Down: Not very profitable (4)
LEAN
7 Down: "A kind of praise": John Gay (4)
ENVY
8 Down: Try to win a hand (3)
WOO
9 Down: House with a steep roof (6)
AFRAME
10 Down: Caesar Park International Airport site (8)
SAOPAULO
11 Down: Sell out, in a way (8)
INFORMON
12 Down: Kind of vote (5)
STRAW
15 Down: Proverb ending? (3)
IAL
16 Down: Have something (3)
EAT
19 Down: Choice (5)
PRIME
21 Down: Former name of Sulawesi (7)
CELEBES
22 Down: Ginza locale (5)
TOKYO
24 Down: Everywhere (7)
ALLOVER
26 Down: Teledyne Water ___ (3)
PIK
27 Down: One keeping one's own company (5)
LONER
28 Down: Work unit (3)
ERG
32 Down: Blazing (5)
AFIRE
34 Down: Holy war (5)
JIHAD
35 Down: Make too much of (8)
OVERRATE
36 Down: Hollywood studio department (8)
COSTUMES
37 Down: Something that may be rolled over: Abbr. (3)
IRA
38 Down: Court matter (3)
RES
43 Down: Paul and Carly (6)
SIMONS
45 Down: CH3 (6)
METHYL
46 Down: The Rockets of the Mid-American Conference (6)
TOLEDO
47 Down: Accustom (5)
INURE
48 Down: Holiday quaff (3)
NOG
50 Down: ___ chi ch'uan (3)
TAI
55 Down: Castor's mother (4)
LEDA
56 Down: Big World Cup power: Abbr. (4)
ITAL
57 Down: Diva, e.g. (4)
STAR
59 Down: Letters on a brandy bottle (3)
VSO
60 Down: Season in Haiti (3)
ETE
61 Down: Big World Cup power: Abbr. (3)
ARG

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