Friday Crossword — February 13, 2004 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/13/2004. By Manny Nosowsky.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Phony (10)
SCAMARTIST
11 Across: Endowment (4)
GIFT
15 Across: Flat turndown (10)
NOTACHANCE
16 Across: Fertile Crescent's place (4)
ASIA
17 Across: Do a performance (10)
ACTTHEPART
18 Across: Depression (4)
FUNK
19 Across: Chef d'état (3)
ROI
20 Across: Not so strict (6)
EASIER
21 Across: Unoccupied (4)
FREE
22 Across: ___ Fyne, Scotland (4)
LOCH
24 Across: "___ me!" (4)
DEAR
26 Across: Fraternity chapter (3)
ETA
27 Across: Went slowly (7)
SNAILED
31 Across: U.S. code and cipher grp. (3)
NSA
32 Across: Pack animal (3)
CUB
33 Across: Attunes (5)
GEARS
35 Across: Honky-tonk player (5)
PIANO
37 Across: Gossip's question (15)
SOWHATELSEISNEW
42 Across: Nonsense (5)
CROCK
43 Across: "Mother Goose Suite" composer (5)
RAVEL
44 Across: Part of a guffaw (3)
HAR
45 Across: Super power (3)
ESP
48 Across: W.W. II bond designation (7)
SERIESE
52 Across: Canada's ___ Island National Park (3)
ELK
53 Across: Zip (4)
DART
55 Across: Was appealing (4)
PLED
56 Across: Jumble (4)
MESS
58 Across: Thingum (6)
DOODAD
62 Across: Lab offering? (3)
PAW
63 Across: Sign in the dark (4)
EXIT
64 Across: Risqué display (10)
INDELICACY
66 Across: Clip (4)
RATE
67 Across: Person at a foundation (10)
STONEMASON
68 Across: Old World duck (4)
SMEW
69 Across: Chug-a-lugs (10)
TOSSESDOWN

Down Answers

1 Down: Complications (6)
SNARLS
2 Down: Cover made of silk (6)
COCOON
3 Down: Ancient Greek state (6)
ATTICA
4 Down: Where pins are made (3)
MAT
5 Down: Really smart (4)
ACHE
6 Down: Bird whose male hatches the eggs (4)
RHEA
7 Down: Memorial Day solo (4)
TAPS
8 Down: Grant-___ (5)
INAID
9 Down: Filter (6)
SCREEN
10 Down: Colorful fish (6)
TETRAS
11 Down: Ship's spar (4)
GAFF
12 Down: Volunteer's confident declaration (8)
ISURECAN
13 Down: Make just right (8)
FINETUNE
14 Down: "Congratulations!" (8)
TAKEABOW
23 Down: Soprano's note (5)
HIGHC
25 Down: Two-edged sword (6)
RAPIER
28 Down: Passed illegally, maybe (6)
LEAKED
29 Down: Put away (3)
EAT
30 Down: Dr. ___ (3)
DRE
34 Down: Camera inits. (3)
SLR
36 Down: West ___, Long Island weather station locale (5)
ISLIP
37 Down: They're intriguing (8)
SCHEMERS
38 Down: Hurdle for a doctoral student (8)
ORALEXAM
39 Down: Job setting (8)
WORKSITE
40 Down: Carrier to Tampere (3)
SAS
41 Down: Time before (3)
EVE
46 Down: One who's hurting (6)
SADIST
47 Down: "Now!" (6)
PRONTO
49 Down: Title city in a 1960 #1 hit (6)
ELPASO
50 Down: Gentle underwater creature (6)
SEACOW
51 Down: Player of the Texaco Fire Chief, on old radio (6)
EDWYNN
54 Down: Hullabaloos (5)
TODOS
57 Down: Hasenpfeffer, e.g. (4)
STEW
59 Down: Animal shelters (4)
DENS
60 Down: "Hard ___!" (helm command) (4)
ALEE
61 Down: Darkens (4)
DIMS
65 Down: Hardly a girl's dream date (3)
CAD

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