Wednesday Crossword — June 9, 2004 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/9/2004. By Seth A. Abel.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Nonplussed (5)
ATSEA
6 Across: Winter hookup (4)
PLOW
10 Across: Nudges (4)
JOGS
14 Across: 15-Across's instrument (5)
SITAR
15 Across: ___ Shankar (4)
RAVI
16 Across: View from Toledo (4)
ERIE
17 Across: Show of smugness (5)
SMIRK
18 Across: Thunderclouds, perhaps (4)
OMEN
19 Across: Put away (4)
SAVE
20 Across: Astounded by how much weight you've gained? (13)
FLABBERGASTED
23 Across: Beach lotion letters (3)
SPF
25 Across: Born in France (3)
NEE
26 Across: Dirty looks (5)
LEERS
27 Across: "Really!" (6)
HONEST
29 Across: Little swabs (5)
QTIPS
32 Across: Actress Verdugo (5)
ELENA
33 Across: "___ giorno!" (4)
BUON
34 Across: From ___ Z (3)
ATO
37 Across: Deprived of fast food chains? (15)
DISENFRANCHISED
41 Across: "Help!" (3)
SOS
42 Across: Just-for-fun activity (4)
LARK
43 Across: Even if, briefly (5)
ALTHO
44 Across: Source (5)
FOUNT
46 Across: One offering securities (6)
ISSUER
47 Across: Pageant wear (5)
TIARA
50 Across: Geologist's time (3)
ERA
51 Across: ___ Plaines, Ill. (3)
DES
52 Across: Tireless in pursuit of weight control? (13)
INDEFATIGABLE
57 Across: Hardly chivalrous (4)
RUDE
58 Across: Pedestrian sign (4)
XING
59 Across: Em and Polly (5)
AUNTS
62 Across: Son of Aphrodite (4)
EROS
63 Across: Lui's opposite (4)
ELLE
64 Across: "Ciao!" (5)
LATER
65 Across: Bad impression? (4)
DENT
66 Across: Practically devoid of customers (4)
DEAD
67 Across: Cravings of a sort (5)
LUSTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Nincompoop (3)
ASS
2 Down: Tiny ___ (3)
TIM
3 Down: Stretching may relieve it (9)
STIFFNESS
4 Down: Sandwich man? (4)
EARL
5 Down: Bill Clinton, e.g. (8)
ARKANSAN
6 Down: Exploratory spacecraft (5)
PROBE
7 Down: Poor, as excuses go (4)
LAME
8 Down: Kaput (4)
OVER
9 Down: Birds take this (4)
WING
10 Down: James and Jackson (6)
JESSES
11 Down: Use a soapbox (5)
ORATE
12 Down: Unselfish sort (5)
GIVER
13 Down: Garden bagful (5)
SEEDS
21 Down: Get into a pool (3)
BET
22 Down: High peak (3)
ALP
23 Down: Peels off (5)
SHEDS
24 Down: Salk's conquest (5)
POLIO
28 Down: Compass heading (3)
ENE
29 Down: Berries buy, at a supermarket (5)
QUART
30 Down: Honky-___ (4)
TONK
31 Down: Ltd., in the U.S. (3)
INC
33 Down: Food for regular folks? (4)
BRAN
34 Down: 4.0 earners (9)
ASTUDENTS
35 Down: [titter] (5)
TEHEE
36 Down: Signs of spoilage (5)
ODORS
38 Down: Kind of shot (3)
FLU
39 Down: Lives it up (8)
HASABALL
40 Down: They, in Marseille (3)
ILS
44 Down: Most liberal (6)
FREEST
45 Down: Loutish sort (3)
OAF
46 Down: Roth ___ (3)
IRA
47 Down: Wiped out (5)
TIRED
48 Down: Accustom (5)
INURE
49 Down: Building wing (5)
ADDON
50 Down: Urged, with "on" (5)
EGGED
53 Down: Sent packing (4)
AXED
54 Down: Mosaic piece (4)
TILE
55 Down: "To Live and Die ___" (4)
INLA
56 Down: Island feast (4)
LUAU
60 Down: ___ Offensive (3)
TET
61 Down: Sophs. in two years (3)
SRS

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