Wednesday Crossword — August 25, 2004 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/25/2004. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Chick on the piano (5)
COREA
6 Across: P.D.Q. in the I.C.U. (4)
STAT
10 Across: Casing (4)
SKIN
14 Across: Ph.D. hurdle (5)
ORALS
15 Across: Part of S.N.L. (4)
LIVE
16 Across: Narrow way (4)
LANE
17 Across: Try to bite (5)
NIPAT
18 Across: Mental flash (4)
IDEA
19 Across: Aboard (4)
ONTO
20 Across: [See instructions] (14)
JOININMARRIAGE
23 Across: Flamenco shout (3)
OLE
24 Across: Sushi selection (3)
EEL
25 Across: Comb stopper (5)
SNARL
27 Across: Harangues (7)
BERATES
30 Across: Toward the tail (3)
AFT
32 Across: Copacabana site (3)
RIO
33 Across: Youth (3)
LAD
34 Across: Dedicated lines? (3)
ODE
35 Across: Kennel sound (4)
WOOF
36 Across: [See instructions] (15)
WEWOULDFORSHORT
41 Across: Leave the scene (4)
EXIT
42 Across: Satisfy the munchies (3)
EAT
43 Across: 50-50, e.g. (3)
TIE
44 Across: Old discs (3)
LPS
45 Across: Orthodontist, for one: Abbr. (3)
DDS
46 Across: Calls the shots (7)
DIRECTS
50 Across: Words of assistance (5)
LETME
52 Across: Sidekick (3)
PAL
53 Across: Cry of insight (3)
AHA
54 Across: [See instructions] (14)
DAYBEFORETHURS
59 Across: Cork's country (4)
EIRE
60 Across: Confess (4)
TALK
61 Across: Camel caravan's stop-off (5)
OASIS
62 Across: Tend the sauce (4)
STIR
63 Across: Victory goddess (4)
NIKE
64 Across: Advil alternative (5)
ALEVE
65 Across: Caribbean and others (4)
SEAS
66 Across: Rock radio pioneer Freed (4)
ALAN
67 Across: Administered medicine (5)
DOSED

Down Answers

1 Down: Swindle (6)
CONJOB
2 Down: Yankee opponent (6)
ORIOLE
3 Down: Cousin of an épée (6)
RAPIER
4 Down: Zing (4)
ELAN
5 Down: Vino region (4)
ASTI
6 Down: Covers with gunk (6)
SLIMES
7 Down: Kind of basin (5)
TIDAL
8 Down: State firmly (4)
AVER
9 Down: Sign of sorrow (4)
TEAR
10 Down: "Wake of the Ferry" painter (5)
SLOAN
11 Down: Pocket protector? (8)
KANGAROO
12 Down: Cabinet post since 1849 (8)
INTERIOR
13 Down: Opposite of paleo- (3)
NEO
21 Down: Ribbed (7)
NEEDLED
22 Down: Follower's suffix (3)
IST
26 Down: Barn section (4)
LOFT
28 Down: Heaps (4)
ALOT
29 Down: Letter from Greece (3)
TAU
30 Down: Flap (3)
ADO
31 Down: Productive (7)
FERTILE
34 Down: Frequently, in verse (3)
OFT
35 Down: "Whoopee!" (4)
WHEE
36 Down: Healthy (4)
WELL
37 Down: Speed up (8)
EXPEDITE
38 Down: Ornamental vine: Var. (8)
WISTARIA
39 Down: "___ Kapital" (3)
DAS
40 Down: What a person may become when kneeling (3)
SIR
45 Down: Society newbie (3)
DEB
46 Down: Obscure (6)
DARKEN
47 Down: Political movements (6)
CAUSES
48 Down: Prosper (6)
THRIVE
49 Down: Got fresh with (6)
SASSED
51 Down: Mike who played Austin Powers (5)
MYERS
52 Down: Lawrence Welk specialty (5)
POLKA
55 Down: Sicilian hothead? (4)
ETNA
56 Down: Come up short (4)
FAIL
57 Down: Loathsome person (4)
TOAD
58 Down: Sign of sanctity (4)
HALO
59 Down: Double curve (3)
ESS

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