Thursday Crossword — September 23, 2004 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/23/2004. By Jerry E. Rosman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Ignorance ___ excuse" (4)
ISNO
5 Across: Large quantity of writing (5)
REAMS
10 Across: Live folk album of 1968 (4)
ARLO
14 Across: Annual prize named after a Canadian governor general (10)
STANLEYCUP
16 Across: Visited (4)
SEEN
17 Across: 1985 sci-fi rerun? (15)
BACKTOTHEFUTURE
19 Across: They might be chained (5)
TIRES
20 Across: Constellation near Scorpius (3)
ARA
21 Across: ___-la (3)
TRA
22 Across: Undercoat (6)
PRIMER
24 Across: New spouse's acquisitions, maybe (8)
STEPSONS
26 Across: Hippodrome events (5)
RACES
27 Across: That girl (3)
SHE
28 Across: Not in (5)
PASSE
29 Across: Bach's "Air ___ G String" (3)
ONA
30 Across: Dug in (3)
ATE
31 Across: Seek help (3)
BEG
32 Across: 1990 sci-fi rerun? (11)
TOTALRECALL
37 Across: Decide (3)
OPT
38 Across: Pot addition (3)
BET
39 Across: "Six Feet Under" network (3)
HBO
42 Across: ___ art (text graphics) (5)
ASCII
45 Across: Collared one (3)
PET
46 Across: Singer McLachlan (5)
SARAH
48 Across: Like an owl's eyes (8)
CLOSESET
50 Across: Budweiser offerings (6)
LAGERS
51 Across: See 22-Down (3)
TEM
52 Across: Not originals of letters, for short (3)
CCS
53 Across: Après-ski beverage (5)
COCOA
54 Across: 1983 sci-fi rerun? (15)
RETURNOFTHEJEDI
59 Across: Storybook meanie (4)
OGRE
60 Across: Carnivores (10)
MEATEATERS
61 Across: Egg container (4)
NEST
62 Across: It's placed at the counter (5)
ORDER
63 Across: ___ the kill (4)
INAT

Down Answers

1 Down: Suffix with expert (3)
ISE
2 Down: Sailors' passage: Abbr. (3)
STR
3 Down: Like some knots (8)
NAUTICAL
4 Down: Punctual (6)
ONTIME
5 Down: Make allusions (to) (5)
REFER
6 Down: Scrutinizes (4)
EYES
7 Down: "Alas" in Augsburg (3)
ACH
8 Down: Change dramatically (6)
MUTATE
9 Down: Puffball emanation (5)
SPORE
10 Down: "Don't ___!" (3)
ASK
11 Down: Odd pages (6)
RECTOS
12 Down: Picks up (6)
LEARNS
13 Down: Part way to scoring (6)
ONBASE
15 Down: Angler's collection (5)
LURES
18 Down: Click and Clack, the ___ Brothers (6)
TAPPET
22 Down: With 51-Across, for the nonce (3)
PRO
23 Down: Published (3)
RAN
24 Down: Dessert eaten with a spoon (7)
SHERBET
25 Down: Palm starch (4)
SAGO
27 Down: __-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec (3)
STE
30 Down: Do one's part? (3)
ACT
31 Down: Cave denizen (3)
BAT
33 Down: Hi's partner (4)
LOIS
34 Down: Each (6)
APIECE
35 Down: Court call (3)
LET
36 Down: Loom (8)
THREATEN
40 Down: Keep out (3)
BAR
41 Down: Exclamations of surprise (3)
OHS
42 Down: Shout on the set (6)
ACTION
43 Down: Heavy hitter (6)
SLEDGE
44 Down: Rising stars (6)
COMERS
45 Down: Drive up the wall (6)
PESTER
46 Down: Pelvic bones (5)
SACRA
47 Down: Rabbitlike rodent (6)
AGOUTI
49 Down: Ordinary Joe (5)
SCHMO
50 Down: Extrovert's opposite (5)
LONER
53 Down: Homing pigeon's home (4)
COTE
55 Down: Black (3)
JET
56 Down: Furbys, once (3)
FAD
57 Down: Distinctive time (3)
ERA
58 Down: Q-U link (3)
RST

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