Wednesday Crossword — February 9, 2005 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/9/2005. By Alan Arbesfeld.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Actress Thompson (4)
SADA
5 Across: Dye-yielding plant (4)
ANIL
9 Across: Humble in position (5)
LOWLY
14 Across: Baseball great ___ Speaker (4)
TRIS
15 Across: Paradoxical Greek (4)
ZENO
16 Across: Far from 9-Across (5)
ELITE
17 Across: Actors Holm and McKellen (4)
IANS
18 Across: Annual Broadway event (10)
TONYAWARDS
20 Across: Travolta musical (6)
GREASE
22 Across: Woolly, e.g. (5)
OVINE
23 Across: Met debutante of 1956 (11)
MARIACALLAS
26 Across: Talking computer of film (3)
HAL
29 Across: Bikini, for one (5)
ATOLL
30 Across: War stat. (3)
MIA
31 Across: Coin rating (4)
RARE
32 Across: Aware of (4)
UPON
34 Across: Baffin Islander (6)
ESKIMO
36 Across: Theme of this puzzle (13)
WESTSIDESTORY
40 Across: Dunk, e.g. (6)
BASKET
41 Across: Sp. miss (4)
SRTA
42 Across: "The Time Machine" people (4)
ELOI
43 Across: Mattress problem (3)
SAG
44 Across: "Vive ___!" (5)
LEROI
49 Across: Pick up (3)
GET
50 Across: Football's Gang Green (11)
NEWYORKJETS
53 Across: Play too broadly (5)
EMOTE
55 Across: Online newsgroup system (6)
USENET
56 Across: Predatory players (10)
CARDSHARKS
60 Across: Follower of H.S. (4)
COLL
61 Across: Crop up (5)
ARISE
62 Across: Trusses (4)
TIES
63 Across: Shuttle protector (4)
TILE
64 Across: Like Waldorf salad apples (5)
DICED
65 Across: Goofball (4)
YOYO
66 Across: Cheap digs: Abbr. (4)
SROS

Down Answers

1 Down: Scarlet letter, e.g. (6)
STIGMA
2 Down: Genesis landfall (6)
ARARAT
3 Down: Moolah (6)
DINERO
4 Down: Tear into (6)
ASSAIL
5 Down: Cortez's victim (5)
AZTEC
6 Down: Start of some movement names (3)
NEO
7 Down: "Vacancy" shower (3)
INN
8 Down: New Orleans campus (6)
LOYOLA
9 Down: Defeater of Holyfield, 1999, for the world heavyweight title (5)
LEWIS
10 Down: Pearl Buck heroine (4)
OLAN
11 Down: Terrier type (8)
WIREHAIR
12 Down: India inc.? (3)
LTD
13 Down: "Indeed" (3)
YES
19 Down: Moira's player in "On the Beach" (3)
AVA
21 Down: Respectful greeting (6)
SALUTE
24 Down: Mine, in Marseille (4)
AMOI
25 Down: Tennis's Davenport (7)
LINDSAY
27 Down: ___ brat (4)
ARMY
28 Down: Bossy but generous type, supposedly (3)
LEO
31 Down: "Suspicion" studio (3)
RKO
33 Down: Wash. setting (3)
PST
34 Down: Erhard movement (3)
EST
35 Down: Menaces, in a way (6)
STALKS
36 Down: Corduroy rib (4)
WALE
37 Down: Understood by few (8)
ESOTERIC
38 Down: Hit the trails (3)
SKI
39 Down: So (4)
ERGO
40 Down: Pray (3)
BEG
43 Down: Having had a good workout (6)
SWEATY
45 Down: Spits out (6)
EJECTS
46 Down: Painter of bathers (6)
RENOIR
47 Down: Verdi opus (6)
OTELLO
48 Down: Yucca fibers (6)
ISTLES
50 Down: Beat (out) (5)
NOSED
51 Down: Ordinal ending (3)
ETH
52 Down: ___-Finnish War (5)
RUSSO
54 Down: Gds. (4)
MDSE
56 Down: Dirty dog (3)
CAD
57 Down: "Exodus" hero (3)
ARI
58 Down: "Road" film destination (3)
RIO
59 Down: G, e.g., but not H (3)
KEY

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