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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 25, 2000

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Friday, August 25, 2000

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, August 25, 2000. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

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Thursday, August 24, 2000

across

1. Unhurried: SLOW
5. ___ Hashana: ROSH
9. Works in the Uffizi Palace: ARTE
13. Fortress on a hill: AERIE
15. Regarding: ASTO
16. Movie princess: LEIA
17. Man in a suit: SANTA
18. Creator of 35-Across: JKROWLING
20. Approves, in a way: ENACTS
22. Quattro maker: AUDI
23. Ice grp.: NHL
24. Not just one: BOTH
25. Crew members: OARMEN
27. Jane ___: DOE
28. Like old postcards: ONECENT
30. Parents, often: DOTERS
32. Rodeo catcher: REATA
34. Velvet finish?: EEN
35. Popular fictional 31-Down: HARRYPOTTER
39. One with a match?: REF
40. Retinue: TRAIN
41. Outdo in: BEATAT
44. Active volcanoes, e.g.: SPEWERS
48. "Go on...": AND
49. Friday companion: CRUSOE
52. Aware of: INON
53. Maglie of 1950's baseball: SAL
54. New York-area college: IONA
55. Entrance: DAZZLE
57. Favorite sport of 35-Across: QUIDDITCH
60. Singer Crystal: GAYLE
61. Forearm bone: ULNA
62. ___ Te Kanawa: KIRI
63. Tanks and such: ARMOR
64. Times for les vacances: ETES
65. "Light" and "dark" orders: ALES
66. Homes in the hills: DENS

down

1. Japanese port near Nagasaki: SASEBO
2. Pressure: LEANON
3. Rococo: ORNATE
4. Subject taught at 35-Across's school: WITCHCRAFT
5. Rule of India: RAJ
6. "Ship of Fools" actor Werner: OSKAR
7. Play, in a way: STRUM
8. Like monks: HOODED
9. Unstinting amount: ALL
10. Comet, for one: REINDEER
11. Small-time: TINHORN
12. Super Bowl XV team: EAGLES
14. Down: EAT
19. Lush: WINO
21. U-boat detector: SONAR
26. "The Practice" role: Abbr.: ATTY
29. Always, poetically: EER
31. See 35-Across: TEENWIZARD
33. Clever: APT
35. It may get your attention: HEADLINE
36. Roughly: ORSO
37. Not live: TAPED
38. Standoff: TIE
39. Competitor of 22-Across: RENAULT
41. Language with no known relative: BASQUE
42. Boric ___: ACID
43. Three-horse carriage: TROIKA
45. Catalyst of a sort: ENZYME
46. Container with a rotating ball: ROLLON
47. Doesn't look pleased: SNEERS
50. Sammy Kaye's "___ Tomorrow": UNTIL
51. "___ bleu!": SACRE
56. Eastern title: AGA
58. Court figs.: DAS
59. Part of H.R.H.: HIS

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