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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 18, 2000
Monday, September 18, 2000
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, September 18, 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.
Across clues & answers
- 6
- 20
- 33
- 56
- 58
Down clues & answers
- 18
- 29
- 36
- 39
- 42
- 48
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Sunday, September 17, 2000
across
- 1. Part of a combo: BASS
- 5. Person carried on others' shoulders: CHAMP
- 10. Vessels seen in "Saving Private Ryan": Abbr.: LSTS
- 14. Dent in the coastline: INLET
- 19. Caesar's cry: ETTU
- 20. Prefix with centric: HELIO
- 21. Sieben follower: ACHT
- 22. They stand for things: NOUNS
- 23. Time pieces: ERAS
- 24. True: ALIGN
- 25. Cloning Dolly, e.g.?: SHEEPTRICK
- 27. Jacques Cousteau's life, in a nutshell?: FISHANDSHIPS
- 30. Catches on: REALIZES
- 31. Address in Calcutta: SAHIB
- 32. Caddie, often: TOTER
- 33. Cut down: FELL
- 34. Wacko: LOON
- 36. Examines closely: SIFTS
- 38. Skip town: ESCAPE
- 44. Pam of "Jackie Brown": GRIER
- 47. What Broadway backers may have?: MUSICALSHARES
- 49. Judah's mother: LEAH
- 50. Outshine: ECLIPSE
- 53. "O curse of marriage ..." speaker: OTHELLO
- 54. Feminine suffix: ENNE
- 55. British can: GAOL
- 56. Essen's river: RUHR
- 59. Discouraging words: NOES
- 60. Items in a recycling bin: SODACANS
- 62. Like some items at customs: DECLARED
- 66. TV character, to some adolescent boys?: SABRINATHETEENAGEWISH
- 72. Superb: TODIEFOR
- 73. Give up: SIGNAWAY
- 74. King of Kings: AHAB
- 78. Guy Lombardo's "___ Lonely Trail": ITSA
- 79. Peerless: AONE
- 80. Speak like Sylvester: LISP
- 81. Big ape: PALOOKA
- 84. Without heat: UNARMED
- 87. It ends a threat: ELSE
- 88. Canceled credit card?: SHOPPINGBLOCK
- 91. "Contrary to popular belief ...": ODDLY
- 93. Bugs: EATSAT
- 94. Fanatic: ULTRA
- 95. Lambs: Lat.: AGNI
- 97. Barbecue bar: SPIT
- 99. Dizzy: ADDLE
- 101. Some chanters: MONKS
- 106. Timesaver: SHORTCUT
- 111. How OPEC communicates?: SHEIKTOSHEIK
- 113. "E pluribus unum," e.g.?: CASHPHRASE
- 115. Sirs' counterparts: MAAMS
- 116. Strong draft: GALE
- 117. Actress Aimée: ANOUK
- 118. Mmes., in Málaga: SRAS
- 119. ___ ease: ILLAT
- 120. Siouan tribe: OTOE
- 121. They might be loaded: BASES
- 122. Where to see a Sonora sunrise: ESTE
- 123. Discourse detour: ASIDE
- 124. Verb with thou: DOST
down
- 1. Gripes: BEEFS
- 2. Airy rooms: ATRIA
- 3. Secret stock: STASH
- 4. Cold fish: SUSHI
- 5. "The House Without a Key" hero: CHAN
- 6. Maintained: HELDTO
- 7. "Look Back in Anger" wife: ALISON
- 8. Strength: MIGHT
- 9. Forks over the dough: PONIESUP
- 10. Galloway gal: LASS
- 11. U.: SCH
- 12. Saint known as the Little Flower of Jesus: THERESA
- 13. Prepare (oneself): STEEL
- 14. Part of IBM: Abbr.: INTL
- 15. "Me neither!": NORI
- 16. King in G. & S.'s "The Gondoliers": LUIZ
- 17. Suffix with defer: ENCE
- 18. Sounds from a scolder: TSKS
- 26. Least tan: PALEST
- 28. Skillful: ABLE
- 29. Bluenose: PRISS
- 33. Agcy. concerned with false advertising: FTC
- 35. Pizza ingredient: OREGANO
- 37. Like a bobcat vis-à-vis a pussycat: FIERCER
- 39. "Pipe down!": SHH
- 40. City of northern France: CAEN
- 41. Janis's partner, in the comics: ARLO
- 42. Star player for the Cosmos: PELE
- 43. Those, to Tomás: ESOS
- 44. Salami choice: GENOA
- 45. Fats Domino's music, for short: RANDB
- 46. "___ the train a-comin' " (Johnny Cash song opener): IHEAR
- 47. Prize in a popular game show, for short: MIL
- 48. Old land bordering Luxembourg: LORRAINE
- 49. On sale: LESS
- 51. Like some of the Rockies: CANADIAN
- 52. Flipped out: LOSTIT
- 57. Diminutive suffix: ULE
- 58. Taxi forerunner: HANSOM
- 61. Op. ___: CIT
- 62. What some games are won by: DEFAULT
- 63. W.W. II zone: ETO
- 64. Prodded: EGGEDON
- 65. Comfy spot: DEN
- 67. The Platters' "___ Mine": HES
- 68. Like corduroy: WALED
- 69. Song on the Beatles' "White Album": IWILL
- 70. Flip: SASSY
- 71. Oversell: HYPE
- 74. Church nook: APSE
- 75. "Very funny!": HAHA
- 76. Loads: ALOT
- 77. Hard knocks: BOPS
- 79. Ham container?: ARK
- 82. ___-Locka, Fla.: OPA
- 83. Picture of Elvis on velvet, e.g.: KITSCH
- 85. English author Lofts: NORAH
- 86. Scholar's sphere: ACADEMIA
- 89. Some basses: GUITARS
- 90. Crunchy sandwich: BLT
- 92. Turns down: DIMS
- 95. Acid neutralizer: ALKALI
- 96. Blow up: GETMAD
- 98. Prize money: PURSE
- 100. Calls: DIALS
- 102. Cry of terror: OHGOD
- 103. "Keen!": NEATO
- 104. They may be involved in busts: KILOS
- 105. Shooting game: SKEET
- 106. One who crosses the line?: SCAB
- 107. Tennis star Mandlikova: HANA
- 108. Spanish bears: OSOS
- 109. Actress Madlyn: RHUE
- 110. Some hwys.: TPKS
- 111. Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko: SESE
- 112. Bone: Prefix: OSTE
- 114. Didn't bring up the rear?: SAT
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