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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 14, 2001

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Tuesday, August 14, 2001

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, August 14, 2001. 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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Monday, August 13, 2001

across

1. Bright-colored: VIVID
6. Planes in the news: SSTS
10. Beat but good!: WHUP
14. Ice Capades locale: ARENA
15. Dentist's request: OPEN
16. Actress Skye: IONE
17. Just under the wire: LASTMINUTE
19. Forfeit: LOSE
20. Old-fashioned popular novel: PENNYDREADFUL
22. Shades of blue: AZURES
24. Elbow's place: ARM
25. Hot temper: IRE
26. Muscle spasm: TIC
27. Prima donnas: DIVAS
30. Gourmand: EATER
32. Centers of activity: LOCI
34. "i" finisher: DOT
35. Termite's relative: ANT
36. Trivial: NICKELANDDIME
41. Goof up: ERR
42. Gun, as an engine: REV
43. Travel across a tarmac: TAXI
45. One who's diplomatic and urbane, astrologically: LIBRA
48. Cuba's Castro: FIDEL
50. Big success: HIT
51. Altar words: IDO
52. Agcy. with loans for homeowners: FHA
54. Money back: REBATE
56. Navy petty officer: QUARTERMASTER
60. "Render ___ Caesar ...": UNTO
61. Places for cheese: MOUSETRAPS
64. Change for a five: ONES
65. Places: PUTS
66. Delight in: ENJOY
67. Outlasted, with "out": RODE
68. Leave in, to an editor: STET
69. Harvests: REAPS

down

1. Kilmer of "At First Sight": VAL
2. Belfast grp.: IRA
3. Explorer Amerigo: VESPUCCI
4. Prefix with stellar: INTER
5. Going to hell: DAMNED
6. PlayStation maker: SONY
7. Tater: SPUD
8. Aquarium favorites: TETRAS
9. Curl one's lip: SNEER
10. Like jokers: WILD
11. Walk, slangily: HOOFIT
12. Hesitant: UNSURE
13. Kitchen gadget: PEELER
18. One who knows the scoop: INSIDER
21. Modify: AMEND
22. Part of A&P: Abbr.: ATL
23. Utah's ___ National Park: ZION
28. Tennessee athlete, for short: VOL
29. Company that introduced Donkey Kong: ATARI
31. Going ___ (fighting): ATIT
33. Cake decorator: ICER
35. Unfavorable: ADVERSE
37. Macaroni & Cheese maker: KRAFT
38. Composer Rorem: NED
39. Hindu prince: MAHARAJA
40. Sign above a door: EXIT
44. Suffix with Manhattan: ITE
45. Tavern supply: LIQUOR
46. "Beats me": IDUNNO
47. Sailed: BOATED
48. Rad: FAROUT
49. A, B or C: LETTER
53. Rope fibers: HEMPS
55. Swiss capital: BERNE
57. Valentine bouquet item: ROSE
58. Remote button: MUTE
59. Helper: Abbr.: ASST
62. Old man: POP
63. The "S" of CBS: Abbr.: SYS

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