Friday Crossword — December 10, 2004 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 64 clues). Published 12/10/2004. By Frank Longo.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Big name in news (15)
ASSOCIATEDPRESS
16 Across: ABC reality show (15)
THEBACHELORETTE
17 Across: Eyewitness account (15)
FIRSTHANDREPORT
18 Across: Spring arrival (5)
ARIES
19 Across: Salvaging aid (5)
SONAR
20 Across: They're picked in grass skirts (4)
UKES
21 Across: Held off (5)
ATBAY
26 Across: Editor Brown (4)
TINA
27 Across: Taking off (4)
LESS
28 Across: Charging need (6)
CREDIT
30 Across: P.R. person, e.g. (3)
AGT
31 Across: Redoubles one's efforts (11)
TRIESHARDER
33 Across: Aid in alumna identification (3)
NEE
34 Across: College in Northfield, Minn. (9)
SAINTOLAF
36 Across: First name among U.N. leaders (3)
DAG
39 Across: Not fully respected (11)
SECONDCLASS
43 Across: ___ family, which includes the citrus trees (3)
RUE
44 Across: Sylphlike (6)
SVELTE
45 Across: Opera synopsis heading (4)
ACTI
46 Across: Restaurant refuse (4)
ORTS
48 Across: First woman in the House of Commons (5)
ASTOR
49 Across: Romeo or Juliet (4)
TEEN
50 Across: Begins to appear (5)
PEEPS
52 Across: End of a flight, maybe (5)
ATTIC
53 Across: They're inseparable, sang Sinatra (15)
LOVEANDMARRIAGE
59 Across: Ejecting device (15)
ELECTRICTOASTER
60 Across: It may precede a fight (15)
TENSEATMOSPHERE

Down Answers

1 Down: Guilty (7)
ATFAULT
2 Down: Goldbrick (7)
SHIRKER
3 Down: First group in a product run (7)
SERIESI
4 Down: Is stuck on something (8)
OBSESSES
5 Down: Alley tally (4)
CATS
6 Down: First person in Berlin (3)
ICH
7 Down: Recognition response (3)
AHA
8 Down: High end of many scales (3)
TEN
9 Down: Days of yore, in days of yore (3)
ELD
10 Down: "L'Âge ___" (classic 1930 film) (3)
DOR
11 Down: Firm head: Abbr. (4)
PRES
12 Down: Move, as a plant (5)
REPOT
13 Down: Shelley was one (7)
ETONIAN
14 Down: Funny (7)
STRANGE
15 Down: Fee (7)
SETRATE
21 Down: 1990's Oldsmobile (7)
ACHIEVA
22 Down: Channeling states (7)
TRANCES
23 Down: Poet/playwright Brecht (7)
BERTOLT
24 Down: Extend (7)
ADDONTO
25 Down: Beta dog, to an alpha dog (7)
YIELDER
29 Down: Sport ___ (Ford Explorer model) (4)
TRAC
32 Down: Show disrespect to (4)
SASS
35 Down: Mostly level (8)
FLATTISH
36 Down: Spray unit (7)
DROPLET
37 Down: Corona (7)
AUREOLE
38 Down: Enjoy payback (7)
GETEVEN
40 Down: Film material (7)
ACETATE
41 Down: Best Actor of 1967 (7)
STEIGER
42 Down: Straight (7)
SINCERE
47 Down: Technical data (5)
SPECS
51 Down: Cram (4)
SATE
52 Down: Daniel ___ Moi (former Kenyan president) (4)
ARAP
54 Down: Million Mom March target: Abbr. (3)
NRA
55 Down: Morse code tap (3)
DIT
56 Down: Century-ending year (3)
MCM
57 Down: From ___ Z (3)
ATO
58 Down: Bandleader Edmundo (3)
ROS

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