Friday Crossword — February 25, 2005 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 64 clues). Published 2/25/2005. By Eric Berlin.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tom, to Samuel F. B. Morse (6)
DASHES
7 Across: Not let the lees settle (6)
RESTIR
13 Across: Throughway (6)
ARTERY
14 Across: Exploitative employer (7)
PADRONE
15 Across: Some urban legends (6)
HOAXES
16 Across: Front (8)
FORESIDE
17 Across: Kind of moth (4)
LUNA
18 Across: New York-based TV host (6)
OBRIEN
20 Across: Numbers preceder: Abbr. (3)
LEV
21 Across: Creep (4)
INCH
22 Across: Folk singer John (5)
PRINE
23 Across: French chef's mushroom (4)
CEPE
24 Across: Take ___ breath (5)
ADEEP
26 Across: 11-time 1930's-40's All-Star (3)
OTT
27 Across: There are 745.7 of them in one horsepower (5)
WATTS
28 Across: Levelheaded (11)
DOWNTOEARTH
31 Across: Film technique (11)
FREEZEFRAME
32 Across: Hotel amenity (11)
ROOMSERVICE
33 Across: Case for a podiatrist (5)
CORNS
34 Across: Part of le printemps (3)
MAI
35 Across: Line of cliffs (5)
SCARP
39 Across: Spanish pronoun (4)
ESAS
40 Across: English philosopher George Henry ___ (5)
LEWES
42 Across: Scoundrel (4)
HEEL
43 Across: ___ al-Khaimah (one of the United Arab Emirates) (3)
RAS
44 Across: Early in the morning (6)
ATDAWN
45 Across: 48-Across feature (4)
ARIA
46 Across: Carrier of devastating cargo (8)
ENOLAGAY
48 Across: Verdi work whose title character is a bandit (6)
ERNANI
50 Across: Lee of literature (7)
ANNABEL
51 Across: In final form, as a film (6)
EDITED
52 Across: Reporter who uses shoe leather (6)
LEGMAN
53 Across: Meet people (6)
RACERS

Down Answers

1 Down: Pale violet (6)
DAHLIA
2 Down: Here and there (6)
AROUND
3 Down: Golf lesson topic (6)
STANCE
4 Down: Most dice (11)
HEXAHEDRONS
5 Down: Up until (3)
ERE
6 Down: Techie administrator (5)
SYSOP
7 Down: Peep show (5)
RAREE
8 Down: Isn't that just perfect? (4)
EDEN
9 Down: High class?: Abbr. (3)
SRS
10 Down: Act of dressing and grooming oneself (8)
TOILETTE
11 Down: Rigorous (7)
INDEPTH
12 Down: "Superman and the Mole Men" star, 1951 (6)
REEVES
14 Down: Angle (11)
POINTOFVIEW
16 Down: Waste (11)
FRITTERAWAY
19 Down: Award for showing (11)
BRONZEMEDAL
23 Down: One who may adjust a belt (11)
CARMECHANIC
25 Down: Lays (5)
POEMS
27 Down: Some noncombatants, for short (5)
WAACS
29 Down: First name in horror (3)
WES
30 Down: Joseph C. Lincoln's "Cap'n ___" (3)
ERI
31 Down: Dirt-cheap (8)
FORASONG
32 Down: Singer Cash (7)
ROSANNE
33 Down: Total, e.g. (6)
CEREAL
36 Down: Make sparkling (6)
AERATE
37 Down: "Fatal Instinct" director (6)
REINER
38 Down: They're checked (6)
PLAIDS
40 Down: Wearer of three stars: Abbr. (5)
LTGEN
41 Down: Unkind look (5)
SNEER
44 Down: Rubáiyát stanza scheme (4)
AABA
47 Down: Skedaddle (3)
LAM
49 Down: Package info: Abbr. (3)
RDA

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