Wednesday Crossword — July 27, 2005 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/27/2005. By Michael Shteyman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: 1952 Winter Olympics site (4)
OSLO
5 Across: Way up? (4)
TBAR
9 Across: Mexican gelt (5)
PESOS
14 Across: Religious leader born Giovanni de Medici (4)
LEOX
15 Across: Hitchhiked, e.g. (4)
RODE
16 Across: ___ nous (5)
ENTRE
17 Across: Like morning grass (4)
DEWY
18 Across: Start of a quip (10)
YOUCANLEAD
20 Across: Product at a gas station (3)
STP
21 Across: Puts in firmly (6)
IMBEDS
22 Across: Museo holdings (4)
ARTE
23 Across: Quip, part 2 (6)
AHORSE
25 Across: Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (6)
CMINOR
27 Across: More twisted (5)
WRIER
28 Across: Romantic comedies, e.g. (5)
GENRE
31 Across: Workplaces with openings, for short? (3)
ORS
32 Across: Phoenix team (4)
SUNS
33 Across: Perils for spelunkers (7)
CAVEINS
35 Across: Quip, part 3 (11)
TOWATERBUTA
38 Across: Warming (7)
DETENTE
39 Across: Take ___ (doze) (4)
ANAP
42 Across: Suddenly became attentive, with "up" (3)
SAT
45 Across: Helpers: Abbr. (5)
ASSTS
46 Across: Symbol of leakiness (5)
SIEVE
47 Across: Rachmaninoff, for one (6)
EMIGRE
49 Across: Quip, part 4 (6)
PENCIL
50 Across: Fencer's weapon (4)
EPEE
51 Across: Obsequious sort (6)
YESMAN
55 Across: Dis's partner (3)
DAT
56 Across: End of the quip (10)
MUSTBELEAD
58 Across: Words of denial (4)
NOTI
59 Across: Extract, as a chemical from a solution (5)
ELUTE
60 Across: Arab statesman (4)
EMIR
61 Across: Loads (4)
ATON
62 Across: Point on a line (5)
DEPOT
63 Across: Jungle climber (4)
VINE
64 Across: Only about 10% of it is visible (4)
BERG

Down Answers

1 Down: Proverbs (7)
OLDSAWS
2 Down: Transparent, modern-style (7)
SEETHRU
3 Down: Nadir (8)
LOWPOINT
4 Down: Prefix with acetylene (3)
OXY
5 Down: Open dare (5)
TRYME
6 Down: Ninny (4)
BOOB
7 Down: Together, on a score (4)
ADUE
8 Down: Bank stamp abbr. (4)
RECD
9 Down: Encage (3)
PEN
10 Down: China's Zhou ___ (5)
ENLAI
11 Down: Camping fuel (6)
STERNO
12 Down: One raising one's voice (6)
ORATOR
13 Down: Religious feasts (6)
SEDERS
19 Down: Attribute (7)
ASCRIBE
21 Down: It touches the River Jordan: Abbr. (3)
ISR
24 Down: Do over, as a lawn (5)
RESOD
26 Down: Waiter's handout (4)
MENU
28 Down: Series on a ski slope (5)
GATES
29 Down: 100-meter dash, e.g. (5)
EVENT
30 Down: "Shoot!" (5)
NERTS
33 Down: Pretty marble (7)
CATSEYE
34 Down: Spot (5)
STAIN
36 Down: Bit of fraying (4)
WEAR
37 Down: Opening of many a speech (8)
ANECDOTE
40 Down: Pilot (7)
AVIATOR
41 Down: Action in a snowball fight (7)
PELTING
42 Down: Felt (6)
SEEMED
43 Down: Lab glass (6)
AMPULE
44 Down: Binds (6)
TIESUP
46 Down: Upper house member: Abbr. (3)
SEN
48 Down: Really irk (5)
GETTO
49 Down: Military chaplain (5)
PADRE
52 Down: Map abbr. (4)
ELEV
53 Down: Circular opening? (4)
SEMI
54 Down: Primary (4)
MAIN
57 Down: Stake (3)
BET
58 Down: Catch red-handed (3)
NAB

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