Thursday Crossword — October 6, 2005 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/6/2005. By Daniel C. Bryant.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pepperdine University site (6)
MALIBU
7 Across: "___ little spice to your life" (4)
ADDA
11 Across: Rotund (3)
FAT
14 Across: 1950 Asimov classic (6)
IROBOT
15 Across: You name it (4)
NOUN
16 Across: Blood-type letters (3)
ABO
17 Across: Each animal has one in "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (6)
STANZA
18 Across: Crux (4)
GIST
19 Across: Excessively (3)
TOO
20 Across: Shakespearean bird call (11)
OHWUTTIHWUT
23 Across: Devils and Angels, e.g. (5)
TEAMS
27 Across: Highest score in baccarat (4)
NINE
28 Across: Many an office has one (4)
OATH
29 Across: Forearm part (4)
ULNA
30 Across: Learns (7)
ABSORBS
32 Across: "Laughed myself silly!" (9)
TOOHATAHW
34 Across: National Poetry Month (5)
APRIL
38 Across: Set of advantages (6)
UPSIDE
39 Across: National airline of Afghanistan (6)
ARIANA
40 Across: Request on a memo from the boss (5)
SEEME
41 Across: Advice of patience (9)
TUOTITIAW
44 Across: Like some chest pain (7)
ANGINAL
46 Across: X ___ xylophone (4)
ASIN
47 Across: Engrave (4)
ETCH
50 Across: Ones making pantry raids? (4)
ANTS
51 Across: They usually have two runners on (5)
SLEDS
52 Across: Radar's hometown, in "M*A*S*H" (11)
AWOIAWMUTTO
55 Across: Kind of tax (3)
SIN
56 Across: Been in bed (4)
LAIN
57 Across: Officially choose (6)
ANOINT
62 Across: Epilogue (3)
END
63 Across: Prong (4)
TINE
64 Across: Item literally useful in reading the answers to 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across (6)
MIRROR
65 Across: Late July birth (3)
LEO
66 Across: Linear (4)
ONED
67 Across: Nutso (6)
SCREWY

Down Answers

1 Down: Start to take? (3)
MIS
2 Down: ___ nouveau (3)
ART
3 Down: Mauna ___ (3)
LOA
4 Down: ___ Saud, founder of Saudi Arabia (3)
IBN
5 Down: Yahoos (5)
BOZOS
6 Down: Jazz venue (4)
UTAH
7 Down: Worry (7)
ANGUISH
8 Down: "Stop procrastinating!" (7)
DOITNOW
9 Down: Close pitch (6)
DUSTER
10 Down: No pro (4)
ANTI
11 Down: Islamic declaration (5)
FATWA
12 Down: "It's ___ time!" (5)
ABOUT
13 Down: Kind of fairy (5)
TOOTH
21 Down: N.Y. Liberty's org. (4)
WNBA
22 Down: Ward site (8)
HOSPITAL
23 Down: Ballet apparel (5)
TUTUS
24 Down: Sneak off (5)
ELOPE
25 Down: Win by ___ (5)
ANOSE
26 Down: Dolphinfish (8)
MAHIMAHI
30 Down: Grazed (3)
ATE
31 Down: Italian port (4)
BARI
33 Down: Yemeni port (4)
ADEN
35 Down: Bring up (5)
RAISE
36 Down: Grants-___ (5)
INAID
37 Down: Many yards (5)
LAWNS
39 Down: Azores locale: Abbr. (3)
ATL
41 Down: Bolivian underground? (7)
TINMINE
42 Down: Off-key (7)
UNTUNED
43 Down: Kiln (4)
OAST
45 Down: "Sir ___ and the Green Knight" (6)
GAWAIN
47 Down: Oil holder (5)
EASEL
48 Down: Rope (5)
TWINE
49 Down: Unit in a multiunit building (5)
CONDO
51 Down: Seattle athlete, briefly (5)
SONIC
53 Down: Low woman (4)
ALTO
54 Down: Scot's tops (4)
TAMS
58 Down: Legendary stick figure (3)
ORR
59 Down: Eng. neighbor (3)
IRE
60 Down: Feminist org. since 1966 (3)
NOW
61 Down: "___ me!" (3)
TRY

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