Wednesday Crossword — January 25, 2006 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 80 clues). Published 1/25/2006. By John Farmer.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Composer Satie (4)
ERIK
5 Across: Progeny (5)
ISSUE
10 Across: Doorway part (4)
JAMB
14 Across: Math sets (4)
LOCI
15 Across: Sure-footed mountain animal (5)
LLAMA
16 Across: Village Voice award (4)
OBIE
17 Across: Record label with many collections (4)
KTEL
18 Across: Actor Paul of "American Graffiti" (5)
LEMAT
19 Across: Proceed (4)
WEND
20 Across: *Disney's ___ McDuck (7)
SCROOGE
22 Across: *Mr. Television (6)
MILTIE
24 Across: Muffed (7)
BOTCHED
27 Across: ___ vez (again): Sp. (4)
OTRA
30 Across: Manfred Mann's "___ La La" (3)
SHA
31 Across: Ex of the Donald (5)
IVANA
36 Across: Plot (6)
SCHEME
38 Across: Like (3)
ALA
40 Across: Elvis ___ Presley (4)
ARON
41 Across: Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle (15)
THEMANFROMUNCLE
44 Across: Karachi tongue (4)
URDU
45 Across: Actress Dolores ___ Rio (3)
DEL
46 Across: All the same (6)
ANYHOW
47 Across: Monster (5)
BEAST
49 Across: Journey part (3)
LEG
51 Across: Is profitable (4)
PAYS
52 Across: Mount ___ (oldest of the Seven Sisters) (7)
HOLYOKE
55 Across: *"Highly charged" character on "The Addams Family" (6)
FESTER
59 Across: *Gentleman rabbit of children's lit (7)
WIGGILY
64 Across: Melville novel (4)
OMOO
65 Across: Hubbub (5)
BABEL
68 Across: "Got Milk?" ad partner (4)
OREO
69 Across: John Lennon's "Happy ___ (War Is Over)" (4)
XMAS
70 Across: Explanatory phrase (5)
IDEST
71 Across: Anorexic (4)
BONY
72 Across: Gabs (4)
YAKS
73 Across: Camp sights (5)
TENTS
74 Across: "___ Thin Air" (1997 best seller) (4)
INTO

Down Answers

1 Down: Colorado Rockies game? (4)
ELKS
2 Down: Campus program, initially (4)
ROTC
3 Down: Hockey skater, informally (4)
ICER
4 Down: Smuggler's amount (4)
KILO
5 Down: Volunteer's offer (5)
ILLGO
6 Down: Cold showers? (6)
SLEETS
7 Down: *Man in a star-spangled suit (3)
SAM
8 Down: Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" (3)
UMA
9 Down: Wonderland cake words (5)
EATME
10 Down: It may get a nip on "Nip/Tuck" (4)
JOWL
11 Down: Help in crime (4)
ABET
12 Down: Smaller than compact (4)
MINI
13 Down: "Adam ___" (4)
BEDE
21 Down: Senator who wrote "Dreams From My Father" (5)
OBAMA
23 Down: Uganda's Amin (3)
IDI
25 Down: *"My Three Sons" housekeeper (7)
CHARLEY
26 Down: Nimbus (4)
HALO
27 Down: Earth tone (5)
OCHRE
28 Down: Silents star Bara (5)
THEDA
29 Down: *Brer Rabbit tale teller (5)
REMUS
32 Down: *Chekhov title character (5)
VANYA
33 Down: Cockroach of literature (5)
ARCHY
34 Down: Some court pleas, slangily (5)
NOLOS
35 Down: From the start (4)
ANEW
36 Down: It's ripped off at the movies (4)
STUB
37 Down: Close (3)
END
39 Down: Docs' org. (3)
AMA
42 Down: Hew (4)
FELL
43 Down: Let float, as a currency (5)
UNPEG
48 Down: Café alternative (3)
THE
50 Down: 1940 Marx Brothers movie (6)
GOWEST
53 Down: Elliptical path (5)
ORBIT
54 Down: Highland attire (5)
KILTS
55 Down: Cunning (4)
FOXY
56 Down: Madame Bovary (4)
EMMA
57 Down: Good, long bath (4)
SOAK
58 Down: Turn's partner (4)
TOSS
60 Down: Asian desert (4)
GOBI
61 Down: Flattener (4)
IRON
62 Down: Fast time? (4)
LENT
63 Down: It can go around the world (4)
YOYO
66 Down: Drink suffix (3)
ADE
67 Down: *Onetime Texas rice grower of note (3)
BEN

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