Friday Crossword — January 27, 2006 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 64 clues). Published 1/27/2006. By Sherry O. Blackard.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Didn't immediately go on (6)
PAUSED
7 Across: "Don't fall for that" (8)
ITSATRAP
15 Across: Title bandit in a Verdi opera (6)
ERNANI
16 Across: Postseason event (8)
BOWLGAME
17 Across: Some fertile regions (6)
DELTAS
18 Across: Bottle label (8)
ONELITER
19 Across: Disorderly type? (6)
ANARCH
20 Across: It doesn't require a full deck (4)
SKAT
21 Across: Yvette's years (3)
ANS
22 Across: G.P.S. device, at times (7)
LOCATOR
24 Across: Botanical beards (7)
ARISTAE
26 Across: Shout to a cabbie (8)
STEPONIT
28 Across: "Scarface" setting (5)
MIAMI
29 Across: Back together (11)
RECONNECTED
32 Across: Locks up (4)
ICES
36 Across: Comic introduction? (5)
SERIO
37 Across: Figs. in bank records (4)
SSNS
38 Across: Teller's area (11)
MAGICTRICKS
41 Across: Teaser (5)
PROMO
42 Across: Not in harm's way (8)
SHIELDED
47 Across: Best (7)
OPTIMAL
50 Across: "With Reagan" writer (7)
EDMEESE
51 Across: Wall St. purchase (3)
SHR
52 Across: Better writing (4)
EDIT
54 Across: Seven of 1,000,000 (6)
DIGITS
55 Across: Arduous (8)
TOILSOME
57 Across: Quickly (6)
INASEC
58 Across: Checking one's territory (8)
ONPATROL
59 Across: Beat one's gums (6)
NATTER
60 Across: Antiphon (8)
RESPONSE
61 Across: Like patent leather (6)
GLOSSY

Down Answers

1 Down: Piano trio (6)
PEDALS
2 Down: Playground retort (6)
ARENOT
3 Down: Loosen (6)
UNLACE
4 Down: Ruthless governor (6)
SATRAP
5 Down: One passing (7)
ENACTOR
6 Down: Not straight (9)
DISHONEST
7 Down: Native Nigerians (4)
IBOS
8 Down: Big name in small trucks (5)
TONKA
9 Down: Not just say (5)
SWEAR
10 Down: Record (7)
ALLTIME
11 Down: ___ Friday's (3)
TGI
12 Down: Rappers' sounds (8)
RATATATS
13 Down: Emphatic concurrence (8)
AMENAMEN
14 Down: Annual celestial display (8)
PERSEIDS
23 Down: Kitchen aid (5)
RICER
25 Down: Sets a setter on, say (4)
SICS
27 Down: Spelling and others (5)
TORIS
30 Down: Calling (5)
NICHE
31 Down: "Is that a fact?!" (9)
NOKIDDING
32 Down: Wolf in sheep's clothing, e.g. (8)
IMPOSTOR
33 Down: Something auto-dialed? (8)
CARPHONE
34 Down: Star treks? (8)
EGOTRIPS
35 Down: ___ Hills (edge of the San Fernando Valley) (4)
SIMI
39 Down: Totals (7)
COMESTO
40 Down: Primary (7)
SEMINAL
43 Down: Smooth, to Solti (6)
LEGATO
44 Down: Many of the Founding Fathers (6)
DEISTS
45 Down: Actress Chandler and others (6)
ESTEES
46 Down: Catch sight of (6)
DESCRY
48 Down: Gild (5)
ADORN
49 Down: Long rides? (5)
LIMOS
53 Down: Cast leader? (4)
TELE
56 Down: Sometime PC supporter (3)
LAP

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