Monday Crossword — April 3, 2006 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/3/2006. By Lynn Lempel.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Wide rift (5)
CHASM
6 Across: Stone revered in China (4)
JADE
10 Across: High point (4)
ACME
14 Across: Hawk's haven (5)
AERIE
15 Across: W.W. I poet Wilfred (4)
OWEN
16 Across: Small nail (4)
BRAD
17 Across: Chopin's novelist lover (10)
GEORGESAND
19 Across: Liver secretion (4)
BILE
20 Across: Some urban railways (3)
ELS
21 Across: Sore (4)
ACHY
22 Across: Focus (on) (6)
ZOOMIN
24 Across: Be really mad (6)
SEETHE
26 Across: "The Prince of Tides" star Nick (5)
NOLTE
27 Across: Bassoon or 47-Down, e.g. (8)
WOODWIND
29 Across: "Awesome!" (3)
WOW
32 Across: "American Idol" champ Studdard (5)
RUBEN
35 Across: One-spot cards (4)
ACES
36 Across: Lawyer's org. (3)
ABA
37 Across: Selves (4)
EGOS
38 Across: Letters you push a button to send (5)
FAXES
40 Across: Diabolical (4)
EVIL
41 Across: Fungus-ravaged tree type (3)
ELM
42 Across: Make a road (4)
PAVE
43 Across: Streamlined (5)
SLEEK
44 Across: Tiny untruth (3)
FIB
45 Across: 1960's Haight-Ashbury sound (8)
ACIDROCK
48 Across: Used a Singer machine (5)
SEWED
50 Across: Mistreated (6)
ABUSED
53 Across: Nearby (6)
ATHAND
55 Across: Proton's place (4)
ATOM
56 Across: Bigwig, for short (3)
VIP
58 Across: Wolf's glance (4)
LEER
59 Across: 1957 novel, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 27- and 45-Across and 11- and 34-Down (10)
ONTHEBEACH
62 Across: Blab (4)
TELL
63 Across: Gala gathering (4)
FETE
64 Across: Extra (5)
ADDED
65 Across: Sole (4)
ONLY
66 Across: Afternoon hour for tea (4)
FOUR
67 Across: Surmise (5)
GUESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Parrot holder (4)
CAGE
2 Down: Scoundrels (5)
HEELS
3 Down: Cropped up (5)
AROSE
4 Down: Madam's partner (3)
SIR
5 Down: Huge explosive force (7)
MEGATON
6 Down: Kidded (6)
JOSHED
7 Down: Gone (4)
AWAY
8 Down: Scout group (3)
DEN
9 Down: Where goal posts are (8)
ENDZONES
10 Down: Monastery head (5)
ABBOT
11 Down: Surge in lawlessness (9)
CRIMEWAVE
12 Down: Timbuktu's country (4)
MALI
13 Down: Utopian spot (4)
EDEN
18 Down: Rebounding sound (4)
ECHO
23 Down: Early automaker (4)
OLDS
25 Down: Ones lambs follow (4)
EWES
26 Down: "Good job!" (4)
NICE
28 Down: Like some floors and mustaches (5)
WAXED
30 Down: Theater award (4)
OBIE
31 Down: Conserve gasoline, maybe (4)
WALK
32 Down: Offshore ridge (4)
REEF
33 Down: Wrinkly-skinned fruit (4)
UGLI
34 Down: Total shocker (9)
BOMBSHELL
38 Down: Met as rivals (8)
FACEDOFF
39 Down: Fervent (4)
AVID
40 Down: Fraternal group (4)
ELKS
42 Down: Piece in front of a king or queen (4)
PAWN
43 Down: Scoundrel (7)
SCUMBAG
46 Down: Cronkite successor (6)
RATHER
47 Down: See 27-Across (4)
OBOE
49 Down: At the crack of dawn (5)
EARLY
51 Down: Sidestep (5)
EVADE
52 Down: Cuts into cubes (5)
DICES
53 Down: Voice above a tenor (4)
ALTO
54 Down: Many a Jessica Simpson fan (4)
TEEN
55 Down: End island of the Aleutians (4)
ATTU
57 Down: Profs have them (4)
PHDS
60 Down: Prefix with colonial (3)
NEO
61 Down: E-mail address ending for many profs (3)
EDU

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