Tuesday Crossword — April 11, 2006 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/11/2006. By Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Most G.I.'s: Abbr. (4)
PVTS
5 Across: Whispers sweet nothings (4)
COOS
9 Across: Aug. 15, 1945 (5)
VJDAY
14 Across: Center of a campsite (4)
FIRE
15 Across: Apply to a whetstone (4)
HONE
16 Across: Hubbub (5)
HOOHA
17 Across: Detectives with their HQ in D.C. (9)
FBIAGENTS
19 Across: Little rascal (5)
SCAMP
20 Across: Phoenix neighbor (5)
TEMPE
21 Across: Melville captain (4)
AHAB
23 Across: Maui music makers (4)
UKES
24 Across: Clumsy clod (3)
OAF
26 Across: 'Net letters (5)
EMAIL
28 Across: Elite clientele (13)
CARRIAGETRADE
33 Across: A majority (4)
MOST
34 Across: 1-Across's superior (3)
NCO
35 Across: Mideast palace parts (6)
HAREMS
37 Across: CPR specialist (3)
EMT
38 Across: Scoundrel (3)
RAT
39 Across: Form 1040 receiver, for short (3)
IRS
40 Across: "Fantasia" frame (3)
CEL
41 Across: Big name in little trains (6)
LIONEL
43 Across: Author Umberto (3)
ECO
44 Across: Broadway award (4)
TONY
45 Across: Peg's place? (13)
CRIBBAGEBOARD
48 Across: Home of the Ramses Hilton (5)
CAIRO
49 Across: Piece of work (3)
ERG
50 Across: Make content (4)
SATE
53 Across: Aug. 15, 1945, e.g. (4)
DATE
55 Across: Globetrotter's aid (5)
ATLAS
59 Across: Port ___, Mich. (5)
HURON
61 Across: Time of life ? and a hint to 17-, 28- and 45-Across (9)
MIDDLEAGE
63 Across: Cara of "Fame" (5)
IRENE
64 Across: Egyptian fertility goddess (4)
ISIS
65 Across: Shepard in space (4)
ALAN
66 Across: Having reached its limit, with "out" (5)
MAXED
67 Across: "Let stand" direction (4)
STET
68 Across: Part of many a gas station nowadays (4)
MART

Down Answers

1 Down: Kaput sound (4)
PFFT
2 Down: Feeling, slangily (4)
VIBE
3 Down: Quick haircut (4)
TRIM
4 Down: Where ships come in (7)
SEAPORT
5 Down: "Evita" role (3)
CHE
6 Down: A Chaplin (4)
OONA
7 Down: Like a jet-setter (7)
ONTHEGO
8 Down: Bagel choice (6)
SESAME
9 Down: Videotape letters (3)
VHS
10 Down: Not serious (7)
JOCULAR
11 Down: 1940's-50's football legend ___ Walker (4)
DOAK
12 Down: "Alas!" (4)
AHME
13 Down: Talks, talks, talks (4)
YAPS
18 Down: Fishing tackle and such (4)
GEAR
22 Down: Sick-day attire (8)
BATHROBE
25 Down: Win-or-lose auction offer (8)
FINALBID
27 Down: Parts of finan. portfolios (4)
IRAS
28 Down: "Dilbert," for one (5)
COMIC
29 Down: Silents star Mary (5)
ASTOR
30 Down: Don't just sit there (3)
ACT
31 Down: Designer's concern (5)
DECOR
32 Down: Make a correction (5)
EMEND
33 Down: Funnyman Brooks (3)
MEL
36 Down: Foxy (3)
SLY
38 Down: Musical McEntire (4)
REBA
39 Down: Cause of skidding (3)
ICE
42 Down: "Way to go!" (7)
NICEONE
43 Down: "I" guy (7)
EGOTIST
44 Down: Wrestling pair (7)
TAGTEAM
46 Down: Dumas duelist (6)
ARAMIS
47 Down: Spoken (4)
ORAL
50 Down: Carpenter's leveler (4)
SHIM
51 Down: Subtle glow (4)
AURA
52 Down: "Jurassic Park" menace (4)
TREX
54 Down: Actress Sedgwick (4)
EDIE
56 Down: Fa follower (4)
LALA
57 Down: Culture content (4)
AGAR
58 Down: Faxed, e.g. (4)
SENT
60 Down: Dime novelist Buntline (3)
NED
62 Down: Apr. clock setting, for many (3)
DST

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