Thursday Crossword — May 4, 2006 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/4/2006. By Rob Richardson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Literally, "the gentle way" (4)
- JUDO
- 5 Across: Ottava ___ (poetry type) (4)
- RIMA
- 9 Across: Some porcelain (5)
- SPODE
- 14 Across: African antelope (4)
- ORYX
- 15 Across: Holy man (4)
- IMAM
- 16 Across: Surfer wannabe (5)
- HODAD
- 17 Across: 2000 Olympics greeting (4)
- GDAY
- 18 Across: Benihana founder Rocky ___ (4)
- AOKI
- 19 Across: Mediterranean resort island (5)
- IBIZA
- 20 Across: Eye in the sky (13)
- UNMANNEDDRONE
- 23 Across: Old Roman port (5)
- OSTIA
- 24 Across: One-eighty (3)
- UEY
- 25 Across: Natives encountered by explorer James Cook (5)
- MAORI
- 28 Across: Way up the mountain (4)
- TBAR
- 30 Across: Dross (4)
- SLAG
- 34 Across: Prepare to share, maybe, as a song (6)
- UPLOAD
- 36 Across: Suffix with ranch (4)
- ERIA
- 38 Across: "Take ___" (3)
- ONE
- 39 Across: Some setups (15)
- STINGOPERATIONS
- 42 Across: Fair-hiring inits. (3)
- EEO
- 43 Across: French sight-seer? (4)
- OEIL
- 44 Across: Opposite of whole (6)
- NONFAT
- 45 Across: Once, once (4)
- ERST
- 47 Across: Huff (4)
- SNIT
- 49 Across: Writer Zora ___ Hurston (5)
- NEALE
- 50 Across: Box score no. (3)
- RBI
- 52 Across: Water nymph of myth (5)
- NAIAD
- 54 Across: "Ain't" ain't part of it (13)
- QUEENSENGLISH
- 59 Across: Home turf for many commuters, with "the" (5)
- BURBS
- 60 Across: ___ consequence (4)
- OFNO
- 61 Across: Heater stats (4)
- BTUS
- 63 Across: "Key" employee (5)
- VALET
- 64 Across: "Bon ___" (4)
- SOIR
- 65 Across: Old ___, Conn. (4)
- LYME
- 66 Across: They sometimes slip (5)
- DISKS
- 67 Across: Tolkien monsters (4)
- ORCS
- 68 Across: Suit (4)
- EXEC
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Nudge (3)
- JOG
- 2 Down: Language in which "Pakistan" means "land of the pure" (4)
- URDU
- 3 Down: Actress Cannon (4)
- DYAN
- 4 Down: Head butt, e.g. (8)
- OXYMORON
- 5 Down: Jocular (5)
- RIANT
- 6 Down: "No problemo" (6)
- IMONIT
- 7 Down: Home in on (15)
- MAKEABEELINEFOR
- 8 Down: In (4)
- AMID
- 9 Down: British draft horse (5)
- SHIRE
- 10 Down: N'awlins sandwiches (6)
- POBOYS
- 11 Down: God of wisdom (4)
- ODIN
- 12 Down: Bowl over (4)
- DAZE
- 13 Down: Author LeShan (3)
- EDA
- 21 Down: Italian cheese (6)
- ASIAGO
- 22 Down: Malodorous Malaysian fruit (6)
- DURIAN
- 25 Down: Louvre, par exemple (5)
- MUSEE
- 26 Down: More suitable (5)
- APTER
- 27 Down: Mixtures (5)
- OLIOS
- 29 Down: Airport monitor abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 31 Down: Bath sponge (5)
- LOOFA
- 32 Down: Year's record (5)
- ANNAL
- 33 Down: Brave deed of yore (5)
- GESTE
- 35 Down: Ices (6)
- DOESIN
- 37 Down: Lacking a key (6)
- ATONAL
- 40 Down: End of a sporting match (3)
- PIN
- 41 Down: Like mudpies and wax fruit (8)
- INEDIBLE
- 46 Down: Game show host impersonated by Ferrell (6)
- TREBEK
- 48 Down: Astringent, as wine (6)
- TANNIC
- 51 Down: Outdoes (5)
- BESTS
- 53 Down: Hockey's Kravchuk and Korolev (5)
- IGORS
- 54 Down: Paris's ___ d'Orsay (4)
- QUAI
- 55 Down: Modern links, for short (4)
- URLS
- 56 Down: Unexceptional (4)
- SOSO
- 57 Down: Band with the 1979 hit "Babe" (4)
- STYX
- 58 Down: "Essays Moral and Political" philosopher (4)
- HUME
- 59 Down: Underwear letters (3)
- BVD
- 62 Down: Jiffy (3)
- SEC
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