Thursday Crossword — July 20, 2006 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/20/2006. By Kevin McCann.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Some bearded men (5)
AMISH
6 Across: Rain forest features (5)
MISTS
11 Across: Spiegel who produced "On the Waterfront" (3)
SAM
14 Across: Scoop up (5)
LADLE
15 Across: Schoolyard retort (5)
AMTOO
16 Across: Actor Gulager (3)
CLU
17 Across: Travel to the end of the earth (15)
POLAREXPEDITION
20 Across: Ivan Turgenev's birthplace (4)
OREL
21 Across: Stage (4)
TIER
22 Across: Way out (4)
AFAR
23 Across: "Why, yes" (14)
IDONTMINDIFIDO
27 Across: "Give ___ kiss!" (3)
MEA
28 Across: Gridiron abbr. (3)
INT
29 Across: Orchestra group (5)
OBOES
32 Across: See 18-Down (5)
JAMES
35 Across: Eerie kind of powers (3)
PSI
38 Across: Instruction for 17-, 23-, 46- and 58-Across (15)
FINDTHELOSTDOGS
41 Across: Mailman, to a canine? (3)
FOE
42 Across: Fire (5)
LETGO
43 Across: Pump outlet? (5)
AORTA
44 Across: Bifteck seasoning (3)
SEL
45 Across: Stopover (3)
INN
46 Across: Isn't likely to succeed (14)
LACKSPOTENTIAL
54 Across: PayPal owner (4)
EBAY
55 Across: For words? (4)
YEAS
56 Across: Year Attila invaded Gaul (4)
CDLI
58 Across: Something that can't be undone (15)
WATEROVERTHEDAM
62 Across: Medium for playing the Blues? (3)
ICE
63 Across: Westminster Kennel Club show, e.g. (5)
EVENT
64 Across: Tennis star Dementieva (5)
ELENA
65 Across: Paul McCartney, for one (3)
SIR
66 Across: Last word (5)
SAYSO
67 Across: "Discus Thrower" sculptor of ancient Greece (5)
MYRON

Down Answers

1 Down: Boxer's fare (4)
ALPO
2 Down: Polynesian language (5)
MAORI
3 Down: Stayed put (5)
IDLED
4 Down: Took a zigzag course (8)
SLALOMED
5 Down: ___ highness (3)
HER
6 Down: FHM competitor (5)
MAXIM
7 Down: John Hancock Tower designer (5)
IMPEI
8 Down: Finger-wagging, say (5)
STERN
9 Down: Strauss's "___ und Verklärung" (3)
TOD
10 Down: "___ gather" (3)
SOI
11 Down: Video store section (5)
SCIFI
12 Down: Take ___ off (5)
ALOAD
13 Down: Short-story writer Alice (5)
MUNRO
18 Down: With 32-Across, "Tell Mama" singer, 1967 (4)
ETTA
19 Down: 1920's chief justice (4)
TAFT
24 Down: Snuggles (7)
NESTLES
25 Down: Doesn't go on (4)
DIES
26 Down: Flash (7)
INSTANT
29 Down: Command to a pooch on a couch, maybe (3)
OFF
30 Down: Feature on A&E (3)
BIO
31 Down: Purina ___ (pet food) (3)
ONE
32 Down: Fountain feature (3)
JET
33 Down: Math subj. (3)
ALG
34 Down: Jersey call (3)
MOO
35 Down: ___ avión (stamp on a letter to Spain) (3)
POR
36 Down: ___ Pepper (3)
SGT
37 Down: "The Heart ___ Lonely Hunter" (3)
ISA
39 Down: Cry to a St. Bernard? (4)
HELP
40 Down: Serve its purpose (8)
DONICELY
44 Down: Kind of terrier (4)
SKYE
45 Down: M.I.T. part: Abbr. (4)
INST
46 Down: Explorer with Sacagawea (5)
LEWIS
47 Down: You can count on them (5)
ABACI
48 Down: Do dinner? (5)
CATER
49 Down: Cry of dismay (5)
OYVEY
50 Down: Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, e.g. (5)
TEENS
51 Down: Keep an ___ the ground (5)
EARTO
52 Down: Summer (5)
ADDER
53 Down: Treeless plain (5)
LLANO
57 Down: Mogadishu-born supermodel (4)
IMAN
59 Down: Drops of golden sun? (3)
RES
60 Down: Largest cells in the human body (3)
OVA
61 Down: Constrain, with "in" (3)
HEM

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