Friday Crossword — February 9, 2007 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 66 clues). Published 2/9/2007. By Eric Berlin.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Steps up (9)
ESCALATES
10 Across: Treasured instrument (5)
AMATI
15 Across: Strike out (9)
LEAVEHOME
16 Across: Goes down (5)
WANES
17 Across: Polka heard frequently on "The Benny Hill Show" (9)
YAKETYSAX
18 Across: Part of a chronicle (5)
ANNAL
19 Across: Frustrate (6)
STYMIE
20 Across: 1950's political slogan (8)
ILIKEIKE
22 Across: A, B or C, often: Abbr. (3)
ANS
23 Across: Part of a telephone worker's routine (8)
LINETEST
24 Across: Baseball's Vizquel (4)
OMAR
27 Across: Hunter of literature (4)
EVAN
28 Across: Part of CORE (6)
RACIAL
31 Across: Marks off (8)
DELIMITS
36 Across: Doesn't puff idly (7)
INHALES
38 Across: Subject of the biography "All or Nothing at All" (7)
SINATRA
39 Across: Develops anacusis (8)
GOESDEAF
41 Across: Spurs (6)
EGGSON
42 Across: Pollster Roper (4)
ELMO
43 Across: ___ the Great (detective of kids' books) (4)
NATE
44 Across: One end of a canal (8)
OUTEREAR
48 Across: Chemical ending (3)
ANE
50 Across: Frequent area of auto damage (8)
FRONTEND
51 Across: Symbols (6)
TOTEMS
55 Across: Lord's realm (5)
MANOR
56 Across: Boeing employee (9)
TESTPILOT
58 Across: "He seemed like such ___ boy" (5)
ANICE
59 Across: Chance (9)
HAPHAZARD
60 Across: When to see la luna (5)
NOCHE
61 Across: Votaries (9)
ADHERENTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Country rocker Joe and others (4)
ELYS
2 Down: You might run for it (4)
SEAT
3 Down: Forming clumps (4)
CAKY
4 Down: Parts of some services (9)
AVEMARIAS
5 Down: Admit (5)
LETIN
6 Down: "I understand now" (5)
AHYES
7 Down: Set-___ (3)
TOS
8 Down: Like spam (7)
EMAILED
9 Down: Masters topics (8)
SEXLIVES
10 Down: Realization (9)
AWAKENING
11 Down: "Un bar aux Folies-Bergère" artist (5)
MANET
12 Down: "Maybe" musical (5)
ANNIE
13 Down: Durable woods (5)
TEAKS
14 Down: Dot on a map, maybe (5)
ISLET
21 Down: How a snake may be caught? (6)
INALIE
24 Down: Before being retitled: Abbr. (4)
ORIG
25 Down: War preceder (4)
MANO
26 Down: Flu symptom (4)
ACHE
29 Down: Bearer of catkins (9)
ALDERTREE
30 Down: Actress Sobieski (6)
LEELEE
32 Down: Make attractive (9)
MAGNETIZE
33 Down: Words with shame or boy (4)
ITSA
34 Down: Order at a horse show (4)
TROT
35 Down: Levelheaded (4)
SANE
37 Down: TV witch (8)
SAMANTHA
40 Down: A bad way to be left (7)
FORDEAD
44 Down: "The Rights ___" (5)
OFMAN
45 Down: Heavens: Prefix (5)
URANO
46 Down: Nervine, for one (5)
TONIC
47 Down: Methuselah's father (5)
ENOCH
48 Down: ___ least (5)
ATTHE
49 Down: Like some stocks (5)
NOPAR
52 Down: Brio (4)
ELAN
53 Down: Cartoonist Walker (4)
MORT
54 Down: Criteria: Abbr. (4)
STDS
57 Down: Geom. figure (3)
SPH

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