Friday Crossword — July 27, 2007 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 7/27/2007. By John R. Conrad.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Breakers communicate with them (3)
CBS
4 Across: Medevacs, in military slang (5)
DUSTOFFS
9 Across: Shop coat? (4)
SAWDUST
13 Across: Gets a move on (4)
HIES
15 Across: Officer slain in the Old Testament (5)
URIAH
16 Across: Ear-relevant (4)
OTIC
17 Across: Sharply outline (4)
ETCH
18 Across: Prefix with -hedron (5)
PENTA
19 Across: Carpenter's groove (4)
DADO
20 Across: Avignon infinitive (4)
ETRE
21 Across: City of canals (5)
OSAKA
23 Across: Roseanne's mom on "Roseanne" (3)
BEV
24 Across: Things wheeled in supermarkets? (7)
CHEESES
27 Across: Kind of therapy (7)
HORMONE
29 Across: Cow (6)
HECTOR
30 Across: Judge, e.g. (5)
TRIER
31 Across: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee known as the White Lady of Soul (13)
DUSTYSPRINGFIELD
36 Across: Tactful (7)
POLITIC
37 Across: Nebulous stuff (13)
INTERSTELLARDUST
43 Across: Words to live by (5)
CREED
44 Across: People people (6)
CELEBS
46 Across: Billboard listing (7)
HITTUNE
49 Across: Puts together in a hurry (7)
WHIPSUP
50 Across: Wood smoother (3)
ADZ
51 Across: Food whose name is Italian for "feathers" (5)
PENNE
53 Across: Rip off (4)
HOSE
54 Across: Cry of vehement denial (4)
LIES
56 Across: Reservation dwelling (5)
ADOBE
58 Across: Aged Frankfurter? (4)
ALTE
59 Across: Maestro Masur (4)
KURT
60 Across: Make more interesting (5)
LIVEN
61 Across: Future shoot (4)
SEED
62 Across: Janitorial tool (4)
DUSTMOP
63 Across: Big band era standard (5)
STARDUST
64 Across: Kind of ice (3)
DRY

Down Answers

1 Down: Half of a 1970s-'80s comedy duo (6)
CHEECH
2 Down: Went kaput (7)
BITTHEDUST
3 Down: Opposite of openness (7)
SECRECY
4 Down: Quarrel (3)
DUSTUP
5 Down: Treats often taken apart (5)
OREOS
6 Down: Scuba gear (4)
FINS
7 Down: Palestinian group (5)
FATAH
8 Down: Cadet's topper (5)
SHAKO
9 Down: Plot thickener? (3)
SOD
10 Down: Very, very hot (7)
ATABOIL
11 Down: Like some highways after construction work (7)
WIDENED
12 Down: Furniture protector (6)
DUSTCOVER
14 Down: What rain might fall in (6)
SHEETS
22 Down: It contains the elastic clause (8)
ARTICLEI
25 Down: Absorbed (8)
SOPPEDUP
26 Down: Debugging discovery (5)
ERROR
28 Down: C ration replacer (3)
MRE
32 Down: They, in Marseille (3)
ILS
33 Down: Thing to be picked (3)
NIT
34 Down: Former telecom giant (3)
GTE
35 Down: Cop (5)
FILCH
37 Down: Metal in the points of gold pens (7)
IRIDIUM
38 Down: EarthLink alternative (7)
NETZERO
39 Down: It's celebrated in late January or early February (3)
TET
40 Down: Socially dominant ones (6)
ALPHAS
41 Down: Put a new bottom on, in a way (7)
RESOLED
42 Down: Black & Decker offering (7)
DUSTBUSTER
43 Down: Classroom sneeze elicitor (6)
CHALKDUST
45 Down: Express (6)
SPEEDY
47 Down: Country singer McCoy and others (5)
NEALS
48 Down: Get divorced (5)
ENDIT
49 Down: Grill brand (5)
WEBER
52 Down: Astronomer's study (4)
NOVA
55 Down: Motor Up alternative (3)
STP
57 Down: Cleaning product with the slogan "It's that fast" (3)
ENDUST

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