Monday Crossword — October 1, 2007 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/1/2007. By Allan E. Parrish.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Wager (3)
BET
4 Across: Gush (6)
EFFUSE
10 Across: Willie of the 1950s-'60s Giants (4)
MAYS
14 Across: Israeli submachine gun (3)
UZI
15 Across: Last words of the Pledge of Allegiance (6)
FORALL
16 Across: ___ vera (4)
ALOE
17 Across: Atomic energy org. (3)
NRC
18 Across: *Popular Sunshine State vacation destination (11)
FLORIDAKEYS
20 Across: Prepare to shoot (7)
TAKEAIM
22 Across: Docs (7)
MEDICOS
23 Across: Stop for the night, as soldiers (6)
ENCAMP
25 Across: Daughter's counterpart (3)
SON
26 Across: Dartboard, for one (6)
TARGET
28 Across: The "I" of I.M.F.: Abbr. (4)
INTL
30 Across: Austrian affirmatives (3)
JAS
33 Across: "The Thin Man" pooch (4)
ASTA
34 Across: Rim (4)
EDGE
36 Across: Put (down), as money (5)
PLUNK
38 Across: Theater focal point (5)
STAGE
40 Across: Select, with "for" (3)
OPT
41 Across: Language akin to Urdu (5)
HINDI
42 Across: Serious drinker (5)
TOPER
43 Across: Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" (4)
DESI
45 Across: Depression-era migrant (4)
OKIE
46 Across: "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove ..." (3)
ERE
47 Across: Take too much of, briefly (4)
ODON
49 Across: Objected to (6)
MINDED
51 Across: Brouhaha (3)
ADO
52 Across: Keep just below a boil (6)
SIMMER
54 Across: Not deceitful (7)
SINCERE
58 Across: Deck covering to keep out moisture (7)
SEALANT
61 Across: *Like players below the B team (11)
THIRDSTRING
63 Across: "This means ___!" (3)
WAR
64 Across: Sets of points, in math (4)
LOCI
65 Across: "Relax, soldier!" (6)
ATEASE
66 Across: U.K. record label (3)
EMI
67 Across: Newspaper essay (4)
OPED
68 Across: Mascara goes on them (6)
LASHES
69 Across: King, in old Rome (3)
REX

Down Answers

1 Down: Part of a suicide squeeze (4)
BUNT
2 Down: Poet Pound (4)
EZRA
3 Down: *Material for an old-fashioned parade (10)
TICKERTAPE
4 Down: Wipe off (6)
EFFACE
5 Down: Decorate with leaves (7)
FOLIATE
6 Down: Erich who wrote "The Art of Loving" (5)
FROMM
7 Down: Bygone Mideast inits. (3)
UAR
8 Down: Slender (4)
SLIM
9 Down: Firstborn (6)
ELDEST
10 Down: "___ Whoopee!" (1920s hit) (5)
MAKIN
11 Down: One of the Baldwin brothers (4)
ALEC
12 Down: Toy that might go "around the world" (4)
YOYO
13 Down: Period in Cong. (4)
SESS
19 Down: Coach Rupp of college basketball (6)
ADOLPH
21 Down: Take on (6)
ENGAGE
24 Down: *Sties (7)
PIGPENS
26 Down: One of the five senses (5)
TASTE
27 Down: Fur trader John Jacob ___ (5)
ASTOR
29 Down: Basketball rim attachments (4)
NETS
30 Down: Location for the ends of the answers to the four starred clues (10)
JUNKDRAWER
31 Down: Actress MacDowell (5)
ANDIE
32 Down: Schussed, e.g. (5)
SKIED
35 Down: Dumbbell (4)
DODO
37 Down: Hampton of jazz fame (6)
LIONEL
39 Down: Wore away (6)
ERODED
44 Down: Really, really big (7)
IMMENSE
48 Down: ___ fin (6)
DORSAL
50 Down: Representations (6)
IMAGES
51 Down: Pungent (5)
ACRID
53 Down: N.B.A. coach Thomas (5)
ISIAH
54 Down: Normandy town (4)
STLO
55 Down: Breakfast restaurant letters (4)
IHOP
56 Down: "Good shot!" (4)
NICE
57 Down: Kett of old comics (4)
ETTA
59 Down: Designate (4)
NAME
60 Down: Cereal whose ads feature a "silly rabbit" (4)
TRIX
62 Down: ___ ipsa loquitur (3)
RES

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