Tuesday Crossword — May 13, 2008 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/13/2008. By Caleb Madison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Perfect (5)
- IDEAL
- 6 Across: Farm sound (3)
- BAA
- 9 Across: Highly excited (4)
- AGOG
- 13 Across: Wispy clouds (5)
- CIRRI
- 14 Across: Ash containers (4)
- URNS
- 16 Across: Let go (4)
- CEDE
- 17 Across: Singers Clint + Patti (10)
- BLACKSMITH
- 19 Across: Couple in the news (4)
- ITEM
- 20 Across: Ache reliever (7)
- MASSEUR
- 21 Across: They may be sown (5)
- SEEDS
- 23 Across: Fr. holy woman (3)
- STE
- 24 Across: It's jumped in a high jump (3)
- BAR
- 26 Across: As high as you can possibly go (5)
- LIMIT
- 29 Across: Pulitzer-winning biographer Leon (4)
- EDEL
- 32 Across: Singers Tom + Johnny (9)
- PETTYCASH
- 35 Across: Where Kofi Annan earned his master's deg. (3)
- MIT
- 37 Across: Says lovingly (4)
- COOS
- 38 Across: Copacabana Beach locale (3)
- RIO
- 39 Across: Classic film company ... or a description of 17-, 32-, 46- and 65-Across? (13)
- UNITEDARTISTS
- 43 Across: Pharmaceutical watchdog grp. (3)
- FDA
- 44 Across: Show subtitled "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" (4)
- HAIR
- 45 Across: "___ my shorts!": Bart Simpson (3)
- EAT
- 46 Across: Singers Neil + Courtney (9)
- YOUNGLOVE
- 49 Across: D.E.A. agent (4)
- NARC
- 52 Across: "___ Deep" (1999 Omar Epps film) (5)
- INTOO
- 53 Across: Suffix with Caesar (3)
- EAN
- 55 Across: Yale student (3)
- ELI
- 57 Across: Midwestern tribe (5)
- IOWAS
- 60 Across: Perched (7)
- ROOSTED
- 63 Across: Like Yul Brynner, famously (4)
- BALD
- 65 Across: Singers James + Sly (10)
- BROWNSTONE
- 67 Across: Blue, in Bogotá (4)
- AZUL
- 68 Across: ___ Lee cakes (4)
- SARA
- 69 Across: Poet Federico García ___ (5)
- LORCA
- 70 Across: Prominent part of a Groucho disguise (4)
- NOSE
- 71 Across: "Wailing" instrument (3)
- SAX
- 72 Across: Vows (5)
- OATHS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Cold war weaponry (5)
- ICBMS
- 2 Down: Widen, as a pupil (6)
- DILATE
- 3 Down: Got rid of marks (6)
- ERASED
- 4 Down: Paths of pop-ups (4)
- ARCS
- 5 Down: Simile part (4)
- LIKE
- 6 Down: Accused's bad break (6)
- BUMRAP
- 7 Down: Uris hero (3)
- ARI
- 8 Down: "Farm" dwellers (4)
- ANTS
- 9 Down: Vinegary (6)
- ACIDIC
- 10 Down: 1960s sitcom with the catchphrase "Sorry about that, Chief" (8)
- GETSMART
- 11 Down: Uplifting poem (3)
- ODE
- 12 Down: Cameo, e.g. (3)
- GEM
- 15 Down: Any ship (3)
- SHE
- 18 Down: 40-Down, e.g. (3)
- SUB
- 22 Down: Heavenly (7)
- ELYSIAN
- 25 Down: Cut again, as a turkey (7)
- RECARVE
- 27 Down: Mother goddess in Egyptian mythology (4)
- ISIS
- 28 Down: Howe'er (3)
- THO
- 30 Down: British record label (3)
- EMI
- 31 Down: John of "3rd Rock From the Sun" (7)
- LITHGOW
- 33 Down: Rocky hill (3)
- TOR
- 34 Down: Bag with handles (4)
- TOTE
- 36 Down: Bluish hue (4)
- TEAL
- 39 Down: Tempura ___ (Japanese dish) (4)
- UDON
- 40 Down: Vessel in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (8)
- NAUTILUS
- 41 Down: God, to Galileo (3)
- DIO
- 42 Down: Where to board a train: Abbr. (3)
- STA
- 43 Down: Post-it note abbr. (3)
- FYI
- 47 Down: Brain, slangily (6)
- NOODLE
- 48 Down: Q-Tip target (6)
- EARWAX
- 50 Down: "So's your old man!," e.g. (6)
- RETORT
- 51 Down: Grip tightly (6)
- CLENCH
- 54 Down: Sine qua ___ (3)
- NON
- 56 Down: "An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ___ cannot be resisted": Hugo (5)
- IDEAS
- 58 Down: They may be crunched (3)
- ABS
- 59 Down: Lima ladies: Abbr. (4)
- SRAS
- 61 Down: Norway's capital (4)
- OSLO
- 62 Down: Ancient Greek walkway (4)
- STOA
- 63 Down: No-smoking ordinance, e.g. (3)
- BAN
- 64 Down: ___ dye (3)
- AZO
- 66 Down: "... ___ mouse?" (3)
- ORA
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