Wednesday Crossword — July 9, 2008 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/9/2008. By Tim Wescott.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: More fitting (5)
- APTER
- 6 Across: Sound in a hatchery (4)
- PEEP
- 10 Across: Mexican muralist Orozco (4)
- JOSE
- 14 Across: "The ___!" (perturbed cry) (5)
- NERVE
- 15 Across: Major-league team member through 2004 (4)
- EXPO
- 16 Across: Month before Nisan (4)
- ADAR
- 17 Across: "I'm ___ and didn't know it" (5)
- APOET
- 18 Across: Stationer's unit (4)
- REAM
- 19 Across: Year Cortés conquered Cuba (4)
- MDXI
- 20 Across: "Rhoda" and "Frasier" (8)
- SPINOFFS
- 22 Across: Keen insight (6)
- ACUMEN
- 24 Across: Part of a heartbeat (7)
- SYSTOLE
- 25 Across: Suffix with moon (5)
- SCAPE
- 26 Across: Util. bill (4)
- ELEC
- 27 Across: Mathematician's "ta-da!" (3)
- QED
- 28 Across: 15-Across now, informally (3)
- NAT
- 31 Across: Where the cows come home (4)
- BARN
- 34 Across: Words to a traitor (4)
- ETTU
- 36 Across: Glue (5)
- EPOXY
- 38 Across: They're often twisted apart (5)
- OREOS
- 40 Across: Supermodel Carangi (3)
- GIA
- 41 Across: More trustworthy (5)
- TRUER
- 42 Across: Long (for) (5)
- YEARN
- 43 Across: Growing room? (4)
- ACRE
- 45 Across: "___ boy!" (4)
- ITSA
- 46 Across: "My Gal ___" (3)
- SAL
- 47 Across: Former Notebook maker (3)
- IBM
- 49 Across: Final, e.g. (4)
- EXAM
- 51 Across: Sugar ___ (5)
- MAPLE
- 53 Across: Stimulus response (7)
- KINESIS
- 57 Across: Centers (6)
- NUCLEI
- 59 Across: Like some missiles (8)
- ANTITANK
- 60 Across: First word of "The Raven" (4)
- ONCE
- 61 Across: Tickle Me Elmo maker (4)
- TYCO
- 63 Across: "The Secret Life of Walter ___" (5)
- MITTY
- 64 Across: Suffix with origin (4)
- ATOR
- 65 Across: "The first word of the answer to each of the six starred clues describes the number of that clue," e.g. (4)
- HINT
- 66 Across: "That's ___!" (5)
- AMORE
- 67 Across: Pitcher Wilhelm (4)
- HOYT
- 68 Across: Chemical endings (4)
- ENES
- 69 Across: Horne and Olin (5)
- LENAS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Jawbone of ___ (biblical weapon) (5)
- ANASS
- 2 Down: Spirited (5)
- PEPPY
- 3 Down: Number of Dumas's Mousquetaires (5)
- TROIS
- 4 Down: *Balance in personality (9)
- EVENTENOR
- 5 Down: Overhaul (6)
- RETOOL
- 6 Down: *Pitcher's dream (11)
- PERFECTGAME
- 7 Down: Split personalities? (4)
- EXES
- 8 Down: Waste watchers: Abbr. (3)
- EPA
- 9 Down: Crushed pulp (6)
- POMACE
- 10 Down: Clog (5)
- JAMUP
- 11 Down: *They don't belong (9)
- ODDMENOUT
- 12 Down: Old German duchy name (4)
- SAXE
- 13 Down: Land o' blarney (4)
- ERIN
- 21 Down: Take off (4)
- FLEE
- 23 Down: Citadel student (5)
- CADET
- 25 Down: *Basic Scout ties (11)
- SQUAREKNOTS
- 29 Down: Dungeons & Dragons weapons (4)
- AXES
- 30 Down: Banks on the runway (4)
- TYRA
- 31 Down: Word before and after "will be" (4)
- BOYS
- 32 Down: Side by side? (4)
- AREA
- 33 Down: *It's no fake (9)
- REALMCCOY
- 35 Down: Quirk (3)
- TIC
- 37 Down: *It follows the evening news (9)
- PRIMETIME
- 39 Down: Marsh bird (5)
- SNIPE
- 44 Down: ___ row (4)
- EXIT
- 48 Down: Cheerful (6)
- BLITHE
- 50 Down: 20 Questions category (6)
- ANIMAL
- 52 Down: Open-eyed (5)
- ALERT
- 54 Down: Squelched (5)
- SATON
- 55 Down: Prefix with venous (5)
- INTRA
- 56 Down: Some terriers (5)
- SKYES
- 57 Down: Ancient mariner (4)
- NOAH
- 58 Down: Gay Talese's "___ the Sons" (4)
- UNTO
- 59 Down: Bad marks? (4)
- ACNE
- 62 Down: Feminine side (3)
- YIN
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