Friday Crossword — September 19, 2008 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 9/19/2008. By Alex Boisvert.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Source of troubles (11)
- PANDORASBOX
- 12 Across: ___ of God (3)
- SON
- 15 Across: "Later!" (11)
- IMOUTOFHERE
- 16 Across: What the 1939 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" completely lacks (3)
- ANE
- 17 Across: Bank offerings (11)
- CREDITLINES
- 18 Across: "Uh-huh" (3)
- YEP
- 19 Across: Turns down (5)
- NIXES
- 20 Across: Spirit (3)
- VIM
- 21 Across: ___ leaf (4)
- COCA
- 22 Across: Irritation suffix (4)
- ITIS
- 23 Across: Irritated, after "in" (4)
- APET
- 25 Across: Like most music (5)
- TONAL
- 26 Across: Persian, e.g. (3)
- CAT
- 27 Across: Not yet delivered, after "in" (5)
- UTERO
- 28 Across: W.W. II air ace who lent his name to an airport (5)
- OHARE
- 29 Across: Wee hour (5)
- ONEAM
- 30 Across: Meyerbeer output (6)
- OPERAS
- 31 Across: ___ Day (September 19) (15)
- TALKLIKEAPIRATE
- 35 Across: How some dares are done (6)
- ONABET
- 36 Across: Outline (5)
- TRACE
- 37 Across: Bar tenders?: Abbr. (5)
- ATTYS
- 38 Across: Places for dust to collect (5)
- SILLS
- 39 Across: Assn. (3)
- SOC
- 42 Across: Apparently is (5)
- SEEMS
- 43 Across: Insurance providers, for short (4)
- HMOS
- 44 Across: "Super Trouper" group, 1980 (4)
- ABBA
- 45 Across: Kind of delay (4)
- TAPE
- 46 Across: Poke (3)
- JAB
- 47 Across: Packers QB whose #15 jersey is retired (5)
- STARR
- 48 Across: LAX datum (3)
- ETA
- 49 Across: One end of the Welland Canal (11)
- LAKEONTARIO
- 52 Across: Hi-___ (3)
- RES
- 53 Across: At someone's mercy (11)
- OVERABARREL
- 54 Across: Ones needing career counseling, maybe: Abbr. (3)
- SRS
- 55 Across: Shell locations (11)
- GASSTATIONS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Eat out? (6)
- PICNIC
- 2 Down: Hindu drink of the gods (6)
- AMRITA
- 3 Down: Play with the line "Hell is other people" (6)
- NOEXIT
- 4 Down: Guys (5)
- DUDES
- 5 Down: Revolutionary patriot James (4)
- OTIS
- 6 Down: Start to smell, maybe (3)
- ROT
- 7 Down: Union inits. starting in 1886 (3)
- AFL
- 8 Down: "Well, I'll be!," as it might be said on September 19 (15)
- SHIVERMETIMBERS
- 9 Down: ___ Santiago, 1987 N.L. Rookie of the Year (6)
- BENITO
- 10 Down: City near Provo (4)
- OREM
- 11 Down: Scratches, with "out" (3)
- XES
- 12 Down: "Later!" (8)
- SAYONARA
- 13 Down: 200 milligrams (8)
- ONECARAT
- 14 Down: Like soldiers known as Gurkhas (8)
- NEPALESE
- 21 Down: Stick (6)
- COHERE
- 23 Down: Wiped out, slangily (5)
- ATEIT
- 24 Down: Top (4)
- PEAK
- 25 Down: What debaters debate (6)
- TOPICS
- 27 Down: Hedge word (6)
- UNLESS
- 29 Down: "That's fine" (6)
- OKBYME
- 30 Down: Pendant adornments (5)
- OPALS
- 31 Down: Some diner equipment (8)
- TOASTERS
- 32 Down: It has a long tongue (8)
- ANTEATER
- 33 Down: Student excuser (8)
- LATEPASS
- 34 Down: Live folk album of 1968 (4)
- ARLO
- 38 Down: D.T.'s (6)
- SHAKES
- 39 Down: Italian restaurant chain (6)
- SBARRO
- 40 Down: TV newswoman Soledad (6)
- OBRIEN
- 41 Down: Doorstep numbers? (6)
- CAROLS
- 44 Down: ___ 2600 (hit product of the 1970s-'80s) (5)
- ATARI
- 46 Down: Joe (4)
- JAVA
- 47 Down: "This instant!" (4)
- STAT
- 49 Down: Record (3)
- LOG
- 50 Down: Bit of chicken feed (3)
- OAT
- 51 Down: Org. with the annual Eddie Gottlieb Trophy (3)
- NBA
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