Wednesday Crossword — October 1, 2008 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/1/2008. By Barry Boone.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Figure in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (4)
- FAUN
- 5 Across: Kind of cuisine in which onions, bell peppers and celery are the "holy trinity" (5)
- CAJUN
- 10 Across: Fake (4)
- SHAM
- 14 Across: Hoodwink (4)
- DUPE
- 15 Across: Jim Croce's "___ Name" (5)
- IGOTA
- 16 Across: Tremendous (4)
- HUGE
- 17 Across: Hughes poem with the line "They send me to eat in the kitchen" (4)
- ITOO
- 18 Across: Introductory course, often (5)
- SALAD
- 19 Across: Cy Young winner Hershiser (4)
- OREL
- 20 Across: Kind of puzzle suggested by this crossword's theme (14)
- CONNECTTHEDOTS
- 23 Across: Cleopatra used it as a beauty lotion (4)
- ALOE
- 24 Across: King, in Portugal (3)
- REI
- 25 Across: Carnivorous fish (5)
- SKATE
- 28 Across: Terse letter opener (3)
- SIR
- 31 Across: Sweater type (5)
- VNECK
- 35 Across: Bonkers (6)
- INSANE
- 37 Across: Way to find your way: Abbr. (3)
- GPS
- 39 Across: French rejection (3)
- NON
- 40 Across: End of a popular saying related to this puzzle's theme (15)
- NOPLACELIKEHOME
- 44 Across: Former telecom giant (3)
- GTE
- 45 Across: Big name in kitchen gadgets (3)
- OXO
- 46 Across: One way to be caught (6)
- INALIE
- 47 Across: Ed of "Roots" (5)
- ASNER
- 50 Across: How some packages arrive (3)
- COD
- 52 Across: Mice can be found around them (5)
- IMACS
- 53 Across: Blue (3)
- SAD
- 55 Across: "The Rubáiyát" poet (4)
- OMAR
- 57 Across: How to link the 12 letters in this puzzle with a single line to make a picture (14)
- ALPHABETICALLY
- 64 Across: Drug ___ (4)
- CZAR
- 65 Across: Quibble (5)
- CAVIL
- 66 Across: "Mon ___!" (4)
- DIEU
- 67 Across: German car (4)
- AUDI
- 68 Across: Oreo filling (5)
- CREME
- 69 Across: Author Dinesen (4)
- ISAK
- 70 Across: Surveyor's map (4)
- PLAT
- 71 Across: Baseball pioneer Doubleday (5)
- ABNER
- 72 Across: Big lugs (4)
- OAFS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bank protector, for short (4)
- FDIC
- 2 Down: Camera setting (4)
- AUTO
- 3 Down: Agreed ___ (4)
- UPON
- 4 Down: Just after birth (8)
- NEONATAL
- 5 Down: Internet equipment powerhouse (5)
- CISCO
- 6 Down: Semiprecious stones (6)
- AGATES
- 7 Down: Big bump (4)
- JOLT
- 8 Down: Logan's locale (4)
- UTAH
- 9 Down: Candidate trailing Bush and Gore (5)
- NADER
- 10 Down: Sure thing (6)
- SHOOIN
- 11 Down: Banged up (4)
- HURT
- 12 Down: A long, long time (4)
- AGES
- 13 Down: Florida senator Martinez (3)
- MEL
- 21 Down: "Maria ___," 1941 #1 hit (5)
- ELENA
- 22 Down: The "D" in R&D: Abbr. (3)
- DEV
- 25 Down: "___ song of sixpence" (5)
- SINGA
- 26 Down: Sheepshanks, e.g. (5)
- KNOTS
- 27 Down: John Denver wrote two songs about this town (5)
- ASPEN
- 29 Down: Abode north of the Arctic Circle (5)
- IGLOO
- 30 Down: Univ. in Troy, N.Y. (3)
- RPI
- 32 Down: ___ Gay (5)
- ENOLA
- 33 Down: Doer of stand-up (5)
- COMIC
- 34 Down: Gardeners may work on them (5)
- KNEES
- 36 Down: Prefix with tourism (3)
- ECO
- 38 Down: What one might do in 27-Down (3)
- SKI
- 41 Down: A+: Abbr. (3)
- EXC
- 42 Down: 1940s computer (5)
- ENIAC
- 43 Down: Equipment with a headset (8)
- HAMRADIO
- 48 Down: Sparkle and wit (6)
- ESPRIT
- 49 Down: College cheer (3)
- RAH
- 51 Down: Sit behind bars (6)
- DOTIME
- 54 Down: Bangladesh's capital, old-style (5)
- DACCA
- 56 Down: Athlete who's not dashing? (5)
- MILER
- 57 Down: Blue, south of the border (4)
- AZUL
- 58 Down: Russian car (4)
- LADA
- 59 Down: Unnice comment (4)
- BARB
- 60 Down: Balanced (4)
- EVEN
- 61 Down: Precursor of the Apple Macintosh (4)
- LISA
- 62 Down: Dining table expander (4)
- LEAF
- 63 Down: Cheap laughs (4)
- YUKS
- 64 Down: Toy gun ammo (3)
- CAP
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