Monday Crossword — October 13, 2008 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/13/2008. By Anthony J. Salvia.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: No-frills (5)
- BASIC
- 6 Across: Alternative to buttons on a jacket (5)
- SNAPS
- 11 Across: Proof finale (3)
- QED
- 14 Across: Stewpots (5)
- OLLAS
- 15 Across: Small flock of birds (5)
- COVEY
- 16 Across: ___ Today (3)
- USA
- 17 Across: Caribbean area where pirates plundered (11)
- SPANISHMAIN
- 19 Across: After-hours bank convenience (3)
- ATM
- 20 Across: "The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" (3)
- CHI
- 21 Across: Tic-tac-toe win (3)
- OOO
- 22 Across: Poet Nash (5)
- OGDEN
- 24 Across: Harrison Ford's "Star Wars" role (7)
- HANSOLO
- 27 Across: Fermented apple juice (5)
- CIDER
- 29 Across: Sherlock Holmes adventure, in brief (12)
- THELIONSMANE
- 33 Across: Truth ___ (interrogation injection) (5)
- SERUM
- 36 Across: Annual coll. basketball competition (3)
- NIT
- 37 Across: Interceptions or yards rushing (4)
- STAT
- 38 Across: Oaf (4)
- CLOD
- 39 Across: Translucent dessert (5)
- JELLO
- 41 Across: Turner who sang "We Don't Need Another Hero" (4)
- TINA
- 42 Across: With competence (4)
- ABLY
- 43 Across: "Based ___ novel by ..." (3)
- ONA
- 44 Across: Outspoken, as a critic (5)
- VOCAL
- 45 Across: Faux Chinese dish (12)
- BEEFCHOWMEIN
- 49 Across: Jupiter's Io and Callisto (5)
- MOONS
- 50 Across: Dunk (7)
- IMMERSE
- 54 Across: Rant and rage (5)
- STORM
- 56 Across: French friend (3)
- AMI
- 57 Across: ___ lane (commuters' aid) (3)
- HOV
- 58 Across: S.O.S ___ (3)
- PAD
- 59 Across: City on the Penobscot River (11)
- BANGORMAINE
- 64 Across: Firefighter's tool (3)
- AXE
- 65 Across: Skin cream additives (5)
- ALOES
- 66 Across: Relating to an arm bone (5)
- ULNAR
- 67 Across: Zero, in soccer (3)
- NIL
- 68 Across: ___ incognita (5)
- TERRA
- 69 Across: Hero's acclaim (5)
- GLORY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Painter of "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (5)
- BOSCH
- 2 Down: Beta preceder (5)
- ALPHA
- 3 Down: Assassinated (5)
- SLAIN
- 4 Down: Suffix with Freud (3)
- IAN
- 5 Down: CBS forensic drama (3)
- CSI
- 6 Down: Academy, e.g. (6)
- SCHOOL
- 7 Down: Hurler Hideo (4)
- NOMO
- 8 Down: Gardner who was once married to Frank Sinatra (3)
- AVA
- 9 Down: Louvre Pyramid architect (3)
- PEI
- 10 Down: Ecclesiastical councils (6)
- SYNODS
- 11 Down: Kind of equation graphed as a parabola (9)
- QUADRATIC
- 12 Down: Italy's Villa d'___ (4)
- ESTE
- 13 Down: Censure (4)
- DAMN
- 18 Down: The heel is attached to it (4)
- SOLE
- 23 Down: Diamond or ruby (8)
- GEMSTONE
- 25 Down: Prepare in advance of (8)
- STUDYFOR
- 26 Down: Physicist Georg (3)
- OHM
- 27 Down: Rattlesnake's shape (4)
- COIL
- 28 Down: Enthusiastic about (4)
- INTO
- 30 Down: Postnuptial relative (5)
- INLAW
- 31 Down: Mom's mom, e.g. (4)
- NANA
- 32 Down: Footnote abbr. (4)
- ETAL
- 33 Down: Healing formation (4)
- SCAB
- 34 Down: Dresden's river (4)
- ELBE
- 35 Down: Someone to emulate (9)
- ROLEMODEL
- 39 Down: Sen. McCain (4)
- JOHN
- 40 Down: Grandson of Adam (4)
- ENOS
- 44 Down: Get-up-and-go (3)
- VIM
- 46 Down: Hand-to-hand fighting (6)
- COMBAT
- 47 Down: Brunch cocktail (6)
- MIMOSA
- 48 Down: Kuwaiti pooh-bah (4)
- EMIR
- 51 Down: Heavyweight zoo attraction, for short (5)
- RHINO
- 52 Down: Sub's navigational aid (5)
- SONAR
- 53 Down: "___ Breath You Take" (#1 hit by the Police) (5)
- EVERY
- 54 Down: Reach across (4)
- SPAN
- 55 Down: Alternative to the subway (4)
- TAXI
- 56 Down: Teen-___ (4)
- AGER
- 60 Down: It's poured in pints (3)
- ALE
- 61 Down: ___'easter (3)
- NOR
- 62 Down: Serving of root beer (3)
- MUG
- 63 Down: 100% (3)
- ALL
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