Tuesday Crossword — November 4, 2008 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 11/4/2008. By Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Summer drinks (4)
- ADES
- 5 Across: ___ the aisle (bipartisanly) (6)
- ACROSS
- 11 Across: Like William Howard Taft (3)
- FAT
- 14 Across: Actress Polo who played a presidential candidate's wife on "The West Wing" (4)
- TERI
- 15 Across: Wilderness home (6)
- LEANTO
- 16 Across: Ginger ___ (3)
- ALE
- 17 Across: Early November occasion in the U.S. (11)
- ELECTIONDAY
- 19 Across: Zero (3)
- NIL
- 20 Across: Singer Mann (5)
- AIMEE
- 21 Across: The Blue Jays, on scoreboards (3)
- TOR
- 22 Across: Ribicoff and Lincoln, familiarly (4)
- ABES
- 23 Across: Dropped a size (7)
- SLIMMED
- 26 Across: Forestall (7)
- PREVENT
- 28 Across: Corrode (3)
- EAT
- 29 Across: Actor Rob who played a presidential aide on "The West Wing" (4)
- LOWE
- 31 Across: Italian battery pioneer (5)
- VOLTA
- 32 Across: It went up in the 1960s (7)
- HEMLINE
- 35 Across: Inaugural ball holder (6)
- VICTOR
- 36 Across: What many Americans will do on 17-Across (as hinted at by highlighting all the V's in this puzzle's answer) (9)
- CASTAVOTE
- 38 Across: Where the "Mona Lisa" hangs (6)
- LOUVRE
- 41 Across: Leaves early, as an office (7)
- VACATES
- 44 Across: Cause for celebration: Abbr. (5)
- ANNIV
- 45 Across: ___ cava (4)
- VENA
- 46 Across: Japanese moolah (3)
- YEN
- 48 Across: Deprive, as through a loss (7)
- BEREAVE
- 50 Across: "View of Toledo" painter (7)
- ELGRECO
- 53 Across: I.R.S. workers (4)
- CPAS
- 54 Across: Jr.'s Jr. (3)
- III
- 56 Across: "Holding Out for ___" (1984 Bonnie Tyler hit) (5)
- AHERO
- 57 Across: Cereal bit (3)
- OAT
- 58 Across: Sights at polling places (11)
- BALLOTBOXES
- 61 Across: 35 is the minimum one to be U.S. president (3)
- AGE
- 62 Across: New York lake (6)
- ONEIDA
- 63 Across: 7/4/1776, for one (4)
- DATE
- 64 Across: Sen. Kennedy (3)
- TED
- 65 Across: Most likely to raise eyebrows (6)
- ODDEST
- 66 Across: Iowa college town (4)
- AMES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Relaxed (6)
- ATEASE
- 2 Down: Samson's undoer (7)
- DELILAH
- 3 Down: Religious recluse (7)
- EREMITE
- 4 Down: "Attack, Rex!" (5)
- SICEM
- 5 Down: ___ Baba (3)
- ALI
- 6 Down: Co. captain? (3)
- CEO
- 7 Down: Tirade (4)
- RANT
- 8 Down: High, in a way (6)
- ONDOPE
- 9 Down: Beatles drummer (5)
- STARR
- 10 Down: Nondairy milk source (3)
- SOY
- 11 Down: Water pump turner (7)
- FANBELT
- 12 Down: Not recognizable by (7)
- ALIENTO
- 13 Down: Kennedy-era launch (7)
- TELSTAR
- 18 Down: President pro ___ (3)
- TEM
- 22 Down: Long-legged shorebird (6)
- AVOCET
- 24 Down: Beethoven dedicatee (5)
- ELISE
- 25 Down: "___ Stop" (Bill Clinton theme song) (4)
- DONT
- 27 Down: Mrs. Perón (5)
- EVITA
- 30 Down: Zigzag (5)
- WEAVE
- 33 Down: Musicians John and Christine (6)
- MCVIES
- 34 Down: Baby buggy? (5)
- LARVA
- 35 Down: Outspoken (5)
- VOCAL
- 37 Down: Barn topper (4)
- VANE
- 38 Down: Researcher's wear (7)
- LABCOAT
- 39 Down: Short, as an article (7)
- ONEPAGE
- 40 Down: Not yet having gone before an M.P.A.A. board (7)
- UNRATED
- 42 Down: It involves reading letters out loud (7)
- EYEEXAM
- 43 Down: Hide (7)
- SECRETE
- 45 Down: Hidden (6)
- VEILED
- 47 Down: Hangmen's needs (6)
- NOOSES
- 49 Down: Article of food (5)
- VIAND
- 51 Down: Gossip (3)
- GAB
- 52 Down: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff (5)
- RHODA
- 55 Down: "Would ___?" (4)
- ILIE
- 58 Down: Bad sound at a campaign rally (3)
- BOO
- 59 Down: Takes too much, briefly (3)
- ODS
- 60 Down: "Mom" in a heart, maybe, for short (3)
- TAT
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