Friday Crossword — January 9, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 66 clues). Published 1/9/2009. By Paula Gamache.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: A looker might give it ... or get it (11)
- THEONCEOVER
- 12 Across: Partner of a certain rabid sports fan (13)
- FOOTBALLWIDOW
- 14 Across: "Please?" elicitor (15)
- SAYTHEMAGICWORD
- 16 Across: Native home of the canary (6)
- AZORES
- 17 Across: Lion, tiger or shark (8)
- MANEATER
- 18 Across: Wankel engine component (5)
- ROTOR
- 19 Across: Winner of 11 Grand Slam tournament titles (4)
- BORG
- 20 Across: ___ de boeuf (4)
- ROTI
- 21 Across: Goose (4)
- GOAD
- 22 Across: Computer hookup point (4)
- PORT
- 23 Across: Infer from data (5)
- EDUCE
- 24 Across: Local borders? (3)
- ELS
- 25 Across: 19th-century engineer with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame (4)
- EADS
- 26 Across: Forgers (6)
- SMITHS
- 27 Across: Something to turn on (4)
- AXIS
- 28 Across: Ruler crowned in 1953, informally (4)
- QEII
- 29 Across: Bouncy kid-lit character (6)
- TIGGER
- 32 Across: Blood sausage ingredient (4)
- SUET
- 33 Across: Rock-___ (3)
- OLA
- 36 Across: First name in erotica (5)
- ANAIS
- 37 Across: Saucy (4)
- FLIP
- 38 Across: With 15-Down, hangs on the line (4)
- DRIP
- 39 Across: Matted cotton sheet (4)
- BATT
- 40 Across: Dylan was once her protégé (4)
- BAEZ
- 41 Across: Shorts material, in München (5)
- LEDER
- 42 Across: Prefix in parentheses (8)
- AREACODE
- 44 Across: Department store founder who pioneered credit unions (6)
- FILENE
- 45 Across: Habitués of art galleries, theaters, etc. (15)
- CULTUREVULTURES
- 47 Across: Nursery rhyme title fellow (13)
- GEORGIEPORGIE
- 48 Across: Once-common monochrome PC display (11)
- GREENSCREEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Some hybrids (7)
- TOYOTAS
- 2 Down: Fast accelerator (6)
- HOTROD
- 3 Down: Clear sky (5)
- ETHER
- 4 Down: U.K. awards (4)
- OBES
- 5 Down: "We Were Soldiers" setting (3)
- NAM
- 6 Down: Raises an outcry (7)
- CLAMORS
- 7 Down: "Hooked on Swing" jazzman Larry (6)
- ELGART
- 8 Down: Seeing red? (5)
- OWING
- 9 Down: Gambling too much, e.g. (4)
- VICE
- 10 Down: Loser in the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 (8)
- EDWARDII
- 11 Down: Find and destroy (7)
- ROOTOUT
- 12 Down: Italian beans, in a Dean Martin standard (6)
- FAZOOL
- 13 Down: Base person (6)
- WRETCH
- 14 Down: Base person? (5)
- SARGE
- 15 Down: See 38-Across (5)
- DRIES
- 19 Down: Figures, informally (4)
- BODS
- 22 Down: See 25-Down (4)
- PAIR
- 23 Down: Ooze (4)
- EMIT
- 25 Down: 22-Down that has split (4)
- EXES
- 26 Down: Ooze (4)
- SEEP
- 27 Down: One stirring the pot (8)
- AGITATOR
- 28 Down: It can be frightening when one is popped (4)
- QUIZ
- 29 Down: The French smoke it (5)
- TABAC
- 30 Down: Bug's place? (6)
- INARUG
- 31 Down: Drop leaf supporter (7)
- GATELEG
- 32 Down: They're short on T's (7)
- SLEEVES
- 33 Down: Call for delivery (7)
- ORDERIN
- 34 Down: One with a mortgage, e.g. (6)
- LIENEE
- 35 Down: Opposite of avant (5)
- APRES
- 37 Down: Many an opening shot (6)
- FADEIN
- 38 Down: Cataclysm (6)
- DELUGE
- 40 Down: The Great Dane of entertainment (5)
- BORGE
- 41 Down: Petrol purchase (5)
- LITRE
- 43 Down: Smoke, e.g. (4)
- CURE
- 44 Down: Thing with pétalos (4)
- FLOR
- 46 Down: Lines at a checkout counter?: Abbr. (3)
- UPC
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