Friday Crossword — January 30, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/30/2009. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Woolly bear, eventually (4)
- MOTH
- 5 Across: City at the foot of Mount Entoto (10)
- ADDISABABA
- 15 Across: Cross letters (4)
- INRI
- 16 Across: Sludge buildup sites (10)
- CRANKCASES
- 17 Across: Like falling off ___ (4)
- ALOG
- 18 Across: Brownish orange (10)
- TERRACOTTA
- 19 Across: Early 20th-century New York City mayor (7)
- SETHLOW
- 21 Across: Many a defender: Abbr. (3)
- ATT
- 22 Across: Rule that ended in 1947 (3)
- RAJ
- 23 Across: Journalist with a widely read "Report" (10)
- MATTDRUDGE
- 25 Across: Newbie: Var. (4)
- TIRO
- 26 Across: Maintains (5)
- AVERS
- 27 Across: Not overseas (3)
- PAS
- 28 Across: ___ moment (5)
- KODAK
- 29 Across: Not at all wet (4)
- SERE
- 30 Across: Be visibly disconsolate (3)
- SOB
- 31 Across: Steakhouse order (6)
- RIBEYE
- 32 Across: Foundation maker (4)
- AVON
- 34 Across: It may be mined (4)
- DATA
- 35 Across: Warnings, to Juan (6)
- AVISOS
- 38 Across: Peter Pan rival (3)
- JIF
- 39 Across: "The Emperor's Snuff-Box" novelist John Dickson ___ (4)
- CARR
- 43 Across: 1980s Big Apple nightclub with a chemical name (5)
- XENON
- 44 Across: Mattress problem (3)
- SAG
- 45 Across: Cliffside detritus (5)
- SCREE
- 46 Across: ___ outing (4)
- ONAN
- 47 Across: Cry when you don't think you'll make it (10)
- WEREDOOMED
- 49 Across: Some linemen: Abbr. (3)
- LTS
- 50 Across: ESPN analyst Pasquarelli (3)
- LEN
- 51 Across: Hits a line drive (7)
- RIPSONE
- 52 Across: Gardener or landscaper (10)
- OUTSIDEMAN
- 55 Across: "Women and Love" writer (4)
- HITE
- 56 Across: Some forms are filled out in it (10)
- TRIPLICATE
- 57 Across: City south of West Jordan on I-15 (4)
- OREM
- 58 Across: 1993 Emmy winner for "Seinfeld" (10)
- LARRYDAVID
- 59 Across: Asian lang. (4)
- PERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Noxious vapors (7)
- MIASMAS
- 2 Down: Ashore, maybe (7)
- ONLEAVE
- 3 Down: Horse in harness (7)
- TROTTER
- 4 Down: It has made many people lose their heads (11)
- HIGHTREASON
- 5 Down: Person in an apron (5)
- ACTOR
- 6 Down: Tapped (8)
- DREWUPON
- 7 Down: ___ el Beida (Casablanca, to its natives) (3)
- DAR
- 8 Down: Destitute-looking (6)
- INRAGS
- 9 Down: Work on one's figure, say (5)
- SKATE
- 10 Down: A.T.M. receipt abbr. (4)
- ACCT
- 11 Down: ___ Dai (last emperor of Vietnam) (3)
- BAO
- 12 Down: One way to sit on a chair (7)
- ASTRIDE
- 13 Down: Tritium output (7)
- BETARAY
- 14 Down: Facetiously (7)
- ASAJOKE
- 20 Down: Denom. with elders (3)
- LDS
- 24 Down: Touch (3)
- DAB
- 25 Down: Briar locale (11)
- TOBACCOSHOP
- 28 Down: Young fox (3)
- KIT
- 30 Down: 911 call, e.g. (3)
- SOS
- 31 Down: Org. involved in the gulf war (3)
- RAF
- 33 Down: From, in some names (3)
- VON
- 34 Down: Computer-savvy crowd (8)
- DIGERATI
- 35 Down: Salamander variety (7)
- AXOLOTL
- 36 Down: Classic Pontiac (7)
- VENTURA
- 37 Down: Excited (7)
- INASTIR
- 38 Down: Big bump (3)
- JAR
- 40 Down: Dresser alternative (7)
- ARMOIRE
- 41 Down: Verify, as a password (7)
- REENTER
- 42 Down: Saves (7)
- REDEEMS
- 44 Down: "Phoenissae" playwright (6)
- SENECA
- 45 Down: Offering of appeasement (3)
- SOP
- 47 Down: "___ it!" (cry of accomplishment) (5)
- WEDID
- 48 Down: Had a 31-Across, e.g. (5)
- DINED
- 50 Down: Asparagus's family (4)
- LILY
- 53 Down: May days?: Abbr. (3)
- SPR
- 54 Down: Big D cager (3)
- MAV
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