Thursday Crossword — February 26, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 2/26/2009. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Toastmaster's offering (4)
- JOKE
- 5 Across: Worked regularly at (5)
- PLIED
- 10 Across: Home of Ensenada, informally (4)
- BAJA
- 14 Across: "The ___ of Frankenstein" (Peter Cushing film) (4)
- EVIL
- 15 Across: Poet Federico García ___ (5)
- LORCA
- 16 Across: Acct. ___ (4)
- EXEC
- 17 Across: Delft, e.g. (4)
- WARE
- 18 Across: "Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson (5)
- ANART
- 19 Across: "Hard ___!" (captain's order) (4)
- ALEE
- 20 Across: Residence (14)
- LIVINGQUARTERS
- 23 Across: Some music on the Warped Tour (3)
- EMO
- 24 Across: "___ see!" (3)
- SOI
- 25 Across: It has to be asked (15)
- BURNINGQUESTION
- 34 Across: Troubled (5)
- ATEAT
- 35 Across: Like Petruchio's wench in "The Taming of the Shrew" (5)
- LUSTY
- 36 Across: Middle year of Nero's reign (3)
- LXI
- 37 Across: Santa's reindeer, e.g. (4)
- TEAM
- 38 Across: Common origami figures (5)
- BOATS
- 39 Across: Ask for (4)
- SEEK
- 40 Across: ___ de coeur (3)
- CRI
- 41 Across: Clean, in a way (5)
- ERASE
- 42 Across: Consumer electronics giant (5)
- SANYO
- 43 Across: Alumni weekend V.I.P. (15)
- HOMECOMINGQUEEN
- 46 Across: 1961 Top 10 hit "Hello Mary ___" (3)
- LOU
- 47 Across: Texans' grp. (3)
- AFC
- 48 Across: Many Haydn compositions (14)
- STRINGQUARTETS
- 56 Across: It comes from Mars (4)
- TWIX
- 57 Across: Casts (5)
- HURLS
- 58 Across: Firm honcho (4)
- PREZ
- 60 Across: Centers of activity (4)
- LOCI
- 61 Across: Finnish architect Alvar ___ (5)
- AALTO
- 62 Across: Ambiance (4)
- AURA
- 63 Across: Something in the air (4)
- ODOR
- 64 Across: Words repeated after "O Absalom" in the Bible (5)
- MYSON
- 65 Across: Occurrence in the moon's first quarter (4)
- NEAP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Wandering ___ (3)
- JEW
- 2 Down: Eyeglass lens shape (4)
- OVAL
- 3 Down: ___ Davis, "A Girl Like Me" documentarian (4)
- KIRI
- 4 Down: Matinee showing time, maybe (8)
- ELEVENAM
- 5 Down: Have in mind (6)
- PLANON
- 6 Down: Pants spec (4)
- LONG
- 7 Down: Modern home of the ancient Akkadian empire (4)
- IRAQ
- 8 Down: It's similar to cream (4)
- ECRU
- 9 Down: Records for computer processing (8)
- DATASETS
- 10 Down: "Vamoose!" (6)
- BEATIT
- 11 Down: Part of a wheelset (4)
- AXLE
- 12 Down: Raspberry (4)
- JEER
- 13 Down: Reno's AAA baseball team (4)
- ACES
- 21 Down: "You're looking at your guy!" (4)
- IMIT
- 22 Down: Upbeat (4)
- ROSY
- 25 Down: Bake sale display (5)
- BATCH
- 26 Down: "In ___" (1993 #1 album) (5)
- UTERO
- 27 Down: Adjust, as a satellite dish (5)
- REAIM
- 28 Down: Twilight, old-style (5)
- GLOAM
- 29 Down: Somewhat (5)
- QUASI
- 30 Down: Old hwy. from Detroit to Seattle (5)
- USTEN
- 31 Down: "The L Word" creator/producer Chaiken (5)
- ILENE
- 32 Down: False sunflower (5)
- OXEYE
- 33 Down: Coolpix camera maker (5)
- NIKON
- 38 Down: Closed carriage with the driver outside in front (8)
- BROUGHAM
- 39 Down: Its home is on the range (8)
- SAUCEPAN
- 41 Down: Capital subj. (4)
- ECON
- 42 Down: Carpet meas. (4)
- SQFT
- 44 Down: Alchemist's concoction (6)
- ELIXIR
- 45 Down: She played Mrs. Miniver in "Mrs. Miniver" (6)
- GARSON
- 48 Down: French town of W.W. II (4)
- STLO
- 49 Down: Lacking depth (4)
- TWOD
- 50 Down: Opposite of pobre (4)
- RICO
- 51 Down: Unloading site (4)
- QUAY
- 52 Down: They may be bookmarked (4)
- URLS
- 53 Down: Certain castrato (4)
- ALTO
- 54 Down: Legitimate (4)
- TRUE
- 55 Down: "Buona ___" (4)
- SERA
- 59 Down: Delete in one quick stroke (3)
- ZAP
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