Thursday Crossword — April 23, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/23/2009. By Steve Dobis.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Starring role (4)
- LEAD
- 5 Across: Way to go (4)
- PATH
- 9 Across: Certain sultan's subject (5)
- OMANI
- 14 Across: "There was a time ..." (4)
- ONCE
- 15 Across: It's headed by a deputy asst. secy. of labor (4)
- OSHA
- 16 Across: They need their bearings (5)
- AUTOS
- 17 Across: See 71-Across (15)
- GODFATHEROFSOUL
- 20 Across: Romance fiction or horror films, e.g. (6)
- ESCAPE
- 21 Across: Midcentury year (3)
- MDL
- 22 Across: European tongue (4)
- ERSE
- 23 Across: Small change (4)
- CENT
- 25 Across: Letters at sea (3)
- USS
- 27 Across: See 71-Across (15)
- FEDEXCOMPETITOR
- 35 Across: Basic education, familiarly (3)
- RRR
- 36 Across: House support? (3)
- YEA
- 37 Across: Language that contains no adjectives (6)
- NAVAHO
- 38 Across: Redolence (5)
- AROMA
- 41 Across: Do colorful work (3)
- DYE
- 43 Across: Coffee break time, maybe (5)
- TENAM
- 44 Across: Generic (6)
- NONAME
- 46 Across: "I'll take that as ___" (3)
- ANO
- 48 Across: E.T.S. offering (3)
- GRE
- 49 Across: See 71-Across (15)
- CLEVELANDPLAYER
- 53 Across: "Yes, ___!" (3)
- SIR
- 54 Across: Alternative to "roll the dice" (4)
- SPIN
- 55 Across: Band lineup (4)
- GIGS
- 59 Across: Microwave (3)
- ZAP
- 61 Across: Available (6)
- ONCALL
- 65 Across: See 71-Across (15)
- IVYLEAGUESCHOOL
- 68 Across: Drill (5)
- BORER
- 69 Across: Def Leppard hit "Pour Some Sugar ___" (4)
- ONME
- 70 Across: Approved (4)
- OKED
- 71 Across: Shade that defines 17-, 27-, 49- and 65-Across (5)
- BROWN
- 72 Across: Title grp. in an ABC drama (4)
- NYPD
- 73 Across: Barbecue order (4)
- RIBS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: High-priced ticket option (4)
- LOGE
- 2 Down: Great-great-great-grandfather of Methuselah (4)
- ENOS
- 3 Down: Electrical letters (4)
- ACDC
- 4 Down: Scrawl graffiti on, e.g. (6)
- DEFACE
- 5 Down: Strength (7)
- POTENCY
- 6 Down: Word with mountain or fly (3)
- ASH
- 7 Down: Not us (4)
- THEM
- 8 Down: Indigent (6)
- HARDUP
- 9 Down: Klutz (3)
- OAF
- 10 Down: Inspiration (4)
- MUSE
- 11 Down: Decor finish? (4)
- ATOR
- 12 Down: Us, abroad (4)
- NOUS
- 13 Down: Bikini, e.g. (4)
- ISLE
- 18 Down: Culminating point (4)
- APEX
- 19 Down: Merlin of football and TV (5)
- OLSEN
- 24 Down: Pointy-___ (4)
- TOED
- 26 Down: Rebounds, e.g. (4)
- STAT
- 27 Down: Swiss capital (5)
- FRANC
- 28 Down: Documentarian Morris (5)
- ERROL
- 29 Down: Queen's attendant (5)
- DRONE
- 30 Down: Like some pyramids (5)
- MAYAN
- 31 Down: "___ got you" (3)
- IVE
- 32 Down: Having a bite (5)
- TANGY
- 33 Down: Almost 80 million people visit it yearly (5)
- OHARE
- 34 Down: Former Colorado governor Roy (5)
- ROMER
- 39 Down: Dallas hoopster, briefly (3)
- MAV
- 40 Down: Where the Iowa Straw Poll is done (4)
- AMES
- 42 Down: Goals (4)
- ENDS
- 45 Down: "My Fair Lady" lady (5)
- ELIZA
- 47 Down: Fought against (7)
- OPPOSED
- 50 Down: One of Isabella I's kingdoms (6)
- ARAGON
- 51 Down: "The Mod Squad" role (4)
- LINC
- 52 Down: Mainstay (6)
- ANCHOR
- 55 Down: 1970s-'80s singer Andy (4)
- GIBB
- 56 Down: Songwriter Novello (4)
- IVOR
- 57 Down: Urban sidewalk vendor's offering (4)
- GYRO
- 58 Down: Boatload (4)
- SLEW
- 60 Down: Pint-size (4)
- PUNY
- 62 Down: Golfer Isao ___ (4)
- AOKI
- 63 Down: Financial writer Marshall (4)
- LOEB
- 64 Down: Attorneys' degs. (4)
- LLDS
- 66 Down: Coastal flier (3)
- ERN
- 67 Down: Great Brit., e.g., in years past (3)
- EMP
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