Wednesday Crossword — May 13, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/13/2009. By Nancy Kavanaugh.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Windy City team (4)
- CUBS
- 5 Across: "Me, me, me" sort (4)
- DIVA
- 9 Across: Like a teddy bear (5)
- FUZZY
- 14 Across: Summer Games org. (4)
- USOC
- 15 Across: Radiate (4)
- EMIT
- 16 Across: Steinbeck migrants (5)
- OKIES
- 17 Across: Certain mortgage, briefly (4)
- REFI
- 18 Across: All over (4)
- ANEW
- 19 Across: Successfully defend (5)
- REPEL
- 20 Across: Spicy bar fare (12)
- BUFFALOWINGS
- 23 Across: Turns, in a way (6)
- SPOILS
- 24 Across: It may have orchids or plumerias (3)
- LEI
- 25 Across: Ceremonial utterance (3)
- IDO
- 28 Across: Yellow (11)
- LILYLIVERED
- 32 Across: Author Ferber (4)
- EDNA
- 36 Across: Kiltie's turndown (3)
- NAE
- 37 Across: Wipe out (6)
- NEGATE
- 38 Across: Cape Cod town (5)
- TRURO
- 40 Across: Baseball bigwigs, for short (3)
- GMS
- 42 Across: Largish combo (5)
- NONET
- 43 Across: Lacking melanin (6)
- ALBINO
- 45 Across: Where It.'s at (3)
- EUR
- 47 Across: "Dear" ones (4)
- SIRS
- 48 Across: Game to 11 points (11)
- TABLETENNIS
- 51 Across: Milk source (3)
- SOY
- 52 Across: Crew leader (3)
- COX
- 53 Across: Place for pampering (6)
- DAYSPA
- 58 Across: Easy preparation instruction ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across (12)
- JUSTADDWATER
- 61 Across: Big cheese (5)
- NABOB
- 64 Across: Form of silica (4)
- OPAL
- 65 Across: Group of thousands, maybe (4)
- CAST
- 66 Across: Muscat native (5)
- OMANI
- 67 Across: Comstock's find (4)
- LODE
- 68 Across: Scoreboard tally (4)
- HITS
- 69 Across: One, for one (5)
- DIGIT
- 70 Across: Sail support (4)
- SPAR
- 71 Across: 2004 Brad Pitt film (4)
- TROY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Cuts back (5)
- CURBS
- 2 Down: Finish off (5)
- USEUP
- 3 Down: Super, in showbiz (5)
- BOFFO
- 4 Down: "Futurama" genre (5)
- SCIFI
- 5 Down: Buys and sells (7)
- DEALSIN
- 6 Down: "___ expert, but ..." (4)
- IMNO
- 7 Down: Op-ed's offering (4)
- VIEW
- 8 Down: Freely (6)
- ATWILL
- 9 Down: Pardoned (8)
- FORGIVEN
- 10 Down: Luau strings (4)
- UKES
- 11 Down: Mail aid (3)
- ZIP
- 12 Down: Zuider ___ (3)
- ZEE
- 13 Down: Fashion monogram (3)
- YSL
- 21 Down: Tide competitor (3)
- ALL
- 22 Down: Frau's "forget it" (4)
- NEIN
- 25 Down: Certain Oriental rug maker (5)
- IRANI
- 26 Down: Ward off (5)
- DETER
- 27 Down: "Golden Boy" playwright (5)
- ODETS
- 29 Down: Internet annoyance (3)
- LAG
- 30 Down: Red Sea land (5)
- YEMEN
- 31 Down: They may clash (4)
- EGOS
- 32 Down: Les ___-Unis (5)
- ETATS
- 33 Down: 1964 Tony Randall title role (5)
- DRLAO
- 34 Down: Having a rough knotted surface (5)
- NUBBY
- 35 Down: Seed covering (4)
- ARIL
- 39 Down: 18 inches, give or take (8)
- ONECUBIT
- 41 Down: Radiation source (3)
- SUN
- 44 Down: Siouan speakers (4)
- OTOS
- 46 Down: "Batman" villain, with "the" (7)
- RIDDLER
- 49 Down: Sings the praises of (6)
- EXTOLS
- 50 Down: Go back and forth in the woods? (3)
- SAW
- 54 Down: America's Cup entrant (5)
- YACHT
- 55 Down: Flight part (5)
- STAIR
- 56 Down: Green topping (5)
- PESTO
- 57 Down: Too-too (5)
- ARTSY
- 58 Down: Mitchell who wrote and sang "Chelsea Morning" (4)
- JONI
- 59 Down: Per unit (4)
- APOP
- 60 Down: Jean Arp's movement (4)
- DADA
- 61 Down: Signal at Christie's (3)
- NOD
- 62 Down: "___ losing it?" (3)
- AMI
- 63 Down: Avocation, slangily (3)
- BAG
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