Tuesday Crossword — June 23, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/23/2009. By Caleb Madison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Place for an oath (5)
- ALTAR
- 6 Across: It's bugled on a base (4)
- TAPS
- 10 Across: Elevs. (4)
- HGTS
- 14 Across: Electron tube with two elements (5)
- DIODE
- 15 Across: Loads (4)
- ALOT
- 16 Across: Asia's shrunken ___ Sea (4)
- ARAL
- 17 Across: "Sharp Dressed Man" band (5)
- ZZTOP
- 18 Across: 1970 Kinks song (4)
- LOLA
- 19 Across: TV explorer of note (4)
- DORA
- 20 Across: Slapstick puppet show (12)
- PUNCHANDJUDY
- 23 Across: Didn't bother (6)
- LEFTBE
- 26 Across: Guthrie at Woodstock (4)
- ARLO
- 27 Across: Baseball's Young and others (3)
- CYS
- 28 Across: The Monkees' "___ Believer" (3)
- IMA
- 29 Across: Kind of tide (3)
- LEE
- 31 Across: Impress permanently (4)
- ETCH
- 33 Across: "I'm ready for anything!" (10)
- SOCKITTOME
- 37 Across: Centers of circles (4)
- FOCI
- 40 Across: Room at the top of stairs (5)
- ATTIC
- 41 Across: Mideast fed. (3)
- UAE
- 42 Across: Tacitus or Tiberius (5)
- ROMAN
- 43 Across: Not a mainstream religion (4)
- SECT
- 44 Across: Go get some shuteye (10)
- HITTHESACK
- 46 Across: Prefix with pad (4)
- HELI
- 48 Across: Mermaid's realm (3)
- SEA
- 49 Across: Mail carrier's assignment: Abbr. (3)
- RTE
- 50 Across: State of shock (3)
- AWE
- 52 Across: Custard ingredients (4)
- EGGS
- 55 Across: Drink said to prolong life (6)
- ELIXIR
- 57 Across: Yuletide tune (12)
- DECKTHEHALLS
- 60 Across: Mercury or Saturn (4)
- MAKE
- 61 Across: Wise to (4)
- INON
- 62 Across: da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM (5)
- IAMBS
- 66 Across: Tied (4)
- EVEN
- 67 Across: Je ne sais ___ (4)
- QUOI
- 68 Across: Like redheads' tempers, supposedly (5)
- FIERY
- 69 Across: Villain in 2009's "Star Trek" (4)
- NERO
- 70 Across: Bygone barrier breakers (4)
- SSTS
- 71 Across: Mystery writer's award (5)
- EDGAR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Carpenter's tool with a curved blade (3)
- ADZ
- 2 Down: Eight-times-married Taylor (3)
- LIZ
- 3 Down: Tyke (3)
- TOT
- 4 Down: Take on (5)
- ADOPT
- 5 Down: Form of government Plato wrote about (8)
- REPUBLIC
- 6 Down: Baby powder ingredient (4)
- TALC
- 7 Down: Lei giver's greeting (5)
- ALOHA
- 8 Down: ___ opposites (5)
- POLAR
- 9 Down: Co-creator of the Fantastic Four (7)
- STANLEE
- 10 Down: Journey to Mecca (4)
- HADJ
- 11 Down: He said "Here's to our wives and girlfriends ... may they never meet!" (11)
- GROUCHOMARX
- 12 Down: Arriving after the bell, say (5)
- TARDY
- 13 Down: Wows at a comedy club (5)
- SLAYS
- 21 Down: Classic brand of hair remover (4)
- NEET
- 22 Down: E, in Morse code (3)
- DOT
- 23 Down: Simpson and Kudrow (5)
- LISAS
- 24 Down: Ham it up (5)
- EMOTE
- 25 Down: Magazine staffer (11)
- FACTCHECKER
- 30 Down: It has many needles (4)
- ETUI
- 32 Down: Bus. honchos (4)
- CFOS
- 34 Down: Toy you might enjoy while running (4)
- KITE
- 35 Down: Basis for a Quaker cereal (3)
- OAT
- 36 Down: Citi Field team (4)
- METS
- 38 Down: They have many needles (5)
- CACTI
- 39 Down: Worker on a comic book (5)
- INKER
- 42 Down: Actuality (8)
- REALLIFE
- 44 Down: 140 and up, say (7)
- HIGHIQS
- 45 Down: Cad (4)
- HEEL
- 47 Down: Tennis umpire's cry (3)
- LET
- 50 Down: Some Madison Ave. workers (5)
- ADMEN
- 51 Down: Drive drunkenly, perhaps (5)
- WEAVE
- 53 Down: The "Homo" in "Homo sapiens" (5)
- GENUS
- 54 Down: "Tell me" (5)
- SHOOT
- 56 Down: "In case you didn't hear me the first time ..." (5)
- ISAID
- 58 Down: Casino game with Ping-Pong-like balls (4)
- KENO
- 59 Down: Spanish liqueur (4)
- ANIS
- 63 Down: Computer unit, informally (3)
- MEG
- 64 Down: Cup holder? (3)
- BRA
- 65 Down: Leb. neighbor (3)
- SYR
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