Tuesday Crossword — October 27, 2009
Difficulty: EasyGrid: 15x1576 clues~5-15 minBy Chuck Deodene10/27/2009
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Mountains (5 letters)
- 6 Across
- "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" has five of these (5 letters)
- 11 Across
- "Spare" thing at a barbecue (3 letters)
- 14 Across
- Eskimo (5 letters)
- 15 Across
- Instrument played with a bow (5 letters)
- 16 Across
- Gate guess: Abbr. (3 letters)
- 17 Across
- Solid with four triangular faces (11 letters)
- 19 Across
- Scoundrel (3 letters)
- 20 Across
- Lone Star Stater's northern neighbor (4 letters)
- 21 Across
- Unnamed person (7 letters)
- 23 Across
- Part of a word: Abbr. (3 letters)
- 25 Across
- Chief of staff in the Obama White House (11 letters)
- 28 Across
- Alternative to an iron, in golf (4 letters)
- 30 Across
- Sword fight, e.g. (4 letters)
- 31 Across
- Midway between sober and drunk (5 letters)
- 32 Across
- "Dies ___" (hymn) (4 letters)
- 33 Across
- Seat where people may sing 32-Across (3 letters)
- 34 Across
- Knee's place (3 letters)
- 35 Across
- Start of the Bible (7 letters)
- 37 Across
- Post-W.W. II demographic, informally (7 letters)
- 41 Across
- Bit of wordplay (3 letters)
- 42 Across
- Boar's mate (3 letters)
- 43 Across
- x, y and z, in math (4 letters)
- 44 Across
- Commercial writers (5 letters)
- 47 Across
- 1958 sci-fi classic, with "The" (4 letters)
- 48 Across
- Population fig., e.g. (4 letters)
- 49 Across
- High muck-a-muck (11 letters)
- 52 Across
- Lifesaving team, for short (3 letters)
- 53 Across
- Most difficult (7 letters)
- 54 Across
- Loretta who sang "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" (4 letters)
- 56 Across
- Cobbler's tool (3 letters)
- 57 Across
- Shouter of this puzzle's circled sounds (11 letters)
- 62 Across
- "Didn't I tell you?" (3 letters)
- 63 Across
- John Lennon's "Instant ___!" (5 letters)
- 64 Across
- Explosive (5 letters)
- 65 Across
- Word repeated after "If at first you don't succeed" (3 letters)
- 66 Across
- Bird of prey's dip (5 letters)
- 67 Across
- Previously, in poetry (5 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Quarry (3 letters)
- 2 Down
- Suffix with propyl (3 letters)
- 3 Down
- Help in buying a car (8 letters)
- 4 Down
- Captain for Spock and McCoy (4 letters)
- 5 Down
- Series of steps between floors (5 letters)
- 6 Down
- "___ been there" (3 letters)
- 7 Down
- Reinforcements (3 letters)
- 8 Down
- Tiny bit to eat (6 letters)
- 9 Down
- Flower (5 letters)
- 10 Down
- Redwood City's county (8 letters)
- 11 Down
- Win back, as losses (6 letters)
- 12 Down
- Online music mart (6 letters)
- 13 Down
- By a hair (6 letters)
- 18 Down
- First thing usually hit by a bowling ball (7 letters)
- 22 Down
- Riddles (7 letters)
- 23 Down
- Big swallow (4 letters)
- 24 Down
- Days of ___ (4 letters)
- 26 Down
- Colors (4 letters)
- 27 Down
- Kitten's plaint (3 letters)
- 29 Down
- Part of a pool for diving (7 letters)
- 34 Down
- Like an offer that's under actual value (7 letters)
- 36 Down
- Places for tanning (8 letters)
- 37 Down
- Idiot (4 letters)
- 38 Down
- Reach as far as (8 letters)
- 39 Down
- 500 sheets (4 letters)
- 40 Down
- Old trans-Atlantic speedsters (4 letters)
- 42 Down
- Driver's caution to reduce speed (3 letters)
- 44 Down
- Shocked (6 letters)
- 45 Down
- Bureau part (6 letters)
- 46 Down
- Jacob whose ghost appears to Scrooge (6 letters)
- 47 Down
- Fernando ___, painter of plump figures (6 letters)
- 50 Down
- "Nonsense!" (5 letters)
- 51 Down
- Carrion consumer (5 letters)
- 55 Down
- Innocent (4 letters)
- 58 Down
- Popular music style (3 letters)
- 59 Down
- Popular music style (3 letters)
- 60 Down
- Go wrong (3 letters)
- 61 Down
- ___ v. Wade (3 letters)
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