Monday Crossword — November 30, 2009 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/30/2009. By Oliver Hill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Sunset direction (4)
WEST
5 Across: ___ sign (=) (5)
EQUAL
10 Across: Tempe sch. (3)
ASU
13 Across: State as fact (4)
AVER
14 Across: Breast-fed (6)
NURSED
16 Across: Vigor (3)
PEP
17 Across: Latvia's capital (4)
RIGA
18 Across: 186,000 miles per second (10)
LIGHTSPEED
20 Across: Child's friend (8)
PLAYMATE
22 Across: Breastbones (6)
STERNA
23 Across: Central points (4)
FOCI
24 Across: Nonsense singing (4)
SCAT
25 Across: Not making any sounds (15)
ASQUIETASAMOUSE
32 Across: Left-handed Beatle (4)
PAUL
33 Across: Fetes (5)
GALAS
34 Across: Prefix with skeleton (3)
EXO
35 Across: Not too soft, as pasta (7)
ALDENTE
38 Across: Clearasil target (3)
ZIT
41 Across: Sing like Bing Crosby (5)
CROON
42 Across: Taboo (4)
NONO
43 Across: Seabird native to the Galápagos Islands (15)
BLUEFOOTEDBOOBY
49 Across: "My bad!" (4)
OOPS
50 Across: Worms, for a fisherman (4)
BAIT
51 Across: Reveal (6)
UNMASK
54 Across: Only American League player to win a batting crown without hitting a home run (8)
RODCAREW
58 Across: French novelist who had an affair with Frédéric Chopin (10)
GEORGESAND
60 Across: ___ noire (4)
BETE
61 Across: 60-min. periods (3)
HRS
62 Across: Chic (6)
TRENDY
63 Across: "I can't believe ___ the whole thing!" (4)
IATE
64 Across: Fast jet, for short (3)
SST
65 Across: ___ Rizzo, Dustin Hoffman role (5)
RATSO
66 Across: Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across (4)
TRAP

Down Answers

1 Down: Twist out of shape (4)
WARP
2 Down: Blackhearted (4)
EVIL
3 Down: Dreamcast game company (4)
SEGA
4 Down: Amount of food at a cafeteria checkout (7)
TRAYFUL
5 Down: Intertwine (6)
ENLACE
6 Down: "Cut that out!" (6)
QUITIT
7 Down: Feel the ___ (4)
URGE
8 Down: Cigarette's end (3)
ASH
9 Down: "___ Go Crazy" (#1 Prince hit) (4)
LETS
10 Down: Hasty glance (6)
APERCU
11 Down: Perceived to be (6)
SEENAS
12 Down: Supply with more recent info (6)
UPDATE
15 Down: Summer clocks are set to it: Abbr. (3)
DST
19 Down: Mexican moolah (5)
PESOS
21 Down: "Après ___ le déluge" (3)
MOI
25 Down: Mimic (3)
APE
26 Down: "Wailing" instrument (3)
SAX
27 Down: Status ___ (3)
QUO
28 Down: 15-percenter (5)
AGENT
29 Down: ___ Fernando Valley (3)
SAN
30 Down: PC key (3)
ALT
31 Down: Fannie ___ (home financing group) (3)
MAE
35 Down: Terrier's bark (3)
ARF
36 Down: London lavatory (3)
LOO
37 Down: Scooby-___ (3)
DOO
38 Down: Where to see elephants and elands (3)
ZOO
39 Down: Schubert's Symphony No. 8 ___ Minor (3)
INB
40 Down: Many an item in Santa's bag (3)
TOY
41 Down: ___ Romero, onetime player of the Joker (5)
CESAR
42 Down: Zilch (7)
NOTABIT
43 Down: Tree branches (6)
BOUGHS
44 Down: Recluses (6)
LONERS
45 Down: Like Brahmins in the caste system (6)
UPMOST
46 Down: Old U.S. gov't investments (6)
EBONDS
47 Down: Cool cat (6)
DADDYO
48 Down: Inexpensive pen (3)
BIC
52 Down: ___ Pepper (3)
SGT
53 Down: Deborah of "The King and I" (4)
KERR
54 Down: Diatribe (4)
RANT
55 Down: Derrière (4)
REAR
56 Down: Jazzy James (4)
ETTA
57 Down: Bawl (4)
WEEP
59 Down: Adriatic or Aegean (3)
SEA

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