Thursday Crossword — December 17, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/17/2009. By Francis Heaney and Patrick Blindauer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Gulf competitor (4)
- ESSO
- 5 Across: "What Do You Do With ___ in English?" ("Avenue Q" song) (3)
- ABA
- 8 Across: Preserved, in a way (5)
- DRIED
- 13 Across: Vat waste (4)
- LEES
- 14 Across: Hipster (3)
- CAT
- 15 Across: A Previn (6)
- SOONYI
- 16 Across: Canaanite deity (4)
- BAAL
- 17 Across: Tractor make, briefly (3)
- CAT
- 18 Across: More sumptuously furnished (6)
- POSHER
- 19 Across: No holds barred (6)
- ALLOUT
- 21 Across: Craft that's the subject of this puzzle (8)
- NOAHSARK
- 23 Across: Subject of "Hofmann's Potion" (3)
- LSD
- 25 Across: Finish behind (5)
- TRAIL
- 26 Across: ___ Americano (5)
- CAFFE
- 30 Across: Customarily (5)
- OFTEN
- 32 Across: Physical sound (3)
- AHH
- 35 Across: United hub (5)
- OHARE
- 36 Across: ___ Haskins, 1960s-'70s N.B.A. player (4)
- CLEM
- 37 Across: "___, sing America": Langston Hughes (4)
- ITOO
- 38 Across: Spicy sauce (4)
- MOLE
- 39 Across: PX, e.g. (5)
- STORE
- 40 Across: Line to Penn Sta. (4)
- LIRR
- 41 Across: Marilyn's mark (4)
- MOLE
- 42 Across: Kind of board (4)
- COOP
- 43 Across: It may get food away from a canine (5)
- FLOSS
- 44 Across: Had eggs, e.g. (3)
- ATE
- 45 Across: Mercury and Gemini astronaut, informally (5)
- GORDO
- 46 Across: Forename meaning "born again" (5)
- RENEE
- 47 Across: Old-fashioned "Sweet!" (5)
- NEATO
- 49 Across: Group of pin-heads?: Abbr. (3)
- PBA
- 51 Across: How the passengers went in 21-Across (8)
- TWOBYTWO
- 54 Across: Brute (6)
- ANIMAL
- 59 Across: Paris's Rue de ___ (6)
- RIVOLI
- 60 Across: Frank (3)
- DOG
- 62 Across: National frozen dessert chain (4)
- TCBY
- 63 Across: Penguin from Antarctica (6)
- ADELIE
- 64 Across: Follow relentlessly (3)
- DOG
- 65 Across: Viking foe? (4)
- LION
- 66 Across: Excellence (5)
- MERIT
- 67 Across: Withdrawn (3)
- SHY
- 68 Across: Louis VIII nickname, with "the" (4)
- LION
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Hundred Days campaign planning site (4)
- ELBA
- 2 Down: It makes an impression (4)
- SEAL
- 3 Down: Navy commando (4)
- SEAL
- 4 Down: ___ City Hall, Nobel ceremony locale (4)
- OSLO
- 5 Down: Sales off. folders (5)
- ACCTS
- 6 Down: Sound made while being fleeced? (3)
- BAA
- 7 Down: Envelope abbr. (4)
- ATTN
- 8 Down: James of "Star Trek" (6)
- DOOHAN
- 9 Down: Allen and ___, old comedy duo (5)
- ROSSI
- 10 Down: It fills a chest (10)
- INHALATION
- 11 Down: Loupe user, say (4)
- EYER
- 12 Down: Dagger (4)
- DIRK
- 15 Down: "Puh-leeze!" (7)
- SPAREME
- 20 Down: Title role for a 1997 Oscar nominee (4)
- ULEE
- 22 Down: Sweet frozen treat (8)
- OTTERPOP
- 24 Down: "Billy Bathgate" novelist, 1989 (8)
- DOCTOROW
- 26 Down: "New York, New York" has one (5)
- COMMA
- 27 Down: "What ___!" ("So funny!") (5)
- AHOOT
- 28 Down: Toppled (10)
- FALLENOVER
- 29 Down: Available (4)
- FREE
- 31 Down: Reason for 21-Across (5)
- FLOOD
- 33 Down: Basketball shooting game (5)
- HORSE
- 34 Down: Gymnast's equipment (5)
- HORSE
- 37 Down: "Winnie ___ Pu" (4)
- ILLE
- 39 Down: Certain terrier (7)
- SCOTTIE
- 43 Down: Memorable 1996 hurricane (4)
- FRAN
- 45 Down: Works stocked by a bookstore with a rainbow flag (6)
- GAYLIT
- 48 Down: Locale in a Carlo Levi best seller (5)
- EBOLI
- 50 Down: Loose (5)
- BAGGY
- 51 Down: Vehicle that makes pit stops? (4)
- TRAM
- 52 Down: Like some loads (4)
- WIDE
- 53 Down: 2:1, e.g. (4)
- ODDS
- 55 Down: "___ be all right" (4)
- ITLL
- 56 Down: Early 12th-century year (4)
- MCII
- 57 Down: "Peek-___!" (4)
- ABOO
- 58 Down: "For Better or for Worse" cartoonist Johnston (4)
- LYNN
- 61 Down: "That's gotta hurt!" (3)
- OOH
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