Friday Crossword — December 18, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 12/18/2009. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Huh?" (7)
- SAYWHAT
- 8 Across: Rule without exceptions (7)
- IRONLAW
- 15 Across: Sent a line, say (7)
- WROTETO
- 16 Across: "The Imaginary Invalid" playwright (7)
- MOLIERE
- 17 Across: Request for entertainment (7)
- AMUSEME
- 18 Across: Words of acclamation (7)
- ALLHAIL
- 19 Across: 1984 historical novel, with "The" (3)
- HAJ
- 20 Across: Home to Torrey Pines Golf Course (7)
- LAJOLLA
- 22 Across: Bellini's "___ furor delle tempeste" (3)
- NEL
- 23 Across: Think piece? (4)
- IDEA
- 25 Across: Mini replacements (5)
- NANOS
- 26 Across: Tiny opening? (4)
- ITTY
- 27 Across: Shortsighted solution? (5)
- LASIK
- 29 Across: Período de 31 días (3)
- MES
- 30 Across: Fed. bill (5)
- TNOTE
- 31 Across: Peninsula south of the Gulf of Trieste (6)
- ISTRIA
- 33 Across: Breaks (8)
- RECESSES
- 35 Across: The Sun and Mercury are in it: Abbr. (4)
- WNBA
- 37 Across: It may come from a loud speaker (4)
- RANT
- 38 Across: Place for a collared person (8)
- SQUADCAR
- 42 Across: Means of obtaining data about planets (6)
- FLYBYS
- 46 Across: Picks out (5)
- CULLS
- 47 Across: Gen. Pershing's command: Abbr. (3)
- AEF
- 49 Across: Hit to short right, say (5)
- BLOOP
- 50 Across: Calculated thing (4)
- RISK
- 51 Across: Shellac (5)
- CREAM
- 53 Across: Outfielder Chávez (4)
- ENDY
- 54 Across: One in a long line of workers? (3)
- ANT
- 55 Across: Certain pitch (7)
- COALTAR
- 57 Across: "The ___ of Malta," Christopher Marlowe play (3)
- JEW
- 58 Across: Comic character in whiteface (7)
- PIERROT
- 60 Across: Marker maker (7)
- CRAYOLA
- 62 Across: Neither here nor there? (7)
- ENROUTE
- 63 Across: Offer to host (7)
- ASKOVER
- 64 Across: Now gender-neutral (7)
- DESEXED
- 65 Across: Gritty TV series set in Baltimore (7)
- THEWIRE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "Kwanzaa" comes from it (7)
- SWAHILI
- 2 Down: Forces afloat (7)
- ARMADAS
- 3 Down: "C'mon, that can't be true!" (7)
- YOUJEST
- 4 Down: Birth data: Abbr. (3)
- WTS
- 5 Down: Height enhancer (4)
- HEEL
- 6 Down: Hindu soul (5)
- ATMAN
- 7 Down: Digital detritus (6)
- TOEJAM
- 8 Down: Second song on "Beatles '65" (8)
- IMALOSER
- 9 Down: Drum set? (5)
- ROLLS
- 10 Down: Indian water holder (4)
- OLLA
- 11 Down: Biomedical research inits. (3)
- NIH
- 12 Down: Rough housing (7)
- LEANTOS
- 13 Down: Opera quickie (7)
- ARIETTE
- 14 Down: "Actually, it's true" (7)
- WELLYES
- 21 Down: Standout (4)
- ONER
- 24 Down: High passageway between buildings (7)
- AIRWALK
- 26 Down: Fashionable (7)
- INSTYLE
- 28 Down: Stripes (5)
- KINDS
- 30 Down: Like some dumbbells: Abbr. (5)
- TENLB
- 32 Down: First string? (3)
- ABC
- 34 Down: Half-___ (coffee order) (3)
- CAF
- 36 Down: Superior, as an investment (8)
- AAARATED
- 38 Down: Like some elbows and fenders (7)
- SCRAPED
- 39 Down: Tonic water ingredient (7)
- QUININE
- 40 Down: Wool coats (7)
- ULSTERS
- 41 Down: Line holder (4)
- REEL
- 43 Down: First hard rock band to score a #1 country hit (7)
- BONJOVI
- 44 Down: Producer of high and outside pitches? (7)
- YODELER
- 45 Down: Virus kin (7)
- SPYWARE
- 48 Down: Deep-pocketed type (6)
- FATCAT
- 51 Down: "My Fair Lady" actor Robert (5)
- COOTE
- 52 Down: Place for a crane (5)
- MARSH
- 55 Down: Gist (4)
- CRUX
- 56 Down: Make a pile in a casino? (4)
- RAKE
- 59 Down: Eggs sometimes served on toast (3)
- ROE
- 61 Down: "Man, that hurts!" (3)
- YOW
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