Monday Crossword — January 11, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/11/2010. By Ron and Nancy Byron.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Go back and forth in deciding (5)
WAVER
6 Across: Traffic tie-ups (4)
JAMS
10 Across: Hit hard (4)
BASH
14 Across: Common cause of food poisoning (5)
ECOLI
15 Across: Qatari ruler (4)
EMIR
16 Across: Melville novel (4)
OMOO
17 Across: Alaska boondoggle in 2008 campaign news (15)
BRIDGETONOWHERE
20 Across: Eliot's "Adam ___" (4)
BEDE
21 Across: Roman 552 (4)
DLII
22 Across: Put a spell on (5)
HEXED
23 Across: Relative of an ostrich (4)
RHEA
25 Across: Part of a mushroom (4)
STEM
27 Across: Place to get gas (14)
FILLINGSTATION
33 Across: Minds (5)
OBEYS
34 Across: Tue. follower (3)
WED
35 Across: Having ___ of fun (4)
ATON
37 Across: Yukon S.U.V. maker (3)
GMC
38 Across: Very hot and dry (7)
SAHARAN
42 Across: Uno + due (3)
TRE
43 Across: Reach across (4)
SPAN
45 Across: '60s-'70s service site (3)
NAM
46 Across: Molecule parts (5)
ATOMS
48 Across: Full-size Fords (14)
CROWNVICTORIAS
52 Across: Quaker pronoun (4)
THEE
53 Across: Where Obama was born (4)
OAHU
54 Across: Texas A & M player (5)
AGGIE
57 Across: Summit (4)
APEX
59 Across: Degrees for corp. execs (4)
MBAS
63 Across: Gets ready to crash (15)
BRACESFORIMPACT
66 Across: Cotton unit (4)
BALE
67 Across: State north of Ill. (4)
WISC
68 Across: MetLife competitor (5)
AETNA
69 Across: Still sleeping (4)
ABED
70 Across: Suffix with major (4)
ETTE
71 Across: Bygone anesthetic (5)
ETHER

Down Answers

1 Down: Jack who played Sgt. Friday (4)
WEBB
2 Down: Plot unit (4)
ACRE
3 Down: Null and ___ (4)
VOID
4 Down: Getting on in years (7)
ELDERLY
5 Down: Semi-tractor trailer (3)
RIG
6 Down: Trans-Atlantic air traveler's woe (6)
JETLAG
7 Down: Mine, in Marseille (4)
AMOI
8 Down: Reverend (8)
MINISTER
9 Down: Sellout sign (3)
SRO
10 Down: Western part of the Czech Republic (7)
BOHEMIA
11 Down: "Don't leave home without it" card (4)
AMEX
12 Down: Achy (4)
SORE
13 Down: Cleared weeds, say (4)
HOED
18 Down: Genesis garden (4)
EDEN
19 Down: Hone (4)
WHET
24 Down: Snake's sound (4)
HISS
26 Down: "Didn't I do great?!" (4)
TADA
27 Down: Clouds (up) (4)
FOGS
28 Down: 1980s hardware that used Microsoft Basic (5)
IBMPC
29 Down: Old Renault (5)
LECAR
30 Down: Beturbaned seer (5)
SWAMI
31 Down: 10th-century Holy Roman emperor (5)
OTTOI
32 Down: ___ Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe) (5)
NORMA
36 Down: Eliot of "The Untouchables" (4)
NESS
39 Down: "The Diary of ___ Frank" (4)
ANNE
40 Down: Lose one's temper (8)
HAVEAFIT
41 Down: Sodium hydroxide, to a chemist (4)
NAOH
44 Down: Observed (7)
NOTICED
47 Down: Dizzy Gillespie's instrument (7)
TRUMPET
49 Down: Cry on a roller coaster (4)
WHEE
50 Down: Force (6)
COERCE
51 Down: Vehicle with a medallion (4)
TAXI
54 Down: "Dancing Queen" group (4)
ABBA
55 Down: Snatch (4)
GRAB
56 Down: Near-hurricane-force wind (4)
GALE
58 Down: Part of P.O. or P.S. (4)
POST
60 Down: The Wife of ___ (Chaucer character) (4)
BATH
61 Down: Teen affliction (4)
ACNE
62 Down: One of seven in the Big Dipper (4)
STAR
64 Down: Stockholm's land: Abbr. (3)
SWE
65 Down: Fannie ___ (3)
MAE

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