Wednesday Crossword — February 24, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/24/2010. By Kenneth J. Berniker.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fix firmly (5)
- RIVET
- 6 Across: Bust ___ (laugh hard) (4)
- ARIB
- 10 Across: Colombia's second-largest city (4)
- CALI
- 14 Across: Walled city of Spain (5)
- AVILA
- 15 Across: "Forbidden" perfume brand (4)
- TABU
- 16 Across: Service closer (4)
- AMEN
- 17 Across: Focus of some contemplation (5)
- NAVEL
- 18 Across: Control tower word (4)
- OVER
- 19 Across: Cozy corner (4)
- NOOK
- 20 Across: Hoopsters turn down singer Stevie? (14)
- KNICKSNIXNICKS
- 23 Across: Singing the blues (3)
- SAD
- 24 Across: Filled fare (4)
- TACO
- 25 Across: Taxonomic suffix (3)
- OTE
- 26 Across: Misplace comic Costello's privies? (12)
- LOSELOUSLOOS
- 31 Across: "The Square Egg" author (4)
- SAKI
- 34 Across: Keen on (4)
- INTO
- 35 Across: Maximilian I's realm: Abbr. (3)
- HRE
- 36 Across: 20-, 26-, 46- and 56-Across, homophonically speaking (7)
- TRIPLES
- 40 Across: Yup'ik and others (7)
- ESKIMOS
- 42 Across: Like a petty officer: Abbr. (3)
- ENL
- 43 Across: Martinique et Corsica (4)
- ILES
- 45 Across: Org. with a closing bell (4)
- NYSE
- 46 Across: Apportion hamburgers to track runners? (12)
- METEMEETMEAT
- 51 Across: Get-up-and-go (3)
- VIM
- 52 Across: Candidates for witness protection programs (4)
- RATS
- 53 Across: Secretary Geithner (3)
- TIM
- 56 Across: Compose the appropriate ceremony? (14)
- WRITERIGHTRITE
- 60 Across: Austria's capital, to Austrians (4)
- WIEN
- 61 Across: Kind of tide (4)
- NEAP
- 62 Across: Rushed (5)
- RANAT
- 63 Across: Grp. including Nigeria and Venezuela (4)
- OPEC
- 64 Across: "Mon Oncle" star (4)
- TATI
- 65 Across: Speedy Washington-to-Boston link (5)
- ACELA
- 66 Across: Chinese toy, for short (4)
- PEKE
- 67 Across: German admiral who went down with the Scharnhorst (4)
- SPEE
- 68 Across: Custodian's supply (5)
- LYSOL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Admiral and others (5)
- RANKS
- 2 Down: The first Mrs. Trump (5)
- IVANA
- 3 Down: Like some imaginations (5)
- VIVID
- 4 Down: T.V.A. output (4)
- ELEC
- 5 Down: Have a word with (6)
- TALKTO
- 6 Down: On the double (6)
- ATONCE
- 7 Down: Filled fare (7)
- RAVIOLI
- 8 Down: Alpine goat (4)
- IBEX
- 9 Down: Rat race casualties (8)
- BURNOUTS
- 10 Down: Alternative to "Continue" in an online order (6)
- CANCEL
- 11 Down: In a frenzy (4)
- AMOK
- 12 Down: 13 popes, so far (4)
- LEOS
- 13 Down: Tattooist's supply (3)
- INK
- 21 Down: Airline in the Star Alliance (3)
- SAS
- 22 Down: "No harm, no foul" (5)
- ITSOK
- 26 Down: Sass (3)
- LIP
- 27 Down: Pee Wee Reese, for the Dodgers (3)
- ONE
- 28 Down: "Heavens!" (4)
- OHMY
- 29 Down: Top prizes at the Juegos Olímpicos (4)
- OROS
- 30 Down: Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko (4)
- SESE
- 31 Down: Part of many musical notes (4)
- STEM
- 32 Down: Former Minnesota governor Carlson (4)
- ARNE
- 33 Down: Piper's wear (4)
- KILT
- 37 Down: The sky, it's said (5)
- LIMIT
- 38 Down: Things on a table (8)
- ELEMENTS
- 39 Down: "Get it?" (3)
- SEE
- 41 Down: Cause of a turnover: Abbr. (3)
- INT
- 44 Down: Make furrows in (7)
- STRIATE
- 47 Down: Show clearly (6)
- EVINCE
- 48 Down: Heckle or Jeckle of cartoons (6)
- MAGPIE
- 49 Down: Haile Selassie's land: Abbr. (3)
- ETH
- 50 Down: Like some planetarium projections (6)
- ASTRAL
- 53 Down: Sticking points (5)
- TINES
- 54 Down: Author Calvino (5)
- ITALO
- 55 Down: Like most golf woods, nowadays (5)
- METAL
- 56 Down: Towelette, e.g. (4)
- WIPE
- 57 Down: Need a bath badly (4)
- REEK
- 58 Down: Take in (4)
- REAP
- 59 Down: Blue (4)
- RACY
- 60 Down: Doo-___ (3)
- WOP
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