Friday Crossword — April 9, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 4/9/2010. By Ned White.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Flower-scented refresher (10)
JASMINETEA
11 Across: P.D. personnel (4)
SGTS
15 Across: Flimflam's antithesis (10)
SQUAREDEAL
16 Across: Drink in a sippy cup (4)
WAWA
17 Across: Longtime battler of the Mongols (10)
BUCKROGERS
18 Across: Antony's love (4)
AMOR
19 Across: It flows through Knottingley (4)
AIRE
20 Across: Chicago Sting's org. (4)
NASL
21 Across: Writer who created Shrek (5)
STEIG
22 Across: Court figure (5)
CLERK
24 Across: Word with pain or treatment (5)
ROYAL
26 Across: Support at the top? (3)
BRA
27 Across: Pain (6)
HASSLE
29 Across: They utilize high bands (8)
FMRADIOS
31 Across: World leader whose full name included Abdel twice (6)
ARAFAT
33 Across: Catering hall sights (4)
URNS
34 Across: Changing places with swimmers? (7)
CABANAS
38 Across: Rat (7)
SOANDSO
40 Across: Hit from the 1997 album "Surfacing" (4)
ADIA
41 Across: Subs (6)
SITSIN
43 Across: Gets information from, in a way (8)
DEBRIEFS
45 Across: Sweetens (6)
SUGARS
50 Across: Fighting something, say (3)
ILL
51 Across: Like jerky (5)
DRIED
53 Across: Sign of availability (5)
TOLET
54 Across: Sanctuaries (5)
LAIRS
56 Across: Second-century year (4)
CLII
58 Across: Locale of the radial notch (4)
ULNA
59 Across: Pet problem (4)
LICE
60 Across: Alternative to alternative (10)
MAINSTREAM
62 Across: "As You Like It" servant (4)
ADAM
63 Across: One who used to go clubbing? (10)
TROGLODYTE
64 Across: Hanna-Barbera productions (4)
CELS
65 Across: Spots (10)
SETSEYESON

Down Answers

1 Down: "Original father of harmony," per Beethoven, briefly (6)
JSBACH
2 Down: Heavenly neighbor of Scutum (6)
AQUILA
3 Down: Former Ecuadorean money (6)
SUCRES
4 Down: Production team? (6)
MAKERS
5 Down: Like some cheap mdse. (3)
IRR
6 Down: It's noble (4)
NEON
7 Down: Guest in a library (5)
EDGAR
8 Down: Galls (7)
TEESOFF
9 Down: What a priest may say shortly after waking up (9)
EARLYMASS
10 Down: Lyricist Dubin and others (3)
ALS
11 Down: Clock (4)
SWAT
12 Down: Snipe, e.g. (8)
GAMEBIRD
13 Down: Some vintage clubs (8)
TWOIRONS
14 Down: Floating brown algae (8)
SARGASSO
21 Down: 1970s kidnapping grp. (3)
SLA
23 Down: Group in the Bogart film "Black Legion" (4)
KLAN
25 Down: Historical region on the Strait of Dover (6)
ARTOIS
28 Down: One way to take back one's words? (6)
ERASER
30 Down: Grayish brown (3)
DUN
32 Down: "Whatever" (9)
ASIFICARE
34 Down: Something that's the most luxurious of its kind (8)
CADILLAC
35 Down: Capital on Gulf St. Vincent (8)
ADELAIDE
36 Down: Like some thoroughly examined passages (8)
BIBLICAL
37 Down: River past Solothurn (3)
AAR
39 Down: "Everybody Loves ___" (Johnny Cash title track) (4)
ANUT
42 Down: He wrote "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" (7)
TSELIOT
44 Down: They're often needed to go clubbing (3)
IDS
46 Down: 100 centimes (6)
GOURDE
47 Down: Where semis aren't typically seen (6)
ALLEYS
48 Down: Opera character who sings "Eri tu" (6)
RENATO
49 Down: A bee may be on it (6)
STAMEN
52 Down: Minor accident results (5)
DINGS
55 Down: Phenomena after retiring (4)
REMS
57 Down: It's often volcanic (4)
ISLE
60 Down: They're often volcanic: Abbr. (3)
MTS
61 Down: Transformer, e.g. (3)
TOY

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