Thursday Crossword — April 22, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/22/2010. By Caleb Madison.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Like saddle shoes and bell-bottom pants (5)
DATED
6 Across: Beehive contents (4)
HAIR
10 Across: Cooking amts. (4)
TSPS
14 Across: Send (5)
ELATE
15 Across: It's found in arms (4)
AMMO
16 Across: Syngman ___, first president of South Korea (4)
RHEE
17 Across: Israeli political party (5)
LABOR
18 Across: One who's available when needed (9)
JOHNNYONX
20 Across: Need for a link (3)
URL
21 Across: Pilot, for one (7)
EPISODE
23 Across: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Roush (3)
EDD
24 Across: With 40-Across, key to the "map" of this puzzle (6)
XMARKS
26 Across: Like a small egg (6)
OVULAR
28 Across: "___ quam videri" (North Carolina's motto) (4)
ESSE
29 Across: Rushing goal (5)
YARDS
33 Across: Eastern royal (4)
RANI
34 Across: Gordon of "Oklahoma!" (6)
MACRAE
36 Across: "One Life to Live" airer (5)
ABCTV
37 Across: ___ Wayne with the platinum album "Tha Block Is Hot" (3)
LIL
40 Across: See 24-Across (7)
THESPOT
42 Across: Dir. from Springfield, Mass., to Providence (3)
ESE
43 Across: 2009 Peace Nobelist (5)
OBAMA
45 Across: Pays (for) (6)
ATONES
47 Across: Hefty refs. (4)
OEDS
48 Across: Be Ciceronian (5)
ORATE
49 Across: Novel subtitled "A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas" (4)
OMOO
53 Across: Enters, as data (6)
KEYSIN
55 Across: Asked a hard question in public, say (6)
PUTONX
57 Across: Director Lee (3)
ANG
58 Across: Flows (7)
STREAMS
62 Across: End of a series (3)
ZEE
63 Across: "Mmm! So satisfying!" (9)
THATHITSX
65 Across: Prep (5)
READY
67 Across: Star followers (4)
MAGI
68 Across: Dish (out) (4)
METE
69 Across: Elegiac music (5)
DIRGE
70 Across: Dutch export (4)
EDAM
71 Across: Those: Sp. (4)
ESAS
72 Across: Nickel and dime in gaming? (5)
ANTES

Down Answers

1 Down: Choice (6)
DELUXE
2 Down: Warnings (6)
ALARMS
3 Down: Raga accompaniers (6)
TABLAS
4 Down: W.W. II inits. (3)
ETO
5 Down: Zoolander of "Zoolander" (5)
DEREK
6 Down: Certain trekker (4)
HAJI
7 Down: Book after Joel (4)
AMOS
8 Down: Chat room opener (4)
IMHO
9 Down: Parts of sonatas (6)
RONDOS
10 Down: "Give it a shot!" (3)
TRY
11 Down: It may be on the tip of the tongue (8)
SHOELACE
12 Down: Jewelry often used in hypnosis (8)
PENDANTS
13 Down: Libido (8)
SEXDRIVE
19 Down: Battle Born State: Abbr. (3)
NEV
22 Down: Demoralize, with "out" (5)
PSYCH
25 Down: Band with the 2008 album "Accelerate" (3)
REM
27 Down: City area, informally (3)
URB
30 Down: Backward (5)
AREAR
31 Down: Bob Marley, e.g. (5)
RASTA
32 Down: Point along a line (5)
DEPOT
35 Down: ___ loss (3)
ATA
36 Down: Nibbled away (3)
ATE
37 Down: Cry for attention (8)
LOOKATME
38 Down: Dupe's shout (8)
IBEENHAD
39 Down: Singer born Stefani Germanotta (8)
LADYGAGA
41 Down: Early aft. hour (5)
ONEPM
44 Down: In-box stock: Abbr. (3)
MSS
46 Down: Alky (3)
SOT
48 Down: Punctual (6)
ONTIME
50 Down: "La Clemenza di Tito" composer (6)
MOZART
51 Down: Antsy (6)
ONEDGE
52 Down: Sunflower-like daisies (6)
OXEYES
54 Down: Suffix with hawk (3)
ISH
56 Down: Std. on food labels (5)
USRDA
59 Down: Delivery drivers' assignments: Abbr. (4)
RTES
60 Down: "Cómo ___?" (4)
ESTA
61 Down: Graph lines (4)
AXES
64 Down: Enchanter in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (3)
TIM
66 Down: German "a" (3)
EIN

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