Wednesday Crossword — May 12, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 81 clues). Published 5/12/2010. By Pete Muller.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Specialty (5)
- NICHE
- 6 Across: 1970s sitcom that included Carlton the Doorman (5)
- RHODA
- 11 Across: "___ you one" (4)
- IOWE
- 15 Across: "___ Majesty's Secret Service" (5)
- ONHER
- 16 Across: Hatch in the Senate (5)
- ORRIN
- 17 Across: Country music pioneer Ernest (4)
- TUBB
- 18 Across: Boarding place? (5)
- SLOPE
- 19 Across: Test group? (5)
- MENSA
- 20 Across: Attempt (4)
- STAB
- 21 Across: Short trip (3)
- HOP
- 22 Across: Civil War inits. (3)
- CSA
- 24 Across: Some footnotes, for short (6)
- OPCITS
- 26 Across: Person on your bad side? (8)
- EVILTWIN
- 29 Across: Cannoli ingredient (7)
- RICOTTA
- 32 Across: Contradict (4)
- DENY
- 33 Across: Flower of the buttercup family (7)
- ANEMONE
- 35 Across: Gmail alternative (3)
- AOL
- 36 Across: Passeport info (3)
- NOM
- 38 Across: "Mazel ___!" (3)
- TOV
- 39 Across: Green gem source (5)
- BERYL
- 41 Across: Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the shaded areas of this puzzle (14)
- JACKINTHEBOXES
- 45 Across: Israel's Dayan (5)
- MOSHE
- 46 Across: ___ Miss (3)
- OLE
- 47 Across: Superscript number in math: Abbr. (3)
- EXP
- 48 Across: More than -er (3)
- EST
- 49 Across: Woman in Sartre's "No Exit" (7)
- ESTELLE
- 52 Across: Number two: Abbr. (4)
- ASST
- 56 Across: Doughnuts are fried in it (7)
- DEEPFAT
- 58 Across: Short piano piece (8)
- SONATINA
- 60 Across: Shoe brand named for an antelope (6)
- REEBOK
- 62 Across: Former N.B.A. star Unseld (3)
- WES
- 63 Across: Hip-hop's ___-A-Fella Records (3)
- ROC
- 64 Across: It's better than ace-high (4)
- PAIR
- 66 Across: Tchaikovsky's black swan (5)
- ODILE
- 68 Across: Madison Sq. Garden player (5)
- KNICK
- 70 Across: Woodworking tool (4)
- RASP
- 71 Across: Branch gripper (5)
- TALON
- 72 Across: Regular's request, with "the" (5)
- USUAL
- 73 Across: Goes on and on (4)
- YAKS
- 74 Across: Religious assembly (5)
- SYNOD
- 75 Across: Word-processing command (5)
- PASTE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Took the cake, perhaps (6)
- NOSHED
- 2 Down: Smitten (6)
- INLOVE
- 3 Down: "Fantaisie" composer (6)
- CHOPIN
- 4 Down: In the know, old-style (3)
- HEP
- 5 Down: Standing (5)
- ERECT
- 6 Down: 1915 Literature Nobelist ___ Rolland (6)
- ROMAIN
- 7 Down: Realm ended by Napoleon: Abbr. (3)
- HRE
- 8 Down: "Yes ___?" (4)
- ORNO
- 9 Down: Confute (8)
- DISPROVE
- 10 Down: Tylenol competitor (6)
- ANACIN
- 11 Down: "___ die for" (5)
- ITSTO
- 12 Down: Defeat in a don't-blink contest (8)
- OUTSTARE
- 13 Down: Tate and Bowe were once champions of it: Abbr. (3)
- WBA
- 14 Down: Decline (3)
- EBB
- 23 Down: Person often pictured with crossed legs (5)
- SWAMI
- 25 Down: Where trays may be stacked (6)
- ICEBOX
- 27 Down: "Dune" director David (5)
- LYNCH
- 28 Down: Irritate (6)
- NETTLE
- 30 Down: Santa's sleighful (4)
- TOYS
- 31 Down: "Is that ___?" (3)
- ALL
- 34 Down: Bris parties (6)
- MOHELS
- 37 Down: Michael of "Caddyshack" (6)
- OKEEFE
- 40 Down: American in Paris, perhaps (5)
- EXPAT
- 41 Down: Singer Feliciano (4)
- JOSE
- 42 Down: What a record may have (8)
- ASTERISK
- 43 Down: "Another time, perhaps" (8)
- NOTTODAY
- 44 Down: Designer Geoffrey (5)
- BEENE
- 45 Down: Kind of school (3)
- MED
- 50 Down: Cousins of clogs (6)
- SABOTS
- 51 Down: Subwoofer's zone (6)
- LOWEND
- 53 Down: Bright spot in Canis Major (6)
- SIRIUS
- 54 Down: Back-country winter transport (6)
- SNOCAT
- 55 Down: Take on (6)
- TACKLE
- 57 Down: They did it (5)
- PERPS
- 59 Down: Invite to one's penthouse, say (5)
- ASKUP
- 61 Down: Oven (4)
- KILN
- 64 Down: Meddle (3)
- PRY
- 65 Down: Org. with a sign at many motels (3)
- AAA
- 67 Down: Head of Buckingham Palace? (3)
- LOO
- 69 Down: Secretive org. (3)
- NSA
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