Thursday Crossword — May 20, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/20/2010. By Jim Hilger.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Brimless hat (5)
TOQUE
6 Across: Chinese vessel (4)
JUNK
10 Across: Prankster's look (4)
GRIN
14 Across: Arboreal critter (5)
ORANG
15 Across: Like many limericks: Abbr. (4)
ANON
16 Across: Italian bread (4)
PANE
17 Across: Grocery leisure? (15)
RANDRINTHEAANDP
20 Across: To be sure (6)
INDEED
21 Across: Dancer in Jabba the Hutt's court, in "Return of the Jedi" (4)
OOLA
22 Across: Calendario unit (3)
DIA
23 Across: "Guernica," e.g. (4)
ARTE
24 Across: Like some lore (6)
TRIBAL
26 Across: Fall off (3)
EBB
28 Across: Common hotel room features (5)
SAFES
32 Across: Some modern donations (3)
OVA
33 Across: Baseball All-Star, 1954-73 (4)
MAYS
35 Across: Word often cried after "Go" (4)
TEAM
36 Across: Explosive stuff (5)
NITRO
39 Across: Narrow strip of land: Abbr. (4)
ISTH
40 Across: Dropping the ball, e.g. (5)
ERROR
42 Across: "A Yank at ___," Mickey Rooney flick (4)
ETON
43 Across: "The Merry Widow" composer (5)
LEHAR
45 Across: Drama intro? (4)
MELO
46 Across: Elisabeth of "Hamlet 2" (4)
SHUE
47 Across: Bird with two sets of eyelids (3)
EMU
48 Across: Item on a chain, maybe (5)
IDTAG
50 Across: ___ roll (sushi item) (3)
EEL
51 Across: Bone below the femur (6)
FIBULA
54 Across: What many audiences face (4)
DAIS
56 Across: ___ rush (3)
INA
57 Across: Dr. Schneider of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (4)
ELSA
60 Across: Undermine (6)
IMPAIR
63 Across: Railroad's work to produce new products? (15)
RANDDONTHEBANDO
66 Across: Internal: Prefix (4)
ENDO
67 Across: "Heads up!" (4)
FORE
68 Across: Many a film festival film (5)
INDIE
69 Across: It's not good when it's outstanding (4)
DEBT
70 Across: Popular chocolate bar (4)
TWIX
71 Across: They're related (5)
TALES

Down Answers

1 Down: Singer Amos (4)
TORI
2 Down: Escape route city in "Casablanca" (4)
ORAN
3 Down: Interview near an inn? (15)
QANDABYTHEBANDB
4 Down: Hypnotized (5)
UNDER
5 Down: Wetlands fowl (6)
EGRETS
6 Down: Swing bandleader Garber (3)
JAN
7 Down: Billy Graham's "___ the Hills" (4)
UNTO
8 Down: It's west of New York's East Village (4)
NOHO
9 Down: Showed reverence, in a way (5)
KNELT
10 Down: Factor in a scholarship grant, maybe: Abbr. (3)
GPA
11 Down: Soul music over a financial institution's sound system? (15)
RANDBATTHESANDL
12 Down: Neighbor of China (5)
INDIA
13 Down: Neighbor of China (5)
NEPAL
18 Down: Conceive (6)
IDEATE
19 Down: Sorkin who created "The West Wing" (5)
AARON
25 Down: Penn and others (5)
IVIES
26 Down: Viennese-born composer ___ von Reznicek (4)
EMIL
27 Down: ___ 10 (4)
BASE
29 Down: Physics unit (5)
FERMI
30 Down: Ending with dog or long (5)
EARED
31 Down: Young salmon (5)
SMOLT
34 Down: Big name at SeaWorld (5)
SHAMU
37 Down: Lothario (4)
ROUE
38 Down: First-year Harvard law student (4)
ONEL
41 Down: One who works with speakers? (6)
ROADIE
44 Down: Wore the crown (5)
RULED
49 Down: Queen's ___ (6)
GAMBIT
51 Down: Let go (5)
FIRED
52 Down: Silly (5)
INANE
53 Down: Overhead (5)
ALOFT
55 Down: Bucky Beaver's toothpaste (5)
IPANA
58 Down: Winter fall (4)
SNOW
59 Down: Longfellow bell town (4)
ATRI
61 Down: "And When ___," 1969 Blood, Sweat & Tears hit (4)
IDIE
62 Down: European deer (4)
ROES
64 Down: Pixel (3)
DOT
65 Down: Bad spelling? (3)
HEX

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