Tuesday Crossword — June 15, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/15/2010. By Jill Winslow.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pet rocks, once (3)
FAD
4 Across: Prebirth event (6)
SHOWER
10 Across: Message runner (4)
PAGE
14 Across: Top-of-the-charts number (3)
ONE
15 Across: It may come before the end of a sentence (6)
PAROLE
16 Across: Not get merely by accident (4)
EARN
17 Across: Intermittent, as a relationship (15)
ONAGAINOFFAGAIN
20 Across: Host of a nightly TV show taped in Burbank (4)
LENO
21 Across: Sunburned (3)
RED
22 Across: Lift the spirits of (5)
ELATE
23 Across: Spearheaded (3)
LED
25 Across: Plumlike fruit (4)
SLOE
27 Across: Leaves the main topic temporarily (15)
ISOFFONATANGENT
35 Across: Playground retort (5)
CANSO
36 Across: Pub deliveries (4)
ALES
37 Across: Apply brakes to (4)
SLOW
38 Across: Org. with audits (3)
IRS
39 Across: Gearbox option (7)
REVERSE
42 Across: Day of anticipation (3)
EVE
43 Across: ___-do-well (4)
NEER
45 Across: One you dig the most (4)
FAVE
46 Across: More exquisite (5)
FINER
48 Across: Start to exit an Interstate (15)
GETONTHEOFFRAMP
51 Across: Old El ___ (food brand) (4)
PASO
52 Across: Simile connection (3)
ASA
53 Across: Fall bloom (5)
ASTER
56 Across: Resinous tree (3)
FIR
58 Across: Stick it in your ear (4)
QTIP
62 Across: Trade places ... or a hint to parts of 17-, 27- and 48-Across (15)
SWITCHPOSITIONS
66 Across: Smuggler's unit (4)
KILO
67 Across: Francis of old game shows (6)
ARLENE
68 Across: Show hosts, for short (3)
MCS
69 Across: Dish simmered in a pot (4)
STEW
70 Across: Negotiator's refusal (6)
NODEAL
71 Across: Dig in (3)
EAT

Down Answers

1 Down: Jester (4)
FOOL
2 Down: Rice who wrote "The Vampire Chronicles" (4)
ANNE
3 Down: College V.I.P. (4)
DEAN
4 Down: Place to relax (3)
SPA
5 Down: Arrangement of locks (6)
HAIRDO
6 Down: River of Normandy (4)
ORNE
7 Down: Alternative to an iron (4)
WOOD
8 Down: Little help? (3)
ELF
9 Down: Whistle blower, in brief (3)
REF
10 Down: Limbs for movie pirates (7)
PEGLEGS
11 Down: Tiny battery (4)
AAAA
12 Down: Sand (4)
GRIT
13 Down: Feminine suffix (4)
ENNE
18 Down: Uses an iron or a 7-Down, say (5)
GOLFS
19 Down: Time in earth's history (4)
AEON
24 Down: Get an ___ effort (4)
EFOR
25 Down: Quadraphonic halved (6)
STEREO
26 Down: Scottish miss (4)
LASS
27 Down: Last step at a bakery (5)
ICING
28 Down: Delhi wrap: Var. (5)
SAREE
29 Down: Beginning (5)
ONSET
30 Down: Arizona tribe (6)
NAVAHO
31 Down: Pain reliever brand (5)
ALEVE
32 Down: ___ Kagan, Obama nominee to the Supreme Court (5)
ELENA
33 Down: Caesar's nine (5)
NOVEM
34 Down: Impudent nobody (5)
TWERP
40 Down: Terrestrial salamanders (4)
EFTS
41 Down: Bad grades (4)
EFFS
44 Down: Aid for skiing uphill (7)
ROPETOW
47 Down: Modern dweller in ancient Ur (5)
IRAQI
49 Down: Crack officer? (4)
NARC
50 Down: Hot breakfast cereal (6)
FARINA
53 Down: Questions (4)
ASKS
54 Down: Loretta of "M*A*S*H" (4)
SWIT
55 Down: Scrabble piece (4)
TILE
56 Down: Bow out of a poker hand (4)
FOLD
57 Down: "Now it's clear" (4)
ISEE
59 Down: Big book (4)
TOME
60 Down: Member of a Pre-Columbian empire (4)
INCA
61 Down: It's attention-getting (4)
PSST
63 Down: ___ Solo, Harrison Ford role (3)
HAN
64 Down: Voting yes (3)
PRO
65 Down: ___ Aviv (3)
TEL

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