Thursday Crossword — June 17, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/17/2010. By Corey Rubin.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Poe poem, with "The" (5)
BELLS
6 Across: A lot (5)
RAFTS
11 Across: Cutesy-___ (3)
POO
14 Across: Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" (5)
ISAAK
15 Across: With 25-Across, an Irving Berlin song (5)
ILOVE
16 Across: Furthermore (3)
AND
17 Across: Blue (5)
BAWDY
18 Across: Hit 2006 film banned in every Arab country except Lebanon (5)
BORAT
19 Across: "___ Bangs" (Ricky Martin hit) (3)
SHE
20 Across: Newborn (9)
BUNDLEOFJOY
22 Across: Concern for an Allied ship (5)
UBOAT
24 Across: Part of many a job title: Abbr. (4)
ASST
25 Across: See 15-Across (6)
APIANO
26 Across: Gratifying (7)
ENJOYABLE
30 Across: Hershey's brand (7)
ALMONDJOY
31 Across: Part of the home computer market (4)
MACS
32 Across: Talk up (4)
HYPE
33 Across: 1824 Vienna premiere (15)
BEETHOVENSNINTH
41 Across: Hydrocarbon suffixes (4)
ENES
42 Across: Home of London's Palace Theatre (4)
SOHO
43 Across: Pastime for a car thief, perhaps (7)
JOYRIDING
47 Across: Euphoric (7)
OVERJOYED
50 Across: Region known as the Valley of the Moon (6)
SONOMA
51 Across: Évian and Vichy (4)
SPAS
52 Across: Like most music (5)
TONAL
53 Across: Best-selling novel of 1989, with "The" (9)
JOYLUCKCLUB
58 Across: Like Schubert's Symphony No. 7 (3)
INE
59 Across: Top of a Roman candle? (5)
IGNIS
61 Across: Sophocles skill (5)
IRONY
62 Across: Middling mark (3)
CEE
63 Across: Ding Dong filler (5)
CREME
64 Across: Cézanne contemporary (5)
MANET
65 Across: Elizabethan dramatist Thomas (3)
KYD
66 Across: "___ to you!" (5)
HERES
67 Across: Not just big (5)
OBESE

Down Answers

1 Down: Kind of lettuce (4)
BIBB
2 Down: Grandson of Abraham (4)
ESAU
3 Down: It extends about a yard (4)
LAWN
4 Down: Diane of "Wild at Heart" (4)
LADD
5 Down: 1973 NASA launch (6)
SKYLAB
6 Down: Nucleic acid sugar (6)
RIBOSE
7 Down: Up (5)
ALOFT
8 Down: One way to jump (4)
FORJOY
9 Down: Norris Dam agcy. (3)
TVA
10 Down: Relief pitchers prior to closers (8)
SETUPMEN
11 Down: El ___ (certain Texan) (6)
PASOAN
12 Down: Present (6)
ONHAND
13 Down: Work incorporated in 33-Across ... or a description of this puzzle? (6)
ODETOJOY
21 Down: Night sch. course (3)
ESL
23 Down: Life, in brief (3)
BIO
25 Down: Swiss ___ (4)
ALPS
26 Down: Attaché's place: Abbr. (3)
EMB
27 Down: Aye's opposite (3)
NAE
28 Down: "Dubliners" author (3)
JOYCE
29 Down: Hrs. in Puerto Rico (3)
AST
30 Down: Writer Rand (3)
AYN
32 Down: Jack and billy (3)
HES
34 Down: Eponymous doctor with a maneuver (8)
HEIMLICH
35 Down: Tony-nominated choreographer White (4)
ONNA
36 Down: Part of a food pyramid, briefly (3)
VEG
37 Down: Neighbor of Jordan: Abbr. (3)
ISR
38 Down: What there was in Mudville (3)
NOJOY
39 Down: French beverage (3)
THE
40 Down: Container on a pole (3)
HOD
43 Down: Gamer's device (6)
JOYSTICK
44 Down: TV's Andy (6)
ROONEY
45 Down: Short of resources (6)
INNEED
46 Down: ___ favor (3)
DOA
47 Down: Works (6)
OPUSES
48 Down: Dust collector, for short (3)
VAC
49 Down: Certain sled driver (6)
ESKIMO
51 Down: Lowlifes (5)
SLIME
53 Down: Al ___, 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump (4)
JOYNER
54 Down: Zodiac creature (4)
CRAB
55 Down: Solo (4)
LONE
56 Down: Quelques-___ (some: Fr.) (4)
UNES
57 Down: Part of a gig (4)
BYTE
60 Down: Hurdle for some srs. (3)
GRE

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