Wednesday Crossword — August 25, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/25/2010. By Clive Probert.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Ali ___ of "The Arabian Nights" (4)
- BABA
- 5 Across: French bench (4)
- BANC
- 9 Across: Strikebreaker (4)
- SCAB
- 13 Across: Big blast maker, for short (5)
- ABOMB
- 15 Across: "Able was I ere I saw ___" (4)
- ELBA
- 16 Across: Letters on beach lotion (4)
- PABA
- 17 Across: Southern cousin of bouillabaisse (5)
- GUMBO
- 18 Across: Basics (4)
- ABCS
- 19 Across: Lb. or oz., e.g. (4)
- ABBR
- 20 Across: Locale of Britain's first Christian martyr (8)
- STALBANS
- 22 Across: Subsidiary route (6)
- BYROAD
- 24 Across: Flows back (4)
- EBBS
- 25 Across: Helps in a bank heist, say (5)
- ABETS
- 26 Across: Bodega setting (6)
- BARRIO
- 29 Across: Not be able to stomach (5)
- ABHOR
- 31 Across: Former New York mayor Beame (3)
- ABE
- 32 Across: Uneven, as fabric (5)
- NUBBY
- 34 Across: The Beatles' "Eleanor ___" (5)
- RIGBY
- 38 Across: His ___ (the boss) (4)
- NIBS
- 40 Across: Its beat may accompany a fife (5)
- TABOR
- 42 Across: Cowboy's tie (4)
- BOLO
- 43 Across: Baseball's Rusty (5)
- STAUB
- 45 Across: Old stringed instrument with a narrow body (5)
- REBEC
- 47 Across: Buddy (3)
- BUB
- 48 Across: Bovine nickname (5)
- BOSSY
- 50 Across: Cribs hold them (6)
- BABIES
- 52 Across: Scrubber (5)
- BRUSH
- 54 Across: Neuwirth of Broadway (4)
- BEBE
- 55 Across: ___ of bad news (6)
- BEARER
- 56 Across: Research group associated with many Nobel Prizes in Physics (8)
- BELLLABS
- 60 Across: Kebab meat (4)
- LAMB
- 61 Across: Above, in Berlin (4)
- UBER
- 63 Across: Bendable body part (5)
- ELBOW
- 64 Across: ___ Longa, where Romulus and Remus were born (4)
- ALBA
- 65 Across: Opposite of badly: Fr. (4)
- BIEN
- 66 Across: Raymond's wife on "Everybody Loves Raymond" (5)
- DEBRA
- 67 Across: "___ your best behavior" (4)
- BEON
- 68 Across: Juice brand (4)
- SOBE
- 69 Across: "Born from jets" sloganeer (4)
- SAAB
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pocketbooks (4)
- BAGS
- 2 Down: Border on (4)
- ABUT
- 3 Down: Capital of the former Belgian Congo (4)
- BOMA
- 4 Down: One walking comfortably (6)
- AMBLER
- 5 Down: Baked ___ (5)
- BEANS
- 6 Down: Priests' robes (4)
- ALBS
- 7 Down: Brian Williams's network (3)
- NBC
- 8 Down: Citadel, in Arabic (6)
- CASBAH
- 9 Down: Barbecue item (8)
- SPARERIB
- 10 Down: Actor Sebastian (5)
- CABOT
- 11 Down: P.L.O. bigwig Mahmoud (5)
- ABBAS
- 12 Down: Shakespeare or Browning (4)
- BARD
- 14 Down: Ribbon holder, maybe (6)
- BOBBIN
- 21 Down: Bring ___ (cause) (5)
- ABOUT
- 23 Down: ___ City (Tampa neighborhood) (4)
- YBOR
- 26 Down: Prohibitions (4)
- BANS
- 27 Down: Before long, after "in" (4)
- ABIT
- 28 Down: Sitcom with the character B.J. (4)
- REBA
- 29 Down: Setting for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" (5)
- ABBEY
- 30 Down: Part of an invitation to an imbiber (4)
- BYOB
- 33 Down: Beer places (4)
- BARS
- 35 Down: Expanse south of Ulan Bator (4)
- GOBI
- 36 Down: Bawdy (4)
- BLUE
- 37 Down: Rowdies, in British slang (4)
- YOBS
- 39 Down: Beyond the city limits (8)
- SUBURBAN
- 41 Down: Disobedient sort (5)
- REBEL
- 44 Down: Big name in speakers (4)
- BOSE
- 46 Down: Sent a message before fax machines, say (6)
- CABLED
- 49 Down: Bougainvillea and others (6)
- SHRUBS
- 51 Down: Ball girls (6)
- BELLES
- 52 Down: Memphis street with many jazz clubs (5)
- BEALE
- 53 Down: "First Blood" protagonist (5)
- RAMBO
- 54 Down: Capital SSW of Basel (5)
- BERNE
- 55 Down: Babble (4)
- BLAB
- 56 Down: English broadcaster, with "the" (4)
- BEEB
- 57 Down: "SOS" band (4)
- ABBA
- 58 Down: When doubled, a Polynesian island (4)
- BORA
- 59 Down: Shipboard mop (4)
- SWAB
- 62 Down: Life, briefly (3)
- BIO
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