Friday Crossword — September 10, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/10/2010. By Peter Wentz.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Hot dogs (8)
- SHOWOFFS
- 9 Across: It's all ivory and no ebony (6)
- CMAJOR
- 15 Across: NyQuil ingredient? (8)
- CAPITALQ
- 16 Across: Change the boundaries of (6)
- REZONE
- 17 Across: "Speak of the devil!" (8)
- OHITSYOU
- 18 Across: Opposite of abridge (6)
- EXTEND
- 19 Across: Racked (up) (3)
- RAN
- 20 Across: Some westerns (5)
- EPICS
- 22 Across: Class with graphs, for short (4)
- ECON
- 23 Across: Danger for a king (5)
- CHECK
- 26 Across: Its max. score is 240 (4)
- PSAT
- 27 Across: Leonardo's "The Aviator" co-star (4)
- CATE
- 28 Across: Sported (5)
- HADON
- 29 Across: Crotchety cries (3)
- EHS
- 30 Across: ___ acid (microscopic staining compound) (5)
- OSMIC
- 31 Across: Hayseed's greeting (8)
- HOWDYEDO
- 34 Across: Luther opponent Johann (3)
- ECK
- 35 Across: Derek who played Claudius in "I, Claudius" (6)
- JACOBI
- 38 Across: Walks in the park (6)
- AMBLES
- 40 Across: Havana greeting (3)
- ALO
- 41 Across: 1995 platinum rap hit that starts "To all the ladies in the place with style and grace" (8)
- BIGPOPPA
- 45 Across: Polish capital (5)
- ZLOTY
- 47 Across: Formal girl (3)
- DEB
- 48 Across: Salma of the screen (5)
- HAYEK
- 52 Across: Big name in retail jewelry (4)
- ZALE
- 53 Across: Structures near cell walls (4)
- BARS
- 54 Across: Trash-talks (5)
- SLAMS
- 55 Across: Golden Globe winner Sommer (4)
- ELKE
- 56 Across: "Leaving Brooklyn: ___!" (Williamsburg Bridge sign) (5)
- OYVEY
- 58 Across: One with notions (3)
- KIT
- 59 Across: What's going on (6)
- DOINGS
- 61 Across: Fiji rival (8)
- AQUAFINA
- 64 Across: Briefs, e.g. (6)
- UNDIES
- 65 Across: Literally, "sweet song" (8)
- DULCIMER
- 66 Across: Bygone currency (6)
- PESETA
- 67 Across: Visual aids? (8)
- EYEEXAMS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Really let have it (6)
- SCORCH
- 2 Down: Response to sarcasm (6)
- HAHAHA
- 3 Down: Theorized (6)
- OPINED
- 4 Down: Swift gift (3)
- WIT
- 5 Down: Decisive periods, briefly (3)
- OTS
- 6 Down: Tammy ___ of 1970s-'80s TV (4)
- FAYE
- 7 Down: Was a turkey (7)
- FLOPPED
- 8 Down: Like a wet Nerf ball (7)
- SQUISHY
- 9 Down: Roadrunner feature (5)
- CREST
- 10 Down: Code for Latin America's busiest airport (3)
- MEX
- 11 Down: San Diego State team (6)
- AZTECS
- 12 Down: Much-maligned mascot (8)
- JOECAMEL
- 13 Down: Warned (8)
- ONNOTICE
- 14 Down: Hillbillies' cousins (8)
- REDNECKS
- 21 Down: What a sleuth tries to close (4)
- CASE
- 24 Down: Alaskan salmon (4)
- COHO
- 25 Down: Tuberous (6)
- KNOBBY
- 30 Down: Punches (6)
- OOMPHS
- 32 Down: Boom Blox console (3)
- WII
- 33 Down: Fist bump (3)
- DAP
- 35 Down: With added spice (8)
- JAZZEDUP
- 36 Down: Without any help (8)
- ALLALONE
- 37 Down: Nerd-rejecting high-school group (8)
- COOLKIDS
- 39 Down: Ancient fertility god (4)
- BAAL
- 42 Down: Victorian's greeting (4)
- GDAY
- 43 Down: Be everywhere in (7)
- PERVADE
- 44 Down: Burial rite (7)
- OBSEQUY
- 46 Down: Very small, as a bikini in a 1960 hit (6)
- TEENIE
- 49 Down: Washington city or county (6)
- YAKIMA
- 50 Down: 2009 Grammy winner for "Relapse" (6)
- EMINEM
- 51 Down: Orange dwarfs (6)
- KSTARS
- 53 Down: Nova lead-in (5)
- BOSSA
- 57 Down: Time to visit a lot of trees (4)
- YULE
- 60 Down: Confound (3)
- GET
- 62 Down: Buddy (3)
- ACE
- 63 Down: Pickle (3)
- FIX
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