Friday Crossword — October 22, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 10/22/2010. By Scott Atkinson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: What a wink often means (9)
- IMKIDDING
- 10 Across: Words that prevent firing (5)
- IQUIT
- 15 Across: Gunpowder ingredient (9)
- SALTPETER
- 16 Across: "A Season in Purgatory" novelist Dominick (5)
- DUNNE
- 17 Across: Romanov family member (9)
- ANASTASIA
- 18 Across: Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da ___ (5)
- SILVA
- 19 Across: Job description detail (4)
- DUTY
- 20 Across: Repetitive composition (5)
- RONDO
- 22 Across: Get out of the field (4)
- REAP
- 23 Across: Chorus heard at some retreats (3)
- OMS
- 24 Across: Let one's god down? (3)
- SIN
- 25 Across: Old Asian title (6)
- MIKADO
- 27 Across: Havens for folkies? (6)
- RICHIE
- 29 Across: Thick (8)
- HEAVYSET
- 31 Across: Brand written about by Hawthorne (5)
- ETHAN
- 32 Across: Davis of Hollywood (5)
- GEENA
- 33 Across: Stadium thrillers: Abbr. (3)
- HRS
- 34 Across: Creator of the currency system consisting of galleons, sickles and knuts (9)
- JKROWLING
- 37 Across: Time of the fall: Abbr. (3)
- SEP
- 40 Across: Racing form data (5)
- SIRES
- 41 Across: Hot partner? (5)
- HUMID
- 45 Across: Like financial statements and hospital patients (8)
- EXAMINED
- 47 Across: "Sorry, too busy!" (6)
- NOTIME
- 48 Across: It may be handed down (6)
- RULING
- 49 Across: Sob story subject (3)
- WOE
- 50 Across: Corporeal case (3)
- SAC
- 51 Across: Host of the 1974 Asian Games (4)
- IRAN
- 52 Across: Begin's partner (5)
- SADAT
- 55 Across: "La Légende des Siècles" poet (4)
- HUGO
- 56 Across: Congressional feminist of note (5)
- ABZUG
- 58 Across: "Avalon" band (9)
- ROXYMUSIC
- 60 Across: Chilled, so to speak (5)
- LAZED
- 61 Across: Court star being courted? (9)
- FREEAGENT
- 62 Across: Hissies (5)
- SNITS
- 63 Across: Compound combinations (9)
- SYNTHESES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: ___ Sharp, founder of Four Seasons Hotels (7)
- ISADORE
- 2 Down: Let go (7)
- MANUMIT
- 3 Down: Gabbers' gathering (7)
- KLATSCH
- 4 Down: Opposite of 55-Down, informally (4)
- ITSY
- 5 Down: Vaccine combo (3)
- DPT
- 6 Down: Sweets (6)
- DEARIE
- 7 Down: Row announcement (5)
- ITSON
- 8 Down: Cologne contradiction (4)
- NEIN
- 9 Down: Former Lenin adherent? (4)
- GRAD
- 10 Down: Items checked before flying (3)
- IDS
- 11 Down: Offbeat (6)
- QUIRKY
- 12 Down: Let go (7)
- UNLEASH
- 13 Down: Saxon or Celt, once (7)
- INVADER
- 14 Down: Big-eared china (7)
- TEAPOTS
- 21 Down: Certain Bedouin (5)
- OMANI
- 24 Down: Becomes understood (7)
- SINKSIN
- 26 Down: Literary classic featuring the jester Wamba (7)
- IVANHOE
- 28 Down: Once-in-a-lifetime trip, for some (3)
- HAJ
- 29 Down: Stuck (to) (5)
- HEWED
- 30 Down: Elusive types (4)
- EELS
- 32 Down: Stick (4)
- GORE
- 35 Down: Equipment near a horse (5)
- RINGS
- 36 Down: Ready to be totally remodeled (3)
- GUT
- 37 Down: They appear in installments (7)
- SERIALS
- 38 Down: Almost in the sticks (7)
- EXURBAN
- 39 Down: Grand Canal sights (7)
- PALAZZI
- 42 Down: Exploits (7)
- MISUSES
- 43 Down: 1970s peace anthem (7)
- IMAGINE
- 44 Down: Concentrates, in a way (7)
- DECOCTS
- 46 Down: It often includes a trio (6)
- MINUET
- 47 Down: "Hold on" (6)
- NOTYET
- 49 Down: Like some realistic statues (5)
- WAXEN
- 53 Down: Pound racket (4)
- ARFS
- 54 Down: Small fishing vessel (4)
- DORY
- 55 Down: Monster (4)
- HUGE
- 57 Down: They're peddled: Abbr. (3)
- GDS
- 59 Down: Chinese game name starter (3)
- MAH
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