Friday Crossword — November 12, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 11/12/2010. By Barry C. Silk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: One "standing by the ocean's roar," in a 1963 song (10)
- SURFERGIRL
- 11 Across: Fall times: Abbr. (4)
- OCTS
- 15 Across: Newton alternative (10)
- OREOCOOKIE
- 16 Across: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" lyricist (4)
- HOWE
- 17 Across: Traveler's check (10)
- SAFETYBELT
- 18 Across: It might cross 1st, 2nd and 3rd (4)
- MAIN
- 19 Across: What's gained after taking off: Abbr. (3)
- ALT
- 20 Across: Most fetching (6)
- CUTEST
- 22 Across: Letters of discharge? (3)
- TNT
- 23 Across: Trough's opposite (5)
- CREST
- 25 Across: No slowpoke (6)
- DASHER
- 27 Across: Division indicator (5)
- SLASH
- 30 Across: Ross Perot's birthplace (9)
- TEXARKANA
- 32 Across: Ancient resident of Mexico's Cholula (6)
- TOLTEC
- 34 Across: Choir practice? (7)
- SINGING
- 35 Across: Chronological threshold (3)
- EVE
- 36 Across: Backwash creator (3)
- OAR
- 38 Across: Put away (3)
- ICE
- 39 Across: It's often in a sling (3)
- GIN
- 41 Across: Was present (7)
- EXISTED
- 44 Across: Fruit-ripening gas (6)
- ETHENE
- 46 Across: Crassus defeated him (9)
- SPARTACUS
- 48 Across: Like jugs (5)
- EARED
- 49 Across: TheraFlu alternative (6)
- CONTAC
- 50 Across: Nürnberg or Neu-Ulm (5)
- STADT
- 52 Across: Stock page abbr. (3)
- YTD
- 53 Across: Monotonous beating sound (6)
- TOMTOM
- 55 Across: Expert on plays (3)
- REF
- 58 Across: Piece of cake? (4)
- TIER
- 60 Across: "Don't mention it" (10)
- MYPLEASURE
- 63 Across: División del día (4)
- HORA
- 64 Across: Birth of a notion? (10)
- BRAINCHILD
- 65 Across: "Idylls of the King" figure (4)
- ENID
- 66 Across: Quartzite and such (10)
- SANDSTONES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: 1997-99 N.L. strikeout leader (4)
- SOSA
- 2 Down: Russia's ___ Airlines (4)
- URAL
- 3 Down: Robbed, old-style (4)
- REFT
- 4 Down: Scarecrow, to Batman (3)
- FOE
- 5 Down: External: Prefix (3)
- ECT
- 6 Down: Early car company co-founder (5)
- ROYCE
- 7 Down: Lose one's shirt (6)
- GOBUST
- 8 Down: 1960s R&B backup group, with "the" (7)
- IKETTES
- 9 Down: Chafe (4)
- RILE
- 10 Down: 1983 #1 hit for David Bowie (9)
- LETSDANCE
- 11 Down: Omega, to a physicist (3)
- OHM
- 12 Down: Aid for not losing one's shirt (10)
- COATHANGER
- 13 Down: Like some fighters (10)
- TWINENGINE
- 14 Down: Civic rival (6)
- SENTRA
- 21 Down: Not scattershot (8)
- TARGETED
- 23 Down: Midwest setting: Abbr. (3)
- CST
- 24 Down: Slot car controller (8)
- RHEOSTAT
- 26 Down: With 45-Down, unisex topper (3)
- SKI
- 27 Down: Abbr. in many Québec addresses (3)
- STE
- 28 Down: Preparation that makes folks hot? (10)
- LOVEPOTION
- 29 Down: Grandson of Catherine the Great (10)
- ALEXANDERI
- 31 Down: Top of many a timepiece (3)
- XII
- 33 Down: Maze full of dead ends? (9)
- CATACOMBS
- 37 Down: Sport, for short (3)
- REC
- 40 Down: Jarrett of Nascar (3)
- NED
- 42 Down: Old N.Y.C. elevated operator (3)
- IRT
- 43 Down: Bunny collector? (7)
- DUSTPAN
- 45 Down: See 26-Down (3)
- HAT
- 46 Down: Means of splitting stalks? (6)
- SCYTHE
- 47 Down: Hard to stir (6)
- STOLID
- 51 Down: Periods of prayer? (5)
- AMENS
- 54 Down: Pioneering woman lawyer Bradwell (4)
- MYRA
- 55 Down: Make unusable (4)
- RUIN
- 56 Down: Contemporary of Ngaio (4)
- ERLE
- 57 Down: Some badge flashers (4)
- FEDS
- 59 Down: "Outstanding, man!" (3)
- RAD
- 61 Down: Put-on (3)
- ACT
- 62 Down: "The Big C" airer, briefly (3)
- SHO
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