Monday Crossword — November 29, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/29/2010. By Elizabeth A. Long.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "___ hands are the devil's tools" (4)
IDLE
5 Across: "Nonsense!" (4)
BOSH
9 Across: Webster of Webster's dictionary (4)
NOAH
13 Across: Do library study (4)
READ
14 Across: Convention center event, for short (4)
EXPO
15 Across: Romance or sci-fi (5)
GENRE
16 Across: Priestly robes (4)
ALBS
17 Across: ___ year (period of 366 days) (4)
LEAP
18 Across: Pitchers (5)
EWERS
19 Across: Wildflower from which the cultivated carrot originated (14)
QUEENANNESLACE
22 Across: "When ___ See You Again" (1974 #2 hit) (5)
WILLI
23 Across: AOL or MSN: Abbr. (3)
ISP
24 Across: Former C.I.A. chief Porter ___ (4)
GOSS
26 Across: Enzyme suffix (3)
ASE
27 Across: Something that is ultimately ruinous (11)
KISSOFDEATH
31 Across: Cincinnati baseball team (4)
REDS
33 Across: Homer Simpson exclamation (3)
DOH
34 Across: Nervous (5)
ANTSY
35 Across: With 37-Across, hair accessory ... or a literal hint to 19-, 27-, 47- and 56-Across (4)
HEAD
37 Across: See 35-Across (4)
BAND
39 Across: ___ point (very center) (5)
FOCAL
42 Across: Kind of sauce (3)
SOY
43 Across: Bank no. (4)
ACCT
47 Across: Orange item set out by a highway crew (11)
TRAFFICCONE
51 Across: "Bali ___" ("South Pacific" song) (3)
HAI
52 Across: It may hit a bull's-eye (4)
DART
53 Across: Nearly worthless amount (3)
SOU
54 Across: Region (5)
REALM
56 Across: Very best (14)
CREAMOFTHECROP
60 Across: Toboggans (5)
SLEDS
61 Across: "Drat!" (4)
PFUI
62 Across: Taj Mahal city (4)
AGRA
63 Across: 11 ___ and spices (KFC secret ingredients) (5)
HERBS
64 Across: German river where American and Soviet forces met in 1945 (4)
ELBE
65 Across: Bridle strap (4)
REIN
66 Across: "___ can you see ...?" (4)
OSAY
67 Across: Marsh plant (4)
REED
68 Across: German three (4)
DREI

Down Answers

1 Down: It started in 2003 with the bombing of Baghdad (7)
IRAQWAR
2 Down: Comic actor Dom (7)
DELUISE
3 Down: Tagged for identification (7)
LABELED
4 Down: 1950s Ford flop (5)
EDSEL
5 Down: Lugosi of horror films (4)
BELA
6 Down: Plow team (4)
OXEN
7 Down: "Cómo está usted?" language (7)
SPANISH
8 Down: [Keeping fingers crossed] (6)
HOPESO
9 Down: Incoming administration's to-do list (9)
NEWAGENDA
10 Down: Minimal paint job (7)
ONECOAT
11 Down: Nabs (7)
ARRESTS
12 Down: "___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film) (3)
HES
15 Down: Hair goop (3)
GEL
20 Down: Suffix with refuse (3)
NIK
21 Down: Letters on a Coppertone bottle (3)
SPF
25 Down: "Once bitten, twice ___" (3)
SHY
28 Down: Boise's home: Abbr. (3)
IDA
29 Down: Lawn base (3)
SOD
30 Down: Aykroyd of the Blues Brothers (3)
DAN
32 Down: Handed a raw deal from (9)
SHAFTEDBY
36 Down: Santa helper (3)
ELF
37 Down: Hiss accompanier (3)
BOO
38 Down: Literary Rand (3)
AYN
39 Down: Bouquets-to-order co. (3)
FTD
40 Down: Magic 8 Balls, e.g. (7)
ORACLES
41 Down: Classic Porsche model (7)
CARRERA
42 Down: Fight that's less than a brawl (7)
SCUFFLE
44 Down: San Diego footballer (7)
CHARGER
45 Down: Some diet drinks have one (7)
CALORIE
46 Down: Kettledrums (7)
TIMPANI
48 Down: Doctrine (3)
ISM
49 Down: Author James Fenimore (6)
COOPER
50 Down: Before, poetically (3)
ERE
55 Down: Modern greeting form (5)
ECARD
57 Down: Long-eared equine (3)
ASS
58 Down: Toothpaste holder (4)
TUBE
59 Down: Hurried (4)
HIED
60 Down: "___ 'nuff" (3)
SHO

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