Wednesday Crossword — December 15, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/15/2010. By John Lampkin.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Friends and neighbors (4)
- KITH
- 5 Across: Bend one's elbow, e.g. (4)
- FLEX
- 9 Across: Cornered (5)
- ATBAY
- 14 Across: Start of an incantation (4)
- ABRA
- 15 Across: Wash up (4)
- LAVE
- 16 Across: "On the Beach" author (5)
- SHUTE
- 17 Across: Hard-boiled crime genre (4)
- NOIR
- 18 Across: Aesir ruler (4)
- ODIN
- 19 Across: Perfect Sleeper maker (5)
- SERTA
- 20 Across: Athlete who has pigged out on snacks at a bar? (13)
- JOCKFULLONUTS
- 23 Across: Interstate-championing prez (3)
- IKE
- 24 Across: Strippers' tips, often (4)
- ONES
- 25 Across: Explosive of old (6)
- AMATOL
- 28 Across: Special treatment, for short (3)
- TLC
- 29 Across: "___ geht's?" (German "How are you?") (3)
- WIE
- 30 Across: ___ pro nobis (3)
- ORA
- 31 Across: Chief heckler? (10)
- JEERLEADER
- 36 Across: Skewer (4)
- SPIT
- 37 Across: Place for a Dumpster (5)
- ALLEY
- 38 Across: Juan's "what" (3)
- QUE
- 39 Across: Lavender, for one (5)
- SCENT
- 40 Across: Pesky arachnid (4)
- MITE
- 41 Across: Skydiver's amended plans? (10)
- JUMPCHANGE
- 43 Across: Troop-entertaining grp. (3)
- USO
- 44 Across: Cara ___ (Italian term of endearment) (3)
- MIA
- 45 Across: Performer yukking it up (3)
- HAM
- 46 Across: Friend from afar (6)
- PENPAL
- 48 Across: Tickled (4)
- GLAD
- 50 Across: Indy letters (3)
- STP
- 53 Across: Insulation from jokes? (13)
- JESTPROTECTOR
- 56 Across: Rodeo ride (5)
- BRONC
- 58 Across: Astronomy's ___ cloud (4)
- OORT
- 59 Across: Brand for woofers, but not tweeters? (4)
- ALPO
- 60 Across: Cultural prefix (5)
- ETHNO
- 61 Across: Purple shade (4)
- PUCE
- 62 Across: Sound from a steeple (4)
- PEAL
- 63 Across: Core belief (5)
- TENET
- 64 Across: Critic's unit (4)
- STAR
- 65 Across: Primordial stuff (4)
- OOZE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Japanese writing system (5)
- KANJI
- 2 Down: Old Apple laptop (5)
- IBOOK
- 3 Down: Brief moment (5)
- TRICE
- 4 Down: "Listen!," old-style (4)
- HARK
- 5 Down: Walk with jerky motions (7)
- FLOUNCE
- 6 Down: Chili server (5)
- LADLE
- 7 Down: Escapees from Pandora's box (5)
- EVILS
- 8 Down: Alien: Prefix (4)
- XENO
- 9 Down: Take on (6)
- ASSUME
- 10 Down: Angle symbol, in trigonometry (5)
- THETA
- 11 Down: Explode like a puffball (9)
- BURSTOPEN
- 12 Down: "Boston Legal" fig. (3)
- ATT
- 13 Down: Truly, in the Bible (3)
- YEA
- 21 Down: Unwise undertaking (5)
- FOLLY
- 22 Down: Brand once advertised with the jingle "We wear short shorts ..." (4)
- NAIR
- 26 Down: Circular gasket (5)
- ORING
- 27 Down: Barista's offering (5)
- LATTE
- 28 Down: Back into a corner (4)
- TREE
- 29 Down: Boo-hoo (4)
- WEEP
- 31 Down: Copier malfunction (5)
- JAMUP
- 32 Down: Beethoven dedicatee (5)
- ELISE
- 33 Down: "Rocket Man" rocker (9)
- ELTONJOHN
- 34 Down: Pastel hue (4)
- AQUA
- 35 Down: Scat syllable (3)
- DUM
- 36 Down: Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g. (4)
- SCAM
- 39 Down: Parasol's offering (5)
- SHADE
- 41 Down: Leave high and dry (4)
- JILT
- 42 Down: Say "Hey, batter batter batter" and such (7)
- CHATTER
- 44 Down: Mr. Met, for one (6)
- MASCOT
- 47 Down: Tubular pasta (5)
- PENNE
- 48 Down: Mosaic artist's material (5)
- GROUT
- 49 Down: Spanish poet García ___ (5)
- LORCA
- 50 Down: Fifth-century canonized pope (5)
- STLEO
- 51 Down: Birthstone for many Scorpios (5)
- TOPAZ
- 52 Down: Working stiff (5)
- PROLE
- 54 Down: The old man (4)
- POPS
- 55 Down: Banjo accessory (4)
- CAPO
- 56 Down: Double or nothing, e.g. (3)
- BET
- 57 Down: Tpke., e.g. (3)
- RTE
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