Friday Crossword — December 24, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/24/2010. By Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Not an ideal answer to "Do these jeans make me look fat?" (3)
- HMM
- 4 Across: Chief (4)
- ARCH
- 8 Across: Something to unscrew on an auto (6)
- GASCAP
- 14 Across: Feu fighter (3)
- EAU
- 15 Across: Uncommon, in ancient Rome (4)
- RARA
- 16 Across: Land of Papá Noel (6)
- ESPANA
- 17 Across: N N N (3)
- NUS
- 18 Across: Carols, often (11)
- CHURCHHYMNS
- 20 Across: Mr. Hilarious (4)
- RIOT
- 22 Across: Chair: Abbr. (3)
- DIR
- 23 Across: Nonverbal congratulations (3)
- PAT
- 24 Across: Scrooge player of film (12)
- MICHAELCAINE
- 29 Across: It has 3,750 "steps of penitence" (7)
- MTSINAI
- 30 Across: Intimate (5)
- GETAT
- 33 Across: Down (3)
- EAT
- 34 Across: Bird, e.g., once (4)
- CELT
- 37 Across: Comment upon receiving a large bill (4)
- OUCH
- 38 Across: Polar opposites? (13)
- NAUGHTYORNICE
- 42 Across: "___ doing ..." (4)
- INSO
- 43 Across: Cold capital (4)
- OSLO
- 44 Across: Pique condition? (3)
- IRE
- 46 Across: Saw (5)
- ADAGE
- 48 Across: Entered cautiously (7)
- EASEDIN
- 51 Across: Time before the present day? (12)
- CHRISTMASEVE
- 54 Across: Palindromic girl's name (3)
- AVA
- 57 Across: With 67-Across, sacred symbol to Zeus (3)
- OAK
- 58 Across: TV's Anderson (4)
- LONI
- 59 Across: Song of 1859 ... or what the five circled letters represent? (11)
- SILENTNIGHT
- 64 Across: It's taken to calm down (3)
- TEN
- 66 Across: It takes place on board a ship at sea in "The Tempest" (6)
- SCENEI
- 67 Across: See 57-Across (4)
- TREE
- 68 Across: Be a certain way? (3)
- ARE
- 69 Across: Bit of candy (6)
- TICTAC
- 70 Across: Start of something (4)
- SEED
- 71 Across: Brief subject (3)
- LAW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Game ___ (3)
- HEN
- 2 Down: Its capital is Nouakchott (10)
- MAURITANIA
- 3 Down: Score keeper? (10)
- MUSICSTAND
- 4 Down: Inverse trig function (6)
- ARCTAN
- 5 Down: Exclamation heard 12 times in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" (3)
- RAH
- 6 Down: Word on a vin bottle (3)
- CRU
- 7 Down: Head of cattle? (5)
- HARDC
- 8 Down: The Iron Horse of baseball (6)
- GEHRIG
- 9 Down: Silvery-gray (3)
- ASH
- 10 Down: 19-Down employee (3)
- SPY
- 11 Down: Rough it, say (4)
- CAMP
- 12 Down: Lady whom Don Giovanni tries to seduce (4)
- ANNA
- 13 Down: Over (4)
- PAST
- 19 Down: Employer of 10-Downs: Abbr. (3)
- CIA
- 21 Down: "___ don't know" (3)
- OHI
- 24 Down: Fr. title (3)
- MME
- 25 Down: Per (4)
- EACH
- 26 Down: Misinform, maybe (5)
- LIETO
- 27 Down: #10 on a table (4)
- NEON
- 28 Down: Seamstress's aid (4)
- ETUI
- 31 Down: Chance (10)
- ACCIDENTAL
- 32 Down: "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" setting (10)
- THERIVIERA
- 35 Down: Lily, in Lille (3)
- LYS
- 36 Down: Flat sign (5)
- TOLET
- 39 Down: Car-racing org. (4)
- USAC
- 40 Down: Van follower (4)
- GOGH
- 41 Down: Tramp (4)
- ROAM
- 45 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
- ENE
- 47 Down: Blue (6)
- EROTIC
- 49 Down: Like many winter roads (6)
- SALTED
- 50 Down: Peruvian pronoun (3)
- ESO
- 52 Down: Ziering of "90210" (3)
- IAN
- 53 Down: Burlesque bits (5)
- SKITS
- 54 Down: Bob Cratchit to Scrooge, e.g.: Abbr. (4)
- ASST
- 55 Down: Part of a boast (4)
- VICI
- 56 Down: Smart ___ (4)
- ALEC
- 60 Down: Three-in-one M.D. (3)
- ENT
- 61 Down: Class-conscious grp.? (3)
- NEA
- 62 Down: Princeton Review subj. (3)
- GRE
- 63 Down: Part of a snicker (3)
- HEE
- 65 Down: Fresh (3)
- NEW
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