Thursday Crossword — January 27, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/27/2011. By Patrick Blindauer.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Deliberate (4)
MUSE
5 Across: Rice with three rings (5)
JERRY
10 Across: Prepare to sing an anthem (4)
RISE
14 Across: Not out of the running (4)
INIT
15 Across: One of a literary trio (5)
ATHOS
16 Across: Part of I.M.F.: Abbr. (4)
INTL
17 Across: Mean, illegal wrestling hold? (10)
DIRTYCHOKE
19 Across: Dog command (4)
STAY
20 Across: Like poorly cleaned glasses (7)
STREAKY
21 Across: One with a yard stick? (5)
RAKER
23 Across: Certain pipe joint (3)
TEE
24 Across: Musical syllable singing system (5)
SOLFA
27 Across: "Dune" director (5)
LYNCH
29 Across: Moore in entertainment news (4)
DEMI
31 Across: Hip-hop's ___ Fiasco (4)
LUPE
33 Across: Granting that, briefly (3)
THO
34 Across: Standard tobacco wad? (12)
ORTHODOXCHEW
38 Across: "___ take arms against ..." (4)
ORTO
41 Across: "That really hurts!" (5)
YOWIE
42 Across: In ___ (actual) (4)
ESSE
43 Across: Woo President Arthur? (12)
COURTCHESTER
46 Across: Pillager, maybe (3)
HUN
47 Across: Go bad (4)
SOUR
48 Across: Piles (4)
NAPS
51 Across: Where Panasonic and Sanyo are headquartered (5)
OSAKA
53 Across: It's billed as "The Place for Politics" (5)
MSNBC
56 Across: Clichéd cry (3)
EEK
58 Across: Stylish (5)
SMART
60 Across: Noted earthquake locale (7)
BAYAREA
62 Across: Satisfy (4)
MEET
63 Across: Fat fool? (10)
BROADCHUMP
66 Across: Landlocked land of Africa (4)
MALI
67 Across: Coke is used for this (5)
STEEL
68 Across: "Salus populi suprema lex ___" (Missouri's motto) (4)
ESTO
69 Across: Speechless (4)
MUTE
70 Across: Clinton defense secretary William (5)
PERRY
71 Across: Copy cats (4)
MEOW

Down Answers

1 Down: Thick (5)
MIDST
2 Down: One way to stand (6)
UNITED
3 Down: "Yes ___!" (6)
SIRREE
4 Down: Kitchen extension? (4)
ETTE
5 Down: Onetime tabloid nickname (5)
JACKO
6 Down: Kind of alcohol (5)
ETHYL
7 Down: Euripides character? (3)
RHO
8 Down: Seoul soldier (3)
ROK
9 Down: River that begins in Nord (4)
YSER
10 Down: Perilous (5)
RISKY
11 Down: How metric units are divided (8)
INTENTHS
12 Down: Stiffens, in a way (8)
STARCHES
13 Down: Screen swinger Ron (3)
ELY
18 Down: P.L.O.'s Arafat (5)
YASIR
22 Down: "Family Ties" son (4)
ALEX
25 Down: Blooms (7)
FLOWERS
26 Down: Q5 and Q7 (5)
AUDIS
28 Down: N.H.L. star nicknamed "Mr. Hockey" (4)
HOWE
30 Down: El Cid foe (4)
MOOR
32 Down: One with stressing work? (4)
POET
35 Down: Tickle Me Elmo manufacturer (4)
TYCO
36 Down: Yawn-inducing (5)
HOHUM
37 Down: Michael of "Superbad" (4)
CERA
38 Down: ___ Rios (Jamaican resort) (4)
OCHO
39 Down: "The Sleeping Gypsy" painter (8)
ROUSSEAU
40 Down: Lunch counter order (8)
TUNAMELT
44 Down: Bolshevik target (4)
TSAR
45 Down: Multivolume ref., usually (5)
ENCYC
49 Down: Leaf through (6)
PERUSE
50 Down: Appear that way (6)
SEEMTO
52 Down: ___ Bell, witch who was a fellow student of Harry Potter at Hogwarts (5)
KATIE
54 Down: Celt or Cav (5)
NBAER
55 Down: In the worst way (5)
BADLY
57 Down: [Bam!] (5)
KAPOW
59 Down: Shortening used in recipes (4)
TBSP
61 Down: "Don't you forget about me" (4)
AHEM
62 Down: "Yum!" (3)
MMM
64 Down: U.S.P.S. abbr. (3)
RTE
65 Down: Contraction that sounds like a conjunction (3)
OER

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