Thursday Crossword — February 3, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/3/2011. By Matt Ginsberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: --- (5)
RAKES
6 Across: Does yard work (4)
MOWS
10 Across: Longest river entirely in Switzerland (4)
AARE
14 Across: Deuce follower (5)
ADOUT
15 Across: --- (4)
ICEE
16 Across: Summer cooler (4)
POOL
17 Across: --- (5)
BORNE
18 Across: Held up (4)
LATE
19 Across: Slaughter who dashed home to win the 1946 World Series (4)
ENOS
20 Across: Kind of cheese (4)
BLEU
21 Across: Food orders sometimes prepared in toaster ovens (4)
BLTS
22 Across: Excellence as a virtue, to ancient Greeks (5)
ARETE
23 Across: Advice for solving this puzzle, part 1 (7)
IFACLUE
25 Across: Kaput (4)
PFFT
27 Across: "Just Say I Love ___" (hit of 1950) (3)
HER
28 Across: Fouls (8)
POLLUTES
32 Across: There is a "super" one every four yrs. (3)
TUE
35 Across: Business TV newsman Ron (6)
INSANA
37 Across: Roll's partner (4)
ROCK
38 Across: Advice, part 2 (15)
ISMISSINGUSETHE
41 Across: --- (4)
EDIT
42 Across: Set right (6)
INDENT
43 Across: Broadcast (3)
SOW
44 Across: 1980s hairstyle with a long strand in the back (8)
RATSTAIL
46 Across: Baseball's Cobb and others (3)
TYS
48 Across: Goes for the bronze? (4)
SUNS
49 Across: End of the advice (7)
NEXTONE
53 Across: --- (5)
SCOOT
56 Across: Go quickly (4)
TEAR
58 Across: Earl of ___ (Sir Anthony Eden) (4)
AVON
59 Across: --- (4)
ROWS
60 Across: Scraps (4)
ORTS
61 Across: Failed spectacularly (5)
ATEIT
62 Across: --- (4)
IDEA
63 Across: Fancy (4)
WANT
64 Across: "#@&%!," e.g. (5)
CURSE
65 Across: --- (4)
SEND
66 Across: Dispatch (4)
SLAY
67 Across: Perfume ingredient (5)
ESTER

Down Answers

1 Down: Official traditionally seen in a black hat (5)
RABBI
2 Down: First name in W.W. II infamy (5)
ADOLF
3 Down: Service site for some veterans (5)
KOREA
4 Down: Harem guard, typically (6)
EUNUCH
5 Down: Marie or Jeanne: Abbr. (3)
STE
6 Down: Minnesota lake ___ Lacs (5)
MILLE
7 Down: One ___ (baseball variant) (4)
OCAT
8 Down: Dish-washing aid (9)
WETSPONGE
9 Down: Call ... or call on (3)
SEE
10 Down: --- (8)
APERTURE
11 Down: Crack (4)
AONE
12 Down: Source (4)
ROOT
13 Down: In addition (4)
ELSE
21 Down: Like the poem "Tam o' Shanter" (8)
BURNSIAN
22 Down: Org. for Joe Namath (3)
AFL
24 Down: Hawaiian handouts (4)
LEIS
26 Down: Exhibitionist (8)
FLAUNTER
28 Down: C.F.O.'s concern (5)
PANDL
29 Down: Bambini (4)
TOTS
30 Down: Return to sender? (4)
ECHO
31 Down: Twist (4)
SKEW
32 Down: Cake part (4)
TIER
33 Down: "Choice" agcy. (4)
USDA
34 Down: Discharge (4)
EMIT
36 Down: Left-handed (9)
SINISTRAL
39 Down: "A pity" (8)
ITSSOSAD
40 Down: Frightful river to cross (4)
STYX
45 Down: King who gained international prominence in 1922 (3)
TUT
47 Down: --- (6)
STATUS
49 Down: Rank (5)
NASTY
50 Down: Unmistakable (5)
OVERT
51 Down: Static (5)
NOISE
52 Down: Break in, say (5)
ENTER
53 Down: Eastern holy men's titles (4)
SRIS
54 Down: Do programming work (4)
CODE
55 Down: Wilson of "Shanghai Noon" (4)
OWEN
57 Down: Volcano whose eruption was described by Virgil (4)
ETNA
60 Down: Band-Aid removal comments (3)
OWS
61 Down: Von Richthofen, for one (3)
ACE

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