Wednesday Crossword — February 23, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/23/2011. By Barry C. Silk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Audibly in shock (5)
AGASP
6 Across: Rack item (3)
HAT
9 Across: Can't stomach (5)
ABHOR
14 Across: State-run revenue source (5)
LOTTO
15 Across: 1945 flag-raising site, briefly (3)
IWO
16 Across: Arledge who pioneered Monday night football (5)
ROONE
17 Across: Grammy winner James and others (5)
ETTAS
18 Across: Horror film star Chaney (3)
LON
19 Across: Widely known (5)
FAMED
20 Across: Big Bopper hit (13)
CHANTILLYLACE
23 Across: [as printed] (3)
SIC
24 Across: Common gout site (3)
TOE
25 Across: Title for Paul McCartney (3)
SIR
26 Across: Actor McShane of "Deadwood" (3)
IAN
29 Across: Barrier with a diamond pattern (14)
CHAINLINKFENCE
33 Across: Thurman of film (3)
UMA
34 Across: Baseballer-turned-spy Berg (3)
MOE
35 Across: Unaccompanied (4)
LONE
36 Across: Place to get a bucket of balls (5)
RANGE
39 Across: In a funk (3)
LOW
40 Across: Like some paper and coats (5)
LINED
41 Across: "Understood" (4)
ISEE
42 Across: Sock-in-the-gut reaction (3)
OOF
43 Across: Mauna ___ (3)
KEA
44 Across: Group overseeing Notre Dame Cathedral (14)
CHURCHOFFRANCE
49 Across: H.M.S. part (3)
HER
50 Across: Just fine (3)
AOK
51 Across: California town name starter (3)
LOS
52 Across: Rock's ___ Rose (3)
AXL
54 Across: Remote possibility ... or a hint to 20-, 29- and 44-Across (13)
OUTSIDECHANCE
58 Across: Yawl's pair (5)
MASTS
60 Across: "No dice!" (3)
NIX
61 Across: Weighed down (5)
LADEN
62 Across: Russian pancakes (5)
BLINI
63 Across: First Liston/Clay fight result, in brief (3)
TKO
64 Across: Republican-turned-Democrat Specter (5)
ARLEN
65 Across: It's a plus (5)
ASSET
66 Across: Anthem contraction (3)
OER
67 Across: Like a neglected lawn (5)
WEEDY

Down Answers

1 Down: Smart guys? (5)
ALECS
2 Down: Notre Dame's architectural style (6)
GOTHIC
3 Down: Tack on (6)
ATTACH
4 Down: Satirist Freberg (4)
STAN
5 Down: When racehorses are at the gate (8)
POSTTIME
6 Down: Jewish campus group (6)
HILLEL
7 Down: M.P.'s quarry (4)
AWOL
8 Down: Press secretary under George W. Bush (8)
TONYSNOW
9 Down: Kennel outburst (6)
ARFARF
10 Down: Old U.K. carrier (4)
BOAC
11 Down: Follow a signal to (8)
HOMEINON
12 Down: Admit ___ (3)
ONE
13 Down: Badly chafed (3)
RED
21 Down: Inner Hebrides isle (4)
IONA
22 Down: ___ button (Facebook icon) (4)
LIKE
27 Down: Oxy 5 target (4)
ACNE
28 Down: ___-to-know basis (4)
NEED
30 Down: Boring tool (5)
AUGER
31 Down: "Bye for now!" (5)
IMOFF
32 Down: ___ González affair of 2000 (5)
ELIAN
36 Down: Rolling in it (4)
RICH
37 Down: 1975 Wimbledon winner (4)
ASHE
38 Down: Phobic disorder, e.g. (8)
NEUROSIS
39 Down: Check out (8)
LOOKINTO
40 Down: Ordinance aimed at pet owners (8)
LEASHLAW
42 Down: Shouts of surprise (4)
OHOS
43 Down: Ray who built McDonald's into a giant (4)
KROC
45 Down: Watch a kitty (6)
CATSIT
46 Down: Limb-bending muscle (6)
FLEXOR
47 Down: Thing to snuff (6)
CANDLE
48 Down: Go over (6)
EXCEED
53 Down: 1974 title role for Dustin Hoffman (5)
LENNY
55 Down: ___ Reader (alternative magazine) (4)
UTNE
56 Down: Flood barrier (4)
DIKE
57 Down: Rhine feeder (4)
AARE
58 Down: Wharton deg. (3)
MBA
59 Down: Capp and Capone (3)
ALS

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