Friday Crossword — March 18, 2011 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 3/18/2011. By Patrick Merrell.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Carpaccio base, maybe (7)
- RAWFISH
- 8 Across: Rite aide (7)
- BESTMAN
- 15 Across: "I haven't a care in the world" (7)
- TRALALA
- 16 Across: He succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989 (7)
- AKIHITO
- 17 Across: Certain committee member (7)
- SENATOR
- 18 Across: Surveys, usually with negative responses (7)
- LEERSAT
- 19 Across: Music genre (6)
- NEWAGE
- 21 Across: Barbados, e.g. (4)
- ISLE
- 22 Across: Worms cries (4)
- ACHS
- 25 Across: Ulysses S. Grant was its eighth pres. (3)
- NRA
- 26 Across: Refuted (6)
- BELIED
- 28 Across: State sch. in Kingston (3)
- URI
- 29 Across: Severely rebukes (9)
- KEELHAULS
- 31 Across: What mown lawns do (6)
- REGROW
- 33 Across: Wheelchair attachments (8)
- LEGRESTS
- 36 Across: Home of Hampshire College (7)
- AMHERST
- 38 Across: Part of an ancient procession (7)
- CHARIOT
- 39 Across: Pressured (8)
- LEANEDON
- 41 Across: Get rid of (6)
- DISPEL
- 42 Across: Dolphin, e.g. (9)
- SEAANIMAL
- 44 Across: Organizational figure (3)
- PIE
- 45 Across: Strapping (6)
- BRAWNY
- 47 Across: Jules Verne harpooner ___ Land (3)
- NED
- 48 Across: Singer Vannelli of 1970s-'80s pop (4)
- GINO
- 49 Across: "___ mouse!" (4)
- EEKA
- 50 Across: Flightless bird (6)
- RATITE
- 52 Across: Standard with the lyric "Ain't these tears in my eyes tellin' you?" (7)
- AMIBLUE
- 55 Across: Smooth (7)
- IRONOUT
- 59 Across: Beady-eyed and sneaky (7)
- RATLIKE
- 60 Across: Criminal types (7)
- MAFIOSI
- 61 Across: Was irritated and made some noise about it? (7)
- SNEEZED
- 62 Across: Semiannual event (7)
- EQUINOX
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Some linemen: Abbr. (3)
- RTS
- 2 Down: What may be coming after you (3)
- ARE
- 3 Down: Not ruddy (3)
- WAN
- 4 Down: 23-Down caramel desserts (5)
- FLANS
- 5 Down: "Must've been something ___" (4)
- IATE
- 6 Down: When there's nothing doing (11)
- SLOWNEWSDAY
- 7 Down: City known as Salisbury until 1982 (6)
- HARARE
- 8 Down: Farm delivery (4)
- BALE
- 9 Down: Accomplish by economy, with "out" (3)
- EKE
- 10 Down: You: Ger. (3)
- SIE
- 11 Down: Games that go into overtime, say (9)
- THRILLERS
- 12 Down: United States divider (11)
- MISSISSIPPI
- 13 Down: "... ___ told by an idiot": Macbeth (5)
- ATALE
- 14 Down: "Got it" (5)
- NOTED
- 20 Down: Rancor (4)
- GALL
- 22 Down: Like something you've heard? (5)
- AURAL
- 23 Down: See 4-Down (5)
- CREME
- 24 Down: Wasted (11)
- HIGHASAKITE
- 26 Down: Home to more than 5 1/2 million Arabs (11)
- BAGHDADIRAQ
- 27 Down: Kind of pass (6)
- EURAIL
- 29 Down: Ethnic cuisine (6)
- KOREAN
- 30 Down: ___ Crighton Trophy (Canada's Heisman-like award) (3)
- HEC
- 32 Down: Like wind and solar energy (9)
- RENEWABLE
- 34 Down: Wheel alignment (5)
- TOEIN
- 35 Down: Pope with a Nov. 10 feast day (5)
- STLEO
- 37 Down: Gob (3)
- TON
- 40 Down: Pretty ballerina in an Abba song (4)
- NINA
- 43 Down: Respite from dependents and everyone else (6)
- METIME
- 45 Down: Some circus performers (5)
- BEARS
- 46 Down: Bring back to full strength, as a staff (5)
- REMAN
- 48 Down: Guardian spirits (5)
- GENII
- 50 Down: Papyrus, e.g. (4)
- REED
- 51 Down: Some soft white blocks (4)
- TOFU
- 53 Down: La ___ (Hollywood nickname) (3)
- LIZ
- 54 Down: Marilyn Monroe played one in "Some Like It Hot" (3)
- UKE
- 56 Down: Suffix with bass (3)
- OON
- 57 Down: Operation Mail Call grp. (3)
- USO
- 58 Down: B.O. buys (3)
- TIX
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