Friday Crossword — April 15, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 4/15/2011. By Patrick Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "The Children of Men" author (7)
PDJAMES
8 Across: More than a quarter of the earth's crust (7)
SILICON
15 Across: Resource of western Australia (7)
IRONORE
16 Across: Out of the loop (7)
UNAWARE
17 Across: 2007 film featuring a heavily tattooed main character (15)
EASTERNPROMISES
19 Across: Affectionate feelings (4)
TIES
20 Across: "It's a ___" (4)
SIGN
21 Across: Native of Ayr (4)
SCOT
22 Across: At least one (3)
ANY
23 Across: Gab (5)
PRATE
25 Across: Idea person's cry (3)
AHA
26 Across: Origami design (4)
BOAT
27 Across: Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," e.g. (3)
ODE
29 Across: Early Windows underpinning (3)
DOS
32 Across: Complimentary item at restaurants (15)
AFTERDINNERMINT
37 Across: Field of Bible-based study (15)
CREATIONSCIENCE
38 Across: Hogwarts enrollee (15)
HERMIONEGRANGER
39 Across: Always used by Longfellow? (3)
EER
40 Across: Grp. represented by the Southern Cross (3)
CSA
41 Across: Deep shockers (4)
EELS
42 Across: Long ___ (3)
AGO
44 Across: Two of these are needed to pass (5)
LANES
46 Across: Speak on the record? (3)
RAP
49 Across: Openable with a gentle push, say (4)
AJAR
51 Across: Quite a tidy sum (4)
PILE
52 Across: Matter of contention (4)
BONE
53 Across: Constables' superiors (15)
POLICESERGEANTS
57 Across: Fraction of a fraction (7)
SUBPART
58 Across: Kind of jam in a sacher torte (7)
APRICOT
59 Across: Who wrote "In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king" (7)
ERASMUS
60 Across: Calm swimming spots (7)
LAGOONS

Down Answers

1 Down: Only work of art that Michelangelo signed (5)
PIETA
2 Down: Exhaust (5)
DRAIN
3 Down: "The Outlaw ___ Wales" (5)
JOSEY
4 Down: Queen and her servants, maybe (4)
ANTS
5 Down: Bully in "Calvin and Hobbes" (3)
MOE
6 Down: Be off (3)
ERR
7 Down: Typical tabloid writers (15)
SENSATIONALISTS
8 Down: Health V.I.P.'s (15)
SURGEONSGENERAL
9 Down: A party to (4)
INON
10 Down: Skip town (3)
LAM
11 Down: "If only that were true!" (5)
IWISH
12 Down: Descending in steps (9)
CASCADING
13 Down: Modern ice cream flavor (4)
OREO
14 Down: It might hold a few swallows (4)
NEST
18 Down: Mine (3)
PIT
23 Down: Grand entrance (7)
PORTICO
24 Down: Squad car necessities (6)
RADIOS
25 Down: Passé skyline sights (7)
AERIALS
26 Down: Cantilever, e.g. (4)
BEAM
28 Down: Dictate (6)
DECREE
30 Down: ___ a day (4)
ONCE
31 Down: Song ending (4)
STER
32 Down: Longing (4)
ACHE
33 Down: Available (4)
FREE
34 Down: Clay used by potters (9)
TERRAALBA
35 Down: Cincinnati-to-Dayton dir. (3)
NNE
36 Down: Department store department (4)
MENS
43 Down: Film set workers (5)
GRIPS
45 Down: Barley product (3)
ALE
46 Down: "But wait, there's more!" company (5)
RONCO
47 Down: Composer Bruckner (5)
ANTON
48 Down: Spray targets (5)
PESTS
49 Down: Place to pray (4)
APSE
50 Down: Carte du ___ (4)
JOUR
51 Down: Where the 2003 true-life film "Touching the Void" is set (4)
PERU
52 Down: Actor Scott (4)
BAIO
54 Down: Surveillance tool, briefly (3)
CAM
55 Down: Univ. application datum (3)
GPA
56 Down: One-tenth of a microjoule (3)
ERG

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