Friday Crossword — May 27, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 5/27/2011. By Ashton Anderson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Seething (5)
ABOIL
6 Across: The Panthers of the N.C.A.A. (4)
PITT
10 Across: Decision-prompting request (4)
RSVP
14 Across: "Doctor Zhivago" producer (5)
PONTI
15 Across: Drama halls (4)
ODEA
16 Across: Electric weapon (4)
EPEE
17 Across: Glance (10)
SNEAKAPEEK
19 Across: Charity allotment (4)
DOLE
20 Across: Never wrapping up (7)
ENDLESS
21 Across: Remove forcefully (7)
TEAROUT
23 Across: Still contending (4)
INIT
24 Across: "My treat" (7)
ITSONME
25 Across: Fundamentalist group (7)
ALQAEDA
28 Across: "With Reagan" writer (5)
MEESE
29 Across: Fail (7)
GOUNDER
30 Across: Pierced (7)
ENTERED
33 Across: Where you may be on a French map (3)
ICI
34 Across: Meiji prime minister (3)
ITO
35 Across: "Impossible" (7)
NOCANDO
40 Across: Looks like it does (7)
SEEMSTO
44 Across: Name on some underwear (5)
KLEIN
45 Across: Peak (7)
MAXIMUM
46 Across: It exceeds the sum of its parts (7)
GESTALT
48 Across: Explanatory words (4)
ASIN
49 Across: Good enough (7)
UPTOPAR
50 Across: Bar fixture (7)
REGULAR
54 Across: Currency dropped during the French Revolution (4)
ECUS
55 Across: Scorned kid brother, maybe (10)
TATTLETALE
57 Across: Fizz ingredient (4)
SODA
58 Across: Naturalist's subj. (4)
ECOL
59 Across: Player of a stoic crew member (5)
NIMOY
60 Across: Gods swear by it (4)
STYX
61 Across: Inits. on some underwear (4)
DKNY
62 Across: Heard trial evidence (5)
TAPES

Down Answers

1 Down: Religious recession? (4)
APSE
2 Down: Bygone European capital (4)
BONN
3 Down: Linear (4)
ONED
4 Down: Like "Cinema Paradiso" (7)
ITALIAN
5 Down: Analogized (7)
LIKENED
6 Down: Prince, e.g. (7)
POPSTAR
7 Down: Periodic table suffix (3)
IDE
8 Down: When a foursome starts (7)
TEETIME
9 Down: Rest (7)
TAKETEN
10 Down: Wooer's surprise (7)
REDROSE
11 Down: Trump the jack, e.g. (10)
SPOONERISM
12 Down: Soft palate (5)
VELUM
13 Down: Most successful U.S. black golfer before Woods (5)
PEETE
18 Down: Obiter dictum (5)
ASIDE
22 Down: Play ___ (do some tennis) (4)
ASET
25 Down: Hostile to, in the hills (4)
AGIN
26 Down: Gonzo (4)
LOCO
27 Down: Fast learner (10)
QUICKSTUDY
31 Down: Senate censure (4)
ETTU
32 Down: Make a goner (4)
DOOM
36 Down: Instrument for Cannonball Adderley (7)
ALTOSAX
37 Down: Opposite of spring, tidewise (4)
NEAP
38 Down: Like some pupils (7)
DILATED
39 Down: Following the schedule (7)
ONTRACK
40 Down: With style (7)
SMARTLY
41 Down: One may hold a drawing (5)
EASEL
42 Down: Pressing (7)
EXIGENT
43 Down: Triviality (7)
MINUTIA
46 Down: "___ again!" (5)
GUESS
47 Down: Future World setting (5)
EPCOT
51 Down: Lighting director? (4)
LAMP
52 Down: Natural soother (4)
ALOE
53 Down: Curious George's creators (4)
REYS
56 Down: Large load (3)
TON

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