Thursday Crossword — September 29, 2011 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/29/2011. By Ben Fish.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Easy catch (5)
- POPUP
- 6 Across: Site of some Galileo experiments (4)
- PISA
- 10 Across: "The ___ lama, he's a priest" (4)
- ONEL
- 14 Across: Dutch princess who's the daughter of Queen Juliana (5)
- IRENE
- 15 Across: Air show sound (4)
- ROAR
- 16 Across: Grievous (4)
- DIRE
- 17 Across: [See blurb] (10)
- GRADEBONUS
- 19 Across: Year St. Augustine of Canterbury died (4)
- DCIV
- 20 Across: Org. with a targetlike mark on its flag (3)
- RAF
- 21 Across: School yr. section (3)
- SEM
- 23 Across: Time for a pique-nique, maybe (3)
- ETE
- 24 Across: Honeybun (7)
- CUPCAKE
- 28 Across: Ming jar, e.g. (7)
- ANTIQUE
- 30 Across: Second bananas (7)
- STOOGES
- 31 Across: Kind of knife (5)
- GINSU
- 32 Across: Bugs (7)
- PESTERS
- 33 Across: Seventh heaven (7)
- ECSTASY
- 36 Across: N.L. West team, on scoreboards (3)
- ARI
- 37 Across: Fairy tale (3)
- LIE
- 38 Across: Reporter's aid (7)
- NOTEPAD
- 43 Across: Best-selling PC game released in 2000 (7)
- THESIMS
- 47 Across: Hot (5)
- IRATE
- 48 Across: Simple ski lift (7)
- ROPETOW
- 49 Across: Learned ones (7)
- SAVANTS
- 51 Across: Analgesic (7)
- ANODYNE
- 52 Across: Scot's negative (3)
- NAE
- 53 Across: Service award? (3)
- TIP
- 54 Across: Upper body: Abbr. (3)
- SEN
- 55 Across: Sphere (4)
- AREA
- 57 Across: [See blurb] (10)
- MATHSYMBOL
- 63 Across: Enamored (of) (4)
- FOND
- 64 Across: Home for Samuel Beckett (4)
- EIRE
- 65 Across: Language known to native speakers as "te reo" (5)
- MAORI
- 66 Across: Reverse (4)
- UNDO
- 67 Across: Esposas: Abbr. (4)
- SRAS
- 68 Across: Tries (5)
- STABS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Glutton (3)
- PIG
- 2 Down: Bomber pilot in "Catch-22" (3)
- ORR
- 3 Down: Green globule (3)
- PEA
- 4 Down: German connection (3)
- UND
- 5 Down: British aristocracy (7)
- PEERAGE
- 6 Down: Claim (7)
- PROFESS
- 7 Down: ___ exchange (3)
- ION
- 8 Down: Link in the food chain? (7)
- SAUSAGE
- 9 Down: #33 on a table (7)
- ARSENIC
- 10 Down: ___ duck (3)
- ODD
- 11 Down: [See blurb] (11)
- NICEQUALITY
- 12 Down: Baritone piece sung by Renato (5)
- ERITU
- 13 Down: New Orleans sight (5)
- LEVEE
- 18 Down: Sondheim's Mrs. Lovett, e.g. (5)
- BAKER
- 22 Down: Range parts: Abbr. (4)
- MTNS
- 24 Down: Airer of hearings (5)
- CSPAN
- 25 Down: "In ___," Nirvana album (5)
- UTERO
- 26 Down: [See blurb] (11)
- POSITIVEEND
- 27 Down: Prison staple (3)
- COT
- 29 Down: Suffix with real or surreal (3)
- IST
- 34 Down: One who says a lot in a game (5)
- SIMON
- 35 Down: "___ can" (campaign slogan) (5)
- YESWE
- 39 Down: The Depression, e.g. (3)
- ERA
- 40 Down: Runners do it (4)
- PANT
- 41 Down: Occasionally (7)
- ATTIMES
- 42 Down: Hopelessness (7)
- DESPAIR
- 43 Down: Wrecks (7)
- TRASHES
- 44 Down: Puts an edge on (5)
- HONES
- 45 Down: Curie, Kelvin and Fermi (7)
- EPONYMS
- 46 Down: But: Lat. (3)
- SED
- 49 Down: Major mess (5)
- SNAFU
- 50 Down: Sorkin who wrote "The Social Network" (5)
- AARON
- 56 Down: Shakespearean stir (3)
- ADO
- 58 Down: La-la lead-in (3)
- TRA
- 59 Down: Bath ___ (3)
- MAT
- 60 Down: Flapper wrapper (3)
- BOA
- 61 Down: Sphere (3)
- ORB
- 62 Down: French flower (3)
- LIS
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