Wednesday Crossword — January 11, 2012 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/11/2012. By Chuck Deodene.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Semidomed area (4)
- APSE
- 5 Across: Constellation with the star Rigel (5)
- ORION
- 10 Across: Smidgens (4)
- DABS
- 14 Across: Mecca for oenophiles (4)
- NAPA
- 15 Across: Like a drag revue (5)
- CAMPY
- 16 Across: ___-B (4)
- ORAL
- 17 Across: Fabric store employees? (10)
- SWATCHTEAM
- 19 Across: "Me neither" (4)
- NORI
- 20 Across: "Nixon in China" role (3)
- MAO
- 21 Across: Sculptor Jean (3)
- ARP
- 22 Across: Fed in pursuit of counterfeiters (4)
- TMAN
- 23 Across: Repair for a torn pullover? (14)
- PATCHONTHEBACK
- 27 Across: ___ esprit (witty one) (3)
- BEL
- 28 Across: Set of parts awaiting assembly (3)
- KIT
- 29 Across: Bothersome (5)
- PESKY
- 30 Across: Org. that oversees American athletes (4)
- USOC
- 32 Across: Gunk (3)
- GOO
- 34 Across: Bro's sibling (3)
- SIS
- 35 Across: Attend a tennis tournament because one is a fan of? (15)
- GOTOTHEMATCHFOR
- 41 Across: "La Femme Nikita" director Besson (3)
- LUC
- 42 Across: Serengeti herd member (3)
- GNU
- 43 Across: Vostok 1's Gagarin (4)
- YURI
- 44 Across: Slanted columns? (5)
- OPEDS
- 47 Across: Dallas is in it, for short (3)
- NFC
- 49 Across: Kicker (3)
- LEG
- 50 Across: Cookies baked by Satan? (14)
- BATCHOUTOFHELL
- 55 Across: Ocean predator (4)
- ORCA
- 56 Across: Back-to-school night grp. (3)
- PTA
- 57 Across: E.M.T. hookups (3)
- IVS
- 58 Across: Mineral suffixes (4)
- ITES
- 59 Across: Arrest made on a side street? (10)
- ALLEYCATCH
- 64 Across: Online destination (4)
- SITE
- 65 Across: Sierra ___ (5)
- LEONE
- 66 Across: Grumpy (4)
- DOUR
- 67 Across: Muscular jerks (4)
- TICS
- 68 Across: Harmonizes, as digital devices (5)
- SYNCS
- 69 Across: Form of fencing (4)
- EPEE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: All of the above, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
- ANS
- 2 Down: Claw holder (3)
- PAW
- 3 Down: 2005 Broadway hit based on a 1974 film (8)
- SPAMALOT
- 4 Down: Vex (5)
- EATAT
- 5 Down: Edinburgh exclamation (3)
- OCH
- 6 Down: Turncoat (3)
- RAT
- 7 Down: "To clarify ..." (5)
- IMEAN
- 8 Down: Eye-straining exhibit (5)
- OPART
- 9 Down: Young termite, e.g. (5)
- NYMPH
- 10 Down: Advice to an introvert (9)
- DONTBESHY
- 11 Down: Airborne stimuli (6)
- AROMAS
- 12 Down: President after George (6)
- BARACK
- 13 Down: Toy consisting of 80 feet of wire (6)
- SLINKY
- 18 Down: One making a wake-up call? (4)
- COCK
- 23 Down: Money across the border (4)
- PESO
- 24 Down: Feat for a soprano (5)
- HIGHC
- 25 Down: Plains native (4)
- OTOE
- 26 Down: Monumental (4)
- EPIC
- 27 Down: Flu (3)
- BUG
- 31 Down: Dead-ended investigations (9)
- COLDCASES
- 33 Down: Text messager's "Wow!" (3)
- OMG
- 34 Down: Cram (5)
- STUFF
- 36 Down: Heinie (4)
- TUSH
- 37 Down: ___ Domini (4)
- ANNO
- 38 Down: Period (8)
- FULLSTOP
- 39 Down: Oka River city (4)
- OREL
- 40 Down: Semi (3)
- RIG
- 44 Down: Wind section player (6)
- OBOIST
- 45 Down: Trilogy's midsection (6)
- PARTII
- 46 Down: Yadda, yadda, yadda (6)
- ETCETC
- 48 Down: Fashionable (4)
- CHIC
- 51 Down: Milky gems (5)
- OPALS
- 52 Down: Five-time All-Star second baseman Chase ___ (5)
- UTLEY
- 53 Down: Avian gripper (5)
- TALON
- 54 Down: Sidestep (5)
- EVADE
- 60 Down: S.A.S.E., for one (3)
- ENC
- 61 Down: "Getting to ___" (best-selling business book) (3)
- YES
- 62 Down: What a walk-on awaits (3)
- CUE
- 63 Down: Bygone Eur. realm (3)
- HRE
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