Monday Crossword — April 16, 2012 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/16/2012. By Lynn Lempel.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Yankee's crosstown rival (3)
- MET
- 4 Across: Burro (3)
- ASS
- 7 Across: Aunts' little girls (6)
- NIECES
- 13 Across: Lion's locks (4)
- MANE
- 14 Across: ___ constrictor (3)
- BOA
- 15 Across: "So fancy!" (6)
- OOLALA
- 16 Across: Assns. (4)
- ORGS
- 17 Across: Sexy sort (10)
- STUDMUFFIN
- 19 Across: Playing marble (5)
- AGATE
- 21 Across: Grp. that raids grow houses (3)
- DEA
- 22 Across: Cry of surprise (3)
- EEK
- 23 Across: Influential sort (12)
- BIGENCHILADA
- 28 Across: Compass pointer (6)
- NEEDLE
- 29 Across: Bread eaten during Passover (6)
- MATZOH
- 33 Across: Photocopier malfunctions (4)
- JAMS
- 34 Across: Israeli carrier (4)
- ELAL
- 37 Across: Tired (5)
- WEARY
- 38 Across: Cry to a matador (3)
- OLE
- 39 Across: Amiable sort (7)
- GOODEGG
- 41 Across: Tree juice (3)
- SAP
- 42 Across: Gandhi, e.g., religiously (5)
- HINDU
- 44 Across: "Gladiator" garment (4)
- TOGA
- 45 Across: Yearn (for) (4)
- PINE
- 46 Across: Word after "force of" or "freak of" (6)
- NATURE
- 48 Across: Encouragement (6)
- URGING
- 50 Across: Supple sort (12)
- HUMANPRETZEL
- 54 Across: Cigar residue (3)
- ASH
- 57 Across: Opposite of post- (3)
- PRE
- 58 Across: Rather distrustful (5)
- LEERY
- 59 Across: Precious sort (10)
- SWEETIEPIE
- 64 Across: New York theater award (4)
- OBIE
- 65 Across: Place for pizza or ice cream (6)
- PARLOR
- 66 Across: Put two and two together, say (3)
- ADD
- 67 Across: Caterer's coffee containers (4)
- URNS
- 68 Across: Feature on a skunk's back (6)
- STRIPE
- 69 Across: Parcel of property (3)
- LOT
- 70 Across: Feeling blue (3)
- SAD
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Reader's notes alongside the text (10)
- MARGINALIA
- 2 Down: Usual wedding precursor (10)
- ENGAGEMENT
- 3 Down: Exam takers (7)
- TESTEES
- 4 Down: Stomach muscles, for short (3)
- ABS
- 5 Down: Drunkard (3)
- SOT
- 6 Down: Riyadh native (5)
- SAUDI
- 7 Down: Polite refusal to a lady (6)
- NOMAAM
- 8 Down: Debtor's letters (3)
- IOU
- 9 Down: Worker in Santa's workshop (3)
- ELF
- 10 Down: Bistro (4)
- CAFE
- 11 Down: Nobelist Wiesel (4)
- ELIE
- 12 Down: Plummeted (4)
- SANK
- 13 Down: Biblical kingdom east of the Dead Sea (4)
- MOAB
- 18 Down: Dover's state: Abbr. (3)
- DEL
- 20 Down: Finish (3)
- END
- 24 Down: Royal role for Liz Taylor (4)
- CLEO
- 25 Down: Serf (5)
- HELOT
- 26 Down: Cartoondom's Deputy ___ (4)
- DAWG
- 27 Down: Chowed down (3)
- ATE
- 30 Down: Spelling clarification that Aziz might use twice (10)
- ZASINZEBRA
- 31 Down: Common marmalade ingredient (10)
- ORANGERIND
- 32 Down: Ballyhoo (4)
- HYPE
- 33 Down: Adams, Tyler or Kennedy (4)
- JOHN
- 35 Down: Hullabaloo (3)
- ADO
- 36 Down: Advantage (5)
- LEGUP
- 39 Down: Spiritual teacher of a 42-Across (4)
- GURU
- 40 Down: Teri of "Tootsie" (4)
- GARR
- 43 Down: "That's obvious, stupid!" (3)
- DUH
- 45 Down: Pathetic (7)
- PITEOUS
- 47 Down: Order of the British ___ (6)
- EMPIRE
- 49 Down: Hairspray alternative (3)
- GEL
- 51 Down: "Diamonds ___ Forever" (3)
- ARE
- 52 Down: Country with Mount Everest on its border (5)
- NEPAL
- 53 Down: Caustic cleaners (4)
- LYES
- 54 Down: Venomous vipers (4)
- ASPS
- 55 Down: Whack, as a fly (4)
- SWAT
- 56 Down: Frau's spouse (4)
- HERR
- 60 Down: Peyton's brother on the gridiron (3)
- ELI
- 61 Down: Lid (3)
- TOP
- 62 Down: Repeated words shouted after "Who wants ...?" (3)
- IDO
- 63 Down: Summer hrs. in D.C. (3)
- EDT
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