Wednesday Crossword — October 10, 2012 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/10/2012. By Pete Muller.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: 1970 #1 hit with the lyric "Easy as ..." (3)
- ABC
- 4 Across: Last option, often (5)
- OTHER
- 9 Across: Equally poor (5)
- ASBAD
- 14 Across: Miracle-___ (3)
- GRO
- 15 Across: Soap genre (5)
- DRAMA
- 16 Across: Macbeth or Macduff (5)
- THANE
- 17 Across: Surgically replaceable body parts (9)
- HIPJOINTS
- 19 Across: With 49-Across, jumble (5)
- HODGE
- 20 Across: Sop up (6)
- ABSORB
- 21 Across: Many a corporate plane (7)
- PROPJET
- 23 Across: On videotape, say (4)
- SEEN
- 24 Across: Supposed skill of some hotline operators (3)
- ESP
- 27 Across: The sun, in Spain (5)
- ELSOL
- 28 Across: Some INTs result in them (3)
- TDS
- 29 Across: When mammoths roamed (6)
- ICEAGE
- 31 Across: Sedona automaker (3)
- KIA
- 33 Across: On-the-spot appraisal (12)
- SNAPJUDGMENT
- 36 Across: "___ directed" (5)
- USEAS
- 39 Across: Sun-kissed (3)
- TAN
- 40 Across: Tea-growing Indian state (5)
- ASSAM
- 41 Across: Classic mountain bikes (12)
- STUMPJUMPERS
- 44 Across: H.R.H. part (3)
- HER
- 45 Across: Alternative to texts (6)
- EMAILS
- 46 Across: Manhattan's crosstown arteries: Abbr. (3)
- STS
- 49 Across: See 19-Across (5)
- PODGE
- 52 Across: Cards, on scoreboards (3)
- STL
- 53 Across: Green "pet" (4)
- CHIA
- 54 Across: Bar musicians may put them out (7)
- TIPJARS
- 56 Across: Total nonsense (6)
- IDIOCY
- 58 Across: "___ the loneliest number" (5)
- ONEIS
- 59 Across: Serving with syrup (9)
- FLAPJACKS
- 62 Across: Lee and Laurel (5)
- STANS
- 63 Across: As such (5)
- PERSE
- 64 Across: Merry Prankster Kesey (3)
- KEN
- 65 Across: The hotheaded Corleone (5)
- SONNY
- 66 Across: Protected from rainouts, say (5)
- DOMED
- 67 Across: Sellout sign (3)
- SRO
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Terror-struck (6)
- AGHAST
- 2 Down: Greased the palm of (6)
- BRIBED
- 3 Down: Thickets (6)
- COPSES
- 4 Down: Foot problem (4)
- ODOR
- 5 Down: Manhattan film festival locale (7)
- TRIBECA
- 6 Down: ___ Solo (Ford role) (3)
- HAN
- 7 Down: Defib operator (3)
- EMT
- 8 Down: Sing like Tom Waits (4)
- RASP
- 9 Down: Playwright Fugard (5)
- ATHOL
- 10 Down: Hits the "Add to Cart" button and then continues, say (5)
- SHOPS
- 11 Down: Elicitors of groans (8)
- BADJOKES
- 12 Down: Actress Jolie (8)
- ANGELINA
- 13 Down: Bug repellent (4)
- DEET
- 18 Down: Stewart in the "Wordplay" documentary (3)
- JON
- 22 Down: Action hero's underwater breathing aid (4)
- REED
- 25 Down: Body part that may be deviated (6)
- SEPTUM
- 26 Down: Nightwear ... or a hidden feature of 17-, 21-, 33-, 41-, 54- and 59-Across? (7)
- PAJAMAS
- 29 Down: Clouseau, e.g.: Abbr. (4)
- INSP
- 30 Down: Defensive excavation (6)
- GUNPIT
- 32 Down: PIN requester (3)
- ATM
- 33 Down: "Casablanca" pianist (3)
- SAM
- 34 Down: Needle-nosed swimmers (4)
- GARS
- 35 Down: Ed.'s workload (3)
- MSS
- 36 Down: Work the aisles, informally (3)
- USH
- 37 Down: Put on, as pants (8)
- STEPINTO
- 38 Down: Like some Turks and Georgians (8)
- EUROPEAN
- 42 Down: Give the raspberry (4)
- JEER
- 43 Down: Basic orbital path (7)
- ELLIPSE
- 46 Down: Tases, say (6)
- SHOCKS
- 47 Down: Bygone Wall Street device (6)
- TICKER
- 48 Down: Refuses (6)
- SAYSNO
- 50 Down: Spirit of Islamic myth (5)
- DJINN
- 51 Down: Like a blowhard (5)
- GASSY
- 53 Down: "The Bourne Supremacy" org. (3)
- CIA
- 54 Down: Eject from the game (4)
- TOSS
- 55 Down: Dirty Harry's org. (4)
- SFPD
- 57 Down: Handled the music at a rave (4)
- DJED
- 60 Down: DiCaprio, to pals (3)
- LEO
- 61 Down: Escort's offering (3)
- ARM
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