Thursday Crossword — May 2, 2013 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 77 clues). Published 5/2/2013. By Josh Knapp.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Target of union hatred (4)
SCAB
5 Across: Weak part of a hull (4)
SEAM
9 Across: Dormant volcano in the Cascade Range (6)
SHASTA
15 Across: H-___ (4)
HOUR
16 Across: Low bar (4)
AXLE
17 Across: Facing (6)
TOWARD
18 Across: Literally, "itself" (4)
IPSO
19 Across: *2007 Best Picture nominee (11)
WILLBEBLOOD
21 Across: Mental lightweights (7)
NITWITS
23 Across: Sony laptop line (4)
VAIO
24 Across: A.L. East city, on scoreboards (3)
TOR
25 Across: *"Hope this works!" (11)
GOESNOTHING
27 Across: Francis, for one (4)
POPE
28 Across: Tackle box stock (5)
LURES
29 Across: A, in Altdorf (4)
EINE
30 Across: Many apps (5)
GAMES
31 Across: Language suffix (3)
ESE
32 Across: "It's a kick in a glass" sloganeer, once (4)
TANG
34 Across: Old-fashioned broadcasters (6)
CRIERS
35 Across: *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have? (10)
NEITHERNOR
38 Across: Broadcast online in real time (6)
STREAM
41 Across: Contact lens cleaner brand (4)
RENU
42 Across: Little litter sound (3)
MEW
45 Across: Thick-veined vegetable (5)
CHARD
46 Across: World of Warcraft event (4)
RAID
48 Across: New Mexico's ___ Canyon (5)
CHACO
50 Across: "American Pie" actress Tara (4)
REID
51 Across: *"Abbey Road" track (11)
COMESTHESUN
53 Across: Coastal hunter (3)
ERN
54 Across: Diplomat Annan (4)
KOFI
55 Across: Hipster (7)
COOLCAT
56 Across: *Start of many limericks (11)
WASANOLDMAN
59 Across: Part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice (4)
DADO
60 Across: Outfielder's cry (6)
IGOTIT
61 Across: Ticked off (4)
SORE
62 Across: Suffix with cyclo- (4)
TRON
63 Across: Creed (6)
TENETS
64 Across: Bound (4)
TIED
65 Across: Whaleboat features (4)
OARS

Down Answers

1 Down: Possible target for a nail gun (7)
SHINGLE
2 Down: Plentiful (7)
COPIOUS
3 Down: Like monastery life (7)
AUSTERE
4 Down: Look around (6)
BROWSE
5 Down: Handled (5)
SAWTO
6 Down: In the real world (8)
EXISTENT
7 Down: With 39-Down, hot (3)
ALL
8 Down: Director Van Peebles (6)
MELVIN
9 Down: Shrek creator (5)
STEIG
10 Down: Wandering soul (4)
HOBO
11 Down: Hole puncher (3)
AWL
12 Down: Island off the Gabonese coast (7)
SAOTOME
13 Down: Ticket agent? (7)
TROOPER
14 Down: Lines on a package (7)
ADDRESS
20 Down: "The Dark Knight Rises" villain (4)
BANE
22 Down: Alternatively (7)
INSTEAD
26 Down: Baked (4)
HIGH
27 Down: Match (up) (4)
PAIR
30 Down: Whom some novelty disguises imitate (7)
GROUCHO
33 Down: "Ready, ___ ...!" (3)
AIM
34 Down: "This is ___" (3)
CNN
35 Down: Swot : Britain :: ___ : America (4)
NERD
36 Down: Pennsylvania's northernmost county (4)
ERIE
37 Down: McCarthyite paranoia (8)
REDSCARE
38 Down: "Forget that!" (7)
SCREWIT
39 Down: See 7-Down (7)
THERAGE
40 Down: Spoils, in a way (7)
RAINSON
42 Down: Maybelline product (7)
MASCARA
43 Down: It's crossed by a center line (7)
ECUADOR
44 Down: Soup dumplings (7)
WONTONS
46 Down: Modern response to hilarity (4)
ROFL
47 Down: In (6)
AMIDST
49 Down: Maintained, as one's principles (6)
HELDTO
51 Down: Geezers (5)
COOTS
52 Down: Fit (5)
TONED
54 Down: Linked (4)
KNIT
57 Down: "I already ___" (3)
ATE
58 Down: Reply of faux innocence (3)
MOI

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