Thursday Crossword — May 9, 2013 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 73 clues). Published 5/9/2013. By Patrick Merrell.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Allowing some ventilation, say (4)
AJAR
5 Across: ___ in the park (5)
AWALK
10 Across: Org. with Divisions I, II and III (4)
NCAA
14 Across: Teen woe (4)
MONO
15 Across: Singer or actor's helper (10)
VOICECOACH
17 Across: Interstitially, say (15)
BETWEENTHELINES
19 Across: Brit's tea ___ (4)
COSY
20 Across: Hosts prefer them (6)
ALISTS
21 Across: "___ see" (3)
SOI
22 Across: Nina ___ (fashion label) (5)
RICCI
26 Across: Keep an ___ (watch) (5)
EYEON
28 Across: Wearer of a red-starred tiara (11)
WONDERWOMAN
31 Across: Bitter herb (3)
RUE
32 Across: One in the doghouse? (4)
FLEA
33 Across: Card reader, briefly (3)
ATM
34 Across: '40s blowups (6)
NTESTS
36 Across: Modern electric cars (6)
TESLAS
40 Across: Tokyo strip? (3)
OBI
42 Across: Kind of screen (4)
IMAX
46 Across: Grant or Carter (3)
AMY
47 Across: Marquee actress (11)
LEADINGLADY
50 Across: Twofold (5)
BINAL
52 Across: Verso's flip side (5)
RECTO
53 Across: Explanation that doesn't explain anything, informally (3)
CUZ
54 Across: Surname in punk rock (6)
RAMONE
56 Across: Follower of a list of names (4)
ETAL
58 Across: May delivery (15)
HAPPYMOTHERSDAY
63 Across: "Why bother?!" (10)
ITSUSELESS
64 Across: Title parent in a TLC reality series (4)
KATE
65 Across: Coop sound (4)
PEEP
66 Across: Plot line (5)
XAXIS
67 Across: Northern duck (4)
SMEW

Down Answers

1 Down: Government rep. (3)
AMB
2 Down: Cartoon character with shades (7)
JOECOOL
3 Down: Fats Domino's first name (7)
ANTOINE
4 Down: Melees (4)
ROWS
5 Down: Caesar's greeting (3)
AVE
6 Down: Captured (3)
WON
7 Down: Island in the Thames (3)
AIT
8 Down: "To life!" (6)
LCHAIM
9 Down: Start for a shipbuilder (4)
KEEL
10 Down: Like melees (5)
NOISY
11 Down: Runs along (7)
CANTERS
12 Down: Beats, as the competition (7)
ACESOUT
13 Down: Sounds at a fireworks display (3)
AHS
16 Down: Lawyer's need (6)
CLIENT
18 Down: Literary character who says "Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!" (4)
EYRE
21 Down: Personal letters (3)
SWF
23 Down: Declaration that might precede a fold (6)
IRAISE
24 Down: 100 lbs. (3)
CWT
25 Down: Can (7)
COMMODE
27 Down: Super ___ (3)
NES
29 Down: Children's author who won three Edgars (4)
DAHL
30 Down: Bless, in a way (6)
ANOINT
35 Down: Title boy in a 1964 Disney film (4)
EMIL
36 Down: Space maker (3)
TAB
37 Down: Certain monarchy (7)
EMIRATE
38 Down: Nerve junction (7)
SYNAPSE
39 Down: Solder and others (6)
ALLOYS
41 Down: Certain lighter or highlighter (3)
BIC
43 Down: Driving surface (7)
MACADAM
44 Down: Flatter servilely (7)
ADULATE
45 Down: End of a school series (3)
XYZ
48 Down: Dark circle (6)
AREOLA
49 Down: Attendee (4)
GOER
51 Down: Boost, as sound (5)
AMPUP
55 Down: The Rio Grande divides it: Abbr. (4)
NMEX
57 Down: Clucks of disappointment (4)
TSKS
58 Down: In (3)
HIP
59 Down: Neighbor of 55-Down (3)
TEX
60 Down: Confucian scholar Chu ___ (3)
HSI
61 Down: End of a count? (3)
ESS
62 Down: Poison source in Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye" (3)
YEW

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