Friday Crossword — June 14, 2013 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 6/14/2013. By Patrick Berry.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Low interest indicator (4)
- YAWN
- 5 Across: Stick (4)
- STAB
- 9 Across: "Debts and ___ are generally mixed together": Rabelais (4)
- LIES
- 13 Across: Give a second hearing? (4)
- ECHO
- 14 Across: Go places (4)
- TOUR
- 15 Across: Buffet table utensil (5)
- LADLE
- 16 Across: His death prompted Georges Pompidou to say "France is a widow" (15)
- CHARLESDEGAULLE
- 19 Across: Show stopper (15)
- COMMERCIALBREAK
- 20 Across: Church cry (7)
- HOSANNA
- 21 Across: Spoke lovingly (5)
- COOED
- 22 Across: Vegas casino that hosts the World Series of Poker, with "the" (3)
- RIO
- 23 Across: Celebrated racehorse nicknamed "The Red Terror" (7)
- PHARLAP
- 25 Across: Furniture usually with pillows (5)
- DIVAN
- 28 Across: Hangs on (5)
- WAITS
- 29 Across: Surfing area? (3)
- WEB
- 31 Across: Light weapon (4)
- EPEE
- 32 Across: Uppercut targets (5)
- CHINS
- 33 Across: Pier 1 furniture material (4)
- CANE
- 34 Across: Not looking 100% well (3)
- WAN
- 35 Across: Bad, for good (5)
- SLANG
- 36 Across: Singer Taylor (5)
- DAYNE
- 37 Across: Notwithstanding (7)
- DESPITE
- 39 Across: Soft lens's makeup (3)
- GEL
- 40 Across: Jewelry chain (5)
- ZALES
- 41 Across: Ultimate problem solver (7)
- PANACEA
- 45 Across: Words after "Oh well" (15)
- YOUCANTWINEMALL
- 48 Across: Loaded roll (15)
- EVERYTHINGBAGEL
- 49 Across: They rate high on the Beaufort scale (5)
- GALES
- 50 Across: Pot addition (4)
- ANTE
- 51 Across: Terminus of the old Virginia and Truckee Railroad (4)
- RENO
- 52 Across: Ziploc competitor (4)
- GLAD
- 53 Across: They're often bagged (4)
- TEAS
- 54 Across: "This is quite a surprise!" (4)
- ISAY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Less polite way of saying "no thanks" to offered food (5)
- YECCH
- 2 Down: Evidence of an allergic reaction (5)
- ACHOO
- 3 Down: Collides with noisily (5)
- WHAMS
- 4 Down: 1979 film based on the life of Crystal Lee Sutton (8)
- NORMARAE
- 5 Down: Pink fuel (6)
- STERNO
- 6 Down: Opera with the aria "Recondita armonia" (5)
- TOSCA
- 7 Down: Volkswagen subsidiary (4)
- AUDI
- 8 Down: Getting through (9)
- BREACHING
- 9 Down: Daphne, after her mythical transformation (6)
- LAUREL
- 10 Down: Wasted, as time (9)
- IDLEDAWAY
- 11 Down: "Phantom Lady" co-star Raines (4)
- ELLA
- 12 Down: Go for (4)
- SEEK
- 15 Down: Exerts oneself (6)
- LABORS
- 17 Down: Survivor of two 1918 assassination attempts (5)
- LENIN
- 18 Down: Rejoices tactlessly (6)
- GLOATS
- 23 Down: "The American Crisis" pamphleteer (5)
- PAINE
- 24 Down: One of the Colonial Colleges, informally (4)
- PENN
- 25 Down: Ground water? (3)
- DEW
- 26 Down: Paperless way to read the paper (4)
- IPAD
- 27 Down: Only founding member of OPEC not located in the Mideast (9)
- VENEZUELA
- 28 Down: "Come again?" (9)
- WHATSTHAT
- 30 Down: Wax worker (3)
- BEE
- 32 Down: Ad agency acquisition (6)
- CLIENT
- 33 Down: Fried appetizer (8)
- CALAMARI
- 35 Down: Flares (6)
- SPLAYS
- 36 Down: Summer Triangle star (5)
- DENEB
- 38 Down: Not to be disrespected (6)
- SACRED
- 39 Down: River mentioned in the Rig Veda (6)
- GANGES
- 41 Down: Historic caravel (5)
- PINTA
- 42 Down: Bar rooms? (5)
- CAGES
- 43 Down: Tennis's Dementieva (5)
- ELENA
- 44 Down: Many a filling material (5)
- ALLOY
- 45 Down: One with a job opening? (4)
- YEGG
- 46 Down: Like the leaves of a trailing arbutus (4)
- OVAL
- 47 Down: Robert Louis Stevenson described it as "bottled poetry" (4)
- WINE
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