Tuesday Crossword — January 14, 2014 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 82 clues). Published 1/14/2014. By Tim Croce.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Nonsense (4)
JIVE
5 Across: Nonsense (4)
JAZZ
9 Across: Nonsense (5)
HOKUM
14 Across: "California ___ Alles" (classic punk rock song) (4)
UBER
15 Across: James who wrote "A Death in the Family" (4)
AGEE
16 Across: Car with a stylized caliper in its logo (5)
ACURA
17 Across: Target of NASA's Rover mission (4)
MARS
18 Across: B&Bs (4)
INNS
19 Across: Clear of vermin à la the Pied Piper (5)
DERAT
20 Across: Nonsense (7)
PRATTLE
22 Across: Nonsense (7)
TWADDLE
24 Across: Near-prime seating (4)
ROWB
26 Across: Overseer of N.Y.C. subways (3)
MTA
27 Across: Nonsense (6)
HOTAIR
31 Across: "Didn't you leave out something ...?" (3)
AND
33 Across: Emulates Jay Z and Master P (4)
RAPS
37 Across: Score before a service break, maybe (5)
ADOUT
38 Across: Windshield material (5)
GLASS
40 Across: ___ King Cole (3)
NAT
41 Across: Nonsense (5)
BILGE
42 Across: Nonsense (3)
ROT
43 Across: Nonsense (5)
TRIPE
45 Across: "Well, ___ be!" (3)
ILL
46 Across: River crossed by the Pont d'Avignon (5)
RHONE
48 Across: Kingly (5)
REGAL
49 Across: "Sax on the Beach" musician John (4)
TESH
51 Across: '50s presidential nickname (3)
IKE
52 Across: Nonsense (6)
BUSHWA
53 Across: "Thumbs up" response (3)
AOK
55 Across: Sailor's tale (4)
YARN
57 Across: Nonsense (7)
BLATHER
61 Across: Nonsense (7)
HOGWASH
66 Across: Some jabs and turns (5)
LEFTS
67 Across: "Right back ___!" (4)
ATYA
69 Across: Second hearing? (4)
ECHO
70 Across: Skylit rooms (5)
ATRIA
71 Across: Tiny bit of time: Abbr. (4)
NSEC
72 Across: Thin Russian pancake (4)
BLIN
73 Across: Nonsense (5)
HOOEY
74 Across: Nonsense (4)
TOSH
75 Across: Nonsense (4)
BUNK

Down Answers

1 Down: Hurdle (4)
JUMP
2 Down: Certain metal beam (4)
IBAR
3 Down: Wang of fashion (4)
VERA
4 Down: Long ago, once (4)
ERST
5 Down: Turnkey (6)
JAILOR
6 Down: Nixon's number two (5)
AGNEW
7 Down: Kind of state that's peaceful (3)
ZEN
8 Down: Piquancy (4)
ZEST
9 Down: Attacked (5)
HADAT
10 Down: Brand of mops and brooms (6)
OCEDAR
11 Down: Member of a Turkish minority (4)
KURD
12 Down: Russia's ___ Mountains (4)
URAL
13 Down: Australian pal (4)
MATE
21 Down: More hackneyed (6)
TRITER
23 Down: Iraq war concerns, for short (4)
WMDS
25 Down: Nonsense (7)
BALONEY
27 Down: Chewing one's nails, e.g. (5)
HABIT
28 Down: The black swan in "Swan Lake" (5)
ODILE
29 Down: E-ZPass charges (5)
TOLLS
30 Down: Follower of Jul. (3)
AUG
32 Down: Silver of fivethirtyeight.com (4)
NATE
34 Down: Near, poetically (5)
ANIGH
35 Down: Fruit also known as a prairie banana (5)
PAPAW
36 Down: Inscribed stone slab (5)
STELA
38 Down: Understand, informally (4)
GROK
39 Down: Drawn (out) (6)
STRUNG
44 Down: Lo-___ (not so clear) (3)
RES
47 Down: Shout after a series of numbers (4)
HIKE
50 Down: McDaniel of "Gone With the Wind" (6)
HATTIE
52 Down: Bring up, as a subject (6)
BROACH
54 Down: "Can you see" preceder (5)
OHSAY
56 Down: "Sure, I remember!" (5)
AHYES
57 Down: Shrug-worthy (4)
BLAH
58 Down: Actor Jared of "My So-Called Life" (4)
LETO
59 Down: Do that may have a pick (4)
AFRO
60 Down: Tirade (4)
RANT
62 Down: Jimmy who wrote "Galveston" and "MacArthur Park" (4)
WEBB
63 Down: Rights org. (4)
ACLU
64 Down: Leg part (4)
SHIN
65 Down: Beep (4)
HONK
68 Down: General on a menu (3)
TSO

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