Thursday Crossword — January 23, 2014 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 80 clues). Published 1/23/2014. By Michael Hawkins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pudding flavor (3)
FIG
4 Across: Rapper Lil ___ (3)
JON
7 Across: Take on (6)
ASSUME
13 Across: Sea goddess who rescued Odysseus (3)
INO
14 Across: "Mit," across the Rhine (4)
AVEC
16 Across: Mixture of cement (6)
SLURRY
17 Across: "Deliver Us From ___" (2003 film) (3)
EVA
18 Across: Actress Rogers (4)
MIMI
19 Across: Less loose (6)
TENSER
20 Across: Member of a boy band with nine top 10 hits (15)
NEWKIDONTHEBLOCK
23 Across: Supply line cutter (4)
BLOCKADE
24 Across: Fatigue (5)
DRAIN
25 Across: Triple-platinum Sinatra album (5)
DUETS
26 Across: Boundary river (4)
STYX
27 Across: Western actor Wooley (4)
SHEB
29 Across: Move like goo (4)
OOZE
33 Across: Invitation info (5)
WHERE
34 Across: Top-heavy (5)
BUXOM
35 Across: Kitchen counter option (15)
BUTCHERBLOCK
39 Across: Some street gatherings (8)
BLOCKPARTIES
41 Across: Befuddled (5)
ATSEA
42 Across: Jordan's only seaport (5)
AQABA
43 Across: Color of el mar (4)
AZUL
44 Across: Crescent (4)
LUNE
45 Across: Enticed (4)
DREW
49 Across: Calrissian of "Star Wars" films (5)
LANDO
52 Across: Expensive boot material (5)
SUEDE
53 Across: Bygone delivery (15)
ICEBLOCK
56 Across: "Titanic" or "Avatar" (12)
BLOCKBUSTERMOVIE
59 Across: Daisy's love (6)
DONALD
60 Across: "The Time Machine" people (4)
ELOI
61 Across: Decline (3)
EBB
62 Across: Zenith (6)
APOGEE
63 Across: Blacken (4)
SEAR
64 Across: Thrilla in Manila participant (3)
ALI
65 Across: Settings for some escape scenes (6)
SEWERS
66 Across: Ten Commandments keeper (3)
ARK
67 Across: Do-over (3)
LET

Down Answers

1 Down: Buffs (6)
FIENDS
2 Down: Flip (6)
INVERT
3 Down: "Beat it!" (6)
GOAWAY
4 Down: Pack tightly (5)
JAMIN
5 Down: Poet who wrote "If you want to be loved, be lovable" (4)
OVID
6 Down: Little ___ (early comic character) (4)
NEMO
7 Down: ___ crow flies (5)
ASTHE
8 Down: Weather warning (5)
SLEET
9 Down: Beach bag item (8)
SUNBLOCK
10 Down: ___ Minor (4)
URSA
11 Down: Black-and-white horse? (4)
MRED
12 Down: "The ___ Affair" (Jasper Fforde novel) (4)
EYRE
15 Down: Building unit (13)
CINDERBLOCK
21 Down: Puffed cereal (3)
KIX
22 Down: Angel food cake requirement (7)
TUBEPAN
23 Down: Represses, as bad memories (5)
BLOCKSOUT
27 Down: "___ Bop" (1984 hit) (3)
SHE
28 Down: Royal messengers (7)
HERALDS
30 Down: ___Clean (3)
OXI
31 Down: Actress/model Kravitz (3)
ZOE
32 Down: Rescue letters (3)
EMS
33 Down: "Huh?" (3)
WHA
34 Down: It might be under a tank (3)
BRA
35 Down: Barnyard cry (3)
BAA
36 Down: Snack brand represented by Sterling Cooper on "Mad Men" (3)
UTZ
37 Down: Houston sch. (3)
TSU
38 Down: Cooler part (8)
CELLBLOCK
39 Down: Set-off chunks of text (7)
BLOCKQUOTES
40 Down: Fin (3)
ABE
45 Down: Its name may be written with an ampersand (3)
DUO
46 Down: Make plain (6)
REVEAL
47 Down: Food item (6)
EDIBLE
48 Down: Smidgen (6)
WEEBIT
50 Down: Less inept (5)
ABLER
51 Down: The Graces in Raphael's "The Three Graces," e.g. (5)
NUDES
52 Down: Smug look (5)
SMIRK
53 Down: One of the Argonauts (4)
IDAS
54 Down: Deal (4)
COPE
55 Down: Sufficient, for Shakespeare (4)
ENOW
56 Down: Obstruction (4)
BLOCKAGE
57 Down: Zeno's home (4)
ELEA
58 Down: Thunder (4)
ROAR

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