Friday Crossword — February 7, 2014 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 2/7/2014. By Ned White.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Drill command to rifle carriers (11)
- PRESENTARMS
- 12 Across: Bit of nonsense famously replacing "strangers in the night" (13)
- DOOBEDOOBEDOO
- 14 Across: 1979 Abba single (15)
- GIMMEGIMMEGIMME
- 16 Across: Emblem of a pharaoh (3)
- ASP
- 17 Across: Hooey (3)
- ROT
- 18 Across: Show with an early episode titled "Crate 'n Burial" (3)
- CSI
- 19 Across: Dragon roll ingredient (3)
- EEL
- 20 Across: Like grade skippers (5)
- SMART
- 22 Across: N.Y.C.-based grp. with its own police department (3)
- MTA
- 24 Across: Potential fire hazard (5)
- SHORT
- 26 Across: Philatelic collectible (4)
- PANE
- 27 Across: Littermates compete for them (5)
- TEATS
- 29 Across: Not had by (4)
- ONTO
- 30 Across: Sty chore (8)
- SLOPPING
- 32 Across: Like Lesbos and Lemnos (6)
- AEGEAN
- 34 Across: Patriotic chant (9)
- USAUSAUSA
- 36 Across: Synthetic fiber used in bicycle tires and bulletproof vests (6)
- KEVLAR
- 39 Across: Fourth-brightest star in the sky (8)
- ARCTURUS
- 43 Across: Big Green rivals (4)
- ELIS
- 44 Across: John P. Marquand's "The Late George ___" (5)
- APLEY
- 46 Across: Family name in "Look Homeward, Angel" (4)
- GANT
- 47 Across: Part of a U.S. president's name that's Dutch for "neighbors" (5)
- BUREN
- 49 Across: Something one might hang in a street (3)
- UEY
- 50 Across: Davis of the screen (5)
- BETTE
- 51 Across: Nabokov heroine (3)
- ADA
- 52 Across: Throughout, in verse (3)
- OER
- 54 Across: Suffix of saccharides (3)
- OSE
- 56 Across: Prefix with saccharides (3)
- TRI
- 57 Across: Is guilty of petitio principii (15)
- BEGSTHEQUESTION
- 61 Across: Got a +2 on (13)
- DOUBLEBOGEYED
- 62 Across: 500m or 5,000m competitor, say (11)
- SPEEDSKATER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Florida food fish (7)
- POMPANO
- 2 Down: Permanent data storer (3)
- ROM
- 3 Down: "Your Movie Sucks" author (5)
- EBERT
- 4 Down: One of Utah's state symbols (4)
- SEGO
- 5 Down: Paste holder? (8)
- EDITMENU
- 6 Down: Passeport detail (3)
- NOM
- 7 Down: It helps produce a kitty (6)
- TOMCAT
- 8 Down: Fivers (4)
- ABES
- 9 Down: Longtime first name in TV talk (5)
- REGIS
- 10 Down: Century-starting year (3)
- MDI
- 11 Down: Nobody's opposite (7)
- SOMEONE
- 12 Down: Wretched (6)
- DISMAL
- 13 Down: Code broken by some singers (6)
- OMERTA
- 14 Down: Startled reactions (5)
- GASPS
- 15 Down: John with an Oscar and a Tony (5)
- ELTON
- 21 Down: Turn off a lot (7)
- REPULSE
- 23 Down: Solution for toys in the attic? (7)
- TAGSALE
- 25 Down: Common standard for model railroads (7)
- HOGAUGE
- 27 Down: Twinkling topper (5)
- TIARA
- 28 Down: Flip (5)
- SAUCY
- 31 Down: Spot that may be on the environment, briefly (3)
- PSA
- 33 Down: Fig. that's in the neighborhood (3)
- EST
- 35 Down: Query after a wipeout (8)
- AREYOUOK
- 36 Down: Food stuck in preparation (5)
- KEBAB
- 37 Down: Lost (6)
- ELUDED
- 38 Down: Witchy women (7)
- VIRAGOS
- 40 Down: Worse for wear? (7)
- RATTIER
- 41 Down: Not printed up? (6)
- UNTROD
- 42 Down: Container for a round (5)
- STEIN
- 45 Down: Like much baby food (6)
- PUREED
- 48 Down: "I would ___ surprised" (5)
- NOTBE
- 50 Down: Plague (5)
- BESET
- 53 Down: Actress Jennifer of "Pride and Prejudice" (4)
- EHLE
- 55 Down: Sonic creator (4)
- SEGA
- 58 Down: More than nibble (3)
- SUP
- 59 Down: Snap targets, for short (3)
- QBS
- 60 Down: Mooring rope (3)
- TYE
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