Thursday Crossword — April 10, 2014 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 4/10/2014. By David Steinberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Ute relative (3)
ATV
4 Across: Hardly 100% (3)
ILL
7 Across: Where Whole Foods is headquartered (6)
AUSTIN
13 Across: *Kind of affair (8)
BLACKTIE
15 Across: Fast-food chain founded by Italian immigrants (6)
SBARRO
16 Across: Distress (8)
AGGRIEVE
17 Across: Alma mater for Toni Morrison and Zora Neale Hurston (6)
HOWARD
18 Across: Swamp (3)
BOG
19 Across: *1971 song with the lyric "Helter skelter in a summer swelter" (11)
AMERICANPIE
21 Across: Gray ___ (4)
AREA
23 Across: One way to stand (3)
PAT
24 Across: ___ meeting (3)
PTA
25 Across: *Creator of Sheriff Deadeye and Cauliflower McPugg (10)
REDSKELTON
30 Across: Bench warmer? (4)
REAR
31 Across: Sabin's study (5)
POLIO
32 Across: Not the most sophisticated humor (4)
CORN
33 Across: *Sketchy history (13)
CHECKEREDPAST
37 Across: No-luck connector (4)
SUCH
38 Across: Cosmetic problem (5)
SMEAR
39 Across: It might come with a bill (4)
MINT
40 Across: *January events (10)
WHITESALES
45 Across: Exclamation often followed by multiple exclamation points (3)
OMG
46 Across: First song on "More of the Monkees" (3)
SHE
47 Across: Table poker? (4)
TINE
48 Across: *Some illegal transmissions (11)
PIRATERADIO
54 Across: Training ___ (3)
BRA
55 Across: Buddy (6)
PAISAN
56 Across: Feature of some stationery (8)
MONOGRAM
58 Across: Emergency room agent (6)
EMETIC
59 Across: Popular day trip destination ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues (8)
SIXFLAGS
60 Across: Vehement venting (6)
TIRADE
61 Across: Switch halves (3)
ONS
62 Across: Sweet ending? (3)
OSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Nobelist who won an Emmy (6)
ALGORE
2 Down: Made it? (6)
TAGGED
3 Down: Zapper target (3)
VCR
4 Down: Couple of stars, say (4)
ITEM
5 Down: ___-blog (4)
LIVE
6 Down: Not just a side glance (4)
LEER
7 Down: 8-Down sinker (6)
ASHCAN
8 Down: See 7-Down (5)
UBOAT
9 Down: Like logs, quaintly (4)
SAWN
10 Down: Hide seekers (8)
TRAPPERS
11 Down: Pebble in one's shoe, e.g. (8)
IRRITANT
12 Down: Honey-do list rejection (6)
NODEAR
13 Down: "Le petit éléphant" (5)
BABAR
14 Down: Rio maker (3)
KIA
20 Down: 2004 Google event, briefly (3)
IPO
22 Down: Facet (6)
ASPECT
26 Down: ___ Industries (oil giant) (4)
KOCH
27 Down: Alberta's ___ Island National Park (3)
ELK
28 Down: Fictionalize? (3)
LIE
29 Down: Sculpture subjects (5)
TORSI
30 Down: Find hilarious (6)
ROARAT
32 Down: They face liabilities in their work, in brief (4)
CPAS
33 Down: CBS spinoff that was filmed mostly in California (8)
CSIMIAMI
34 Down: More ambitious (8)
HUNGRIER
35 Down: Defib administrator (3)
EMT
36 Down: Mark in the 60s (3)
DEE
39 Down: Tot, affectionately (6)
MOPPET
40 Down: Word often redundantly preceded by "from" (6)
WHENCE
41 Down: 2013 Best Picture nominee (3)
HER
42 Down: Some September babies (6)
LIBRAS
43 Down: Cause to boil (6)
ENRAGE
44 Down: Fashion lines? (5)
SEAMS
46 Down: Restrained (5)
STAID
49 Down: Film dog (4)
ASTA
50 Down: Playground rejoinder (4)
AMSO
51 Down: Whack (4)
DOIN
52 Down: "Suicide Blonde" band (4)
INXS
53 Down: Cartoon sound effect (3)
OOF
57 Down: Day-___ (3)
GLO

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