Thursday Crossword — May 8, 2014 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/8/2014. By Matthew Lees.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Pink-slips (4)
- CANS
- 5 Across: Two- or three-striper, for short (3)
- NCO
- 8 Across: Civic bldgs. (4)
- CTRS
- 12 Across: ___ arms (4)
- UPIN
- 13 Across: Bud competitor (5)
- COORS
- 15 Across: Its first capital was Chillicothe, 1803-10 (4)
- OHIO
- 16 Across: Casino staple (4)
- KENO
- 17 Across: "Yellow Submarine" singer (5)
- RINGO
- 18 Across: Sandwich style (4)
- WRAP
- 19 Across: Hit the gym (8)
- EXERCISE
- 21 Across: Many figures of "The Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel (6)
- ANGELS
- 23 Across: Narrow-brimmed hat (5)
- DERBY
- 24 Across: Title character played by Sarah Jessica Parker on Broadway (5)
- ANNIE
- 25 Across: Santa Maria is one of them (6)
- AZORES
- 27 Across: David, when taking on Goliath (8)
- UNDERDOG
- 30 Across: Use a divining rod (5)
- DOWSE
- 31 Across: Heyward, Stone or Nelson, as each signed the Declaration of Independence (4)
- THOS
- 32 Across: Rounded projection (4)
- LOBE
- 33 Across: Sea bird (3)
- ERN
- 34 Across: What 3- and 9-Down are an example of (7)
- PARADOX
- 37 Across: Jon Stewart display (3)
- WIT
- 38 Across: Puccini piece (4)
- ARIA
- 40 Across: Rake (4)
- ROUE
- 41 Across: Cessation of breath (5)
- APNEA
- 43 Across: Person without direction (8)
- LOSTSOUL
- 45 Across: What volunteers do (6)
- ENLIST
- 46 Across: Openly disregard (5)
- FLOUT
- 47 Across: Pops (5)
- DADAS
- 48 Across: Jason of the Harry Potter movies (6)
- ISAACS
- 50 Across: Medium for school announcements (8)
- PASYSTEM
- 53 Across: Fourth-largest city in Deutschland (4)
- KOLN
- 54 Across: Hair-raising (5)
- EERIE
- 56 Across: The Ronettes, e.g. (4)
- TRIO
- 57 Across: A.L. or N.L. division (4)
- EAST
- 58 Across: Whiff (5)
- SMELL
- 59 Across: Currency with a 20-cent coin (4)
- EURO
- 60 Across: Specialty (4)
- AREA
- 61 Across: Stratego piece with a monocle (3)
- SPY
- 62 Across: Stalk (4)
- REED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Salad veggie (4)
- CUKE
- 2 Down: Top (4)
- APEX
- 3 Down: Statement #1 (15)
- NINEDOWNISFALSE
- 4 Down: Bad bedfellows, say (7)
- SNORERS
- 5 Down: Like 4-Down (5)
- NOISY
- 6 Down: Retina feature (4)
- CONE
- 7 Down: Assn. (3)
- ORG
- 8 Down: Lassoing lass (7)
- COWGIRL
- 9 Down: Statement #2 (15)
- THREEDOWNISTRUE
- 10 Down: Mideast currency (4)
- RIAL
- 11 Down: Biscuits and rolls, sometimes (4)
- SOPS
- 13 Down: Places for mobiles (5)
- CRIBS
- 14 Down: Scoundrel (7)
- SOANDSO
- 20 Down: Scoundrel (5)
- CREEP
- 22 Down: Dir. from Providence to Boston (3)
- NNE
- 24 Down: Certain terminal (5)
- ANODE
- 25 Down: "It's ___!" (5)
- ADEAL
- 26 Down: Title role for Antonio Banderas (5)
- ZORRO
- 27 Down: Big name in moving (5)
- UHAUL
- 28 Down: Annual May announcements (5)
- OBIES
- 29 Down: Suggest (5)
- GETAT
- 31 Down: Word after lake or sea (5)
- TROUT
- 35 Down: Piques (7)
- AROUSES
- 36 Down: Familiar axes (5)
- XANDY
- 39 Down: Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace (7)
- ATLANTA
- 42 Down: Coat heavily (7)
- PLASTER
- 44 Down: Assn. (3)
- SOC
- 45 Down: Stand in a studio (5)
- EASEL
- 47 Down: ___ Double (5)
- DAILY
- 48 Down: Big name in furniture (4)
- IKEA
- 49 Down: Go sky-high (4)
- SOAR
- 50 Down: Some kitchen work, informally (4)
- PREP
- 51 Down: Hibernia (4)
- EIRE
- 52 Down: It may be happy or grumpy (4)
- MOOD
- 55 Down: What dialing 911 may bring (3)
- EMS
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