Thursday Crossword — July 17, 2014 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/17/2014. By Alan Arbesfeld.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Stars (4)
- SUNS
- 5 Across: Blood group? (4)
- CLAN
- 9 Across: Oscar nominee for "Affliction" (5)
- NOLTE
- 14 Across: Draft status for someone in the Public Health Service (4)
- ONEC
- 15 Across: Inspect the figures? (4)
- OGLE
- 16 Across: Huge, in verse (5)
- ENORM
- 17 Across: Singer in the sea, literally (9)
- HUMPBACKWHALE
- 19 Across: Wrap up (5)
- RECAP
- 20 Across: "Smack" (6)
- HEROIN
- 21 Across: B's tail? (4)
- CDEF
- 23 Across: Long-distance inits. (3)
- ATT
- 24 Across: Something slipped under the counter? (5)
- STOOL
- 25 Across: Feel one's ___ (be frisky) (4)
- OATS
- 26 Across: Fiction's Atticus Finch, e.g.: Abbr. (4)
- ATTY
- 27 Across: Plan B, literally (12)
- FALLBACKPOSITION
- 30 Across: Place with a waiting room: Abbr. (3)
- STN
- 33 Across: Some intellectual property, for short (3)
- TMS
- 34 Across: Literary Leonard (6)
- ELMORE
- 35 Across: One side of a hot-button social issue (7)
- PROLIFE
- 38 Across: Ticked off (7)
- INASNIT
- 39 Across: Skylights? (6)
- AURORA
- 40 Across: A.C.C. school (3)
- UNC
- 41 Across: Multinational carrier (3)
- SAS
- 42 Across: Gridiron maneuver, literally (12)
- QUARTERBACKSNEAK
- 46 Across: Comprehensive, in edspeak (4)
- ELHI
- 47 Across: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Aparicio (4)
- LUIS
- 48 Across: Dime novels and such (5)
- PULPS
- 52 Across: Stocking stuffer (3)
- TOE
- 53 Across: Ollie's partner in comedy (4)
- STAN
- 54 Across: Negotiator's refusal (6)
- NODEAL
- 55 Across: One of Donald's exes (5)
- IVANA
- 57 Across: Little kid's lift, literally (9)
- PIGGYBACKRIDE
- 59 Across: Frankincense or myrrh (5)
- RESIN
- 60 Across: Read but not comment, in Internet lingo (4)
- LURK
- 61 Across: Unlikely mate for a princess (4)
- OGRE
- 62 Across: Big name in cosmetics (5)
- ESTEE
- 63 Across: Summer Olympics event (4)
- EPEE
- 64 Across: Stimulate (4)
- WHET
Down Answers
- 1 Down: 10 students, for short? (5)
- SOPHS
- 2 Down: Like overly optimistic goals, typically (5)
- UNMET
- 3 Down: Intro to biology? (5)
- NEURO
- 4 Down: Teach (6)
- SCHOOL
- 5 Down: Singer Marc with the 1991 hit "Walking in Memphis" (4)
- COHN
- 6 Down: JFK alternative (3)
- LGA
- 7 Down: Indicator of stress (7)
- ALLCAPS
- 8 Down: Must (6)
- NEEDTO
- 9 Down: Hasbro brand (4)
- NERF
- 10 Down: In dire need of gas, say (3)
- ONE
- 11 Down: Spots (9)
- LOCATIONS
- 12 Down: Vino spot (9)
- TRATTORIA
- 13 Down: Fisherman's bane and hockey player's boon (9)
- EMPTYNETS
- 18 Down: Plans to (4)
- WILL
- 22 Down: Core (7)
- ESSENCE
- 25 Down: "All ___" (Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin comedy) (4)
- OFME
- 26 Down: Bread producers (4)
- ATMS
- 28 Down: Guilty (7)
- ATFAULT
- 29 Down: Pier grp. (3)
- ILA
- 30 Down: Gut (9)
- SPARETIRE
- 31 Down: Soul mates (9)
- TRUELOVES
- 32 Down: 45 degrees (9)
- NORTHEAST
- 36 Down: Petty around Hollywood (4)
- LORI
- 37 Down: Grp. in a 1919-21 war of independence (3)
- IRA
- 38 Down: Tolkien's Prancing Pony and others (4)
- INNS
- 40 Down: Exhausting (7)
- USINGUP
- 43 Down: Bush successor (6)
- QUAYLE
- 44 Down: How individual firecrackers are priced? (4)
- APOP
- 45 Down: "Friends" co-star (6)
- KUDROW
- 49 Down: O'Hara portrayer (5)
- LEIGH
- 50 Down: Tony Gwynn, notably (5)
- PADRE
- 51 Down: Hard fall (5)
- SLEET
- 53 Down: Ready to stand trial, in a way (4)
- SANE
- 54 Down: Sponsor of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods (4)
- NIKE
- 56 Down: Never: Ger. (3)
- NIE
- 58 Down: M.A. hopeful's hurdle (3)
- GRE
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