Wednesday Crossword — August 6, 2014 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/6/2014. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tribal symbol of luck (4): JUJU
5 Across: Printout problem (4): BLOT
9 Across: Some brothers (4): FRAS
13 Across: Actress ___ Rachel Wood (4): EVAN
14 Across: Singer David Lee ___ (4): ROTH
15 Across: Dust collector (5): CLOTH
16 Across: Where business is picking up? (4): TAXI
17 Across: Memorable 2005 Gulf hurricane (4): RITA
18 Across: Prudential rival (5): AETNA
19 Across: French chicken dish garnished with kernels? (12): CORNONTHECOQ
22 Across: Whitish (5): ASHEN
25 Across: Philosopher who asked "What is enlightenment?" (4): KANT
26 Across: Quartet on an online help page? (10): THEFAQFOUR
30 Across: This: Sp. (4): ESTA
34 Across: Rapper with the 2008 hit "Paper Planes" (3): MIA
35 Across: It can give you a lift (4): TBAR
36 Across: Lie in the hot sun (5): BROIL
37 Across: Frequent, in odes (3): OFT
38 Across: Dancer Duncan (7): ISADORA
41 Across: Company's end? (3): INC
42 Across: Totally puzzle (5): STUMP
44 Across: Key periods (4): ERAS
45 Across: M.M.A. decision (3): TKO
46 Across: Bad character? (4): TYPO
47 Across: What Ben stitched for his business partner? (10): JERRYQUILT
50 Across: Quad part (4): DORM
52 Across: Jets' victory over the Colts in Super Bowl III, famously (5): UPSET
53 Across: Royal ending to a mathematical proof? (12): QUEENSIZEQED
59 Across: Functional (5): UTILE
60 Across: Lower-class, in Leeds (4): NONU
61 Across: Warhead carrier, for short (4): ICBM
65 Across: Central (5): INNER
66 Across: The Time Traveler's hosts (4): ELOI
67 Across: Longtime teammate of 12-Down (4): KOBE
68 Across: Something good for a scout, say (4): DEED
69 Across: Trick-or-treater's wear (4): MASK
70 Across: Ones working on a case-by-case basis?: Abbr. (4): ESQS

Down Answers

1 Down: Black (3): JET
2 Down: Cavalier's sch. (3): UVA
3 Down: Florida port, briefly (3): JAX
4 Down: Trick-or-treater's cause (6): UNICEF
5 Down: "It's f-f-freezing!" (4): BRRR
6 Down: Choice cut (4): LOIN
7 Down: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" lyricist Harbach (4): OTTO
8 Down: 1998 Alanis Morissette hit with a slangy misspelling (6): THANKU
9 Down: Swifter (7): FLEETER
10 Down: Big source of coll. scholarships (4): ROTC
11 Down: 53 for I, e.g. (4): ATNO
12 Down: Longtime teammate of 67-Across (4): SHAQ
15 Down: "High Hopes" lyricist Sammy (4): CAHN
20 Down: How the police might investigate someone (6): ONATIP
21 Down: Driveway topper (3): TAR
22 Down: Not more than (6): ATMOST
23 Down: Deceitful (6): SHIFTY
24 Down: Intensify (6): HEATUP
27 Down: Play callers, for short (3): QBS
28 Down: Drone regulator, in brief (3): FAA
29 Down: "Atten-TION!," e.g. (5): ORDER
31 Down: "You're right about that" (6): SOITIS
32 Down: Cat collar sound (6): TINKLE
33 Down: Literary giant from Concord, Mass. (6): ALCOTT
36 Down: Like the sport of jai alai (6): BASQUE
39 Down: "Catch-22" character who "hasn't got brains enough to be unhappy" (3): ORR
40 Down: Flat fish (3): RAY
43 Down: Patterned (after) (7): MODELED
47 Down: Yearbook sect. (3): JRS
48 Down: Rapper with the autobiography "The Way I Am" (6): EMINEM
49 Down: John who won two Pulitzers for fiction (6): UPDIKE
51 Down: British pound, informally (4): ONER
53 Down: British pound, informally (4): QUID
54 Down: ___ Reader (4): UTNE
55 Down: Article in Arnsberg (4): EINE
56 Down: Dreyfus Affair chronicler (4): ZOLA
57 Down: Book of Mormon prophet (4): ENOS
58 Down: Classic Nestlé drink (4): QUIK
62 Down: Trig. function (3): COS
63 Down: Summer event, briefly ... or a phonetic hint to 19-, 26-, 47- and 53-Across (3): BBQ
64 Down: Año part (3): MES

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