Thursday Crossword — September 18, 2014 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 81 clues). Published 9/18/2014. By Joel Fagliano.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Spicy quality (4)
- BITE
- 5 Across: Like more than a third of U.S. immigrants nowadays (5)
- ASIAN
- 10 Across: Female motorcyclists, in biker slang (5)
- MAMAS
- 15 Across: Airport shuttle route, commonly (4)
- LOOP
- 16 Across: Man trying to clarify the spelling of his name in 21-, 25-, 38-, 52- and 57-Across (5)
- CASEY
- 17 Across: Tequila source (5)
- AGAVE
- 18 Across: Takes responsibility for (4)
- OWNS
- 19 Across: Sound of an incoming text, e.g. (5)
- ALERT
- 20 Across: Martin Sheen's real first name (5)
- RAMON
- 21 Across: Unhelpful spelling clarification #1 (8)
- CASINCUE
- 23 Across: Outs (6)
- ALIBIS
- 24 Across: Bébé's need (4)
- LAIT
- 25 Across: Spelling clarification #2 (8)
- AASINARE
- 27 Across: Circles around the sun (7)
- CORONAE
- 30 Across: Team that last won an N.F.L. championship in 1957 (5)
- LIONS
- 31 Across: Place often named after a corporation (5)
- ARENA
- 32 Across: Firing locale (4)
- KILN
- 33 Across: Nicknames (4)
- TAGS
- 37 Across: Sch. whose team is the Violets (3)
- NYU
- 38 Across: Spelling clarification #3 (8)
- SASINSEA
- 42 Across: Nearly nada (3)
- UNO
- 43 Across: Fair (4)
- EXPO
- 45 Across: Setting for "Gladiator" (4)
- ROME
- 46 Across: "The Last Supper," e.g. (5)
- MURAL
- 48 Across: Not fair (5)
- RAINY
- 50 Across: Copy (7)
- IMITATE
- 52 Across: Spelling clarification #4 (8)
- EASINEYE
- 55 Across: "Ooh-la-la!" (4)
- NICE
- 56 Across: Places where you can hear a pin drop? (6)
- ALLEYS
- 57 Across: Spelling clarification #5 (8)
- YASINYOU
- 61 Across: Courtroom fixture (5)
- STAND
- 62 Across: Rhythmic feet (5)
- IAMBS
- 64 Across: Sp-[gasp]-speaks like th-[sniffle]-this (4)
- SOBS
- 65 Across: Busybody (5)
- YENTA
- 66 Across: What the listener might think 16-Across's name is? (5)
- QRCIU
- 67 Across: "Would ___ to you?" (4)
- ILIE
- 68 Across: Like many indie films (5)
- ARTSY
- 69 Across: Beats it (5)
- SCATS
- 70 Across: A whole bunch (4)
- LOTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Blue Dog Democrats, e.g. (4)
- BLOC
- 2 Down: One of 14 in the Big Ten (4)
- IOWA
- 3 Down: A whole bunch (4)
- TONS
- 4 Down: Elasticity symbol, in economics (7)
- EPSILON
- 5 Down: Tree in a giraffe's diet (6)
- ACACIA
- 6 Down: General reception? (6)
- SALUTE
- 7 Down: "Hmm ... is that so!" (4)
- ISEE
- 8 Down: ___ Lingus (3)
- AER
- 9 Down: W.S.J. alternative (3)
- NYT
- 10 Down: "The Old Man and the Sea" fish (6)
- MARLIN
- 11 Down: Con (7)
- AGAINST
- 12 Down: Tree-dwelling snake (5)
- MAMBA
- 13 Down: To have, in Toulouse (5)
- AVOIR
- 14 Down: Meaning (5)
- SENSE
- 22 Down: Some sitters (5)
- NANAS
- 23 Down: Together (5)
- ASONE
- 25 Down: Dress style (5)
- ALINE
- 26 Down: Feels bad (4)
- AILS
- 27 Down: Support staff (4)
- CANE
- 28 Down: African antelope (4)
- ORYX
- 29 Down: Go for additional service (4)
- REUP
- 32 Down: Celebrity couple portmanteau (5)
- KIMYE
- 34 Down: Air (4)
- AURA
- 35 Down: Part of a black cloud (4)
- GNAT
- 36 Down: It's always underfoot (4)
- SOLE
- 39 Down: First sign (5)
- ARIES
- 40 Down: PlayStation maker (4)
- SONY
- 41 Down: Friends of Firenze (5)
- AMICI
- 44 Down: Situates (7)
- ORIENTS
- 47 Down: Something set in a place setting (7)
- UTENSIL
- 49 Down: Soon (6)
- ANYDAY
- 50 Down: Soon (6)
- INABIT
- 51 Down: Wife, informally (6)
- MISSUS
- 52 Down: College softball? (5)
- EASYA
- 53 Down: Tailor, say (5)
- ALTER
- 54 Down: Pitch (5)
- SLANT
- 57 Down: Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? (4)
- YMCA
- 58 Down: Modern acronym suggesting "seize the day" (4)
- YOLO
- 59 Down: Life lines? (4)
- OBIT
- 60 Down: Exercises (4)
- USES
- 62 Down: Geniuses' prides (3)
- IQS
- 63 Down: Chip shot's path (3)
- ARC
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