Thursday Crossword — May 14, 2015 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/14/2015. By Kameron Austin Collins.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Flag position (6)
- HALFMAST
- 7 Across: Go from a grape to a raisin, e.g. (7)
- SHRIVEL
- 14 Across: Body that's now a fraction of its former self (7)
- ARALSEA
- 16 Across: "Sure thing!" (7)
- YOUBETCHA
- 17 Across: Co-star of "Grown Ups," 2010 (7)
- SANDLER
- 18 Across: By hook or by crook (7)
- SOMEWAY
- 19 Across: Lead-in to haw (3)
- YEE
- 20 Across: Schleps (5)
- TOTES
- 22 Across: I, to Claudius (3)
- EGO
- 23 Across: Coatrack item (4)
- HANGER
- 25 Across: Westminster, e.g. (5)
- ABBEY
- 26 Across: Figures in 2011's "J. Edgar" (4)
- GMEN
- 27 Across: Santa ___ (3)
- ANA
- 28 Across: Almost spilling over (5)
- ABRIM
- 29 Across: 1930s heavyweight champ (4)
- BAER
- 30 Across: With 37-Across, lose it ... or what 12 answers in this puzzle appear to do (8)
- BURSTOUT
- 32 Across: América del ___ (5)
- NORTE
- 33 Across: Sullen look (4)
- POUT
- 34 Across: Pyrénées peak (4)
- MONT
- 35 Across: Plotz (5)
- FAINT
- 37 Across: See 30-Across (8)
- LAUGHING
- 41 Across: ___ du combat (4)
- EPEE
- 42 Across: "Heaven forbid!" (5)
- GODNO
- 43 Across: Company exec (3)
- COO
- 44 Across: Stepped (4)
- TROD
- 45 Across: They're not hard to catch (5)
- COLDS
- 46 Across: Big ___ (W.W. I weapon) (4)
- BERTHA
- 47 Across: Bow (3)
- ARC
- 48 Across: Country home (5)
- VILLA
- 49 Across: Shostakovich symphony "Babi ___" (3)
- YAR
- 50 Across: Longtime firearm manufacturer (7)
- BERETTA
- 52 Across: Moving like trees in the wind (7)
- SWAYING
- 56 Across: Hindrances for a competitive swimmer (7)
- HAIRYLEGS
- 57 Across: Bases for basses (7)
- HOMONYM
- 58 Across: Stylish bun (7)
- TOPKNOT
- 59 Across: Wisconsin city near Lake Michigan (6)
- WAUKESHA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Things sung when you don't know the words (3)
- LAS
- 2 Down: Brother (but not a bro) (3)
- FRA
- 3 Down: Unit of work (7)
- MANYEAR
- 4 Down: Tree with catkins (5)
- ALDER
- 5 Down: Headache (4)
- HASSLE
- 6 Down: Timeout signal (3)
- TEE
- 7 Down: Alphabetization, for one (6)
- SYSTEM
- 8 Down: Nonsense (5)
- HOOEY
- 9 Down: Captain Morgan and others (4)
- RUMS
- 10 Down: The Everlys' "When Will ___ Loved" (3)
- IBE
- 11 Down: Potentially awkward question at an introduction (7)
- HAVEWEMET
- 12 Down: Stand against the wall? (7)
- ETAGERE
- 13 Down: Idyllic, like a past time (5)
- HALCYON
- 15 Down: Paintings outside the mainstream, per Jean Dubuffet (7)
- ARTBRUT
- 21 Down: "Late" news item (4)
- OBIT
- 23 Down: Catch (3)
- NAB
- 24 Down: Animal whose head makes no sound? (3)
- GNU
- 25 Down: On (5)
- ABOUT
- 26 Down: "Wayne's World" weirdo (5)
- GARTH
- 28 Down: When some people meet for lunch (5)
- ATONE
- 29 Down: Part of a Cuban combo (5)
- BONGO
- 31 Down: Invaded someone's privacy (5)
- SPIED
- 32 Down: All but the fifth and sixth words in "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" (5)
- NOUNS
- 34 Down: Scramble (7)
- MADDASH
- 35 Down: Noted Italian chocolatier (7)
- FERRERO
- 36 Down: Noncanonical texts (7)
- APOCRYPHA
- 37 Down: Laze (4)
- LOLL
- 38 Down: Winter installation in New York's Central Park (7)
- ICERINK
- 39 Down: Neither's partner (3)
- NOR
- 40 Down: Caught (3)
- GOT
- 42 Down: Defer to everyone else, say (6)
- GOLAST
- 44 Down: "Bewitched" spinoff (5)
- TABITHA
- 45 Down: Gas brand with a triangular logo (5)
- CITGO
- 46 Down: Marshy outlet (5)
- BAYOU
- 48 Down: Powerful engine (4)
- VTEN
- 49 Down: Kawasaki competitor (4)
- YAMAHA
- 51 Down: Member of an organization with an Exalted Ruler (3)
- ELK
- 53 Down: "Where do I even begin ..." (3)
- WOW
- 54 Down: Largest county in Nevada (3)
- NYE
- 55 Down: Baseball V.I.P.s (3)
- GMS
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