Thursday Crossword — May 21, 2015 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/21/2015. By Peter A. Collins.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Red as ___ (5)
- ABEET
- 6 Across: ___ English 800 (Miller Brand) (4)
- OLDE
- 10 Across: Communicate like a drill sergeant (4)
- BARK
- 14 Across: Word after "go" in a seasonal phrase (5)
- BRAGH
- 15 Across: Thunder (4)
- ROAR
- 16 Across: Scarlatti's style (4)
- BAROQUE
- 17 Across: It gets a tow (5)
- BARGE
- 18 Across: Capricorn, Taurus or Virgo (9)
- EARTHSIGN
- 20 Across: Metaphor for fun (12)
- BARRELOFMONKEYS
- 22 Across: Places for C-sections (3)
- ORS
- 23 Across: Flipped (through) (5)
- PAGED
- 27 Across: Looks inside a building (6)
- DECORS
- 31 Across: Unpainted, say (4)
- BARE
- 34 Across: Roll call call (3)
- AYE
- 35 Across: Whittled away (6)
- ERODED
- 36 Across: Shoreline protector (8)
- BARRIERREEF
- 38 Across: Prefix with -meter (4)
- BARO
- 39 Across: Withstand (5)
- ABIDE
- 41 Across: Magazine offering "Beauty Tips, Fashion Trends & Celebrity News" (4)
- ELLE
- 42 Across: Perpetual 10-year old of TV (8)
- BARTSIMPSON
- 44 Across: More like the dog that's jumped over by the quick brown fox (6)
- LAZIER
- 46 Across: Velvet add-on (3)
- EEN
- 47 Across: Exclamation that's made up of two shorter exclamations (4)
- AHOY
- 48 Across: Imposes (6)
- EXACTS
- 49 Across: It works along a fence (5)
- EDGER
- 51 Across: Part of a "wheel" hand in poker (3)
- ACE
- 52 Across: Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? (12)
- RAISEDTHEBAR
- 60 Across: Campaign from town to town (9)
- BARNSTORM
- 63 Across: Dodge (5)
- EVADE
- 64 Across: Line of Mattel dolls (4)
- BARBIES
- 65 Across: Nobel laureate Wiesel (4)
- ELIE
- 66 Across: Moral authority? (5)
- AESOP
- 67 Across: Parking meter opening (4)
- SLOT
- 68 Across: Ont. neighbor (4)
- MINN
- 69 Across: Shift, maybe (5)
- DRESS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: OH or HI (4)
- ABBR
- 2 Down: Hill by a loch (4)
- BRAE
- 3 Down: Court figure (4)
- EARL
- 4 Down: Breakfast-on-the-run option (4)
- EGGO
- 5 Down: A place of prominence (7)
- THEFORE
- 6 Down: Common ice cream mix-in (5)
- OREOS
- 7 Down: Advance (4)
- LOAN
- 8 Down: Word with horse or meat (4)
- DARK
- 9 Down: Art Deco icon (4)
- ERTE
- 10 Down: ___ nova (5)
- BOSSA
- 11 Down: E.P.A. atmospheric stat (3)
- AQI
- 12 Down: Kilim or Kirman (3)
- RUG
- 13 Down: Watanabe of "The Last Samurai" (3)
- KEN
- 19 Down: Hopped up (5)
- HYPER
- 21 Down: Seasoning brand (7)
- MRSDASH
- 24 Down: Language from which "slogan" and "spunk" come (6)
- GAELIC
- 25 Down: Hole in a shoe (6)
- EYELET
- 26 Down: Puts on ice (6)
- DEFERS
- 27 Down: One offering a 7-Down (6)
- DEBTEE
- 28 Down: Blank, now (6)
- ERASED
- 29 Down: Geophysicist's activity (6)
- CORING
- 30 Down: Blue Moon of 1960s-'70s baseball (4)
- ODOM
- 31 Down: Like the Dead Sea (5)
- BRINY
- 32 Down: Benefit (3)
- AID
- 33 Down: Word on a campaign poster (7)
- REELECT
- 37 Down: Iran's ___ Shah Pahlevi (4)
- REZA
- 40 Down: Halloween card word (3)
- BOO
- 43 Down: Law firm assistants, for short (5)
- PARAS
- 45 Down: Business end of a chopper (7)
- AXEHEAD
- 50 Down: Dada pioneer Max (5)
- ERNST
- 51 Down: Darrin Stephens's co-workers on "Bewitched" (5)
- ADMEN
- 53 Down: Twosome (4)
- ITEM
- 54 Down: Singular efforts at La Scala? (4)
- SOLI
- 55 Down: Word before "go" in a seasonal phrase (4)
- ERIN
- 56 Down: Even once (4)
- EVER
- 57 Down: The "5" of 5^2 (4)
- BASE
- 58 Down: Kerfuffles (4)
- ADOS
- 59 Down: Count for crunches (4)
- REPS
- 60 Down: Small shots (3)
- BBS
- 61 Down: Feel off (3)
- AIL
- 62 Down: Early automotive inits. (3)
- REO
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