Friday Crossword — July 10, 2015 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/10/2015. By Barry C. Silk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Tycoon with the middle name Socrates (10)
- ARIONASSIS
- 11 Across: Advantage (4)
- PLUS
- 15 Across: When it's acceptable to start downing brews (10)
- BEEROCLOCK
- 16 Across: Pen sound (4)
- OINK
- 17 Across: Vacation spot (10)
- RESORTAREA
- 18 Across: Dog command (4)
- COME
- 19 Across: Away from the nose (3)
- AFT
- 20 Across: See 38-Across (5)
- MINED
- 21 Across: Response to an unrevealing revelation (5)
- IKNEW
- 22 Across: Point of a vampire story? (4)
- FANG
- 23 Across: Bikini blasts, briefly (6)
- NTESTS
- 24 Across: Not going swimmingly? (6)
- WADING
- 27 Across: Ice cream purchases (6)
- QUARTS
- 29 Across: Many Israelis (5)
- ARABS
- 30 Across: Carriage driver? (9)
- BUGGYWHIP
- 33 Across: Complexion changer (4)
- ACNE
- 34 Across: Cousins of husks (5)
- ARILS
- 35 Across: High Rhine feeder (4)
- AARE
- 36 Across: Nickname for Baltimore (9)
- CHARMCITY
- 38 Across: With 20-Across, scratched the surface for resources? (5)
- STRIP
- 39 Across: Squeeze (6)
- COERCE
- 40 Across: Get to (6)
- ACCESS
- 41 Across: Become attentive (6)
- SNAPTO
- 43 Across: David of "Rhoda" (4)
- GROH
- 44 Across: Frequency unit (5)
- HERTZ
- 45 Across: German architect who spent 19 years in Spandau Prison (5)
- SPEER
- 47 Across: Freon letters (3)
- CFC
- 50 Across: Shankar at Woodstock (4)
- RAVI
- 51 Across: 1920 birthplace of the N.F.L. (10)
- CANTONOHIO
- 53 Across: Like some fans and fences: Abbr. (4)
- ELEC
- 54 Across: Where Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record (10)
- ORIOLEPARK
- 55 Across: Piano pieces (4)
- KEYS
- 56 Across: 6 or 7 p.m., for many (10)
- DINNERTIME
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Aron's girlfriend in "East of Eden" (4)
- ABRA
- 2 Down: Bikini feature (4)
- REEF
- 3 Down: Superlative ending (4)
- IEST
- 4 Down: Precious thing in Montana's motto (3)
- ORO
- 5 Down: 11th-century conquerors (7)
- NORMANS
- 6 Down: Histrionic skill (6)
- ACTING
- 7 Down: It may be thrown around at a party (5)
- SLANG
- 8 Down: Put out (4)
- SORE
- 9 Down: Sewn up (4)
- ICED
- 10 Down: Relative of calypso (3)
- SKA
- 11 Down: Item often with a hinged lid (11)
- POCKETWATCH
- 12 Down: Hog's portion (10)
- LIONSSHARE
- 13 Down: Not yet realized (5)
- UNMET
- 14 Down: Presents unfairly (5)
- SKEWS
- 21 Down: Humble response to a compliment (4)
- ITRY
- 22 Down: Laparoscopy technology (11)
- FIBEROPTICS
- 23 Down: Rides (4)
- NAGS
- 24 Down: Certain W.W. II enlistee (4)
- WAAC
- 25 Down: One may be built to commemorate triumph (4)
- ARCH
- 26 Down: Noted Ross Perot impersonator (10)
- DANACARVEY
- 27 Down: Pretty (5)
- QUITE
- 28 Down: Unpretty (4)
- UGLY
- 30 Down: ___-a-brac (4)
- BRIC
- 31 Down: What surrounds an aperture (4)
- IRIS
- 32 Down: Energizes, with "up" (4)
- PEPS
- 34 Down: Top: Prefix (4)
- ACRO
- 37 Down: Capital of Lorraine (4)
- METZ
- 38 Down: One delivering raspberries (7)
- SCORNER
- 40 Down: Round bump on a cactus (6)
- AREOLE
- 41 Down: Film title character who says "This is the part where you run away" (5)
- SHREK
- 42 Down: Hall-of-Fame football coach Greasy (5)
- NEALE
- 43 Down: Board (5)
- GETON
- 45 Down: Asian wear with pleats (4)
- SARI
- 46 Down: Nabokov novel (4)
- PNIN
- 47 Down: Vanilla ___ (hot drink) (4)
- CHAI
- 48 Down: Unvarying (4)
- FIRM
- 49 Down: Vanilla ___ (cold drink) (4)
- COKE
- 51 Down: Trawler's catch (3)
- COD
- 52 Down: Elect (3)
- OPT
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