Wednesday Crossword — August 26, 2015 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/26/2015. By Ian Livengood.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Nice job, kid!" (7)
- ATTABOY
- 8 Across: Subjects in an intro chemistry class (5)
- ATOMS
- 13 Across: ___ cat (7)
- SIAMESE
- 14 Across: Side parts? (6)
- CAMEOS
- 16 Across: Dead Sea documents (7)
- SCROLLS
- 17 Across: Moved on all fours (7)
- CRAWLED
- 19 Across: Gradually increasing rage (8)
- SLOWBURN
- 21 Across: Leave amazed (3)
- AWE
- 22 Across: Largest U.S. lake by volume after the five Great Lakes (5)
- TAHOE
- 25 Across: "Piece of cake!" (4)
- EASY
- 26 Across: Beat maker (4)
- DRUM
- 27 Across: Entirely (4)
- ATOZ
- 28 Across: Cause of date night stress (4)
- ACNE
- 29 Across: Zilch (5)
- ZIPPO
- 30 Across: Turkey hen's mate (3)
- TOM
- 31 Across: Writer Dinesen (4)
- ISAK
- 32 Across: Mineral in sheets (4)
- MICA
- 33 Across: What recently hired bosses are part of (13)
- NEWMANAGEMENT
- 37 Across: Andy of cartoons (4)
- CAPP
- 38 Across: Tibetan spiritual guru (4)
- LAMA
- 39 Across: Tiny energy unit (3)
- ERG
- 41 Across: Black hues, in Shakespeare (5)
- EBONS
- 43 Across: "Ditto" (4)
- SAME
- 44 Across: Cop a ___ (4)
- PLEA
- 45 Across: Subdue (4)
- TAME
- 46 Across: One of 100 in a "Winnie-the-Pooh" wood (4)
- ACRE
- 47 Across: Mislays (5)
- LOSES
- 48 Across: X (3)
- CHI
- 49 Across: Planter's bagful (8)
- LOAMSOIL
- 51 Across: Sculptor who pioneered Dadaism (7)
- HANSARP
- 53 Across: Middle of the week ... or an appropriate title for this puzzle (7)
- HUMPDAY
- 57 Across: Light (6)
- IGNITE
- 58 Across: Playwright John who wrote "Look Back in Anger" (7)
- OSBORNE
- 59 Across: Pops (5)
- SODAS
- 60 Across: Canadian airline with a directional name (7)
- WESTJET
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Big jerk (3)
- ASS
- 2 Down: Part of X-X-X (3)
- TIC
- 3 Down: Roof coating (3)
- TAR
- 4 Down: Israeli novelist of "A Perfect Peace" (6)
- AMOSOZ
- 5 Down: Ball V.I.P. (5)
- BELLE
- 6 Down: World capital half of which consists of forest (4)
- OSLO
- 7 Down: Campaign line of 2008 (8)
- YESWECAN
- 8 Down: Charge (6)
- ACCUSE
- 9 Down: Dilly-dally (5)
- TARRY
- 10 Down: U.N. member between Norway and Pakistan alphabetically (4)
- OMAN
- 11 Down: Sound from a 13-Across (3)
- MEW
- 12 Down: Modern energy sources (11)
- SOLARPANELS
- 15 Down: Finalize (5)
- SEWUP
- 18 Down: Software giveaway (4)
- DEMO
- 20 Down: Sound during a heist (9)
- BANKALARM
- 22 Down: Bicep image, briefly (3)
- TAT
- 23 Down: Lots (4)
- ATON
- 24 Down: When some kings and queens are crowned (11)
- HOMECOMINGS
- 26 Down: They're blown on for good luck (4)
- DICE
- 28 Down: Pronto (4)
- ASAP
- 29 Down: Onetime Coors alcopop (4)
- ZIMA
- 31 Down: Chronic pains? (4)
- IMPS
- 32 Down: Passing web fancy (4)
- MEME
- 34 Down: Die down (4)
- WANE
- 35 Down: "Password" or "Pyramid" (8)
- GAMESHOW
- 36 Down: Image in the Timberland logo (4)
- TREE
- 40 Down: ___ pedal (3)
- GAS
- 41 Down: Set in stone, say (4)
- ETCH
- 42 Down: Religion founded in 19th-century Persia (5)
- BAHAI
- 43 Down: Outdoor painting scenes (6)
- SCAPES
- 44 Down: Khmer Rouge leader (6)
- POLPOT
- 46 Down: Line connected to a pump? (5)
- AORTA
- 47 Down: Post-storm detritus (5)
- LIMBS
- 49 Down: Placed (4)
- LAID
- 50 Down: River through York (4)
- OUSE
- 52 Down: ___-Cat (3)
- SNO
- 54 Down: Hoops legend with a statue in Philadelphia (3)
- DRJ
- 55 Down: Hydrocarbon suffix (3)
- ANE
- 56 Down: "And still ..." (3)
- YET
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