Thursday Crossword — August 25, 2016 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/25/2016. By Andrew Zhou.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Grind (5)
GNASH
6 Across: What the shaded squares in this puzzle symbolize (9)
PAVEDROAD
15 Across: Brand with a trademark on the phrase "Set it and forget it" (5)
RONCO
16 Across: Area to roam (9)
OPENRANGE
17 Across: In a state of entanglement (5)
AFOUL
18 Across: Goya or Del Monte product (9)
GREENPEAS
19 Across: Sticks one's nose in (7)
MEDDLES
21 Across: Soccer coverage? (3)
SOD
22 Across: Actress Williams of "Game of Thrones" (6)
MAISIE
23 Across: "Better Call Saul" airer (3)
AMC
25 Across: Ones working at home? (4)
UMPS
29 Across: Move like the sun in the sky (3)
ARC
30 Across: "Focus!" (11)
SNAPOUTOFIT
33 Across: "___ never work!" (4)
ITLL
34 Across: Japanese city known as "the nation's kitchen" (5)
OSAKA
35 Across: Combat setting for an air cav, once (3)
NAM
38 Across: Announcement after a deep breath (7)
HEREIGO
40 Across: In a comfortable position (3)
SET
41 Across: One of the ABC islands (5)
ARUBA
43 Across: Years in old Rome (4)
ANNI
44 Across: Dish offering (11)
SATELLITETV
47 Across: Where many drafts are produced (3)
BAR
50 Across: Collude with (4)
ABET
51 Across: Choice word (3)
ANY
52 Across: Brunch beverage (6)
MIMOSA
54 Across: Rural allergen (3)
HAY
56 Across: Larger-than-life statues (7)
COLOSSI
57 Across: Something pulled out before turning in (9)
SLEEPSOFA
62 Across: Dialogue, e.g. (5)
LINES
63 Across: "Misery" director (9)
ROBREINER
64 Across: Turn up (5)
ARISE
65 Across: French abbot thought to have originated the saying depicted symbolically in this puzzle (9)
STBERNARD
66 Across: Beach souvenir (5)
SEASHELL

Down Answers

1 Down: Nana (6)
GRAMMA
2 Down: What the gutsy display (6)
NOFEAR
3 Down: Like one end of a battery (6)
ANODIC
4 Down: Cold War missiles on mobile launchers (5)
SCUDS
5 Down: Queens neighborhood next to Jamaica (6)
HOLLIS
6 Down: 1990s fad (4)
POGS
7 Down: Fig. in car ads (3)
APR
8 Down: Village leader? (3)
VEE
9 Down: Romanian composer George (6)
ENESCU
10 Down: Villainous resident of Crab Key island (4)
DRNO
11 Down: OutKast and Mobb Deep (7)
RAPDUOS
12 Down: ___ World Trade Center (3)
ONE
13 Down: Ottoman official (3)
AGA
14 Down: Some, in Somme (3)
DES
20 Down: Choice word? (5)
EENIE
23 Down: Galore (7)
APLENTY
24 Down: Illinois city where John Deere is headquartered (6)
MOLINE
26 Down: Juilliard degs. (4)
MFAS
27 Down: Gymnastics position (4)
PIKE
28 Down: FiveThirtyEight datum (4)
STAT
31 Down: Way to Sugar Hill, in song (6)
ATRAIN
32 Down: ___ far gone (3)
TOO
35 Down: "For the benefit of all" org. (4)
NASA
36 Down: ___ Spring (4)
ARAB
37 Down: Remote control button (4)
MUTE
38 Down: ___ Steinbrenner, principal owner of the Yankees (3)
HAL
39 Down: U.S. base in Cuba, for short (5)
GITMO
42 Down: "Show up ... or else!" (7)
BETHERE
45 Down: Stores for future use (6)
LAYSIN
46 Down: Patrician estates (6)
VILLAS
47 Down: 1990s war locale (6)
BOSNIA
48 Down: Charge (6)
ASSESS
49 Down: Cause a commotion (6)
RAISEHELL
53 Down: Rippled and lustrous (5)
MOIRE
55 Down: Copier (4)
APER
56 Down: Check the birth date of, say (4)
CARD
57 Down: Medicare beneficiaries: Abbr. (3)
SRS
58 Down: Park place? (3)
LOT
59 Down: Retreat (3)
EBB
60 Down: Keats's "___ Dream" (3)
ONA
61 Down: Slangy suffix with two or three (3)
FER

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