2013_01_04_Statepoint_Crossword_Clues

THEME: Twentieth Century

ACROSS

1. Alfred Hitchcock in his movie, e.g

6. *Banned insecticide

9. *Infamous weapon in Persian Gulf War

13. *”The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” author

14. Two halves

15. Chummy

16. Site of witchcraft trials

17. Fred Flintstone to Barney Rubble, e.g.

18. Stupid or silly

19. *Code name for detonation of first nuclear device

21. *1945-1990 antagonism

23. Batman and Robin, e.g.

24. *Rock and ____

25. Unit of absorbed radiation

28. Manufactured

30. Stubbornly unyielding

35. Prima donna problems

37. Clever

39. Used to indicate compliance over radio

40. It hovers

41. Red Cross supply

43. Like something that can’t fit anymore

44. Stay clear

46. *Ernest Hemingway’s nickname

47. Blue-green

48. *Split by a wall

50. Like Dr. Evil’s tiny self

52. Hog heaven?

53. Openmouthed astonishment

55. Recipe amount

57. *Salk’s discovery

61. Sea dog

65. “_____ Last Night,” movie

66. *Shock and ___

68. Wide open

69. One who “_____ it like it is”

70. 100 lbs.

71. Attach to, as in a journalist

72. Editor’s mark

73. Lamb’s mother

74. Plural of lysis

DOWN

1. Those in a play

2. Purim’s month

3. *French Sudan after 1960

4. Correct

5. Heaviest known metal

6. Showing stupidity

7. *Its discovery had a huge impact on crime investigation

8. *Ma Bell, e.g.

9. Equivalent to hands on clock?

10. Eagle’s talons, e.g.

11. Long forearm bone

12. Textile worker

15. ______ talk

20. A despicable person, pl.

22. *Hemingway’s “The ___ Man and the Sea”

24. Sometimes done to an argument

25. Betty Ford Center, e.g.

26. Type of nectar

27. Sorrow

29. Like a billionaire’s pockets

31. Received on special occasions

32. They can be Super or Krazy

33. Enthusiastic approval

34. *First cloned mammal

36. Potting need

38. South American Indian people

42. Kind of ray

45. 20 on a human body

49. *A Bobbsey twin

51. *Newly-founded state, 1948

54. *Gerald Holtom’s sign

56. Unusually small individual

57. Giant kettles

58. Lend a hand

59. *First African-American to host a TV show

60. *Branch Davidians or Heaven’s Gate, e.g.

61. “Out” usually follows it

62. Captures

63. D’Artagnan’s weapon of choice

64. *Bolsheviks

67. *A huge web