July 4th Up North
About the Puzzle
This one ran in our paper back in the summer of 2015. It had an embarrassing typo in the numbering of a down clue, which sullied an otherwise fun puzzle.
Active Square
- Arrow keys:
- Move active square.
- Enter/Return:
- Next square.
- Backspace/Delete:
- Delete input from active square and move to previous square.
- Ctrl + C:
- Cheat on letter.
- Ctrl + R:
- Toggle rebus entry.
- Ctrl + E:
- Toggle errors.
Active Clue
- Tab:
- Next clue.
- Shift + Tab:
- Previous clue.
- Shift + Right Arrow:
- Next unsolved clue.
- Shift + Left Arrow:
- Previous unsolved clue.
- Spacebar:
- Toggle direction.
- Escape:
- Escape puzzle.
Well done!
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Across
- 1 Patriotic eagle
- 5 Trolley
- 9 Mischievous child
- 12 Pierre's female friend
- 13 Cloud at the edge of the Solar System
- 14 Try to win over
- 15 Declaration of Independence author
- 17 Leslie's BFF on "Parks and Recreation"
- 18 Broadcasting towers
- 19 Hitch in a plan
- 20 TV brand
- 21 Radiate
- 23 Bird that lays green eggs
- 26 "____ to Joy"
- 28 1989 James Cameron flick (with "The")
- 31 Saturn compact
- 32 Flowers for Valentines
- 34 Three strikes, say
- 35 Cranny
- 37 "____ my shorts!"
- 38 Someone Brad Ausmus argues with
- 39 Tilt
- 41 Dream sleep, briefly
- 43 Voicemail sound
- 45 Songs near the ends of musicals
- 50 Possessive pronoun
- 51 Star of 1996 blockbuster "Independence Day"
- 52 Org. whose docs Snowden leaked
- 53 Org. co-founded by Helen Keller
- 54 Inventor Rubik
- 55 Place to shoot hoops
- 56 Surfboard fin
- 57 Candidate's goal, perhaps
Down
- 1 Mexican peninsula, familiarly
- 2 "You said it, brother!"
- 3 Elevator, to Will and Kate
- 4 Put off
- 5 Phenomenon rated on Fujita scale
- 6 Famous bus rider
- 7 Got up
- 8 Peak (abbr.)
- 9 Famous patriotic phrase of 25-Down
- 10 ____ Lisa
- 11 Classic video game
- 16 Crowd pleasers
- 19 Sis or Bro
- 22 Golf Tournament at Augusta
- 23 How Germans start counting
- 24 Miss Piggy, to Miss Piggy
- 25 See 9-Down
- 27 Direction from Sleeping Bear Dunes to Traverse City
- 29 Total
- 30 Oil brand that sponsored Richard Petty
- 33 Rock concert accessory
- 36 With it
- 40 Hoodwink
- 42 Plays charades
- 43 Dark red cherry
- 44 Online crafts market
- 46 Fashion magazine
- 47 Father a foal
- 48 Italian volcano
- 49 Beyond repair
- 51 "And She ____" (Talking Heads tune)