Puzzles

Crossword: ''Battle of the Bands''

Who would win?

By MATT JONES | April 29, 2010

Across
1 Maggie Gyllenhaal's brother
5 Tallahassee's st.
8 Earthy shade
13 Fix text
14 "___ Boot"
15 Weasel out (on)
16 "You'd think Band A would hold up, but it's flimsy. Band B wins."
19 Like some computer errors
20 Blood type for about 6% of the U.S. pop.
21 They follow B
22 Unable to work, perhaps
24 First responder
26 Comp. storage sites
27 Forever, it seems
31 "Charter" tree
33 Diamond Head locale
35 "Band B wins, since Band A only has a tolerance for booze."
39 Drink from (a bowl), like a cat
40 Cutesy-___
41 Four Holy Roman Emperors
43 "Drop Band A on Band B? Band B wins, no contest."
46 Art ___
47 Suffix for orange or lemon
48 Gaelic tongue
49 "Ben-___"
51 Abbr. in some town names
53 Furthest degree
55 Fertile Crescent's place
57 Golfer Aoki
59 Inspected diamonds?
64 "Band B wins, because it's pointy and doesn't digest well."
67 Early actress Langtry
68 Dir. opposite WNW
69 "Scientific American Frontiers" host Alan
70 Didn't dine out
71 "Slippery When ___" (Bon Jovi album)
72 Spotted

Down
1 Constantly napping member of the Wiggles
2 Song from Sarah McLachlan's "Surfacing"
3 Highland Games garb
4 "At Last" blues singer ___ James
5 Prez on the dime
6 Kitschy illumination
7 Part of AARP
8 "___ the fields we go..."
9 "Mad Money" network
10 Job search insider
11 Spurred (on)
12 Hull wreckers
15 Stringy cleaner
17 Mr. Manning
18 "Isn't that something?"
23 ___ Lobos
25 California/Nevada attraction
27 The whole thing
28 Burrito add-on, for short
29 Fashionable sandal
30 Drive-thru drink
32 Villainous surname in the Super Mario Bros. series
34 Request to the dealer
36 Blacksburg sch.
37 What automobile interiors may drown out
38 Geologic time periods
42 Sault ___ Marie Canals
44 Candle type
45 Hound healer
49 "Se ____ español"
50 "___ wisely"
52 Reptilian warning
54 Clueless response
56 Obesity drug Orlistat, more familiarly
58 Not too many
60 CEOs may have them
61 Stripper's fixture
62 "The Neverending Story" author Michael
63 Jimmy of sausage
65 Half of an eternal balance
66 Ready to roll