Puzzles

Crossword: ''Set us free''

A freestyle vocabulary mix

By MATT JONES | June 29, 2011

Across
1 Convoluted beyond common sense
13 Former member of Congress
14 They fly throughout the U.K. (not to be confused with the American carrier)
15 Govt. program that backs school grants
16 ___ Solo
17 Mauna ___ Observatory
18 Bierce who wrote "The Devil's Dictionary"
20 Louvre Pyramid architect I.M.
21 Zero, on some scorecards
24 Line up the crosshairs again
25 "Shoot!"
26 First name in "The Last King of Scotland"
27 Amphibian who used to have a "Wild Ride" at Disneyland
29 Olympics chant
30 ___-Xers
31 Corked item. maybe
32 It may range from beach castles to Buddhist mandalas
35 "Ni ___!" (Hello, in China)
36 French vacation spot, maybe
37 TV "Science Guy" Bill
38 "___ never work"
40 CEO, in general: abbr.
41 Console that included Super Mario World, for short
42 Borden's spokescow
43 Make eggs
44 Abbreviated single on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album
45 It's mainly done with the fingers
47 Rubbery Nickelodeon toy substance of the 1990s
48 Sparks of "Queer As Folk"
49 Cash dispenser
50 Cameroon, Mozambique, et al.
56 Teacher's request to prevent blurting out
57 Items that line baby's crib

Down
1 Short reply?
2 One of the U.S. Virgin Islands
3 Some butters in lotions
4 Carried
5 Gothic novelist Radcliffe
6 "Later," in some text messages
7 Place to get Squishees
8 "___ the Money"
9 Former sound system company
10 Genetic messenger material
11 Susan of "The Partridge Family"
12 Sophs, two years later
13 It's got a little charge in it
14 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" character
15 Government policy tool for agriculture
19 Duran Duran album of 1982
20 "El Condor ___"
21 Alarm clock setting
22 Pie-in-the-sky types
23 Tile alternative
25 Surfer guys
28 He played Hans Christian Andersen
33 No, to Nikita
34 It starts during the Trojan War
39 ___ carte
41 Rubber band for braces adjustment
45 Like some cheddar
46 Yoga variety
47 Crux
50 Pitcher's asset
51 Gp. with plane dealings?
52 Dye brand in the drug store
53 P.O. boxes, e.g.
54 Sorority letters
55 Turn-___ (centerfold's likes)