Good grades, good grief  
By MATT JONES  |  March 11, 2009
 
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Across 
1 Scorch 
5 "___ a Liar" (song by the Bee Gees) 
8 Dana, a.k.a. Queen Latifah 
13 "Otello" baritone 
14 That objeto 
15 Lopsided 
16 Dessert made with ladyfingers 
18 Like some labor 
19 Like the coolest celebrity chemist in the world? 
21 Covered in frost 
22 Some CFC's 
23 Greens used for bra-stuffing? 
27 Up and about 
28 "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" victories, briefly 
29 ___ Jong Il 
32 Detroit : Michigander :: Salt Lake City : ___ 
33 A.M.A. members 
34 U.K. indie band named for a Soviet space dog 
36 "Solaris" author Stanislaw 
37 Life sentences? 
38 More like dishwater? 
39 "Equus" character Alan transforms to become useful to a lumberjack? 
42 Cry on the set 
44 Colorful desktop computer 
45 Boozed it up with skeezy intentions? 
49 Word after dirty or strawberry 
50 Like slot machines, so to speak 
52 Combatant with a saber 
53 2000s caffeinated offshoot of 7 Up 
54 Concert mementos 
55 Fast food restaurant fixture 
56 Close female relative 
57 World's Fair kin | Down 
1 Op. ___ (footnote abbr.) 
2 It can be spiked or set, but not bumped 
3 Indian tourist city 
4 Scrapes from a motorcycle spill 
5 Trophy for Sam Bradford, in 2008 
6 Thoughtful pieces 
7 "Hot Buttered ___" (1969 Isaac Hayes album) 
8 "Hold on a bit..." 
9 Proceeded as planned 
10 Aquafina rival 
11 Gets warmer 
12 Show that released the edited version of "I'm on a Boat," for short 
15 Dark parts of sunspots 
17 She may be fair 
20 'Dos in a blaxploitation film 
23 Author Bellow 
24 Commedia dell'___ 
25 Neeson of "Kinsey" 
26 Its nickname is "Rubber City" 
29 Place for a firing 
30 Furniture retailer with a blue and yellow logo 
31 Chico, e.g. 
33 Prince who doubles as Wonder Woman 
34 Zambia's capital 
35 Menu type 
37 Commodity negotiator 
38 Distressed women? 
39 Golf lesson topic 
40 Fire-starting need 
41 Late designer Versace 
42 Freud contemporary 
43 Friend that goes way back 
46 Puts in grass 
47 Santa Fe's st. 
48 Hoard 
49 Pal 'til the end, for short 
51 Brit. honor | 
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