diff --git a/themes/blueprint/css/styles.css b/themes/blueprint/css/styles.css
index fc86e261c28ba992c17f8527b946fea94a44450b..fa91d9b6fd2b9ca8a8d3de9a7df899a28aa08d1c 100644
--- a/themes/blueprint/css/styles.css
+++ b/themes/blueprint/css/styles.css
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ ul.recordSet .addToFavLink {
     background-repeat: repeat-x;
     background-position: bottom;
 }
-.authorBox .span-5 {white-space:nowrap;}
+.authorbox .applied {color:#000;}
+.authorbox .applied img {vertical-align:sub;}
+.authorbox .span-5 {white-space:nowrap;}
 .authorbio .providerLink {
     margin-top: 1em;
     margin-bottom: .4em;
diff --git a/themes/blueprint/templates/Recommend/TopFacets.phtml b/themes/blueprint/templates/Recommend/TopFacets.phtml
index 030e8df3ffa6f3422f76bea3faa3bfadb8b1cdb3..dea8390f0bed7f1b29521c93fd6cc22db1ed17e9 100644
--- a/themes/blueprint/templates/Recommend/TopFacets.phtml
+++ b/themes/blueprint/templates/Recommend/TopFacets.phtml
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@
         <? endif; ?>
         <? if ($iter % $topFacetSettings['cols'] == 1): ?><br class="clear"/><? endif; ?>
         <span class="span-<?=floor(16/$topFacetSettings['cols'])?>">
-          <? if ($thisFacet['isApplied']): ?>
-            <?=$this->escapeHtml($thisFacet['displayText'])?> <img src="<?=$this->imageLink('silk/tick.png')?>" alt="<?=$this->transEsc('Selected') ?>"/>
+          <? if ($thisFacet['isApplied']):
+            if (isset($thisFacet['specialType']) && $thisFacet['specialType'] == 'keyword') {
+                $removeLink = $this->currentPath().$results->getUrlQuery()->replaceTerm($thisFacet['value'], '');
+            } else {
+                $removeLink = $this->currentPath().$results->getUrlQuery()->removeFacet($title, $thisFacet['value'], true, $thisFacet['operator']);
+            } ?>
+            <a href="<?=$removeLink ?>" class="applied">
+              <?=$this->escapeHtml($thisFacet['displayText'])?> <img src="<?=$this->imageLink('silk/tick.png')?>" alt="<?=$this->transEsc('Selected') ?>"/>
+            </a>
           <? else: ?>
             <a href="<?=$this->currentPath().$this->recommend->getResults()->getUrlQuery()->addFacet($title, $thisFacet['value'], $thisFacet['operator'])?>"><?=$this->escapeHtml($thisFacet['displayText'])?></a> (<?=$this->localizedNumber($thisFacet['count']) ?>)
             <? if ($allowExclude): ?>