Saturday Crossword — April 14, 2001 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 4/14/2001. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Outdoes (7)
SHOWSUP
8 Across: Crowned (7)
TIARAED
15 Across: Opening in wastewater management? (7)
MANHOLE
16 Across: Malign (7)
ASPERSE
17 Across: Like a club, maybe (7)
ONTOAST
18 Across: French pioneer in planetary orbital theory (7)
LAPLACE
19 Across: Dietary ideal, briefly (3)
RDA
20 Across: Toughish (6)
STICKY
22 Across: Not-so-subtle no (4)
SLAP
23 Across: Zaragoza's river (4)
EBRO
25 Across: Bien-___ (well-being): Fr. (4)
ETRE
26 Across: Lotion abbr. (3)
SPF
27 Across: Not tacit (4)
SAID
28 Across: 19th-century novelist with an appropriate name (5)
READE
30 Across: Certain draft (4)
BEER
31 Across: Heads off (4)
GOES
33 Across: Happen without a struggle (8)
COMEEASY
35 Across: Chips, etc. (9)
SNACKFOOD
38 Across: Confined, in dialect (8)
PRISONED
41 Across: Witch's brew ingredient (4)
NEWT
44 Across: Actress Sofer (4)
RENA
45 Across: Fed. bill (5)
TNOTE
48 Across: "Hold it!" (4)
WHOA
50 Across: License giver: Abbr. (3)
FCC
51 Across: Lohengrin, the Knight of the ___ (4)
SWAN
52 Across: Smooth (4)
SAND
53 Across: Burns up (4)
IRES
55 Across: Bracers (6)
TONICS
57 Across: Apply (3)
USE
58 Across: Review (7)
RUNOVER
60 Across: In order (7)
LINEDUP
62 Across: Put out of order (7)
MISFILE
63 Across: Vigilant (7)
ONALERT
64 Across: Hot (7)
STEAMED
65 Across: Plunderings (7)
RAPINES

Down Answers

1 Down: Marshmallow treats (6)
SMORES
2 Down: Compact carrier (7)
HANDBAG
3 Down: California 500 race site (7)
ONTARIO
4 Down: The Four Seasons' "___ Loves You" (3)
WHO
5 Down: In order (to) (4)
SOAS
6 Down: Woodstock, N.Y., county (6)
ULSTER
7 Down: Bantam (6)
PETITE
8 Down: Discussed (8)
TALKEDOF
9 Down: "Well, well!" (4)
ISAY
10 Down: Computer program, informally (3)
APP
11 Down: Blood grp.? (4)
RELS
12 Down: Noted lake with more than 10% salinity (7)
ARALSEA
13 Down: Some are narrow (7)
ESCAPES
14 Down: Make tempura, e.g. (7)
DEEPFRY
21 Down: Police news (9)
CRACKDOWN
24 Down: Texas city with an annual Shakespeare Festival (6)
ODESSA
29 Down: Comic Philips (3)
EMO
30 Down: Moistens, in a way (6)
BEDEWS
32 Down: ___-Cat (3)
SNO
34 Down: Quite a while (3)
EON
36 Down: Hill dweller (3)
ANT
37 Down: Cleaned up (8)
CENSORED
38 Down: Spinners? (7)
PRFIRMS
39 Down: Signee, maybe (7)
RECRUIT
40 Down: Altar offering (7)
INCENSE
42 Down: "City Without Walls" poet (7)
WHAUDEN
43 Down: Ritual shaving of the head (7)
TONSURE
46 Down: Make fit (6)
TAILOR
47 Down: Live oak (6)
ENCINA
49 Down: Pros (6)
ADEPTS
54 Down: Soft spot (4)
SOFA
55 Down: Modern prefix with banking (4)
TELE
56 Down: Instantaneous (4)
SNAP
59 Down: Dash (3)
VIM
61 Down: Samuel's teacher (3)
ELI

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