Saturday Crossword — January 5, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/5/2002. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Includes on one's route (8)
SWINGSBY
9 Across: Swindle (6)
CONJOB
15 Across: Joker (8)
WISEACRE
16 Across: See 21-Down (6)
ANYONE
17 Across: Environmental hazard (8)
ACIDRAIN
18 Across: Hot dog stand offering (6)
RELISH
19 Across: Show need: Abbr. (3)
TKT
20 Across: Quite (6)
PRETTY
22 Across: Not had by (4)
ONTO
23 Across: Hesitations (4)
HEMS
25 Across: Ellery contemporary (4)
ERLE
26 Across: When Día de Reyes is celebrated (5)
ENERO
27 Across: Channel (5)
STEER
29 Across: Intelligence grp. established by Truman (3)
NSA
31 Across: A.L. East, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
DIV
32 Across: Orthodontic need (8)
RETAINER
36 Across: White House nickname (3)
IKE
37 Across: Ascetic (15)
SELFDISCIPLINED
41 Across: Big heart? (3)
ACE
42 Across: Some metallophones (8)
CELESTAS
43 Across: Kiwi cousin (3)
MOA
44 Across: Stir (3)
ADO
45 Across: Achilles' killer (5)
PARIS
49 Across: Turn out (5)
ENDUP
51 Across: Look (4)
PEER
55 Across: Track racer (4)
KART
56 Across: It may be subject to modification (4)
NOUN
57 Across: Adjusted (6)
GEARED
59 Across: Golden, in a Rimsky-Korsakov title (3)
DOR
60 Across: ___ Day, former Canadian celebration (6)
EMPIRE
62 Across: Pacific, e.g. (8)
TIMEZONE
64 Across: Skip (6)
SITOUT
65 Across: It's not the real world (8)
ACADEMIA
66 Across: Light biscuits (6)
SCONES
67 Across: Auto buyer's option (8)
TAPEDECK

Down Answers

1 Down: Cut strips (6)
SWATHS
2 Down: Small gate (6)
WICKET
3 Down: Introspective query (6)
ISITME
4 Down: James Fenimore Cooper's "___ Myers" (3)
NED
5 Down: John Irving character T. S. ___ (4)
GARP
6 Down: Start (5)
SCARE
7 Down: Pipe (5)
BRIER
8 Down: Film with the song "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (5)
YENTL
9 Down: "The Horse's Mouth" novelist Joyce ___ (4)
CARY
10 Down: Inseparable (3)
ONE
11 Down: Brush material (5)
NYLON
12 Down: Took part (8)
JOINEDIN
13 Down: Not working (8)
ONSTRIKE
14 Down: Served (8)
BEHOOVED
21 Down: With 16-Across, a sporting offer (6)
TENNIS
24 Down: Drudge (4)
SERF
26 Down: Cap attachment (6)
EARLAP
28 Down: Dolly user (6)
REDCAP
30 Down: Cal. page (4)
SEPT
33 Down: Having no loose ends (4)
TIED
34 Down: Inclined (6)
ASLOPE
35 Down: Kind of jam (3)
ICE
37 Down: Source of boredom (8)
SAMENESS
38 Down: Financial (8)
ECONOMIC
39 Down: Precede (8)
LEADUPTO
40 Down: Writer Dinesen (4)
ISAK
46 Down: Antenna housing (6)
RADOME
47 Down: "Isn't it ___?" (6)
IRONIC
48 Down: Bolt stripped? (6)
STREAK
50 Down: Wedding (5)
UNION
52 Down: Bother a lot (5)
EATAT
53 Down: Noted soap vixen (5)
ERICA
54 Down: Revise a plot (5)
REMAP
57 Down: Follows (4)
GETS
58 Down: "___ Dinah" (Frankie Avalon hit) (4)
DEDE
61 Down: Sorrow (3)
RUE
63 Down: Finish overseas (3)
ZED

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