Saturday Crossword — January 12, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/12/2002. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Western transportation (6)
STAGES
7 Across: "Who Let the Dogs Out" band (7)
BAHAMEN
14 Across: Like some wages (6)
HOURLY
15 Across: Tardy person's query (7)
AMILATE
16 Across: Beat to the tape (6)
OUTRAN
17 Across: What a custodian does (8)
PROTECTS
18 Across: With 1-Down, place to pick up a racket (3)
PRO
19 Across: Relatively busy (6)
NOSIER
21 Across: "Waiting for Godot" prop (3)
HAT
22 Across: Means (7)
MIDDLES
24 Across: Off (5)
AMISS
26 Across: R.M.N. was a member of it (4)
HUAC
28 Across: Didn't just talk about (7)
ACTEDON
30 Across: Creon condemned her to be buried alive (8)
ANTIGONE
33 Across: Most of Kauai (6)
VOWELS
36 Across: First name in despotism (3)
IDI
37 Across: Toronto attraction (7)
CNTOWER
39 Across: Duke Ellington's "The ___ From Joe's" (3)
GAL
40 Across: Quarter (6)
LOCALE
42 Across: Tweak (8)
FINETUNE
44 Across: Interpret signs (7)
PREDICT
46 Across: Over (4)
ANEW
47 Across: Smarten (up) (5)
SPIFF
49 Across: Salt-cured pork (7)
FATBACK
52 Across: Search engine find (3)
URL
53 Across: Dual personality part (6)
JEKYLL
54 Across: ___-neck (3)
EWE
57 Across: "Way to go!" (8)
GOODMOVE
60 Across: Computer miniprogram (6)
APPLET
62 Across: Tiny (7)
ANTLIKE
63 Across: Sister of Clio (6)
THALIA
64 Across: One enlarging pictures, say (7)
RESIZER
65 Across: Part of Dionysus' entourage (6)
SATYRS

Down Answers

1 Down: See 18-Across (4)
SHOP
2 Down: It may be taken around the world (4)
TOUR
3 Down: Air traffic controllers? (15)
AUTOMATICPILOTS
4 Down: Warning sound (3)
GRR
5 Down: Serengeti grazer (5)
ELAND
6 Down: Church meeting (5)
SYNOD
7 Down: Least adorned (6)
BAREST
8 Down: Archer of myth (4)
AMOR
9 Down: Success in the offing? (3)
HIT
10 Down: It might be in a yard (3)
ALE
11 Down: Gangster said to have coined the term "G-man" (15)
MACHINEGUNKELLY
12 Down: James and Jones (5)
ETTAS
13 Down: Arboreal array (5)
NESTS
17 Down: "It was nothing, really" (11)
PIECEOFCAKE
20 Down: What an editorial has (5)
SLANT
23 Down: Here, elsewhere (3)
ICI
24 Down: Really relish (5)
ADORE
25 Down: Butcher, with "down" (3)
MOW
26 Down: Come (from) (4)
HAIL
27 Down: Choice on an Edit menu (4)
UNDO
29 Down: Flush (4)
EVEN
31 Down: Score figure (5)
GCLEF
32 Down: Like a line, briefly (4)
ONED
34 Down: Driving place (4)
LANE
35 Down: Throng (4)
SLEW
38 Down: Smart-mouthed (5)
WITTY
41 Down: Spot announcement? (3)
ARF
43 Down: Tie ___ (3)
TAC
45 Down: Assuming it'll happen at all (6)
IFEVER
47 Down: Some lumps (5)
SUGAR
48 Down: One way to lie (5)
PRONE
50 Down: Utters loudly and indiscreetly (5)
BLATS
51 Down: Numeric lead-in (5)
ALPHA
53 Down: Funny (4)
JOKE
55 Down: Stream blocker (4)
WEIR
56 Down: Letters of Zeno (4)
ETAS
58 Down: Year in Vigilius's papacy (3)
DLI
59 Down: "Les ___" (3)
MIZ
61 Down: One way to stand (3)
PAT

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