Saturday Crossword — January 26, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 66 clues). Published 1/26/2002. By Mark Diehl.

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Across Answers

1 Across: One on the front line (4)
PAWN
5 Across: Weatherproof headlight (10)
SEALEDBEAM
15 Across: Et ___ (4)
ALII
16 Across: Sweep away (10)
OBLITERATE
17 Across: 100 cents (4)
RAND
18 Across: Itch cause (10)
DERMATITIS
19 Across: "Rush, Rush" hitmaker, 1991 (5)
ABDUL
21 Across: Solicits (for) (4)
REPS
22 Across: Some club members, informally (4)
GALS
23 Across: Difficult shot (5)
MASSE
24 Across: Yokohama yes (3)
HAI
25 Across: Overly worn (5)
RATTY
26 Across: Low-fat meat (3)
EMU
27 Across: Went on about trivial things (8)
TWADDLED
30 Across: Bridge competitor (8)
CARFERRY
32 Across: Period pieces (6)
EPOCHS
36 Across: About to face the music (7)
INFORIT
37 Across: One out (7)
PAROLEE
38 Across: Put in piles, say (6)
ASSORT
39 Across: Like some West Africans (8)
BENINESE
40 Across: Sees the difference (8)
DISCERNS
42 Across: Grand Canyon feature (3)
RIM
43 Across: Emergency money (5)
SCRIP
46 Across: Pistol, say (3)
ARM
47 Across: Adds and/or subtracts (5)
EDITS
49 Across: Came down (4)
ALIT
50 Across: Ricky, really (4)
DESI
51 Across: Ticket (5)
DUCAT
52 Across: Cause (10)
GIVERISETO
55 Across: Force in Eur. (4)
NATO
56 Across: Rambo (10)
ONEMANARMY
57 Across: One of the Scraggs in "Li'l Abner" (4)
CLEM
58 Across: Beetle driver? (10)
SGTSNORKEL
59 Across: ___ Quam Videri (North Carolina motto) (4)
ESSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Little beasties (9)
PARAMECIA
2 Down: Hank Aaron and Helen Keller, e.g. (9)
ALABAMANS
3 Down: Sails over water (9)
WINDSURFS
4 Down: Nest (5)
NIDUS
5 Down: Nursery product (3)
SOD
6 Down: Richard ___, 1966 Pulitzer poet (8)
EBERHART
7 Down: "Right now?" (7)
ALREADY
8 Down: Clear (6)
LIMPID
9 Down: Letters from Greece (4)
ETAS
10 Down: Person with a badge: Abbr. (3)
DET
11 Down: Early Lerner and Loewe hit (9)
BRIGADOON
12 Down: Bug no end (5)
EATAT
13 Down: Not quite true (5)
ATILT
14 Down: Chaotic (5)
MESSY
20 Down: "Go right ahead!" (8)
LETERRIP
25 Down: Played again (8)
REPRISED
28 Down: Some are sacred (5)
WRITS
29 Down: Singer Rimes (5)
LEANN
31 Down: Menu listings (9)
FOODITEMS
33 Down: Priests and such (9)
CLERICALS
34 Down: Thinks twice, perhaps (9)
HESITATES
35 Down: "I think ..." (9)
SEEMSTOME
37 Down: Chivalrous phrase (8)
PERMITME
39 Down: Upset and then some (7)
BERSERK
41 Down: Rubicon crosser (6)
CAESAR
43 Down: Tropical pudding bases (5)
SAGOS
44 Down: Stick (5)
CLING
45 Down: Focus (5)
RIVET
48 Down: Kind of cap (5)
DUNCE
50 Down: Bedrock denizen (4)
DINO
53 Down: Tore (3)
RAN
54 Down: Castor or Olive (3)
OYL

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