Saturday Crossword — June 8, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 6/8/2002. By Fred Piscop.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Comedian who once said, "My audiences are my group therapy" (10)
JOANRIVERS
11 Across: Atlas abbr. (3)
ISL
14 Across: Big name in talk radio (10)
OLLIENORTH
15 Across: Dazed (4)
ASEA
16 Across: Right down the fairway (10)
WELLDRIVEN
17 Across: Popular handheld game company (4)
TOMY
18 Across: Global positioning fig. (3)
LAT
19 Across: 24-Across, in France (4)
MIDI
20 Across: Like some old-fashioned lamps (6)
OILLIT
22 Across: [How boring!] (5)
SNORE
24 Across: Whistle time (4)
NOON
26 Across: "Yo te ___" (3)
AMO
27 Across: Harp go-with, maybe (4)
HALO
30 Across: Move quickly and lightly (7)
SKITTER
32 Across: Part of many a corporate facility (9)
CAFETERIA
36 Across: Beaten to death (5)
TRITE
37 Across: Buckets (4)
ALOT
38 Across: Plaintive piece (5)
DIRGE
40 Across: Spacewalks, for short (4)
EVAS
41 Across: Sources of starch (5)
TAROS
43 Across: Maryland home of the Goddard Space Flight Center (9)
GREENBELT
45 Across: Honorary title holders (7)
EMERITI
47 Across: Barker (4)
SEAL
48 Across: Charles, for one (3)
ROI
49 Across: Over the stadium wall (4)
GONE
51 Across: Role in "The Robe" (5)
PETER
55 Across: Trim (6)
EDGING
57 Across: Racket part (4)
GRIP
60 Across: Project conclusion? (3)
ILE
61 Across: Portuguese lady (4)
DONA
62 Across: Social climbers (10)
ARRIVISTES
65 Across: Some feds (4)
TMEN
66 Across: Orator's asset (10)
EYECONTACT
67 Across: "___ the glad waters of the dark blue sea": Byron (3)
OER
68 Across: Dash and others (10)
DETERGENTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Prominent part of a Nixon caricature (5)
JOWLS
2 Down: Fat substitute (5)
OLEAN
3 Down: ___ the good (5)
ALLTO
4 Down: Zip (3)
NIL
5 Down: Buffalo, e.g. (7)
REDMEAT
6 Down: Religious inscription (4)
INRI
7 Down: Set aside (4)
VOID
8 Down: Sam of the Watergate hearings (5)
ERVIN
9 Down: Itinerary abbr. (3)
RTE
10 Down: Dope (6)
SHNOOK
11 Down: Opposite of combinative (9)
ISOLATIVE
12 Down: Arsenic is one (9)
SEMIMETAL
13 Down: Finally settle (9)
LAYTOREST
15 Down: N.L. city: Abbr. (3)
ATL
21 Down: Rolling ___ (rich) (4)
INIT
23 Down: Isocrates, for one (6)
RHETOR
25 Down: Siouan speakers (6)
OSAGES
28 Down: Took the van (3)
LED
29 Down: Graph spot (6)
ORIGIN
31 Down: Go from 3 to 9, say (6)
TREBLE
32 Down: Waited on (9)
CATEREDTO
33 Down: Spurs are attached to it (9)
ALAMODOME
34 Down: Many a tourist (9)
FOREIGNER
35 Down: Sale abbr. (3)
IRR
39 Down: Shoebox letters (3)
EEE
42 Down: Pickup line request (4)
SIGN
44 Down: Not alert (7)
NAPPING
46 Down: Like fraternity party revelers, perhaps (6)
TOGAED
50 Down: Cousin of a bittern (5)
EGRET
52 Down: Missile in a silo (5)
TITAN
53 Down: Pick (5)
ELECT
54 Down: Doesn't play (5)
RESTS
56 Down: Publisher Ballantine (3)
IAN
58 Down: Wild ___ (4)
RICE
59 Down: Songwriter Novello (4)
IVOR
63 Down: Sandwich choice (3)
RYE
64 Down: Marie or Julie: Abbr. (3)
STE

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