Saturday Crossword — September 21, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/21/2002. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pontiac Firebird, for one (9)
MUSCLECAR
10 Across: Melodramatic (5)
SOAPY
15 Across: Risked (9)
ONTHELINE
16 Across: Connected to a bar (5)
AXLED
17 Across: They may come with bells and whistles (9)
TRAINSETS
18 Across: Pounds (5)
PELTS
19 Across: Diversion (3)
TOY
20 Across: Neared (10)
ZEROEDINON
22 Across: Bound (4)
LOPE
24 Across: Put in a stake (5)
ANTED
25 Across: Rage (3)
FAD
27 Across: Chopin title (6)
ETUDES
30 Across: Antitrust suit defendant of the 70's (3)
ITT
31 Across: Shells, etc. (4)
AMMO
32 Across: Pink-legged bird (5)
STILT
33 Across: Word of encouragement (3)
OLE
34 Across: Valuable Scrabble holdings (4)
ZEES
35 Across: Concrete section (4)
SLAB
37 Across: Return from the hills (4)
ECHO
39 Across: Hypothetical words (4)
IFSO
42 Across: Scale syllables (3)
MIS
44 Across: Ark contents (5)
TORAH
47 Across: "Be My Love" lyricist (4)
CAHN
48 Across: Cut (3)
MOW
49 Across: Ends (6)
OMEGAS
51 Across: Big time (3)
ERA
52 Across: They're found in un jardin zoologique (5)
BETES
54 Across: Hoped-for reply in "Spanish Eyes" (4)
SISI
55 Across: Unwanted visitor (10)
GRIMREAPER
59 Across: Youngest world chess champion before Kasparov (3)
TAL
60 Across: "___ it!" (exhortation) (5)
HOPTO
61 Across: Niagara Reservation was the first one in 1885 (9)
STATEPARK
63 Across: Early computer (5)
ENIAC
64 Across: It's rarely won (9)
TICTACTOE
65 Across: Probes (5)
FEELS
66 Across: Pittsburgh, e.g. (9)
STEELTOWN

Down Answers

1 Down: Spot (6)
MOTTLE
2 Down: Pulls out entirely, in a way (7)
UNROOTS
3 Down: Go nowhere (7)
STAYPUT
4 Down: Campus letter (3)
CHI
5 Down: Kay of "Fast-Walking" (4)
LENZ
6 Down: In addition (4)
ELSE
7 Down: Old Olds (5)
CIERA
8 Down: Shakespearean merchant (7)
ANTONIO
9 Down: Move (8)
RESETTLE
10 Down: Flavorful (5)
SAPID
11 Down: What Hercules captured from Geryon (4)
OXEN
12 Down: #1 hit for Louis Armstrong, 1932 (7)
ALLOFME
13 Down: Sugar, e.g. (7)
PETNAME
14 Down: Montana nos. (3)
YDS
21 Down: Big scale manufacturer (7)
DETECTO
23 Down: ___ effect (1883 physics discovery) (6)
EDISON
26 Down: Bob and others (3)
DOS
28 Down: Addition (3)
ELL
29 Down: Pause cause (7)
STAMMER
31 Down: Ponta Delgada's locale (6)
AZORES
36 Down: Experiments on organisms (8)
BIOTESTS
38 Down: Same: Prefix (3)
HOM
39 Down: Put away (3)
ICE
40 Down: Remote (7)
FARGONE
41 Down: Sly one (7)
SHARPIE
43 Down: Worry (7)
SWEATIT
45 Down: Like the last movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" (7)
AGITATO
46 Down: Argues (7)
HASAROW
50 Down: Smooth (6)
SILKEN
52 Down: Class pres. and others (5)
BMOCS
53 Down: Reserved seat (5)
SPACE
56 Down: Med. land (4)
ITAL
57 Down: Suffix with quart (4)
ETTE
58 Down: "Get ___!" (4)
REAL
60 Down: Mag magnate (3)
HEF
62 Down: Poll no. (3)
PCT

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