Saturday Crossword — October 5, 2002 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 10/5/2002. By Donald E. West.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Exhibit vibrancy (7)
CRACKLE
8 Across: Diamond statistic (6)
STEALS
14 Across: One in a balloon (8)
AERONAUT
16 Across: No social butterfly (6)
HERMIT
17 Across: Part of the pectoral girdle (8)
CLAVICLE
18 Across: Cover up (6)
ENROBE
19 Across: Land on a high plateau (5)
TIBET
20 Across: Attack (5)
ONSET
22 Across: Thwack (3)
RAP
23 Across: Fermi or Faraday (4)
UNIT
24 Across: ___ Heath ("The Return of the Native" setting) (5)
EGDON
25 Across: Member of the first family (4)
SETH
26 Across: Captain's domain (3)
SEA
27 Across: Utterance on the way out (5)
ADIEU
28 Across: Doll (5)
CUTIE
29 Across: Earlier (5)
OLDER
30 Across: Reed's partner in silverware (6)
BARTON
31 Across: Morning side (13)
ENGLISHMUFFIN
34 Across: Ancient meeting places (6)
AGORAE
35 Across: Moves slowly and carefully (5)
EASES
36 Across: See 24-Down (5)
MONEY
37 Across: Game in which players play one at a time (5)
DARTS
38 Across: More, in Málaga (3)
MAS
41 Across: Half of a 50's TV duo (4)
AMOS
42 Across: Stripes (5)
SORTS
43 Across: Barber's supply (4)
TALC
44 Across: Ring ___ (marbles game) (3)
TAW
45 Across: Family member, informally (5)
AUNTY
46 Across: From (5)
SINCE
47 Across: It consists of a top and a bottom (6)
INNING
49 Across: Cataclysmic occurrence (8)
ERUPTION
51 Across: Gustav Klimt's birthplace (6)
VIENNA
52 Across: Godforsaken (8)
DESOLATE
53 Across: One who's taxed (6)
EARNER
54 Across: Senses (7)
DETECTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Natural sticker (6)
CACTUS
2 Down: Fix, as brakes (6)
RELINE
3 Down: Home of Ishmael's descendants (6)
ARABIA
4 Down: Desire badly? (5)
COVET
5 Down: Jersey, e.g. (4)
KNIT
6 Down: Érié, e.g. (3)
LAC
7 Down: Deliveries for the departed (8)
EULOGIES
8 Down: Radiance (5)
SHEEN
9 Down: Nomadic home (4)
TENT
10 Down: Stumble (3)
ERR
11 Down: Botticelli figures (8)
AMORETTI
12 Down: Drink (8)
LIBATION
13 Down: His feast day is December 26 (7)
STEPHEN
15 Down: Gentle (13)
TENDERHEARTED
21 Down: Pittance (3)
SOU
24 Down: With 36-Across, "Take Me Home Tonight" singer (5)
EDDIE
25 Down: "___ up!" (beach cry) (5)
SURFS
27 Down: Dispel (5)
ALLAY
28 Down: Champs-Élysées sights (5)
CAFES
29 Down: Some giants (5)
OGRES
30 Down: Exceeds 21, in a way (5)
BUSTS
31 Down: Many a dictator's problem (8)
EGOMANIA
32 Down: One without a 43-Down (8)
NONOWNER
33 Down: Like 13-Down (8)
MARTYRED
34 Down: In the mood (7)
AMATIVE
37 Down: Get into (3)
DON
38 Down: Psycho (6)
MANIAC
39 Down: Marches' creator (6)
ALCOTT
40 Down: Some people work behind them (6)
SCENES
42 Down: Doll (5)
SUGAR
43 Down: Deed (5)
TITLE
45 Down: British royal (4)
ANNE
46 Down: Kind of announcement (4)
SPOT
48 Down: Overnight letter? (3)
INN
50 Down: Consume (3)
USE

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