Saturday Crossword — August 21, 2004 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 66 clues). Published 8/21/2004. By Patrick Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Old-time poacher deterrents (8)
MANTRAPS
9 Across: Doesn't do enough (6)
SKIMPS
15 Across: "That was the last straw!" (8)
IVEHADIT
16 Across: Ready to be engaged (6)
ONHIRE
17 Across: Heat shield location (8)
NOSECONE
18 Across: Disturbed the peace (6)
RIOTED
19 Across: Overdrawn (8)
INTHERED
20 Across: Wife to José (6)
ESPOSA
21 Across: It's sold in sticks (4)
OLEO
22 Across: Jets player whose jersey #12 was retired (6)
NAMATH
24 Across: Rest (3)
SIT
25 Across: "Drat!" (5)
NERTS
27 Across: Sailor's punishment (4)
LASH
28 Across: Funny ___ (2003 Derby winner) (4)
CIDE
29 Across: Addressed flippantly (6)
SASSED
31 Across: Hang-ups (8)
NEUROSES
33 Across: Some people can wiggle them (4)
EARS
35 Across: Another name for Cupid (4)
AMOR
36 Across: Singer with the 1994 #1 hit "Stay" (8)
LISALOEB
40 Across: Where people get loaded on trains (6)
BARCAR
44 Across: Building block (4)
UNIT
45 Across: The Sudanese Republic, today (4)
MALI
47 Across: He said "The only alternative to coexistence is co-destruction" (5)
NEHRU
48 Across: Sportscaster Allen (3)
MEL
49 Across: Duds (6)
LEMONS
51 Across: Takes a powder (4)
LAMS
52 Across: Female patron saint of Ireland (6)
BRIGID
54 Across: Dismissive remark (8)
WHOCARES
56 Across: Alchemic knowledge (6)
ARCANA
57 Across: One of Rome's seven hills (8)
PALATINE
58 Across: Examine (6)
GOOVER
59 Across: What Vito Corleone's company imported (8)
OLIVEOIL
60 Across: Hard to please (6)
ORNERY
61 Across: Stand in the great hall? (8)
PEDESTAL

Down Answers

1 Down: Big wheel's entourage (7)
MINIONS
2 Down: L. M. Montgomery book "Anne of ___" (7)
AVONLEA
3 Down: Empty ___ (7)
NESTERS
4 Down: A bad situation, slangily (10)
THEHOTSEAT
5 Down: People (4)
RACE
6 Down: Trim (5)
ADORN
7 Down: ___ gland (melatonin secreter) (6)
PINEAL
8 Down: Longtime beau of Oprah (7)
STEDMAN
9 Down: Big digit? (9)
SORETHUMB
10 Down: Turnover (5)
KNISH
11 Down: Restaurant chain, for short (4)
IHOP
12 Down: Process by which one cell becomes two (7)
MITOSIS
13 Down: Officiate (7)
PRESIDE
14 Down: Knocks out (7)
SEDATES
23 Down: Perplexed (4)
ASEA
26 Down: Part of a dollar bill (4)
SEAL
28 Down: Spots connections between (10)
CORRELATES
30 Down: Caravan carrier (9)
DROMEDARY
32 Down: Gray-spotted horse (4)
ROAN
34 Down: Clothing line? (4)
SEAM
36 Down: Lower back pain (7)
LUMBAGO
37 Down: Mistaken (7)
INERROR
38 Down: Element used to make semiconductors (7)
SILICON
39 Down: Two-layered candy (7)
BLOWPOP
41 Down: Certain two-wheeler (7)
CHARIOT
42 Down: Neighbor of Georgia (7)
ARMENIA
43 Down: ___ Long, Louisiana senator, 1948-87 (7)
RUSSELL
46 Down: Gulp (6)
INHALE
49 Down: Makeup item (5)
LINER
50 Down: 100% (5)
SOLID
53 Down: Yielded (4)
GAVE
55 Down: Yield (4)
CAVE

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