Saturday Crossword — February 26, 2005 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 2/26/2005. By Jim Page.

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Across Answers

1 Across: It can be ear-piercing (4)
STUD
5 Across: Command to go (4)
SCAT
9 Across: Trainee (5)
CADET
14 Across: N.B.A. star Kukoc (4)
TONI
15 Across: One foot (4)
IAMB
16 Across: It may be stuck in a bar (5)
OLIVE
17 Across: Company whose cars don't use gasoline (4)
OTIS
18 Across: PX users (4)
NCOS
19 Across: Organism bodies (5)
SOMAS
20 Across: Snack item (9)
NACHOCHIP
22 Across: Tearful (5)
MOIST
23 Across: "___ Es el Amor" (Spanish song hit) (3)
ESO
24 Across: Relative of -let (3)
ULE
25 Across: One easily moved (6)
SOFTIE
26 Across: Sheets (6)
STRATA
28 Across: Nursery output (3)
WAH
30 Across: Beluga delicacy (3)
ROE
31 Across: Food items introduced to the United States by Samuel Thomas circa 1880 (14)
ENGLISHMUFFINS
35 Across: Pellet shooter (9)
AIRPISTOL
36 Across: It has 659 members (14)
HOUSEOFCOMMONS
41 Across: Auto features, briefly (3)
ACS
42 Across: Book end? (3)
ISH
43 Across: "No, you're not" retort (6)
YESIAM
45 Across: Better waterproof (6)
RESEAL
48 Across: Former White House inits. (3)
RMN
49 Across: Gulager of "McQ," 1974 (3)
CLU
50 Across: One going out (5)
DATER
51 Across: Iron (9)
SMOOTHOUT
54 Across: Page of un calendario (5)
ENERO
55 Across: Outdoor feast (4)
LUAU
56 Across: Is Spanish? (4)
ESTA
57 Across: Follower of a duck, pig or cow (5)
EIEIO
58 Across: "Who ___?" (4)
ISNT
59 Across: Tout's antithesis (4)
RIEN
60 Across: "Days of Our Lives" setting (5)
SALEM
61 Across: Coordinate (4)
MESH
62 Across: "Oliver!" composer Lionel ___ (4)
BART

Down Answers

1 Down: Cameos, e.g. (6)
STONES
2 Down: Way of seasoning (7)
TOTASTE
3 Down: Lion's combatant for the crown, in "Through the Looking-Glass" (7)
UNICORN
4 Down: Good-looker (4)
DISH
5 Down: Company with a brontosaur logo (11)
SINCLAIROIL
6 Down: Stockpile (5)
CACHE
7 Down: Parisian possessive (4)
AMOI
8 Down: One sip, maybe: Abbr. (4)
TBSP
9 Down: George Jetson's boss (5)
COSMO
10 Down: Cool (5)
ALOOF
11 Down: Film composer Tiomkin (7)
DIMITRI
12 Down: Dodge (7)
EVASION
13 Down: Final participants (7)
TESTEES
21 Down: Extend (6)
OUTLIE
25 Down: "Well, whaddya know!" (11)
SHUTMYMOUTH
27 Down: Bygone dignitaries (4)
AGAS
28 Down: Any-way link (5)
WHICH
29 Down: "I know not why I ___ sad": Shak. (4)
AMSO
32 Down: Concerns of some bathers: Abbr. (4)
SPFS
33 Down: Fire up (6)
FOMENT
34 Down: Showman Ziegfeld and others (4)
FLOS
36 Down: Fast-food chain (7)
HARDEES
37 Down: Orwellian setting (7)
OCEANIA
38 Down: Corp. headquartered in Pittsburgh (7)
USSTEEL
39 Down: Mediterranean capital (7)
NICOSIA
40 Down: 9-Across, at times (7)
SALUTER
44 Down: Like some genes (6)
MUTANT
46 Down: Chilling (5)
EERIE
47 Down: "Get ___!" (5)
AROOM
48 Down: Some horses (5)
ROANS
51 Down: Poor (4)
SLIM
52 Down: Guiding genius (4)
MUSE
53 Down: Cicely, e.g. (4)
HERB

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