Saturday Crossword — August 13, 2005 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 8/13/2005. By Bob Peoples.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Papers and such (9)
MASSMEDIA
10 Across: Hooks for landing fish (5)
GAFFS
15 Across: Buffaloed (9)
ATWITSEND
16 Across: Kind of skeleton (5)
AXIAL
17 Across: Reminders (9)
KEEPSAKES
18 Across: Appreciation (5)
SENSE
19 Across: March time (4)
IDES
20 Across: ___ talionis (an eye for an eye) (3)
LEX
21 Across: Software company's offering (6)
UPDATE
22 Across: Edge at the buzzer (3)
NIP
23 Across: Sticklers (7)
PEDANTS
25 Across: Take off (3)
LOP
26 Across: Became more palatable to over time (6)
GREWON
28 Across: Inc., overseas (3)
CIE
29 Across: Filial inheritance (4)
GENE
30 Across: Antibiotic target (5)
STREP
31 Across: Chrysler retro car (9)
PTCRUISER
33 Across: Where new lines are on display (9)
AUTOSHOWS
35 Across: Overhead covering (9)
HAIRPIECE
38 Across: Sensor 3 alternatives (5)
ATRAS
42 Across: Demands to be paid (4)
DUNS
43 Across: Big inits. in recording (3)
EMI
44 Across: Split (6)
BISECT
45 Across: La starter (3)
TRA
46 Across: Flips (7)
LOSESIT
48 Across: German article (3)
DER
49 Across: Ben of "Pippin" (6)
VEREEN
51 Across: Army fig. (3)
NCO
52 Across: Proceedings (4)
ACTA
53 Across: Winemaking village east of Verona (5)
SOAVE
54 Across: Exclamation of exhaustion (9)
ICANTGOON
56 Across: "The Severn Suite" composer (5)
ELGAR
57 Across: Help (9)
LENDAHAND
58 Across: Microscopic (5)
TEENY
59 Across: Body shop figures (9)
ESTIMATES

Down Answers

1 Down: Ingredients (7)
MAKINGS
2 Down: Was humbled (7)
ATEDIRT
3 Down: Soccer position (7)
SWEEPER
4 Down: Samples (4)
SIPS
5 Down: High points: Abbr. (3)
MTS
6 Down: West Coast wellness retreat (6)
ESALEN
7 Down: Deceived with a false move (5)
DEKED
8 Down: Weather forecasting and others (15)
INEXACTSCIENCES
9 Down: See 23-Down (3)
ADS
10 Down: Short pants (5)
GASPS
11 Down: Dismissed (4)
AXED
12 Down: Windups (7)
FINALES
13 Down: Scam, informally (7)
FASTONE
14 Down: Surprise success (7)
SLEEPER
21 Down: "In ___" (Nirvana album) (5)
UTERO
23 Down: With 9-Down, modern annoyances (5)
POPUP
24 Down: Ideal position (5)
NICHE
27 Down: Proves durable (5)
WEARS
29 Down: Hearts (5)
GISTS
31 Down: Pope's oeuvre (5)
POEMS
32 Down: While-___ (shop sign) (5)
UWAIT
34 Down: Attach (5)
TIEON
35 Down: Picture improver (7)
HDTVSET
36 Down: Saintly glow (7)
AUREOLE
37 Down: Blowing a gasket (7)
INARAGE
39 Down: Patriot's foe (7)
REDCOAT
40 Down: Household chemical (7)
ACETONE
41 Down: Beaches (7)
STRANDS
44 Down: 1988 Olympics swimming sensation (6)
BIONDI
46 Down: Circumspect (5)
LEERY
47 Down: Minimal (5)
SCANT
50 Down: Highlander in Sir Walter Scott's "Waverley" (4)
EVAN
52 Down: Eastern panjandrum (4)
AGHA
54 Down: Quebec's ___ d'Orléans (3)
ILE
55 Down: Quaint golfing wear (3)
TAM

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