Tuesday Crossword — August 23, 2005 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/23/2005. By Holden Baker and Nancy Salomon.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bit of dandruff (5)
- FLECK
- 6 Across: Drivers' aids (4)
- TEES
- 10 Across: Captain of the Pequod (4)
- AHAB
- 14 Across: Debussy contemporary Erik (5)
- SATIE
- 15 Across: Cart part (4)
- AXLE
- 16 Across: "Damn Yankees" vamp (4)
- LOLA
- 17 Across: Document shown at border patrol (10)
- TRAVELVISA
- 19 Across: Writer Harte (4)
- BRET
- 20 Across: Prefix with duct (3)
- OVI
- 21 Across: Yeats or Keats (4)
- POET
- 22 Across: Cape Canaveral event (6)
- LAUNCH
- 24 Across: California observatory (7)
- PALOMAR
- 26 Across: Salon jobs (5)
- PERMS
- 27 Across: Fixation indication (12)
- TUNNELVISION
- 31 Across: Meager (4)
- SLIM
- 33 Across: Served up a whopper (4)
- LIED
- 34 Across: Magic org. (3)
- NBA
- 35 Across: Feathery scarves (4)
- BOAS
- 36 Across: Very humble home (5)
- HOVEL
- 38 Across: Score for a 34-Across player (4)
- HOOP
- 39 Across: Satisfied sighs (3)
- AHS
- 40 Across: 1952 Hope/Crosby "Road" destination (4)
- BALI
- 41 Across: Pool part? (4)
- GENE
- 42 Across: Rubbernecker at the Ritz, perhaps (12)
- HOTELVISITOR
- 46 Across: Fuss with feathers (5)
- PREEN
- 47 Across: Zilch (7)
- NOTABIT
- 51 Across: Celestial Seasonings alternative (6)
- SALADA
- 53 Across: Gin flavorer (4)
- SLOE
- 54 Across: "So there you ___!" (3)
- ARE
- 55 Across: Long stretches (4)
- ERAS
- 56 Across: Part of a suit of armor (10)
- STEELVISOR
- 59 Across: Derby (4)
- RACE
- 60 Across: "I smell ___!" (4)
- ARAT
- 61 Across: Perfect places (5)
- EDENS
- 62 Across: Took it on the lam (4)
- FLED
- 63 Across: Candied tubers (4)
- YAMS
- 64 Across: Like Vikings (5)
- NORSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Shutterbug's setting (5)
- FSTOP
- 2 Down: Caterpillar, for one (5)
- LARVA
- 3 Down: Internet commerce (5)
- ETAIL
- 4 Down: Opposite of military: Abbr. (3)
- CIV
- 5 Down: Button one's lips (7)
- KEEPMUM
- 6 Down: Pub (6)
- TAVERN
- 7 Down: Off-ramp (4)
- EXIT
- 8 Down: Raised railroads (3)
- ELS
- 9 Down: Denver is way above it (8)
- SEALEVEL
- 10 Down: Philatelists' books (6)
- ALBUMS
- 11 Down: Interrupts (9)
- HORNSINON
- 12 Down: Knighted Guinness (4)
- ALEC
- 13 Down: The Wife of ___ (Chaucer story teller) (4)
- BATH
- 18 Down: Credit union offering (4)
- LOAN
- 23 Down: Like the Kalahari (4)
- ARID
- 25 Down: Elevator pioneer Elisha (4)
- OTIS
- 26 Down: Ballerina's bend (4)
- PLIE
- 28 Down: The King (subject of four "sightings" elsewhere in this puzzle) (5)
- ELVIS
- 29 Down: Cousin of an English horn (4)
- OBOE
- 30 Down: Catch a few Z's (3)
- NAP
- 31 Down: Arty Manhattan district (4)
- SOHO
- 32 Down: The cellar (9)
- LASTPLACE
- 35 Down: "Balderdash!" (3)
- BAH
- 36 Down: Participate in decision-making (8)
- HAVEASAY
- 37 Down: Lena of "Chocolat" (4)
- OLIN
- 38 Down: Sister and wife of Zeus (4)
- HERA
- 40 Down: Ran in the wash (4)
- BLED
- 41 Down: Settled a score (7)
- GOTEVEN
- 43 Down: Rubbed out or off (6)
- ERASED
- 44 Down: Estuaries (6)
- INLETS
- 45 Down: Labor saver (4)
- TOOL
- 48 Down: More despicable (5)
- BASER
- 49 Down: Steam items (5)
- IRONS
- 50 Down: Abrupt (5)
- TERSE
- 51 Down: Lowly laborer (4)
- SERF
- 52 Down: Asia's fast-shrinking ___ Sea (4)
- ARAL
- 53 Down: Ore deposit (4)
- SEAM
- 57 Down: ___-la-la (3)
- TRA
- 58 Down: Words of commitment (3)
- IDO
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