Saturday Crossword — November 12, 2005 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 11/12/2005. By Karen M. Tracey.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Part of a French court (3)
DUC
4 Across: Drift (4)
WAFT
8 Across: Scattered (6)
EFFUSE
14 Across: "___ Box" (1992 six-disc set) (3)
ONO
15 Across: Hit man (4)
ICER
16 Across: Hot (6)
XRATED
17 Across: Russian news source (8)
IZVESTIA
19 Across: "A Man Must Fight" author Gene (6)
TUNNEY
20 Across: Couples (4)
TIES
21 Across: Starter: Abbr. (3)
IGN
22 Across: Kitchen gadgets (6)
RICERS
23 Across: Kinship (11)
PROPINQUITY
26 Across: Govt. loan agency (3)
SBA
27 Across: Looking up (5)
SUNNY
28 Across: When "77 Sunset Strip" aired: Abbr. (3)
FRI
31 Across: What a prosecutor may try to prove (6)
INTENT
34 Across: ___ for iron (3)
IIS
35 Across: Presidential middle name (4)
ALAN
36 Across: Locale called Minnahannock by the Algonquin Indians, bought by the Dutch in 1637 (15)
ROOSEVELTISLAND
39 Across: Popular syrup (4)
KARO
40 Across: Make tracks? (3)
SKI
41 Across: Loquacious (6)
CHATTY
42 Across: Short (3)
SHY
43 Across: Leaves alone (5)
STETS
45 Across: River connected to a 165-mile long European canal (3)
EMS
46 Across: Psyched about going (11)
READYTOROCK
49 Across: Military craft (6)
PTBOAT
52 Across: Slutty (3)
BAD
53 Across: Villain at Crab Key fortress (4)
DRNO
55 Across: The only royal palace in the U.S. (6)
IOLANI
56 Across: "My view is ?" (8)
ASISEEIT
58 Across: Big name in oil (6)
CRISCO
59 Across: Opposite of "No, no" (4)
SISI
60 Across: Little wriggler (3)
EFT
61 Across: Hit list? (6)
TOPTEN
62 Across: Abbr. before a date (4)
ESTD
63 Across: "The Matrix" hero (3)
NEO

Down Answers

1 Down: That's an order (4)
DOIT
2 Down: Expand, as a compressed file (5)
UNZIP
3 Down: Alibi (10)
COVERSTORY
4 Down: Mich. neighbor (3)
WIS
5 Down: When to hear "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" (5)
ACTII
6 Down: Puts on a show (6)
FEIGNS
7 Down: Eagle's place (15)
TRANQUILITYBASE
8 Down: Nonessential (9)
EXTRINSIC
9 Down: Like a mai tai (6)
FRUITY
10 Down: Picture (5)
FANCY
11 Down: "A Different Read on Life" magazine (4)
UTNE
12 Down: One holding a ball, maybe (4)
SEER
13 Down: ___ Grand (supermarket brand) (4)
EDYS
18 Down: 1962 hit with the lyric "Kiss me mucho" (7)
ESOBESO
24 Down: Wainscot section (4)
PANE
25 Down: Newton, for one (4)
UNIT
28 Down: Computer option (10)
FLATSCREEN
29 Down: Bluster (4)
RANT
30 Down: 1981 adventure film hero (4)
INDY
31 Down: Bugs (4)
IRKS
32 Down: Ancient mariner? (4)
NOAH
33 Down: Broadcaster (9)
TVSTATION
35 Down: Dessert style (7)
ALAMODE
37 Down: Squeezed (4)
EKED
38 Down: "Fer ___!" (4)
SHER
43 Down: Occult practice (6)
SEANCE
44 Down: Sci-fi preservation technique (6)
STASIS
46 Down: Outdoor party (5)
ROAST
47 Down: Percy Bysshe Shelley, e.g. (5)
ODIST
48 Down: Airport no-no (5)
KNIFE
49 Down: Pre-Celtic person (4)
PICT
50 Down: Deere competitor (4)
TORO
51 Down: Brief interruption (4)
BLIP
54 Down: One of the Ringling Brothers (4)
OTTO
57 Down: Naughty boy, in "Toy Story" (3)
SID

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