Saturday Crossword — December 3, 2005 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 12/3/2005. By Dana Motley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Sinclair Lewis's ___ Timberlane (4)
CASS
5 Across: Bad tads (4)
IMPS
9 Across: Forest issue (5)
FAWNS
14 Across: "___ Hora" (Ezra Pound poem) (4)
ERAT
15 Across: "Dutch Interior" painter (4)
MIRO
16 Across: Dull type (5)
IDIOT
17 Across: Wealthy, as a dueña (4)
RICA
18 Across: Lies, perhaps (10)
PROPAGANDA
20 Across: Sports affiliate (8)
FARMTEAM
22 Across: Ham (6)
MUGGER
23 Across: Kind of column (4)
OPED
24 Across: The Arc feeds it (5)
ISERE
26 Across: Region between the Vosges and the Rhine (6)
ALSACE
28 Across: Career pitcher (8)
SALESREP
32 Across: Lixiviate (5)
LEACH
33 Across: One bottled up (5)
GENIE
34 Across: TV debut of 1972 (3)
HBO
35 Across: Red distributor, say (7)
VINTNER
37 Across: Grocery store suppliers (7)
DAIRIES
39 Across: Abbr. in the Yellow Pages (3)
INC
40 Across: Composition of some towers (5)
IVORY
42 Across: Kind (5)
GENRE
43 Across: High-tech company with a landmark 1995 I.P.O. (8)
NETSCAPE
45 Across: Some are fit for a king (6)
SHEETS
46 Across: Walked from one bank to another (5)
WADED
47 Across: Balance providers (4)
ATMS
48 Across: Steamed dish (6)
TAMALE
51 Across: Certain doo-wopper (8)
FALSETTO
55 Across: Norton Anthology focus, for short (10)
ENGLISHLIT
57 Across: Outback critters (4)
ROOS
58 Across: Fen resident (5)
EGRET
59 Across: "Suddenly, as ___ things will, it vanished": E. B. Browning (4)
RARE
60 Across: White-bearded Africans (4)
GNUS
61 Across: Hard to settle (5)
MESSY
62 Across: Hungarian city near Miskolc (4)
EGER
63 Across: Innovative furniture designer Aarnio (4)
EERO

Down Answers

1 Down: Old "What's My Line?" panelist (4)
CERF
2 Down: Cantatrice's offering (4)
ARIA
3 Down: Beyond criticism (10)
SACROSANCT
4 Down: Quickly repealed statute (8)
STAMPACT
5 Down: Block (6)
IMPEDE
6 Down: Red giant in Cetus (4)
MIRA
7 Down: Indication of future success (7)
PROMISE
8 Down: Conciliatory gesture (3)
SOP
9 Down: Graceful loops (12)
FIGUREEIGHTS
10 Down: Gnomes (6)
ADAGES
11 Down: Prayer partner? (4)
WING
12 Down: Orbital point (4)
NODE
13 Down: Play a big part (4)
STAR
19 Down: 1751 Henry Fielding novel (6)
AMELIA
21 Down: Specialist's point (12)
TECHNICALITY
25 Down: Light-colored (5)
SANDY
26 Down: Sgt. York (5)
ALVIN
27 Down: Hanover's river (5)
LEINE
29 Down: Cheap substitute, of sorts (10)
RHINESTONE
30 Down: 1975 Pulitzer-winning critic (5)
EBERT
31 Down: Puts forward (5)
POSES
33 Down: Get a feel for things? (5)
GROPE
36 Down: Shakes (6)
EVADES
38 Down: Make a comeback (8)
REEMERGE
41 Down: Mark for a particular purpose (7)
REDFLAG
44 Down: Moist lowlands (6)
SWALES
45 Down: One who might get a pinch (6)
SALTER
48 Down: Be prolific (4)
TEEM
49 Down: Parisian protector (4)
ANGE
50 Down: Some hirers: Abbr. (4)
MGRS
52 Down: Ending with some very large numbers (4)
AIRE
53 Down: Museum offering (4)
TOUR
54 Down: Benito's bone (4)
OSSO
56 Down: Its spiritual head was the pope: Abbr. (3)
HRE

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