Tuesday Crossword — February 28, 2006 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/28/2006. By Jim Hyres.

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Across Answers

1 Across: En ___ (all together) (5)
MASSE
6 Across: N.Y.C. airport (3)
JFK
9 Across: Syrian president (5)
ASSAD
14 Across: Fairy tale brother (5)
GRIMM
15 Across: Small battery (3)
AAA
16 Across: Olds model (5)
ALERO
17 Across: Likable sort (9)
MRNICEGUY
19 Across: Frequency unit (5)
HERTZ
20 Across: Find out about (7)
LEARNOF
22 Across: Pop singer Sands (4)
EVIE
23 Across: Brawls (6)
MELEES
26 Across: Not as well-rinsed, perhaps (7)
SOAPIER
28 Across: Important periods (4)
ERAS
29 Across: Not voting the party line: Abbr. (3)
IND
32 Across: Before: Abbr. (4)
PREC
33 Across: Salon job (3)
SET
34 Across: "Understand now?" (5)
SEEIT
36 Across: It may leave its mark on the road (5)
TREAD
39 Across: Play a part (3)
ACT
40 Across: Push-ups exercise them (7)
TRICEPS
42 Across: Add years to one's life (3)
AGE
43 Across: Subway entrance (5)
STILE
45 Across: Artist Neiman (5)
LEROY
46 Across: Arrester (3)
COP
47 Across: Place for an arrestee (4)
CELL
49 Across: Mouth, slangily (3)
YAP
50 Across: Prefix with -gramme (4)
AERO
51 Across: Foreshadow (7)
PRESAGE
54 Across: Targets, as with a gun (6)
AIMSAT
56 Across: Sanyo competitor (4)
AIWA
57 Across: Bush attorney general Gonzales (7)
ALBERTO
60 Across: Pigs (5)
SLOBS
62 Across: Face-off spot in hockey (and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11-, 25- and 31-Down) (9)
CENTERICE
66 Across: ___ Haute, Ind. (5)
TERRE
67 Across: "___ be my pleasure!" (3)
ITD
68 Across: Sir's counterpart (5)
MADAM
69 Across: Crooked (5)
ASKEW
70 Across: Putin's yeses (3)
DAS
71 Across: Casino game, informally (5)
SLOTS

Down Answers

1 Down: RKO competitor (3)
MGM
2 Down: E.T.A. part: Abbr. (3)
ARR
3 Down: Envy, e.g. (3)
SIN
4 Down: What a photographer usually wants (6)
SMILES
5 Down: Host (5)
EMCEE
6 Down: N.H.L. All-Star Jaromir (4)
JAGR
7 Down: "The Afternoon of a ___" (Nijinsky ballet) (4)
FAUN
8 Down: Renders senseless (5)
KAYOS
9 Down: "That's nice!" (3)
AAH
10 Down: Rip Van Winkle, notably (7)
SLEEPER
11 Down: They're nonreturnable (11)
SERVICEACES
12 Down: Clarinetist Shaw (5)
ARTIE
13 Down: Napper (5)
DOZER
18 Down: Not so tough (6)
EASIER
21 Down: Dandy (3)
FOP
23 Down: Western plateaus (5)
MESAS
24 Down: Build (5)
ERECT
25 Down: Trellis feature (11)
LATTICEWORK
27 Down: Pretentious (5)
ARTSY
30 Down: Diamond who sang "America" (4)
NEIL
31 Down: Uncertain (5)
DICEY
34 Down: Inscribed pillar (5)
STELA
35 Down: Trillion: Prefix (4)
TERA
37 Down: Greek marketplace (5)
AGORA
38 Down: Train stop (5)
DEPOT
41 Down: Andy Warhol's works (6)
POPART
44 Down: Fancy Buick (7)
LESABRE
48 Down: N.Y. C. airport (3)
LGA
50 Down: Unprincipled (6)
AMORAL
51 Down: Macaroni, e.g. (5)
PASTA
52 Down: Gets to (5)
RILES
53 Down: 1961 Charlton Heston title role (5)
ELCID
55 Down: Stuff (5)
ITEMS
58 Down: Phi ___ Kappa (4)
BETA
59 Down: Extremities (4)
ENDS
61 Down: Work with a Singer (3)
SEW
63 Down: Altar promise (3)
IDO
64 Down: Persian, e.g. (3)
CAT
65 Down: Dash lengths (3)
EMS

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