Saturday Crossword — April 29, 2006 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 62 clues). Published 4/29/2006. By Robert H. Wolfe.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Quick (3)
APT
4 Across: Course yardstick (3)
PAR
7 Across: Standard pass (6)
SPIRAL
13 Across: Hoity-toity (8)
LAHDIDAH
16 Across: Unfrequented (6)
LONELY
17 Across: Taking a grand tour, say (8)
INEUROPE
18 Across: It's measured in radians (6)
ARCSIN
19 Across: Buckthorn trees with medically useful bark (8)
CASCARAS
20 Across: ___ Island, home for part of the Gateway National Recreation Area (6)
STATEN
21 Across: Transistor electrodes (8)
EMITTERS
22 Across: Stud (5)
HEMAN
23 Across: Postulate (6)
ASSERT
24 Across: Doesn't properly follow through (7)
RENEGES
26 Across: Not the common way (10)
SIDESTREET
28 Across: Things to pass in (5)
LANES
33 Across: Puffer's place (3)
SEA
34 Across: Flip (5)
SASSY
35 Across: N.H.L'.ers, e.g. (10)
ICESKATERS
38 Across: Tops (7)
BETTERS
39 Across: Routs (6)
MOPSUP
44 Across: Ran over (5)
SPILT
45 Across: Volleys (8)
BARRAGES
47 Across: Spam producer (6)
HORMEL
48 Across: Moving about (8)
AMBULANT
49 Across: Go into banks, perhaps (6)
AVIATE
50 Across: 1972 #1 hit with the lyric "I'm right up the road / I'll share your load" (8)
LEANONME
51 Across: Leaf sides (6)
RECTOS
52 Across: Person with a plan (8)
INTENDER
53 Across: Makes oneself appear smart (6)
PREENS
54 Across: Actor Wass (3)
TED
55 Across: Cape ___ (3)
ANN

Down Answers

1 Down: Caterpillar engager (5)
ALICE
2 Down: Boater alternative (6)
PANAMA
3 Down: Need for a third degree? (6)
THESIS
4 Down: Take illegally (6)
PIRATE
5 Down: Big fans (7)
ADORERS
6 Down: Beat poets? (10)
RAPARTISTS
7 Down: Couple in a date (7)
SLASHES
8 Down: Signs (8)
PORTENTS
9 Down: Privately (8)
INCAMERA
10 Down: Does, as a Tennessee Williams play (8)
RESTAGES
11 Down: Heirs, legally (8)
ALIENEES
12 Down: Port on Massachusetts Bay (4)
LYNN
14 Down: They bring tears to one's eyes (5)
DUCTS
15 Down: Big name in oil (4)
HESS
24 Down: Treaty violation, maybe (10)
REARMAMENT
25 Down: Place of debauchery (3)
STY
27 Down: Media center? (3)
DEE
28 Down: William Gladstone, politically: Abbr. (3)
LIB
29 Down: Winning full house, for short (8)
ACESOVER
30 Down: Shelled-out amount (8)
NETPRICE
31 Down: Judge (8)
ESTIMATE
32 Down: Halloween costume (8)
SKELETON
36 Down: Natural (7)
ARTLESS
37 Down: Potassium ___ (food mold inhibitor) (7)
SORBATE
40 Down: Cut back (6)
PRUNED
41 Down: Beauty spot (5)
SALON
42 Down: Pre-1962 British protectorate (6)
UGANDA
43 Down: Scribes (6)
PENMEN
45 Down: Mt. Agung locale (4)
BALI
46 Down: Demanding (5)
STERN
47 Down: Dwell (4)
HARP

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