Saturday Crossword — October 7, 2006 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 10/7/2006. By David Quarfoot.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Specialty of some bakers (8)
CERAMICS
9 Across: Fictional N.Y.P.D. cop (5)
KOJAK
14 Across: Absolve (9)
EXONERATE
16 Across: "Good alone is good without ___": Shak. (5)
ANAME
17 Across: It's not meant for a 3-Down (9)
SQUAREPEG
18 Across: Corral (5)
PENIN
19 Across: Wine holder (3)
TUN
20 Across: Smart, in a way (11)
LASERGUIDED
22 Across: Facial pair (4)
LIDS
24 Across: Shift (6)
DIVERT
25 Across: 2001 album that debuted at #1 (3)
JLO
26 Across: Doughy (5)
ASHEN
28 Across: Sixth in a pledge's recitation (4)
ZETA
29 Across: Break (7)
VIOLATE
31 Across: Chase scenes were once common here, informally (3)
SNL
33 Across: Part of a fault line? (3)
MEA
36 Across: Answer to "Good enough?" (6)
ITLLDO
37 Across: Awesome, in slang (6)
DABOMB
39 Across: Very wide, in a way (3)
EEE
40 Across: Amtrak abbr. (3)
ARR
42 Across: Inquisitor's quarry (7)
HERETIC
43 Across: A long one may have legs (4)
RACE
45 Across: Author of "The Gremlins" and namesakes (5)
DAHLS
46 Across: Writer LeShan (3)
EDA
49 Across: Brain, heart, liver, etc. (6)
VITALS
51 Across: Not rot (4)
KEEP
52 Across: One subjected to disarmament? (11)
VENUSDEMILO
55 Across: Kind of dye (3)
AZO
56 Across: Expensive string (5)
AMATI
57 Across: Hiree after a move (9)
DECORATOR
59 Across: Word before or after nothing (5)
DOING
60 Across: Wooded area surrounding a community (9)
GREENBELT
61 Across: Dine, in Düsseldorf (5)
ESSEN
62 Across: Once (8)
ASSOONAS

Down Answers

1 Down: "Oh well" (9)
CESTLAVIE
2 Down: Choice (9)
EXQUISITE
3 Down: See 17-Across (9)
ROUNDHOLE
4 Down: "Nacho Libre" actress ___ de la Reguera (3)
ANA
5 Down: Jazzman Saunders (4)
MERL
6 Down: "___ you loud and clear" (5)
IREAD
7 Down: Flip (7)
CAPSIZE
8 Down: Put in a ship's hold (6)
STEEVE
9 Down: Shot (5)
KAPUT
10 Down: "The ___ Love" (1987 hit) (4)
ONEI
11 Down: Tylenol maker, for short (5)
JANDJ
12 Down: "Entrapment" director Jon (5)
AMIEL
13 Down: "Way of the sword" sport (5)
KENDO
15 Down: Ornamental plume producers (6)
EGRETS
21 Down: It's big in Latin America (6)
GRANDE
23 Down: Convince (4)
SELL
27 Down: Zip (4)
NADA
30 Down: Hot (6)
TORRID
32 Down: Enrich (4)
LARD
33 Down: Timeworn (9)
MOTHEATEN
34 Down: Writer interred in the Panthéon (9)
EMILEZOLA
35 Down: Longtime Indy 500 airer (9)
ABCSPORTS
38 Down: Schnozzola (4)
BEAK
41 Down: Completely clean (6)
RATEDG
42 Down: Some springs (7)
HELICES
44 Down: Modern helmet add-on (6)
CAMERA
46 Down: Shake (5)
EVADE
47 Down: Aspiring bands make them (5)
DEMOS
48 Down: 1994 Noël Riley Fitch literary biography (5)
ANAIS
49 Down: Symbol of success (5)
VSIGN
50 Down: Astringent fruit (5)
SLOES
53 Down: Olio magazine (4)
UTNE
54 Down: Little ___ (4)
ORNO
58 Down: Typing letters? (3)
ABO

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