Saturday Crossword — May 12, 2007 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 5/12/2007. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Modern arts-and-crafts tool (9)
GLUESTICK
10 Across: See 56-Across (5)
DESAC
15 Across: Present (9)
LATTERDAY
16 Across: Ecuador's Santa ___ Peninsula (5)
ELENA
17 Across: Lingered past (9)
OUTSTAYED
18 Across: Nonsense (5)
BEANS
19 Across: It's extracted (3)
ORE
20 Across: Shakespearean title start (4)
ALLS
21 Across: Small bay (6)
ARMLET
22 Across: Entangle (4)
MIRE
24 Across: Graduate of Mount Holyoke (6)
ALUMNA
26 Across: It may be rolled over (3)
IRA
27 Across: Having no gray area (5)
YESNO
29 Across: 1941 musical comedy "That Night in ___" (3)
RIO
30 Across: Butcher's cut (4)
LOIN
31 Across: Evasive tactic (12)
SONGANDDANCE
35 Across: Purple shade (7)
PETUNIA
38 Across: Placed far in (7)
DEEPSET
39 Across: Play things (12)
OPERAGLASSES
41 Across: Former European capital (4)
LIRE
42 Across: Bit of mockery (3)
HAR
43 Across: Where the Peacock Throne was built (5)
DELHI
47 Across: Mt. Tabor's country: Abbr. (3)
ISR
48 Across: Brief attachment to a report, maybe (6)
POSTIT
51 Across: Couple (4)
DUAD
52 Across: Unanimously (6)
TOAMAN
54 Across: Small amount (4)
DRAM
56 Across: With 10-Across, stalemate (3)
CUL
57 Across: Fool (5)
IDIOT
58 Across: Like character actors (9)
VERSATILE
60 Across: Dot follower (5)
CENTS
61 Across: One studying camels (9)
ICESKATER
62 Across: ___-face (5)
KISSY
63 Across: Naive types, sometimes (9)
DOGOODERS

Down Answers

1 Down: Pessimistic (6)
GLOOMY
2 Down: "The Hustler" Oscar nominee (6)
LAURIE
3 Down: Comes out with (6)
UTTERS
4 Down: Saucerful? (3)
ETS
5 Down: ___ precedent (4)
SETA
6 Down: Air part (5)
TRALA
7 Down: Rustic opus (5)
IDYLL
8 Down: Break (7)
CAESURA
9 Down: "The Spanish Tragedy" dramatist (3)
KYD
10 Down: Comedian/actress Wilson, an original cast member on "MADtv" (5)
DEBRA
11 Down: I, O or U, but not A or E: Abbr. (4)
ELEM
12 Down: Coastal California colony members (8)
SEALIONS
13 Down: Creator of the Mayfair Witches (8)
ANNERICE
14 Down: Low-tech clicker (8)
CASTANET
21 Down: Current entry points (6)
ANODES
23 Down: Guard (6)
ENSURE
25 Down: Guards (5)
MINDS
28 Down: Disney's Princess ___ (4)
OONA
30 Down: Ran out (6)
LAPSED
32 Down: Almost (6)
NIGHON
33 Down: Showy events (5)
GALAS
34 Down: Action (4)
DEED
35 Down: Make campaign stops (8)
POLITICK
36 Down: Series opener (8)
EPISODEI
37 Down: Tracts (8)
TERRAINS
40 Down: Like Manhattan's Chrysler Building (7)
ARTDECO
44 Down: Classic DuPont brand (6)
LUCITE
45 Down: Semi (6)
HAULER
46 Down: "Leave business to ___, and wisdom to fools": Congreve (6)
IDLERS
48 Down: One easily pushed over (5)
PATSY
49 Down: Like seconds: Abbr. (5)
IRREG
50 Down: Lord Byron's "The Lament of ___" (5)
TASSO
53 Down: Cracks (4)
MOTS
55 Down: Speedy fish (4)
MAKO
58 Down: Kid-___ (3)
VID
59 Down: Smidgen (3)
TAD

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