Saturday Crossword — September 29, 2007 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 9/29/2007. By Robert H. Wolfe.

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Across Answers

1 Across: When (8)
ASSOONAS
9 Across: Slip covers? (6)
BLEEPS
15 Across: She was executed in 1917 (8)
MATAHARI
16 Across: 100 centésimos (6)
BALBOA
17 Across: "Nonsense!" (15)
THATSRIDICULOUS
19 Across: Pentax Spotmatic, e.g., in brief (3)
SLR
20 Across: Boy in the comic strip "Rose Is Rose" (4)
CLEM
21 Across: Parents (5)
REARS
22 Across: Parts of many jam sessions (5)
SOLOS
25 Across: Minute (7)
TEENTSY
27 Across: African evergreen shrub (5)
ERICA
29 Across: Vlasic varieties (5)
DILLS
30 Across: Get ready to grill (10)
LIGHTAFIRE
33 Across: Like VCRs in the 1970s (3)
NEW
36 Across: Delicacy (15)
SENSITIVENATURE
39 Across: One-striper: Abbr. (3)
ENS
40 Across: Stuck with no way out (10)
INADILEMMA
41 Across: Kitchen pieces (5)
TILES
43 Across: Animal visitor to Paris in a classic children's book (5)
BABAR
44 Across: Cornmeal concoction (7)
POLENTA
47 Across: One that takes a picture? (5)
FRAME
49 Across: Crosses (5)
SPANS
50 Across: Lead, e.g. (4)
ROLE
52 Across: Engraved message?: Abbr. (3)
RIP
55 Across: "I'm not volunteering!" (15)
HEYDONTLOOKATME
59 Across: Ring of anatomy (6)
AREOLE
60 Across: Boring people (8)
DRILLERS
61 Across: On notice (6)
WARNED
62 Across: "Tonka" star, 1958 (8)
SALMINEO

Down Answers

1 Down: Withdrawal figs. (4)
AMTS
2 Down: Joke writer for many Kennedy campaign speeches (4)
SAHL
3 Down: Astrological set (9)
STARSIGNS
4 Down: Some husk contents (3)
OAT
5 Down: Understanding responses (3)
OHS
6 Down: Pusher (5)
NARCO
7 Down: Botanical appendages (5)
ARILS
8 Down: Fries, say (4)
SIDE
9 Down: A telly may get it (3)
BBC
10 Down: Old Olympics award (6)
LAUREL
11 Down: Scarlett O'Hara's mother and others (6)
ELLENS
12 Down: W.W. II vessel (5)
EBOAT
13 Down: Cascades (5)
POURS
14 Down: Flip (5)
SASSY
18 Down: Comment before turning in (7)
IMTIRED
23 Down: Director of the Associated Press, 1900-35 (4)
OCHS
24 Down: Scale succession (4)
LATI
26 Down: Nicholas Gage title character (5)
ELENI
27 Down: More (4)
ELSE
28 Down: Tout's opposite (4)
RIEN
29 Down: 45-Down performers (5)
DIVAS
31 Down: How some hats are worn (5)
ATILT
32 Down: Drawing, e.g. (7)
FINEART
33 Down: Start of some countdowns (9)
NUMBERTEN
34 Down: "Piece of My Heart" singer Franklin (4)
ERMA
35 Down: Result of regular use (4)
WEAR
37 Down: "Sin City" actress, 2005 (4)
ALBA
38 Down: Stagecoach puller (4)
TEAM
41 Down: Body band (6)
TENDON
42 Down: Flat part (6)
INSOLE
44 Down: 17-Across, quaintly (5)
PSHAW
45 Down: See 29-Down (5)
OPERA
46 Down: Parfait part (5)
LAYER
47 Down: It's a big part of life (5)
FLORA
48 Down: Do some tune-up work on (5)
REOIL
51 Down: Aurora producer (4)
OLDS
53 Down: 2002 Literature Nobelist Kertész (4)
IMRE
54 Down: Capital of Colombia (4)
PESO
56 Down: Land of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (3)
NED
57 Down: Dutch traveler's choice (3)
KLM
58 Down: Figure in the Sunni/Shia split (3)
ALI

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