Saturday Crossword — October 27, 2007 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 10/27/2007. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Billionaire sports entrepreneur who heads HDNet (9)
- MARKCUBAN
- 10 Across: Like some seasonal helpers (5)
- ELFIN
- 15 Across: Within the next few minutes, potentially (9)
- ATANYTIME
- 16 Across: Some piano players (5)
- ROLLS
- 17 Across: Case made for a shooter (9)
- CAMERABAG
- 18 Across: Agitated (5)
- ROILY
- 19 Across: Real-estate ad statistic (4)
- AREA
- 20 Across: Its motto is "All for our country": Abbr. (3)
- NEV
- 22 Across: Go over (4)
- SPAN
- 23 Across: Orchestra section (5)
- WINDS
- 25 Across: Dr. Seuss's "Too Many ___" (5)
- DAVES
- 27 Across: Consumer protection grp. (3)
- FTC
- 28 Across: Yokohama "yes" (3)
- HAI
- 30 Across: Marathon runner Gebrselassie (5)
- HAILE
- 32 Across: It served the Mid-Atlantic until 1976 (15)
- READINGRAILROAD
- 39 Across: Classic laugh-inducing parlor game with writing or illustrations (15)
- EXQUISITECORPSE
- 40 Across: Move on after a humiliating defeat (15)
- COUNTONESLOSSES
- 41 Across: Claimed (5)
- TAKEN
- 42 Across: Vintner's prefix (3)
- OEN
- 43 Across: Kind of engr. (3)
- CIV
- 44 Across: Member of a popular college frat (5)
- SIGEP
- 47 Across: Parliament rival (5)
- SALEM
- 52 Across: Shot one on (4)
- ACED
- 54 Across: Name for Quantum Computer Services since '89 (3)
- AOL
- 55 Across: Heavyweights compete in it (4)
- SUMO
- 56 Across: An overabundance (5)
- PILES
- 58 Across: "You said it!" (9)
- DONTIKNOW
- 62 Across: Sent regrets, say (5)
- RSVPD
- 63 Across: Help get settled (9)
- ORIENTATE
- 64 Across: Priceless instrument (5)
- AMATI
- 65 Across: What green might ripen into (9)
- TOMATORED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bird remarkable for its longevity (5)
- MACAW
- 2 Down: Breakout maker (5)
- ATARI
- 3 Down: Far Eastern bowlful (5)
- RAMEN
- 4 Down: Manipulate, in a way (5)
- KNEAD
- 5 Down: France's Saint-___-l'École (3)
- CYR
- 6 Down: She played Martha in Broadway's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (3)
- UTA
- 7 Down: One hanging around at Red Lobster? (3)
- BIB
- 8 Down: Range option (5)
- AMANA
- 9 Down: Ben-Gurion setting (5)
- NEGEV
- 10 Down: Stumble (3)
- ERR
- 11 Down: "Happy Birthday" playwright (4)
- LOOS
- 12 Down: About-faces (9)
- FLIPFLOPS
- 13 Down: Nervous (9)
- ILLATEASE
- 14 Down: Band with the highest first-week album sales in music history (5)
- NSYNC
- 21 Down: It'll get you somewhere (7)
- VEHICLE
- 24 Down: Some religious fundamentalists (7)
- SHIITES
- 25 Down: Cook's words (5)
- DIGIN
- 26 Down: Old settings for many out-of-tune pianos (7)
- SALOONS
- 29 Down: Connecticut city on the Naugatuck (7)
- ANSONIA
- 31 Down: Factory seconds: Abbr. (4)
- IRRS
- 32 Down: Sport, for short (3)
- REC
- 33 Down: Foreignness (9)
- EXOTICISM
- 34 Down: Old Spice alternative (9)
- AQUAVELVA
- 35 Down: Court stuff (4)
- DUNK
- 36 Down: Bus spec. (3)
- RTE
- 37 Down: "The Mischievous Dog" author (5)
- AESOP
- 38 Down: ___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) (3)
- DES
- 43 Down: "Lady for a Day" director, 1933 (5)
- CAPRA
- 45 Down: One who's waited upon (5)
- GODOT
- 46 Down: Ecuador's southernmost coastal province (5)
- ELORO
- 48 Down: Provide an invitation for (5)
- ASKTO
- 49 Down: Kind of cycle (5)
- LUNAR
- 50 Down: Mug, e.g. (5)
- EMOTE
- 51 Down: Cut (5)
- MOWED
- 53 Down: Firm part: Abbr. (4)
- DEPT
- 57 Down: Arms race plan: Abbr. (3)
- SDI
- 59 Down: Takeaway game (3)
- NIM
- 60 Down: Hot spot? (3)
- TEA
- 61 Down: Gridiron datum (3)
- INT
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