Saturday Crossword — February 16, 2008 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 66 clues). Published 2/16/2008. By Tony Orbach.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bristles (7)
- GETSMAD
- 8 Across: Post boxes? (7)
- CEREALS
- 15 Across: Thinner option (7)
- ACETONE
- 16 Across: Piece of silver, say (7)
- UTENSIL
- 17 Across: Lab tube (7)
- BURETTE
- 18 Across: A lot of foreign intelligence intercepts (7)
- CHATTER
- 19 Across: Relatively remote (7)
- FARTHER
- 20 Across: Many-sided problems (6)
- HYDRAS
- 21 Across: Ready to be put to bed (6)
- EDITED
- 22 Across: "Rugrats" baby (3)
- DIL
- 23 Across: Isn't O.K. (4)
- AILS
- 25 Across: One of the Gandhis (5)
- SONIA
- 26 Across: Golden fish stocked in ornamental pools (4)
- ORFE
- 27 Across: Christening spot (4)
- PROW
- 28 Across: Nottingham's river (5)
- TRENT
- 29 Across: Dirt (5)
- PORNO
- 31 Across: One protected by a collie (3)
- EWE
- 32 Across: Patron of Paris (9)
- GENEVIEVE
- 35 Across: One making calls (3)
- UMP
- 38 Across: Schubert's "Eine Kleine Trauermusik," e.g. (5)
- NONET
- 39 Across: Demand (5)
- EXACT
- 43 Across: Some apéritifs (4)
- KIRS
- 45 Across: Mother of Hyacinth, in myth (4)
- CLIO
- 46 Across: Hindu sage (5)
- RISHI
- 47 Across: Certain alkene (4)
- ENOL
- 48 Across: Incubator (3)
- HEN
- 49 Across: Slew (6)
- PASSEL
- 50 Across: Anti-ship missile that skims waves at nearly the speed of sound (6)
- EXOCET
- 52 Across: Touch-related (7)
- TACTUAL
- 53 Across: Part of a special delivery? (7)
- TRIPLET
- 54 Across: Be quite enough for (7)
- SATIATE
- 55 Across: Amscray (7)
- VAMOOSE
- 56 Across: Hamlet, notably (7)
- AVENGER
- 57 Across: Give a bad name (7)
- SLANDER
- 58 Across: "On Your Toes" composer (7)
- RODGERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "The View," essentially (7)
- GABFEST
- 2 Down: Home to Mount Chimborazo (7)
- ECUADOR
- 3 Down: Earthen casserole dish (7)
- TERRINE
- 4 Down: Letting stand (8)
- STETTING
- 5 Down: Decayed (9)
- MOTHEATEN
- 6 Down: Put in up front (5)
- ANTED
- 7 Down: Skittish herd (4)
- DEER
- 8 Down: Small, deep-fried pork cube (10)
- CUCHIFRITO
- 9 Down: C2H4 (8)
- ETHYLENE
- 10 Down: Size up (4)
- READ
- 11 Down: Bait (6)
- ENTRAP
- 12 Down: Singer of "A Foggy Day" in "A Damsel in Distress" (7)
- ASTAIRE
- 13 Down: Isn't very visible (7)
- LIESLOW
- 14 Down: Shooter that may be digital, for short (3)
- SLR
- 22 Down: Caused to be scored, as a run (7)
- DROVEIN
- 24 Down: European Union member: Abbr. (3)
- SWE
- 26 Down: Means of public protest (10)
- OPENLETTER
- 30 Down: Was broad on the boards (9)
- OVERACTED
- 33 Down: Big Mac request (8)
- NOCHEESE
- 34 Down: Real (8)
- EXISTING
- 35 Down: Island entertainer (3)
- UKE
- 36 Down: Kind of water (7)
- MINERAL
- 37 Down: Nearest, to Nero (7)
- PROXIMA
- 40 Down: Lessen (7)
- ASSUAGE
- 41 Down: One using a crib (7)
- CHEATER
- 42 Down: They work the earth (7)
- TILLERS
- 44 Down: Apply messily (6)
- SLOPON
- 49 Down: ___ Nurmi, nine-time track gold medalist in 1920s Olympics (5)
- PAAVO
- 51 Down: Chowderhead (4)
- CLOD
- 52 Down: Peter or Paul, but not Mary (4)
- TSAR
- 53 Down: Picture producers (3)
- TVS
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