Saturday Crossword — August 30, 2008 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 8/30/2008. By Michael Shteyman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bum (6)
- HEINIE
- 7 Across: Florist's container (8)
- CACHEPOT
- 15 Across: Burning (6)
- ARDENT
- 16 Across: Former senator with the memoir "Power, Pasta and Politics" (8)
- ALDAMATO
- 17 Across: Carrier of fatty acids (15)
- GOODCHOLESTEROL
- 19 Across: Part of a deg. (3)
- MIN
- 20 Across: Fix, as sails (5)
- RERIG
- 21 Across: Cartoon cat with an exclamation mark in his name (3)
- EEK
- 22 Across: Play makers? (4)
- ACTS
- 24 Across: Health claim on a food label (5)
- LOFAT
- 26 Across: 2004 N.B.A. All-Star Michael (4)
- REDD
- 29 Across: Western deal since 1994: Abbr. (5)
- NAFTA
- 31 Across: Kind of support (5)
- MORAL
- 33 Across: Kia model (3)
- RIO
- 34 Across: ___ Island, discovery of Sunday, April 5, 1722 (6)
- EASTER
- 36 Across: Rake (6)
- LECHER
- 38 Across: Common restaurant offering that was Julia Child's last meal (15)
- FRENCHONIONSOUP
- 41 Across: Silent's opposite (6)
- TALKIE
- 42 Across: Undisturbed (6)
- INSITU
- 43 Across: Teeny "tiny" (3)
- LIL
- 44 Across: Singer of sewing machine fame (5)
- ISAAC
- 46 Across: Like "m" or "n," to linguists (5)
- NASAL
- 49 Across: It's barely noticeable (4)
- BLIP
- 51 Across: Knighted English composer (5)
- ELGAR
- 53 Across: Auctioned property, maybe (4)
- REPO
- 54 Across: Crucial (3)
- KEY
- 56 Across: Oil, e.g. (5)
- LIPID
- 58 Across: Brawl (3)
- ROW
- 59 Across: Name associated with spirits (15)
- EBENEZERSCROOGE
- 63 Across: Anodyne (8)
- PAINPILL
- 64 Across: Ace, say (6)
- HURLER
- 65 Across: Cirque du Soleil troupe, e.g. (8)
- ARTISTES
- 66 Across: "Ratatouille" rat and namesakes (6)
- EMILES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: 1970s-'80s prime-time soap star (6)
- HAGMAN
- 2 Down: Symphony inspired by Napoleon (6)
- EROICA
- 3 Down: Unenthusiastic response to an offer (15)
- IDONTFEELLIKEIT
- 4 Down: Songwriter Washington (3)
- NED
- 5 Down: Elevation: Abbr. (4)
- INCR
- 6 Down: One of the Barrymores (5)
- ETHEL
- 7 Down: 1965 hit parodied by the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R." (15)
- CALIFORNIAGIRLS
- 8 Down: Sour condiment (6)
- ALEGAR
- 9 Down: Spinning circles? (3)
- CDS
- 10 Down: Not like (4)
- HATE
- 11 Down: Arab commander (5)
- EMEER
- 12 Down: Bakery item folded in half (15)
- PARKERHOUSEROLL
- 13 Down: Plains native (3)
- OTO
- 14 Down: "My mama done ___ me" (3)
- TOL
- 18 Down: Start of a cry by Juliet (6)
- OROMEO
- 23 Down: Exhibited signs of spoilage (5)
- STANK
- 25 Down: Brass guardian of Crete, in myth (5)
- TALOS
- 27 Down: Word in many French family mottoes (4)
- DIEU
- 28 Down: Hamlet (4)
- DORP
- 30 Down: Computer acronym (5)
- ASCII
- 32 Down: "What Is to Be Done?" writer (5)
- LENIN
- 35 Down: "___ Dreams," 1986 #1 hit (5)
- THESE
- 37 Down: Cool red giant (5)
- CSTAR
- 38 Down: Work unit abbr. (4)
- FTLB
- 39 Down: Bitterly complain (4)
- RAIL
- 40 Down: With emphasis, as text (6)
- INCAPS
- 45 Down: Mutated gene (6)
- ALLELE
- 47 Down: Peak (6)
- APOGEE
- 48 Down: Brings down (6)
- LOWERS
- 50 Down: Old Finnish coin (5)
- PENNI
- 52 Down: Like un millionnaire (5)
- RICHE
- 55 Down: Slangy assents (4)
- YEPS
- 57 Down: Oil holder (4)
- DRUM
- 59 Down: Abbr. in car ads (3)
- EPA
- 60 Down: Setting of many jokes (3)
- BAR
- 61 Down: Accutane target, slangily (3)
- ZIT
- 62 Down: "... ___ will die" (3)
- ORI
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