Saturday Crossword — April 24, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 4/24/2010. By Thomas Heilman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Alas" (9)
ITSASHAME
10 Across: Is successfully interrogated (5)
TALKS
15 Across: Summer salon service, for some (9)
BIKINIWAX
16 Across: One of Ariel's sisters in "The Little Mermaid" (5)
ALANA
17 Across: Directly (9)
INAMOMENT
18 Across: Swindle (5)
COZEN
19 Across: Title role in a 1983 black-and-white film (5)
ZELIG
20 Across: Keenly observant (8)
HAWKEYED
22 Across: Annex: Abbr. (4)
ADDN
23 Across: "___ End" (1971 Barbra Streisand hit) (6)
STONEY
25 Across: Org. with the motto "Start With Trust" (3)
BBB
26 Across: Lugs (7)
GALOOTS
28 Across: Biblical preceder of 27-Down (4)
JOEL
29 Across: One with an ear and a small mouth (3)
JUG
32 Across: What an idea comes to (4)
MIND
33 Across: Broadway's "Never ___ Dance" (5)
GONNA
34 Across: Makeup lessons? (7)
ANATOMY
36 Across: Wet bottoms (7)
SEABEDS
38 Across: Quietly tells a tale (5)
MIMES
39 Across: Misery (4)
HELL
40 Across: One with delta wings, briefly (3)
SST
41 Across: Wing: Prefix (4)
PTER
42 Across: Not mixing well (7)
ASOCIAL
45 Across: Well-said (3)
APT
46 Across: Decides one will (6)
OPTSTO
47 Across: Author Robert ___ Butler (4)
OLEN
51 Across: Target of some leg-pulling (8)
CRABMEAT
53 Across: In ___ diagnosis (5)
UTERO
54 Across: U.S.-born Japanese educated in Japan (5)
KIBEI
55 Across: Violent outburst (9)
FIRESTORM
58 Across: Brilliant effect (5)
ECLAT
59 Across: At a loss (9)
FLUMMOXED
60 Across: Thinks (5)
DEEMS
61 Across: Saves (9)
SETSASIDE

Down Answers

1 Down: One of the Pine Islands (5)
IBIZA
2 Down: Like some harrows (5)
TINED
3 Down: Viking poet (5)
SKALD
4 Down: Rifle range activity (6)
AIMING
5 Down: Make out, to Harry Potter (4)
SNOG
6 Down: Exclamation at a lineup (3)
HIM
7 Down: Something to gaze in (3)
AWE
8 Down: Virility (7)
MANHOOD
9 Down: Not lost (6)
EXTANT
10 Down: In poor shape (5)
TACKY
11 Down: Hydrocortisone additive (4)
ALOE
12 Down: Person prone to proneness? (9)
LAZYBONES
13 Down: Ups and downs of exercise? (9)
KNEEBENDS
14 Down: Remove graffiti from, in a way (9)
SANDBLAST
21 Down: Wide receiver Welker (3)
WES
23 Down: Fat, as a chance (4)
SLIM
24 Down: What "1776" got in 1969 (4)
TONY
27 Down: Biblical follower of 28-Across (4)
AMOS
28 Down: Something to land (3)
JOB
29 Down: Very full (9)
JAMPACKED
30 Down: Sales statistic (9)
UNITPRICE
31 Down: Play furniture? (9)
GAMETABLE
33 Down: Festive (4)
GALA
35 Down: Thrice, to a pharmacist (3)
TER
36 Down: Friends, e.g. (4)
SECT
37 Down: Chacon of the 1962 Mets (4)
ELIO
39 Down: Inimical (7)
HOSTILE
42 Down: Mad about, with "over" (3)
APE
43 Down: Gets help for (6)
STAFFS
44 Down: Means of quick wealth (6)
LOTTOS
46 Down: Passes by (5)
OMITS
48 Down: Leader who died 27 days after his election (5)
LEOXI
49 Down: Was faulty? (5)
ERRED
50 Down: ___ guerre (5)
NOMDE
52 Down: Appear elated (4)
BEAM
53 Down: Black Knights' home: Abbr. (4)
USMA
56 Down: Progress preventer (3)
RUT
57 Down: Rescue inits. (3)
EMS

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