Saturday Crossword — May 29, 2010 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 5/29/2010. By Caleb Madison.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Surly TV bartender (10)
MOESZYSLAK
11 Across: Cover lots of ground (4)
ROVE
15 Across: Nervous wreck (10)
BASKETCASE
16 Across: Stricken (4)
EXED
17 Across: It might be evaluated along with the nose (10)
AFTERTASTE
18 Across: Like some pitches (4)
WILD
19 Across: Decks (6)
ADORNS
20 Across: "Bad Boy for Life" performer at the 2004 Super Bowl (6)
PDIDDY
22 Across: It grows during game play (3)
POT
24 Across: Interviewer's invitation (3)
SIT
25 Across: Web forums' ancestor (6)
USENET
26 Across: Dan. preceder (4)
EZEK
28 Across: Author who wrote "Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today" (7)
AYNRAND
30 Across: 9 to 5, e.g. (5)
RATIO
32 Across: Reggae artist ___-Mouse (4)
EEKA
33 Across: It may be applied: Abbr. (3)
SCI
36 Across: Classic 1978 punk song (15)
IWANNABESEDATED
40 Across: Hardly firm (3)
LAX
41 Across: Abbr. sometimes before a date (4)
ESTD
42 Across: Alcove-hiding hanging (5)
ARRAS
43 Across: Agog (7)
BUGEYED
46 Across: Camposanto Monumentale locale (4)
PISA
47 Across: Eagerly criticize (6)
JUMPON
49 Across: Alma mater for Buzz Aldrin and Kofi Annan: Abbr. (3)
MIT
51 Across: Organ piece (3)
KEY
52 Across: 1950s-'60s left fielder selected for nine All-Star Games (6)
MINOSO
53 Across: Fix à la a farrier (6)
RESHOE
55 Across: Hebrew for "spring" (4)
AVIV
56 Across: How some selling is done (10)
DOORTODOOR
60 Across: Asian of legendary status? (4)
YETI
61 Across: "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" co-star (10)
AVAGARDNER
62 Across: Explanation follower (4)
ISEE
63 Across: They're often ticked after being licked (10)
SORELOSERS

Down Answers

1 Down: Many a mgr. holds one (3)
MBA
2 Down: Yo-yo (3)
OAF
3 Down: Passing burden? (9)
ESTATETAX
4 Down: Slot holder, for short (4)
SKED
5 Down: "2001" characters (5)
ZEROS
6 Down: Powder used in lasers (6)
YTTRIA
7 Down: Like thongs (6)
SCANTY
8 Down: Burns's "The Lovely ___ o' Inverness" (4)
LASS
9 Down: Bermuda hrs. (3)
AST
10 Down: Lock of hair, maybe (8)
KEEPSAKE
11 Down: Go back to the start, in a way (6)
REWIND
12 Down: 6-Down, for one (5)
OXIDE
13 Down: Outback relative (5)
VELDT
14 Down: Dust devil, e.g. (4)
EDDY
21 Down: "Don't mention it" (6)
DENADA
22 Down: Daredevils are often in it (5)
PERIL
23 Down: 1976 Emmy winner for "Evening at Symphony" (5)
OZAWA
25 Down: Actress Mary and musician Midge (4)
URES
27 Down: Branches of some trees (3)
KIN
29 Down: Broke (5)
NEEDY
31 Down: Tops (6)
ONEUPS
33 Down: First of three to be put out (9)
STRIKEONE
34 Down: Let up (5)
CEASE
35 Down: "If you ask me ..." (5)
IDSAY
37 Down: Virtually (8)
ASGOODAS
38 Down: Old Martin bomber (4)
BTEN
39 Down: Creator of the bronze "En Songe" (3)
ARP
43 Down: People may act terribly in it (6)
BMOVIE
44 Down: Surface (6)
EMERGE
45 Down: Situated away from the point of origin (6)
DISTAL
47 Down: Kids (5)
JIVES
48 Down: Ally (5)
UNITE
50 Down: Utter, briefly (5)
THORO
52 Down: Start of a request (4)
MAYI
53 Down: Sound heard before some films start (4)
ROAR
54 Down: 9 to 5, e.g. (4)
ODDS
57 Down: Egg opener? (3)
OVO
58 Down: "___ the towering steep" (anthem lyric) (3)
OER
59 Down: Yards are part of them: Abbr. (3)
RRS

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