Saturday Crossword — August 14, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 8/14/2010. By John Farmer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Pound of flesh? (8)
- FISTBUMP
- 9 Across: Difference between winners and losers? (6)
- SPREAD
- 15 Across: 1967 Simon & Garfunkel hit (8)
- ATTHEZOO
- 16 Across: Armor plate protecting the hip and thigh (6)
- TUILLE
- 17 Across: One in a million (8)
- RAREBIRD
- 18 Across: Fix (6)
- ASSIGN
- 19 Across: Rock-___ (3)
- OLA
- 20 Across: Furtive observations (7)
- ESPIALS
- 22 Across: Only word spoken in Mel Brooks's "Silent Movie" (3)
- NON
- 23 Across: Hirsute sitcom relative (3)
- ITT
- 25 Across: O.K. (9)
- HUNKYDORY
- 27 Across: It may be classified (4)
- DATA
- 28 Across: ___ Martin (4)
- REMY
- 29 Across: Mining samples (5)
- CORES
- 30 Across: Hard to ignore (8)
- ENORMOUS
- 32 Across: Shake or rattle, but not roll (3)
- JAR
- 33 Across: Some concert pieces (7)
- SONATAS
- 34 Across: Cheated, in slang (7)
- PUTITTO
- 38 Across: "Be More Chill" novelist Vizzini (3)
- NED
- 39 Across: Weeper (8)
- SADSTORY
- 40 Across: "World News Now" airer (5)
- ABCTV
- 43 Across: Conversation piece? (4)
- WORD
- 44 Across: Kind of accent used by Ado Annie (4)
- OKIE
- 45 Across: Reduced to nothing (9)
- ZEROEDOUT
- 47 Across: Like a mirror image: Abbr. (3)
- SYM
- 48 Across: Lao-___ (3)
- TSE
- 49 Across: Go wild (7)
- RUNRIOT
- 52 Across: Some temple utterances (3)
- OMS
- 54 Across: Makes a lasting impression (6)
- ETCHES
- 56 Across: Hypersonic plane engine (8)
- SCRAMJET
- 58 Across: One who splits the bill? (6)
- COHOST
- 59 Across: Longstanding issue (8)
- OLDSCORE
- 60 Across: Tootsie (6)
- SWEETS
- 61 Across: Most difficult to manage (8)
- PESKIEST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Baccarat alternative (4)
- FARO
- 2 Down: What "Arrivederci!" is spoken in (8)
- ITALIANO
- 3 Down: "The ___ Story," Jimmy Stewart baseball movie (8)
- STRATTON
- 4 Down: Dijon drink (3)
- THE
- 5 Down: Madre's treasure (4)
- BEBE
- 6 Down: "Munich" arms (4)
- UZIS
- 7 Down: Man of one's dreams? (8)
- MORPHEUS
- 8 Down: Stands above the crowd? (7)
- PODIUMS
- 9 Down: Follow too closely (5)
- STALK
- 10 Down: Softies (9)
- PUSSYCATS
- 11 Down: Ray Bradbury's "___ for Rocket" (3)
- RIS
- 12 Down: One of Austen's Dashwood sisters (6)
- ELINOR
- 13 Down: "Take it from me, elections matter" speaker (6)
- ALGORE
- 14 Down: Chain offering Moons Over My Hammy (6)
- DENNYS
- 21 Down: Whichever (3)
- ANY
- 24 Down: Port on Italy's "heel" (7)
- TARANTO
- 26 Down: Bowl filler for a bowl game, maybe (7)
- DORITOS
- 27 Down: North Dakota's ___ Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (3)
- DES
- 28 Down: Drag (4)
- ROAD
- 31 Down: It's all downhill from here (9)
- MTEVEREST
- 32 Down: Filmmaker Apatow (4)
- JUDD
- 34 Down: Fermion or boson (8)
- PARTICLE
- 35 Down: 1949 Humphrey Bogart/Sessue Hayakawa movie (8)
- TOKYOJOE
- 36 Down: Lawn care equipment (8)
- TRIMMERS
- 37 Down: Gloria Estefan hit whose title is Spanish for "Listen!" (3)
- OYE
- 39 Down: Cousin of a custard apple (7)
- SOURSOP
- 40 Down: Some pyramid builders (6)
- AZTECS
- 41 Down: Award (6)
- BESTOW
- 42 Down: Christmas scene (6)
- CRECHE
- 43 Down: Landed (3)
- WON
- 46 Down: Wipes clean (5)
- DUSTS
- 50 Down: Municipal regs. (4)
- ORDS
- 51 Down: Job (4)
- TASK
- 53 Down: Leave without changing (4)
- STET
- 55 Down: It may leave a noticeable plot hole (3)
- HOE
- 57 Down: Verizon acquisition of 2006 (3)
- MCI
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