Saturday Crossword — December 18, 2010 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 12/18/2010. By Brad Wilber.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Aid in deep diving (11)
- ECHOSOUNDER
- 12 Across: One might use Peter Pan, in brief (3)
- PBJ
- 15 Across: "Casino" Golden Globe winner (11)
- SHARONSTONE
- 16 Across: Sch. with a 60-foot "Praying Hands" sculpture (3)
- ORU
- 17 Across: Proverbially newsworthy item (11)
- MANBITESDOG
- 18 Across: Designer of Alabama's Civil Rights Memorial (3)
- LIN
- 19 Across: It displays an array of spikes: Abbr. (3)
- EKG
- 20 Across: Trunk attachment (4)
- LIMB
- 21 Across: Basic drive (6)
- LIBIDO
- 23 Across: Take on (6)
- ASSUME
- 25 Across: Marine muncher on mangrove leaves (7)
- MANATEE
- 26 Across: Explosion producer (3)
- IRE
- 27 Across: Smashes (8)
- MEGAHITS
- 28 Across: Heroine of Inge's "Picnic" (5)
- MADGE
- 31 Across: 1986 Indy 500 winner (5)
- RAHAL
- 32 Across: Poule's counterpart (3)
- COQ
- 33 Across: Sparkle (4)
- ELAN
- 34 Across: Opposite of frumpish (5)
- NATTY
- 35 Across: Actor awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross in W.W. II (4)
- SABU
- 36 Across: On-target (3)
- APT
- 37 Across: Deltoid ligament attachment point (5)
- TIBIA
- 38 Across: French frost (5)
- GELEE
- 39 Across: Old Rory Calhoun TV western (8)
- THETEXAN
- 41 Across: Disney character prone to spoonerisms (3)
- DOC
- 42 Across: Period about a decade before the 34-Down (7)
- CAMELOT
- 43 Across: Person in a pool (6)
- BETTOR
- 46 Across: "Saving Fish From Drowning" novelist (6)
- AMYTAN
- 47 Across: Fist pumper's cry (4)
- YEAH
- 48 Across: Spider, Snoopy or Intrepid: Abbr. (3)
- LEM
- 50 Across: Football Hall-of-Famer Huff (3)
- SAM
- 51 Across: Artwork depicted in Dalí's "The Hallucinogenic Toreador" (11)
- VENUSDEMILO
- 54 Across: "Last Train to London" grp. (3)
- ELO
- 55 Across: Financial option upon leaving a job (11)
- IRAROLLOVER
- 56 Across: Father's alma mater: Abbr. (3)
- SEM
- 57 Across: Tag with a message, often (11)
- VANITYPLATE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Woman in all four "Twilight" novels (4)
- ESME
- 2 Down: R&B's ___ Khan (5)
- CHAKA
- 3 Down: Pays dearly for one's crimes (5)
- HANGS
- 4 Down: Astronomical discovery (3)
- ORB
- 5 Down: Stain (7)
- SOILURE
- 6 Down: Good way to arrive (6)
- ONTIME
- 7 Down: 1972 Bill Withers hit (5)
- USEME
- 8 Down: Wreck checker: Abbr. (4)
- NTSB
- 9 Down: U.S.N. and U.S.A.F. div. (3)
- DOD
- 10 Down: Ship with devastating cargo (8)
- ENOLAGAY
- 11 Down: Queenly (7)
- REGINAL
- 12 Down: Like some platforms (9)
- POLITICAL
- 13 Down: Engagement party? (9)
- BRIDETOBE
- 14 Down: Queenly (9)
- JUNOESQUE
- 22 Down: "Ridiculous!" (3)
- BAH
- 24 Down: Plus or minus, say (4)
- SIGN
- 25 Down: Israel Philharmonic maestro (5)
- MEHTA
- 27 Down: Après-midi follows it (5)
- MATIN
- 28 Down: Places to display cuts (9)
- MEATCASES
- 29 Down: First mate? (9)
- ALPHAMALE
- 30 Down: Intergenerational MTV reality show (9)
- DATEMYMOM
- 31 Down: Home to Mohammed V University (5)
- RABAT
- 34 Down: When William Safire worked at the White House (8)
- NIXONERA
- 35 Down: One may be Protestant (4)
- SECT
- 37 Down: Shalom Meir Tower locale (7)
- TELAVIV
- 38 Down: Entered rehab, e.g. (7)
- GOTHELP
- 40 Down: Three-day holiday (3)
- TET
- 41 Down: Not just dangerous (6)
- DEADLY
- 43 Down: Inebriate (5)
- BESOT
- 44 Down: Rival of Yastrzemski for 1960s A.L. batting titles (5)
- OLIVA
- 45 Down: Filled anew, as a flat (5)
- RELET
- 47 Down: Chess master Averbakh (4)
- YURI
- 49 Down: Hog's desire (4)
- MORE
- 52 Down: Book editor Talese (3)
- NAN
- 53 Down: CO, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
- MOL
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