Saturday Crossword — May 7, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 5/7/2011. By Tim Croce.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Best-selling jogging advocate (7)
JIMFIXX
8 Across: Most convenient section of a parking garage, usually (6)
LEVELA
14 Across: Size of about 16 tennis courts (7)
ONEACRE
15 Across: Green light for un hombre (7)
SISENOR
16 Across: 1963 and 1996 treaty topic (7)
TESTBAN
17 Across: Fiber optics field (7)
TELECOM
18 Across: Where to see spots (3)
TVS
19 Across: They're shortsighted (6)
MYOPES
21 Across: Some Asian fighters (4)
ROKS
22 Across: Olympic gold-medal pentathlete Lehtonen (4)
EERO
24 Across: "___ turn up" (4)
ITLL
26 Across: Cracked (3)
MAD
27 Across: Sole supporter? (9)
DRSCHOLLS
31 Across: Somewhat (5)
AMITE
33 Across: Unlike the opera "Wozzeck" (5)
TONAL
34 Across: Psychotherapist's concern (6)
TRAUMA
35 Across: Like scuba tanks, typically (7)
STRAPON
38 Across: Restrain (7)
TRAMMEL
39 Across: Show some fear (6)
QUIVER
40 Across: 16-Across concern, briefly (5)
HBOMB
41 Across: You might have to fight them (5)
URGES
42 Across: Barbecue side dish (9)
BEANSALAD
46 Across: Hollywood's Lee (3)
ANG
47 Across: Kind of defense (4)
ORAL
49 Across: Main campus site of the University of the South Pacific (4)
SUVA
50 Across: Zip across Corsica? (4)
RIEN
52 Across: Big money maker (6)
USMINT
56 Across: A number of perfect people? (3)
TEN
57 Across: Not clear (7)
INDOUBT
59 Across: Postal activity (7)
ROUTING
61 Across: What an Arabian may command (7)
STUDFEE
62 Across: Designer with the Night of Fancy fragrance (7)
ANNASUI
63 Across: Joins the bandwagon? (6)
HOPSON
64 Across: Kiss, e.g. (7)
QUARTET

Down Answers

1 Down: Like many barely legible notes (6)
JOTTED
2 Down: Slight reaction? (6)
INEVER
3 Down: Lead-in to multiple last names (6)
MESSRS
4 Down: Waist-ful? (3)
FAT
5 Down: Titan, e.g. (4)
ICBM
6 Down: Aid in finding a break (4)
XRAY
7 Down: Strange beginning? (4)
XENO
8 Down: Von Trapp girl who's "sixteen going on seventeen" (5)
LIESL
9 Down: What an issei might enroll in: Abbr. (3)
ESL
10 Down: Fork (off) (4)
VEER
11 Down: Lofty praise (8)
ENCOMIUM
12 Down: Show-off's shout (8)
LOOKATME
13 Down: Fighter jets might be in it (8)
ARMSDEAL
15 Down: Leaves alone, in a way (5)
STETS
20 Down: Tab (4)
PILL
23 Down: Jump on a staff, maybe (6)
OCTAVE
25 Down: They moved to St. Louis in '95 (6)
LARAMS
28 Down: "Fingers crossed!" (6)
HOPESO
29 Down: ___ near (4)
ONOR
30 Down: 17-Across hookup (3)
LAN
32 Down: Deadly African tree-dwellers (6)
MAMBAS
34 Down: High-tech gadgetry suffix (4)
TRON
35 Down: Boxy (8)
SQUARISH
36 Down: Become (8)
TURNINTO
37 Down: Threw together (8)
RIGGEDUP
38 Down: Up in the air, for short (3)
TBA
40 Down: Leadership position (4)
HELM
42 Down: Wallop (5)
BASTE
43 Down: Many a troubadour (6)
LUTIST
44 Down: Way in (6)
AVENUE
45 Down: "Shoot!" (6)
DANGIT
48 Down: Blades of song and film (5)
RUBEN
51 Down: Gives a heady response? (4)
NODS
53 Down: 2000s service site (4)
IRAQ
54 Down: Bourgeois, to a Brit (4)
NONU
55 Down: Fancy Feast choice (4)
TUNA
58 Down: Sky light? (3)
UFO
60 Down: Bitumen alternative (3)
TAR

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