Saturday Crossword — June 18, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 6/18/2011. By Joon Pahk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Outclass one's peers? (10)
SKIPAGRADE
11 Across: Round bodies (4)
ORBS
15 Across: Stressed (10)
UNDERLINED
16 Across: Nutty stuff (4)
GORP
17 Across: Providing relief, but not a cure (10)
PALLIATIVE
18 Across: Retreat (4)
LAIR
19 Across: Flooring specialist? (10)
SPEEDDEMON
20 Across: Poetic work with an account of Ragnarok (4)
EDDA
21 Across: Right on (4)
TOAT
22 Across: "The Franchise Affair" novelist (3)
TEY
23 Across: It's about 5 mL (3)
TSP
26 Across: Pushover (6)
SOFTIE
28 Across: Numbskull (4)
BOZO
29 Across: "Too rich for my blood" (5)
IMOUT
31 Across: 1,000,000,000 years (3)
EON
32 Across: ESPN reporter Andrews (4)
ERIN
33 Across: See 7-Down (7)
PASSAGE
36 Across: Like some insurance (7)
NOFAULT
38 Across: Not at all loose (4)
PRIM
39 Across: Scottish doctor/explorer John (3)
RAE
41 Across: Teresa's home (5)
AVILA
42 Across: "Pushover" singer James (4)
ETTA
43 Across: Straight out of the dryer, perhaps (6)
RUMPLY
46 Across: Sop for aloo palak (3)
NAN
47 Across: Cost-of-living no. (3)
CPI
48 Across: Norman ___, coach in "Hoosiers" (4)
DALE
49 Across: It goes from one vessel to another (4)
AHOY
51 Across: One in 100 (10)
SENATESEAT
57 Across: Bar closing? (4)
NONE
58 Across: City on the Ohio (10)
EVANSVILLE
59 Across: ___ incline (4)
ONAN
60 Across: "Snow-Bound" setting (10)
WINTERTIDE
61 Across: Creatures with electrocytes (4)
EELS
62 Across: Spots (10)
SETSEYESON

Down Answers

1 Down: Takes night courses? (4)
SUPS
2 Down: Chip, as flint, in Britain (4)
KNAP
3 Down: Baseless (4)
IDLE
4 Down: Athlete nicknamed "O Rei" (4)
PELE
5 Down: Desiccated (4)
ARID
6 Down: "My pleasure" (6)
GLADTO
7 Down: With 33-Across, confirmation, e.g. (6)
RITEOF
8 Down: Live (7)
ANIMATE
9 Down: Religious observance (8)
DEVOTION
10 Down: Its entrance was barred with a flaming sword (4)
EDEN
11 Down: Give the twice-over? (4)
OGLE
12 Down: Ceaseless drinking or gambling, say (10)
ROADTORUIN
13 Down: Certain control freak (10)
BRIDEZILLA
14 Down: Artificial alternative to the sun (10)
SPRAYONTAN
23 Down: 1811 battle site (10)
TIPPECANOE
24 Down: Android runner, e.g. (10)
SMARTPHONE
25 Down: Like rankings (10)
POSITIONAL
26 Down: Stop: Abbr. (3)
STA
27 Down: Generative music pioneer (3)
ENO
28 Down: Wally's bro (4)
BEAV
30 Down: Sch. whose alumni constitute the Long Gray Line (4)
USMA
34 Down: [I'm not happy about this] (3)
GRR
35 Down: Brandy (8)
EAUDEVIE
37 Down: Elfin (3)
FAY
40 Down: Issuing forth (7)
EMANANT
44 Down: Largely green kingdom (6)
PLANTS
45 Down: Show (6)
LETSEE
50 Down: Impulses (4)
YENS
51 Down: Works on one's jumper, say (4)
SEWS
52 Down: "Lift ___ Voice and Sing" (old hymn) (4)
EVRY
53 Down: Group of pages (4)
SITE
54 Down: Home of the ancient Olympic games (4)
ELIS
55 Down: Author/architect Buzzi (4)
ALDO
56 Down: Romeo or Juliet (4)
TEEN

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