Saturday Crossword — September 10, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/10/2011. By David Quarfoot.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Only song on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list that is not sung in English (7)
LABAMBA
8 Across: Midweek (7)
HUMPDAY
15 Across: Unitedly (7)
ASATEAM
16 Across: See (7)
OBSERVE
17 Across: Humor (7)
CATERTO
18 Across: Goes back and forth, in a way (7)
TOGGLES
19 Across: Bread pudding ingredient (3)
EGG
20 Across: Subject on a wanted poster (7)
LOSTCAT
22 Across: NPR's Shapiro (3)
ARI
23 Across: "A God in Ruins" novelist (4)
URIS
25 Across: Man of steel? (5)
ROBOT
26 Across: Gridiron cues (4)
HUTS
27 Across: Reduces (5)
PARES
29 Across: Country music's ___ Brown Band (3)
ZAC
30 Across: Line up (5)
AGREE
31 Across: Shady, say (6)
SYLVAN
33 Across: Frequently disputed court call? (8)
ROEVWADE
35 Across: Map abbr. (4)
ELEV
37 Across: First name in auto racing (4)
ARIE
38 Across: Transfer (8)
SIGNOVER
42 Across: Concedes (6)
ALLOWS
46 Across: Island near Ayr (5)
ARRAN
47 Across: It ended in 1947 (3)
RAJ
49 Across: Welcome to paradise? (5)
ALOHA
50 Across: Tower (4)
LOOM
51 Across: Charybdis, e.g. (5)
NAIAD
53 Across: Source of some highly prized 19-Acrosses (4)
SHAD
54 Across: 1940s-'60s world leader (3)
UNU
55 Across: Where one's head is (7)
MINDSET
57 Across: Robitaille of the N.H.L. (3)
LUC
58 Across: #1 in sports (7)
TOPSEED
60 Across: Northern air (7)
OCANADA
62 Across: Sometimes-banned work (7)
EROTICA
63 Across: State of anarchy (7)
NORULES
64 Across: Misters abroad (7)
SENORES
65 Across: Setting of many plots (7)
XYPLANE

Down Answers

1 Down: Some boots (7)
LACEUPS
2 Down: Name on the highest award of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (7)
ASAGRAY
3 Down: Diamond handler? (7)
BATGIRL
4 Down: Had (3)
ATE
5 Down: Keyboardist Saunders who played with the Grateful Dead (4)
MERL
6 Down: Mongolian for "hero" (5)
BATOR
7 Down: "A Perfect Peace" novelist (6)
AMOSOZ
8 Down: Drink in a mug (8)
HOTCOCOA
9 Down: Wolf pack member (5)
UBOAT
10 Down: U.S.M.C. E-8 (4)
MSGT
11 Down: Tuning device (3)
PEG
12 Down: "Stop Whining, Start Living" author (7)
DRLAURA
13 Down: Turned away (7)
AVERTED
14 Down: "That is clear" (7)
YESISEE
21 Down: Boarder's aid (4)
TBAR
24 Down: Rising time, for some (7)
SEVENAM
26 Down: Writer on whose work Woody Allen's "Sleeper" is loosely based (7)
HGWELLS
28 Down: Setting for a set (5)
SALON
30 Down: Basilica de San Vicente setting (5)
AVILA
32 Down: Home of Pyramid Lake: Abbr. (3)
NEV
34 Down: Christian ___ (3)
ERA
36 Down: Balustraded locales, often (8)
VERANDAS
38 Down: Honors (7)
SALUTES
39 Down: Major export of Brazil and Australia (7)
IRONORE
40 Down: Marketing giant with a portmanteau name (7)
GROUPON
41 Down: Bust (4)
RAID
43 Down: "Hot!" (7)
OOHLALA
44 Down: "Poetry makes nothing happen" writer (7)
WHAUDEN
45 Down: It's unfortunate (7)
SADCASE
48 Down: 2002 horror sequel (6)
JASONX
51 Down: Many an heiress (5)
NIECE
52 Down: Lure (5)
DECOY
55 Down: Bergman's last role (4)
MEIR
56 Down: Response to the '08 financial crisis (4)
TARP
59 Down: Pou ___ (vantage point) (3)
STO
61 Down: Void: Fr. (3)
NUL

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