Saturday Crossword — November 12, 2011 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 11/12/2011. By Barry C. Silk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Musical great whose grave went unmarked for nearly 150 years (6)
JSBACH
7 Across: Bombing, e.g. (8)
ACTOFWAR
15 Across: Pôrto ___, Brazil (6)
ALEGRE
16 Across: One whose crush was caped (8)
LOISLANE
17 Across: Frank (6)
WIENER
18 Across: Player of the evil Blofeld in "Never Say Never Again" (8)
VONSYDOW
19 Across: Make more efficient (10)
STREAMLINE
21 Across: All-inclusive (4)
WIDE
22 Across: All targets (6)
STAINS
23 Across: Troubled (5)
BESET
24 Across: Pulitzer-winning sports reporter Berkow (3)
IRA
27 Across: Sight-seeing need in Spain? (3)
OJO
28 Across: What a weaver may be guilty of, briefly (3)
DUI
29 Across: Inner city, e.g. (14)
CONCRETEJUNGLE
35 Across: Words of betrayal (4)
ETTU
36 Across: Cheese ___ (5)
STEAK
37 Across: Eat (4)
HAVE
39 Across: 495 (14)
CAPITALBELTWAY
42 Across: It's cut and dried (3)
HAY
43 Across: One often seen in drag (3)
BOA
44 Across: Dir. from Gramercy Park to Central Park (3)
NNE
45 Across: Stage part (5)
APRON
48 Across: One side in a 1960s civil war (6)
BIAFRA
51 Across: Record producer Talmy (4)
SHEL
52 Across: People who see what you're saying? (10)
LIPREADERS
56 Across: Didn't approve (8)
SAIDNOTO
58 Across: Some dishwashers (6)
AMANAS
59 Across: Prescription proviso (8)
ASNEEDED
60 Across: Herald (6)
RINGIN
61 Across: Quaint introduction (8)
DEARSIRS
62 Across: Picks up (6)
LEARNS

Down Answers

1 Down: Awesome parts of a Museum of Natural History display (4)
JAWS
2 Down: Cut (4)
SLIT
3 Down: See 24-Down (4)
BEER
4 Down: Georgia's ___ Scott College (5)
AGNES
5 Down: Tyra Banks, vis-à-vis "America's Next Top Model" (7)
CREATOR
6 Down: Lead-in to some royal names (10)
HERMAJESTY
7 Down: All-Star Dark of the 1950s Giants (5)
ALVIN
8 Down: Masked scavengers (5)
COONS
9 Down: Sticker on a plate (4)
TINE
10 Down: "Inglourious Basterds" org. (3)
OSS
11 Down: Boxing class (9)
FLYWEIGHT
12 Down: Relatives of arroyos (5)
WADIS
13 Down: Part of an ignitron (5)
ANODE
14 Down: Keep from drying out (5)
REWET
20 Down: 2005 Emmy winner for "ER" (6)
LIOTTA
23 Down: 17-Across supporter (3)
BUN
24 Down: With 3-Down, Bud product (3)
ICE
25 Down: Coll. elective (4)
ROTC
26 Down: Broadway acronym (4)
ANTA
28 Down: The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit (10)
DUKEOFEARL
30 Down: Place for some car fluid (9)
CUPHOLDER
31 Down: Shocker, perhaps (3)
EEL
32 Down: Al-___ (one of the names of God in Islam) (6)
JABBAR
33 Down: Grass roots development? (4)
LAWN
34 Down: Form of "John" (4)
EVAN
38 Down: Good looker? (3)
EYE
40 Down: Form of "John" (3)
IAN
41 Down: North Platte feeder (7)
LARAMIE
45 Down: Name of father-and-son world leaders (5)
ASSAD
46 Down: Period (5)
PHASE
47 Down: Palacio resident (5)
REINA
48 Down: Junkyard dog, probably (5)
BITER
49 Down: They may help people tune out conversations (5)
IPODS
50 Down: Turkish city or province (5)
ADANA
52 Down: California wine locale (4)
LODI
53 Down: Many a Lockheed Martin employee: Abbr. (4)
ENGR
54 Down: Pavement pounder (4)
RAIN
55 Down: ID theft targets (4)
SSNS
57 Down: Video game letters (3)
NES

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