Saturday Crossword — March 17, 2012 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 3/17/2012. By David Quarfoot.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: High clouds? (8)
- POTSMOKE
- 9 Across: Ancient pentathlon event (6)
- DISCUS
- 15 Across: Approximately .264 gallons (8)
- ONELITER
- 16 Across: Div. created in 1969 (6)
- ALEAST
- 17 Across: It gets the word out (8)
- PASYSTEM
- 18 Across: New Valentine's phrase added on Sweethearts candy in 2010 (6)
- TEXTME
- 19 Across: Prince Edward I. clock setting (3)
- AST
- 20 Across: Having an underwhelmed response (5)
- TEPID
- 22 Across: Essence (5)
- ATTAR
- 23 Across: Thought after an after-afterthought: Abbr. (4)
- PPPS
- 25 Across: Freshen (5)
- RENEW
- 27 Across: Scramble (4)
- OLIO
- 28 Across: Hot (5)
- IRATE
- 30 Across: War cry of the '60s (9)
- REBELYELL
- 32 Across: Smooth (6)
- LEGATO
- 34 Across: "The Da Vinci Code" albino (5)
- SILAS
- 35 Across: "Brokeback Mountain" director (3)
- LEE
- 36 Across: Hot dog's relative (3)
- HAM
- 38 Across: Cable inits. (3)
- TLC
- 39 Across: ___ tree (3)
- UPA
- 42 Across: "Alas!" (5)
- SOSAD
- 44 Across: Flavor (6)
- SEASON
- 46 Across: Hands-in-the-air phrase (9)
- PRAISEGOD
- 50 Across: McCarthy cohort (5)
- SNERD
- 51 Across: Big name in educational funding (4)
- PELL
- 52 Across: Spread (5)
- SOWED
- 54 Across: Birds of prey (4)
- ERNS
- 55 Across: Etiolates (5)
- PALES
- 57 Across: Incipience (5)
- ONSET
- 59 Across: Grp. involved in the Abbottabad raid (3)
- NSC
- 60 Across: Onomatopoeic game on "The Price Is Right" (6)
- PLINKO
- 62 Across: Time near the end of a time range (8)
- LATEDATE
- 64 Across: It might have a crust (6)
- PIETIN
- 65 Across: Sophocles tribute that begins "Numberless are the world's wonders ..." (8)
- ODETOMAN
- 66 Across: Language of the Afghan national anthem (6)
- PASHTO
- 67 Across: Cry from an arriving group (8)
- WEREHERE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Medicate oneself, say (8)
- POPAPILL
- 2 Down: Rampaging (8)
- ONASPREE
- 3 Down: Check that's inked, perhaps (8)
- TESTPAGE
- 4 Down: Sharp (3)
- SLY
- 5 Down: Spray (4)
- MIST
- 6 Down: Fur source (5)
- OTTER
- 7 Down: Fish of sufficient size (6)
- KEEPER
- 8 Down: Fur sources (7)
- ERMINES
- 9 Down: Slangy pronoun (3)
- DAT
- 10 Down: They're near appendices (4)
- ILEA
- 11 Down: Stock in an adult store (7)
- SEXTOYS
- 12 Down: Name-brand targets? (6)
- CATTLE
- 13 Down: Words below an eagle (6)
- USMAIL
- 14 Down: A biochemical solid (6)
- STEROL
- 21 Down: Dock, in a way (5)
- DEBIT
- 24 Down: Itinerary abbr. (3)
- STA
- 26 Down: Spring locales (5)
- WELLS
- 29 Down: Character (5)
- ETHOS
- 31 Down: Spikes (5)
- LACES
- 33 Down: Spring locales (5)
- OASES
- 37 Down: 1997 Nielsen title role (5)
- MAGOO
- 39 Down: Common admission requirement (8)
- USERNAME
- 40 Down: Actor who might grin and bare it? (8)
- PORNSTAR
- 41 Down: Director's cutoff (8)
- ANDSCENE
- 42 Down: Chorus member? (7)
- SILENTH
- 43 Down: Secrecy, with "the" (7)
- DOWNLOW
- 45 Down: Game show purchase (3)
- ANE
- 46 Down: Rare dynamic marking seen in Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony (6)
- PPPPPP
- 47 Down: Objects from everyday life (6)
- REALIA
- 48 Down: United group (6)
- ALLIES
- 49 Down: "In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice" speaker (6)
- DESADE
- 53 Down: Hold off (5)
- DETER
- 56 Down: Sketch (4)
- SKIT
- 58 Down: Department head? (4)
- TETE
- 61 Down: Conceptual art pioneer (3)
- ONO
- 63 Down: Line from Homer (3)
- DOH
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