Saturday Crossword — May 19, 2012 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 5/19/2012. By Patrick Berry.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: One with a coat of many colors (9)
- CALICOCAT
- 10 Across: Asian sea name (4)
- ARAL
- 14 Across: Girl group with a 1986 #1 hit (10)
- BANANARAMA
- 15 Across: "Sì, mi chiamano ___" (Puccini aria) (4)
- MIMI
- 16 Across: Like telescopes (10)
- ASTRONOMIC
- 17 Across: The Olympic Australis, e.g. (4)
- OPAL
- 18 Across: Unlocked? (5)
- SHORN
- 19 Across: 1977 Paul Davis hit that spent 25 weeks in the Top 40 (8)
- IGOCRAZY
- 21 Across: Negligible (4)
- TINY
- 22 Across: Rubber (6)
- GALOSH
- 24 Across: Old man (3)
- POP
- 25 Across: "___ Time," 1952 million-selling Eddie Fisher hit (3)
- ANY
- 26 Across: Solitary places (5)
- JAILS
- 27 Across: ___ Humpalot, Austin Powers villain (5)
- IVANA
- 29 Across: Pro ___ (5)
- FORMA
- 30 Across: City NNE of Toledo (6)
- MADRID
- 31 Across: Game in which players offer a few words (7)
- MADLIBS
- 34 Across: Swingers hit on them at parties (7)
- PINATAS
- 35 Across: Manila airport name (6)
- AQUINO
- 36 Across: Like hurricane weather (5)
- GUSTY
- 37 Across: Punishment, metaphorically (5)
- LUMPS
- 38 Across: Bill who composed "Gonna Fly Now" (5)
- CONTI
- 39 Across: Big trap (3)
- MAW
- 42 Across: CBer's place (3)
- CAB
- 43 Across: "Clamshell" computers of old (6)
- IBOOKS
- 45 Across: Kennedy Center happening (4)
- GALA
- 46 Across: First, second and third (8)
- ORDINALS
- 48 Across: Historic D.C. theater (5)
- FORDS
- 49 Across: Beast fought by Heracles (4)
- LION
- 50 Across: Donning, as loafers (10)
- SLIPPINGON
- 53 Across: Gloom (4)
- MURK
- 54 Across: Chilling (10)
- HANGINGOUT
- 55 Across: Short winter day? (4)
- XMAS
- 56 Across: They may be heard in a temple (9)
- ORGANISTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Redeem (6)
- CASHIN
- 2 Down: Second Triumvirate member (6)
- ANTONY
- 3 Down: David with a role for himself on TV (5)
- LARRY
- 4 Down: Muscle ___ (4)
- INON
- 5 Down: Junk (3)
- CAN
- 6 Down: California's Montaña de ___ State Park (3)
- ORO
- 7 Down: Duchess of Cornwall (7)
- CAMILLA
- 8 Down: Mates (6)
- AMIGOS
- 9 Down: Dishes eaten with the hands (5)
- TACOS
- 10 Down: Topic for Catullus (4)
- AMOR
- 11 Down: Shred (8)
- RIPAPART
- 12 Down: Rain forest region (8)
- AMAZONIA
- 13 Down: Resting spots by the water (8)
- LILYPADS
- 14 Down: "Stop!" overseas (5)
- BASTA
- 20 Down: Pasta go-with (7)
- CHIANTI
- 22 Down: Four-time Oscar nominee (never a winner) in the 1930s (5)
- GARBO
- 23 Down: Motivators (4)
- AIMS
- 26 Down: Doesn't merely observe (7)
- JOINSIN
- 28 Down: Heady time for soldiers (4)
- VDAY
- 29 Down: Rapid turnover (4)
- FLIP
- 30 Down: They're hard to see through (5)
- MISTS
- 31 Down: Organization of Afro-American Unity founder (8)
- MALCOLMX
- 32 Down: School house? (8)
- AQUARIUM
- 33 Down: Comic strip that Chic Young abandoned to create "Blondie" (8)
- DUMBDORA
- 34 Down: No-goodnik (4)
- PUNK
- 36 Down: Touching bottom? (7)
- GOOSING
- 38 Down: Pet peeve? (6)
- COLLAR
- 39 Down: Herbert Henry Asquith's socialite wife (6)
- MARGOT
- 40 Down: ___ Snow, Russell Brand's character in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek" (6)
- ALDOUS
- 41 Down: "___ That a Time?" (Weavers album) (5)
- WASNT
- 44 Down: Poet credited with popularizing haiku (5)
- BASHO
- 45 Down: They may be heard in a temple (5)
- GONGS
- 47 Down: Signs (4)
- INKS
- 48 Down: Done, in Dunkirk (4)
- FINI
- 51 Down: Wanamaker Trophy org. (3)
- PGA
- 52 Down: Jewelry box item (3)
- PIN
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