Saturday Crossword — August 11, 2012 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 8/11/2012. By Josh Knapp.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: 1982 Stephen King horror film (9)
- CREEPSHOW
- 10 Across: Domain of some invasions (5)
- SCIFI
- 15 Across: Feature of some English gardens (9)
- HEDGEMAZE
- 16 Across: Poet who wrote "All pity is self-pity" (5)
- AUDEN
- 17 Across: "Talk to Her" director/screenwriter, 2002 (9)
- ALMODOVAR
- 18 Across: Papers, collectively (5)
- PRESS
- 19 Across: Sch. that Theo Huxtable attended on "The Cosby Show" (3)
- NYU
- 20 Across: Not straight (6)
- SKEWED
- 22 Across: Noted dark film star of the 1930s (4)
- TOTO
- 23 Across: Call for dinner, maybe (4)
- GONG
- 25 Across: Kinda (6)
- INAWAY
- 27 Across: Epithet for many a rapper (3)
- LIL
- 28 Across: Evasive tactic (6)
- ENDRUN
- 30 Across: Classic 1977 song with the repeated line "Let's get together and feel all right" (7)
- ONELOVE
- 32 Across: ___ Lee (3)
- ANG
- 33 Across: Marooned person's aid (8)
- FLAREGUN
- 34 Across: Shudra, for one (5)
- CASTE
- 37 Across: Dungeons & Dragons figure (3)
- ELF
- 38 Across: It might be cheating (5)
- TRYST
- 39 Across: With genuine effort (8)
- ACTIVELY
- 41 Across: U.N. observer starting in '74 (3)
- PLO
- 42 Across: Figure of speech? (7)
- PHONEME
- 43 Across: One of the 12 tribes of Israel (6)
- REUBEN
- 47 Across: Moon, in Chinese (3)
- YIN
- 48 Across: Arizona county with a national monument of the same name (6)
- NAVAJO
- 51 Across: Cutesy sign-off (4)
- XOXO
- 52 Across: Apiphobe's bane (4)
- BEES
- 54 Across: Dessert with a spoon (6)
- GELATO
- 56 Across: Save one's breath, maybe? (3)
- NOD
- 57 Across: ___-jazz (5)
- AVANT
- 59 Across: Queen with a prominent bust (9)
- NEFERTITI
- 61 Across: "King Lear" character (5)
- REGAN
- 62 Across: Likely to scar (9)
- TRAUMATIC
- 63 Across: Crackerjack (5)
- ADEPT
- 64 Across: It goes from post to post (9)
- HORSERACE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Political challenger's promise (6)
- CHANGE
- 2 Down: Trust (6)
- RELYON
- 3 Down: "King Lear" character (6)
- EDMUND
- 4 Down: It might get in the way of progress (3)
- EGO
- 5 Down: Driver's concerns, briefly (4)
- PEDS
- 6 Down: Really hot (7)
- SMOKING
- 7 Down: Retreat (5)
- HAVEN
- 8 Down: Longtime Tanglewood figure (5)
- OZAWA
- 9 Down: One on a lunar calendar? (8)
- WEREWOLF
- 10 Down: Con target (3)
- SAP
- 11 Down: Laconic (4)
- CURT
- 12 Down: School (8)
- IDEOLOGY
- 13 Down: Annual holiday with an "airing of grievances" (8)
- FESTIVUS
- 14 Down: Like a brat (8)
- INSOLENT
- 21 Down: Gender-ambiguous name (4)
- DANA
- 24 Down: Cheesy crust (6)
- GRATIN
- 26 Down: Kid-lit title character who says "I am the ruler of all that I see!" (6)
- YERTLE
- 29 Down: Not on the level (6)
- UNEVEN
- 31 Down: "The Phantom of the Opera" writer (6)
- LEROUX
- 33 Down: Stylish, in slang (3)
- FLY
- 34 Down: Largest living rodent (8)
- CAPYBARA
- 35 Down: Realized (8)
- ACHIEVED
- 36 Down: Primitive (8)
- STONEAGE
- 37 Down: Like President James K. Polk (8)
- ELEVENTH
- 40 Down: iPad read, maybe (4)
- EMAG
- 41 Down: Shape-shifting Greek sea god (7)
- PROTEUS
- 44 Down: Like a fair señorita (6)
- BONITA
- 45 Down: Not from around here (6)
- EXOTIC
- 46 Down: "Ain't gonna happen" (6)
- NODICE
- 49 Down: Former G.M. compact (5)
- ALERO
- 50 Down: Aladdin's enemy (5)
- JAFAR
- 53 Down: When repeated, [Hurry it up!] (4)
- SNAP
- 55 Down: "... a man no mightier than thyself ___": "Julius Caesar" (4)
- ORME
- 58 Down: Letters on some sticks (3)
- TNT
- 60 Down: Pitching need (3)
- TAR
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