Wednesday Crossword — September 19, 2012 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 9/19/2012. By Michael Shteyman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: ___-on-Don, Russian port of 1+ million (6)
ROSTOV
7 Across: Tycoon, informally (6)
FATCAT
13 Across: Theoretically (7)
ONPAPER
15 Across: Maryland state symbol (6)
ORIOLE
16 Across: Wassily ___, Russian-American Nobelist in Economics (8)
LEONTIEF
18 Across: Like the Kremlin (6)
ORNATE
19 Across: Comics outburst (3)
ACK
20 Across: Conservative leader? (3)
NEO
21 Across: Divulges (6)
LETSON
22 Across: Nouri al-Maliki, for one (5)
IRAQI
25 Across: Pro ___ (5)
FORMA
27 Across: Highest-rated (3)
TOP
28 Across: They may be sold by the dozen (6)
DONUTS
30 Across: Desirous look (4)
LEER
31 Across: "Third Uncle" singer (3)
ENO
32 Across: When repeated, cry after an award is bestowed (6)
SPEECH
33 Across: Alphabet run (3)
MNO
34 Across: Clay pigeon launcher (4)
TRAP
35 Across: End of the saying (9)
SHAMEONME
38 Across: Persevering, say (4)
ATIT
41 Across: Dictionnaire entry (3)
MOT
42 Across: Shade of red (6)
CERISE
46 Across: Single dose? (3)
DAT
47 Across: "Got milk?" cry, perhaps (4)
MEOW
48 Across: Cerumen (6)
EARWAX
49 Across: "For hire" org. of the 1930s (3)
WPA
50 Across: Picker-upper (5)
TONIC
52 Across: Watts in a film projector? (5)
NAOMI
53 Across: Drill instructors? (6)
OILMEN
55 Across: What may be caught with bare hands? (3)
CAB
57 Across: Treadmill setting (3)
JOG
58 Across: Half (6)
MOIETY
59 Across: It's not required (8)
ELECTIVE
62 Across: Info on a personal check: Abbr. (6)
ACCTNO
63 Across: Mandela portrayer in "Invictus," 2009 (7)
FREEMAN
64 Across: Long Island county (6)
NASSAU
65 Across: Certain race entry (6)
GOCART

Down Answers

1 Down: Product whose commercials ran for a spell on TV? (7)
ROLAIDS
2 Down: Undiversified, as a farm (7)
ONECROP
3 Down: Expo '74 locale (7)
SPOKANE
4 Down: Go for the bronze? (3)
TAN
5 Down: Go (for) (3)
OPT
6 Down: Red Cross hot line? (4)
VEIN
7 Down: Start of a four-part saying (10)
FOOLMEONCE
8 Down: Unpaid debt (6)
ARREAR
9 Down: Window treatment (4)
TINT
10 Down: Ride up and down? (7)
COASTER
11 Down: City in the Alleghenies (7)
ALTOONA
12 Down: Justin Bieber's genre (7)
TEENPOP
14 Down: Ship hazard (4)
REEF
17 Down: Part 3 of the saying (11)
FOOLMETWICE
23 Down: Search (5)
QUEST
24 Down: Intense desire (4)
ITCH
26 Down: Silver State city (4)
RENO
29 Down: Part 2 of the saying (10)
SHAMEONYOU
34 Down: Latin land (5)
TERRA
36 Down: Create an open-ended view? (4)
MOON
37 Down: Stand for (4)
MEAN
38 Down: Lady pitcher (7)
ADWOMAN
39 Down: Pudding thickener (7)
TAPIOCA
40 Down: It leans to the right (7)
ITALICS
43 Down: Setting for Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers" (7)
IWOJIMA
44 Down: Russian urn (7)
SAMOVAR
45 Down: Urgent (7)
EXIGENT
47 Down: Italian tourist attraction, in brief (6)
MTETNA
51 Down: Leg part (4)
CALF
54 Down: Team that got a new ballpark in 2009 (4)
METS
56 Down: Ship hazard (4)
BERG
60 Down: Corp. head (3)
CEO
61 Down: Sleuth, informally (3)
TEC

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