Tuesday Crossword — February 12, 2013 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/12/2013. By Dan Schoenholz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rocky outcrop (4)
CRAG
5 Across: ___ Ness (4)
LOCH
9 Across: Self-mover's rental (5)
UHAUL
14 Across: "Bloody" (4)
RARE
15 Across: Ship-to-ship call (4)
AHOY
16 Across: Irritable (5)
TESTY
17 Across: "Picnic" playwright William (4)
INGE
18 Across: Circumstance's partner (4)
POMP
19 Across: Earns (5)
MAKES
20 Across: 1991 film that earned John Singleton a Best Director nomination (12)
BOYZNTHEHOOD
23 Across: NBC fixture since '75 (3)
SNL
24 Across: In addition (3)
TOO
25 Across: U.S.N. rank (3)
ENS
26 Across: Train alternative (3)
BUS
29 Across: What a blind man mistakes for a snake, in a fable (13)
ELEPHANTTRUNK
33 Across: Twisty turn (3)
ESS
34 Across: "Gloria in Excelsis ___" (3)
DEO
35 Across: Shoppe sign word (4)
OLDE
36 Across: Begins to pursue vigorously (5)
HASAT
39 Across: Wander (about) (3)
GAD
40 Across: Part of a shirt that may develop a hole (5)
ELBOW
41 Across: Callers of strikes and balls (4)
UMPS
42 Across: Prefix with cycle or city (3)
TRI
43 Across: Night before (3)
EVE
44 Across: Test at a football tryout (13)
FORTYYARDDASH
48 Across: Cook in oil (3)
FRY
49 Across: ___ Arbor, Mich. (3)
ANN
50 Across: Lend a hand (3)
AID
51 Across: Nosh (3)
EAT
54 Across: Singer of the 1975 #1 hit "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (12)
FREDDYFENDER
57 Across: Like some bears (5)
POLAR
60 Across: Lucy's husband or son (4)
DESI
61 Across: Shrek, e.g. (4)
OGRE
62 Across: San Antonio landmark, with "the" (5)
ALAMO
63 Across: Mont Blanc, par exemple (4)
ALPE
64 Across: Artery's counterpart (4)
VEIN
65 Across: Keep for another three weeks, say, as a library book (5)
RENEW
66 Across: Like some batteries (4)
DEAD
67 Across: "I hate to break up ___" (4)
ASET

Down Answers

1 Down: Nursery sights (5)
CRIBS
2 Down: Went long, as a sentence (5)
RANON
3 Down: Sweater or sock pattern (6)
ARGYLE
4 Down: "Man!" (4)
GEEZ
5 Down: Portable computers (7)
LAPTOPS
6 Down: "Call on me! Call on me!" (6)
OHOHOH
7 Down: Accompany, with "with" (4)
COME
8 Down: Like Olivia Newton-John's last name (8)
HYPHENED
9 Down: Absolute maximum (6)
UTMOST
10 Down: Focus of a phrenologist (4)
HEAD
11 Down: Seek answers (3)
ASK
12 Down: Beehive State native (3)
UTE
13 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3)
LYS
21 Down: Mushroom cloud producer, in brief (5)
NTEST
22 Down: No longer fooled by (4)
ONTO
26 Down: Onion, for one (4)
BULB
27 Down: Cancel (4)
UNDO
28 Down: Twist, as facts (4)
SKEW
30 Down: Absolute minimum (5)
LEAST
31 Down: Legendary firefighter Red (5)
ADAIR
32 Down: Actors' parts (5)
ROLES
36 Down: In a ___ (indignant) (4)
HUFF
37 Down: Roman god of love (4)
AMOR
38 Down: Surprisingly agile for one's age (4)
SPRY
39 Down: Pop's pop (8)
GRANDDAD
40 Down: Dodge (5)
EVADE
42 Down: Daly of "Cagney & Lacey" (4)
TYNE
43 Down: Spiritually uplifted (7)
EDIFIED
45 Down: Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary (6)
YARROW
46 Down: Place for pampering (6)
DAYSPA
47 Down: Yard separators (6)
HEDGES
52 Down: Nest that may be found on a 1-Across (5)
AERIE
53 Down: Singer Terence ___ D'Arby (5)
TRENT
54 Down: Stardom (4)
FAME
55 Down: Edit out (4)
DELE
56 Down: Kind of lox (4)
NOVA
57 Down: Standard for the course (3)
PAR
58 Down: Bullring "Bravo!" (3)
OLE
59 Down: Office computer linkup, for short (3)
LAN

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