Saturday Crossword — March 30, 2013 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 3/30/2013. By Gareth Bain.

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Across Answers

1 Across: In-box material for some agents (7)
SCRIPTS
8 Across: Red, white and blue group (7)
TEAMUSA
15 Across: Stock pantomime character (7)
PIERROT
16 Across: Decorative server (7)
SAMOVAR
17 Across: Ahead (7)
INSTORE
18 Across: Wise words (7)
PROVERB
19 Across: Prefix with car (3)
ECO
20 Across: Boglike (4)
MIRY
22 Across: Puts one's foot down (6)
TREADS
23 Across: A cyclone is a big one (3)
LOW
24 Across: Wisconsin port (7)
KENOSHA
26 Across: Bad start? (3)
MIS
27 Across: Put to work (8)
UTILIZED
32 Across: Writer of the lines "Pigeons on the grass alas. / Pigeons on the grass alas" (5)
STEIN
35 Across: "The Mikado" weapon (4)
SNEE
36 Across: Emperor who built the Domus Aurea (4)
NERO
37 Across: Gerontologist's study (15)
THEAGINGPROCESS
40 Across: You might hear a children's song in one (4)
LILT
41 Across: Some fairy story villains (4)
HAGS
42 Across: Dispatch (5)
HASTE
43 Across: Watching the big game, say (8)
ONSAFARI
45 Across: Army missions (3)
OPS
46 Across: Like Rome, it's said (7)
ETERNAL
48 Across: Blue, in a way: Abbr. (3)
DEM
51 Across: Defiant response (6)
MAKEME
55 Across: Skating spot, maybe (4)
LAKE
56 Across: Symbol of elasticity, in economics (3)
ETA
57 Across: Paper work (7)
ORIGAMI
59 Across: Server of food that may be steamed, fried or raw (7)
CLAMBAR
61 Across: Went in tandem? (7)
PEDALED
62 Across: Many are found on beaches (7)
RESORTS
63 Across: Gets down (7)
SADDENS
64 Across: Nonsense (7)
EYEWASH

Down Answers

1 Down: Door-to-door delivery (5)
SPIEL
2 Down: Important part of mayo (5)
CINCO
3 Down: Plant more crops in (5)
RESOW
4 Down: N.Y.C. line (3)
IRT
5 Down: Alpha senior? (8)
PROMKING
6 Down: One side in the Revolutionary War (6)
TORIES
7 Down: Serious (5)
STERN
8 Down: Common 31-Down: Abbr. (3)
TSP
9 Down: Saltier (8)
EARTHIER
10 Down: Neither good nor evil (6)
AMORAL
11 Down: Dance element (4)
MOVE
12 Down: Iris's location (4)
UVEA
13 Down: Orangish gem (4)
SARD
14 Down: Wall St. manipulators (4)
ARBS
21 Down: 1968 #2 hit with the lyric "My love for you is way out of line" (9)
YOUNGGIRL
25 Down: Dance elements (5)
STEPS
26 Down: Mustang competitor (5)
MIATA
28 Down: Inti worshipers (5)
INCAS
29 Down: End of a dictionary (4)
ZEES
30 Down: At one time in the past? (4)
ERST
31 Down: Prescribed amount (4)
DOSE
32 Down: Town in '44 headlines (4)
STLO
33 Down: Gracile (4)
THIN
34 Down: Ones unable to swim straight? (4)
EELS
35 Down: Bag (5)
SNARE
38 Down: "Kiss Me, Kate" song (8)
IHATEMEN
39 Down: "Gimme a break!" (8)
OHPLEASE
44 Down: XX (6)
FEMALE
45 Down: Annie once played by Ethel Merman (6)
OAKLEY
47 Down: Iridescent material (5)
NACRE
48 Down: Messing around on TV? (5)
DEBRA
49 Down: Members of les Nations Unies (5)
ETATS
50 Down: Reed section? (5)
MARSH
51 Down: Items in buckets (4)
MOPS
52 Down: Forte (4)
AREA
53 Down: Privateer who captained the Blessed William (4)
KIDD
54 Down: Quaint shout (4)
EGAD
58 Down: They may be checked at an airport (3)
IDS
60 Down: Part of a barn (3)
MOW

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