Tuesday Crossword — July 9, 2013 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/9/2013. By Kurt Krauss.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Polite turndown (6)
NOMAAM
7 Across: Magnum ___ (4)
OPUS
11 Across: Dallas N.B.A.'er (3)
MAV
14 Across: Jesse who pitched in a record 1,252 major-league games (6)
OROSCO
15 Across: Strike a chord (with) (8)
RESONATE
17 Across: Famous person with "B" as a 38-Across (15)
RUTHERFORDHAYES
19 Across: Songwriter Jacques (4)
BREL
20 Across: Big blood vessels (6)
AORTAS
21 Across: ... "J" as a 38-Across (9)
MARYBLIGE
26 Across: Big beer buy (4)
CASE
27 Across: Org. that encourages flossing (3)
ADA
28 Across: Texas' state tree (5)
PECAN
31 Across: Do goo (3)
GEL
32 Across: Word processing command (6)
SAVEAS
36 Across: Bullfight bulls (5)
TOROS
38 Across: See 17-, 21-, 53- and 61-Across (13)
MIDDLEINITIAL
42 Across: Rent-___ (purchasing option) (5)
TOOWN
43 Across: Westernmost capital in Continental Europe (6)
LISBON
45 Across: Six-pack muscles (3)
ABS
48 Across: Take care of (5)
SEETO
50 Across: Genesis woman (3)
EVE
51 Across: Chow ___ (4)
MEIN
53 Across: ... "E" as a 38-Across (9)
ROBERTLEE
57 Across: Texas A&M team (6)
AGGIES
60 Across: Promise product (4)
OLEO
61 Across: ... "D" as a 38-Across (15)
JOHNROCKEFELLER
67 Across: Two-player basketball game (8)
ONEONONE
68 Across: Archipelago part (6)
ISLAND
69 Across: Like some eyes and skies (3)
RED
70 Across: Blast maker of 2002 (4)
ETNA
71 Across: Tetley competitor (6)
NESTEA

Down Answers

1 Down: Neither's partner (3)
NOR
2 Down: Tulsa sch. (3)
ORU
3 Down: Witty remark (3)
MOT
4 Down: "Being There" director Hal (5)
ASHBY
5 Down: Sharp-tasting (5)
ACERB
6 Down: Gourmet mushroom (5)
MOREL
7 Down: Spanish gold (3)
ORO
8 Down: The "p" of r.p.m. (3)
PER
9 Down: Meat quality rater, for short (4)
USDA
10 Down: Artsy Manhattan neighborhood (4)
SOHO
11 Down: 2006 Whirlpool acquisition (6)
MAYTAG
12 Down: Relaxed (6)
ATEASE
13 Down: Jug or tug (6)
VESSEL
16 Down: Bust maker (4)
NARC
18 Down: Gymnast's move (4)
FLIP
21 Down: Pas' mates (3)
MAS
22 Down: Genesis man (4)
ADAM
23 Down: Sitarist Shankar (4)
RAVI
24 Down: Take up seriously, as a hobby (7)
GETINTO
25 Down: M.B.A. subj. (4)
ECON
29 Down: Seed covering (4)
ARIL
30 Down: Claim of innocence (4)
NOTI
33 Down: Summer hrs. in Somerset, N.J. (3)
EDT
34 Down: Hubbubs (4)
ADOS
35 Down: Sharp-tasting fruit (4)
SLOE
37 Down: Certain sib (3)
SIS
39 Down: Big-mouthed pitcher (4)
EWER
40 Down: Genesis son (4)
ABEL
41 Down: "A temporary insanity," per Ambrose Bierce (4)
LOVE
44 Down: At birth (3)
NEE
45 Down: Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (6)
AMAJOR
46 Down: "Out with you!" (6)
BEGONE
47 Down: Exhaled wistfully (6)
SIGHED
49 Down: O, in a phonetic alphabet (4)
OBOE
52 Down: Spanish boy (4)
NINO
54 Down: Like a leprechaun (5)
ELFIN
55 Down: Eponym for a peanut butter cup (5)
REESE
56 Down: Rings, as a church bell (5)
TOLLS
58 Down: Sea eagle (4)
ERNE
59 Down: Chimney sweep's target (4)
SOOT
62 Down: Wolf Blitzer's channel (3)
CNN
63 Down: Mauna ___ (3)
KEA
64 Down: Counterpart of long. (3)
LAT
65 Down: Baltimore-to-Phila. direction (3)
ENE
66 Down: Abbr. for the health-conscious (3)
RDA

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