Saturday Crossword — July 13, 2013 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 66 clues). Published 7/13/2013. By Byron Walden.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Back order? (6)
REMAND
7 Across: Main means of defense? (8)
SQUIDINK
15 Across: First city bombed in W.W. II's Baedeker Blitz (6)
EXETER
16 Across: Opted to duck (8)
PUNTEDON
17 Across: 1954 Audie Murphy western (6)
DESTRY
18 Across: Prom amenity (8)
LIMORIDE
19 Across: It comes with lots of extras (10)
CROWDSCENE
21 Across: "Every hero becomes a ___ at last": Emerson (4)
BORE
22 Across: W's is 74 (4)
ATNO
23 Across: Not hunched over (5)
ERECT
24 Across: Biased writing?: Abbr. (4)
ITAL
25 Across: Pounded side (3)
POI
26 Across: Scrooge's portrayer in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (5)
CAINE
27 Across: Soul (5)
ANIMA
28 Across: Pens (8)
ENCLOSES
30 Across: Jaguar, for one (6)
BIGCAT
31 Across: Classic brand in men's apparel (4)
IZOD
32 Across: Occur (4)
FALL
33 Across: Occur (6)
HAPPEN
36 Across: Christ the ___ (Rio de Janeiro landmark) (8)
REDEEMER
40 Across: Grace (5)
ADORN
41 Across: Small, round and shiny (5)
BEADY
42 Across: Letters on some overseas packages (3)
APO
43 Across: Person taking drugs (4)
MULE
44 Across: Dark green? (5)
LUCRE
45 Across: Automotive plural selected in a 2011 promotion (4)
PRII
46 Across: Court position (4)
PLEA
47 Across: They're off on casual Fridays (10)
DRESSSUITS
49 Across: ___ chicken (8)
TANDOORI
51 Across: Indignant denial (6)
IAMNOT
52 Across: Frozen treat with Alexander the Grape as one of its flavors (8)
OTTERPOP
53 Across: 2010 U.S. Open winner McDowell (6)
GRAEME
54 Across: Setting of the Levant (8)
NEAREAST
55 Across: Tito's successor as head of the Non-Aligned Movement (6)
NASSER

Down Answers

1 Down: Superman accessory (7)
REDCAPE
2 Down: Apply to (7)
EXERTON
3 Down: Of pions and kaons (7)
MESONIC
4 Down: When clocks are set back for the end of daylight saving time (5)
ATTWO
5 Down: Pi Day celebrant, perhaps (4)
NERD
6 Down: Late October to March, in West Africa (9)
DRYSEASON
7 Down: Malaria enlarges them (7)
SPLEENS
8 Down: It might be in a jam (6)
QUINCE
9 Down: Not satisfied (5)
UNMET
10 Down: Midori on ice (3)
ITO
11 Down: "White Christmas" singer, informally (9)
DERBINGLE
12 Down: Beyond silly (7)
IDIOTIC
13 Down: Obama descriptor (7)
NODRAMA
14 Down: Show reverence to, in a way (7)
KNEELAT
20 Down: Called out (5)
CRIED
26 Down: Deceive (5)
COZEN
27 Down: "Revelations" choreographer (5)
AILEY
29 Down: Expert in facial recognition? (9)
LIPREADER
30 Down: Recall reason (9)
BADDESIGN
32 Down: They may be stoked (5)
FEARS
33 Down: Jazz legend who turned the Benny Goodman Trio into the Benny Goodman Quartet (7)
HAMPTON
34 Down: Worship (7)
ADULATE
35 Down: Cornmeal mush (7)
POLENTA
36 Down: It often comes with a "Thank You" (7)
RECEIPT
37 Down: Devil dogs (7)
MARINES
38 Down: Height (7)
EPITOME
39 Down: Whoop it up (7)
ROISTER
41 Down: Unpaid mine workers (6)
BURROS
44 Down: One of two components of the drug Sinemet (5)
LDOPA
45 Down: Some athletic shoes (5)
PUMAS
48 Down: Manhattan's ___ D. Roosevelt Park (4)
SARA
50 Down: A heavy metal band may have it (3)
ORE

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