Saturday Crossword — August 10, 2013 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 8/10/2013. By Chris A. McGlothlin.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Title trio of a 1980 Pulitzer winner (15)
- GODELESCHERBACH
- 16 Across: One-on-one with a big shot (15)
- PRIVATEAUDIENCE
- 17 Across: Gist (15)
- SUMANDSUBSTANCE
- 18 Across: French preposition (3)
- DES
- 19 Across: "Just what I need" (5)
- GREAT
- 20 Across: Stamp purchases (5)
- PANES
- 23 Across: "Cool dad" on "Modern Family" (4)
- PHIL
- 24 Across: Hill minority: Abbr. (4)
- INDS
- 28 Across: Top honors for atletas olímpicos (4)
- OROS
- 29 Across: They're often taken on horses (4)
- BETS
- 30 Across: Happening (5)
- AFOOT
- 31 Across: "... we'll ___ a cup o' kindness ...": Burns (3)
- TAK
- 32 Across: First name in Harlem Renaissance literature (4)
- ZORA
- 33 Across: Quail (6)
- CRINGE
- 34 Across: Winged it (15)
- SPOKEOFFTHECUFF
- 37 Across: Napkin material (6)
- DAMASK
- 38 Across: Son of 30-Down (4)
- EROS
- 39 Across: "___ wise guy, eh?" (3)
- SOA
- 40 Across: Very little (of) (5)
- AHINT
- 41 Across: A quarter of acht (4)
- ZWEI
- 42 Across: Second-largest city in Nicaragua (4)
- LEON
- 43 Across: Tree-hugger? (4)
- MOSS
- 44 Across: Youthful and fresh (4)
- DEWY
- 45 Across: Longtime late-night announcer (5)
- PARDO
- 46 Across: Breakout company of 1976 (5)
- ATARI
- 48 Across: Spearfishing need (3)
- AIM
- 49 Across: Moment's notice? (15)
- ONESECONDPLEASE
- 56 Across: Vetoes (15)
- PUTSTHEKIBOSHON
- 57 Across: Some government checks (15)
- STATEASSISTANCE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: It might tell you where to get off (3)
- GPS
- 2 Down: Sch. founded by a Pentecostal preacher (3)
- ORU
- 3 Down: Turn down (3)
- DIM
- 4 Down: Dances around (6)
- EVADES
- 5 Down: Dangerous things to weave on (5)
- LANES
- 6 Down: Ballparks at J.F.K.? (4)
- ETDS
- 7 Down: Her, to Henriette (3)
- SES
- 8 Down: Grabbed some sack time (15)
- CAUGHTAFEWWINKS
- 9 Down: Self-confidence to a fault (6)
- HUBRIS
- 10 Down: Vehicular bomb? (5)
- EDSEL
- 11 Down: Romance novelist's award (4)
- RITA
- 12 Down: Looking ecstatic (8)
- BEATIFIC
- 13 Down: One of the Romneys (3)
- ANN
- 14 Down: New Deal inits. (3)
- CCC
- 15 Down: Snicker bit (3)
- HEE
- 20 Down: Home of Sanssouci Palace (7)
- POTSDAM
- 21 Down: Wind River Reservation native (7)
- ARAPAHO
- 22 Down: Hiawatha's grandmother in "The Song of Hiawatha" (7)
- NOKOMIS
- 23 Down: Philatelist's concern, briefly (4)
- PERF
- 25 Down: Clean type (7)
- NONUSER
- 26 Down: Lab growth need (7)
- DOGFOOD
- 27 Down: Designer Gabbana of Dolce & Gabbana (7)
- STEFANO
- 29 Down: Stamp purchase (4)
- BOOK
- 30 Down: Father of 38-Across (4)
- ARES
- 32 Down: Limoncello ingredient (4)
- ZEST
- 33 Down: K. J. ___, 2011 Players Championship champion (4)
- CHOI
- 35 Down: Univ. in Manhattan (8)
- KANSASST
- 36 Down: Smaller cousin of a four-in-hand? (4)
- TREY
- 41 Down: 100 bits? (6)
- ZEROES
- 42 Down: San Diego suburb (6)
- LAMESA
- 44 Down: Russian retreat (5)
- DACHA
- 45 Down: One trying to avoid a banking crisis? (5)
- PILOT
- 47 Down: Loss from a guillotine (4)
- TETE
- 48 Down: They're issued to cruisers, briefly (4)
- APBS
- 49 Down: Little chances? (3)
- OPS
- 50 Down: Fruitcake (3)
- NUT
- 51 Down: It's H-shaped (3)
- ETA
- 52 Down: First year of the Liang dynasty (3)
- DII
- 53 Down: "Kung Fu" actor Philip (3)
- AHN
- 54 Down: Part of U.S.S.R.: Abbr. (3)
- SOC
- 55 Down: Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. (3)
- ENE
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