Saturday Crossword — May 10, 2014 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 5/10/2014. By Barry C. Silk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Prop for Kermit the Frog (5)
- BANJO
- 6 Across: It's big in the suburbs (9)
- MCMANSION
- 15 Across: Kind of acid (5)
- OLEIC
- 16 Across: Something you shouldn't knock? (9)
- CRAZYBONE
- 17 Across: What dots may represent (5)
- TOWNS
- 18 Across: "Stay cool!" (9)
- DONTPANIC
- 19 Across: ___ mix (4)
- CHEX
- 20 Across: Ready to play, with "up" (4)
- CUED
- 21 Across: N.F.L. stat: Abbr. (3)
- INT
- 22 Across: ___ pants (5)
- HAREM
- 24 Across: Source of the phrases "cakes and ale" and "milk of human kindness": Abbr. (4)
- SHAK
- 25 Across: Belize native (4)
- MAYA
- 26 Across: What "II" or "III" may indicate (6)
- SEQUEL
- 28 Across: Profession of Clementine's father in "Oh My Darling, Clementine" (5)
- MINER
- 29 Across: R.A.F. award (3)
- DSO
- 32 Across: Shrimp (4)
- RUNT
- 33 Across: Small job for a gardener? (6)
- BONSAI
- 34 Across: Noble one (7)
- RAREGAS
- 36 Across: Spelunker's aid (7)
- LANTERN
- 37 Across: High (6)
- ELATED
- 38 Across: Something cited in a citation (4)
- WORK
- 39 Across: Suffix with transcript- (3)
- ASE
- 40 Across: Über ___ (5)
- ALLES
- 41 Across: Origin of the word "behemoth" (6)
- HEBREW
- 43 Across: Architect ___ van der Rohe (4)
- MIES
- 44 Across: Knockout (4)
- BABE
- 45 Across: Where Chekhov lived and Tolstoy summered (5)
- YALTA
- 49 Across: Big Apple ave. (3)
- LEX
- 50 Across: Half of a matched set (4)
- HERS
- 51 Across: Inadequate (4)
- POOR
- 52 Across: Girl in "The Music Man" with a floral name (9)
- AMARYLLIS
- 55 Across: Nil (5)
- ZIPPO
- 56 Across: Desktop item (9)
- NAMEPLATE
- 57 Across: Elite unit (5)
- ATEAM
- 58 Across: Capital on the Raccoon River (9)
- DESMOINES
- 59 Across: Something from the oven (5)
- PIZZA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Mangle (5)
- BOTCH
- 2 Down: ___ Tower (Pacific landmark) (5)
- ALOHA
- 3 Down: More green (5)
- NEWER
- 4 Down: Spelling problems? (6)
- JINXES
- 5 Down: Brass maker: Abbr. (3)
- OCS
- 6 Down: Year that Chaucer died (3)
- MCD
- 7 Down: It follows a pattern (7)
- CROCHET
- 8 Down: Stick (6)
- MANUAL
- 9 Down: 2001-05 Pontiac made in Mexico (5)
- AZTEK
- 10 Down: Org. in 1950s-'60s TV's "Naked City" (4)
- NYPD
- 11 Down: Govt. lender (3)
- SBA
- 12 Down: Where Syracuse is a port (9)
- IONIANSEA
- 13 Down: Elderly (9)
- ONINYEARS
- 14 Down: Relative of ocher (9)
- NECTARINE
- 23 Down: Where many accidents occur (6)
- MERGES
- 24 Down: Lies out (4)
- SUNS
- 25 Down: Philadelphia tourist attraction (4)
- MINT
- 27 Down: Target of a squat, for short (4)
- QUAD
- 28 Down: 1960s dance, with "the" (6)
- MONKEY
- 29 Down: State of sleep (9)
- DREAMLAND
- 30 Down: Student loan source, familiarly (9)
- SALLIEMAE
- 31 Down: Third-year hurdles, for some (9)
- ORALEXAMS
- 33 Down: 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate (4)
- BARR
- 35 Down: Lycée breaks (4)
- ETES
- 36 Down: Temporal ___ (4)
- LOBE
- 38 Down: It may come with a cookie (7)
- WEBSITE
- 41 Down: Kentucky county in a 1976 Oscar-winning documentary (6)
- HARLAN
- 42 Down: Forest ranger? (6)
- WAPITI
- 44 Down: Melvin who was called "The King of Torts" (5)
- BELLI
- 46 Down: Ruy ___ (chess opening) (5)
- LOPEZ
- 47 Down: Relative of ocher (5)
- TOPAZ
- 48 Down: Something from the oven (5)
- AROMA
- 50 Down: Shot deliverer (4)
- HYPO
- 53 Down: Radiation unit (3)
- REM
- 54 Down: French possessive (3)
- SES
- 55 Down: Use a laser on (3)
- ZAP
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