Tuesday Crossword — November 18, 2014 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/18/2014. By Jacob McDermott.

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Across Answers

1 Across: ___-retentive (4)
ANAL
5 Across: Plane, on a radar screen (4)
BLIP
9 Across: Sarcasm (5)
SNARK
14 Across: "Swans Reflecting Elephants" painter (4)
DALI
15 Across: ___ Club (pilot's group) (4)
AERO
16 Across: Kind of butter (5)
COCOA
17 Across: Luminary among luminaries (9)
SUPERSTAR
19 Across: Like many rural roads (5)
RUTTY
20 Across: Cigarette residue (3)
ASH
21 Across: Whom "unto us" is given, in Isaiah (4)
ASON
22 Across: What dogs' tails do (3)
WAG
23 Across: Hear about (7)
LEARNOF
25 Across: Competent (7)
CAPABLE
29 Across: Stand an artist might take (5)
EASEL
30 Across: Flat out (9)
FULLSTEAM
32 Across: Champagne opening sound (3)
POP
34 Across: Novelist Anaïs (3)
NIN
35 Across: Half of an umlaut (3)
DOT
36 Across: Beyoncé and Jay Z, e.g. ... or a hint to 17-, 30-, 44- and 61-Across (11)
POWERCOUPLE
40 Across: Partner of shock (3)
AWE
42 Across: Hawaii's Mauna ___ (3)
LOA
43 Across: Link (3)
TIE
44 Across: Snooty attitude (9)
HIGHHORSE
48 Across: Low pair? (5)
SOCKS
52 Across: "Piece of cake!" (7)
ITSEASY
53 Across: Accidentally say (7)
LETSLIP
55 Across: CBS forensic series (3)
CSI
56 Across: There's one in this cleu (4)
TYPO
57 Across: ___ Khan (3)
AGA
58 Across: Wackos (5)
KOOKS
61 Across: Bodybuilder, for one (9)
MUSCLEMAN
63 Across: Pastoral composition (5)
IDYLL
64 Across: ___ cheesecake (black-and-white dessert) (4)
OREO
65 Across: Show petulance (4)
SULK
66 Across: Brawl (5)
MELEE
67 Across: PBS station behind "Live From Lincoln Center" (4)
WNET
68 Across: Certain Protestant: Abbr. (4)
EPIS

Down Answers

1 Down: Magazine agent's success (6)
ADSALE
2 Down: Feeling after a roller coaster ride (6)
NAUSEA
3 Down: Top dogs (6)
ALPHAS
4 Down: Perjurious statement (3)
LIE
5 Down: Voice in the role of Mefistofele, e.g. (5)
BASSO
6 Down: Excuse from responsibility (6)
LETOFF
7 Down: Country bordering three "-stans" (4)
IRAN
8 Down: "___ favor" (Spanish "please") (3)
POR
9 Down: Leftovers (6)
SCRAPS
10 Down: Candy bar filling (6)
NOUGAT
11 Down: One may be hard to follow (3)
ACT
12 Down: "Hogwash!" (3)
ROT
13 Down: ___ Jewelers (3)
KAY
18 Down: Became depleted (6)
RANLOW
22 Down: Waldorf salad morsel (6)
WALNUT
24 Down: Seized car, for short (4)
REPO
25 Down: Muse sometimes pictured with a book or scroll (4)
CLIO
26 Down: "Venerable" scholar of old England (4)
BEDE
27 Down: Vientiane native (3)
LAO
28 Down: First responder, for short (3)
EMT
31 Down: Last of the Mohicans in "The Last of the Mohicans" (5)
UNCAS
33 Down: First female speaker of the House (6)
PELOSI
36 Down: Cribbage score keepers (4)
PEGS
37 Down: Actor Calhoun (4)
RORY
38 Down: Energetic sort (6)
PISTOL
39 Down: Many August births (4)
LEOS
40 Down: Yellowfin tuna (3)
AHI
41 Down: Tina Fey display (3)
WIT
45 Down: Shout "Ref, are you blind?!," e.g. (6)
HECKLE
46 Down: Pain in the neck (6)
HASSLE
47 Down: Parisian palace (6)
ELYSEE
49 Down: Stop talking (6)
CLAMUP
50 Down: Capital of Rwanda (6)
KIGALI
51 Down: Hits bottom? (6)
SPANKS
54 Down: Florida tourist attraction (5)
EPCOT
56 Down: Spin of the dial or roll of the dice (4)
TURN
58 Down: Most common Korean surname (3)
KIM
59 Down: Poet's dedication (3)
ODE
60 Down: Olive of the comics (3)
OYL
61 Down: Cut (down) (3)
MOW
62 Down: Ending for Nepal (3)
ESE

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