Saturday Crossword — December 13, 2014 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 12/13/2014. By James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cheeky couple? (8)
- BUTTOCKS
- 9 Across: Opposite (6)
- ACROSS
- 15 Across: Many a pickup game (8)
- ONEONONE
- 16 Across: Zero chance (6)
- NOHOPE
- 17 Across: Become ripped (8)
- LIQUORUP
- 18 Across: Needing to sit for a minute, maybe (6)
- TOOHOT
- 19 Across: Lakers commentator Lantz and others (4)
- STUS
- 20 Across: Met someone? (6)
- ARTIST
- 22 Across: Minute, briefly (3)
- LIL
- 23 Across: Caesar's predecessor? (4)
- HAIL
- 24 Across: Deliverer of thousands of monologues (4)
- LENO
- 25 Across: City known for its traffic violations (4)
- CALI
- 26 Across: See 36-Across (6)
- ORLESS
- 29 Across: Larrup (3)
- TAN
- 30 Across: Fat Tire and Full Sail (4)
- ALES
- 31 Across: Ballerina Rubinstein who commissioned Ravel's "Boléro" (3)
- IDA
- 32 Across: Business end?: Abbr. (3)
- LTD
- 34 Across: Target target? (7)
- WALMART
- 36 Across: With 26-Across, somewhat (4)
- MORE
- 37 Across: Exotic juice ingredient (4)
- ALOE
- 38 Across: Big marble (7)
- SHOOTER
- 41 Across: Thataway (3)
- YON
- 42 Across: With 54-Across, spa town on the Lahn River (3)
- BAD
- 45 Across: Bachelor's least favorite radio station? (4)
- WIFE
- 46 Across: Glace, essentially (3)
- EAU
- 48 Across: Action figure released in 1997 (6)
- GIJANE
- 50 Across: Basse-Californie, e.g. (4)
- ETAT
- 51 Across: Fashion designer Knowles, mother of Beyoncé (4)
- TINA
- 53 Across: Climbing figs. (4)
- ALTS
- 54 Across: See 42-Across (3)
- EMS
- 55 Across: Hurrier's words (6)
- IMLATE
- 57 Across: Progressives, e.g. (4)
- BLOC
- 58 Across: ___ person (6)
- PEOPLE
- 60 Across: Kangaroo Point is a suburb of it (8)
- BRISBANE
- 62 Across: Illumination indication (6)
- EUREKA
- 63 Across: Online aid for job-hunters (8)
- 64 Across: H.S. challenge with 1-to-5 scoring (6)
- APTEST
- 65 Across: Beach book, typically (8)
- EASYREAD
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Where Prokofiev's "Cinderella" premiered (7)
- BOLSHOI
- 2 Down: 1-Down wear (7)
- UNITARD
- 3 Down: 1958 #1 hit whose only lyric is its title word (7)
- TEQUILA
- 4 Down: Ruffle (6)
- TOUSLE
- 5 Down: Mackerel variety on Hawaiian menus (3)
- ONO
- 6 Down: Langston Hughes's "___ Unashamed" (4)
- CORA
- 7 Down: Small projecting ridge (5)
- KNURL
- 8 Down: Menorah's branches, e.g. (6)
- SEPTET
- 9 Down: Celery topped with peanut butter and raisins (10)
- ANTSONALOG
- 10 Down: Codger (4)
- COOT
- 11 Down: Mass-over-volume symbol (3)
- RHO
- 12 Down: "Mm-mmm!" (7)
- OOHLALA
- 13 Down: Surprise giveaway? (7)
- SPOILER
- 14 Down: What keeps order at a concert? (7)
- SETLIST
- 21 Down: Somewhat (6)
- INAWAY
- 25 Down: Derived (from) (4)
- CAME
- 27 Down: A.T.M. feature (4)
- SLOT
- 28 Down: Kebabs sold curbside, say (10)
- STREETMEAT
- 33 Down: Throw a monkey wrench into (6)
- DERAIL
- 35 Down: Anderson of sitcomdom (4)
- LONI
- 36 Down: Big name in bubbly (4)
- MOET
- 38 Down: Comics boy with the given name Scooner (7)
- SWEEPEA
- 39 Down: Modern request for contact (7)
- HITMEUP
- 40 Down: Somewhat (7)
- OFASORT
- 42 Down: Chopin dedicated one to Schumann (7)
- BALLADE
- 43 Down: Title girl in literature's "Prairie Trilogy" (7)
- ANTONIA
- 44 Down: Derive (from) (7)
- DESCEND
- 47 Down: Powerless (6)
- UNABLE
- 49 Down: Yap (6)
- JABBER
- 52 Down: Some lobbies (5)
- ATRIA
- 55 Down: Classes (4)
- ILKS
- 56 Down: Beethoven's first? (4)
- EINS
- 59 Down: 11-Down's shape (3)
- PEE
- 61 Down: Hit high in the air (3)
- SKY
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