Saturday Crossword — February 14, 2015 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/14/2015. By David Steinberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Language introduced in 1995 (10)
JAVASCRIPT
11 Across: Factor in force (4)
MASS
15 Across: "This is a surprise!" (10)
IHADNOIDEA
16 Across: Torts course taker, typically (4)
ONEL
17 Across: Brand that supports women? (10)
MAIDENFORM
18 Across: Major menace (4)
OGRE
19 Across: Intern (7)
ISOLATE
20 Across: Old sitcom family name (6)
PETRIE
22 Across: Scratch (3)
EKE
23 Across: Height (4)
APEX
25 Across: Be a motormouth (3)
YAP
26 Across: Bismarck-to-Billings dir. (3)
WSW
29 Across: It names an annual Sexiest Woman Alive (7)
ESQUIRE
31 Across: "Ten Days in a Mad-House" muckraker (3)
BLY
32 Across: Hankered (5)
ACHED
34 Across: Hankering (4)
URGE
35 Across: Trap locale (4)
PIPE
36 Across: Counterpart of "to" (4)
FROM
37 Across: Talked bull? (5)
MOOED
38 Across: 2004 film featuring Paris (4)
TROY
39 Across: Gangsters' counterparts, informally (4)
FEDS
40 Across: Overseas alternative? (4)
OTRO
41 Across: Man on a mission, maybe (5)
PADRE
42 Across: Michele of "Glee" (3)
LEA
43 Across: Mother of Richard I (7)
ELEANOR
45 Across: Abbr. after "Rev." or before "dev." (3)
STD
46 Across: Head doc? (3)
ENT
47 Across: Cab and others (4)
REDS
48 Across: Sparks in old films (3)
NED
50 Across: Blunts, e.g. (6)
CIGARS
52 Across: Big name in scales (7)
DETECTO
56 Across: Like many works with "To" in their titles (4)
ODIC
57 Across: What's a big hit with the school board? (10)
KARATECHOP
60 Across: It's to be expected (4)
NORM
61 Across: Treat with pudding and graham crackers (10)
ICEBOXCAKE
62 Across: ___ Style Awards (4)
ELLE
63 Across: They have an infamous gap (10)
NIXONTAPES

Down Answers

1 Down: 2010 New York Times best seller subtitled "Sounds Like a Rainbow" (4)
JIMI
2 Down: Sounds accompanying light bulbs? (4)
AHAS
3 Down: Big name in laptops (4)
VAIO
4 Down: Knock for a loop (5)
ADDLE
5 Down: Emulated a cat burglar (7)
SNEAKED
6 Down: Short, imaginative tales (6)
CONTES
7 Down: Chockablock (4)
RIFE
8 Down: Words before a major pronouncement (3)
IDO
9 Down: Rate word (3)
PER
10 Down: Fooled (with) (8)
TAMPERED
11 Down: Subject to dispute (4)
MOOT
12 Down: Top-selling app of 2010 (10)
ANGRYBIRDS
13 Down: Where a techie hooks up (10)
SERIALPORT
14 Down: About to crash, apparently (10)
SLEEPYEYED
21 Down: Application suffix (3)
EXE
23 Down: Free light shows (7)
AURORAS
24 Down: Con victim (6)
PIGEON
26 Down: Parlor product made with an iron (10)
WAFFLECONE
27 Down: Cary Grant or Betty Grable (10)
SCREENIDOL
28 Down: 2011 Flo Rida hit with the lyric "She ain't no rock star, but she got groupies" (10)
WHODATGIRL
30 Down: Like Confucius, often (6)
QUOTED
33 Down: "Mamma Mia" quartet (3)
EMS
35 Down: Grp. with the slogan "Every child. One voice" (3)
PTA
37 Down: Fabric used in adhesive pads (8)
MOLESKIN
41 Down: Excuse (7)
PRETEXT
43 Down: Go too far, e.g. (3)
ERR
44 Down: Like some pickups (6)
ONETON
49 Down: Classic record label that rejected the Beatles with the comment "Groups with guitars are on the way out" (5)
DECCA
51 Down: Height (4)
ACME
52 Down: Olivia who won a Razzie for "Bolero" and "Conan the Destroyer" (4)
DABO
53 Down: Mate (4)
CHAP
54 Down: Blunt hit (4)
TOKE
55 Down: Exposes, old-style (4)
OPES
58 Down: Handel's "___, Galatea e Polifemo" (3)
ACI
59 Down: "Toy Story" dinosaur (3)
REX

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