Saturday Crossword — May 23, 2015 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 5/23/2015. By Peter Wentz.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Reputation ruiner (10)
- HATCHETJOB
- 11 Across: Some docents' degs. (4)
- MFAS
- 15 Across: "A likely story ..." (10)
- YEAHIMSURE
- 16 Across: 2012 political thriller (4)
- ARGO
- 17 Across: Touching of noses (10)
- ESKIMOKISS
- 18 Across: Like some Crayola crayons (4)
- NEON
- 19 Across: "O Sanctissima," e.g. (4)
- NOEL
- 20 Across: Deep-fried pub dish (9)
- SCOTCHEGG
- 22 Across: Not together (6)
- APIECE
- 25 Across: All together (6)
- ENBLOC
- 26 Across: Certain breakthroughs (4)
- AHAS
- 28 Across: "False, false, false!" (6)
- YOULIE
- 31 Across: Place to build theater sets (9)
- SCENESHOP
- 36 Across: Something to keep a watch on (5)
- WRIST
- 37 Across: ___ screen (drug test) (3)
- TOX
- 38 Across: Used as a base (7)
- STOODON
- 40 Across: Map abbr. (3)
- MTS
- 41 Across: Maude's cousin on 1970s TV (5)
- EDITH
- 43 Across: Certain gofer (9)
- OFFICEBOY
- 45 Across: "It's Not for Me to Say" crooner (6)
- MATHIS
- 47 Across: Stumbling block (4)
- SNAG
- 48 Across: "My Fair Lady" lyricist (6)
- LERNER
- 51 Across: Swedish coins (6)
- KRONOR
- 55 Across: Wager (9)
- PLACEABET
- 58 Across: Sushi bar supply (4)
- TUNA
- 59 Across: Solution for poor eyesight? (4)
- RENU
- 60 Across: Form of xeriscaping (10)
- ROCKGARDEN
- 63 Across: Certain wager (4)
- OVER
- 64 Across: Night game requirement (10)
- FLOODLIGHT
- 65 Across: Learned (4)
- WISE
- 66 Across: Takes the edge off? (10)
- SANDPAPERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Member of a den (5)
- HYENA
- 2 Down: "Slow and steady wins the race" source (5)
- AESOP
- 3 Down: "To the Stars" autobiographer (5)
- TAKEI
- 4 Down: Peso spender (7)
- CHILEAN
- 5 Down: "Get ___!" (3)
- HIM
- 6 Down: Overly sensitive, informally (3)
- EMO
- 7 Down: Clucks (4)
- TSKS
- 8 Down: Power, so to speak (5)
- JUICE
- 9 Down: Mork's supervisor on "Mork & Mindy" (5)
- ORSON
- 10 Down: Words before a date (6)
- BESTBY
- 11 Down: Ergonomics unit (7)
- MANHOUR
- 12 Down: Ascent without assistance (9)
- FREECLIMB
- 13 Down: Keen (4)
- AGOG
- 14 Down: Part of a countdown (4)
- SONG
- 21 Down: Hollowed-out comedic prop (8)
- CLOWNCAR
- 23 Down: County of Lewis Carroll's birth (8)
- CHESHIRE
- 24 Down: One side in the annual Shrine Game (4)
- EAST
- 27 Down: Wave off (4)
- SHOO
- 29 Down: Colon, on a test (4)
- ISTO
- 30 Down: Modern collection of vendors (4)
- ETSY
- 31 Down: ___ fields (4)
- STEM
- 32 Down: Led Zeppelin's final studio album, appropriately (4)
- CODA
- 33 Down: You might move over for them on the highway (9)
- EXITLANES
- 34 Down: "That's gotta hurt" (3)
- OOF
- 35 Down: Some email attachments (4)
- PDFS
- 39 Down: Word repeated before "here," in song (4)
- OINK
- 42 Down: "Friday I'm in Love" band, 1992 (7)
- THECURE
- 44 Down: Retweeting of rave reviews, possibly (7)
- EGOTRIP
- 46 Down: Gobbles (6)
- SNARFS
- 49 Down: What fruit bats can carry (5)
- EBOLA
- 50 Down: Drone's work, maybe (5)
- RECON
- 52 Down: Gentle reminder (5)
- NUDGE
- 53 Down: Common show time: Abbr. (5)
- ONEHR
- 54 Down: Philippics (5)
- RANTS
- 55 Down: Figurehead locale (4)
- PROW
- 56 Down: Founder of one of the 12 tribes of Israel (4)
- LEVI
- 57 Down: Having thrown in the towel, maybe (4)
- TKOD
- 61 Down: Natl. figure (3)
- GDP
- 62 Down: Lead-in to a chef's name (3)
- ALA
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