Saturday Crossword — August 27, 2016 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 8/27/2016. By Jim Page.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Where to belt one down and belt one out (10)
- KARAOKEBAR
- 11 Across: Latch (onto) (4)
- GLOM
- 15 Across: Not-so-firm affirmative (10)
- IBELIEVESO
- 16 Across: Yasmina ___, two-time Tony-winning playwright (4)
- REZA
- 17 Across: Ones hitting snares (10)
- DRUMSTICKS
- 18 Across: Fabric finish? (4)
- ATOR
- 19 Across: Political pundit Perino (4)
- DANA
- 20 Across: "Qué ___?" ("How are you?": Sp.) (3)
- TAL
- 21 Across: Demanding occupations? (6)
- SITINS
- 23 Across: Means of forecasting (5)
- OMENS
- 25 Across: It may be spiked in winter (3)
- NOG
- 27 Across: Hamper (5)
- DETER
- 28 Across: Sushi order (3)
- AHI
- 30 Across: ___ Minor (4)
- URSA
- 32 Across: Owner of Flix, in brief (3)
- SHO
- 33 Across: Airhead (10)
- SPACECADET
- 37 Across: Mo. with All Saints' Day (3)
- NOV
- 38 Across: Cleans up (7)
- WINSBIG
- 39 Across: Way down in Wayne Manor (7)
- BATPOLE
- 42 Across: Relative of -ish or -ory (3)
- EAN
- 43 Across: Deliverer of the U.N. General Assembly speech "Atoms for Peace" (10)
- EISENHOWER
- 45 Across: Musician with the 2016 album "The Ship" (3)
- ENO
- 46 Across: View from the Ponte alla Carraia (4)
- ARNO
- 47 Across: On, in Orléans (3)
- SUR
- 48 Across: Lugs (5)
- TOTES
- 50 Across: Terrain maker (3)
- GMC
- 52 Across: Belt (5)
- STRAP
- 56 Across: Bandage (6)
- SWATHE
- 58 Across: Monogram for Christ (3)
- IHS
- 60 Across: Postcard printing process, for short (4)
- ROTO
- 61 Across: Essential element (4)
- PITH
- 62 Across: Essential element (10)
- SINEQUANON
- 65 Across: Treat since 1912 (4)
- OREO
- 66 Across: Popular ice pop (10)
- CREAMSICLE
- 67 Across: Danny Ocean's wife (4)
- TESS
- 68 Across: Group that rejected its 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction (10)
- SEXPISTOLS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Little buddy (5)
- KIDDO
- 2 Down: Biblical name meaning "exalted father" (5)
- ABRAM
- 3 Down: Get together after school? (5)
- REUNE
- 4 Down: Often-replaced reference works (8)
- ALMANACS
- 5 Down: Suffix with Québéc (3)
- OIS
- 6 Down: Last name of a comic strip title teen (4)
- KETT
- 7 Down: Alternative to Dasani or Deer Park (5)
- EVIAN
- 8 Down: Obscure (7)
- BECLOUD
- 9 Down: Put it to (3)
- ASK
- 10 Down: ___ Sea (Bay of Whales locale) (4)
- ROSS
- 11 Down: Hibachi feature (5)
- GRATE
- 12 Down: Song lyric following "But as long as you love me so" (9)
- LETITSNOW
- 13 Down: Opening for an E.P.A. worker? (9)
- OZONEHOLE
- 14 Down: Opportunity, e.g. (9)
- MARSROVER
- 22 Down: Title princess of a comic opera (3)
- IDA
- 24 Down: Wooley of "Rawhide" (4)
- SHEB
- 26 Down: Helldiver, e.g. (5)
- GREBE
- 29 Down: Like the Arctic Ocean vis-Ã -vis the Atlantic (5)
- ICIER
- 31 Down: Set of seven countries, informally (5)
- STANS
- 33 Down: Great point (9)
- SWEETSPOT
- 34 Down: Something hammers hit (9)
- PIANOWIRE
- 35 Down: Gives a gloss (9)
- ANNOTATES
- 36 Down: Gerontologist's subject (5)
- AGING
- 40 Down: Accordingly (4)
- THUS
- 41 Down: Landscape alternative (8)
- PORTRAIT
- 44 Down: Alternative to Nytol (7)
- SOMINEX
- 46 Down: 11-Down buildup (3)
- ASH
- 49 Down: Community spirit (5)
- ETHOS
- 51 Down: Like talk, it's said (5)
- CHEAP
- 53 Down: Maker of the Pocket Fisherman and Electric Food Dehydrator (5)
- RONCO
- 54 Down: Midway, e.g. (5)
- ATOLL
- 55 Down: Dixie cakes (5)
- PONES
- 57 Down: Some PC keys (4)
- ESCS
- 59 Down: One of about 1,000 in Lux. (4)
- SQMI
- 63 Down: Severe soreness (3)
- IRE
- 64 Down: ___ Midway (3)
- USS
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