Saturday Crossword — October 1, 2016 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 66 clues). Published 10/1/2016. By David Woolf.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: One of a pair of cuddlers (8)
- BIGSPOON
- 9 Across: Desired response to a 3-Down (6)
- HAHAHA
- 15 Across: Handel bars (8)
- ORATORIO
- 16 Across: Bartender's stock (6)
- OLIVES
- 17 Across: Participates in quid pro quo (8)
- LOGROLLS
- 18 Across: Edward Gorey's "The Gashlycrumb ___" (6)
- TINIES
- 19 Across: In trouble for base violations? (8)
- ONREPORT
- 20 Across: 1982 international chart-topper by Trio with a repetitive title (6)
- DADADA
- 21 Across: Digits in flats, maybe (4)
- TOES
- 22 Across: Noted challenges for movers (6)
- PIANOS
- 24 Across: About 92% of britannium (3)
- TIN
- 25 Across: Start of a lawyer's conclusion (5)
- IREST
- 27 Across: Tar liquid (4)
- GROG
- 28 Across: One getting hammered (4)
- GONG
- 29 Across: Some workers along Chesapeake Bay (6)
- EELERS
- 31 Across: Roman soldier who became a Christian martyr (8)
- STGEORGE
- 33 Across: Very long span (4)
- AEON
- 35 Across: Grinder (4)
- HERO
- 36 Across: Call to someone on deck (8)
- BATTERUP
- 40 Across: Like sand dunes (6)
- RIDGED
- 44 Across: G.I. portions (4)
- MRES
- 45 Across: Symbol of happiness (4)
- CLAM
- 47 Across: Iraklion is its capital (5)
- CRETE
- 48 Across: First Chinese dynasty (3)
- XIA
- 49 Across: Relating to the abdomen (6)
- CELIAC
- 51 Across: Just those of Juan's things? (4)
- ESOS
- 52 Across: It's on track to serve people (6)
- BARCAR
- 54 Across: Showy and sudden (8)
- DRAMATIC
- 56 Across: Like live-blogged sports updates (6)
- INGAME
- 57 Across: Everything must go in it (8)
- FIRESALE
- 58 Across: Deceitful sorts (6)
- KNAVES
- 59 Across: Basic count (8)
- ONETOTEN
- 60 Across: Three-footers (6)
- EASELS
- 61 Across: Hoarder's squalor (8)
- RATSNEST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Western wear (7)
- BOLOTIE
- 2 Down: Major export of Western Australia (7)
- IRONORE
- 3 Down: Series of bloopers (7)
- GAGREEL
- 4 Down: Puts away under pressure? (10)
- STRESSEATS
- 5 Down: ___ deck (4)
- POOP
- 6 Down: ___ deck (5)
- ORLOP
- 7 Down: Where a mud engineer works (6)
- OILRIG
- 8 Down: Awful rating (7)
- NOSTARS
- 9 Down: Showboat (9)
- HOTDOGGER
- 10 Down: Billy the Kid, e.g. (5)
- ALIAS
- 11 Down: Rear (4)
- HIND
- 12 Down: Howard Hughes, for one (7)
- AVIATOR
- 13 Down: Taking seriously (7)
- HEEDING
- 14 Down: Subject of the 2013 film "The Fifth Estate" (7)
- ASSANGE
- 23 Down: Chris of CBS's "The Good Wife" (4)
- NOTH
- 26 Down: Kind of diagram (4)
- TREE
- 28 Down: Motive that makes sense (10)
- GOODREASON
- 30 Down: Spelling pro? (9)
- SORCERESS
- 32 Down: Decker or Dickerson of the N.F.L. (4)
- ERIC
- 34 Down: { }, in mathematics (4)
- NULL
- 36 Down: Off-road racer (7)
- BMXBIKE
- 37 Down: Huffington of The Huffington Post (7)
- ARIANNA
- 38 Down: March interrupter, maybe (7)
- TEARGAS
- 39 Down: Purchased (7)
- PAIDFOR
- 41 Down: Take to term (7)
- GESTATE
- 42 Down: Headliners at le Palais Garnier, e.g. (7)
- ETOILES
- 43 Down: Spelunker's activity (7)
- DESCENT
- 46 Down: Place for an anchor (6)
- MARINA
- 49 Down: Brand once advertised with the line "They never get on your nerves" (5)
- CAMEL
- 50 Down: Addition sign (5)
- CARET
- 53 Down: Give up (4)
- CAVE
- 55 Down: Subway Series squad (4)
- METS
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