Saturday Crossword — November 19, 2016 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 11/19/2016. By Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Skated on thin ice (8)
- RANARISK
- 9 Across: Scrap (5)
- SETTO
- 14 Across: Blips (9)
- ANOMALIES
- 16 Across: Square (5)
- UNHIP
- 17 Across: Title for the leader of Chile or South Korea (15)
- MADAMEPRESIDENT
- 19 Across: Blip on a radar screen (5)
- PLANE
- 20 Across: Miss, abroad: Abbr. (4)
- SRTA
- 21 Across: His gravestone says simply "PLAYWRIGHT" (4)
- INGE
- 22 Across: Counterpart to 24-Across (4)
- YANG
- 24 Across: Counterpart to 22-Across (3)
- YIN
- 25 Across: It's a must (4)
- NEED
- 26 Across: Precursor of rocksteady (3)
- SKA
- 28 Across: Org. featured in 2014's "Cesar Chavez" (3)
- UFW
- 30 Across: Dish made with mayo (4)
- SLAW
- 32 Across: Former minority whip in both the House and Senate (4)
- LOTT
- 34 Across: It seeks pledges annually (4)
- FRAT
- 36 Across: App tappers (5)
- STYLI
- 39 Across: Like neat freaks (15)
- ULTRAFASTIDIOUS
- 42 Across: Hindi for "palace" (5)
- MAHAL
- 43 Across: "A storm's a-brewin'" (4)
- UHOH
- 44 Across: Logical connector (4)
- ERGO
- 45 Across: Lady of Camelot (4)
- ENID
- 47 Across: Event requiring an S.E.C. filing (3)
- IPO
- 48 Across: Cognizance (3)
- KEN
- 49 Across: Subj. of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (4)
- PCBS
- 51 Across: Arabic patronymic part (3)
- IBN
- 53 Across: Alternative to a tap (4)
- PSST
- 56 Across: Author whose "Earth's Children" series has sold more than 45 million copies (4)
- AUEL
- 57 Across: "Paul Bunyan's toothpicks" (4)
- LOGS
- 59 Across: Italian sausage ingredient (5)
- ANISE
- 62 Across: Where East meets West? (15)
- NBAALLSTARGAMES
- 65 Across: Pronouncements (5)
- DICTA
- 66 Across: Military testing grounds and such (9)
- NOGOAREAS
- 67 Across: Had a bad feeling (5)
- ACHED
- 68 Across: High class (8)
- NOBLESSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Inclination (4)
- RAMP
- 2 Down: 39-Across, informally (4)
- ANAL
- 3 Down: Hardly a piece of cake (15)
- NODAYATTHEBEACH
- 4 Down: Name on a range (5)
- AMANA
- 5 Down: Common microwaveable dish (5)
- RAMEN
- 6 Down: Haiti's ___-Ã -Vache (3)
- ILE
- 7 Down: Doesn't toss back, say (4)
- SIPS
- 8 Down: Lead actress on TV's "Scandal" (15)
- KERRYWASHINGTON
- 9 Down: ___ juris (of legal age) (3)
- SUI
- 10 Down: Deadlock (9)
- ENDINATIE
- 11 Down: It sold for a penny at its 1851 launch (15)
- THENEWYORKTIMES
- 12 Down: Shade (5)
- TINGE
- 13 Down: Chose (5)
- OPTED
- 15 Down: Program whose prospects are looking up? (4)
- SETI
- 18 Down: Minus (4)
- SANS
- 23 Down: Lip (4)
- GUFF
- 26 Down: Subject of "How the Other Half Lives" (4)
- SLUM
- 27 Down: Rain forest nut (4)
- KOLA
- 29 Down: Mrs., abroad (4)
- FRAU
- 31 Down: Something taken in preparation for a trip (3)
- LSD
- 33 Down: Decode (9)
- TRANSLATE
- 35 Down: Old Trans Am feature (4)
- TTOP
- 37 Down: Olympic event with singles, doubles and team relay (4)
- LUGE
- 38 Down: Airs (4)
- ISON
- 40 Down: Loser of the Drama in Bahama (3)
- ALI
- 41 Down: Food chain (4)
- IHOP
- 46 Down: Salmon seasoning (4)
- DILL
- 49 Down: The Beijing Olympics mascot Jingjing, e.g. (5)
- PANDA
- 50 Down: Like some feet (5)
- CUBIC
- 52 Down: J. M. Barrie's Mr. Smee, e.g. (4)
- BOSN
- 54 Down: Katey of "Sons of Anarchy" (5)
- SAGAL
- 55 Down: Net (5)
- SNARE
- 58 Down: ___ pearls (tapioca lookalike) (4)
- SAGO
- 60 Down: A vast quantity (4)
- SEAS
- 61 Down: North Carolina motto opener (4)
- ESSE
- 63 Down: Bucko (3)
- LAD
- 64 Down: Pirate, e.g. (3)
- ROB
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