Saturday Crossword — February 11, 2017 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/11/2017. By Frederick J. Healy.

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Across Answers

1 Across: War game (8)
LASERTAG
9 Across: Short write-ups (6)
SQUIBS
15 Across: "Time was ..." (8)
USEDTOBE
16 Across: Treat eaten with a spoon (6)
SUNDAE
17 Across: 2007 N.A.A.C.P. Image Award winner for "Inside Man" (8)
SPIKELEE
18 Across: Top-notch (6)
RATEDA
19 Across: Baseball's Martinez (4)
TINO
20 Across: They're on the books (4)
LAWS
22 Across: Deducts from (5)
DOCKS
23 Across: Like a zebra's mane (5)
ERECT
25 Across: Détentes (5)
THAWS
27 Across: Language traditionally written without spaces between words (3)
LAO
28 Across: Cardinal topper (6)
REDHAT
30 Across: Wharf workers' grp. (3)
ILA
31 Across: "Nuts!" (4)
DARN
32 Across: "Holy cow!" (6)
YOWZAH
34 Across: "Her ___" ("Miss Saigon" song) (4)
ORME
35 Across: Resident of the Corn State (7)
HAWKEYE
39 Across: Challenge for a barber (7)
MOPHEAD
41 Across: Lovesickness, e.g. (4)
ACHE
42 Across: 1973 Tony nominee for "A Little Night Music" (6)
CARIOU
44 Across: Power-packed engine (4)
VTEN
45 Across: ___ comparison (3)
ASA
46 Across: Contractual problems? (6)
SPASMS
51 Across: The end of Caesar? (3)
EAN
52 Across: Barrymore and more (5)
DREWS
54 Across: Not easily moved (5)
STOIC
55 Across: E'en if (5)
ALTHO
57 Across: City on Utah Lake (4)
LEHI
59 Across: Fuss (4)
TODO
60 Across: One of two party leaders (6)
COHOST
62 Across: Browns, in a way (8)
GETSATAN
64 Across: Full circuit (6)
ONELAP
65 Across: High-rise pants and horn-rimmed glasses, say (8)
GEEKCHIC
66 Across: "Deliciously Different" sloganeer (6)
WENDYS
67 Across: "Sit tight" (8)
STAYHERE

Down Answers

1 Down: Satiny quality (6)
LUSTER
2 Down: Be a wannabe (6)
ASPIRE
3 Down: Netted, in a way (6)
SEINED
4 Down: Key figure in saving New York City from bankruptcy (6)
EDKOCH
5 Down: GPS generation: Abbr. (3)
RTE
6 Down: Something needed to raise the bar? (4)
TOLL
7 Down: Not miss ___ (5)
ABEAT
8 Down: "You don't say!" (7)
GEEWHIZ
9 Down: Old map abbr. (3)
SSR
10 Down: Squats strengthen them (5)
QUADS
11 Down: "___ a broken heart": Dickinson (4)
UNTO
12 Down: "You don't say!" (8)
IDECLARE
13 Down: Just deserts for misconduct (8)
BADKARMA
14 Down: Salted away? (8)
SEASONED
21 Down: Part of many a submarine (6)
SALAMI
24 Down: "Rent" actor Diggs (4)
TAYE
26 Down: Shouts heard at a rodeo (6)
WAHOOS
29 Down: Hot Wheels product (6)
TOYCAR
31 Down: "How stupid am I!" (3)
DOH
33 Down: Sneak (6)
WEASEL
35 Down: Flip (8)
HAVEACOW
36 Down: Have no accomplice (8)
ACTALONE
37 Down: Response to "Not now," often (8)
WHENTHEN
38 Down: Perception (3)
KEN
40 Down: Things weighed in pounds? (4)
PUPS
43 Down: Distinctive features of tamago gohan servings, in Japanese cuisine (7)
RAWEGGS
47 Down: Clip, say (6)
ATTACH
48 Down: Palliate (6)
SOOTHE
49 Down: Like some catches and crashes (6)
MIDAIR
50 Down: Keeper of the flame? (6)
SCONCE
52 Down: "Tell me more" (5)
DOSAY
53 Down: Unit of rain or ice (5)
SHEET
56 Down: Ship or plane part (4)
HOLD
58 Down: Virginia willow's genus (4)
ITEA
61 Down: Covers with some rolls (3)
TPS
63 Down: It's way over your head (3)
SKY

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