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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 19, 2011

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, March 19, 2011. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

68 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

1
Lead follower
7
They make vehicles very volatile
15
Item removed before showering
16
"See!"
17
Locations for many pipes
18
Where many people fall asleep at the wheel
19
Pablo Neruda's "___ to Opposites"
20
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ..., e.g.
22
Naval inits.
23
Reason to wear earplugs
24
Underweight delivery, maybe
25
"Lemme ___!"
27
Resin used in varnishes
29
Spout
32
Keeps in order
34
Away, in a way
36
Heads off
37
Borderline fare?
38
Strategy game with disks
40
Unwilling to stay in line
41
Shot
42
Used a knight stick on?
44
It can be bought without money
45
Big ball
46
Rockling, e.g.
47
See 48-Down
50
Whence Romeo
52
Basilica di San Nicola locale
53
Cookware item with low sides
55
Carmine's cousin
57
It's between 90 and 100
58
1951 title role for Mario Lanza
59
To a very great degree
60
Shake

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Friday, March 18, 2011

across

1. Carpaccio base, maybe: RAWFISH
8. Rite aide: BESTMAN
15. "I haven't a care in the world": TRALALA
16. He succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989: AKIHITO
17. Certain committee member: SENATOR
18. Surveys, usually with negative responses: LEERSAT
19. Music genre: NEWAGE
21. Barbados, e.g.: ISLE
22. Worms cries: ACHS
25. Ulysses S. Grant was its eighth pres.: NRA
26. Refuted: BELIED
28. State sch. in Kingston: URI
29. Severely rebukes: KEELHAULS
31. What mown lawns do: REGROW
33. Wheelchair attachments: LEGRESTS
36. Home of Hampshire College: AMHERST
38. Part of an ancient procession: CHARIOT
39. Pressured: LEANEDON
41. Get rid of: DISPEL
42. Dolphin, e.g.: SEAANIMAL
44. Organizational figure: PIE
45. Strapping: BRAWNY
47. Jules Verne harpooner ___ Land: NED
48. Singer Vannelli of 1970s-'80s pop: GINO
49. "___ mouse!": EEKA
50. Flightless bird: RATITE
52. Standard with the lyric "Ain't these tears in my eyes tellin' you?": AMIBLUE
55. Smooth: IRONOUT
59. Beady-eyed and sneaky: RATLIKE
60. Criminal types: MAFIOSI
61. Was irritated and made some noise about it?: SNEEZED
62. Semiannual event: EQUINOX

down

1. Some linemen: Abbr.: RTS
2. What may be coming after you: ARE
3. Not ruddy: WAN
4. 23-Down caramel desserts: FLANS
5. "Must've been something ___": IATE
6. When there's nothing doing: SLOWNEWSDAY
7. City known as Salisbury until 1982: HARARE
8. Farm delivery: BALE
9. Accomplish by economy, with "out": EKE
10. You: Ger.: SIE
11. Games that go into overtime, say: THRILLERS
12. United States divider: MISSISSIPPI
13. "... ___ told by an idiot": Macbeth: ATALE
14. "Got it": NOTED
20. Rancor: GALL
22. Like something you've heard?: AURAL
23. See 4-Down: CREME
24. Wasted: HIGHASAKITE
26. Home to more than 5 1/2 million Arabs: BAGHDADIRAQ
27. Kind of pass: EURAIL
29. Ethnic cuisine: KOREAN
30. ___ Crighton Trophy (Canada's Heisman-like award): HEC
32. Like wind and solar energy: RENEWABLE
34. Wheel alignment: TOEIN
35. Pope with a Nov. 10 feast day: STLEO
37. Gob: TON
40. Pretty ballerina in an Abba song: NINA
43. Respite from dependents and everyone else: METIME
45. Some circus performers: BEARS
46. Bring back to full strength, as a staff: REMAN
48. Guardian spirits: GENII
50. Papyrus, e.g.: REED
51. Some soft white blocks: TOFU
53. La ___ (Hollywood nickname): LIZ
54. Marilyn Monroe played one in "Some Like It Hot": UKE
56. Suffix with bass: OON
57. Operation Mail Call grp.: USO
58. B.O. buys: TIX

Hints and full breakdown for Mar 18

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