ALL EARS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/10/1990. By Alfio Micci.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Con game (4)
SCAM
5 Across: Mighty mite in a computer (4)
CHIP
9 Across: Withheld (4)
KEPT
13 Across: Kitchen ender (4)
ETTE
17 Across: Ancient Greek flask (4)
OLPE
18 Across: Mozart portrayer in "Amadeus" (5)
HULCE
20 Across: Structural bar (5)
IRAIL
22 Across: Center (4)
CORE
23 Across: Fleet V.I.P.'s (10)
REARADMIRALS
25 Across: Movie star of the 30's (10)
NORMASHEARER
27 Across: In a pleasant manner (8)
GENIALLY
28 Across: Dated (5)
PASSE
30 Across: Ideate (5)
THINK
31 Across: Dress material (7)
ORGANDY
32 Across: Residue (3)
ASH
33 Across: Spare (4)
LEAN
34 Across: Ess follower (3)
TEE
35 Across: Veranda (5)
LANAI
37 Across: Dispatch (7)
SENDOFF
40 Across: Approached (4)
NEARED
42 Across: Fade-out (11)
DISAPPEARANCE
44 Across: Kind of seal (3)
EARED
46 Across: Not so much (4)
LESS
47 Across: Honshu city (4)
SETO
48 Across: Fay of old flicks (4)
WRAY
49 Across: Kirghiz range (4)
ALAI
50 Across: Scamp (3)
IMP
51 Across: Reconnaissance groups (11)
SEARCHPARTIES
55 Across: "___ of robins . . . ": Kilmer (5)
ANEST
56 Across: Cunégonde's creator (8)
VOLTAIRE
58 Across: Suit material (5)
SERGE
59 Across: Survives (6)
EXISTS
60 Across: Satiric twist (5)
IRONY
61 Across: Henry IV's birthplace (3)
PAU
62 Across: States of pique (5)
SNITS
63 Across: Student's action re electives (6)
OPTING
65 Across: Folk-rock singer Jim (5)
CROCE
67 Across: Certain barren area (8)
BADLANDS
70 Across: Please, in Bonn (5)
BITTE
71 Across: Fairy-tale title (11)
THETHREEBEARS
73 Across: "___ tu," Verdi aria (3)
ERI
74 Across: Composer Siegmeister (4)
ELIE
75 Across: Hawthorne's "The Marble ___" (4)
FAUN
76 Across: Cambodian neighbor (4)
LAOS
77 Across: Godunov, e.g. (4)
TSAR
78 Across: Itch (3)
YEN
79 Across: Christina Crawford book (11)
MOMMIEDEAREST
83 Across: Sanguine (4)
ROSY
84 Across: Bypasses (7)
IGNORES
86 Across: Mignon lead-in (5)
FILET
87 Across: ___ capita (3)
PER
88 Across: Table scraps (4)
ORTS
89 Across: Group once ruled by J.E.H. (3)
FBI
90 Across: Descent (7)
LINEAGE
94 Across: Beautiful woman (5)
HOURI
96 Across: Full follower (5)
HOUSE
98 Across: Arlington, Va., structure (8)
PENTAGON
99 Across: Alan Bates movie: 1966 (10)
KINGOFHEARTS
101 Across: Taking the lead (10)
SPEARHEADING
103 Across: Fancy (4)
IDEA
104 Across: Spanish commune (5)
YESTE
105 Across: A hydrocarbon (5)
TOLAN
106 Across: Word with shoppe (4)
OLDE
107 Across: Saucy (4)
PERT
108 Across: Modernists (4)
NEOS
109 Across: Jane of fiction (4)
EYRE
110 Across: "Camino ___," Williams play (4)
REAL

Down Answers

1 Down: Syrup source (5)
SORGO
2 Down: More lucid (5)
CLEARER
3 Down: "A grief without ___ . . . ": Coleridge (5)
APANG
4 Down: Reconciles (8)
MEDIATES
5 Down: Byron's "___ Harold's Pilgrimage" (6)
CHILDE
6 Down: Burly antecedent (5)
HURLY
7 Down: "Now ___ me down . . . " (4)
ILAY
8 Down: P.O. item (3)
PCL
9 Down: Affinity (7)
KINSHIP
10 Down: London statue (4)
EROS
11 Down: Reduce (4)
PARE
12 Down: Actor Reed (3)
TIM
13 Down: Prickly: Comb. form (6)
ECHINO
14 Down: "And there's little ___ . . . ": Kingsley (4)
TOEARN
15 Down: Tough trip (4)
TREK
16 Down: Rocket attachment (3)
EER
19 Down: Chabrier favorite (6)
ESPANA
21 Down: Dormant state (7)
LATENCY
24 Down: Like lions or zebras (5)
MANED
26 Down: Elm's offering (5)
SHADE
29 Down: Kin of P.D.Q. (4)
ASAP
33 Down: Horne and Nyman (5)
LENAS
35 Down: Nimble (5)
LITHE
36 Down: Drenched (4)
ASOP
37 Down: Delhi garb (5)
SAREE
38 Down: Daredevil's trait (10)
FEARLESSNESS
39 Down: Famine's antithesis (5)
FEAST
40 Down: Remote telecast (4)
NEMO
41 Down: Very loud (10)
EARSPLITTING
42 Down: Condemn (5)
DECRY
43 Down: Small centipede (4)
EARWIG
45 Down: Morse-code signals (4)
DITS
46 Down: Actress Ullmann (3)
LIV
47 Down: Scorching (5)
SEARING
49 Down: Singer Baker (5)
ANITA
51 Down: Rhone feeder (5)
SAONE
52 Down: In ___ (having difficulty) (5)
ASPOT
53 Down: Attain (5)
REACH
54 Down: More loyal (5)
TRUER
55 Down: Leaf-stem angles (5)
AXILS
57 Down: Stale (5)
TRITE
59 Down: Makes beloved (5)
ENDEARS
62 Down: Patten's cousin (5)
SABOT
63 Down: Mind (4)
OBEY
64 Down: Mushroom caps (5)
PILEI
65 Down: Finn and Sawyer, e.g. (5)
CHUMS
66 Down: Actor Santoni (4)
RENI
67 Down: Hell kite (5)
BEAST
68 Down: Squirrel's nest (4)
DRAY
69 Down: Lieutenant, to a private (3)
SIR
71 Down: Emulates Petruchio (5)
TAMES
72 Down: Freeman's "R. ___" (4)
ELEE
75 Down: Arm (7)
FORTIFY
77 Down: Escamillo, for one (8)
TOREADOR
79 Down: ___ Castle, historic Cuban fort (5)
MORRO
80 Down: Sheds (7)
EFFUSES
81 Down: Sweet syrup used in the East (4)
DIBS
82 Down: First to come (6)
EARLIEST
83 Down: Fashion's Oscar de la ___ (5)
RENTA
85 Down: Almond confection (6)
NOUGAT
87 Down: Turpentine component (6)
PINENE
90 Down: "Vilia" composer (5)
LEHAR
91 Down: Spry (5)
AGILE
92 Down: Town ENE of Lucknow, India (5)
GONDA
93 Down: U.S. conductor-composer (5)
ENGEL
94 Down: Seek's companion (4)
HIDE
95 Down: Lulu (4)
ONER
96 Down: Funereal sight (4)
HEARSE
97 Down: Palindromic name (4)
OTTO
98 Down: Like heaven's gates (4)
PEARLY
99 Down: Monetary unit of 76 Across (3)
KIP
100 Down: Layer (3)
HEN
102 Down: Creator of Arthur Gordon Pym (3)
POE

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