FRACTIONS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 4/12/1992. By Alan Arbesfeld.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Cancel (5): ANNUL
6 Across: Convert (5): ALTER
11 Across: Clouseau, for one: Abbr. (4): INSP
15 Across: Concordes (4): SSTS
19 Across: Warehouse (5): ETAPE
20 Across: Cheese that's not bad? (5): GOUDA
21 Across: Quern, e.g. (4): MILL
22 Across: Ballet movement (4): PLIE
23 Across: Thereby hangs a tail? (5): SHIRT
24 Across: Moore's TV boss (5): ASNER
25 Across: What Juan washes with (4): AGUA
26 Across: Anatomical wrinkle (4): RUGA
27 Across: Year 3/4 as ominous as Orwell's (19): FOURTEENEIGHTYEIGHT
31 Across: "The poet makes himself ___ . . . ": Rimbaud (5): ASEER
32 Across: Jordan target (3): NET
33 Across: Discharges (6): EGESTS
34 Across: Ludlum's "The ___ Ultimatum" (6): BOURNE
37 Across: Abundance (5): SCADS
40 Across: Olfactory stimulus (4): ODOR
41 Across: Function (3): ACT
42 Across: Proposal (8): OVERTURE
45 Across: Southwest Conf. Team (3): SMU
46 Across: TD's yield six of these (3): PTS
49 Across: These are 2/3 as strenuous for Hitchcock (17): THETWENTYSIXSTEPS
53 Across: Feminist pitcher's concern? (3): ERA
54 Across: Socks (4): HOSE
55 Across: Original words (4): TEXT
56 Across: Stein's predecessor? (3): EIN
57 Across: It follows a long March (5): APRIL
59 Across: Peter the Great, for one (4): TSAR
62 Across: Delicious food? (5): APPLE
65 Across: Like worms or eels (6): APODAL
66 Across: Period 4/5 as lonely to Garcia Márquez (21): EIGHTYYEARSOFSOLITUDE
72 Across: Unpaid debt (6): ARREAR
73 Across: Open-book exam? (5): AUDIT
74 Across: Nothing, to Pedro (4): NADA
75 Across: New Zealand native (5): MAORI
76 Across: It soars at shores (3): ERN
77 Across: Slow down (4): EASE
80 Across: Josip Broz (4): TITO
84 Across: Airport initials (3): ETA
85 Across: Horns 1/4 as loud as Preston's (17): NINETEENTROMBONES
91 Across: Prepared (3): SET
92 Across: Show fatigue (3): NOD
93 Across: Breastplate (8): PECTORAL
94 Across: Guy's partner (3): GAL
95 Across: Tatum and Blakey (4): ARTS
97 Across: The ___ Brothers, pop group (5): ISLEY
98 Across: Presley's birthplace (6): TUPELO
100 Across: Beautician or couturier (6): STYLER
103 Across: Loot for a conquistador (3): ORO
104 Across: Lauder of note (5): ESTEE
106 Across: To Heston, these are 2/5 as demanding (19): THEFOURCOMMANDMENTS
112 Across: Bring up (4): REAR
113 Across: Anthropologist Fossey (4): DIAN
114 Across: Saw (5): ADAGE
115 Across: Dik-dik's cousin (5): ORIBI
118 Across: Fairy-tale villain (4): OGRE
119 Across: Director Kenton (4): ERLE
120 Across: Carpenter's tool (5): LEVEL
121 Across: Within audible frequencies (5): SONIC
122 Across: Dip site (4): POND
123 Across: Interpret (4): READ
124 Across: Like krypton (5): INERT
125 Across: Dirge (5): ELEGY

Down Answers

1 Down: He lost to D.D.E. (3): AES
2 Down: Extreme (3): NTH
3 Down: Innocent (4): NAIF
4 Down: Hubbub (6): UPROAR
5 Down: "___ praise famous men . . . ": Ecclesiasticus (8): LETUSNOW
6 Down: Fine-grained chalcedony (5): AGATE
7 Down: What Bryan was to Taft (5): LOSER
8 Down: Use a certain fork (4): TUNE
9 Down: Solway Firth tributary (4): EDEN
10 Down: Excellent (4): RARE
11 Down: Concepts (6): IMAGES
12 Down: Word with cap and gown (5): NIGHT
13 Down: Slattern (4): SLUT
14 Down: ___ to (curried favor) (8): PLAYEDUP
15 Down: More agile (6): SPRIER
16 Down: Hits hard (5): SLUGS
17 Down: Miserly (5): TIGHT
18 Down: Prizes on the Hill (5): SEATS
28 Down: Superman, at the movies (5): REEVE
29 Down: Measure (5): INDEX
30 Down: Type of trip (3): EGO
34 Down: Soaking medium (4): BATH
35 Down: ___ Rios, Jamaican resort (4): OCHO
36 Down: All-purpose trks. (4): UTES
37 Down: Where Charon labored (4): STYX
38 Down: Dessert item (7): CUSTARD
39 Down: "Exodus" hero (3): ARI
40 Down: Augury (4): OMEN
43 Down: Notation (5): ENTRY
44 Down: 66 or 1: Abbr. (3): RTE
45 Down: Pens (5): STIES
46 Down: Concealed (5): PERDU
47 Down: Athos, Porthos and Aramis, e.g. (5): TRIAD
48 Down: Part of a maison (5): SALLE
50 Down: Rope or scope (6): TETHER
51 Down: Core of solipsism (4): SELF
52 Down: Palatable (5): SAPID
58 Down: Burbank specialty (6): POTATO
60 Down: Color (5): STAIN
61 Down: Scottish seaport (3): AYR
63 Down: Clairvoyance (3): PSI
64 Down: Force (7): POTENCE
65 Down: In the manner of (3): ALA
66 Down: Chair designer Charles (5): EAMES
67 Down: Wrathful (5): IRATE
68 Down: Trifling sum (5): GROAT
69 Down: Like an otary (5): EARED
70 Down: Charley's Donna Lucia (4): AUNT
71 Down: ___ the other (5): ONEOR
76 Down: Shroyer role (4): ENOS
78 Down: Dist. or pros. (4): ATTY
79 Down: Hit sign (3): SRO
81 Down: "Bus Stop" author (4): INGE
82 Down: River duck (4): TEAL
83 Down: City of the Nobel Peace Prize (4): OSLO
86 Down: Faulkner's "___ in the Dust" (8): INTRUDER
87 Down: ___ salts (5): EPSOM
88 Down: That's a moray (3): EEL
89 Down: Not shiny or glossy (5): MATTE
90 Down: Puritan (8): BLUENOSE
95 Down: Dreyfus or Housman (6): ALFRED
96 Down: Hudson contemporary (3): REO
97 Down: De-creased? (6): IRONED
99 Down: Lorry fuel (6): PETROL
100 Down: Barber's need (5): STROP
101 Down: On ___ (active) (5): THEGO
102 Down: Long (5): YEARN
103 Down: City NW of Orlando (5): OCALA
104 Down: Gardener's tool (5): EDGER
105 Down: Refine metal (5): SMELT
107 Down: Laughter, in Lyon (4): RIRE
108 Down: Its capital is Bamako (4): MALI
109 Down: Arabian port (4): ADEN
110 Down: Hub (4): NAVE
111 Down: Right-triangle ratio (4): SINE
116 Down: Hanks vehicle (3): BIG
117 Down: Frigid (3): ICY

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