HIGHS AND LOWS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 6/5/1994. By Dean Niles.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Soprano Teresa (7): STRATAS
8 Across: Relieves (6): SALVES
14 Across: Jalopies (6): CRATES
20 Across: Get along peacefully (7): COEXIST
21 Across: Common sweetener (6): PLEASE
22 Across: Oust (6): REMOVE
23 Across: Trattoria serving (14): ANGELHAIRPASTA
25 Across: Choice word (6): EITHER
26 Across: Stephen of "The Crying Game" (3): REA
27 Across: Pied-a-_____ (5): TERRE
28 Across: Die _____ (German elite) (7): REICHEN
30 Across: Bambi's aunt (3): ENA
31 Across: "_____ right with the world" (4): ALLS
33 Across: At least R-rated (6): STEAMY
35 Across: Inoperative (4): VOID
36 Across: Kind of joint (4): CLIP
37 Across: Nightclub (5): BOITE
39 Across: 1955 Disney dog (4): LADY
40 Across: Cheviot sounds (4): BAAS
41 Across: "When We Were Very Young" writer (5): MILNE
42 Across: Shaped roughly, as stone (8): SCABBLED
44 Across: Laws-to-be (5): BILLS
46 Across: Prison camps (6): GULAGS
47 Across: Out for the night (4): ABED
48 Across: Ballet move (4): PLIE
49 Across: _____ the saddle (proud) (6): TALLIN
51 Across: Site of the Piltdown man hoax (6): SUSSEX
54 Across: Cliche-in-the-making (6): TRUISM
56 Across: Chinese porcelain (7): CELADON
59 Across: Highlanders pattern (5): PLAID
60 Across: Word among Friends (4): THEE
61 Across: Waistbands (6): SASHES
63 Across: Buddy (3): BRO
64 Across: Part of I.L.G.W.U.: Abbr. (4): INTL
65 Across: Everglade (5): MARSH
66 Across: Novel conclusions (5): ETTES
67 Across: Hustler from Minnesota (4): FATS
68 Across: Dept. of Transportation agcy. (3): FAA
69 Across: Stand for (6): DENOTE
70 Across: Things to pay (4): DUES
71 Across: Java flavoring (5): MOCHA
72 Across: Olympics event since 1896 (7): FENCING
74 Across: John Wayne productions (6): OATERS
76 Across: Starter of a sort (6): CARKEY
77 Across: Brutalize (6): ILLUSE
79 Across: On the qui _____ (4): VIVE
80 Across: Outfit (4): TOGS
81 Across: Vehicle stickers, e.g. (6): DECALS
83 Across: Tractor name (5): DEERE
85 Across: Certain acid salts (8): BROMATES
89 Across: Widely sighted figure (5): ELVIS
90 Across: "_____ for All Seasons" (4): AMAN
91 Across: Sports org. (4): NCAA
93 Across: Shumagin islander (5): ALEUT
94 Across: Part of A.F.L.-C.I.O.: Abbr. (4): AMER
95 Across: Sorority letters (4): TAUS
96 Across: Kind of humor (6): ETHNIC
98 Across: To be, to Babette (4): ETRE
99 Across: June bug (3): DOR
100 Across: Railroad mechanism (7): SHUNTER
102 Across: TV workers' union, for short (5): AFTRA
104 Across: Step on the gas (3): REV
105 Across: Store fodder (6): ENSILE
107 Across: Popular dessert (14): DEVILSFOODCAKE
110 Across: Help around the office (6): STENOS
111 Across: Ogata Korin painting (6): IRISES
112 Across: Tutsi or Hutu national (7): RWANDAN
113 Across: One who's quizzed (6): TESTEE
114 Across: Tardy arriving (6): INLATE
115 Across: Man-becomes-cobra flick of 1973 (7): SSSSSSS

Down Answers

1 Down: Egyptian symbols (7): SCARABS
2 Down: "Wild Thing" rapper (7): TONELOC
3 Down: Royal duds (7): REGALIA
4 Down: Jack's tool (3): AXE
5 Down: Pinball goof (4): TILT
6 Down: Residue (5): ASHES
7 Down: All shook up (8): STARTLED
8 Down: Difference between prices bid and asked (6): SPREAD
9 Down: High point (3): ALP
10 Down: 60's tripper Timothy (5): LEARY
11 Down: Amphora (4): VASE
12 Down: Summery (7): ESTIVAL
13 Down: Littoral (8): SEACOAST
14 Down: Something to believe in (5): CREED
15 Down: Harness part (4): REIN
16 Down: Quantity: Abbr. (3): AMT
17 Down: 1955 Audie Murphy flick (13): TOHELLANDBACK
18 Down: Prime-time time (7): EVENING
19 Down: Shawls (7): SERAPES
24 Down: "_____ the news today, oh boy" (Beatles lyric) (5): IREAD
29 Down: Welcome words (3): HIS
32 Down: Fourth-century church father (7): STBASIL
34 Down: Gene Austin's five-million seller (12): MYBLUEHEAVEN
36 Down: Eyelashes (5): CILIA
38 Down: Fell off (5): EBBED
40 Down: Birth, so to speak (12): BLESSEDEVENT
41 Down: Meditates (5): MULLS
43 Down: Superman foe Luthor (3): LEX
45 Down: Three, of a kind (3): III
46 Down: Chorus songs (5): GLEES
48 Down: "Shazam!" (6): PRESTO
50 Down: Feels (for) (5): ACHES
51 Down: Neaten, with "up" (5): SPIFF
52 Down: Forearm bones (5): ULNAE
53 Down: 1989 best seller, with "The" (13): SATANICVERSES
54 Down: "Comin' _____ the Rye" (4): THRO
55 Down: Full-fledged (6): MATURE
57 Down: One _____ other (5): ORTHE
58 Down: Have _____ in the matter (5): NOSAY
60 Down: Strong flavors (5): TANGS
62 Down: Starts of many Quebec place names (4): STES
65 Down: Screen lists (5): MENUS
67 Down: Moving words (7): FORSALE
69 Down: Particular pickles (5): DILLS
71 Down: Source of igneous rock (5): MAGMA
73 Down: Filmmaker Rene _____ (5): CLAIR
75 Down: French shooting match (3): TIR
76 Down: Whisper sweet nothings (3): COO
78 Down: English king called Ironside (8): EDMUNDII
80 Down: Quislings (8): TRAITORS
81 Down: Least exciting (7): DEADEST
82 Down: Los Angeles suburb (7): ELMONTE
84 Down: American rival, once (7): EASTERN
85 Down: Rocky Mountains park (5): BANFF
86 Down: Double duos (7): TETRADS
87 Down: Some vacuum cleaners (7): EUREKAS
88 Down: Ginsburg colleague (7): STEVENS
90 Down: Sports org. (3): AAU
92 Down: Gliding step (6): CHASSE
95 Down: "_____ Dream" (1986 pop hit) (5): THESE
96 Down: 1974 pension provision: Abbr. (5): ERISA
97 Down: Plains people (5): CROWS
100 Down: _____-eyed (4): SLOE
101 Down: Infamy (4): EVIL
103 Down: Nabokov heroine et al. (4): ADAS
106 Down: Savings acct. abbr. (3): INT
108 Down: Permit (3): LET
109 Down: Brain and spinal cord: Abbr. (3): CNS

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