JUST FOR OPENERS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/30/1994. By R.M. Hopkins.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cheese in a mousetrap (4)
- BAIT
- 5 Across: Rider Haggard romance (3)
- SHE
- 8 Across: David Stockman's dept., once (3)
- OMB
- 11 Across: Dickens alias (3)
- BOZ
- 14 Across: Cheerless (4)
- DRAB
- 18 Across: "Moses" author, 1951 (4)
- ASCH
- 19 Across: Circle (7)
- COTERIE
- 21 Across: One who has the hives (8)
- APIARIST
- 23 Across: "In the evening when I sit alone a-dreaming..." (12)
- SWEETADELINE
- 25 Across: Arm of the sea? (8)
- TENTACLE
- 26 Across: Kind of tea (6)
- HERBAL
- 27 Across: "Oh, give me land, lots of land..." (13)
- DONTFENCEMEIN
- 29 Across: Bruiser (3)
- APE
- 30 Across: Beethoven dedicatee (5)
- ELISE
- 31 Across: Org. for the 20 Down (4)
- AARP
- 32 Across: Excel (5)
- SHINE
- 35 Across: Landslide detritus (5)
- SCREE
- 37 Across: Carve across the grain (5)
- THURM
- 41 Across: Lincoln in-law (4)
- TODD
- 42 Across: Selects (5)
- CULLS
- 43 Across: Popular sports car (5)
- MIATA
- 44 Across: Like versatile appliances (4)
- ACDC
- 48 Across: Each (4)
- APOP
- 49 Across: Call it _____ (4)
- ADAY
- 50 Across: Tax evaders' bugbears (6)
- AUDITS
- 51 Across: Turn about (4)
- SLUE
- 52 Across: Noted castaway (8)
- GILLIGAN
- 54 Across: Iranian desert (3)
- LUT
- 55 Across: Handbills (8)
- LEAFLETS
- 57 Across: Gulf north of Somalia (4)
- ADEN
- 58 Across: Mummer, at times (7)
- PARADER
- 60 Across: Start, in a way (5)
- REACT
- 61 Across: Trifled (5)
- TOYED
- 63 Across: Top dog at the zoo (7)
- CURATOR
- 64 Across: Some canines (5)
- TEETH
- 65 Across: _____ cropper (5)
- COMEA
- 66 Across: Bracelets (7)
- BANGLES
- 67 Across: Spring (4)
- LEAP
- 68 Across: Seconds (8)
- HANDLERS
- 70 Across: M.I.T. grads, perhaps (3)
- EES
- 71 Across: Least clear (8)
- MURKIEST
- 75 Across: Gallimaufry (4)
- OLIO
- 76 Across: Spray alternative (6)
- MOUSSE
- 78 Across: Nut cases? (4)
- BURS
- 79 Across: Wipe out (4)
- NUKE
- 80 Across: Cult film "_____ 9 From Outer Space" (4)
- PLAN
- 81 Across: Protective rings (5)
- MOATS
- 82 Across: Where eagles gather (5)
- AERIE
- 83 Across: Kids' stuff? (4)
- TRIX
- 84 Across: Not well (5)
- BADLY
- 85 Across: Paid (up) (5)
- ANTED
- 86 Across: Hamlet's father, e.g. (5)
- GHOST
- 87 Across: Composed (4)
- COOL
- 90 Across: Milk: Prefix (5)
- LACTI
- 92 Across: Where to go for a spell? (3)
- BEE
- 93 Across: "Trailer for sale or rent..." (13)
- KINGOFTHEROAD
- 97 Across: Salad bar item (6)
- ENDIVE
- 101 Across: Introductory offer (8)
- OVERTURE
- 102 Across: "Alas! My love, you do me wrong..." (12)
- GREENSLEEVES
- 105 Across: Court official (8)
- LINESMAN
- 106 Across: Anomalous (7)
- UNUSUAL
- 107 Across: Legendary gunfighter (4)
- EARP
- 108 Across: They've earned their stripes: Abbr. (4)
- NCOS
- 109 Across: German spa (3)
- EMS
- 110 Across: Common pluralizer (3)
- ESS
- 111 Across: Stephen Foster's Nelly (3)
- BLY
- 112 Across: "Let us _____" (4)
- PRAY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Do (4)
- BASH
- 2 Down: "..._____ forgive our debtors" (4)
- ASWE
- 3 Down: Petit four finisher (4)
- ICER
- 4 Down: "Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde..." (15)
- THEBANDPLAYEDON
- 5 Down: Map info (5)
- SCALE
- 6 Down: Bricklayer's burden (3)
- HOD
- 7 Down: Printemps follower (3)
- ETE
- 8 Down: 1983 World Series champs (7)
- ORIOLES
- 9 Down: Paul Bunyan's wife (6)
- MINNIE
- 10 Down: Borscht base (5)
- BEETS
- 11 Down: Restrain (4)
- BATE
- 12 Down: U.S. _____ (4)
- OPEN
- 13 Down: Wurtzite ingredient (4)
- ZINC
- 14 Down: Playhouse fare (5)
- DRAMA
- 15 Down: Kitchen gadget (5)
- RICER
- 16 Down: Have _____ of the tongue (5)
- ASLIP
- 17 Down: One of a vitamin complex (4)
- BTEN
- 20 Down: Seniors, with "the" (7)
- ELDERLY
- 22 Down: Special forces unit (5)
- ATEAM
- 24 Down: End of the race (4)
- TAPE
- 28 Down: Malodorous (5)
- FETID
- 32 Down: Kind of horn or line (4)
- STAG
- 33 Down: Snake dancers (4)
- HOPI
- 34 Down: Pop star (4)
- IDOL
- 35 Down: Nubian Desert locale (5)
- SUDAN
- 36 Down: Family (4)
- CLAN
- 38 Down: Prospective taxi fare (6)
- HAILER
- 39 Down: Out-and-out (5)
- UTTER
- 40 Down: Tabula _____ (4)
- RASA
- 42 Down: Pent up (5)
- CAGED
- 43 Down: Changes (7)
- MUTATES
- 44 Down: "Stormy the night and the waves roll high..." (15)
- ASLEEPINTHEDEEP
- 45 Down: Anti-slip device (5)
- CLEAT
- 46 Down: Reagan nickname (5)
- DUTCH
- 47 Down: "_____ a rire" ("It is to laugh"): Fr. (4)
- CEST
- 50 Down: "As the blackbird in the spring..." (7)
- AURALEE
- 53 Down: Flawless (5)
- IDEAL
- 54 Down: Gifts (7)
- LARGESS
- 56 Down: Kind of accident (5)
- FREAK
- 58 Down: Groaner (3)
- PUN
- 59 Down: Computer software abbr. (3)
- DOS
- 61 Down: "...and _____ a goodnight!" (5)
- TOALL
- 62 Down: _____ vincit amor (5)
- OMNIA
- 63 Down: Informal (6)
- CASUAL
- 64 Down: Laconic (5)
- TERSE
- 65 Down: Hatchet job? (4)
- CHOP
- 66 Down: Sit on (5)
- BROOD
- 67 Down: Like supermarket tabloids (5)
- LURID
- 69 Down: Madame Bovary (4)
- EMMA
- 71 Down: Entomb in a wall (4)
- MURE
- 72 Down: Dollar prefix (4)
- EURO
- 73 Down: Car-roof items (4)
- SKIS
- 74 Down: Words (4)
- TEXT
- 77 Down: Vogue (5)
- STYLE
- 78 Down: Happens to (7)
- BETIDES
- 82 Down: "Invincible" victim of Hercules (7)
- ANTAEUS
- 84 Down: Dries, in a way (5)
- BLOTS
- 85 Down: Nuts (6)
- ACORNS
- 86 Down: Personality determinant (4)
- GENE
- 87 Down: Kind of duty (5)
- CIVIC
- 88 Down: _____-trump (5)
- ONENO
- 89 Down: Monsters (5)
- OGRES
- 91 Down: Bicker (5)
- ARGUE
- 92 Down: Food processor (5)
- BELLY
- 93 Down: City south of Dusseldorf (4)
- KOLN
- 94 Down: Rage (4)
- FUME
- 95 Down: Stratford streetcar (4)
- TRAM
- 96 Down: Plymouth Rocks, e.g. (4)
- HENS
- 98 Down: Basso Andresen (4)
- IVAR
- 99 Down: Actress Miles (4)
- VERA
- 100 Down: Spot (4)
- ESPY
- 103 Down: Crux (3)
- NUB
- 104 Down: _____ ammoniac (3)
- SAL
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