BASEBALL AT THE MOVIES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 8/13/1995. By Nancy Salomon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Duel tool (4)
EPEE
5 Across: Plant bristle (6)
ARISTA
11 Across: 24-hr. service (3)
ATM
14 Across: Barbarians (5)
GOTHS
19 Across: Big bargain (4)
DEAL
20 Across: One of a religious trio (6)
CASPAR
21 Across: Revolutionary name (3)
CHE
22 Across: Outlying, in a way (5)
RURAL
23 Across: Powerful pitcher? (1975) (11)
STRIKEFORCE
25 Across: Runabout (3)
CAR
26 Across: "_____ to bury Caesar..." (5)
ICOME
27 Across: "...lamp _____ my feet" (4)
UNTO
28 Across: Dull and dreary (4)
FLAT
29 Across: Attempting to score? (1978) (10)
COMINGHOME
31 Across: "_____ the loneliest number" (5)
ONEIS
32 Across: Song (3)
LAY
33 Across: Rugged ridge (5)
ARETE
34 Across: Punch (3)
PEP
35 Across: Pageant title (4)
MISS
36 Across: Dig (3)
GET
37 Across: Finishes a flight (5)
LANDS
39 Across: Players (6)
GAMERS
42 Across: Veteran slugger comes out of retirement? (1992) (13)
BATMANRETURNS
45 Across: "Any _____?" (6)
TAKERS
46 Across: Anesthetic (3)
GAS
47 Across: "Baked in _____" (nursery rhyme phrase) (4)
APIE
48 Across: Smelly (5)
FETID
49 Across: Plant anew (5)
RESOW
52 Across: Medicine cabinet item (5)
FLOSS
53 Across: Opposite sides (7)
ENEMIES
56 Across: Gymnastics coach Karolyi (4)
BELA
57 Across: Unassisted (5)
ALONE
58 Across: Ump's strange calls? (1984) (8)
ODDBALLS
60 Across: _____ it all (5)
ABOVE
62 Across: Swimmer's path (4)
LANE
63 Across: Lifesaver, maybe (4)
RAFT
65 Across: Stews (5)
OLIOS
66 Across: High pop-up? (1972) (8)
SUPERFLY
68 Across: Terrific (5)
BOFFO
69 Across: Shoot in the foot? (4)
LAME
70 Across: Chinese flower (7)
TEAROSE
71 Across: Author Bates et al. (5)
ARLOS
72 Across: Final word (5)
SAYSO
74 Across: Not absorbed (5)
BORED
75 Across: Court plea, briefly (4)
NOLO
76 Across: Earth covering (3)
SOD
77 Across: Soldier's lodging (6)
BILLET
79 Across: Defensive woes? (1967) (13)
DOUBLETROUBLE
85 Across: "Gunsmoke" star (6)
ARNESS
86 Across: Ocean (5)
BRINY
87 Across: "She loves me _____" (3)
NOT
88 Across: Medical prefix (4)
NEUR
89 Across: Like the O.G.P.U. (3)
SOV
90 Across: "Pudd'nhead Wilson" writer (5)
TWAIN
92 Across: What's more (3)
AND
93 Across: There's nothing like this, in song (5)
ADAME
94 Across: Batter's new strategy? (1984) (10)
SWINGSHIFT
97 Across: Plug up (4)
CLOG
98 Across: Impolite remark (4)
BARB
99 Across: 1948 Tommy Dorsey hit (5)
UNTIL
100 Across: Supermodel Carol (3)
ALT
101 Across: Base runner's shining moment? (1949) (11)
THEBIGSTEAL
104 Across: Reagan Cabinet member (5)
MEESE
105 Across: Begin, with "off" (3)
TEE
106 Across: Apollo site (6)
HARLEM
107 Across: So (4)
ERGO
108 Across: One of the Foys (5)
EDDIE
109 Across: Tack on (3)
ADD
110 Across: Zoo showoffs (6)
OTTERS
111 Across: Brit. mil. awards (4)
DSOS

Down Answers

1 Down: Co. founded by Perot (3)
EDS
2 Down: Funnel-shaped flower (7)
PETUNIA
3 Down: Sincere (7)
EARNEST
4 Down: Snobbery (7)
ELITISM
5 Down: Hotshot (3)
ACE
6 Down: Give-away emcees (8)
RAFFLERS
7 Down: Fence off (7)
ISOLATE
8 Down: Fine mist (5)
SPRAY
9 Down: White lie, perhaps (4)
TACT
10 Down: A verb for you (3)
ARE
11 Down: Grants (7)
ACCORDS
12 Down: Parliamentary prospect (6)
THAMES
13 Down: Kind of scholarship (5)
MERIT
14 Down: Lively person (4)
GRIG
15 Down: Response to a jerk? (4)
OUCH
16 Down: Ticket dispenser (7)
TROOPER
17 Down: Hits the nail on the head (7)
HAMMERS
18 Down: Reposes (6)
SLEEPS
24 Down: Wallops (3)
KOS
29 Down: Film festival site (6)
CANNES
30 Down: Vetoed (7)
NEGATED
31 Down: Govt. book balancers (3)
OMB
36 Down: Plague, with "at" (4)
GNAW
37 Down: "Evita" Tony winner (6)
LUPONE
38 Down: Proceed (from) (5)
ARISE
40 Down: Like the arms in exercise class, at times (6)
AKIMBO
41 Down: Toward the center (8)
MEDIALLY
43 Down: Gone by (3)
AGO
44 Down: Draw pile, in cards (5)
TALON
45 Down: Take care of (6)
TENDTO
48 Down: Invests with land, in olden times (6)
FEOFFS
49 Down: Shoot down (5)
REBUT
50 Down: Have wedding bells sans wedding bills (5)
ELOPE
51 Down: Not yet completely lost (8)
SAVEABLE
52 Down: Whipped (6)
FLAYED
54 Down: Inventor Howe (5)
ELIAS
55 Down: Replay feature (5)
SLOMO
56 Down: Many college grads (3)
BAS
57 Down: Ready (6)
ALLSET
59 Down: Vane dir. (3)
SSE
61 Down: Flynn and others (6)
ERROLS
63 Down: Elapse, as years (6)
ROLLBY
64 Down: "What _____ Believes" (Doobie Brothers hit) (5)
AFOOL
67 Down: Woodlands (7)
FORESTS
68 Down: Journalist Heywood (5)
BROUN
71 Down: Consecrate (6)
ANOINT
72 Down: Lot (4)
SORT
73 Down: Hornet's nest (3)
ADO
76 Down: More stuffy (8)
STODGIER
77 Down: Sautéed (7)
BROWNED
78 Down: On the guest list (7)
INVITED
79 Down: Lacked purpose (7)
DRIFTED
80 Down: Exalt (7)
ENNOBLE
81 Down: Like some ancient manuscripts (7)
UNDATED
82 Down: Some check payees (7)
BEARERS
83 Down: Back pain (7)
LUMBAGO
84 Down: Afore (3)
ERE
85 Down: Take on (6)
ASSUME
86 Down: Saved, with "out" (6)
BAILED
91 Down: "_____ way to go!" (5)
WHATA
92 Down: All-points bulletin (5)
ALERT
93 Down: Sit-ups tighten them (3)
ABS
95 Down: Decree _____ (legal term) (4)
NISI
96 Down: Euphoria (4)
GLEE
97 Down: Heart-to-heart (4)
CHAT
101 Down: In spite of, in short (3)
THO
102 Down: Baseball execs (3)
GMS
103 Down: Article for Cervantes (3)
LOS

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