THE PEOPLE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 10/1/1995. By Frank A. Longo.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mosaic tile (8)
ABACULUS
9 Across: Flowery perfume (5)
ATTAR
14 Across: Where Nejd is (6)
ARABIA
20 Across: Almost (8)
WELLNIGH
21 Across: Kentucky county (5)
BOONE
22 Across: Calls, in a way (6)
RADIOS
23 Across: The King (14)
ELVISTHEPELVIS
25 Across: Sings lullabies (6)
CROONS
26 Across: Opposite of sans (4)
AVEC
27 Across: The King's Head order (3)
ALE
28 Across: Old-time journalist Bugs (4)
BAER
29 Across: Weak English king (18)
ETHELREDTHEUNREADY
38 Across: Article on a rack (3)
HAT
41 Across: Fish of the carp family (3)
IDE
42 Across: Lunchbox item (6)
ORANGE
43 Across: Blackthorn fruit (4)
SLOE
44 Across: Kind of wood (5)
ALOES
47 Across: Bother, with "at" (4)
GNAW
50 Across: Immemorial (3)
OLD
51 Across: Mel of the diamond (3)
OTT
52 Across: Skyscraping center? (12)
WILTTHESTILT
55 Across: Kansas city on the Santa Fe Trail (6)
OLATHE
59 Across: Bristly (6)
SETOSE
60 Across: Important interval (3)
ERA
61 Across: Even (8)
SOMUCHAS
63 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
ENE
64 Across: "_____ Little Teapot" (3)
IMA
67 Across: Simply because of that (9)
IPSOFACTO
69 Across: 1923 Wallace Beery portrayal (21)
RICHARDTHELIONHEARTED
76 Across: Ballot-related (9)
ELECTORAL
77 Across: Put in one's _____ (meddle) (3)
OAR
78 Across: Laugh syllable (3)
HAR
79 Across: Île St.-Louis native (8)
PARISIAN
81 Across: Bard's contraction (3)
TIS
83 Across: Punctilio (6)
NICETY
86 Across: Clare of _____ (6)
ASSISI
87 Across: 1959 #1 song (12)
MACKTHEKNIFE
90 Across: Symbol of safety (3)
ARK
91 Across: School org. (3)
PTA
93 Across: Aisne tributary (4)
AIRE
94 Across: Bacon work (5)
ESSAY
95 Across: Exploit (4)
DEED
97 Across: Soothsayers (6)
AUGURS
100 Across: 122-Down - 2 (3)
UNO
102 Across: Félicité, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
STE
103 Across: First king buried in Westminster Abbey (18)
EDWARDTHECONFESSOR
109 Across: Slog (through) (4)
WADE
110 Across: Pester (3)
NAG
111 Across: Like most colleges (4)
COED
113 Across: Primitve conveyance (6)
SLEDGE
116 Across: Last of the Hebrew prophets, in Christian belief (14)
JOHNTHEBAPTIST
123 Across: Spoon-bending psychic (6)
GELLER
124 Across: Inception (5)
ONSET
125 Across: Colander (8)
STRAINER
126 Across: They're not serious (6)
TOYERS
127 Across: Peace Nobelist Williams (5)
BETTY
128 Across: City east of Montgomery (8)
TUSKEGEE

Down Answers

1 Down: Stun (3)
AWE
2 Down: Author Kaufman (3)
BEL
3 Down: Edison's middle name (4)
ALVA
4 Down: The "C" in C.S. Lewis (5)
CLIVE
5 Down: Still runny (5)
UNSET
6 Down: Soapberry's kin (6)
LITCHI
7 Down: "Phew!" (3)
UGH
8 Down: Word for a lady (3)
SHE
9 Down: Whitle poplar (5)
ABELE
10 Down: Glass Capital of the World (6)
TOLEDO
11 Down: Hasidism founder Baal Shem-_____ (3)
TOV
12 Down: Black cuckoo (3)
ANI
13 Down: _____ judicata (3)
RES
14 Down: Esoteric (6)
ARCANE
15 Down: Harder to find (5)
RARER
16 Down: Has a crush on (6)
ADORES
17 Down: Who's Who piece (3)
BIO
18 Down: Kind of storm, in sci-fi (3)
ION
19 Down: Plow puller (3)
ASS
24 Down: Shoot as expected on (3)
PAR
28 Down: Hacker's headache (3)
BUG
30 Down: Lip (4)
EDGE
31 Down: Microscope part (4)
LENS
32 Down: Ending with fox or dog (4)
TROT
33 Down: Shakespearean prince (3)
HAL
34 Down: Wind up (3)
END
35 Down: Hello or goodbye (5)
ALOHA
36 Down: Lavishes care (on) (5)
DOTES
37 Down: So far (3)
YET
38 Down: Mooring rope (6)
HAWSER
39 Down: _____ generis (of another kind): Lat. (6)
ALIENI
40 Down: Ancient Mexican (6)
TOLTEC
45 Down: W.W. II abbr. (3)
ETO
46 Down: Rds. (3)
STS
48 Down: Supped (3)
ATE
49 Down: In better fighting shape (6)
WIRIER
53 Down: Fortune hunter's catch? (7)
HEIRESS
54 Down: City ESE of Buenos Aires (7)
LAPLATA
55 Down: Siouan tongue (5)
OMAHA
56 Down: Lake of the Four Forest Cantons (7)
LUCERNE
57 Down: Official records (4)
ACTA
58 Down: Marvel Comics superhero (4)
THOR
61 Down: "Barney Miller" actor (3)
SOO
62 Down: _____ concern (4)
OFNO
65 Down: Year in Elizabeth I's reign (5)
MDCII
66 Down: Heine poem "_____ Troll" (4)
ATTA
68 Down: Glass component (6)
SILICA
70 Down: Towel word (4)
HERS
71 Down: Et _____ (4)
ALII
72 Down: Sugar pie (3)
HON
73 Down: TV actress Brooke (6)
THEISS
74 Down: Emulate Sprat's wife (6)
EATFAT
75 Down: Sign of impassiveness (6)
DRYEYE
79 Down: Skinned (5)
PARED
80 Down: Cockeyed (5)
ASKEW
82 Down: Kind of jump (3)
SKI
84 Down: Tina's ex (3)
IKE
85 Down: Brain and spinal cord: Abbr. (3)
CNS
87 Down: _____ Antony (4)
MARC
88 Down: Align (4)
TRUE
89 Down: Some party attenders (4)
HENS
90 Down: "Fables in Slang" author (3)
ADE
91 Down: The Steel City, for short (3)
PGH
92 Down: Calendar abbr. (3)
TUE
96 Down: Loiter (6)
DAWDLE
97 Down: Vipers (6)
ADDERS
98 Down: Shoshonean (3)
UTE
99 Down: Spenserian work (6)
SONNET
101 Down: Star's statuettes (6)
OSCARS
104 Down: Fuming one (5)
RAGER
105 Down: Dapper (5)
NATTY
106 Down: Alphabetic sequence (3)
FGH
107 Down: Black tea variety (5)
OOPAK
108 Down: Make the knot tighter (5)
RETIE
112 Down: Dent (4)
DING
113 Down: Pepper, e.g. (3)
SGT
114 Down: Sign of a leader, it is said (3)
LEO
115 Down: Tarzan portrayer (3)
ELY
116 Down: "Get a _____" (3)
JOB
117 Down: Self starter (3)
ONE
118 Down: Inits. of 1948 (3)
HST
119 Down: '70s training (3)
EST
120 Down: Heat measure (3)
BTU
121 Down: Comprehend (3)
SEE
122 Down: 100-Across + 2 (3)
TRE

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