APPROPIATELY PUT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 10/22/1995. By Matt Gaffney.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Biblical transport (3): ASS
4 Across: Comedians, often (7): MOCKERS
11 Across: _____ War (4): MANO
15 Across: Fresh Prince medium (3): RAP
18 Across: Covert (4): LAIR
20 Across: Couldn't stand (8): FELLOVER
21 Across: Hoof sound (4): CLOP
22 Across: Handel opera (4): NERO
23 Across: So (4): ERGO
24 Across: Object of a onetime search (8): ELDORADO
25 Across: Stomach ailment (9): GASTRITIS
27 Across: Composition type (7): CANTATA
29 Across: Be inclined (4): TEND
30 Across: Due (4): DEBT
31 Across: Euro meeting spots (5): CAFES
32 Across: Mathematician Turing (4): ALAN
33 Across: Words of comparison (3): ASA
34 Across: Revolutionary period (4): YEAR
35 Across: Like gymnasts (5): AGILE
36 Across: Barrel part (5): STAVE
39 Across: Econ. figure (3): GNP
42 Across: First U.N. Secretary General (3): LIE
44 Across: Book with a Mass audience (6): MISSAL
46 Across: Communicate with quickly (5): TELEX
47 Across: Modern money (3): ECU
48 Across: Alphabet sequence (3): DEF
49 Across: Showy (4): GALA
50 Across: And more (3): ETC
52 Across: "Othello" character (6): EMILIA
54 Across: Home project (8): ADDITION
57 Across: Aspen business (7): SKISHOP
60 Across: Site for stained-glass windows (4): APSE
61 Across: '70s pop greasers (7): SHANANA
63 Across: Grok (3): DIG
65 Across: Einstein or Fermi, e.g. (6): EMIGRE
66 Across: Pulp fictionesque (7): KITSCHY
68 Across: Allege (4): AVER
69 Across: Newspaper publisher Chandler (4): OTIS
71 Across: Betelgeuse's constellation (5): ORION
72 Across: _____ mouthful (4): SAYA
73 Across: One looking for a match? (4): PYRO
74 Across: Shah name (4): REZA
75 Across: Mercury project hero (5): GLENN
76 Across: Up to this point (5): SOFAR
79 Across: Part of many E-mail addresses (3): EDU
81 Across: Across the street from: Abbr. (3): OPP
83 Across: _____ Kan pet foods (3): KAL
84 Across: QB John (5): ELWAY
85 Across: Fad doll of the '90s (5): TROLL
86 Across: Basis for financial aid (4): NEED
88 Across: Collegians' extracurricular activity (4): ROTC
90 Across: Hawks' arena (4): OMNI
92 Across: Like some bars (5): AGOGO
93 Across: Aspirin target (4): ACHE
94 Across: Galba's successor (4): OTHO
95 Across: Life jacket (7): MAEWEST
99 Across: Ancient documents (6): CARTAE
101 Across: "_____ De-Lovely" (1937 hit) (3): ITS
102 Across: Modem requirement (7): CARRIER
104 Across: Tresses, in Dresden (4): HAAR
105 Across: Massaged (7): KNEADED
107 Across: Proverbial last-place finishers (8): NICEGUYS
109 Across: Not right (6): UNTRUE
111 Across: Novel subtitled "A History of Adventure" (3): SHE
112 Across: Tiller's start (4): ROTO
114 Across: Legendary Latin hero (3): CHE
115 Across: Royal Dutch Airlines (3): KLM
117 Across: Little amount (5): OUNCE
118 Across: "Here...!" (6): TRYONE
120 Across: Neighbor of Russ. (3): EST
121 Across: Main (3): SEA
122 Across: They come with bows and beaus (5): ROSES
123 Across: J.D. Cameron book series (5): OMEGA
125 Across: Manx's lack (4): TAIL
127 Across: It can come as a shock (3): BOO
130 Across: "Phooey!" (4): RATS
132 Across: City on the Rhine (5): BASEL
133 Across: First Bond flick (4): DRNO
134 Across: Like '50s LP's (4): MONO
136 Across: Nestlé bar (7): OHHENRY
140 Across: 1912 Peace Nobelist (9): ELIHUROOT
142 Across: Stuffing for olives (8): PIMENTOS
144 Across: It's a laugh (4): HAHA
145 Across: Repro (4): STAT
146 Across: Kind of soup (4): MISO
147 Across: Best Actor of 1992 (8): ALPACINO
148 Across: Rank (4): TIER
149 Across: Cochlea's locale (3): EAR
150 Across: Fuss (4): STEW
151 Across: Lugs (7): SCHLEPS
152 Across: Young fellow (3): LAD

Down Answers

1 Down: Actor Guinness (4): ALEC
2 Down: Geena Davis sitcom (4): SARA
3 Down: Speak with the hands (4): SIGN
4 Down: Hodgepodge (7): MELANGE
5 Down: _____ guard (3): OLD
6 Down: Phlebitis problem (4): CLOT
7 Down: Divided land (5): KOREA
8 Down: Photographer Walker _____ (5): EVANS
9 Down: Advance in business (23): REDDALETAROPROCEHTBMILC
10 Down: Hit letters (3): SRO
11 Down: Former NBC newsman Frank (5): MCGEE
12 Down: Where Forrest Gump grew up (7): ALABAMA
13 Down: Flared items (8): NOSTRILS
14 Down: Choose (3): OPT
15 Down: Schwarzenegger wannabe (12): RETFILTHGIEW
16 Down: Shakespearean sprite (5): ARIEL
17 Down: Range group (5): POSSE
19 Down: Transportation for Charlie, in a Roald Dahl book (21): ROTAVELESSALGTAERGEHT
20 Down: White cheese (4): FETA
22 Down: Former rebel cry (21): NIAGAESIRLLIWHTUOSEHT
26 Down: Some TV's (4): RCAS
28 Down: Grandson of Catherine the Great, informally (5): ALEXI
30 Down: Colorant (3): DYE
36 Down: Hearty entrée (5): STEAK
37 Down: Musical speeds (5): TEMPI
38 Down: Select group (5): ALIST
40 Down: March Madness org. (4): NCAA
41 Down: Aboveboard (12): PUDNAPUEHTNO
43 Down: "_____ Fell" (Beatles song) (3): IFI
45 Down: Benefit (4): SAKE
48 Down: Moolah (6): DINERO
49 Down: Like '70s inflation (12): GNITEKCORYKS
51 Down: Mexican beer brand (6): CORONA
53 Down: Needing a tan (4): ASHY
55 Down: One of the Monkees (4): DAVY
56 Down: Pervasive atmosphere (4): ODOR
58 Down: "Your Show of Shows" name (7): IMOGENE
59 Down: Kind of weight (5): PENNY
62 Down: Pack animal: Var. (6): HYAENA
64 Down: Sphinx site (4): GIZA
67 Down: Five or six people, say (7): CARLOAD
70 Down: Biblical dancer (6): SALOME
76 Down: Quantity of poker chips (5): STACK
77 Down: Vital _____ (6): ORGANS
78 Down: Make lots of noise (12): FOOREHTESIAR
80 Down: Metric prefix (4): DECI
82 Down: Vichyssoise, e.g. (6): POTAGE
87 Down: Mr. Arnaz (4): DESI
89 Down: Drive-_____ (4): THRU
91 Down: Japanese merchant ship (4): MARU
96 Down: Brings home (5): EARNS
97 Down: Impertinence (5): SAUCE
98 Down: Newspaper sources (5): TREES
100 Down: Architect Saarinen (4): EERO
103 Down: Vacation spot (4): ISLE
106 Down: "Stop!" (8): DONTDOIT
108 Down: Injection amts. (3): CCS
110 Down: Direction suggested by this puzzle's theme (5): NORTH
113 Down: Yellowish-pink flower (7): TEAROSE
116 Down: Strands (7): MAROONS
119 Down: Asian border river (4): YALU
120 Down: Jeff Lynne band (3): ELO
123 Down: More than pudgy (5): OBESE
124 Down: Its capital is Valetta (5): MALTA
126 Down: Under one's charge (5): INTOW
128 Down: Zip (5): OOMPH
129 Down: Shaq (5): ONEAL
131 Down: Comment from Mr. Moto (4): AHSO
135 Down: Fairy tale start (4): ONCE
137 Down: Catch red-handed (4): NAIL
138 Down: Wife of Cronus (4): RHEA
139 Down: The "y" in Nimby (4): YARD
141 Down: Y offerings: Abbr. (3): RMS
142 Down: _____ allé (ballet move) (3): PAS
143 Down: 15%, maybe (3): TIP

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