THE MODERN CYNIC - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 1/28/1996. By M. W. Perry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Waste (4): SLOP
5 Across: "Catch!" (4): HERE
9 Across: Pure (6): VESTAL
15 Across: Canine greeting (3): ARF
18 Across: Stevenson character (4): HYDE
19 Across: Sharp (5): ALERT
21 Across: Corrida participant (6): ELTORO
22 Across: Early August arrival (3): LEO
23 Across: "Quanto è bella," e.g. (4): ARIA
24 Across: Weather forecast (5): CLEAR
25 Across: Only Illinois-born President (6): REAGAN
26 Across: Defile (3): TAR
27 Across: Speaker of this puzzle's quip (14): HENRYKISSINGER
30 Across: Soothe (6): BECALM
32 Across: Knotted up (5): TENSE
33 Across: Petition (3): SUE
34 Across: Wins over (7): DISARMS
35 Across: Noted writer on poker (6): SCARNE
38 Across: Foundation (3): BED
39 Across: Stage planning (5): DECOR
40 Across: Part 1 of the quip (15): NINETYPERCENTOF
45 Across: Island transportation (5): MOPED
49 Across: Semiconductor giant (5): INTEL
50 Across: Actor's direction (4): EXIT
51 Across: Slick (4): OILY
52 Across: Dodge (5): ELUDE
53 Across: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect (3): PEI
54 Across: Kind of movie (4): STAG
55 Across: Remote button (4): MUTE
56 Across: "Eat!" (5): DIGIN
57 Across: Tangle (5): SNARL
59 Across: Many a Michener novel (4): SAGA
60 Across: "Impression: Sunrise" and others (6): MONETS
61 Across: Part 2 of the quip (21): THEPOLITICIANSGIVETHE
67 Across: "Britannicus" playwright (6): RACINE
68 Across: Be bereft of (4): WANT
69 Across: The Louvre's "Venus d'___" (5): ARLES
70 Across: Battery end (5): ANODE
71 Across: Reference (4): CITE
72 Across: Betting game, informally (4): STUD
73 Across: "Deep Space Nine" changeling (3): ODO
76 Across: Kim Philby and others (5): MOLES
77 Across: Gossip (4): DISH
78 Across: Stitch together (4): SEAM
79 Across: Rocky Mountain town (5): ASPEN
81 Across: Sci-fi writer Anthony (5): PIERS
82 Across: Part 3 of the quip (15): OTHERTENPERCENT
85 Across: Disheveled (5): MESSY
87 Across: Facilitate (3): AID
88 Across: Hobo's lodging (6): LEANTO
89 Across: Younger son of a Spanish monarch (7): INFANTE
92 Across: Christmas staple (3): FIR
93 Across: Perspective (5): SLANT
95 Across: Reward (6): BOUNTY
96 Across: End of the quip (14): ABADREPUTATION
102 Across: Street of film (3): ELM
103 Across: 1965 Yardbirds hit (6): IMAMAN
105 Across: Nicholas Gage book (5): ELENI
106 Across: Leading___ (4): EDGE
107 Across: Wolfed (3): ATE
108 Across: On now (6): AIRING
109 Across: Australian sheep menace (5): DINGO
110 Across: Capacity (4): ROLE
111 Across: Club___ (3): MED
112 Across: Commercial papers (6): LEASES
113 Across: First place (4): EDEN
114 Across: Kind of dog (4): SLED

Down Answers

1 Down: Bygone ruler (4): SHAH
2 Down: Prop for Orpheus (4): LYRE
3 Down: Frigg's husband (4): ODIN
4 Down: Part of "Twelve Days of Christmas" gift (8): PEARTREE
5 Down: Carriage horse (7): HACKNEY
6 Down: Psychologist Havelock___ (5): ELLIS
7 Down: Pee Wee of Cooperstown (5): REESE
8 Down: Christian and others (4): ERAS
9 Down: Threshold (5): VERGE
10 Down: "Waiting for the Robert___" (4): ELEE
11 Down: Gertrude Lawrence film bio (4): STAR
12 Down: Coat, in old slang (3): TOG
13 Down: Like 1, 2, 3 (6): ARABIC
14 Down: 1986 Pulitzer novel (12): LONESOMEDOVE
15 Down: Place of worship (5): ALTAR
16 Down: Sphere (5): REALM
17 Down: Return parts (5): FORMS
20 Down: Make scores of 60 (7): TRISECT
28 Down: Streisand film (5): YENTL
29 Down: Fully exposed (4): NUDE
31 Down: Comedy club on cable TV (9): CAROLINES
34 Down: Stand up to (4): DEFY
35 Down: Fragment (4): SNIP
36 Down: Movie prefix (4): CINE
37 Down: Hostile to (4): ANTI
38 Down: Nancy, in a Sir William Gilbert song (4): BRIG
39 Down: ___Food Company (4): DOLE
41 Down: Pioneer bacteriologist J.R. (5): PETRI
42 Down: Deify (5): EXALT
43 Down: Treat with nuts (6): NOUGAT
44 Down: Pre-Jet New York footballer (5): TITAN
46 Down: Sound of Washington (5): PUGET
47 Down: "Dombey and Son" wife (5): EDITH
48 Down: Compact (5): DENSE
54 Down: Clearance (4): SALE
55 Down: Mt. Katahdin's locale (5): MAINE
57 Down: Peter Parker's alias (9): SPIDERMAN
58 Down: Superfluous (12): NONESSENTIAL
59 Down: Blister (6): SCATHE
60 Down: Adjective in cigarette ads (4): MILD
61 Down: "My Three Sons" dog (5): TRAMP
62 Down: Former enemy capital (5): HANOI
63 Down: Molière's "L'___des femmes" (5): ECOLE
64 Down: First two words of "Dixie" (5): IWISH
65 Down: "Fie, thou dishonest___!": "Twelfth Night" (5): SATAN
66 Down: Complainer (5): GRUMP
71 Down: Slicker's home (4): CITY
72 Down: Acorn, e.g. (4): SEED
73 Down: Outdoors (4): OPEN
74 Down: Small progress (4): DENT
75 Down: "I'm___you!" (4): ONTO
77 Down: Two pills, e.g. (4): DOSE
78 Down: Rousted (7): STIRRED
79 Down: Bowl (5): ARENA
80 Down: Sows (8): SCATTERS
83 Down: S.C. Johnson brand (4): RAID
84 Down: Rapture (7): ELATION
86 Down: Perplex (6): STYMIE
89 Down: Girder (5): IBEAM
90 Down: "Extreme Prejudice" actor (5): NOLTE
91 Down: Got angry (5): FUMED
92 Down: Large canines (5): FANGS
93 Down: Outlay (5): SPEND
94 Down: Knife wielder's move (5): LUNGE
96 Down: Contemporary novelist Martin (4): AMIS
97 Down: Curse (4): BANE
98 Down: Writer Wiesel (4): ELIE
99 Down: ___worship (4): IDOL
100 Down: Check out, so to speak (4): OGLE
101 Down: Desideratum (4): NEED
104 Down: Coach Parseghian (3): ARA

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