MANANA - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/21/1996. By M. Gaffney.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Clog (up) (3): GUM
4 Across: Venue for political coverage (5): CSPAN
9 Across: Sharp (5): ACERB
14 Across: Range (5): GAMUT
19 Across: It has a head and hops (3): ALE
20 Across: Kind of cuisine (5): HAUTE
21 Across: Like some caps (5): POLAR
22 Across: Shiraz native (5): IRANI
23 Across: TV show on delayed broadcast? (15): SUNDAYNIGHTLIVE
26 Across: Lloyd George contemporary (5): LENIN
27 Across: Beef cuts (5): LOINS
28 Across: Absolute Truth (3): TAO
29 Across: Worn (4): USED
30 Across: One of the Pointer Sisters (5): ANITA
31 Across: Kind of deck (5): TAROT
32 Across: Surrender specifics (5): TERMS
34 Across: Kissers' interference (6): BRACES
35 Across: Somewhat (4): ATAD
36 Across: Part of a pound (4): CAGE
39 Across: Actress Merkel (3): UNA
40 Across: Like a good cake (5): MOIST
41 Across: Run through (8): REHEARSE
43 Across: "Sesame Street" setting (3): PBS
44 Across: Bills coach Levy (4): MARV
45 Across: State name preceder (3): USS
48 Across: Dolt (3): ASS
49 Across: "The Waltons" character (7): JOHNBOY
51 Across: ___siecle (5): FINDE
52 Across: One in a wool coat (3): EWE
53 Across: "Billy Bathgate" author (8): DOCTOROW
54 Across: One of three Indy winners (5): UNSER
55 Across: "What did I tell you?" (3): SEE
56 Across: Out of control (4): AMOK
58 Across: First name in autocrats (5): HAILE
59 Across: Parent (4): REAR
60 Across: German-Polish border river (4): ODER
61 Across: Steady high (7): PLATEAU
63 Across: It's south of Eur. (5): MEDIT
65 Across: Girls' shoes (7): TSTRAPS
67 Across: Work (4): OPUS
68 Across: Vienna transport (4): TRAM
70 Across: India's first prime minister (5): NEHRU
72 Across: Does field work (4): HAYS
73 Across: Folks (3): KIN
74 Across: "Who's there?" reply, informally (5): ITSME
75 Across: 50's TV actress (8): EVEARDEN
77 Across: Expiration (3): END
78 Across: Raiders leader (5): NADER
79 Across: Feudal state (7): SERFDOM
80 Across: Had been (3): WAS
83 Across: Van Owen player on "L.A. Law" (3): DEY
84 Across: Look over (4): SCAN
85 Across: New York City highway, with "the" (3): FDR
86 Across: Melodramatic parting (8): FAREWELL
88 Across: Chance (5): FLUKY
90 Across: Word with water or wall (3): SEA
91 Across: Slangy greeting (4): HIYA
92 Across: Tennis's Nastase (4): ILIE
93 Across: Does "Jingle Bells" (6): CAROLS
95 Across: It precedes "Remember" and "Forget" in song titles (5): TRYTO
97 Across: Wasted time (5): IDLED
98 Across: Mohawk Valley city (5): UTICA
99 Across: City sacked by Tamerlane, 1395 (4): AZOV
101 Across: Scurrier (3): ANT
103 Across: Untrained (5): GREEN
104 Across: Assassination victim of 1981 (5): SADAT
105 Across: Rain date for a big sports event? (15): SUPERBOWLMONDAY
109 Across: Academy founder (5): PLATO
110 Across: Draw___in the sand (5): ALINE
111 Across: Aloft (5): RISEN
112 Across: ___-Aztecan (language group) (3): UTO
113 Across: Less straight-forward (5): SLYER
114 Across: Kind of knife (5): PUTTY
115 Across: Shocks (5): STUNS
116 Across: Intl. writers' org. (3): PEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Anesthetic (3): GAS
2 Down: Loudly laments (8): ULULATES
3 Down: Places for December lights (8): MENORAHS
4 Down: Stadium sound (5): CHANT
5 Down: "___who?" (4): SAYS
6 Down: Subject of a Swift essay (3): PUN
7 Down: Working tirelessly (4): ATIT
8 Down: Undo (6): NEGATE
9 Down: To the point (3): APT
10 Down: Newspaper reportage (7): COLUMNS
11 Down: Dido of Carthage (6): ELISSA
12 Down: Speak deliriously (4): RAVE
13 Down: Raised (4): BRED
14 Down: It joins the Colorado near Yuma (9): GILARIVER
15 Down: Stadiums (6): ARENAS
16 Down: 1985 pop hit released behind schedule? (12): MANICTUESDAY
17 Down: Link (5): UNITE
18 Down: Brown and Turner (5): TINAS
24 Down: Semiconductor device (5): DIODE
25 Down: Clod buster (3): HOE
31 Down: Mitchell place (4): TARA
33 Down: Mick Jagger's late girlfriend? (13): RUBYWEDNESDAY
34 Down: Treaty subjects (7): BORDERS
36 Down: Gator cousin (4): CROC
37 Down: Second day of Lent? (11): ASHTHURSDAY
38 Down: Columbus's home (5): GENOA
40 Down: Tardy employee? (11): MANSATURDAY
42 Down: "What___!" (5): AJOKE
43 Down: English port west of Bournemouth (5): POOLE
44 Down: It gets the shaft (4): MINE
46 Down: Publishers Clearinghouse contests (6): SWEEPS
47 Down: Sibyls (5): SEERS
50 Down: Cup filled to the top (7): BRIMMER
51 Down: More advanced (7): FURTHER
53 Down: Popular pencil and paper game (4): DOTS
56 Down: Skiing event (6): ALPINE
57 Down: Postponed religious event? (12): MAUNDYFRIDAY
60 Down: French- and Arabic-speaking seaport (4): ORAN
61 Down: Nudged (5): POKED
62 Down: Goes after (7): ATTACKS
64 Down: "If___see you..." (5): IEVER
66 Down: Week of tomorrows, herein (5): THEME
69 Down: "Agreed!" (4): AMEN
71 Down: One-named children's singer (5): RAFFI
74 Down: Porcelain, e.g. (9): INSULATOR
76 Down: Celebrated Freud case (4): DORA
80 Down: Formed, as tears (8): WELLEDUP
81 Down: Drive away (8): ALIENATE
82 Down: Racing vehicle (4): SLED
85 Down: Impassioned (7): FERVENT
87 Down: Ream (5): WIDEN
89 Down: Pinpoint (6): LOCATE
90 Down: "Quit bothering me!" (6): STOPIT
91 Down: Phi Beta Kappa and such (6): HONORS
93 Down: Architectural decorations (5): CUSPS
94 Down: To any degree (5): ATALL
96 Down: Picked-up item (3): TAB
97 Down: Best Actor of 1990 (5): IRONS
99 Down: P.D.Q. (4): ASAP
100 Down: Inkatha Freedom Party supporter (4): ZULU
102 Down: Ridicule (4): TWIT
103 Down: Feds (4): GMEN
106 Down: King of Spain (3): REY
107 Down: Baton Rouge sch. (3): LSU
108 Down: Over there (3): YON

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