THE STARS ARE OUT - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/19/1996. By C.M. Deber.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: W.W. II female fliers (5)
- WASPS
- 6 Across: Rice dish (5)
- PILAF
- 11 Across: Sub sinker, maybe (4)
- BERG
- 15 Across: Equestrian need (4)
- CROP
- 19 Across: Fully up-to-date (5)
- AWARE
- 20 Across: Answer to "Who's there?" (5)
- ITISI
- 21 Across: Grounds (4)
- AREA
- 22 Across: Symbol on Pakistan's flag (4)
- LUNE
- 23 Across: SC* (11)
- RECONNOITER
- 25 Across: CL* (9)
- INFLUENCE
- 27 Across: Ones going to court (5)
- BEAUS
- 28 Across: Alternative to Prell (4)
- PERT
- 30 Across: Relative of the zebra (6)
- ONAGER
- 31 Across: Has consequences on (7)
- IMPACTS
- 34 Across: ___time (4)
- ATNO
- 35 Across: "___With Love" (5)
- TOSIR
- 37 Across: Basque port (6)
- BILBAO
- 38 Across: B* (10)
- PRIZEFIGHT
- 40 Across: K.C. zone (3)
- CST
- 43 Across: Artist Steinberg et al. (5)
- SAULS
- 44 Across: "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" singer (5)
- CROCE
- 45 Across: Urban scavengers (9)
- ALLEYCATS
- 47 Across: Prize for Oprah (4)
- EMMY
- 48 Across: Surf (4)
- FOAM
- 49 Across: Things tied up in knots? (5)
- MILES
- 50 Across: "Present" (4)
- HERE
- 51 Across: Penpoint (3)
- NIB
- 52 Across: UNC*H (11)
- ILLMANNERED
- 55 Across: ___were (4)
- ASIT
- 56 Across: Key (5)
- ISLET
- 58 Across: "Stagecoach," e.g. (5)
- OATER
- 59 Across: Where some drives end (5)
- TRAPS
- 60 Across: Dakota Indian tribe (6)
- SANTEE
- 62 Across: Horror film staples (7)
- SPIDERS
- 64 Across: Stowe villain (6)
- LEGREE
- 65 Across: Beat by a nose (5)
- EDGED
- 66 Across: Scandinavian gods (5)
- AESIR
- 67 Across: They may be shafted (5)
- MINES
- 68 Across: Noose maker (4)
- ROPE
- 69 Across: R*ES (11)
- INTERSTATES
- 72 Across: Typewriter key (3)
- TAB
- 75 Across: Asia's ___Sea (4)
- ARAL
- 76 Across: Icelandic literary works (5)
- EDDAS
- 77 Across: Squeezes (4)
- HUGS
- 78 Across: Like some orders (4)
- TOGO
- 79 Across: Year-after-year (9)
- PERENNIAL
- 81 Across: "Come back, ___" (1953 movie line) (5)
- SHANE
- 83 Across: Barbecues badly (5)
- CHARS
- 84 Across: Presidential inits. (3)
- HST
- 85 Across: Y*H (10)
- ADOLESCENT
- 87 Across: Intergalactic distance (6)
- PARSEC
- 88 Across: "Awake and Sing!" dramatist (5)
- ODETS
- 89 Across: River past Interlaken (4)
- AARE
- 90 Across: Grants (7)
- DONATES
- 91 Across: Throat soother (6)
- HOTTEA
- 94 Across: Word with look or back (4)
- INTO
- 95 Across: Large halls (5)
- SALAS
- 96 Across: DEV* (9)
- OBSERVANT
- 99 Across: C*URE (11)
- HIGHFASHION
- 104 Across: Take off (4)
- SOAR
- 105 Across: Architect's curve (4)
- OGEE
- 106 Across: ___the line (5)
- ENDOF
- 107 Across: Brief (5)
- TERSE
- 108 Across: Actress Austin (4)
- TERI
- 109 Across: Board go-with (4)
- ROOM
- 110 Across: New Hampshire town (5)
- DERRY
- 111 Across: "Got___With an Angel" (1931 song) (5)
- ADATE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "The Red Badge of Courage" topic (3)
- WAR
- 2 Down: Paralyze, in a way (3)
- AWE
- 3 Down: Pouch (3)
- SAC
- 4 Down: Not for sure (8)
- PROBABLY
- 5 Down: Iroquoian people (7)
- SENECAS
- 6 Down: Epithet for Louis I, with "the" (5)
- PIOUS
- 7 Down: End of an affliction (4)
- ITIS
- 8 Down: Eng. course (3)
- LIT
- 9 Down: Hospital-clean (7)
- ASEPTIC
- 10 Down: Home of the Medicis (7)
- FIRENZE
- 11 Down: Fish food (4)
- BAIT
- 12 Down: Directional suffix (3)
- ERN
- 13 Down: Officiate (3)
- REF
- 14 Down: Snow shoes (8)
- GALOSHES
- 15 Down: Remove trees from (5)
- CLEAR
- 16 Down: Pealed (4)
- RUNG
- 17 Down: How some cousins are removed? (4)
- ONCE
- 18 Down: Duke, e.g. (4)
- PEER
- 24 Down: Kind of forces (4)
- NATO
- 26 Down: Kwanzaa principle (5)
- UNITY
- 29 Down: Eggs (3)
- ROE
- 31 Down: "The Master Builder" playwright (5)
- IBSEN
- 32 Down: Super Bowls VII and VIII champs (5)
- MIAMI
- 33 Down: SP* (12)
- PLUMBINGPART
- 34 Down: Spice, e.g. (5)
- AROMA
- 35 Down: Farmhands (7)
- TILLERS
- 36 Down: Closely observed (5)
- OGLED
- 38 Down: Buggy (4)
- PRAM
- 39 Down: Comparatively cloudless (6)
- FAIRER
- 40 Down: CR*ON (12)
- CAESARSTOAST
- 41 Down: Magnetic card feature (6)
- STRIPE
- 42 Down: Trypanosome carrier (6)
- TSETSE
- 44 Down: .45, e.g. (4)
- COLT
- 46 Down: Bugle's signal (6)
- CHARGE
- 48 Down: Disappear (4)
- FLEE
- 49 Down: Coin takers (6)
- METERS
- 52 Down: Early TV's "___Three Lives" (4)
- ILED
- 53 Down: Ruckuses (6)
- NOISES
- 54 Down: It's the pits (5)
- NADIR
- 57 Down: Brosnan TV role (6)
- STEELE
- 59 Down: Jacks take them (4)
- TENS
- 60 Down: Milton's Abdiel, e.g. (6)
- SERAPH
- 61 Down: Likes a lot (6)
- ADORES
- 62 Down: Flip-flops (7)
- SANDALS
- 63 Down: Fleur-de-lis feature (6)
- PETALE
- 64 Down: Fabrications (4)
- LIES
- 67 Down: Bank deal: Abbr. (4)
- MTGE
- 69 Down: Dolt (5)
- IDIOT
- 70 Down: Clan head, of old (5)
- THANE
- 71 Down: Reuniongoer (4)
- AUNT
- 73 Down: Square (with) (5)
- AGREE
- 74 Down: Certain pears (5)
- BOSCS
- 76 Down: Undertaking (8)
- ENDEAVOR
- 78 Down: Clobbered (8)
- THRASHED
- 80 Down: 1996 third party organizer (5)
- NADER
- 81 Down: Blistered (7)
- SCATHED
- 82 Down: Anne of Green Gables, e.g. (7)
- HEROINE
- 83 Down: Game with 12 wild cards (7)
- CANASTA
- 86 Down: ___Lorenzo (3)
- SAN
- 87 Down: Vamp Negri (4)
- POLA
- 88 Down: Actress Cheri of "Saturday Night Live" (5)
- OTERI
- 90 Down: Fast talking duck (5)
- DAFFY
- 91 Down: Central computer (4)
- HOST
- 92 Down: ___d'amour (4)
- OBOE
- 93 Down: Mikhail, e.g. (4)
- TSAR
- 94 Down: Paragraph (4)
- ITEM
- 95 Down: Renowned restaurateur (4)
- SHOR
- 97 Down: "Give it___" (3)
- AGO
- 98 Down: Revivalist, of sorts (3)
- NEO
- 100 Down: Former Warsaw Pact member: Abbr. (3)
- GDR
- 101 Down: C.P.A. recommendation (3)
- IRA
- 102 Down: German direction (3)
- OST
- 103 Down: Born (3)
- NEE
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