BUMPER TO BUMPER - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 12/15/1996. By R. Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Hosp. areas (3): ERS
4 Across: Orbital extreme (5): APSIS
9 Across: Fed (4): GMAN
13 Across: Mea ___ (5): CULPA
18 Across: "I reckon not" (3): NAH
19 Across: ___ Affair (Civil War imbroglio) (5): TRENT
20 Across: Michener title (5): TEXAS
22 Across: 1995 N.B.A. scoring leader (5): ONEAL
23 Across: Business firm, in France: Abbr. (3): CIE
24 Across: Page 2, usually (5): VERSO
25 Across: Ratify (5): ADOPT
26 Across: Software buyers (5): USERS
27 Across: Wing it (5): ADLIB
29 Across: Relief pitchers (7): FIREMEN
31 Across: Hardy grass (7): ESPARTO
33 Across: Measuring system (6): METRIC
35 Across: Popular sporting fish (7): SEABASS
37 Across: Gen. Pershing's command: Abbr. (3): AEF
38 Across: Spread the word? (6): PREACH
39 Across: Tarlatan skirt (4): TUTU
40 Across: Masks (8): CONCEALS
45 Across: Georgia, once: Abbr. (3): SSR
46 Across: Day, to Dayan (3): YOM
48 Across: Campaign pro (3): POL
49 Across: Sample (3): SIP
50 Across: Divvy up (5): ALLOT
51 Across: "Behold," to Boethius (4): ECCE
52 Across: Harper's Weekly cartoonist (4): NAST
54 Across: Singer Harris (7): EMMYLOU
56 Across: The tiniest bit (5): ATALL
59 Across: Slugger's stat (3): RBI
62 Across: Opposite of paleo- (3): NEO
63 Across: Def Jam records genre (3): RAP
64 Across: Traffic jam (21): FIREENGINECARRACERRIG
72 Across: Traffic jam (21): TRAMROADSTERMOTORHOME
73 Across: Traffic jam (21): SEMIVANAUTOSEDANMOPED
74 Across: Fleur-de-___ (3): LIS
75 Across: Author Stanislaw (3): LEM
76 Across: Young socialite (3): DEB
77 Across: "The Flowering Peach" playwright (5): ODETS
78 Across: He wore a top hat in "Top Hat" (7): ASTAIRE
82 Across: First word of "Send in the Clowns" (4): ISNT
84 Across: Overdue (4): LATE
86 Across: Earthshaking event (5): SEISM
87 Across: White House inits. (3): RMN
89 Across: Sports governing body: Abbr. (3): IOC
91 Across: Author of "The Island of the Day Before" (3): ECO
92 Across: Vacation spot (3): SPA
95 Across: Even more distressing (8): ANDWORSE
97 Across: Optimist, of sorts (4): BULL
99 Across: Neptune moon (6): TRITON
101 Across: The dovekie is one (3): AUK
102 Across: Film heptad (7): SAMURAI
105 Across: Plan out (6): SCRIPT
106 Across: TV dinner name (7): SWANSON
110 Across: "Semiramide" composer (7): ROSSINI
112 Across: "Fiddler on the Roof" role (5): YENTA
113 Across: Day of la semaine (5): MARDI
114 Across: Like some traffic barriers (5): CONIC
116 Across: Battlefield V.I.P. (5): MEDIC
118 Across: Sticky stuff (3): TAR
119 Across: Club publication (5): ORGAN
120 Across: Paris cultural center (5): OPERA
121 Across: Be behind (5): TRAIL
122 Across: Poetic preposition (3): ERE
123 Across: Troll's cousin (5): GNOME
124 Across: Flagstone, e.g. (4): SLAB
125 Across: Davis of "Get On the Bus" (5): OSSIE
126 Across: Wino's woe (3): DTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Prepares to spend the night (7): ENCAMPS
2 Down: Al Davis's men (7): RAIDERS
3 Down: Harbor (7): SHELTER
4 Down: Traffic jam (21): ATVBICYCLERVLIMOUSINE
5 Down: Post's opposite (3): PRE
6 Down: Lord's lackey (4): SERF
7 Down: Put one's foot down (6): INSIST
8 Down: Save for a rainy day (7): STOREUP
9 Down: Traffic jam (21): GTAMBULANCEOMNIBUSCAB
10 Down: Jason's wife, in myth (5): MEDEA
11 Down: Nerve fibers (5): AXONS
12 Down: Tot's time-out (3): NAP
13 Down: Traffic jam (21): COUPECAMPERMOTORCYCLE
14 Down: With risk (8): UNSAFELY
15 Down: Groucho expression (4): LEER
16 Down: Auditioner's aim (4): PART
17 Down: Plus (4): ALSO
21 Down: Sault ___ Marie (3): STE
28 Down: "Cybill" character (3): IRA
30 Down: Popular brand of stationery (5): EATON
32 Down: ___ Jacinto Day (April 21) (3): SAN
34 Down: Kiss flavor: Abbr. (4): CHOC
36 Down: Poli ___ (3): SCI
41 Down: Ready to be turned on (10): OPERATABLE
42 Down: Best effort (3): ALL
43 Down: Elton's john (3): LOO
44 Down: Good name for a cabin attendant (3): STU
47 Down: Diving ducks (10): MERGANSERS
49 Down: Had a tantrum (7): STORMED
51 Down: Fragrant resin (5): ELEMI
53 Down: Large chain (5): SEARS
55 Down: City on the Ocmulgee River (5): MACON
56 Down: Parts of days, in the classifieds (4): AFTS
57 Down: Flag (4): TIRE
58 Down: Saroyan hero (4): ARAM
60 Down: ___ fond farewell to (4): BIDA
61 Down: It can cause a shock (7): INSULIN
65 Down: Asphyxiation cause (5): NOAIR
66 Down: Diminutive endings (5): ETTES
67 Down: Heckled (4): RODE
68 Down: ___ Island (5): RHODE
69 Down: Hitchcock title (4): ROPE
70 Down: "___ a man who wasn't there" (4): IMET
71 Down: Sheepskin alternatives, for short (4): GEDS
78 Down: Matter of fact introduction? (3): ASA
79 Down: One in it for the long term?: Abbr. (3): SEN
80 Down: Prescription abbr. (3): TID
81 Down: Construction of 1898-1902 (8): ASWANDAM
83 Down: Balzac's birthplace (5): TOURS
85 Down: Is decisive (4): ACTS
88 Down: Mayo, e.g. (3): MES
90 Down: Words before fame or after lay (7): CLAIMTO
92 Down: Pinched pennies (7): STINTED
93 Down: Toaster snack (7): POPTART
94 Down: Scorpio's brightest star (7): ANTARES
96 Down: Howard Hughes studio (3): RKO
98 Down: Record holders (6): LINERS
100 Down: Incense (3): IRE
103 Down: Synthetic fiber (5): ARNEL
104 Down: Shearer of "Peeping Tom" (5): MOIRA
106 Down: Kind of alert (4): SMOG
107 Down: Alert (4): WARN
108 Down: Ship to Colchis (4): ARGO
109 Down: Bilko, for one: Abbr. (3): NCO
111 Down: Castor's killer (4): IDAS
115 Down: Photo ___ (3): OPS
117 Down: Grandson, maybe (3): III

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