INITIALLY SPEAKING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 2/16/1997. By M. Gaffney.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Suffix with land or city (5): SCAPE
6 Across: Hanged (8): STRUNGUP
14 Across: Unhitched? (6): SINGLE
20 Across: Clio contender (5): ADMAN
21 Across: Attack (8): TEARINTO
22 Across: Like socks in a drawer (6): PAIRED
23 Across: Noted guitarist (21): BRILLIANTBLUESMANKING
26 Across: Some learning (4): ROTE
27 Across: Kernel (4): GIST
28 Across: The Thames borders it (5): ESSEX
29 Across: Word of reproach (3): FIE
30 Across: Tiny type size (7): EMERALD
32 Across: Numbskull (3): ASS
34 Across: Bandleader Paul (7): SHAFFER
38 Across: Roman mine (3): MIO
39 Across: Atom (3): BIT
40 Across: Chiang ___-shek (3): KAI
43 Across: Marcus and George (6): ALLENS
44 Across: Four-time Indy winner (20): AUTOMOBILEJOCKEYFOYT
50 Across: Noted youth grp. (3): BSA
51 Across: ___ Mujeres, Mexico (4): ISLA
52 Across: Furtive sort (6): LURKER
53 Across: They don't want to fight (5): DOVES
55 Across: Should (6): INCASE
57 Across: Attached at the base, botanically (7): SESSILE
63 Across: Druggie (4): USER
64 Across: Early empire builder (4): INCA
65 Across: Recipe amt. (3): TSP
67 Across: Italian city where Giotto painted (6): PADOVA
69 Across: "Surprised by Joy" autobiographer (21): CHRISTIANSCHOLARLEWIS
74 Across: Metric weights (6): TONNES
75 Across: It may be high in the afternoon (3): TEA
76 Across: Count (4): RELY
77 Across: Introductory material (4): ABCS
78 Across: Loss by decay (7): WASTAGE
81 Across: Wasn't sociable (6): SULKED
83 Across: Strike location (5): PLATE
84 Across: General announcement? (6): ATEASE
86 Across: Stagger (4): REEL
88 Across: Not the best service (3): LET
89 Across: "My Little Chickadee" star (20): WARPEDCOMEDIANFIELDS
96 Across: Medieval weapon (6): POLEAX
97 Across: Laugh syllable (3): HEE
98 Across: Artillery shell component (3): TNT
99 Across: A substantial amount of Louisiana (3): FEN
100 Across: Goes around (7): ROTATES
102 Across: Tricked (3): GOT
103 Across: Rolls (7): ROSTERS
107 Across: Vitamin C source (3): ADE
108 Across: Refuse (5): TRASH
112 Across: No longer stuck on (4): OVER
114 Across: Understanding words (4): ISEE
115 Across: Three-time N.F.L. M.V.P. (21): YARDAGEATTAINERTITTLE
121 Across: Understanding (6): TREATY
122 Across: Computer offering (8): MAINMENU
123 Across: Not be fast (5): BLEED
124 Across: They're out in a game (6): ODDMEN
125 Across: Prepares for a rough ride (8): STRAPSIN
126 Across: Cardinal points? (5): NESTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Buffalo wing? (5): SABRE
2 Down: Modern information medium (5): CDROM
3 Down: Tiny amount (5): AMITE
4 Down: Where gelato was invented (7): PALERMO
5 Down: Like a member of the U.S.N. (3): ENL
6 Down: Sober-minded (5): STAID
7 Down: Comaneci achievements (4): TENS
8 Down: Kind of comb (7): RATTAIL
9 Down: City area (3): URB
10 Down: "Frasier" character (5): NILES
11 Down: Lions' prey (4): GNUS
12 Down: Indians with a sun dance (4): UTES
13 Down: It may be struck (4): POSE
14 Down: Eponymous Belgian town (3): SPA
15 Down: Actor Holm (3): IAN
16 Down: An end to peace (3): NIK
17 Down: 1994 A.L. home run king (7): GRIFFEY
18 Down: Soft (7): LENIENT
19 Down: Garden tools (6): EDGERS
24 Down: Homes with domes (6): IGLOOS
25 Down: Cold war threat (3): MXS
31 Down: Elvis Costello's "My ___ True" (5): AIMIS
33 Down: Grave marker (5): STELA
35 Down: Silver treat (3): HAY
36 Down: First name in 1936 politics (3): ALF
37 Down: Early 80's sitcom (3): FLO
39 Down: "Othello" courtesan (6): BIANCA
40 Down: Name in 1993 news (6): KORESH
41 Down: Bill the Cat pronouncement, in the funnies (3): ACK
42 Down: Alibi ___ (liars, of a sort) (4): IKES
44 Down: Shanghai (6): ABDUCT
45 Down: G.I. entertainment (7): USOSHOW
46 Down: Greek cafe (7): TAVERNA
47 Down: Shrovetide dish (5): BLINI
48 Down: Legal grounds for action (9): JUSTCAUSE
49 Down: Poetic preposition (3): ERE
54 Down: Gray and Moran (5): ERINS
56 Down: Argot (4): CANT
58 Down: Getting around well (4): SPRY
59 Down: "My gal" (3): SAL
60 Down: The best (5): IDEAL
61 Down: Kind of estimate (7): LOWBALL
62 Down: Got a flat boot? (7): EVICTED
64 Down: "___ deal!" (4): ITSA
66 Down: Some government appropriations (4): PORK
68 Down: The plus column (6): ASSETS
70 Down: Pin down (3): SET
71 Down: Kind of oil (6): SESAME
72 Down: Ogle (6): LEERAT
73 Down: "The Courtship of Miles Standish" character (5): ALDEN
79 Down: Travel (about) (3): GAD
80 Down: Drop acid? (4): ETCH
82 Down: Preceded (5): LEDTO
83 Down: Travels back and forth (5): PLIES
85 Down: Abbr. in a help wanted ad (3): EOE
87 Down: Application (6): EFFORT
89 Down: Lynette ___, first female Harlem Globetrotter (7): WOODARD
90 Down: Took in, maybe (7): ALTERED
91 Down: Actor Stephen (3): REA
92 Down: Congratulations, of a sort (3): PAT
93 Down: Palindromic English river (3): EXE
94 Down: Chants (7): INTONES
95 Down: Authorize (7): ENTITLE
96 Down: Beseech (6): PRAYTO
101 Down: ___-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec (3): STE
102 Down: Lake Volta's country (5): GHANA
103 Down: Ho-hum TV fare (5): RERUN
104 Down: Adlai's '56 running mate (5): ESTES
105 Down: Like some apartments (5): RELET
106 Down: Most likely winners (5): SEEDS
109 Down: Butts (4): RAMS
110 Down: Rat-___ (4): ATAT
111 Down: Pokey (4): STIR
113 Down: Start of a classic Latin quote (4): VENI
116 Down: Broodmare (3): DAM
117 Down: Had fare (3): ATE
118 Down: Med. specialty (3): GYN
119 Down: Tiny terror (3): IMP
120 Down: ___ Saud (former Mideast leader) (3): IBN

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