PERFECT SQUARES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 3/2/1997. By Harvey Estes.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Follow (7): SUCCEED
8 Across: Cases (7): SHEATHS
15 Across: Unmemorized words (5): ADLIB
20 Across: Begin, e.g. (7): ISRAELI
21 Across: Less stirred (7): LUMPIER
22 Across: Winslow Homer's home (5): MAINE
23 Across: Be ecstatic (21): FEELLIKEAMILLIONBUCKS
26 Across: King of the 18th dynasty (3): TUT
27 Across: Parodied, with "up" (4): SENT
28 Across: Poetic contraction (4): NEER
29 Across: Even though (6): ALBEIT
30 Across: Tiny bit (5): SPECK
33 Across: Go to bat for (6): DEFEND
35 Across: Sault ___ Marie (3): STE
36 Across: Okla. football rival (3): NEB
37 Across: "Women and Love" author (4): HITE
40 Across: Neighbor of Minn. (3): ONT
41 Across: Garish (4): LOUD
42 Across: Paris-to-Marseilles dir. (3): SSE
43 Across: Song from the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album (15): WHENIMSIXTYFOUR
48 Across: Rocker Joan (4): JETT
49 Across: Principle of philosophy (3): TAO
50 Across: Old Alka-Seltzer mascot (6): SPEEDY
51 Across: Finder's cry (6): EUREKA
53 Across: Slippery ___ (3): ELM
54 Across: Land of the Chosen people (5): KOREA
55 Across: "Diary of a Genius" author (4): DALI
57 Across: Bring upon oneself (5): INCUR
61 Across: Stout relative (3): ALE
62 Across: With 86-Down, partner of buts (3): IFS
63 Across: Brunch beverage (6): MIMOSA
65 Across: ___ incognita (5): TERRA
66 Across: Musical measures (4): BARS
68 Across: Some gold diggers (11): FORTYNINERS
72 Across: Watch word (4): TICK
73 Across: Not chronic (5): ACUTE
75 Across: Approached (6): NEARED
76 Across: Nice view (3): MER
78 Across: Fraternity letter (3): CHI
79 Across: Pool contents? (5): GENES
80 Across: "It's ___...World" (4): AMAD
81 Across: Bow in the theater (5): CLARA
83 Across: Reunion group (3): KIN
84 Across: B flat's equivalent (6): ASHARP
87 Across: 1985 N.L. Cy Young Award winner (6): GOODEN
88 Across: Ally of the U.S. (3): ENG
89 Across: Raised (4): BRED
92 Across: Slots (15): ONEARMEDBANDITS
96 Across: King's title: Abbr. (3): REV
97 Across: Melville foretopman (4): BUDD
98 Across: Singer Janis (3): IAN
99 Across: Rockefeller Center muralist (4): SERT
100 Across: Chemical suffix (3): ENE
101 Across: Hosp. areas (3): ERS
102 Across: Sandinista foe (6): CONTRA
105 Across: Cruise in style (5): YACHT
109 Across: Reception helper (6): AERIAL
111 Across: Performs, for King James (4): DOTH
112 Across: Downwind (4): ALEE
115 Across: Dauphin's father (3): ROI
116 Across: 1970 Chicago hit (21): TWENTYFIVEORSIXTOFOUR
121 Across: Waste maker (5): HASTE
122 Across: Partly coincide (7): OVERLAP
123 Across: Show up (7): ECLIPSE
124 Across: Vocalist John (5): ELTON
125 Across: Hounds (7): BASSETS
126 Across: American and Swiss (7): CHEESES

Down Answers

1 Down: Strains, in a way (5): SIFTS
2 Down: Exhaust (5): USEUP
3 Down: Where Sir Arthur Evans excavated (5): CRETE
4 Down: Hall-of-Famer Hubbard (3): CAL
5 Down: Slimmer swimmer (3): EEL
6 Down: Some Ivy Leaguers (4): ELIS
7 Down: Water barrier (4): DIKE
8 Down: It's quarried in Vermont (5): SLATE
9 Down: Continuous sound (3): HUM
10 Down: Celebrated (7): EMINENT
11 Down: Galore (7): APLENTY
12 Down: Like some floors (5): TILED
13 Down: Presumptive person? (4): HEIR
14 Down: Full house indicator (3): SRO
15 Down: Sashayed (6): AMBLED
16 Down: Brush carelessly (4): DAUB
17 Down: Poet's prerogative (7): LICENSE
18 Down: Most pitch-black (7): INKIEST
19 Down: Optimal option (7): BESTBET
24 Down: Objective (3): END
25 Down: First published work by 39-Down (6): NATURE
31 Down: Antonio's role in "Evita" (3): CHE
32 Down: Aguirre portrayer (6): KINSKI
34 Down: Very alluring (4): FOXY
35 Down: Whisky drink (4): SOUR
38 Down: Alert (6): TIPOFF
39 Down: The Sage of Concord (7): EMERSON
41 Down: Charpentier opera or its heroine (6): LOUISE
43 Down: "Ben-Hur" author (7): WALLACE
44 Down: Round trip of sorts (7): HOMERUN
45 Down: Spot (3): SEE
46 Down: Humphrey's "High Sierra" co-star (3): IDA
47 Down: Malefactor (5): FELON
48 Down: Jamie Lee's mom (5): JANET
49 Down: It's often in hot water (6): TEABAG
52 Down: Supplies (3): KIT
55 Down: Treated to supper (5): DINED
56 Down: Surrounded by (4): AMID
58 Down: Fair play (7): CRICKET
59 Down: Ragamuffins (7): URCHINS
60 Down: Yard chore (6): RAKING
63 Down: "___ Breckinridge" (4): MYRA
64 Down: Easily maneuverable military forces (7): ARMADAS
67 Down: Place (5): STEAD
69 Down: Raised (6): REARED
70 Down: City with a Latin quarter (5): TAMPA
71 Down: Composed (6): SERENE
74 Down: Drain trap shape, at times (3): ESS
77 Down: Petered out (6): RANDRY
81 Down: Provincetown catch (3): COD
82 Down: Tennis shot (3): LOB
85 Down: Like some wages (6): HOURLY
86 Down: See 62-Across (4): ANDS
87 Down: Chap (4): GENT
89 Down: Get some air (7): BREATHE
90 Down: Urban modernization (7): RENEWAL
91 Down: Chomolungma's more familiar name (7): EVEREST
93 Down: "Do the Right Thing" extras (7): RIOTERS
94 Down: Way down? (7): MANHOLE
95 Down: Spanish diminutive suffix (3): ITA
97 Down: Hammered (6): BEATEN
102 Down: Recesses (5): COVES
103 Down: Coarse files (5): RASPS
104 Down: Former ring king (3): ALI
106 Down: Riding accessories (5): CROPS
107 Down: Representative location (5): HOUSE
108 Down: Rollers? (5): TIRES
110 Down: Division word (4): INTO
111 Down: Midler's "___ Las Vegas" (4): DIVA
113 Down: Big cheese (4): EXEC
114 Down: Use acid (4): ETCH
117 Down: A gift in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" (3): FOB
118 Down: Squeal (3): RAT
119 Down: Good ___ boy (3): OLE
120 Down: Old-style interjection (3): FIE

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