PHRACTURED FONETICS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/6/1997. By Robert H. Wolfe.

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Across Answers

1 Across: It comes in a scoop (4): INFO
5 Across: Small club, say (4): TREY
9 Across: Underlying (5): BASAL
14 Across: Essential parts (5): PITHS
19 Across: Butcher's cut (4): LOIN
20 Across: Luxembourg town where George Patton is buried (4): HAMM
21 Across: Daughter of William the Conqueror (5): ADELA
22 Across: On ___ (reveling) (5): ATOOT
23 Across: First name in mystery (4): ERLE
24 Across: Grand (4): EPIC
25 Across: Tree knots (5): BURLS
26 Across: ___ Domingo (5): SANTO
27 Across: Seat setting (4): DAIS
28 Across: 1997 Stanley Cup finals player (16): FILADELFIAPHLYER
31 Across: Unexplained skill (3): ESP
32 Across: Harried (4): RODE
33 Across: Scraps (4): ORTS
34 Across: "Little House on the Prairie" co-star Karen (7): GRASSLE
35 Across: Counts, e.g. (5): PEERS
37 Across: 20's-50's papal name (4): PIUS
38 Across: Transfer and messenger materials (4): RNAS
39 Across: Yoga practitioner (5): HINDU
40 Across: Film maker Gus Van ___ (4): SANT
41 Across: What to call a lady (4): MAAM
42 Across: Letter trio (3): EFG
45 Across: F-4's (15): FANTOMPHIGHTERS
48 Across: Former Toronto pitching ace (5): STIEB
50 Across: Noted name in civil rights (5): EVERS
51 Across: Dark times, briefly (4): EENS
52 Across: Good cheer (3): OLE
53 Across: Where Europe was divided (5): YALTA
54 Across: Sales worker (3): REP
55 Across: Country name, 1937-49 (4): EIRE
57 Across: With 17-Down, a temporary urban home (3): SRO
58 Across: Characters in "Julius Caesar" and "The Merchant of Venice" (7): PORTIAS
60 Across: Stadium sounds (4): RAHS
62 Across: Close one (11): FOTOPHINISH
66 Across: Spa: Abbr. (4): SPRS
67 Across: Like a prize-winning witch's costume (7): UGLIEST
69 Across: Rightful (3): DUE
70 Across: Financial page inits. (4): NYSE
72 Across: ___ kwon do (3): TAE
73 Across: Reams (5): LOADS
74 Across: Zip (3): NIL
75 Across: Former Eur. carrier (4): BOAC
77 Across: Like very few games (5): NOHIT
79 Across: Aldrin's craft (5): EAGLE
80 Across: Strength (15): FYSICALPHITNESS
83 Across: Lao-___ (3): TSE
84 Across: Sugar ___ (4): BEET
85 Across: Somewhat (4): ABIT
86 Across: Kick (5): GRIPE
87 Across: Handful, maybe (4): BRAT
88 Across: It may be laid on thick (4): OLEO
89 Across: Scythe handle (5): SNATH
90 Across: Ogle (7): STAREAT
94 Across: Word with pepper or paper (4): MILL
95 Across: Covering (4): ATOP
96 Across: Intl. group since 1948 (3): OAS
99 Across: Voltaire, e.g. (16): PHRENCHFILOSOFER
102 Across: Color of some hummingbird throats (4): RUBY
103 Across: Noted Civil War biography (5): RELEE
104 Across: Big name now out (5): ELLEN
105 Across: Start of a cheer (4): VIVA
106 Across: Site of a 70's revolution (4): IRAN
107 Across: "___ my case" (5): IREST
108 Across: Violate a treaty, perhaps (5): REARM
109 Across: Land of literature (4): ERIN
110 Across: One of the Ringling Brothers (4): OTTO
111 Across: They run in the blood (5): GENES
112 Across: Pick up (5): SENSE
113 Across: Depilatory brand (4): NEET
114 Across: Throw off (4): SHED

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ France (5): ILEDE
2 Down: Charles and others (5): NORAS
3 Down: They have suns and red, white and blue fields (15): FILIPPINEPHLAGS
4 Down: Small roll (4): ONES
5 Down: Title site in a Sondheim musical (8): THEFORUM
6 Down: Tippy canoe area (6): RAPIDS
7 Down: Microphone inventor Berliner (5): EMILE
8 Down: Place to play b-ball (4): YMCA
9 Down: Charter Baseball Hall-of-Famer (8): BABERUTH
10 Down: "___ only" (6): ADULTS
11 Down: They're bound to work (5): SERFS
12 Down: "___ Have to Do Is Dream" (4): ALLI
13 Down: Pasta dishes (8): LASAGNAS
14 Down: Turkish pooh-bahs (6): PASHAS
15 Down: W.W. II Axis members: Abbr. (5): ITALS
16 Down: Prizes for Tommy Tune (5): TONYS
17 Down: See 57-Across (5): HOTEL
18 Down: Outlet (5): STORE
29 Down: Accomplishments (6): DOINGS
30 Down: A pusher may push it (4): PRAM
32 Down: Give more medicine (6): REDOSE
36 Down: ___'acte (4): ENTR
37 Down: Annoyance (4): PAIN
38 Down: Recherche (4): RARE
39 Down: Try (9): HAVEAGOAT
40 Down: Basic Halloween costume (5): SHEET
41 Down: Breakfast offering (5): MELON
42 Down: Divisions politiques (5): ETATS
43 Down: King called "le Bel" (15): FILIPTHEPHOURTH
44 Down: Be rewarded at work (9): GETARAISE
45 Down: Ring around the end of a post (7): FERRULE
46 Down: 1996 biography "Citizen ___" (5): PEROT
47 Down: Spelling on TV (4): TORI
48 Down: Med. nation (3): SYR
49 Down: Hounds (7): BASSETS
56 Down: Conditions (3): IFS
57 Down: Any vessel (3): SHE
58 Down: Coll. course (5): PSYCH
59 Down: Ahas (3): OHS
61 Down: Edge (5): SIDLE
63 Down: Horace, for one (5): ODIST
64 Down: Sheepdog with fine matted hair (4): PULI
65 Down: Wrong for the situation (5): INAPT
68 Down: Yacht's dir. (3): ESE
71 Down: Catch slyly (6): ENTRAP
74 Down: Reply from Boris (4): NYET
75 Down: Dins (6): BABELS
76 Down: This and that (4): OLIO
78 Down: "Step ___!" (4): ONIT
80 Down: Headdress, maybe (8): FEATHERS
81 Down: 1974 hit by Chicago (8): CALLONME
82 Down: Unaware (8): IGNORANT
84 Down: Bric-a-___ (4): BRAC
87 Down: ___ Reader's Encyclopedia (classic literary reference) (6): BENETS
88 Down: Their home is the Astrodome (6): OILERS
89 Down: Rock guitarist ___ Ray Vaughan (6): STEVIE
90 Down: Shoot (5): SPRIG
91 Down: "Voila!" (5): THERE
92 Down: "I Love a Parade" composer (5): ARLEN
93 Down: "Touched by an Angel" co-star (5): REESE
94 Down: Where to see "The Last Supper" (5): MILAN
95 Down: Lit (5): AFIRE
97 Down: Decrease (5): ABATE
98 Down: Bishops' group (5): SYNOD
100 Down: Beat it (4): FLEE
101 Down: Broiler (4): OVEN
102 Down: Guadalquivir and others (4): RIOS

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