MAGAZINE MERGER MANIA - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 130 clues). Published 8/31/1997. By David J. Kahn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Routine responses? (5)
- HAHAS
- 6 Across: Least amiable (6)
- ICIEST
- 12 Across: One who sets up shots (6)
- BARMAN
- 18 Across: Make ___ for (6)
- APITCH
- 20 Across: Radiators and such (7)
- HEATERS
- 22 Across: Camden Yards player (6)
- ORIOLE
- 23 Across: One of the Beverly Hillbillies (6)
- JETHRO
- 24 Across: The World ___ (7)
- ALMANAC
- 25 Across: Lab vessel (6)
- AMPULE
- 26 Across: View surreptitiously (6)
- PEEPAT
- 28 Across: Concubine's room (3)
- ODA
- 29 Across: Tart (5)
- ACRID
- 30 Across: How the celebrity's mom and dad survived? (21)
- STARWIREDPARENTSMONEY
- 37 Across: Contemptible one (4)
- WORM
- 38 Across: Theme park transport (7)
- GYROCAR
- 39 Across: Hit man, so to speak (4)
- ICER
- 40 Across: Novelist Nin (5)
- ANAIS
- 42 Across: Name of three English rivers (4)
- OUSE
- 43 Across: Be against change (8)
- STANDPAT
- 47 Across: How the case of commercial espionage is halted? (21)
- MADCONSUMERREPORTSSPY
- 52 Across: ___ du Diable (3)
- ILE
- 53 Across: Cry of delight (3)
- OOH
- 54 Across: Bitter, to a Brit (3)
- ALE
- 55 Across: Chatter (3)
- YAP
- 56 Across: Nonplussed (5)
- ATSEA
- 58 Across: Birchbark (5)
- CANOE
- 60 Across: Bowling game (6)
- BOCCIE
- 63 Across: Commute overseas regularly? (21)
- JETTHEATLANTICMONTHLY
- 68 Across: Quit (6)
- EXITED
- 69 Across: Top (5)
- OUTDO
- 70 Across: More monumental (5)
- HUGER
- 71 Across: Short test for brains? (3)
- EEG
- 72 Across: Base figure: Abbr. (3)
- NCO
- 73 Across: Annual hoops event, familiarly (3)
- NIT
- 74 Across: Taste (3)
- BIT
- 77 Across: Evening hours, to Larry King? (21)
- PREMIEREINTERVIEWTIME
- 87 Across: Ready for a vacation (8)
- STRESSED
- 88 Across: Sundance's girl (4)
- ETTA
- 89 Across: Pour ___ troubled waters (5)
- OILON
- 90 Across: Where the Via del Corso runs (4)
- ROMA
- 91 Across: Elath resident (7)
- ISRAELI
- 94 Across: Small toymakers: Var. (4)
- ELFS
- 95 Across: President Bush writes part of his autobiography? (21)
- GEORGEDETAILSHOMELIFE
- 101 Across: Andretti, for one (5)
- MARIO
- 102 Across: 1920's White House nickname (3)
- CAL
- 103 Across: Greenish-yellow hue (6)
- ACACIA
- 104 Across: Sit in on (6)
- ATTEND
- 106 Across: "King Rat" novelist (7)
- CLAVELL
- 110 Across: Birdie of Broadway's "Bye Bye Birdie" (6)
- CONRAD
- 113 Across: Diving instructions, maybe (6)
- TOESIN
- 114 Across: Barely perceptible (7)
- LIMINAL
- 115 Across: Heavy hammer (6)
- SLEDGE
- 116 Across: Lay hold of (6)
- SNATCH
- 117 Across: ___ verite (6)
- CINEMA
- 118 Across: Krupp family city (5)
- ESSEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Muslim pilgrimage: Var. (3)
- HAJ
- 2 Down: Cousin of a lemur (3)
- APE
- 3 Down: Weekly radio program (9)
- HITPARADE
- 4 Down: Heatless (8)
- ATHERMIC
- 5 Down: It can go in brackets (5)
- SCREW
- 6 Down: Angry words (8)
- IHATEYOU
- 7 Down: Animator's sheet (3)
- CEL
- 8 Down: Words before and after "what" for Popeye (3)
- IAM
- 9 Down: LAX abbr. (3)
- ETA
- 10 Down: Counterpart for madame (6)
- SENORA
- 11 Down: Wall Street figure (6)
- TRADER
- 12 Down: Stole (3)
- BOA
- 13 Down: Hardware (8)
- ARMAMENT
- 14 Down: Chutists' needs (8)
- RIPCORDS
- 15 Down: Keen (5)
- MOURN
- 16 Down: 80's TV divorcee (5)
- ALLIE
- 17 Down: Strapped (5)
- NEEDY
- 19 Down: Arizona native (4)
- HOPI
- 21 Down: Mayo Clinic test (4)
- SCAN
- 27 Down: S.A. country (3)
- ARG
- 30 Down: Master (5)
- SWAMI
- 31 Down: Not dissonant, musically (5)
- TONAL
- 32 Down: Beat it! (4)
- DRUM
- 33 Down: Emulate Tyra Banks (4)
- POSE
- 34 Down: Agassi, at times (4)
- ACER
- 35 Down: Challenger of Stalin (4)
- TITO
- 36 Down: Sign of damage (4)
- SCAR
- 41 Down: Mollify (6)
- SOOTHE
- 43 Down: When repeated, cry at a celebratory party (6)
- SPEECH
- 44 Down: Intimidate, with "out" (5)
- PSYCH
- 45 Down: "To fetch ___..." (5)
- APAIL
- 46 Down: Combining the ideal characteristics of its variety (5)
- TYPEY
- 48 Down: Nipped, with "out" (5)
- NOSED
- 49 Down: 1973 World Series stadium (4)
- SHEA
- 50 Down: Reached in amount (5)
- RANTO
- 51 Down: "The Time Machine" people (4)
- ELOI
- 56 Down: Letters on a telephone bill (3)
- ATT
- 57 Down: Redressed, with "for" (6)
- ATONED
- 58 Down: Williams title start (5)
- CATON
- 59 Down: "So then what?" (3)
- AND
- 60 Down: Specter (5)
- BOGIE
- 61 Down: Left and right, maybe (6)
- ONETWO
- 62 Down: Midpoint: Abbr. (3)
- CTR
- 63 Down: Camp vehicles (5)
- JEEPS
- 64 Down: Strain (5)
- EXERT
- 65 Down: Big name in golf (5)
- TIGER
- 66 Down: Light: Prefix (4)
- LUCI
- 67 Down: Tax-free bond, briefly (4)
- MUNI
- 74 Down: Banking game (9)
- BILLIARDS
- 75 Down: "See ya!" (5)
- IMOFF
- 76 Down: English 101 subject (5)
- TENSE
- 78 Down: Most gamesome (8)
- MERRIEST
- 79 Down: Having equal angles (8)
- ISOGONIC
- 80 Down: Salinger dedicatee (4)
- ESME
- 81 Down: Interpret (4)
- READ
- 82 Down: She had a "Tootsie" role (4)
- TERI
- 83 Down: List ender (4)
- ETAL
- 84 Down: Tpkes. (4)
- RTES
- 85 Down: "Das Rheingold" locale (8)
- VALHALLA
- 86 Down: Telephone connections (8)
- TIELINES
- 91 Down: Leaning to the right (6)
- ITALIC
- 92 Down: Corned beef alternative (6)
- SALAMI
- 93 Down: Important sports org. (3)
- IOC
- 95 Down: Exams for advanced study, briefly (5)
- GMATS
- 96 Down: Noted stationer (5)
- EATON
- 97 Down: "Coffee ___?" (5)
- ORTEA
- 98 Down: Churchly: Abbr. (4)
- ECCL
- 99 Down: Some office equipment (4)
- MACS
- 100 Down: Eleve's place (5)
- ECOLE
- 105 Down: Letters after Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's name (3)
- DNH
- 107 Down: Sportscaster Scully (3)
- VIN
- 108 Down: Compass heading (3)
- ENE
- 109 Down: Thrash (3)
- LAM
- 111 Down: Sensitive subject, often (3)
- AGE
- 112 Down: Stereo site (3)
- DEN
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