C PLUS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 11/16/1997. By Frank Longo.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Hater of green eggs and ham (6): SAMIAM
7 Across: Puzzle solver's exclamation (7): IHAVEIT
14 Across: Foil giant (5): ALCOA
19 Across: Iago's wife (6): EMILIA
20 Across: "Amadeus" antagonist (7): SALIERI
21 Across: Clips (6): SHEARS
22 Across: Keep in touch with the kids I raised? (14): CALLMYCHILDREN
24 Across: Family life, figuratively (6): HEARTH
25 Across: Transport for Tarzan (5): LIANA
26 Across: Cove (3): RIA
27 Across: Dismissal (7): HEAVEHO
28 Across: Big name in action films catches game? (10): CLINTTRAPS
31 Across: Thwart the progress of United We Stand? (10): CROSSPEROT
34 Across: Boxcar rider, maybe (4): HOBO
35 Across: Run-D.M.C., e.g. (4): TRIO
36 Across: Seven: Prefix (5): HEPTA
37 Across: Looks for (6): AWAITS
40 Across: Auberge (3): INN
41 Across: TV's "Murder ___" (3): ONE
42 Across: Dome home (5): IGLOO
47 Across: Constellation north of Taurus (7): PERSEUS
49 Across: Costal fracture? (11): CRACKOFRIBS
52 Across: Tidbit (5): CRUMB
55 Across: Deborah's "The King and I" co-star (3): YUL
56 Across: Uniform decoration (7): EPAULET
57 Across: Businesses (5): SHOPS
61 Across: Updates an atlas (6): REMAPS
63 Across: Spud bud (3): EYE
64 Across: Actress Sorvino (4): MIRA
65 Across: Teetotaler's choice (4): COLA
66 Across: Something too tough for talons? (11): CLAWBREAKER
68 Across: "Like ___ not!" (4): ITOR
69 Across: Not name (4): OMIT
70 Across: Free (3): RID
71 Across: Beat (6): BESTED
72 Across: St. ___ University (5): JOHNS
73 Across: Investor's concern (7): REVENUE
75 Across: "___ in apple" (3): AAS
76 Across: Draw forth (5): EDUCE
78 Across: Country legend tees off? (11): CLINEDRIVES
80 Across: Thick vegetable soup (7): POTTAGE
85 Across: Hilton alternative (5): HYATT
86 Across: Ad ___ (3): LIB
87 Across: Atlantis docked with it (3): MIR
90 Across: Pressure, in a way (6): LEANON
91 Across: Garth Brooks's birthplace (5): TULSA
93 Across: Former Davis Cup coach (4): ASHE
95 Across: Tasty (4): GOOD
96 Across: Sculptor's creation? (10): CLAYPERSON
101 Across: Overfill airplane areas? (10): CLOGCABINS
104 Across: Loser (7): ALSORAN
105 Across: "Gotcha" (3): AHA
106 Across: Vacuum tube filler (5): ARGON
107 Across: "I Will Survive" singer (6): GAYNOR
108 Across: Psycho with intense desires? (14): CRAVINGLUNATIC
114 Across: Touches up (6): EMENDS
115 Across: Rival of Oprah (7): ROLONDA
116 Across: Pledge (6): SURETY
117 Across: "Bullitt" director Peter (5): YATES
118 Across: Unfriendly quality (7): ICINESS
119 Across: Book of the Apocrypha (6): ESDRAS

Down Answers

1 Down: Like some wine (3): SEC
2 Down: Grp. with a staff in its symbol (3): AMA
3 Down: Pressure unit (8): MILLIBAR
4 Down: Algonquian Indian confederation (8): ILLINOIS
5 Down: Prepare to shoot (5): AIMAT
6 Down: Old-fashioned contraction (5): MAYNT
7 Down: Cousin of -esque (3): ISH
8 Down: Kind of curve (7): HAIRPIN
9 Down: Jazzman Mose (7): ALLISON
10 Down: "Mi ___ Loca" (Pam Tillis hit) (4): VIDA
11 Down: Poet's adverb (3): EER
12 Down: Burn up (3): IRE
13 Down: Shanty material (3): TIN
14 Down: Lots (5): AHEAP
15 Down: Buzz off (5): LEAVE
16 Down: Mother Teresa, notably (5): CARER
17 Down: Right at the beginning? (5): ORTHO
18 Down: "It's worth ___!" (5): ASHOT
21 Down: The Beatles' "___ Woman" (5): SHESA
23 Down: Links rental (4): CART
27 Down: Pres. initials (3): HST
28 Down: Crack in the cold, maybe (4): CHAP
29 Down: "Frank & Jesse" co-star (4): LOWE
30 Down: First name in shipping (3): ARI
31 Down: Glee clubs (8): CHORUSES
32 Down: Kind of artery (5): RENAL
33 Down: The U.A.E. belongs to it (4): OPEC
38 Down: P.I.'s (4): TECS
39 Down: South, to the south (3): SUR
42 Down: "___ Man Answers" (1962 comedy) (3): IFA
43 Down: "The Taming of the Shrew" servant (6): GRUMIO
44 Down: Bebe's "Cheers" role (6): LILITH
45 Down: King of the fairies (6): OBERON
46 Down: To astronomers, they're hot and blue (6): OSTARS
48 Down: Comparatively cantankerous (7): SURLIER
49 Down: Durable wood (7): CYPRESS
50 Down: Nervous (7): KEYEDUP
51 Down: Dial letters (4): OPER
53 Down: Beverage for Beowulf (4): MEAD
54 Down: 528i or Z3, e.g. (3): BMW
57 Down: Toast (6): SCORCH
58 Down: Hardly handsome (6): HOMELY
59 Down: "Twelfth Night" countess (6): OLIVIA
60 Down: It may be pending (6): PATENT
62 Down: Israel's first U.N. representative (8): ABBAEBAN
63 Down: Squeezed (out) (4): EKED
66 Down: "Phooey!" (4): CRUD
67 Down: Tucked away (3): ATE
72 Down: Ballet jump (4): JETE
74 Down: Spiker's barrier (3): NET
75 Down: Dispatch boat (5): AVISO
77 Down: Old radio's ___ Stoopnagle (3): COL
79 Down: Pandora's boxful (4): ILLS
81 Down: Poster material (8): TAGBOARD
82 Down: Pastor, sometimes (8): ANOINTER
83 Down: Proceed (4): GOON
84 Down: Loaf pair (4): ENDS
87 Down: Man alternative (7): MACHINE
88 Down: Archipelago components (7): ISLANDS
89 Down: Christogram letter (3): RHO
91 Down: Crying (5): TEARS
92 Down: Cinerary vessel (3): URN
94 Down: On a par, in Paris (4): EGAL
96 Down: Not forthright (5): CAGEY
97 Down: Andes climber (5): LLAMA
98 Down: To date (5): ASYET
99 Down: Department north of Nièvre (5): YONNE
100 Down: Elbows (5): PRODS
102 Down: Pouring pot (5): CRUSE
103 Down: "___ Dei" (5): AGNUS
105 Down: Calling company? (4): AVON
108 Down: ___ de coeur (pained utterance) (3): CRI
109 Down: Sinbad's transport (3): ROC
110 Down: Loser to Norton, 1973 (3): ALI
111 Down: It may be natural (3): GAS
112 Down: Sade's "Is ___ Crime" (3): ITA
113 Down: Young and Coleman (3): CYS

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