BLANKETS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 12/28/1997. By Matt Gaffney.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Heist gain (4): LOOT
5 Across: East German secret police (5): STASI
10 Across: "Star Wars" princess (4): LEIA
14 Across: Attack moves (6): SWOOPS
20 Across: S (16): TENNISMATCHPARTS
23 Across: Alpo competition (6): KALKAN
24 Across: P (16): HOUSEHOLDANIMALS
25 Across: Threatening finale (6): ORELSE
26 Across: Clinton has two (3): ENS
27 Across: Buys or leases (8): PROCURES
28 Across: Miller hero (5): LOMAN
30 Across: Downed (3): ATE
31 Across: Shakespeare, e.g. (4): POET
32 Across: Here on the authority of (6): SENTBY
35 Across: Ripken, Jr. and Sr. (4): CALS
36 Across: "And I Love ___" (3): HER
37 Across: Had the know-how (5): COULD
39 Across: Mo. parts (3): WKS
40 Across: Hot (6): EROTIC
42 Across: Knots (4): NODI
43 Across: "Cabaret" director (8): BOBFOSSE
45 Across: Tract (4): AREA
46 Across: 1968 track and field gold medalist (6): BEAMON
48 Across: Former Swedish P.M. Palme (4): OLOF
49 Across: J (17): WESTSIDESTORYGANG
55 Across: Water around the Ijsselmeer (3): ZEE
56 Across: Wrap (3): BOA
58 Across: Medium-range U.S. missiles (5): THORS
59 Across: Some feasts (6): SEDERS
60 Across: Dolphin leader (9): DANMARINO
62 Across: She's put out to pasture (3): EWE
63 Across: Horror film staple (3): FOG
66 Across: Vocal style (6): ARIOSO
69 Across: Sat at home (5): WASIN
70 Across: Either "M" of M&M's (4): MARS
73 Across: Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke" (4): ALMA
74 Across: N (23): NEWJERSEYBASKETBALLTEAM
79 Across: Basso Pinza (4): EZIO
80 Across: Existentialist concern (4): ESSE
81 Across: From Tabriz (5): IRANI
82 Across: Wayne genre (6): OATERS
83 Across: Whitish (3): WAN
84 Across: Printed (3): RAN
86 Across: Popular museum exhibits (9): DINOSAURS
88 Across: Anatomical cavities (6): FOSSAE
91 Across: Irk (5): GETTO
92 Across: Big dictionary section (3): ESS
93 Across: Break (3): GAP
96 Across: L (17): GIVESPERMISSIONTO
101 Across: Pinball paths (4): ARCS
102 Across: Hill and Bryant (6): ANITAS
103 Across: Horseshoer's need (4): RASP
104 Across: Hostilities (8): ENMITIES
107 Across: Greek architectural feature (4): STOA
108 Across: Circus (6): BIGTOP
110 Across: Wheat part (3): AWN
112 Across: Old-time actresses Markey and Bennett (5): ENIDS
113 Across: Oscar-winning Gibson (3): MEL
114 Across: Moravian, e.g. (4): SLAV
116 Across: Some clouds (6): STRATI
118 Across: Bit of fancy footwork (4): JETE
119 Across: Live (3): ARE
120 Across: Correo ___ (airmail) (5): AEREO
122 Across: Make eights, maybe (8): ICESKATE
124 Across: Kind of hotel (3): SRO
127 Across: Unlearned (6): INNATE
129 Across: M (16): SHEASTADIUMGROUP
133 Across: Made out (6): NECKED
134 Across: G (16): ASSUMESOWNERSHIP
135 Across: Positions (6): STEADS
136 Across: The best (4): TOPS
137 Across: Call it quits (5): DEMIT
138 Across: Complete (4): ATOZ

Down Answers

1 Down: "Dog Day Afternoon" character (4): LEON
2 Down: Blame (4): ONUS
3 Down: Switch settings (3): ONS
4 Down: "The Crucifixion" painter (7): TIEPOLO
5 Down: Tariff co-sponsor of 1930 (5): SMOOT
6 Down: Common powder (4): TALC
7 Down: When the sun goes down (6): ATDUSK
8 Down: Near misses, maybe (6): SCARES
9 Down: "Wie geht es ___?" (German greeting) (5): IHNEN
10 Down: Flight (3): LAM
11 Down: Two or more periods (3): ERA
12 Down: "___ be all right" (4): ITLL
13 Down: Partner-to-be (9): ASSOCIATE
14 Down: Toast (5): SKOAL
15 Down: Alerts (5): WARNS
16 Down: "Bravo!" (3): OLE
17 Down: Choctaw for "red people" (8): OKLAHOMA
18 Down: Attached, in a way (8): PASTEDON
19 Down: Derisive (8): SNEERING
20 Down: Not just any (3): THE
21 Down: Remnants (6): SHREDS
22 Down: Ski run (5): PISTE
29 Down: "Buddy" (3): MAC
31 Down: Bit of a drag (4): PUFF
33 Down: Thin nails (5): BRADS
34 Down: Yesteryear (4): YORE
37 Down: King ___ Trio (popular 40's combo) (4): COLE
38 Down: ___ d'amore (4): OBOE
39 Down: Baby (3): WEE
41 Down: Actress Harper (4): TESS
42 Down: Bettors bet on them (4): NAGS
43 Down: Dickens alias (3): BOZ
44 Down: Traveled horizontally (4): SWAM
46 Down: Cold one (4): BREW
47 Down: Heroine of 1847 (4): EYRE
50 Down: Alley mewers (6): STRAYS
51 Down: Lover of Pyramus (6): THISBE
52 Down: The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" (5): SONIA
53 Down: Armor-plated warship (9): IRONSIDES
54 Down: Black Sea port, new-style (5): ODESA
56 Down: Kind of path or pay (4): BASE
57 Down: ___ about (approximately) (4): ONOR
60 Down: Karate school (4): DOJO
61 Down: Blows away (4): AWES
63 Down: Run for it (4): FLEE
64 Down: First name in bridge (4): OMAR
65 Down: Pinup features (4): GAMS
66 Down: Over (4): ANEW
67 Down: Shah ___ Pahlavi (4): REZA
68 Down: Game-ending pronouncement (4): IWIN
70 Down: Have it in mind (6): MEANTO
71 Down: When shadows almost disappear (6): ATNOON
72 Down: Grand slam foursome (4): RBIS
73 Down: Lawyers: Abbr. (4): ATTS
75 Down: Touch, say (5): SENSE
76 Down: Largest Greek island, to locals (5): KRITI
77 Down: Rawls and Reed (4): LOUS
78 Down: 1968 Chemistry Nobelist Onsager (4): LARS
84 Down: Santa ___ (4): ROSA
85 Down: Egyptian menaces (4): ASPS
87 Down: Seemingly forever (4): AEON
88 Down: Greek cheese (4): FETA
89 Down: Reaches (9): ARRIVESAT
90 Down: On-line periodical, for short (4): EMAG
91 Down: Subject of a 1982 best seller (5): GSPOT
93 Down: Mapmaker's aid (4): GRID
94 Down: Crackerjacks (4): ACES
95 Down: They follow signatures (3): PSS
96 Down: Underground network (8): GASMAINS
97 Down: Forum locale (8): INTERNET
98 Down: R-rating reason (8): VIOLENCE
99 Down: Followers (4): ISTS
100 Down: Late evening (3): TEN
101 Down: End in ___ (4): ATIE
105 Down: What to do "in St. Louis" (6): MEETME
106 Down: An Acura (7): INTEGRA
108 Down: Ingot (3): BAR
109 Down: Geometrical solid (5): PRISM
110 Down: Major command (6): ATEASE
111 Down: Minerva's domain (6): WISDOM
114 Down: Full (5): SATED
115 Down: English university town (5): LEEDS
117 Down: Took steps (5): ACTED
118 Down: Quick holiday (5): JAUNT
121 Down: Very (4): OHSO
123 Down: New Zealander (4): KIWI
124 Down: London's ___ Square (4): SOHO
125 Down: Runner Rosie (4): RUIZ
126 Down: On the other side of the street: Abbr. (3): OPP
128 Down: Alias (3): AKA
130 Down: Unproven facility (3): ESP
131 Down: Hung. neighbor (3): AUS
132 Down: Alphabet trio (3): RST

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