MIDTERMS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/15/1998. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Heart monitor sound (3): BIP
4 Across: Small lizards, old-style (4): EFTS
8 Across: "Be that as ___..." (5): ITMAY
13 Across: Befuddled (5): ATSEA
18 Across: Genesis brother (4): ESAU
20 Across: Grandson of Methuselah (4): NOAH
21 Across: Horde (5): DROVE
22 Across: Does some exercises (5): CHINS
23 Across: Retaliatory tactics (15): COUNTERMEASURES
26 Across: PC fixers (5): TECHS
27 Across: One of a comical pair (5): OLLIE
28 Across: Undercover types (4): TMEN
29 Across: Ground (5): EARTH
31 Across: Rap sheet letters (3): AKA
32 Across: Engineer (10): MASTERMIND
34 Across: Lunch order (3): BLT
35 Across: Put away (5): EATEN
37 Across: Hot times abroad (4): ETES
38 Across: Words of support (4): AYES
39 Across: Clinton and Bush, e.g. (4): ELIS
40 Across: Jerk (6): WRENCH
42 Across: D.C. toiler (3): SEN
43 Across: ___-Foy, city near Québec (3): STE
44 Across: Strains in the winter? (4): FLUS
45 Across: Having more leeway (5): FREER
46 Across: Iran or Iraq vis-à-vis OPEC (13): CHARTERMEMBER
52 Across: Store stock: Abbr. (4): MDSE
53 Across: Myopic Mr. (5): MAGOO
56 Across: Mail-order specification (4): SIZE
57 Across: Minneapolis suburb (5): EDINA
59 Across: Hue and cry (6): CLAMOR
61 Across: Columbian vessel (5): PINTA
64 Across: Certain pass (7): LATERAL
67 Across: Took for oneself (7): COOPTED
69 Across: Old airline name (5): OZARK
71 Across: Ball participant (7): MASQUER
73 Across: Attached, in a way (7): GLUEDON
75 Across: Gulf of Aden country (5): YEMEN
77 Across: It has a lot to offer (6): STUDIO
78 Across: Cape town (5): TRURO
79 Across: Subject of Form 1040, line 15a (4): IRAS
81 Across: Quake (5): SEISM
82 Across: Novel ending (4): ETTE
85 Across: Shoot-'em-up (13): GANGSTERMOVIE
90 Across: Draw up, as cloth (5): SHIRR
92 Across: Reveals, poetically (4): OPES
93 Across: First mistake (3): SIN
94 Across: W.W. II agcy. (3): OSS
97 Across: "On the Rebound" pianist Floyd (6): CRAMER
99 Across: Ward of "My Fellow Americans" (4): SELA
100 Across: Lug (4): TOTE
102 Across: Cut, old-style (4): SNEE
103 Across: Single-celled organism (5): AMEBA
104 Across: Kind of phenomena (3): PSI
105 Across: It's read regularly (10): WATERMETER
107 Across: "As Time Goes By" singer in "Casablanca" (3): SAM
108 Across: Cartoonist Wilson (5): GAHAN
110 Across: Elvis's middle name (4): ARON
111 Across: City SSE of Gainesville (5): OCALA
112 Across: Pang (5): THROE
114 Across: Inventor's goal (15): BETTERMOUSETRAP
117 Across: Outré (5): WEIRD
118 Across: Ohio natives (5): ERIES
119 Across: Annina in "Der Rosenkavalier" (4): ALTO
120 Across: Ratio of AB to BC, say (4): SINE
121 Across: All in ___ work (5): ADAYS
122 Across: Aquarium denizen (5): TETRA
123 Across: Boardroom bigwigs (4): CEOS
124 Across: Some E.R. cases (3): ODS

Down Answers

1 Down: Flatters (7): BECOMES
2 Down: Cut off (7): ISOLATE
3 Down: "If elected I will not serve" candidate of 1968 (7): PAULSEN
4 Down: Copenhagen-to-Riga dir. (3): ENE
5 Down: Popular retirement destination (9): FORTMYERS
6 Down: Glazed fabric (6): TAMMIE
7 Down: Polishes (6): SHEENS
8 Down: Roadblock requests (3): IDS
9 Down: More than loyal (8): TRUEBLUE
10 Down: Aesop's foible? (8): MORALISM
11 Down: Heads off (6): AVERTS
12 Down: Recently: Abbr. (4): YEST
13 Down: Decree (3): ACT
14 Down: Movie projection? (14): THEATERMARQUEE
15 Down: Revulsed (8): SICKENED
16 Down: Elevates (8): ENHANCES
17 Down: Blockhead (3): ASS
19 Down: Parts of a curriculum (5): UNITS
24 Down: Hole opener (3): TEE
25 Down: Anticipatory question (3): AND
30 Down: Chop (3): HEW
33 Down: Pro ___ (4): RATA
36 Down: Pound sound (3): ARF
39 Down: Common street name (3): ELM
41 Down: Dominion ended by Francis II: Abbr. (3): HRE
43 Down: Shutterbug (7): SHOOTER
44 Down: Delirium (6): FRENZY
46 Down: Storage of a kind (14): COMPUTERMEMORY
47 Down: Hint (3): TIP
48 Down: Basso Pinza (4): EZIO
49 Down: ___ canto (3): BEL
50 Down: Ijsselmeer Dam site (4): EDAM
51 Down: Actress Tushingham and others (5): RITAS
53 Down: Year in the papacy of Innocent III (3): MCC
54 Down: Like a bump on ___ (4): ALOG
55 Down: Plymouth poky (4): GAOL
58 Down: Calls home, as a tree (7): NESTSIN
60 Down: Made a new hole (5): REDUG
62 Down: Menlo Park monogram (3): TAE
63 Down: Hosts (6): ARMIES
65 Down: A6 manufacturer (4): AUDI
66 Down: "Fantasy Island" props (4): LEIS
68 Down: Destructive 1964 Florida hurricane (4): DORA
70 Down: "The Silent Clowns" author (4): KERR
72 Down: Type of 46-Down (3): ROM
74 Down: ___ grata (3): NON
76 Down: "Coming Home" subject, briefly (3): NAM
80 Down: Slowed musical passage (9): SOSTENUTO
82 Down: "Go back!" on a PC (3): ESC
83 Down: Clobbered (8): THRASHED
84 Down: Rum-based liqueur (8): TIAMARIA
86 Down: Argues vehemently (8): GOESATIT
87 Down: Cause for a magnifying glass (8): SPLINTER
88 Down: Social (3): TEA
89 Down: Contender (4): VIER
91 Down: Graycoat (3): REB
94 Down: Where Algonquin Park is (7): ONTARIO
95 Down: Approach the end of an ocean trip (7): SEELAND
96 Down: Brightly colored attire (7): SERAPES
98 Down: Piano piece (3): RAG
99 Down: Field (6): SPHERE
100 Down: Takeoff locale (6): TARMAC
101 Down: "Becket" actor, 1964 (6): OTOOLE
102 Down: Factions (5): SECTS
105 Down: "This means ___!" (3): WAR
106 Down: "The Simpsons" tavern owner (3): MOE
109 Down: Assist illegally (4): ABET
112 Down: American competitor (3): TWA
113 Down: Marinaro and McMahon (3): EDS
115 Down: That, in Toledo (3): ESA
116 Down: Kind of pad (3): SOS

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