PLUS TAX - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 4/12/1998. By Randolph Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Slow-witted (3): DIM
4 Across: Gum site (4): SEAL
8 Across: Norms: Abbr. (4): STDS
12 Across: O. Henry specialty (5): IRONY
17 Across: When to call, in some want ads (4): EVES
19 Across: "The Alienist" author Carr (5): CALEB
21 Across: Kind of cut (4): CREW
22 Across: Blazing stars (5): NOVAE
23 Across: Carom (4): BANK
24 Across: "Like me" (5): ASIDO
25 Across: "A waking dream," according to Aristotle (4): HOPE
26 Across: Supports a scheme (5): ABETS
27 Across: Very old I.R.S. employee? (19): ANTIQUETAXCOLLECTOR
31 Across: They're good for the biceps (7): CHINUPS
32 Across: "___ Mio" (5): OSOLE
33 Across: Delighted condition? (6): OUTAGE
36 Across: On the lam (5): LOOSE
37 Across: Some western New York legislation? (15): BUFFALOTAXBILLS
41 Across: Hallow ending (3): EEN
42 Across: Class (5): STYLE
44 Across: Blueprint item (4): SPEC
45 Across: Blockage (4): CLOT
46 Across: Orch. section (3): STR
47 Across: Office mail (4): MEMO
50 Across: Big inits. in cellular technology (3): MCI
53 Across: Madison and Monroe (7): JAMESES
57 Across: Cry of economic liberation? (13): TAXFREEATLAST
65 Across: Part of Latin I conjugation (4): AMAT
66 Across: Just make, with "out" (3): EKE
68 Across: Steamed (5): RILED
69 Across: Anthology (6): READER
70 Across: Hobbyist purchases (4): KITS
71 Across: I.R.S. target in Calif.? (11): LATAXDODGER
74 Across: Colosseum cover-up (4): TOGA
75 Across: Guarantee (6): ENSURE
77 Across: Something to lend (5): ANEAR
78 Across: Clockmaker Terry (3): ELI
79 Across: Follow (4): OBEY
80 Across: Assessment of a comedian? (13): SOUPYSALESTAX
83 Across: Tom and Diane (7): SAWYERS
85 Across: Subj. for immigrants (3): ESL
86 Across: "The Time Machine" race (4): ELOI
88 Across: Actress Scala (3): GIA
89 Across: Company recruits, for short (4): MBAS
93 Across: Mammilla (4): TEAT
97 Across: Let out (5): UNPEN
99 Across: Sot sound (3): HIC
102 Across: Stones' request of their accountant? (15): GIMMETAXSHELTER
107 Across: "The House of Blue Leaves" playwright (5): GUARE
109 Across: Tommy of "Finian's Rainbow" (6): STEELE
110 Across: English dramatist George (5): PEELE
111 Across: Bulldog, e.g. (7): EDITION
113 Across: April 15 greeting? (19): MANYHAPPYTAXRETURNS
117 Across: Language from which "mako" comes (5): MAORI
119 Across: Side in a debate (4): ANTI
120 Across: Jaleel White role on "Family Matters" (5): URKEL
121 Across: Cold coating (4): RIME
122 Across: Quite dissimilar (5): ALIEN
123 Across: "___ happens..." (4): ASIT
124 Across: Brouhaha (5): SCENE
125 Across: Intimate (4): NEAR
126 Across: "Saturday Night Live" announcer (5): PARDO
127 Across: Jiffs (4): SECS
128 Across: Fast fleet (4): SSTS
129 Across: H.M.O. personnel (3): RNS

Down Answers

1 Down: Disaster (7): DEBACLE
2 Down: Fictional friend of Isaac of York (7): IVANHOE
3 Down: One may be honorable (7): MENTION
4 Down: Diving duck (5): SCAUP
5 Down: Slips past (7): EASESBY
6 Down: De-bused, e.g. (4): ALIT
7 Down: Mother of Castor and Pollux (4): LEDA
8 Down: Trains (7): SCHOOLS
9 Down: Slattern (7): TROLLOP
10 Down: Exhaust (7): DEPLETE
11 Down: Popeye's ___ Pea (4): SWEE
12 Down: Place for a male trio (6): INATUB
13 Down: Emotionless (7): ROBOTIC
14 Down: In general (7): OVERALL
15 Down: Styron's Turner (3): NAT
16 Down: Proposal response (3): YES
18 Down: D.C. team, for short (5): SKINS
20 Down: ___ chocolates (5): BOXOF
28 Down: Searches (6): QUESTS
29 Down: Davis was its Pres. (3): CSA
30 Down: "Friends" co-star (3): COX
34 Down: ___-Coat (floor wax brand) (3): GLO
35 Down: Not necessarily exact: Abbr. (3): EST
38 Down: Einstein's birthplace (3): ULM
39 Down: Poetic measures (4): FEET
40 Down: Crowning point (4): ACME
43 Down: Like a tundra (8): TREELESS
46 Down: Plays matchmaker (6): SETSUP
48 Down: Funny brothers (6): MARXES
49 Down: Rust (7): OXIDATE
51 Down: Bearing (8): CARRIAGE
52 Down: Follower: Suffix (3): ITE
53 Down: Nicholson film "The Two ___" (5): JAKES
54 Down: ___ acid (5): AMINO
55 Down: Disputed island in the East China Sea (5): MATSU
56 Down: Music with jazzlike riffs (3): SKA
58 Down: Like some arrangements (6): FLORAL
59 Down: Embarrassed (3): RED
60 Down: Just beat (4): EDGE
61 Down: One of the Jacksons (6): LATOYA
62 Down: Desert home (5): ADOBE
63 Down: Rocker Bob (5): SEGER
64 Down: Cafeteria supply (5): TRAYS
67 Down: Handy abbr. (4): ETAL
72 Down: Get ___ for effort (3): ANE
73 Down: Loop runners (3): ELS
76 Down: Manhattan ingredient (3): RYE
81 Down: ___ Loma, Calif. (4): ALTA
82 Down: Delete (4): XOUT
84 Down: Extemporize (6): WINGIT
87 Down: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 ___ minor (3): INE
89 Down: Bygone sports cars (3): MGS
90 Down: Accepted the bait (3): BIT
91 Down: David Brinkley's autobiography (7): AMEMOIR
92 Down: Practiced yellow journalism (7): SMEARED
94 Down: Sweep (7): EXPANSE
95 Down: Germfree (7): ASEPTIC
96 Down: Something awful (7): THEPITS
98 Down: Let in advance (7): PRERENT
99 Down: Twice as perilous (7): HAIRIER
100 Down: Lou Gehrig or Cal Ripken (7): IRONMAN
101 Down: They're swung in church (7): CENSERS
103 Down: Winter 1997-98 newsmaker (6): ELNINO
104 Down: Writer Josephine (3): TEY
105 Down: Nevada town (3): ELY
106 Down: "___ pray" (5): LETUS
108 Down: 180, so to speak (5): UTURN
112 Down: Strikes out (5): DELES
114 Down: Lukas of "Witness" (4): HAAS
115 Down: Rainbows (4): ARCS
116 Down: Jaguar models (4): XKES
117 Down: It works according to scale (3): MAP
118 Down: King intro (3): ALA

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