BASES LOADED - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 4/26/1998. By Fran and Lou Sabin.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Men in the hood? (4): FRAS
5 Across: Head lock (5): TRESS
10 Across: "Damn Yankees" vamp (4): LOLA
14 Across: School subj. (4): HIST
18 Across: "La Bohème," updated (4): RENT
19 Across: Back-country (5): RURAL
20 Across: Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" (5): IDIOT
22 Across: Digging, so to speak (4): INTO
23 Across: Sgt. Snorkel's dog (4): OTTO
24 Across: Labor organizer's cry (5): UNITE
25 Across: Full shopping cart? (10): FOURBAGGER
27 Across: Coffee filter? (13): GROUNDSKEEPER
30 Across: Small-time (7): TINHORN
31 Across: "The Benefactor" novelist (6): SONTAG
32 Across: Whirlpool whereabouts (3): SPA
33 Across: Captain Kirk's log entry (8): STARDATE
35 Across: Commemorative pillar (5): STELA
38 Across: They, to Thibaudet (3): ILS
40 Across: Mayflower Compact signer (5): ALDEN
41 Across: Journalist's question (3): WHO
44 Across: Drama in three acts? (10): TRIPLEPLAY
47 Across: Be reasonable (5): ADDUP
51 Across: Wifey's mate (5): HUBBY
53 Across: Little or Short (4): APER
54 Across: Is near bankruptcy (4): AILS
56 Across: Poltergeist manifestation (5): NOISE
57 Across: Area east of the Bosporus (4): ASIA
58 Across: Mountain goat's perch (4): CRAG
59 Across: Matriculate (6): ENROLL
61 Across: "Superman II" villainess (4): URSA
62 Across: Pat Nixon's real first name (6): THELMA
64 Across: Like party punch (5): LACED
66 Across: Farm alarms (8): ROOSTERS
68 Across: Kind of division (4): LONG
70 Across: Not sharply defined, as a computer image (5): LORES
72 Across: Drag queen's collection (4): BOAS
73 Across: Food fish (8): SNAPPERS
77 Across: Like some undercover cops (5): WIRED
79 Across: Loafer, e.g. (6): SLIPON
83 Across: Seat of Allen County, Kansas (4): IOLA
84 Across: Port on the English Channel (6): DIEPPE
86 Across: Like a Windsor tie (4): WIDE
88 Across: The Blue Devils (4): DUKE
89 Across: John known as "The Father of Television" (5): BAIRD
91 Across: Body that includes SHAPE (4): NATO
92 Across: Mystical saying (4): RUNE
93 Across: He caught Larsen's perfect game (5): BERRA
94 Across: Plumed headgear (5): SHAKO
95 Across: Apply cosmetics to wild animals? (10): MAKEUPGAME
98 Across: Stirrup site (3): EAR
99 Across: Wharton's farmer (5): FROME
102 Across: Brownie (3): ELF
103 Across: N.B.A. Rookie of the Year, 1993 (5): ONEAL
105 Across: Goofing, with "up" (8): SCREWING
108 Across: Org. founded by Samuel Gompers (3): AFL
110 Across: Nagana carrier (6): TSETSE
114 Across: Talmud Torah teacher (7): MELAMED
115 Across: Bromo salesman? (13): RELIEFPITCHER
119 Across: December 25? (10): OPENINGDAY
121 Across: Go gaga over (5): ADORE
122 Across: One in a receiving line? (4): HEIR
123 Across: Bogarde of "Darling" (4): DIRK
124 Across: Pick up on (5): SENSE
125 Across: Comparatively congenial (5): NICER
126 Across: Shore soarer (4): ERNE
127 Across: Nordstrom competitor (4): SAKS
128 Across: A little night music (4): TAPS
129 Across: Brats (5): SNIPS
130 Across: Kind of organ (4): REED

Down Answers

1 Down: The second plague, in Exodus (5): FROGS
2 Down: From an earlier era (5): RETRO
3 Down: Composer Bruckner (5): ANTON
4 Down: Strong porters (6): STOUTS
5 Down: Weary walker (7): TRUDGER
6 Down: They're always made at home (4): RUNS
7 Down: The Phantom of the Opera (4): ERIK
8 Down: Renders replete (5): SATES
9 Down: Less lively (8): SLEEPIER
10 Down: Luce publication (4): LIFE
11 Down: Olfactory input (5): ODORS
12 Down: "Turandot" slave (3): LIU
13 Down: Of an arterial trunk (6): AORTAL
14 Down: Plastered at a picnic? (14): HIGHANDOUTSIDE
15 Down: Mint bar (5): INGOT
16 Down: Cubic meter (5): STERE
17 Down: Divided (4): TORN
21 Down: Car in a Beach Boys tune (5): TBIRD
26 Down: Like much of Chile (6): ANDEAN
28 Down: Spruce (5): NATTY
29 Down: Feeler (4): PALP
34 Down: Jazz pianist Billy (6): TAYLOR
36 Down: Unbelievable one (4): LIAR
37 Down: Knock for a loop: Var. (5): APPAL
39 Down: Bad-mouth (7): SLANDER
41 Down: Journalist's question (4): WHAT
42 Down: "Not another word!" (4): HUSH
43 Down: Tony's cousin (4): OBIE
45 Down: 8 1/2" x 14" (5): LEGAL
46 Down: Land alternative (3): AIR
48 Down: Like some consequences (4): DIRE
49 Down: Pre-1991 atlas abbr. (4): USSR
50 Down: Subjects of Mendelian experiments (4): PEAS
52 Down: Robinson and Thomas? (14): BALLPARKFRANKS
55 Down: Vulgarian (4): SLOB
58 Down: Switch-hit? (5): CANED
59 Down: Out of this world (5): EERIE
60 Down: Like some interpretations (5): LOOSE
63 Down: Bushy hair (3): MOP
65 Down: Ranch hand (7): COWPOKE
67 Down: Baseball's Maglie (3): SAL
69 Down: Mouth widener (4): GRIN
71 Down: Clinch (5): SEWUP
73 Down: They're all in the family (4): SIBS
74 Down: Ancient mariner (4): NOAH
75 Down: Others, to Ovid (4): ALIA
76 Down: Tars (6): SEAMEN
78 Down: Down Under dog (5): DINGO
80 Down: Unalloyed (4): PURE
81 Down: Creole vegetable (4): OKRA
82 Down: Close in on (4): NEAR
85 Down: Student-focused org. (3): PTA
87 Down: One who makes an admission? (4): DEAN
90 Down: Bread (6): DOREMI
92 Down: Brutes (8): RUFFIANS
93 Down: Brute (5): BEAST
96 Down: Tel Aviv carrier (4): ELAL
97 Down: Trades (7): METIERS
100 Down: 1936 Olympics hero (5): OWENS
101 Down: Car-racing class (6): MIDGET
104 Down: Libertine (6): LECHER
105 Down: Olive brown (5): SEPIA
106 Down: Bob Cratchit, e.g. (5): CLERK
107 Down: Understanding (5): GRASP
109 Down: Showed the way, in a way (5): LEDIN
111 Down: "So ___!" (5): THERE
112 Down: Hanging net (5): SEINE
113 Down: Flubbed a fly (5): ERRED
114 Down: Fashionable dressers (4): MODS
116 Down: Head set (4): EYES
117 Down: Central points (4): FOCI
118 Down: Attend Andover, e.g. (4): PREP
120 Down: Watson-Crick model (3): DNA

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