VEE FORMATION - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/10/1998. By Rich Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Say You, Say Me" singer, 1985 (6)
- RICHIE
- 7 Across: Gets rid of (6)
- SCRAPS
- 13 Across: Goalie's area (6)
- CREASE
- 19 Across: 1804 symphony (6)
- EROICA
- 20 Across: Chiang Kai-shek's capital (6)
- TAIPEI
- 21 Across: Lizard (7)
- SAURIAN
- 22 Across: Salesman's sprees? (13)
- VENDERBENDERS
- 24 Across: Puts forward (7)
- ASSERTS
- 25 Across: In addition (4)
- ELSE
- 26 Across: Gridiron specialist (6)
- PUNTER
- 27 Across: Prepare mushrooms (5)
- SAUTE
- 29 Across: Full deck, to Caesar? (3)
- LII
- 30 Across: Scottish landowner (5)
- LAIRD
- 32 Across: B.&O. stop (3)
- STA
- 33 Across: Seat option (5)
- AISLE
- 34 Across: Saltimbocca base (4)
- VEAL
- 35 Across: Tilde wearers (3)
- ENS
- 36 Across: Fall wear? (11)
- OCTOBERVEST
- 40 Across: Wallop (5)
- PASTE
- 41 Across: C14H9Cl5 (3)
- DDT
- 42 Across: Best Actress of 1987 (4)
- CHER
- 43 Across: Minimum (5)
- LEAST
- 44 Across: Took five (6)
- PAUSED
- 45 Across: Little bit (3)
- TAD
- 46 Across: Potato chip brand (4)
- LAYS
- 47 Across: Roper undertaking (4)
- POLL
- 48 Across: Peter Pan's loss (6)
- SHADOW
- 52 Across: "Red Red Wine" and "Gitarzan"? (9)
- VINETUNES
- 55 Across: Long haul (4)
- TREK
- 59 Across: Flush (5)
- COLOR
- 60 Across: Aurifies (5)
- GILDS
- 61 Across: Prime time for Nick (4)
- NITE
- 62 Across: Hot issue? (4)
- LAVA
- 63 Across: Like the Kara Kum (4)
- ARID
- 64 Across: Groundwork (5)
- BASIS
- 65 Across: Boy-meets-girl event (5)
- MIXER
- 66 Across: Construction piece (4)
- IBAR
- 67 Across: Called up (4)
- RANG
- 68 Across: Send out (4)
- EMIT
- 69 Across: Something to read (5)
- METER
- 70 Across: Insinuating (5)
- SNIDE
- 71 Across: Take off (4)
- FLEE
- 72 Across: Akin to barrel-chested? (9)
- VATHEADED
- 74 Across: "I'll Take ___" (Bob Hope film) (6)
- SWEDEN
- 75 Across: Not walk straight (4)
- REEL
- 77 Across: Suffered a sell-off (4)
- SLID
- 78 Across: Little white thing (3)
- LIE
- 79 Across: Rock group? (6)
- GRAVEL
- 82 Across: Be a cast member of (5)
- ACTIN
- 84 Across: Tops (4)
- AONE
- 85 Across: Cookbook abbr. (3)
- TBS
- 88 Across: Actor Burton (5)
- LEVAR
- 89 Across: Obnoxious Presidential advisers? (11)
- VILECABINET
- 91 Across: Take a loss on, so to speak (3)
- EAT
- 92 Across: Child's appliance (4)
- OVEN
- 93 Across: Dungeons & Dragons sort (5)
- GAMER
- 94 Across: Attorney's deg. (3)
- LLD
- 95 Across: Judge Kenneth (5)
- STARR
- 97 Across: To be, in Barcelona (3)
- SER
- 98 Across: Kafka hero Gregor (5)
- SAMSA
- 99 Across: Captivate (6)
- ENAMOR
- 102 Across: Florentine flower (4)
- ARNO
- 103 Across: Confuse (7)
- SNARLUP
- 105 Across: The Bible? (13)
- REVERENCEBOOK
- 108 Across: Holiday quenchers (7)
- EGGNOGS
- 109 Across: One by one? (6)
- ELEVEN
- 110 Across: Jazz star (6)
- MALONE
- 111 Across: Annette, in "Beach Blanket Bingo" (6)
- DEEDEE
- 112 Across: Hereditary ruler (6)
- DYNAST
- 113 Across: Like some college programs (6)
- PREMED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Made merry (7)
- REVELED
- 2 Down: Greatest source of 1840's immigration (7)
- IRELAND
- 3 Down: Be composed (of) (7)
- CONSIST
- 4 Down: It's quarry (5)
- HIDER
- 5 Down: Water cooler (3)
- ICE
- 6 Down: Clanton foe (4)
- EARP
- 7 Down: Loud speaker (7)
- STENTOR
- 8 Down: Magdalene College student (6)
- CANTAB
- 9 Down: Subject of a Car and Driver rating (4)
- RIDE
- 10 Down: Takeoff artist (4)
- APER
- 11 Down: Part of w.p.m. (3)
- PER
- 12 Down: Pantywaists (7)
- SISSIES
- 13 Down: Societal division (5)
- CASTE
- 14 Down: Con (4)
- RUSE
- 15 Down: Poetic preposition (3)
- ERE
- 16 Down: Close (7)
- AIRLESS
- 17 Down: Fill to the brim (7)
- SATIATE
- 18 Down: Put fodder away (7)
- ENSILED
- 21 Down: ___ Ste. Marie (5)
- SAULT
- 23 Down: Without a cent (6)
- BUSTED
- 28 Down: Helper, in brief (4)
- ASST
- 31 Down: No, for one (6)
- DOCTOR
- 33 Down: "Halt!" to a salt (5)
- AVAST
- 34 Down: Queue at the bank? (9)
- VAULTLINE
- 37 Down: Plug in the mouth (4)
- CHAW
- 38 Down: Veldt sights (6)
- ELANDS
- 39 Down: Spanish royalty (5)
- REYES
- 40 Down: Bud (3)
- PAL
- 44 Down: Conundrum (5)
- POSER
- 46 Down: Bebe Neuwirth TV role (6)
- LILITH
- 47 Down: Man of Principle (5)
- PETER
- 48 Down: Winter wear (5)
- SCARF
- 49 Down: Every 60 minutes (5)
- HORAL
- 50 Down: Dior creation (5)
- ALINE
- 51 Down: L.A. team vehicle? (9)
- DODGERVAN
- 52 Down: Short stay (5)
- VISIT
- 53 Down: One way to stand (6)
- UNITED
- 54 Down: Put the kibosh on (5)
- NIXED
- 56 Down: Overzealous (5)
- RABID
- 57 Down: Duck (5)
- EVADE
- 58 Down: An original Mouseketeer (5)
- KAREN
- 60 Down: Anwar's predecessor (5)
- GAMAL
- 64 Down: Cut at an angle (5)
- BEVEL
- 65 Down: Saudi city (6)
- MEDINA
- 69 Down: Kind of acid (5)
- MALIC
- 70 Down: Candy, in Canterbury (6)
- SWEETS
- 73 Down: Ethyl acetate, e.g. (5)
- ESTER
- 74 Down: Fourier series function (4)
- SINE
- 76 Down: It's always in verse (3)
- EER
- 78 Down: Tower site (6)
- LONDON
- 79 Down: Made annotations (7)
- GLOSSED
- 80 Down: Whodunit motive, perhaps (7)
- REVENGE
- 81 Down: Garden-variety (7)
- AVERAGE
- 82 Down: Prepares for a shoot (4)
- AIMS
- 83 Down: Given the go-ahead (7)
- CLEARED
- 84 Down: Minor malady (7)
- AILMENT
- 85 Down: Dainty restaurant (7)
- TEAROOM
- 86 Down: Without exception (7)
- BARNONE
- 87 Down: Flattered (7)
- STROKED
- 89 Down: Improvises chords (5)
- VAMPS
- 90 Down: Strident sounds (6)
- BLARES
- 93 Down: Distance between rails (5)
- GAUGE
- 96 Down: Put off (5)
- TABLE
- 98 Down: Blackthorn fruit (4)
- SLOE
- 99 Down: Balanced (4)
- EVEN
- 100 Down: Gulf of Finland feeder (4)
- NEVA
- 101 Down: Dudley Do-Right's org. (4)
- RCMP
- 104 Down: Three min. in the ring (3)
- RND
- 106 Down: TV Tarzan (3)
- ELY
- 107 Down: Musician's pride (3)
- EAR
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