LABOR DAZE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/24/1998. By Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Like some Swift writing (6): IRONIC
7 Across: Gallery event (7): ARTSALE
14 Across: "My Cup Runneth Over" singer, 1967 (6): EDAMES
20 Across: Zane Grey classic (6): NEVADA
21 Across: Blows the joint (7): BEATSIT
22 Across: Egghead (6): SAVANT
23 Across: Fence builder's job? (14): RAISETHESTAKES
25 Across: Storied raider (6): APACHE
26 Across: Writer Ferber (4): EDNA
27 Across: Minds, with "to" (7): LISTENS
28 Across: Green hole (3): CUP
29 Across: Chinese dynasty when Jesus lived (3): HAN
30 Across: Roots may need this (3): DYE
31 Across: El ___ (3): CID
32 Across: Bygone music genre (5): DISCO
35 Across: Giving the once-over (5): EYING
37 Across: Architect's job? (18): MAKEAGRANDENTRANCE
42 Across: Winner's look (5): SMILE
44 Across: Least bit of concern (4): HOOT
45 Across: Pre-Columbian Peruvian (4): INCA
46 Across: Strip (4): PEEL
47 Across: Singer profiled in "Sweet Dreams" (5): CLINE
48 Across: Unit of 97-Across (4): FOOT
49 Across: Push to the limit (3): TAX
50 Across: Ends of letters, briefly (3): PSS
51 Across: Steeple musician's job? (18): RINGBELLFORSERVICE
57 Across: "What Kind of Fool ___" (3): AMI
58 Across: Authority, metaphorically (3): ROD
59 Across: Like an empty ship at sea (5): EERIE
60 Across: Judge's cry (5): ORDER
64 Across: Ball park licensee (6): VENDOR
67 Across: Fliers with narrow waists (5): WASPS
69 Across: Cinch (6): ENSURE
70 Across: Singed parts, usually (5): EDGES
71 Across: Kind of drum (5): SNARE
73 Across: Chaney, the Man of a Thousand Faces (3): LON
75 Across: "Fancy that!" (3): GEE
76 Across: Sculptor's job? (18): CHIPOFFTHEOLDBLOCK
82 Across: ___-Magnon (3): CRO
84 Across: Shoe color (3): TAN
85 Across: Drive (4): URGE
86 Across: Puts to flight (5): ROUTS
87 Across: Runners' location (4): SLED
88 Across: Rock projection (4): CRAG
90 Across: It's fit to be tried (4): DEMO
91 Across: Leaves (5): PARTS
92 Across: Politician's job? (18): TAKETHEMONEYANDRUN
96 Across: 1970 hit "Hitchin' ___" (5): ARIDE
97 Across: Poet's concern (5): METER
98 Across: It's not free of charge (3): ION
99 Across: Natl. Popcorn Poppin' Month (3): OCT
102 Across: Time div. (3): MIN
103 Across: Main ingredient in a Monte Carlo (3): RYE
105 Across: Like some pitches (7): SIDEARM
109 Across: Tudor queen (4): MARY
110 Across: Bear (6): ENDURE
112 Across: Feather packer's job? (14): GETDOWNTOCASES
115 Across: Sen. Gaylord ___, who originated Earth Day (6): NELSON
116 Across: Make more precipitous (7): STEEPEN
117 Across: ___ Park, N.Y. (6): TUXEDO
118 Across: They're driven in droves (6): STEERS
119 Across: Some TV spots (7): TEASERS
120 Across: One with a light workload? (6): EDISON

Down Answers

1 Down: Barbara Stanwyck film "Woman ___" (5): INRED
2 Down: Word before "go" (5): READY
3 Down: Just like ewe? (5): OVINE
4 Down: Mercury org. (4): NASA
5 Down: Chemical suffix (3): IDE
6 Down: Stealthy (7): CATLIKE
7 Down: Fortas and Lincoln (4): ABES
8 Down: Cessation (4): REST
9 Down: Poet laureate of 1692 (4): TATE
10 Down: Maintain, as attention (7): STANDAT
11 Down: Warmly welcomes, perhaps (6): ASKSIN
12 Down: "Fairy tale" (3): LIE
13 Down: Alien force, briefly (3): ETS
14 Down: Isaac's eldest (4): ESAU
15 Down: Decked out (6): DAPPER
16 Down: Gardner of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (3): AVA
17 Down: Automatons (8): MACHINES
18 Down: Magnifies (8): ENHANCES
19 Down: Manager of five straight World Series champions (7): STENGEL
24 Down: Screen (4): HIDE
28 Down: Like some lenses (7): CONCAVE
31 Down: Best-selling author Carr (5): CALEB
33 Down: Reagan prog. (3): SDI
34 Down: Middle: Prefix (6): CENTRI
36 Down: Chatterboxes (7): YAPPERS
37 Down: Like some vases (4): MING
38 Down: "Grab ___!" (5): AHOLD
39 Down: Clinker (4): GOOF
40 Down: Photo process (4): ROTO
41 Down: Hack (4): TAXI
42 Down: Covered with goo (6): SLIMED
43 Down: Potential space colony activity (6): MINING
47 Down: Want (5): CRAVE
48 Down: Andy Capp's wife (3): FLO
52 Down: Make muffs (3): ERR
53 Down: VCR button (5): RESET
54 Down: Kind of I.R.A. (3): SEP
55 Down: Hosp. hot spots (3): ERS
56 Down: Bamboozle (3): CON
61 Down: Bench locale (6): DUGOUT
62 Down: Builds (6): ERECTS
63 Down: Offends olfactorily (5): REEKS
65 Down: Put in plaintext (7): DECODED
66 Down: City in Kyrgyzstan (3): OSH
67 Down: Servicewoman, acronymically (3): WAF
68 Down: "Speak!" response (3): ARF
69 Down: Exterior lineman (3): END
71 Down: "Puh-lease!" (7): SPAREME
72 Down: Generic (6): NONAME
73 Down: Access the Web (5): LOGON
74 Down: Rousing cheer (3): OLE
77 Down: Longing (4): ITCH
78 Down: Long in politics (4): HUEY
79 Down: Bombeck of "At Wit's End" (4): ERMA
80 Down: Oscillograph inventor Karl (5): BRAUN
81 Down: Forsaken (4): LORN
82 Down: Mozart solo feature (8): CLARINET
83 Down: Arouse again (8): REKINDLE
87 Down: Pollen bearers (7): STAMENS
89 Down: Snagged (3): GOT
90 Down: Disrespects (7): DERIDES
91 Down: Ballyhoo (7): PROMOTE
93 Down: Guerrilla's campaign (6): TERROR
94 Down: Lipton rival (6): NESTEA
95 Down: Lowdown (4): DIRT
99 Down: Spring locales (5): OASES
100 Down: Belief (5): CREDO
101 Down: One catching his opponent's ear? (5): TYSON
104 Down: Longs (4): YENS
106 Down: Blockhead (4): DOPE
107 Down: Classical decorative object (4): EWER
108 Down: Landers and others (4): ANNS
109 Down: Start of something big (4): MAXI
111 Down: Purpose (3): USE
112 Down: Clock std. (3): GST
113 Down: Time for les vacances (3): ETE
114 Down: Something to chew on (3): CUD

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