GETTING A-LONG - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/13/1998. By Cathy Millhauser.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Like gazpacho (4): COLD
5 Across: "Pronto!" (4): ASAP
9 Across: Put (4): LAID
13 Across: Kindergarten lesson (4): ABCS
17 Across: Actress Cheri of "S.N.L." (5): OTERI
19 Across: Clouted (5): SMOTE
20 Across: Cubemaker Rubik (4): ERNO
21 Across: College appointment (4): DEAN
22 Across: Food for thought? (11): BRAINMUFFIN
24 Across: Fair (4): SOSO
25 Across: Ares' mother (4): HERA
26 Across: Comparable to a pancake (6): ASFLAT
27 Across: Pain killer? (13): ACHESMURDERER
30 Across: Bakery product (4): TART
31 Across: Kind of jet (4): LEAR
32 Across: Sprang (5): AROSE
33 Across: Plea for a TV cop? (13): LACEYCOMEHOME
40 Across: Clio hopefuls (5): ADMEN
42 Across: Lead for a Lab (4): ODOR
43 Across: Ryan known as "The Ryan Express" (5): NOLAN
44 Across: Short cut (4): SNIP
45 Across: Blacken (3): TAR
48 Across: Tanked (up) (6): GASSED
51 Across: Where they tell off-color prayers before meals? (14): BLUEGRACESTATE
55 Across: Elect (3): OPT
56 Across: Ribs (6): TEASES
58 Across: Half of the "Rich Girl" duo, in 70's pop (5): OATES
59 Across: Snake, for one (4): APOD
60 Across: Salted away (7): STASHED
62 Across: Famed reproach (4): ETTU
63 Across: Springs (5): STEMS
64 Across: Julia Child using miso, e.g.? (15): WOMANWITHAPASTE
70 Across: Actress Swenson and others (5): INGAS
73 Across: "___ be in England" (4): OHTO
74 Across: About which (7): WHEREOF
78 Across: Short wave? (4): PERM
79 Across: Semidiameters (5): RADII
81 Across: Donahue of "Get a Life" (6): ELINOR
84 Across: Year in Vigilius's papacy (3): DLI
85 Across: Wit in need of washing? (14): STAINEDUPCOMIC
88 Across: Junta, say (6): REGIME
90 Across: Faulkner title start (3): ASI
91 Across: They precede kisses (4): IDOS
92 Across: "Ivan IV" composer (5): BIZET
94 Across: Son of Judah (4): ONAN
95 Across: Army refusal (5): NOSIR
97 Across: Do well as a temptress? (13): BAITATHOUSAND
101 Across: One of the King Sisters (5): ALYCE
103 Across: Lunks (4): APES
105 Across: Eloise's ilk (4): IMPS
106 Across: What one used to do in Kremlin heat? (13): BAKEINTHEUSSR
111 Across: Bribe, informally (6): GREASE
114 Across: "Oliver!" choreographer White (4): ONNA
115 Across: Picnic pest, in this puzzle? (4): AINT
116 Across: Balding lion's lament? (11): THETHINMANE
119 Across: Windows picture (4): ICON
120 Across: Neolith, e.g. (4): TOOL
121 Across: Whopper creators (5): LIARS
122 Across: Overall stuff (5): DENIM
123 Across: Permits (4): LETS
124 Across: "My treat" (4): ONME
125 Across: Kind of child (4): ONLY
126 Across: Make over (4): REDO

Down Answers

1 Down: Part of an ear (3): COB
2 Down: ___ cosa (something else) (4): OTRA
3 Down: Gamboling places (4): LEAS
4 Down: "Up on the Roof" singers, with "the" (8): DRIFTERS
5 Down: Bowling alley inits. (3): AMF
6 Down: Remote post? (4): SOFA
7 Down: Suffix with symptom (4): ATIC
8 Down: See 104-Down (4): PENH
9 Down: Tenant (6): LESSEE
10 Down: Reason to ask "What's cookin'?" (5): AROMA
11 Down: Piece of The Rock (9): INSURANCE
12 Down: Start with step or stop (4): DOOR
13 Down: Stick (6): ADHERE
14 Down: Result of a video viewer's spill? (10): BEERONTAPE
15 Down: Worries (5): CARES
16 Down: Catch (5): SNARE
18 Down: Do parquetry (5): INLAY
19 Down: Bank robber Willie (6): SUTTON
23 Down: Singer Almond or actor Singer (4): MARC
28 Down: Hard wood (3): ELM
29 Down: Extinguishes (5): DAMPS
33 Down: Things like Audi's rings (5): LOGOS
34 Down: Customize (5): ADAPT
35 Down: Spain's ___ Brava (5): COSTA
36 Down: Swarms (4): MOBS
37 Down: Popular fashion magazine (4): ELLE
38 Down: Holstein abode (4): HAUS
39 Down: Sum of the parts (3): ONE
41 Down: Stops running (4): DIES
44 Down: Waited (for) until long after dark (5): SATUP
46 Down: Bit (4): ATOM
47 Down: Merlot, Médoc, etc. (4): REDS
49 Down: Belief system (5): ETHOS
50 Down: Judge (4): DEEM
52 Down: Ancient Germanic invader (4): GOTH
53 Down: Pro ___ (4): RATA
54 Down: Idaho, slangily (5): TATER
57 Down: Town that's home to Ohio Northern University (3): ADA
61 Down: Honored Hindu (5): SWAMI
62 Down: Mil. arena abroad (3): ETO
63 Down: Cubic meter (5): STERE
65 Down: Difficult situation (5): NODUS
66 Down: Kind of stitch (4): WHIP
67 Down: Suffix meaning inflamed (4): ITIC
68 Down: Botanical beard (3): AWN
69 Down: Restaurateur Toots (4): SHOR
70 Down: Itself, in a Latin phrase (4): IPSA
71 Down: New Jersey hoopsters (4): NETS
72 Down: Bad photo of a shoelace problem? (10): GRAINYKNOT
75 Down: Minneapolis suburb (5): EDINA
76 Down: "___ River" (5): OLMAN
77 Down: Ogre (5): FIEND
79 Down: Commercial prefix meaning "convenient to use" (4): REDI
80 Down: Worship (9): ADORATION
81 Down: Release (4): EMIT
82 Down: One of Judy Garland's girls (4): LIZA
83 Down: Rapper in "Tank Girl" (4): ICET
86 Down: Japanese-American (5): NISEI
87 Down: It goes around the middle (3): OBI
89 Down: Light and filmy (8): GOSSAMER
93 Down: Chicken choices (6): THIGHS
96 Down: Large amounts (6): OCEANS
97 Down: Popular car, again (6): BEETLE
98 Down: Tempe sch. (3): ASU
99 Down: TV actor Katz (4): OMRI
100 Down: Flip (5): UPEND
101 Down: Bubbling (5): ABOIL
102 Down: Thrusting weapon (5): LANCE
104 Down: With 8-Down, Asian capital (5): PHNOM
107 Down: Peace-keeping grp. (4): NATO
108 Down: Town on the Vire (4): STLO
109 Down: Hebrew letter (4): SHIN
110 Down: Touchable (4): REAL
112 Down: Compos mentis (4): SANE
113 Down: Lady in Arthurian legend (4): ENID
117 Down: Assay (3): TRY
118 Down: Funnyman Philips (3): EMO

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