BEANS, BEANS, BEANS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/27/1998. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Clown's supply (4): WIGS
5 Across: Tore (4): SPED
9 Across: Border (4): SIDE
13 Across: Comedian's supply (5): JESTS
18 Across: Part of F.D.R.: Abbr. (4): INIT
19 Across: "Your ___" (4): MOVE
20 Across: Sewed up (4): ICED
21 Across: Root of government (5): ELIHU
22 Across: Pest-removal word? (5): SCRAM
24 Across: Scott Turow book (4): ONEL
25 Across: Molasses cookie (10): GINGERSNAP
27 Across: Practice area, of a kind (12): PUTTINGGREEN
30 Across: Sound for Old MacDonald (4): OINK
31 Across: Lansing-to-Flint dir. (3): ENE
32 Across: Safari sight (5): RHINO
33 Across: R.&B./jazz singer James (4): ETTA
34 Across: One abroad (3): UNO
35 Across: Still-life subject (4): EWER
36 Across: Hipsters (4): CATS
38 Across: Gum predecessor (10): SEALINGWAX
41 Across: Tanning lotion abbr. (3): SPF
44 Across: Found a new tenant for (5): RELET
46 Across: Richie's dad, to the Fonz (3): MRC
47 Across: Extremely easy shot (5): GIMME
51 Across: Applied, as a patch (8): IRONEDON
53 Across: Come to (6): AWAKEN
56 Across: George Sand, for one (5): ALIAS
57 Across: Worth (5): MERIT
58 Across: "The wicked flee when ___ pursueth": Proverbs (5): NOMAN
60 Across: Give out (8): DISPENSE
62 Across: Augur (4): BODE
63 Across: During the knight-time? (6): FEUDAL
65 Across: Inn crowd (6): GUESTS
66 Across: "Human Concretion" sculptor (3): ARP
67 Across: Stiff, hot drink (11): IRISHCOFFEE
71 Across: President Madison: Abbr. (3): JAS
73 Across: Drive off (6): DISPEL
76 Across: How some papers are presented (6): ORALLY
77 Across: Item for a Mexican pot? (4): PESO
78 Across: Only insects that can turn their heads to look behind them (8): MANTISES
80 Across: In ___ (unborn) (5): UTERO
81 Across: Some shirts (5): POLOS
82 Across: Climber's spike (5): PITON
83 Across: Acts frugally (6): STINTS
85 Across: Tea source (8): CAMELLIA
88 Across: Stall call (5): SNORT
89 Across: Black civil rights org. since 1912 (3): ANC
90 Across: Well-wisher's word (5): SKOAL
91 Across: Col. in a profit-and-loss statement (3): YTD
92 Across: "Nashville" actress (10): KARENBLACK
97 Across: Narc's find (4): KILO
99 Across: Certain rainwear (4): MACS
102 Across: Much-used (3): OLD
103 Across: Dept. of Labor division (4): OSHA
104 Across: Not too swift (5): DENSE
107 Across: With 112-Down, a pale shade (3): ASH
108 Across: 1930's comics girl (4): BOOP
109 Across: One of six, usually (12): GUITARSTRING
113 Across: Winter Olympics event (10): SKIJUMPING
116 Across: Madre's baby (4): NENE
117 Across: ___-toothed (5): SABER
118 Across: One who pulls strings (5): TUNER
119 Across: Triple-edged sword (4): EPEE
120 Across: They may be put on pedestals (4): URNS
121 Across: Keyboardist Hess (4): MYRA
122 Across: Give rise to (5): SPAWN
123 Across: Origin (4): SEED
124 Across: Jr.'s exam (4): PSAT
125 Across: Stratagem (4): PLOY

Down Answers

1 Down: Puff (4): WISP
2 Down: Provoke (5): INCUR
3 Down: Circumference (5): GIRTH
4 Down: Interference (6): STATIC
5 Down: Alert subject (4): SMOG
6 Down: "Turandot" tenor (4): PONG
7 Down: Conquest of 5/29/53 (7): EVEREST
8 Down: Erase (6): DELETE
9 Down: Military communications expert (9): SIGNALMAN
10 Down: Here, in Le Havre (3): ICI
11 Down: Condemned publicly (9): DENOUNCED
12 Down: Trim (6): EDGING
13 Down: Ding-a-ling (4): JERK
14 Down: Two-time U.S. Open winner (3): ELS
15 Down: Strength (5): SINEW
16 Down: Clan chief of old Scotland (5): THANE
17 Down: Extremely (5): SUPER
23 Down: Source of many calls (7): MINARET
26 Down: Sufficient, in verse (4): ENOW
28 Down: Written down (5): NOTED
29 Down: In-flight P.A. announcement (3): ETA
35 Down: Prolonged separations (6): EXILES
37 Down: Pavement caution (3): SLO
39 Down: Trouble (3): IRK
40 Down: Yawning (5): AGAPE
41 Down: 1928 movie subtitled "The King of the Beasts" (5): SIMBA
42 Down: Doom (9): PREORDAIN
43 Down: Subject of numerous 70's lawsuits (9): FORDPINTO
45 Down: Lassitude (5): ENNUI
48 Down: Lamb chops accompanier (9): MINTJELLY
49 Down: Chief who negotiated peace with the Pilgrims (9): MASSASOIT
50 Down: Language ending (3): ESE
52 Down: Never, in Nuremberg (3): NIE
53 Down: Oriental nurse (4): AMAH
54 Down: "O Babylon!" playwright Derek (7): WALCOTT
55 Down: Actor Bruce (5): NIGEL
59 Down: Some E.R. cases (3): ODS
61 Down: Chop ___ (4): SUEY
63 Down: Cries of disgust (4): FIES
64 Down: Gardner and others (5): ERLES
68 Down: Vein pursuits (4): ORES
69 Down: Partner of away (3): FAR
70 Down: Flying group (5): FLOCK
72 Down: 1960 Everly Brothers hit (5): SOSAD
74 Down: They have big bills (6): STORKS
75 Down: One of an old threesome (5): PINTA
77 Down: Person in a race (3): POL
78 Down: AWOL pursuers (3): MPS
79 Down: Fire hose water source (9): STANDPIPE
80 Down: Open (9): UNCLOGGED
81 Down: Granules (7): PELLETS
84 Down: Like Brahms's Piano Trio No. 1 (3): INB
86 Down: Perfect (3): AOK
87 Down: Hotel force (5): MAIDS
90 Down: Some Olympians (7): SKATERS
93 Down: Capacity (4): ROOM
94 Down: Runs off (with) (6): ELOPES
95 Down: Sun Devils' sch. (3): ASU
96 Down: "Don't be discouraged" (6): CHINUP
98 Down: Artery connection (6): ONRAMP
99 Down: Caravel features (5): MASTS
100 Down: Invite, as to one's apartment (5): ASKUP
101 Down: 20th anniversary symbol (5): CHINA
105 Down: Soothsayer (5): SIBYL
106 Down: When the año nuevo begins (5): ENERO
108 Down: Squander (4): BURN
110 Down: Ballerina Pavlova (4): ANNA
111 Down: Scorer's mark (4): REST
112 Down: See 107-Across (4): GRAY
114 Down: Marlowe's "The ___ of Malta" (3): JEW
115 Down: Wedding page word (3): NEE

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