IT'S GOT SIZZLE! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 5/2/1999. By Jim Page.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Art drawings (6)
- SEPIAS
- 7 Across: Bubbler (7)
- AERATOR
- 14 Across: Bengali language group (5)
- INDIC
- 19 Across: Digital window? (7)
- OPENTOE
- 21 Across: Plumbing control (7)
- SHUTOFF
- 22 Across: Needlepoint? (5)
- NORTH
- 23 Across: Upfront offerings (15)
- FIRSTCLASSSEATS
- 25 Across: Prince Valiant's wife (5)
- ALETA
- 26 Across: Chemical prefix (5)
- ACETO
- 27 Across: Toledo Mrs. (3)
- SRA
- 28 Across: Skimmer, e.g. (3)
- HAT
- 29 Across: Yellowstone sight (5)
- BISON
- 30 Across: French champagne-producing city (5)
- REIMS
- 32 Across: Not long to wait (4)
- ASEC
- 34 Across: Machine parts (4)
- CAMS
- 35 Across: It's dishwasher-safe (14)
- STAINLESSSTEEL
- 40 Across: Early bird, say (6)
- ARISER
- 43 Across: Like grapefruit for breakfast (6)
- HALVED
- 44 Across: Stop running (3)
- DIE
- 45 Across: Secretaries Day mo. (3)
- APR
- 47 Across: Drive-___ (4)
- THRU
- 48 Across: Gold deposit? (5)
- INLAY
- 49 Across: Suffix with persist (3)
- ENT
- 50 Across: Film promo words (10)
- COMINGSOON
- 53 Across: "Hell's Angels" star Ben (4)
- LYON
- 54 Across: One was lost in flight (12)
- GLASSSLIPPER
- 57 Across: Approx. (3)
- EST
- 58 Across: Latticework (4)
- LATH
- 59 Across: Flattering talk (3)
- OIL
- 60 Across: Sires (3)
- PAS
- 61 Across: No-goodniks (6)
- LOUSES
- 63 Across: Gumps (4)
- OAFS
- 65 Across: Marie Antoinette, e.g. (5)
- REINE
- 67 Across: Smoke trace (4)
- WISP
- 68 Across: Big citrus fruit (6)
- POMELO
- 71 Across: Poison ___ (3)
- OAK
- 72 Across: Old bird (3)
- MOA
- 73 Across: Conflict (4)
- SPAT
- 77 Across: Actress Meyers (3)
- ARI
- 78 Across: Where to toot one's own horn? (12)
- BRASSSECTION
- 83 Across: Butler's locale (4)
- TARA
- 84 Across: Corridor (10)
- PASSAGEWAY
- 86 Across: Sister of Selene (3)
- EOS
- 87 Across: Bourne of "The Bourne Identity" (5)
- JASON
- 88 Across: "Or ___!" (4)
- ELSE
- 89 Across: Granada bear (3)
- OSA
- 90 Across: Tee choices: Abbr. (3)
- SML
- 91 Across: Cardiologists' concerns (6)
- AORTAS
- 92 Across: Zip a Ziploc, e.g. (6)
- RESEAL
- 94 Across: Air Force One passenger (14)
- PRESSSECRETARY
- 99 Across: In (4)
- AMID
- 100 Across: ___ Valley, Calif. (4)
- SIMI
- 101 Across: Spingarn Medal awarder (5)
- NAACP
- 102 Across: Cleans up, in a way (5)
- EDITS
- 104 Across: Stop for gas (3)
- PIT
- 105 Across: Soph. and jr. (3)
- YRS
- 106 Across: Like a bloodhound (5)
- EARED
- 111 Across: "Dead Souls" novelist (5)
- GOGOL
- 112 Across: "My stars!" (15)
- FORGOODNESSSAKE
- 116 Across: Building block (5)
- ADOBE
- 117 Across: In general (7)
- ASARULE
- 118 Across: Now hear this (7)
- DECIBEL
- 119 Across: Feasts (5)
- DINES
- 120 Across: First bishop of Rome (7)
- STPETER
- 121 Across: Truman portrayer, 1995 (6)
- SINISE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Reading place (4)
- SOFA
- 2 Down: Larger-than-life (4)
- EPIC
- 3 Down: "Le ___ Goriot" (4)
- PERE
- 4 Down: Research facil. (4)
- INST
- 5 Down: Bartender? (8)
- ATTORNEY
- 6 Down: Coll. major (3)
- SOC
- 7 Down: Hitmen (9)
- ASSASSINS
- 8 Down: Unenthusiastic responses (3)
- EHS
- 9 Down: Charge (6)
- RUSHAT
- 10 Down: Comfy (6)
- ATEASE
- 11 Down: On the nose (6)
- TOATEE
- 12 Down: Poetic adverb (3)
- OFT
- 13 Down: Baseball positions: Abbr. (3)
- RFS
- 14 Down: Where many jokes are set (6)
- INABAR
- 15 Down: "Wide open" (8)
- NOLIMITS
- 16 Down: Wing tips, maybe (10)
- DRESSSHOES
- 17 Down: "Suffice ___ say..." (4)
- ITTO
- 18 Down: "Behind That Curtain" detective (4)
- CHAN
- 20 Down: Dairy-case image (5)
- ELSIE
- 24 Down: Mirages for money, e.g. (8)
- ARMSDEAL
- 31 Down: Antiquity (3)
- ELD
- 33 Down: Surgery need (5)
- CLAMP
- 34 Down: Reddish-orange (9)
- CARNELIAN
- 35 Down: Barker's partner (5)
- SHILL
- 36 Down: Vocalist Tucker (5)
- TANYA
- 37 Down: Assign (5)
- ALLOT
- 38 Down: Rebecca rejecter (7)
- IVANHOE
- 39 Down: TV's (4)
- SETS
- 41 Down: Gnawed around the edges (5)
- EROSE
- 42 Down: Peewees (5)
- RUNTS
- 46 Down: Pineapple skin segment (3)
- PIP
- 50 Down: The Kennedys, e.g. (4)
- CLAN
- 51 Down: Department north of Paris (4)
- OISE
- 52 Down: ___ point (embroidery stitch) (4)
- GROS
- 54 Down: Try to win first prize (9)
- GOFORGOLD
- 55 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3)
- LIS
- 56 Down: Sudden upturn, as in sales (5)
- SPIKE
- 62 Down: Arrivé (7)
- UPSTART
- 64 Down: Dawn, to a don (4)
- ALBA
- 65 Down: Santa ___ (4)
- ROSA
- 66 Down: "No sweat" (4)
- EASY
- 67 Down: Press a suit (3)
- WOO
- 68 Down: Post in Washington, for example (5)
- PAPER
- 69 Down: Pope's cape (5)
- ORALE
- 70 Down: Broadway premiere of April 11, 1991 (10)
- MISSSAIGON
- 72 Down: Get it wrong (8)
- MISLEARN
- 74 Down: Some shells (5)
- PASTA
- 75 Down: Cheering wildly (5)
- AROAR
- 76 Down: Plant with tubular yellow flowers (5)
- TANSY
- 79 Down: "Call to Greatness" writer, initially speaking (3)
- AES
- 80 Down: Substitutes (5)
- SWAPS
- 81 Down: British tax (4)
- CESS
- 82 Down: TV interviewer (9)
- TOMSNYDER
- 85 Down: Appear (8)
- SEEMTOBE
- 87 Down: "Home Alone" actor (8)
- JOEPESCI
- 91 Down: Hail Mary path (3)
- ARC
- 93 Down: Areas for flight attendants (6)
- AISLES
- 95 Down: Stone foundation (6)
- RIPRAP
- 96 Down: Rudolf Nureyev, e.g. (6)
- EMIGRE
- 97 Down: Not participate in (6)
- SITOUT
- 98 Down: Like bottles of beer (5)
- CASED
- 102 Down: Cry of mock horror (4)
- EGAD
- 103 Down: Diana's lover ___ el-Fayed (4)
- DODI
- 107 Down: Abecedary link (4)
- ASIN
- 108 Down: Physics Nobelist Isidor I. ___ (4)
- RABI
- 109 Down: Scratches (out) (4)
- EKES
- 110 Down: Strike (4)
- DELE
- 112 Down: Scale notes (3)
- FAS
- 113 Down: Lufthansa direction (3)
- OST
- 114 Down: Ring support? (3)
- OLE
- 115 Down: His or her: Fr. (3)
- SES
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