FAMOUS FEMALES IN FILM (Hard Clues) - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (25x25 grid, 190 clues). Published 5/16/1999. By Nancy Nicholson Joline.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Shakes (8): AGITATES
9 Across: Shouting (6): CLAMOR
15 Across: Do (4): COIF
19 Across: Pointed ends (4): NIBS
23 Across: Hardly vintage (8): VINEGARY
24 Across: The Mormons' trek, e.g. (6): HEGIRA
25 Across: ___ Kumar, "The Jewel in the Crown" role (4): HARI
26 Across: Request on an order (4): ASAP
27 Across: Madonna role, 1996 (8): EVAPERON
28 Across: Meryl Streep role, 1985 (11): ISAKDINESEN
30 Across: "Qué ___?" (4): PASA
31 Across: Devil's Island escapee ___ Belbenoit (4): RENE
32 Across: Pops (5): SODAS
34 Across: Home of the Ewoks (5): ENDOR
35 Across: One who gets the message (7): DECODER
37 Across: Signs of superciliousness (6): SNEERS
40 Across: Old railroad car, maybe (5): DINER
42 Across: Up (5): ASTIR
44 Across: Strauss opera (6): SALOME
45 Across: Part of an E-mail address (3): COM
47 Across: Broadcast (6): STREWN
49 Across: Suffix with glamour (3): ISE
50 Across: Skyline features (6): SPIRES
51 Across: Cate Blanchett role, 1998 (10): ELIZABETHI
56 Across: Marie-France Pisier role, 1981 (10): COCOCHANEL
59 Across: Hymenopteran (3): ANT
60 Across: Prefix with form (4): PEDI
61 Across: Attention (3): EAR
62 Across: One of Chaucer's pilgrims (5): REEVE
63 Across: Response to a garbled fax (6): RESEND
65 Across: Person of great endurance (8): IRONSIDE
67 Across: Brief warning (3): SLO
69 Across: Ogee shapes (5): ESSES
71 Across: City on the Loire (5): TOURS
74 Across: Certain toothpaste tubes (8): COLGATES
75 Across: 1992 A.L. Championship Series M.V.P. (6): ALOMAR
78 Across: Med. specialty (3): ENT
79 Across: Son of Judah (4): ONAN
80 Across: Chicken (5): SISSY
81 Across: Sub components (7): SALAMIS
83 Across: Alternatives to 32-Across (4): ADES
85 Across: Year after Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury (4): DCII
86 Across: Center opening (3): EPI
89 Across: Sir, in Portugal (3): DOM
90 Across: Words repeated in "___ is above the law and ___ is below it": Theodore Roosevelt (5): NOMAN
93 Across: Beau (7): GALLANT
95 Across: Early record label (6): EDISON
98 Across: Ingrid Bergman role, 1948 (9): JOANOFARC
100 Across: Salad ___ (6): GREENS
101 Across: Stopped (7): ABORTED
102 Across: Our, in Augsburg (5): UNSER
103 Across: Ship's dir. (3): NNE
104 Across: H.S. event (3): SAT
105 Across: Rights org. (4): CORE
106 Across: Dinosaurs' open mouths, e.g. (4): MAWS
108 Across: It's hardly welcoming (7): ICINESS
111 Across: Flood (5): SPATE
116 Across: Dixie school (4): ELON
117 Across: Final (3): NET
118 Across: Strata (6): PLANES
119 Across: Chamber pieces (8): ARMOIRES
122 Across: Saw (5): DATED
124 Across: Québec peninsula (5): GASPE
126 Across: Real estate ad abbr. (3): BRS
127 Across: Burly types (8): BOUNCERS
128 Across: Rod (6): HEATER
130 Across: Glow (5): ARDOR
133 Across: W.W. II Mosquito pilots (3): RAF
134 Across: Ancient Irish capital (4): TARA
135 Across: Castaway site (3): CAY
137 Across: Greer Garson role, 1943 (10): MARIECURIE
139 Across: Sigourney Weaver role, 1988 (10): DIANFOSSEY
142 Across: Quakers (6): ASPENS
144 Across: Benevolent one (3): ELK
145 Across: It's a natural (6): ELEVEN
147 Across: Ice, with "up" (3): SEW
148 Across: Celebrities get these (6): STARES
149 Across: Some quarters (5): DORMS
151 Across: Gumshoes (5): DICKS
153 Across: They open up at night (6): DISCOS
158 Across: Showed off (7): PARADED
160 Across: Bel ___ (5): PAESE
162 Across: Nursery school item (5): EASEL
164 Across: Check (4): HALT
165 Across: Miffs (4): IRKS
166 Across: Sissy Spacek role, 1980 (11): LORETTALYNN
169 Across: Judi Dench role, 1997 (8): VICTORIA
172 Across: To ___ (perfectly) (4): ATEE
173 Across: Lasting attachment (4): EVER
174 Across: Like a crystal chandelier (6): AGLINT
175 Across: Effort (8): ENDEAVOR
176 Across: Computer ___ (4): NERD
177 Across: They've come out (4): DEBS
178 Across: Soprano Mitchell et al. (6): LEONAS
179 Across: Tossing (8): RESTLESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Holds (5): AVERS
2 Down: Fact (5): GIVEN
3 Down: Vacant (5): INANE
4 Down: Native Americans might raise a flap about this (5): TEPEE
5 Down: Get on (3): AGE
6 Down: Beat (3): TAR
7 Down: Servant of Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra" (4): EROS
8 Down: Council (5): SYNOD
9 Down: Pasta go-with, perhaps (7): CHIANTI
10 Down: Second-rate (6): LESSER
11 Down: Title of respect, abroad (3): AGA
12 Down: Spy's equipment (4): MIKE
13 Down: Military weapons (8): ORDNANCE
14 Down: Corporate operations (5): RAIDS
15 Down: Cling to (7): CHERISH
16 Down: Intl. assn. since 1948 (3): OAS
17 Down: Burned up (4): IRED
18 Down: Maneuvers adroitly (8): FINESSES
19 Down: Place near Vesuvio (6): NAPOLI
20 Down: Vanessa Redgrave role, 1968 (13): ISADORADUNCAN
21 Down: People who watch their bags (7): BASEMEN
22 Down: Least lavish (7): SPAREST
29 Down: Broadway concerns (7): NOTICES
33 Down: Gossip (4): DISH
36 Down: It helps the medicine go down (6): CAPLET
38 Down: Columbia competitor (3): RCA
39 Down: Words of concurrence (6): SOBEIT
41 Down: Place for cards, perhaps (7): RECROOM
43 Down: Ram (7): REAREND
46 Down: Gettysburg figure (5): MEADE
48 Down: Lot for Wednesday's child (3): WOE
51 Down: "Paradise Lost" and others (5): EPICS
52 Down: Writer Jones (5): LEROI
53 Down: Favorites (5): IDOLS
54 Down: Knocks (5): ZINGS
55 Down: Lover's keepsake, perhaps (5): TRESS
57 Down: Message ender (4): OVER
58 Down: Rainy day provisions (8): NESTEGGS
64 Down: Think creatively (6): NOODLE
66 Down: State, once (6): SAYEST
67 Down: Oater feature (6): SALOON
68 Down: Fleece providers (6): LLAMAS
70 Down: Round-table sessions (7): SEANCES
72 Down: Bestows lavishly (5): RAINS
73 Down: Pet (4): SNIT
76 Down: Mediterranean resort site (7): MINORCA
77 Down: From (4): ASOF
82 Down: Settles (7): ADJUSTS
84 Down: F.D.R.'s mother (4): SARA
87 Down: Work with feet (4): POEM
88 Down: Threatened (8): INDANGER
91 Down: Air (6): MANNER
92 Down: Longtime TV western star (6): ARNESS
94 Down: Reveals (6): LETSON
95 Down: "The Hot Zone" virus (5): EBOLA
96 Down: Jennifer Jason Leigh role, 1994 (13): DOROTHYPARKER
97 Down: Part of E. I. Du Pont (6): IRENEE
99 Down: Man's name meaning "champion" (4): NEIL
101 Down: Whizzed through (4): ACED
107 Down: Jaded (7): WEARIED
109 Down: Way to produce a champion animal, maybe (7): INBREED
110 Down: Tel Aviv native (5): SABRA
112 Down: Foes of the Romans (5): PICTS
113 Down: Spheres (5): AREAS
114 Down: À ___ (ashore): Fr. (5): TERRE
115 Down: Elianic work (5): ESSAY
118 Down: Home to Shining Path guerrillas (4): PERU
120 Down: Horse colors (5): ROANS
121 Down: Blew (6): MUFFED
123 Down: Extremely (6): DAMNED
125 Down: Collector (7): PACKRAT
129 Down: Like corn on the stalk (8): TASSELED
131 Down: Olympics event (8): DRESSAGE
132 Down: Bribe (3): OIL
135 Down: Salt lake (7): CASPIAN
136 Down: Ancient Semitic goddess (7): ASTARTE
138 Down: They don't stand on ceremony (7): ELOPERS
139 Down: Transfers ports (7): DECANTS
140 Down: Signs (4): INKS
141 Down: 1942-45 stat. disseminator (3): OWI
143 Down: Completely clean again (6): ERASED
146 Down: Schubert's birthplace (6): VIENNA
150 Down: Calcium, e.g. (5): METAL
152 Down: Break off (5): SEVER
154 Down: Place to run aground (5): SHOAL
155 Down: Do the honors, so to speak (5): CARVE
156 Down: Miscellanies (5): OLIOS
157 Down: Leads (5): STARS
159 Down: Shade of gray (4): DOVE
161 Down: East End greeting (4): ELLO
163 Down: Sailor's rope (4): LINE
167 Down: Grayback (3): REB
168 Down: Female principle (3): YIN
170 Down: Small music-makers (3): CDS
171 Down: New Year's, abroad (3): TET

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