MY KINDA PUZZLE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/10/1999. By Cathy Millhauser.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Out (6): ASLEEP
7 Across: Greeting from Pooh (5): HALLO
12 Across: Accumulation (5): STACK
17 Across: Ventilating slat (6): LOUVER
18 Across: Neighbor of Turkey (7): ARMENIA
21 Across: ___ Belt (constellation feature) (6): ORIONS
23 Across: Good fight, in old Rome? (14): BONACONTENTION
25 Across: Teller of secrets, in a saying (6): BIRDIE
26 Across: Hockey's Mikita (4): STAN
27 Across: Diplomatic trait (4): TACT
28 Across: Smash really bad (5): TOTAL
30 Across: They give sum help? (5): ABACI
31 Across: Costing a fish two fins? (17): TOTHETUNATENBUCKS
34 Across: Anesthetic, once (7): COCAINE
38 Across: Hotel room fixtures, for short (3): ACS
39 Across: He hides in kids' books (5): WALDO
40 Across: Taken ___ (5): ABACK
41 Across: This, to Luis (4): ESTE
43 Across: Gumption (5): SPINE
45 Across: Classic prefix (3): NEO
48 Across: "Oops!" to a paramecium? (10): HOWCILIAME
51 Across: Trunk with a chest (5): TORSO
52 Across: Author O'Brien (4): EDNA
53 Across: Digs of twigs (4): NEST
54 Across: Regarding (4): INRE
55 Across: The Flintstones' pet (4): DINO
56 Across: Holiday music (5): BLUES
57 Across: Biblical food fight? (8): MANNAWAR
59 Across: Know-it-all (8): WISEACRE
62 Across: "Tom Jones" script writer John ___ (7): OSBORNE
66 Across: Fix firmly (5): RIVET
68 Across: Basic shelters (7): LEANTOS
69 Across: World's longest wooden roller coaster, located in Cincinnati (8): THEBEAST
71 Across: What a citizen like Galileo had? (8): PISAMIND
73 Across: Did lining (5): RULED
74 Across: Feature of some winds (4): REED
76 Across: Express regret (4): MOAN
77 Across: Squire (4): BEAU
81 Across: Word on some Procter and Gamble lotions (4): OLAY
82 Across: He "spoke" for Bergen (5): SNERD
84 Across: Cutups at a record company? (10): DECCACARDS
86 Across: Parked oneself (3): SAT
87 Across: Fixes firmly (5): GLUES
88 Across: "The other white meat" (4): PORK
89 Across: Certain thallophytes (5): ALGAE
90 Across: Seed scar (5): HILUM
92 Across: Whack (3): BOP
93 Across: Rescuers (7): SAVIORS
95 Across: Cadillac driven by Monica's interviewer? (17): THEBARBARASEVILLE
101 Across: Covered for court (5): ROBED
102 Across: Hightail it (5): SCOOT
103 Across: One's own, for a starter (4): IDIO
104 Across: Unprofessional, slangily (4): BUSH
108 Across: Edgar and Hugo, e.g. (6): AWARDS
110 Across: Unusual brass polish? (14): TUBATOOTHPASTE
113 Across: Social surroundings (6): MILIEU
114 Across: Coastal town crier (7): SEAGULL
115 Across: Parenthetical lines (6): ASIDES
116 Across: Twisty-horned antelope (5): ELAND
117 Across: Some stars (5): BETAS
118 Across: Ones sticking their necks out to entertain? (6): SITARS

Down Answers

1 Down: Celebrants' wear (4): ALBS
2 Down: Grate stuff (4): SOOT
3 Down: Selene's counterpart (4): LUNA
4 Down: Hunter a k a Ed McBain (4): EVAN
5 Down: U.S. trading partner, formerly (3): EEC
6 Down: A hydrogen atom has one (6): PROTON
7 Down: Get cracking, in a way (5): HATCH
8 Down: Mountain crest (5): ARETE
9 Down: K-O filler (3): LMN
10 Down: Moolah (7): LETTUCE
11 Down: Whopper toppers (6): ONIONS
12 Down: Cry with catches (3): SOB
13 Down: Subject to court proceedings (7): TRIABLE
14 Down: 1997 basketball film (6): AIRBUD
15 Down: Musicians' behavior, in the end? (11): CODACONDUCT
16 Down: New York hoopster (5): KNICK
19 Down: Speck (4): IOTA
20 Down: Pre-med course: Abbr. (4): ANAT
22 Down: Cinco follower (4): SEIS
24 Down: Celtics' Archibald (4): NATE
29 Down: Olympics athlete Carl (5): LEWIS
31 Down: Polynesian carving (4): TIKI
32 Down: British poet laureate Nahum (4): TATE
33 Down: Prefix with second (4): NANO
34 Down: Songwriter Sammy (4): CAHN
35 Down: Shawm descendant (4): OBOE
36 Down: Raven sounds (4): CAWS
37 Down: C.D., for one (4): ACCT
41 Down: Deserve (4): EARN
42 Down: Slide specimen (5): SMEAR
43 Down: Word ending many company names (3): SON
44 Down: Stem (4): PROW
46 Down: When Plácido Domingo was born (5): ENERO
47 Down: Welcome sites (5): OASES
49 Down: Tropical vine (5): LIANA
50 Down: Laura who plays Dr. Weaver on "ER" (5): INNES
51 Down: Quartet on a Quattro (5): TIRES
52 Down: Verve (4): ELAN
55 Down: Saul's successor (5): DAVID
56 Down: Indian valuable (4): BEAD
57 Down: He was more than a neigh-sayer (4): MRED
58 Down: Dried, maybe (5): WIPED
60 Down: Of a pelvic bone (5): ILIAC
61 Down: Cathartic drug (5): SENNA
62 Down: Others at the Alhambra (5): OTROS
63 Down: N.F.L. coach Don (5): SHULA
64 Down: An obese Lugosi? (11): BELATHEBALL
65 Down: Mind (4): OBEY
67 Down: Animal handler (5): TAMER
70 Down: Lemur's hangout (4): TREE
72 Down: Imitation (4): MOCK
75 Down: Voiced pauses (3): ERS
77 Down: Java neighbor (4): BALI
78 Down: "Tantum ___" (part of a Eucharist hymn) (4): ERGO
79 Down: Purim's month (4): ADAR
80 Down: Applications (4): USES
82 Down: Aspersion (4): SLUR
83 Down: Ices, perhaps (5): NUMBS
84 Down: Know-nothing (4): DOPE
85 Down: "B.C." abode (4): CAVE
87 Down: Cheer (7): GLADDEN
88 Down: It's saved by E-mail (7): POSTAGE
91 Down: James Michener narrative (6): IBERIA
92 Down: Thick-trunked tree (6): BAOBAB
93 Down: Skirt feature (4): SLIT
94 Down: Ho's hi's (6): ALOHAS
95 Down: Streetcar (4): TRAM
96 Down: Mandel of "St. Elsewhere" (5): HOWIE
97 Down: Takes steps (4): ACTS
98 Down: Libertine (4): ROUE
99 Down: String quartet member (5): VIOLA
100 Down: Teen faves (5): IDOLS
104 Down: Entice (4): BAIT
105 Down: Abbr. on egg cartons (4): USDA
106 Down: Spin tail? (4): STER
107 Down: Pianist Dame Myra (4): HESS
109 Down: Nord's oppostie (3): SUD
111 Down: Scolding syllable (3): TUT
112 Down: Phenomenon such as ESP (3): PSI

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