TWIN STATES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 10/31/1999. By Frank Longo.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Scampi ingredients (6): PRAWNS
7 Across: Pent up (5): CAGED
12 Across: Wire-haired terrier of film (4): ASTA
16 Across: Soften up (4): THAW
20 Across: More than budding (6): ABLOOM
21 Across: Down East town (5): ORONO
22 Across: Axis/Allies conflict: Abbr. (4): WWII
23 Across: Take out (5): ERASE
24 Across: They never need to be renewed (17): LIFETIMEMEMBERSHIPS
27 Across: Kind of situation (5): NOWIN
28 Across: "You got that right!" (6): ILLSAY
29 Across: Opposing (11): COMINGAGAINST
31 Across: Plundered, old-style (4): REFT
35 Across: Jet (4): EBON
36 Across: Confucian path (3): TAO
38 Across: Bit of energy (3): ERG
39 Across: Pharmaceutical giant (16): ELILILLYANDCOMPANY
45 Across: All ___ Airways (6): NIPPON
50 Across: Bicyclist's choices (6): SPEEDS
51 Across: Haemoglobin deficiency (7): ANAEMIA
52 Across: Uncreative (6): INARUT
53 Across: Unrefined (5): CRASS
54 Across: Series continuation (6): PARTII
57 Across: Poet Sexton (4): ANNE
59 Across: Thou (5): GNOTE
60 Across: Walter Reuther's org. (3): UAW
61 Across: Suffix with cannon (3): ADE
62 Across: Cable staple (13): CNNHEADLINENEWS
65 Across: They're coated with red wax (5): EDAMS
68 Across: Inadvisable action (4): NONO
70 Across: Spanish wave (3): OLA
71 Across: One may be a favorite (3): SON
72 Across: Thick-plumed songbird (3): TIT
73 Across: London landmark (13): ROYALALBERTHALL
77 Across: Ladies of Versailles: Abbr. (4): MMES
79 Across: Doesn't keep (4): ROTS
80 Across: "The Old Wives' Tale" playwright (5): PEELE
81 Across: One may be taken to the cleaners (5): STAIN
83 Across: Actress Graff (5): ILENE
85 Across: "Zuckerman Unbound" novelist (4): ROTH
88 Across: Relieves (4): RIDS
90 Across: 1991 Midler/Allen comedy (13): SCENESFROMAMALL
95 Across: Yamaguchi's rival at Albertville (3): ITO
96 Across: Literary inits. (3): RLS
97 Across: Korea's Roh ___ Woo (3): TAE
99 Across: Seat of McLennan County, Texas (4): WACO
100 Across: Invest (5): ENDUE
101 Across: Kelly classic (13): SINGININTHERAIN
106 Across: "Black utopia" of 1920 (3): RUR
107 Across: It may be recombinant (3): DNA
108 Across: Sending to the canvas (5): KOING
109 Across: One available for future reference? (4): SEER
110 Across: Traveled in tandem? (6): CYCLED
112 Across: Remove the dirt from? (5): BLEEP
114 Across: Wife of King Mark of Cornwall (6): ISEULT
116 Across: Flaw (7): BLEMISH
118 Across: They have a glow about them (6): SAINTS
119 Across: More apothegmatic (6): TERSER
120 Across: Look like (16): BEARARESEMBLANCETO
124 Across: Roadside jumpers: Abbr. (3): AAA
126 Across: "La-la" lead-in (3): TRA
127 Across: Ages (4): AEON
128 Across: Hebrew for "delight" (4): EDEN
129 Across: "L'Isle joyeuse" composer (11): CLAUDEDEBUSSY
136 Across: Tracy's pair (6): OSCARS
138 Across: Beleaguering brother (5): HAZER
139 Across: Question from one who doesn't get it (17): AMIMISSINGSOMETHING
146 Across: Perfidies (5): EVILS
147 Across: Women's rights pioneer (4): CATT
148 Across: R. J. Reynolds brand (5): SALEM
149 Across: Aiea apparel (6): MUUMUU
150 Across: Perturb (4): FAZE
151 Across: Turner and others (4): IKES
152 Across: Like Henry VIII (5): OBESE
153 Across: Procure (6): OBTAIN

Down Answers

1 Down: Compadre (3): PAL
2 Down: Diamond letters (3): RBI
3 Down: Furry fellow of 80's TV (3): ALF
4 Down: Job experience? (3): WOE
5 Down: "Don't look at me!" (4): NOTI
6 Down: "___ People" (Le Carré best seller) (7): SMILEYS
7 Down: Begins airing (6): COMESON
8 Down: Hammer in oil (6): ARMAND
9 Down: Elapse (4): GOBY
10 Down: Chemical ending (3): ENE
11 Down: L'Age ___ (3): DOR
12 Down: Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears ___" (4): AWHO
13 Down: Go through channels? (4): SWIM
14 Down: Home of the brave?: Var. (4): TIPI
15 Down: Laon's department (5): AISNE
16 Down: Enterprise counselor Deanna (4): TROI
17 Down: "Foul Play" star (4): HAWN
18 Down: Message on a tag-sale tag (4): ASIS
19 Down: Didn't stop (4): WENT
23 Down: Occupying oneself with (9): ENGAGINGIN
25 Down: "Melodies and Memories" autobiographer (4): MELBA
26 Down: Length and width (5): SCOPE
30 Down: Bouquet ___ (4): GARNI
31 Down: Firefighter, at times (7): RESCUER
32 Down: Where many Goyas hang (7): ELPRADO
33 Down: Add to the dossier (7): FILEAWAY
34 Down: Scrabble draws (4): TILES
36 Down: Bar need (5): TONIC
37 Down: Vigorously (5): AMAIN
40 Down: Joseph Smith's denom. (3): LDS
41 Down: One kept in the bag? (3): CAT
42 Down: Menotti hero (5): AMAHL
43 Down: When many people punch in (6): NINEAM
44 Down: Indian of the Sacramento River valley (4): YANA
46 Down: Lustrous velvet (4): PANNE
47 Down: Frequently exhibiting (6): PRONETO
48 Down: Steal a march on (6): OUTWIT
49 Down: Atomic experiments (6): NTESTS
54 Down: Game show lineup (9): PANELISTS
55 Down: Like an idol (6): ADORED
56 Down: Flat rate (4): RENT
58 Down: Eponym of an old auto (9): EDSELFORD
63 Down: "Really!" (5): NOLIE
64 Down: See 143-Down (5): LOSER
66 Down: "Happy Days" fellow (4): MALPH
67 Down: Bankruptcy follow-up (3): SALE
69 Down: Raised-eyebrow remarks (3): OHS
74 Down: It was once divided (5): BERLIN
75 Down: Where to have a cabin (5): ATSEA
76 Down: Anita Brookner's "Hotel du ___" (3): LAC
78 Down: Goof (6): MISCUE
79 Down: Staff differently (4): REMAN
82 Down: Houston-to-Dallas dir. (3): NNW
84 Down: ___ Valley, San Francisco (3): NOE
85 Down: Take the chance (6): RISKIT
86 Down: Of no use (6): OTIOSE
87 Down: More chic (6): TONIER
89 Down: Writer Shelby (6): STEELE
91 Down: Hereditary title (4): EARL
92 Down: Teed off (7): MADDENED
93 Down: Crescent moon (7): LUNETTE
94 Down: Attacks, in a way (7): LEAPSON
96 Down: Targets of criminal probes (9): RINGLEADERS
98 Down: Unpaid debt (5): ARREAR
102 Down: Lions' prey (4): GNUS
103 Down: "Sunny" singer Bobby (4): HEBB
104 Down: Less emotional (5): ICIER
105 Down: St. Gregory's residence (5): NYSSA
111 Down: Bearded revolutionary (3): CHE
112 Down: Embargo (3): BAN
113 Down: Small suckers (4): LICE
115 Down: Kind of secret (4): TRADE
117 Down: Robbins and others (5): MARTYS
118 Down: Riviera resort (7): SANREMO
121 Down: Hoi polloi (6): MASSES
122 Down: Look good on (6): BECOME
123 Down: Nursery supply (4): LOAM
125 Down: Early adders (5): ABACI
129 Down: High-hatter? (4): CHEF
130 Down: It may be found in a cone (4): LAVA
131 Down: Iraqi V.I.P. Tariq ___ (4): AZIZ
132 Down: Ubangi feeder (4): UELE
133 Down: Eskimo transport (4): UMIAK
134 Down: Wallop (4): SMITE
135 Down: Fast Atl. crossers (4): SSTS
136 Down: Eye (4): OGLE
137 Down: Short end (4): STUB
140 Down: Equi- (3): ISO
141 Down: Pick up (3): NAB
142 Down: It's heard before a snap (3): HUT
143 Down: With 64-Down, 1964 Beatles tune (3): IMA
144 Down: Rapa ___ (Easter Island) (3): NUI
145 Down: Starter's need (3): GUN

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