GET WISE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/23/2000. By Nancy Nicholson Joline.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Redemptions (7): CASHINS
8 Across: Mitterrand's successor (6): CHIRAC
14 Across: 1950's-60's Big Apple mayor (6): WAGNER
20 Across: Classic ball game (7): ONEOCAT
21 Across: Treasure State city (6): HELENA
22 Across: Make it (6): ARRIVE
23 Across: Wobbly band members? (14): ROCKYMUSICIANS
25 Across: 1960's "Death Valley Days" host (6): REAGAN
26 Across: Punta del ___, Uruguayan resort (4): ESTE
27 Across: 911 respondent (3): EMT
28 Across: Done for (5): KAPUT
29 Across: Apollo loved her (6): DAPHNE
30 Across: Easy ___ (5): ASPIE
32 Across: American Revolutionary leader Deane (5): SILAS
34 Across: Visitors from afar (3): ETS
35 Across: Follow (5): ACTON
39 Across: Subject of war propaganda (5): ENEMY
42 Across: Hill, to an Arab (3): TEL
43 Across: It covers ground rapidly (3): IVY
44 Across: Wily style of diplomacy? (13): TRICKORTREATY
47 Across: A little behind (6): LATISH
50 Across: Shell thrower (6): MORTAR
51 Across: Harmony (5): SYNCH
52 Across: Amazon dangers (8): PIRANHAS
54 Across: Curse (7): SWEARAT
56 Across: Land with a queen in Kings (5): SHEBA
58 Across: Extracts (6): GLEANS
59 Across: Caesar's farewell (4): VALE
60 Across: Plumbing problem abroad? (9): WATERYLOO
62 Across: Member of a force: Abbr. (3): DET
63 Across: One in swaddles (4): BABE
66 Across: Pentagon concern, for short (3): MIA
68 Across: Rodgers and Hart's "What ___ Man?" (3): ISA
69 Across: Mare's-nest (4): MESS
70 Across: Questionnaire datum (3): AGE
71 Across: Halloween mask? (9): SCARYFACE
76 Across: Like New York's Radio City Music Hall, informally (4): DECO
79 Across: Sighter of the Pacific Ocean, 1513 (6): BALBOA
81 Across: Capri, e.g. (5): ISOLA
82 Across: Reruns, to summer TV (7): STAPLES
86 Across: Place of legend (8): ATLANTIS
88 Across: Position in 20-Across (5): ATBAT
91 Across: Tarzan's pet (6): CHEETA
92 Across: Mountain fortresses: Var. (6): EYRIES
93 Across: Like an Englishman in the desert? (13): BLOODYTHIRSTY
95 Across: Bond rating (3): CCC
96 Across: George W. Bush, as a collegian (3): ELI
98 Across: Quantity (5): STORE
99 Across: Paths of some streams (5): ESSES
100 Across: Pool necessity (3): CUE
101 Across: Attention-getters (5): BEEPS
103 Across: Sea salvage aid (5): SONAR
105 Across: Word with car or game (6): PARLOR
107 Across: Mata Hari was one (5): ALIAS
110 Across: Hound (3): NAG
111 Across: Together, musically (4): ADUE
115 Across: Call for (6): INVOKE
116 Across: Assault with crêpes suzette? (14): PANCAKEBATTERY
119 Across: Wynn of "Dr. Strangelove" (6): KEENAN
120 Across: It's west of Sherman Oaks (6): ENCINO
121 Across: Extraction (7): LINEAGE
122 Across: Attempts (6): ESSAYS
123 Across: Conveyed, in a way (6): DEEDED
124 Across: Made a record of (7): ENTERED

Down Answers

1 Down: Rights org. (4): CORE
2 Down: Long times in Lima (4): ANOS
3 Down: Spinoff group (4): SECT
4 Down: Make artificially better, with "up" (4): HOKE
5 Down: Distant (3): ICY
6 Down: Pins down (5): NAMES
7 Down: Quite a puzzle (7): STUMPER
8 Down: Midwest city, familiarly (3): CHI
9 Down: "Shucks" (4): HECK
10 Down: Pelvic parts (4): ILIA
11 Down: Realizes (5): REAPS
12 Down: Fixed payment (7): ANNUITY
13 Down: Fairy tale locale (6): CASTLE
14 Down: Some are critical (5): WARDS
15 Down: Part (4): AREA
16 Down: Means of communication (9): GRAPEVINE
17 Down: Ivory or pink? (11): NIGHTYSHADE
18 Down: "Dynasty" star (5): EVANS
19 Down: Actor Auberjonois (4): RENE
24 Down: Turns, so to speak (6): STINTS
30 Down: Modern name for the capital of ancient Galatia (6): ANKARA
31 Down: Odd, spelled oddly (4): EERY
33 Down: "___ Desire" (1953 Barbara Stanwyck film) (4): ALLI
35 Down: They're pressed for cash (4): ATMS
36 Down: Exult (4): CROW
37 Down: Bore (4): TIRE
38 Down: Musical interval (6): OCTAVE
40 Down: Measurer of brightness (5): MENSA
41 Down: Millionaire's toy (5): YACHT
43 Down: ___-Ethiopian War, 1935-36 (5): ITALO
45 Down: Like some surgery (4): ORAL
46 Down: "America, the Beautiful" pronoun (4): THEE
48 Down: Constellation with Canopus (4): ARGO
49 Down: Some stockings (5): HANES
52 Down: Settles (4): PAYS
53 Down: Alternatives to 747's (4): SSTS
55 Down: Subject of a composition (4): TEMA
57 Down: Relative of Camembert (4): BRIE
60 Down: Directions (4): WAYS
61 Down: Chaps (4): LADS
63 Down: ___ ghanouj (eggplant dish) (4): BABA
64 Down: Marble (5): AGATE
65 Down: What pregnancies produce? (11): BELLYCURVES
67 Down: Pupil's place (4): IRIS
69 Down: They're blue (6): MOPERS
71 Down: Seattle athlete, for short (5): SONIC
72 Down: Actress Blanchett (4): CATE
73 Down: Young zebra (4): FOAL
74 Down: Los ___, Calif. (5): ALTOS
75 Down: ___ Cove ("Murder, She Wrote" locale) (5): CABOT
77 Down: Delineate (4): ETCH
78 Down: French journal (6): CAHIER
80 Down: XXV Olympics site (9): BARCELONA
83 Down: Minus (4): LESS
84 Down: Little ending (4): ETTE
85 Down: "___ who?" (4): SAYS
87 Down: "Gotcha" (4): ISEE
89 Down: Hoo-has (4): ADOS
90 Down: Power of old films (6): TYRONE
93 Down: Wright brothers' craft, e.g. (7): BIPLANE
94 Down: Like a well-grounded argument (7): TENABLE
97 Down: Didn't hesitate (6): LEAPED
100 Down: Yuletide handouts (5): CANES
101 Down: W.W. II guns (5): BRENS
102 Down: Subsequently (5): SINCE
104 Down: "Not ___!" (5): AGAIN
105 Down: Main road (4): PIKE
106 Down: Initial (4): OKAY
108 Down: Kind of rock (4): ACID
109 Down: Sound (4): SANE
111 Down: Suit to ___ (4): ATEE
112 Down: Not cheap (4): DEAR
113 Down: Press (4): URGE
114 Down: Blue-___ (4): EYED
117 Down: Decked (3): KOD
118 Down: USA alternative (3): TNT

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