PARDONABLE CRIMES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/7/2000. By Patrick D. Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: As is proper (5): APTLY
6 Across: Left (4): WENT
10 Across: Cornwall town on Falmouth Harbor (5): TRURO
15 Across: Like some dinners (4): STAG
19 Across: Scenic walk (5): PASEO
20 Across: Flash (4): IDEA
21 Across: German composer Carl Maria von ___ (5): WEBER
22 Across: Something to pay? (4): HELL
23 Across: Publicly disrupting a concerto? (16): BREAKINGINTOSONG
26 Across: Not deceived by (4): ONTO
27 Across: Doing counterfeit sculpture? (12): FORGINGAHEAD
28 Across: Augurs (5): BODES
29 Across: Edge (3): LIP
32 Across: Blood pigment (4): HEME
33 Across: It's impolite (5): SNORT
34 Across: Handles the reception (6): CATERS
35 Across: Impossible score, in U.S. football (3): ONE
36 Across: Car accessory (5): ALARM
38 Across: Informal term of address, in Britain (3): GUV
39 Across: Council honcho (5): CHAIR
40 Across: Cricket player (7): BATSMAN
42 Across: Valentine figure (8): AMORETTO
45 Across: Catches (4): NABS
48 Across: Asian kingdom (6): BHUTAN
49 Across: Difficulties for wedding planners, maybe (4): EXES
50 Across: Pianist's challenge (8): ARPEGGIO
52 Across: Actress Skye (4): IONE
53 Across: Lifeboat lowerer (5): DAVIT
55 Across: Cryer in movies (3): JON
57 Across: Aim (6): INTEND
58 Across: "Last Essays of ___," 1833 (4): ELIA
59 Across: Thou of thous (3): MIL
60 Across: Animated show on Nickelodeon (4): DOUG
61 Across: Utmost (3): NTH
62 Across: Do business (4): DEAL
63 Across: Canceling a newsmagazine? (11): KILLINGTIME
66 Across: Young newts (4): EFTS
70 Across: Tocqueville's here (3): ICI
72 Across: Beloved family member (4): NANA
73 Across: A cuppa (3): TEA
74 Across: Kind of drop (4): MAIL
75 Across: It's eaten with a cracker (6): WALNUT
78 Across: Startled cry (3): EEK
79 Across: Mountain in Genesis (5): HOREB
81 Across: Meat stew, for short (4): OLLA
82 Across: Scriptural elucidations (8): EXEGESES
84 Across: Place to sleep, in Britain (4): DOSS
85 Across: Places to sleep (6): ROOSTS
87 Across: Informal letter signoff (4): BEST
88 Across: At no charge (8): COSTFREE
91 Across: Sly coverup (7): VARNISH
92 Across: Rulers with thrones (5): SHAHS
94 Across: Rule opposed by Gandhi (3): RAJ
95 Across: Appliance maker (5): AMANA
97 Across: ___ kwon do (3): TAE
98 Across: Ally in Hollywood (6): SHEEDY
100 Across: Stench (5): FETOR
102 Across: Mathematician Turing (4): ALAN
103 Across: Company report abbr. (3): YTD
104 Across: Dotty inventor? (5): MORSE
105 Across: Pilfering from a fertility lab? (12): POACHINGEGGS
108 Across: Its motto is "Industry" (4): UTAH
109 Across: Robbing factory workers? (16): HOLDINGUPTHELINE
113 Across: Seized vehicle (4): REPO
114 Across: 1948 Literature Nobelist (5): ELIOT
115 Across: Comics dog (4): ODIE
116 Across: Not built-up (5): RURAL
117 Across: Sped (4): FLEW
118 Across: Indiana's state flower (5): PEONY
119 Across: Bit of thatch (4): REED
120 Across: "The Herne's Egg" playwright (5): YEATS

Down Answers

1 Down: P.D. broadcast (3): APB
2 Down: Score that's "saved" (3): PAR
3 Down: Lao-___ (3): TSE
4 Down: Table extender (4): LEAF
5 Down: 1923 earthquake site (8): YOKOHAMA
6 Down: Flight formation flier (7): WINGMAN
7 Down: Less at ease (6): EDGIER
8 Down: It's declining in Germany (4): NEIN
9 Down: Flavors (5): TANGS
10 Down: Like many TV movies (7): TWOHOUR
11 Down: Bank amount (7): RESERVE
12 Down: Sinker (5): UBOAT
13 Down: Split (4): REND
14 Down: Internet address ending (3): ORG
15 Down: Gunning down a night traveler? (15): SHOOTINGTHEMOON
16 Down: Time of early youth (9): TENDERAGE
17 Down: Refit (5): ALTER
18 Down: It may reflect well on you (5): GLOSS
24 Down: Big wool source (7): IRELAND
25 Down: They have many bends (6): TANGOS
28 Down: It's heard from the herd (3): BAA
29 Down: Pushed (for) (7): LOBBIED
30 Down: Financially compromised (7): INAHOLE
31 Down: Funnellike flower (7): PETUNIA
34 Down: Woman's shoe with a stiltlike sole (7): CHOPINE
37 Down: Jawbones (8): MAXILLAE
39 Down: Municipal bldg. (3): CTR
41 Down: Burglarizing a museum exhibition? (15): STEALINGTHESHOW
43 Down: Assembled (3): MET
44 Down: City near Gibraltar (8): TANGIERS
46 Down: Garbage ___ (3): BIN
47 Down: Where to set down roots? (3): SOD
49 Down: Depravity (8): EVILNESS
51 Down: Suffix with differ (3): ENT
54 Down: Bon ___ (3): AMI
55 Down: Nudge (3): JOG
56 Down: Sailing (8): OUTTOSEA
60 Down: Bio. evidence (3): DNA
63 Down: Like some lawn displays (7): KITSCHY
64 Down: Sign (3): INK
65 Down: Fannie or Ginnie follower (3): MAE
67 Down: Lying (7): FALSITY
68 Down: Attacks on horseback (7): TILTSAT
69 Down: Cut (7): SLASHED
71 Down: Stick on a table (3): CUE
75 Down: CBS, e.g., slangily (3): WEB
76 Down: Feller (3): AXE
77 Down: Gibbon, for one (9): LESSERAPE
79 Down: Irrigation tool (3): HOE
80 Down: Hamlet portrayer, 1996 (7): BRANAGH
83 Down: Driver of a four-horse chariot, in myth (3): EOS
84 Down: "Right Place, Wrong Time" singer, 1973 (6): DRJOHN
86 Down: Citrus garden (8): ORANGERY
89 Down: Trample (7): TREADON
90 Down: Prosperous times, informally (7): FATCITY
91 Down: Like many Rolls-Royces (7): VALETED
93 Down: Suffix on fruit names (3): ADE
96 Down: Trinket stealer (6): MAGPIE
98 Down: Once-popular children's TV character (5): SMURF
99 Down: Hailey best seller (5): HOTEL
100 Down: Page number (5): FOLIO
101 Down: Hardship (5): RIGOR
105 Down: Gondolier's need (4): POLE
106 Down: Art class model (4): NUDE
107 Down: Swing about (4): SLUE
109 Down: Not square (3): HEP
110 Down: "Patriot Games" grp. (3): IRA
111 Down: Critic Hentoff (3): NAT
112 Down: Bygone Manhattan sights (3): ELS

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