REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/21/2000. By Matt Gaffney.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fixes (4): JAMS
5 Across: Many a Sri Lankan (5): TAMIL
10 Across: Herring family members (5): SHADS
15 Across: Visibly shaken (4): PALE
19 Across: "By yesterday!" (4): ASAP
20 Across: ___ Kane of "All My Children" (5): ERICA
21 Across: Former Energy Secretary O'Leary (5): HAZEL
22 Across: Alpine climber (4): IBEX
23 Across: Cooperstown nickname (4): YOGI
24 Across: Capital on the Willamette (5): SALEM
25 Across: Stripling (10): ADOLESCENT
27 Across: F.B.I. (19): FINDSBADINDIVIDUALS
30 Across: Poor marks (4): DEES
31 Across: Born abroad (3): NEE
32 Across: Dangerous job (3): SPY
33 Across: Not so new (6): STALER
36 Across: Become less tense (4): THAW
38 Across: Classified ad abbr. (3): RMS
41 Across: Baseball manager Tony La ___ (5): RUSSA
45 Across: N.A.S.A. (21): NAMEDASHUTTLEATLANTIS
49 Across: Sharp feller (3): AXE
50 Across: Cabeza, north of the Pyrenees (4): TETE
51 Across: One way to enter (5): ONCUE
52 Across: Causes an unearned run, perhaps (4): ERRS
53 Across: Pitch makers (9): PINETREES
57 Across: Vietnamese neighbor (3): LAO
58 Across: Vamp's accessory (3): BOA
60 Across: Blood pressure raiser (3): IRE
61 Across: Like oak leaves (5): LOBED
62 Across: Pie cuts, essentially (5): RADII
64 Across: Salvager's gear (5): SONAR
66 Across: I.R.S. (21): INCOMINGRETURNSSOUGHT
72 Across: Kvetches (5): MOANS
73 Across: Really enjoy (5): EATUP
74 Across: Term (5): STINT
75 Across: Digital clock settings (3): AMS
76 Across: Big belts (3): KOS
79 Across: G.R.E. takers (3): SRS
80 Across: Any of Yalta's Big Three (9): STATESMAN
84 Across: Groks (4): GETS
86 Across: Daytime talk show name (5): RICKI
88 Across: Filmmaking family name (4): COEN
89 Across: Prefix with sphere (3): ECO
90 Across: E.P.A. (21): EARTHSPRIMARYADVOCATE
96 Across: Some may mind this (5): STORE
97 Across: Prefix with fuel (3): SYN
98 Across: Pewter component (4): LEAD
99 Across: "___ Unplugged" (1999 album) (6): ALANIS
100 Across: When it's low, it's good (3): ERA
102 Across: One way to go (3): APE
103 Across: Flier to J.F.K. (4): ELAL
104 Across: U.S.A.F. (19): USUALLYSTOPSALLFOES
113 Across: When printings begin (10): PRESSTIMES
114 Across: Debussy contemporary (5): SATIE
115 Across: Casino tool (4): RAKE
117 Across: Act the letch (4): OGLE
118 Across: Interviewer, perhaps (5): EMCEE
119 Across: Kwanzaa principle (5): UNITY
120 Across: It's in the eye of the beholder (4): IRIS
121 Across: Reagan sentence starter (4): WELL
122 Across: Mortimer Adler's "How to ___ Book" (5): READA
123 Across: Rose and Rozelle (5): PETES
124 Across: Quits (4): ENDS

Down Answers

1 Down: "Saturday Night Live" alum Mohr (3): JAY
2 Down: From (4): ASOF
3 Down: Travelers in Matthew (4): MAGI
4 Down: Record holder (7): SPINDLE
5 Down: Bit of floorwork, maybe (7): TESSERA
6 Down: Nejd desert dwellers (5): ARABS
7 Down: Leon Uris's "___ 18" (4): MILA
8 Down: Clinched (4): ICED
9 Down: Protect, as a document (8): LAMINATE
10 Down: Protect, as a seedling (5): SHADE
11 Down: "___ but known..." (4): HADI
12 Down: Sea of ___ (Don River's receiver) (4): AZOV
13 Down: It may be kosher (4): DELI
14 Down: Runners carry them (5): SLEDS
15 Down: Paltry (8): PICAYUNE
16 Down: First shepherd (4): ABEL
17 Down: Zoom, e.g. (4): LENS
18 Down: Something to dial: Abbr. (3): EXT
26 Down: Toyota offering (5): SUPRA
28 Down: Doing (4): DEED
29 Down: Japanese ____ (popular pet) (4): NEWT
33 Down: Like some judgments (4): SNAP
34 Down: Place for a checkered career? (4): TAXI
35 Down: Strong second? (4): AMEN
36 Down: It's hard to live on (7): THEEDGE
37 Down: Rancho units (4): HUTS
38 Down: "Dance in the Country" painter (6): RENOIR
39 Down: Bit of raingear (3): MAC
40 Down: Usher's request (4): STUB
42 Down: Series (6): STRING
43 Down: Buster, old-style (6): SIRRAH
44 Down: Declare (6): ASSERT
46 Down: "The Dancing Couple" painter (5): STEEN
47 Down: Get one's fill (6): LOADUP
48 Down: Where Regulus is (3): LEO
54 Down: Tar Heel State campus (4): ELON
55 Down: Siberian industrial center (5): TOMSK
56 Down: Possible result of a sacrifice (3): RBI
57 Down: Wide, to Cicero (5): LATUS
59 Down: In harmony (5): ASONE
62 Down: Add more ornaments to (6): RETRIM
63 Down: As a preferred alternative (7): INSTEAD
65 Down: Publicizes, in a way (4): OUTS
66 Down: Some are mental (6): IMAGES
67 Down: Vegetarian's demand (6): NOMEAT
68 Down: Bearded leader (6): CASTRO
69 Down: "The Westing Game" author Ellen ___ (6): RASKIN
70 Down: Lose a lap? (5): STAND
71 Down: Gain a lap? (3): SIT
77 Down: Hosp. areas (3): ORS
78 Down: Nurses (4): SIPS
80 Down: Source of sauce or milk (4): SOYA
81 Down: Penny-pinching (4): MEAN
82 Down: Dramatic beginning (4): ACTI
83 Down: Turndowns (4): NOES
85 Down: Coffeecake topping (8): STREUSEL
87 Down: Yip or yelp (3): CRY
88 Down: Approaches stealthily (8): CREEPSUP
91 Down: ___ Gallery of Immortals (Greek pantheon) (5): HERAS
92 Down: "Generations of healthy, happy pets" sloganeer (4): ALPO
93 Down: Colder spots, often (7): VALLEYS
94 Down: Canute expelled him (4): OLAF
95 Down: A can of soda may have one (7): CALORIE
101 Down: Fix (5): ALTER
102 Down: Flummoxed (5): ATSEA
103 Down: Silk-stockings (5): ELITE
104 Down: Basic impulse (4): URGE
105 Down: Hawk (4): SELL
106 Down: Kiln output (4): LIME
107 Down: Pool site, maybe (4): YMCA
108 Down: Nut, basically (4): SEED
109 Down: All there (4): SANE
110 Down: Toiling (4): ATIT
111 Down: Bring in (4): EARN
112 Down: Cargo platform (4): SKID
113 Down: John McCain, once (3): POW
116 Down: Sweden's capital? (3): ESS

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