CROSSWORDIES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/25/2000. By Cathy Millhauser.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Swiss Mrs., maybe (4): FRAU
5 Across: Comparable to a wet hen (5): ASMAD
10 Across: They're developed by rowing (4): PECS
14 Across: Whip (4): BEST
18 Across: O.K. Corral figher (4): EARP
19 Across: Get a rise out of? (6): LEAVEN
21 Across: Town on the Vire (4): STLO
22 Across: Nestlé pet food brand (4): ALPO
23 Across: 1983 movie cause of heartburn? (11): THEBIGCHILI
25 Across: With 119-Across, country lunch customer of song? (9): THEFARMER
27 Across: Ruhr industrial hub (5): ESSEN
28 Across: Baldwin, Guinness, etc. (5): ALECS
30 Across: Clinch (8): NAILDOWN
31 Across: Sweet barbarian? (14): ATTILATHEHONEY
35 Across: Bee's target on a flower (7): NECTARY
38 Across: First name in architecture (4): EERO
39 Across: Fleece (4): CLIP
43 Across: System starter (3): ECO
44 Across: "Ta-ta" (4): CIAO
46 Across: MTV hosts (3): VJS
48 Across: Whaler, for one (6): SEAMAN
50 Across: Fast-food snack? (16): SHORTORDERCOOKIE
56 Across: River connected by canal to the Volga (4): NEVA
57 Across: Movie dog (4): TOTO
58 Across: Vegetable fats (5): OLEOS
59 Across: Weirdos (8): ODDBALLS
61 Across: Greek penultimates (4): PSIS
65 Across: Wayside stop (3): INN
66 Across: Hindu melody pattern (4): RAGA
67 Across: ___-com (3): DOT
68 Across: Be a klutzy chef? (21): HAVEONEFOOTINTHEGRAVY
75 Across: Globetrotters founder Saperstein (3): ABE
76 Across: Past (4): OVER
77 Across: Past (3): AGO
78 Across: Peak of myth (4): OSSA
79 Across: Do a kabob job (8): MARINATE
81 Across: "Dilbert" creator Adams (5): SCOTT
83 Across: Iona College player (4): GAEL
87 Across: Jot (4): ATOM
88 Across: Won't fit, as a sash? (16): DOESNTRINGABELLY
93 Across: Place for Cicero (6): SENATE
95 Across: Double header? (3): DUO
96 Across: Early Irish assembly site (4): TARA
97 Across: Certain win, for short (3): TKO
98 Across: Explorer Bering was one (4): DANE
99 Across: Gave the slip (4): LOST
102 Across: Satirize (7): LAMPOON
104 Across: Risk getting clawed? (14): PICKUPTHETABBY
110 Across: Girlish (8): MAIDENLY
114 Across: Strainer (5): SIEVE
115 Across: Additional (5): OTHER
119 Across: See 25-Across (9): INTHEDELI
121 Across: Midwest native American on TV? (11): CHICAGOHOPI
124 Across: "You Bet Your Life" sponsor De ___ (4): SOTO
125 Across: Game-ending declaration (4): IWIN
126 Across: TV's ___ Lee (6): KATHIE
127 Across: Giant chemicals corporation (4): OLIN
128 Across: Kind of leopard or goose (4): SNOW
129 Across: Offshore (4): ASEA
130 Across: Predilection (5): TASTE
131 Across: Hourglass part (4): NECK

Down Answers

1 Down: Luau, e.g. (4): FETE
2 Down: Stands roars (4): RAHS
3 Down: God seen on "Xena: Warrior Princess" (4): ARES
4 Down: Cheery (6): UPBEAT
5 Down: H.S. subject (3): ALG
6 Down: Dry, in Versailles (3): SEC
7 Down: Taj ___ (5): MAHAL
8 Down: St. Teresa's home (5): AVILA
9 Down: Cut (6): DELETE
10 Down: L.A. sked abbr. (3): PST
11 Down: People: Prefix (5): ETHNO
12 Down: Drug-free (5): CLEAN
13 Down: Swedish mezzo Anne ___ von Otter (5): SOFIE
14 Down: Robert Burns was one (4): BARD
15 Down: "Blondie" boy (4): ELMO
16 Down: Gush (4): SPEW
17 Down: Conflicted (4): TORN
20 Down: Recess (5): NICHE
24 Down: Solid (6): INTACT
26 Down: One of the King Sisters of 40's music (5): ALYCE
29 Down: Electronic control systems (6): SERVOS
32 Down: Andrews Sisters, e.g. (4): TRIO
33 Down: Month after Nisan (4): IYAR
34 Down: Chain hotel, for short (4): HOJO
35 Down: Layer's lair (4): NEST
36 Down: Unoriginal reply (4): ECHO
37 Down: Crotchety one (4): COOT
40 Down: Actress Wood of "Diamonds Are Forever" (4): LANA
41 Down: Mrs. Marcos (6): IMELDA
42 Down: Conditioned reflex researcher (6): PAVLOV
45 Down: Pope Urban II, originally (3): ODO
47 Down: Culottelike garment (5): SKORT
48 Down: Papyrus and such (6): SEDGES
49 Down: Vile (5): NASTY
51 Down: Weapon in the game Clue (4): ROPE
52 Down: Film director Petri (4): ELIO
53 Down: City near Mt. Rose ski area (4): RENO
54 Down: Get ahold of (7): CONTACT
55 Down: Gem State (5): IDAHO
60 Down: They may be checked (4): BAGS
62 Down: Presently (4): SOON
63 Down: Trespass on (6): INVADE
64 Down: Take care of (5): SEETO
68 Down: Islamic militant group (5): HAMAS
69 Down: Let up (6): ABATED
70 Down: "Romeo and Juliet" setting (6): VERONA
71 Down: Let out (5): FREED
72 Down: Borodin title prince (4): IGOR
73 Down: "Forget it, Little Red Hen!" (4): NOTI
74 Down: Spread unchecked (4): RAGE
80 Down: Somalian model-turned-actress (4): IMAN
81 Down: Priers (6): SNOOPS
82 Down: Part of amatol (3): TNT
84 Down: Like Woody Herman's sax (4): ALTO
85 Down: Town ENE of 53-Down (4): ELKO
86 Down: Where the Rhone and the Saône meet (4): LYON
89 Down: George Ade's "The Sultan of ___" (4): SULU
90 Down: The Oscars, e.g. (4): GALA
91 Down: Graceful galloper (4): ARAB
92 Down: Cane material (6): BAMBOO
94 Down: It may be made of buffalo skins (5): TEPEE
100 Down: Cane, e.g. (5): STICK
101 Down: It may be passed (6): THEHAT
103 Down: Beast that Apollo slew (6): PYTHON
105 Down: Forster subject (5): INDIA
106 Down: Miss Marple finds them (5): CLEWS
107 Down: Novelist ___ Tennant (5): KYLIE
108 Down: 1996 Madonna role (5): EVITA
109 Down: PC troubleshooters, for short (5): TECHS
110 Down: Overlook (4): MISS
111 Down: Presently (4): ANON
112 Down: The Eagles' "Take ___ the Limit" (4): ITTO
113 Down: Indian Ocean vessel (4): DHOW
116 Down: Burrow (4): HOLE
117 Down: Like "Star Wars" (4): EPIC
118 Down: Place to go for a spin (4): RINK
120 Down: "___ minute" (3): INA
122 Down: Islet (3): AIT
123 Down: "That's news to me!" (3): GEE

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