FOLLOWING ORDERS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 7/23/2000. By Patrick Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rule-breaker (3): IMP
4 Across: Certain residue (4): FILM
8 Across: Sumer, nowadays (4): IRAQ
12 Across: Broker's advice (6): INVEST
18 Across: Gist (8): MAINIDEA
20 Across: Star impersonator? (5): VENUS
22 Across: Such that one might (6): SOASTO
23 Across: Gag order? (8): PIPEDOWN
24 Across: 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit (5): ANGIE
25 Across: Winston Cup org. (6): NASCAR
26 Across: British exam taken at the end of secondary school (6): ALEVEL
27 Across: Postal order? (14): HANDLEWITHCARE
30 Across: Mentions (5): CITES
31 Across: Word-word link (3): FOR
32 Across: Registering, as a dial (5): SETAT
33 Across: Exclusive (4): SOLE
34 Across: Atlanta-based cable channel (3): TNT
35 Across: Ward of "The Fugitive" (4): SELA
36 Across: They're found in veins (4): ORES
38 Across: Writer ___ Louise Huxtable (3): ADA
40 Across: Religious order? (20): GETTHEEBEHINDMESATAN
48 Across: Noblemen (5): EARLS
49 Across: Imperfection (4): WART
50 Across: "Keystone Kops" producer (7): SENNETT
51 Across: Pecking order? (6): KISSME
54 Across: Washington and Shore (6): DINAHS
56 Across: Detachable container (3): POD
57 Across: Got off (4): ALIT
58 Across: Indian Ocean swimmer (6): DUGONG
61 Across: Reef lurkers (4): EELS
63 Across: Bank (4): RELY
67 Across: One year in a trunk (4): RING
68 Across: Becomes intertwined (9): TANGLESUP
70 Across: Cookie with a crunch (4): OREO
71 Across: Sly look (4): LEER
72 Across: Fly, e.g. (4): PEST
73 Across: Threatening words (6): ORELSE
75 Across: Expensive trim (4): MINK
76 Across: Stroked item (3): OAR
78 Across: Small military vessel (6): PTBOAT
80 Across: Restraining order? (6): FREEZE
82 Across: Gravedigger (7): INHUMER
86 Across: Red-brown (4): RUST
87 Across: New England catch (5): SCROD
89 Across: Batting order? (20): KEEPYOUREYEONTHEBALL
94 Across: Eternally, in poetry (3): EER
95 Across: Courtroom entry (4): PLEA
96 Across: Kingdom on old Asian maps (4): SIAM
97 Across: Word to a doctor (3): AAH
99 Across: Stout, freshwater fish (4): DACE
102 Across: Money in the music business? (5): EDDIE
105 Across: "Foucault's Pendulum" author (3): ECO
106 Across: Odd-numbered page (5): RECTO
108 Across: Shipping order? (14): ALLHANDSONDECK
111 Across: Fake ID holders (6): MINORS
112 Across: Collected (6): SEDATE
113 Across: In conclusion: Fr. (5): ENFIN
114 Across: Rush order? (8): STEPONIT
116 Across: God depicted holding a crook (6): OSIRIS
117 Across: Rephrase (5): AMEND
118 Across: Part of a tennis court (8): BASELINE
119 Across: ___ Fitzgerald (6): FSCOTT
120 Across: Periods (4): ERAS
121 Across: Chinese money (4): YUAN
122 Across: Warner Bros. collectible (3): CEL

Down Answers

1 Down: It's striking (6): IMPACT
2 Down: Batch of solicitations, maybe (7): MAILING
3 Down: Lab tube (7): PIPETTE
4 Down: Bona ___ (5): FIDES
5 Down: Darling (4): IDOL
6 Down: Basketball's ___ Alcindor (3): LEW
7 Down: They may be uncovered on a street (8): MANHOLES
8 Down: Tolstoy's ___ Ilyich (4): IVAN
9 Down: Sunders (5): RENDS
10 Down: Hidden motive (5): ANGLE
11 Down: Direct order? (13): QUIETONTHESET
12 Down: "___ She Lovely" (4): ISNT
13 Down: Whose ark? (5): NOAHS
14 Down: Explorer ___ Núñez de Balboa (5): VASCO
15 Down: Heat up (8): ESCALATE
16 Down: Eyeballed (8): STAREDAT
17 Down: Split (4): TORE
19 Down: Campbell of "Party of Five" (4): NEVE
21 Down: Lincoln's Secretary of State (6): SEWARD
28 Down: Bazaar merchant, maybe (4): ARAB
29 Down: Short pieces (5): ITEMS
31 Down: Believe (4): FEEL
35 Down: Tiniest bit (5): SHRED
37 Down: Gets (through) (5): SEEPS
39 Down: Food for a doodlebug (3): ANT
41 Down: Audience research focus (9): TESTGROUP
42 Down: Wool cap (3): TAM
43 Down: 1970's-80's TV family name (5): EWING
44 Down: Nonworking order? (9): HANGLOOSE
45 Down: Golden yrs. cache (3): IRA
46 Down: ___-Cat (3): SNO
47 Down: Constellation near Cassiopeia (9): ANDROMEDA
51 Down: Patriarch of the Flying Wallendas (4): KARL
52 Down: Tennis's Nastase (4): ILIE
53 Down: Kind of curve (4): SINE
54 Down: New World order? (13): DONTTREADONME
55 Down: Pas ___ (dance solo) (4): SEUL
59 Down: Western Amerind (3): UTE
60 Down: Recover from a run (4): GASP
62 Down: Whirled records? (3): LPS
64 Down: Part of the U.S./Canada border (4): ERIE
65 Down: Kay of "Physical Evidence" (4): LENZ
66 Down: Team need (4): YOKE
69 Down: Daughter of Mnemosyne (5): ERATO
72 Down: Before the opening, say (5): PREOP
74 Down: Either Zimbalist (5): EFREM
77 Down: Youngest March sister (3): AMY
79 Down: Accept (3): BUY
81 Down: Sack (3): ROB
82 Down: 1950's G.O.P. name (3): IKE
83 Down: Uncalled-for (8): NEEDLESS
84 Down: Like some decorations (8): HERALDIC
85 Down: Held the top spot (5): RULED
87 Down: Stays with (8): STICKSBY
88 Down: ___ Phraya (Asian river) (4): CHAO
90 Down: Jidda's locale (6): REDSEA
91 Down: Tiny fraction of a min. (4): NSEC
92 Down: Terse (7): LACONIC
93 Down: G.I. John? (7): LATRINE
98 Down: Overnight spot (6): HOSTEL
100 Down: Single-named singer (5): CHARO
101 Down: Suffer defeat, slangily (5): EATIT
103 Down: Gather (5): INFER
104 Down: Minneapolis suburb (5): EDINA
106 Down: Gain succulence (5): RIPEN
107 Down: Carbon compound (4): ENOL
108 Down: Since (4): ASOF
109 Down: Twiggy digs (4): NEST
110 Down: Runs out (4): ENDS
111 Down: Arizona city (4): MESA
115 Down: Cross shape (3): TAU

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