CHOCOHOLIC'S DELIGHT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 8/13/2000. By Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Band aid (6)
ROADIE
7 Across: "I, Robot" author (6)
ASIMOV
13 Across: Tasters' testers (7)
PALATES
20 Across: Higher ground (6)
UPLAND
21 Across: Couch, in a way (6)
PHRASE
22 Across: Beach in a 1964 hit song (7)
IPANEMA
23 Across: Nice people collect them (13)
BROWNIEPOINTS
25 Across: It may be flared (7)
NOSTRIL
26 Across: In the limelight (4)
EYED
27 Across: "Honor Thy Father" author (6)
TALESE
28 Across: Business graphics (9)
PIECHARTS
30 Across: Out of chains (6)
LOOSED
32 Across: Change a bill, say (5)
AMEND
34 Across: Dwelling in Durango (4)
CASA
35 Across: Like some Riesling wines (7)
SEMIDRY
38 Across: Great balls of fire (5)
STARS
39 Across: Kimono closer (3)
OBI
41 Across: Sultanate citizen (5)
OMANI
42 Across: Beat to a pulp (6)
MASHED
45 Across: Sound system component (8)
TAPEDECK
50 Across: Statistician's margin for error (11)
FUDGEFACTOR
52 Across: Standing rule (5)
BYLAW
53 Across: Savoie sovereign (3)
ROI
54 Across: Lao-___ (3)
TSE
55 Across: Pianist Schnabel (5)
ARTUR
56 Across: Drink with a kick (10)
MALTLIQUOR
58 Across: Blotto (6)
TANKED
60 Across: The Switchblade Kid of cinema (5)
MINEO
61 Across: Secures under cover, with "in" (5)
TUCKS
62 Across: Big Band music (5)
SWING
64 Across: ___ Walton League (conservation group) (5)
IZAAK
66 Across: Skedaddles (5)
SCATS
67 Across: Wise guy (5)
SWAMI
68 Across: Clamorous (5)
AROAR
70 Across: Hummable, perhaps (6)
CATCHY
73 Across: Facial foundation (10)
CAKEMAKEUP
75 Across: Chest-thumping (5)
MACHO
76 Across: High-tech co. (3)
GTE
79 Across: Draft choice (3)
ALE
80 Across: Not quite right (5)
AMISS
81 Across: Rites of passage (11)
BARMITZVAHS
84 Across: Suggestive (8)
REDOLENT
86 Across: "Absalom and Achitophel" poet (6)
DRYDEN
87 Across: "The Pearl Fishers" composer (5)
BIZET
88 Across: Service arm: Abbr. (3)
USN
89 Across: Spring shower, possibly? (5)
ATLAS
91 Across: Woodstock band, 1969 (7)
SHANANA
93 Across: Drop down? (4)
MOLT
96 Across: Sink hole (5)
DRAIN
97 Across: Flimflam (6)
FAKERY
99 Across: Some approaches on the links (9)
CHIPSHOTS
102 Across: Sweets (6)
DEARIE
104 Across: ___ Lang, Superboy's girlfriend (4)
LANA
108 Across: Alternative fuel (7)
GASOHOL
109 Across: Claim in a collectibles ad (13)
MINTCONDITION
112 Across: Sign of a goof (7)
ERASURE
113 Across: Siberians' relatives (6)
ALEUTS
114 Across: In a weakened state (6)
ERODED
115 Across: Section of London (7)
EASTEND
116 Across: Not in any way (6)
NOWISE
117 Across: Drives back (6)
REPELS

Down Answers

1 Down: Hick (4)
RUBE
2 Down: Word after "Ole" (4)
OPRY
3 Down: Cream ingredient (4)
ALOE
4 Down: Slow (8)
DAWDLING
5 Down: B & B, e.g. (3)
INN
6 Down: Paper worker (6)
EDITOR
7 Down: Mac maker (5)
APPLE
8 Down: Did a smith's job (5)
SHOED
9 Down: Place for a pupil (4)
IRIS
10 Down: Tiger, for one (8)
MANEATER
11 Down: East of Essen (3)
OST
12 Down: Evening bell (6)
VESPER
13 Down: Long in the past? (5)
PINED
14 Down: Part of the Bible: Abbr. (4)
APOC
15 Down: Punishment unit (4)
LASH
16 Down: Last "course" of a spicy meal? (7)
ANTACID
17 Down: Earth, in sci-fi (5)
TERRA
18 Down: Sends out (5)
EMITS
19 Down: Chili topper (5)
SALSA
24 Down: Gull (8)
EASYMARK
29 Down: Hot (7)
INSTYLE
31 Down: Comic strip dog (4)
ODIE
33 Down: More than sore (3)
MAD
35 Down: Yielding (4)
SOFT
36 Down: Modern farm birds (4)
EMUS
37 Down: Whipped up (4)
MADE
38 Down: Toots in a restaurant (4)
SHOR
39 Down: Common name for hydrous silica (4)
OPAL
40 Down: Entrance (7)
BEWITCH
43 Down: Entr'___ (4)
ACTE
44 Down: Book-cracking (8)
STUDIOUS
46 Down: Treble clef singer (4)
ALTO
47 Down: Issue suddenly (5)
ERUCT
48 Down: Roasts, e.g. (5)
COOKS
49 Down: White wine apéritifs (4)
KIRS
51 Down: Adder's threat (4)
FANG
52 Down: Valuable plastic (8)
BANKCARD
56 Down: Actress Farrow (3)
MIA
57 Down: Landing (4)
QUAY
58 Down: Game-stopping call (4)
TIME
59 Down: Characters in fables, usually (7)
ANIMALS
60 Down: Scuff (3)
MAR
62 Down: Low spot of land (5)
SWALE
63 Down: Faced a new day (5)
WAKED
65 Down: [Gotcha!] (3)
ZAP
66 Down: Dundee citizen (4)
SCOT
67 Down: The lightning bolt on Harry Potter's forehead, e.g. (4)
SCAR
68 Down: Similar (4)
AKIN
69 Down: Computer command (7)
RESTART
71 Down: #1 spot (4)
ACME
72 Down: Bad trait for a politician (8)
THINSKIN
74 Down: Grace's end (4)
AMEN
75 Down: Spark for the Giants' 1951 pennant win (4)
MAYS
76 Down: Biblical site of the temple of Dagon (4)
GAZA
77 Down: Story connector (4)
THEN
78 Down: "Cómo ___?" (4)
ESTA
81 Down: Hot off the press (8)
BRANDNEW
82 Down: Letter-shaped construction piece (4)
ZBAR
83 Down: Bygone car option (8)
VINYLTOP
85 Down: Distant settlement (7)
OUTPOST
86 Down: Mid-6th-century date (3)
DLI
90 Down: Southern Australia explorer (6)
TASMAN
92 Down: Obedient one (6)
HEEDER
93 Down: Fibber of note (5)
MCGEE
94 Down: Kim of Rudyard Kipling's "Kim" (5)
OHARA
95 Down: Kudrow and Bonet (5)
LISAS
96 Down: Meted (out) (5)
DOLED
97 Down: Rumor squelchers (5)
FACTS
98 Down: Originated (5)
AROSE
100 Down: Cage co-star in "Leaving Las Vegas" (4)
SHUE
101 Down: Phone, slangily (4)
HORN
103 Down: Pins' place (4)
ETUI
105 Down: Glorified gofer (4)
AIDE
106 Down: Present time (4)
NOEL
107 Down: Added stipulations (4)
ANDS
110 Down: U.N. working-conditions agcy. (3)
ILO
111 Down: Wrath (3)
IRE

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