ONE FOR THE BOOKS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 9/24/2000. By Randolph Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Airline info (6): ROUTES
7 Across: It may be caught in winter (6): THEBUG
13 Across: Ice cream shop employee (7): SCOOPER
20 Across: Ron of CNBC (6): INSANA
21 Across: Rocker Dee Dee, Tommy, Joey or Johnny (6): RAMONE
22 Across: With a creamy cheese sauce (7): ALFREDO
23 Across: Redbook (1848) (21): THECOMMUNISTMANIFESTO
26 Across: Home (in on) (4): ZERO
27 Across: Princess tester (3): PEA
28 Across: Final bit (7): TAILEND
29 Across: They may be B.C. or A.D. (3): YRS
30 Across: Owl hangouts (5): BARNS
32 Across: Present prefix (4): OMNI
33 Across: Runner Devers and others (5): GAILS
37 Across: Yearbook (1949) (18): NINETEENEIGHTYFOUR
41 Across: 1953 Emmy-winning actress (5): ARDEN
44 Across: Wrong (3): SIN
45 Across: Prefix with cortical (3): NEO
46 Across: Brown of Talk magazine (4): TINA
47 Across: Beetles may be found in them (7): GARAGES
50 Across: Never gone (7): NOTBEEN
54 Across: Tap idly with the fingers (5): THRUM
55 Across: Guidebook (1994) (14): AMAPOFTHEWORLD
57 Across: Nest noises (6): CHEEPS
58 Across: Rice and Robbins (4): TIMS
59 Across: Org. with inspectors (3): FAA
60 Across: Singer Zadora (3): PIA
61 Across: Place for splints (4): SHIN
62 Across: Meandering curve (3): ESS
63 Across: Bible book (1977) (13): SONGOFSOLOMON
67 Across: Area between center and right, say (3): GAP
70 Across: Bean ___ (4): CURD
71 Across: French collagist (3): ARP
72 Across: CD-___ (3): ROM
73 Across: Ex-Cosmos great (4): PELE
74 Across: Souvenir stand item (6): TSHIRT
77 Across: Comic book (1997) (14): BRAINDROPPINGS
81 Across: When some people eat lunch (5): ATONE
82 Across: Erich ___, author of "Emil and the Detectives" (7): KASTNER
83 Across: "Mr. Apollinax" writer (7): TSELIOT
84 Across: "The West Wing" actor (4): LOWE
85 Across: Not a thing (3): NIL
86 Across: Fathers and sons (3): HES
88 Across: Songs sung by candlelight (5): NOELS
89 Across: Law book (1866) (18): CRIMEANDPUNISHMENT
96 Across: Thirst (for) (5): YEARN
97 Across: Bibliophile's suffix (4): IANA
98 Across: Bach composition (5): SUITE
99 Across: Setting for many jokes (3): BAR
102 Across: Visibly peeved (7): INASNIT
104 Across: Eyesore (3): STY
105 Across: New money (4): EURO
106 Across: Review book (1982) (21): 5OO1NIGHTSATTHEMOVIES
113 Across: Curtainlike fish snarer (7): GILLNET
114 Across: Charge, British-style (6): IONISE
115 Across: Chilling words (6): ORELSE
116 Across: Marine food fish (7): SEABASS
117 Across: Fills in (6): ENTERS
118 Across: Big name in antivirus software (6): NORTON

Down Answers

1 Down: Posh (5): RITZY
2 Down: "___ Majesty's Secret Service" (5): ONHER
3 Down: False friends (5): USERS
4 Down: ___ Bell (4): TACO
5 Down: Rock producer Brian (3): ENO
6 Down: Hong Kong harbor sight (6): SAMPAN
7 Down: Cutters (7): TRUANTS
8 Down: ___ Solo of "Star Wars" (3): HAN
9 Down: London label (3): EMI
10 Down: Setting for "The Practice" (6): BOSTON
11 Down: Feral (6): UNTAME
12 Down: Program until 1966 (6): GEMINI
13 Down: Commonsensical (4): SANE
14 Down: Don't let go of (7): CLINGTO
15 Down: 0-for-5 performance for Mark McGwire, e.g. (6): OFFDAY
16 Down: You can dig it (3): ORE
17 Down: Foot, to Fabius (3): PES
18 Down: What N.Y./Phila. baseball games are usually played in (3): EDT
19 Down: Children's character in the Hundred Acre Wood (3): ROO
24 Down: ___ mortals (4): MERE
25 Down: Straight (7): ALIGNED
30 Down: Cry in a crowded hall (5): BINGO
31 Down: Angler's gear (5): SEINE
34 Down: Kind of proposition, in logic (6): IFTHEN
35 Down: Noted wine valley (5): LOIRE
36 Down: Early time (5): SUNUP
37 Down: Some tides (5): NEAPS
38 Down: Sufficient, old-style (4): ENOW
39 Down: Lady lobster (3): HEN
40 Down: Super Bowl XXXIV champs (4): RAMS
41 Down: 5 1/2-point (5): AGATE
42 Down: "Ghostbusters" co-star (5): RAMIS
43 Down: Small amounts (5): DRAMS
48 Down: Struggle (6): EFFORT
49 Down: Politician's declaration (5): STAND
51 Down: Ball bearing? (7): TOPSPIN
52 Down: Vigor (4): BRIO
53 Down: It lands at Lod (4): ELAL
54 Down: Slicing request (4): THIN
56 Down: Sorceress (3): HAG
57 Down: Chews on (6): CHOMPS
61 Down: ___-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 (5): SMOOT
63 Down: "O.K." (4): SURE
64 Down: They may be arranged in banks (4): OARS
65 Down: Greek group, for short (4): FRAT
66 Down: #4 on ice (3): ORR
67 Down: Wish granter (5): GENIE
68 Down: Star in Perseus (5): ALGOL
69 Down: Pains, so to speak (5): PESTS
70 Down: Field of stars? (6): CINEMA
73 Down: Kitchen light (5): PILOT
74 Down: Locker room supply (4): TALC
75 Down: Child's bedtime treat (5): STORY
76 Down: Actor Mandel (5): HOWIE
77 Down: Barely covered (7): BALDISH
78 Down: Classic drink (4): NEHI
79 Down: Code subject (5): DRESS
80 Down: Tubular food (5): PENNE
82 Down: Cousins (3): KIN
85 Down: Child watchers (7): NANNIES
87 Down: Quiets (7): SHUSHES
90 Down: Sappho's poet friend (6): ERINNA
91 Down: Undergarment (6): PANTIE
92 Down: Something to sing in (6): UNISON
93 Down: Swimming (6): NATANT
94 Down: Small thing (4): MITE
95 Down: Word source (6): ETYMON
99 Down: Well-muscled (5): BUILT
100 Down: Response to "Am not" (5): ARESO
101 Down: 1953 A.L. M.V.P. (5): ROSEN
103 Down: F.B.I. workers: Abbr. (4): AGTS
105 Down: Word prefixed by who, what or when (4): EVER
106 Down: 1,000 fins (3): 5GS
107 Down: French goose (3): OIE
108 Down: Suffix with pay (3): OLA
109 Down: 16 oz. (3): 1LB
110 Down: Indecisive end (3): TIE
111 Down: Dungeons & Dragons game co. (3): TSR
112 Down: Acapulco gold (3): ORO

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