NOON - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/8/2000. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: A little lower (4): CALF
5 Across: Like some respect (3): DUE
8 Across: Secondary bank (6): BRANCH
14 Across: One whose social life is going to pieces? (5): GAMER
19 Across: Utopia seeker (8): IDEALIST
21 Across: Bad-mouth (6): REVILE
22 Across: Voice one's view (5): OPINE
23 Across: Sadist (8): DEGRADER
24 Across: Embodiment (6): AVATAR
25 Across: Empire (5): LANDS
26 Across: "Calling America" band (3): ELO
27 Across: "Autumn in New York" co-star (4): GERE
28 Across: Great money-saving achievement? (12): CENTSOFFCOUP
30 Across: High beams (7): RAFTERS
32 Across: To be more accurate (6): THATIS
33 Across: ___ citato (5): OPERE
34 Across: Joan of art (4): MIRO
35 Across: Victim of erosion (4): SOIL
36 Across: J.F.K. posting: Abbr. (3): ARR
37 Across: Phaser setting (4): STUN
39 Across: Robert Conrad courtroom drama (5): THEDA
41 Across: Result of a moon-landing accident? (10): TWISTOFLEM
48 Across: Toys with runners (5): KITES
50 Across: Sea into which the Amu Darya flows (4): ARAL
51 Across: Biblical verb (4): HATH
52 Across: Black brew (4): JAVA
53 Across: Even (3): YET
54 Across: Bacon bit (5): ESSAY
56 Across: Hungarian wine (5): TOKAY
57 Across: Pulitzer-winning novel of 1925 (5): SOBIG
58 Across: Make tiny knots (3): TAT
59 Across: From Yerevan: Abbr. (5): ARMEN
60 Across: Prefix with type (5): PROTO
61 Across: Religious figure in a hot-rod race? (21): SAINTGEORGEANDTHEDRAG
69 Across: Go along (5): AGREE
70 Across: ___ apart (5): POLES
71 Across: Detroit-based org. (3): UAW
72 Across: Considerable (5): LARGE
73 Across: Having eyes, in verse (5): ORBED
74 Across: Drivel (5): BILGE
76 Across: Medieval (3): OLD
79 Across: Like a 911 call: Abbr. (4): EMER
80 Across: Tease (4): BAIT
81 Across: Final Four game (4): SEMI
82 Across: Stonehenge priest (5): DRUID
84 Across: Disappearing restrooms? (10): MAGICJOHNS
87 Across: "The Sound of Music" name (5): TRAPP
89 Across: Groucho, in "A Night at the Opera" (4): OTIS
90 Across: Take off (3): HIE
91 Across: Certain attachment (4): LIEN
92 Across: Good sign? (4): HALO
94 Across: Disdain (5): SCORN
97 Across: Clear (6): PATENT
100 Across: Nonpaying gig (7): BENEFIT
103 Across: Veterinarian's promise? (12): ILLFIXHISWAG
105 Across: Italy's Val d'___ (4): ARNO
106 Across: Hindu title (3): SRI
107 Across: Simple souls (5): NAIFS
108 Across: Kind of duty (6): ACTIVE
109 Across: Lot (8): GOODDEAL
111 Across: Hold firmly (5): RIVET
112 Across: Temporary wheels (6): LOANER
113 Across: Stomach (8): TOLERATE
114 Across: Calendario marking (5): ENERO
115 Across: Point up (6): STRESS
116 Across: Port Huron Statement grp. (3): SDS
117 Across: River of Flanders (4): YSER

Down Answers

1 Down: Mill product (5): CIDER
2 Down: "A Passage to India" heroine ___ Quested (5): ADELA
3 Down: Drumstick for Fido? (9): LEGOFMUTT
4 Down: Considerably (3): FAR
5 Down: Noted French encyclopedist (7): DIDEROT
6 Down: Not abstainers (5): USERS
7 Down: To be, in Bordeaux (4): ETRE
8 Down: Of the arm (8): BRACHIAL
9 Down: Unmask (6): REVEAL
10 Down: Opposite of après (5): AVANT
11 Down: Gangster called "The Enforcer" (5): NITTI
12 Down: Teaching assignment (5): CLASS
13 Down: Sub (4): HERO
14 Down: One who knows how to swing (7): GOLFPRO
15 Down: At full gallop (5): APACE
16 Down: College student's declaration (5): MINOR
17 Down: Provide (5): ENDUE
18 Down: Legal defendant: Abbr. (4): RESP
20 Down: It has a head and hops (5): LAGER
29 Down: Western setting (4): FORT
31 Down: Prong (4): TINE
32 Down: Now (5): TODAY
35 Down: Infection suppressants (4): SERA
36 Down: Not healthy-looking (4): ASHY
37 Down: Something blue (3): SKY
38 Down: Ring around the collar? (3): TIE
40 Down: Speeders make it (5): HASTE
41 Down: Mann of many words (6): THOMAS
42 Down: Come to (5): WAKEN
43 Down: "Try ___ see" (5): ITAND
44 Down: Nordic wonder (5): FJORD
45 Down: Grind away (5): LABOR
46 Down: 1980 Tony winner (5): EVITA
47 Down: Land in Ezekiel (5): MAGOG
49 Down: Parlor piece (6): SETTEE
55 Down: Show signs of overuse (3): SAG
56 Down: In a tough spot (5): TREED
57 Down: Cast forth (6): SPEWED
59 Down: Lace tips (6): AGLETS
61 Down: Illinois birthplace of William Jennings Bryan (5): SALEM
62 Down: Color-changing lizard (5): AGAMA
63 Down: Like some vbs. (5): IRREG
64 Down: Actress romanced in real life by Rudolph Valentino (5): NEGRI
65 Down: First name in daytime TV (5): OPRAH
66 Down: "For bonny sweet ___ is all my joy": Ophelia (5): ROBIN
67 Down: Subject of an annual festival in Holland, Mich. (5): TULIP
68 Down: Beldam (3): HAG
73 Down: Organ stop (4): OBOE
74 Down: Guardian Angels wear (5): BERET
75 Down: Single-named supermodel (4): IMAN
76 Down: In drydock? (9): OUTOFSEAS
77 Down: Year in Claudius's reign (3): LII
78 Down: Shingle letters (3): DDS
81 Down: Brandy cocktails (8): STINGERS
83 Down: Stage part (4): ROLE
85 Down: "Wrap" artist (7): CHRISTO
86 Down: Hoodoo (4): JINX
88 Down: Disinfectant compounds (7): PHENOLS
91 Down: Manuscript units (6): LEAVES
93 Down: Electron collector (5): ANODE
94 Down: Massacred (5): SLAIN
95 Down: Novelist Barker (5): CLIVE
96 Down: Volunteer (5): OFFER
97 Down: Ornamental loop (5): PICOT
98 Down: "Everybody Is ___" (1970 hit) (5): ASTAR
99 Down: Wrap (around) (5): TWINE
100 Down: Litter (5): BROOD
101 Down: Past perturbed (5): IRATE
102 Down: Floorer (5): TILER
103 Down: About (4): INRE
104 Down: Rembrandt contemporary (4): HALS
105 Down: Ins. sellers (4): AGTS
110 Down: Prohibition promoter (3): DRY

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