MRS. HERR'S LUNCH - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 11/19/2000. By Cathy Millhauser.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Proper name in Masses (4)
- JESU
- 5 Across: David's biblical predecessor (4)
- SAUL
- 9 Across: Tennis stroke (4)
- CHOP
- 13 Across: Zenith (4)
- ACME
- 17 Across: Big Daddy portrayer, in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (4)
- IVES
- 18 Across: It's involved in arm-twisting (4)
- ULNA
- 19 Across: On delay (6)
- SLOWED
- 21 Across: Mother of Hera (4)
- RHEA
- 22 Across: On the way to the bus stop to ___ ... (9)
- METERMAID
- 24 Across: ... Mrs. Herr decided she'd ___ albums (11)
- CELLARDOORS
- 26 Across: Going nowhere (6)
- INARUT
- 27 Across: Realm of Morpheus (6)
- DREAMS
- 29 Across: Ancient medium (6)
- ORACLE
- 30 Across: Bound (4)
- LEAP
- 33 Across: New Hampshire is famous for them (4)
- INNS
- 34 Across: Instigated (7)
- SPARKED
- 35 Across: At lunch with friends she ___ of meat back and ordered seafood (12)
- CENTERPIECES
- 40 Across: Enthralled (4)
- RAPT
- 41 Across: Rival of Bjorn (4)
- ILIE
- 42 Across: Sheathe (6)
- ENCASE
- 43 Across: Afore (3)
- ERE
- 44 Across: Spot remover? (4)
- SHOO
- 48 Across: Confessional list (4)
- SINS
- 49 Across: Bond classic (4)
- DRNO
- 50 Across: Just as she started to ___ to her lips ... (10)
- RAZORCLAMS
- 53 Across: ... the waitress tried to ___ (11)
- CAESARSALAD
- 57 Across: Actress Myrna (3)
- LOY
- 58 Across: Ear-related (5)
- AURAL
- 59 Across: Marked down (6)
- ONSALE
- 60 Across: Ore of lead (6)
- GALENA
- 62 Across: Newspaper department (5)
- METRO
- 63 Across: A drink was spilled all over her wallet and she had to ___ clean (13)
- LIQUORLICENSE
- 68 Across: Effigy (5)
- IMAGE
- 72 Across: Drawers (6)
- UNDIES
- 73 Across: Some Italian designs (6)
- PUCCIS
- 78 Across: Woody Allen title role (5)
- ZELIG
- 79 Across: Full of: Suffix (3)
- OSE
- 80 Across: Next, she ___ in the car and wanted to get it home (11)
- SPIDERPLANT
- 84 Across: The waitress took forever with the checks and then ___ change (10)
- ODOREATERS
- 87 Across: Kind of bean (4)
- NAVY
- 88 Across: Chase of old game shows (4)
- ILKA
- 89 Across: Feat (4)
- DEED
- 90 Across: Unhandled (3)
- NEW
- 91 Across: Wish, with "to" (6)
- ASPIRE
- 94 Across: Occupy (4)
- FILL
- 95 Across: Yemeni port (4)
- ADEN
- 96 Across: When she came back to top off the drinks, the waitress ___ cup (12)
- MISTERCOFFEE
- 99 Across: Order of the British Empire and others (7)
- HONOURS
- 103 Across: Chooses (4)
- OPTS
- 104 Across: Knock off (4)
- STOP
- 105 Across: Orbital far point (6)
- APOGEE
- 106 Across: Gourmet's sense (6)
- PALATE
- 108 Across: Cyclical thing (6)
- CICADA
- 113 Across: By then Mrs. Herr was ready to ___ for incompetence (11)
- SEWERWORKER
- 115 Across: She wanted to ___ for suggesting the place! (9)
- SOCCERMOM
- 118 Across: Prayed, in Paris (4)
- PRIE
- 119 Across: Smiths (6)
- SHOERS
- 120 Across: He and she (4)
- THEY
- 121 Across: With competence (4)
- ABLY
- 122 Across: Without (4)
- SANS
- 123 Across: Has (4)
- OWNS
- 124 Across: Trader's abbr. (4)
- AMEX
- 125 Across: Quarter-pint (4)
- GILL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Guitarist Hendrix (4)
- JIMI
- 2 Down: Flush (with) (4)
- EVEN
- 3 Down: Biological bristle (4)
- SETA
- 4 Down: Not a teetotaler (4)
- USER
- 5 Down: South Carolina county or its seat (6)
- SUMTER
- 6 Down: Menu phrase (3)
- ALA
- 7 Down: Verse starter? (3)
- UNI
- 8 Down: Actress Diane (4)
- LADD
- 9 Down: Spot remover (8)
- CLEANSER
- 10 Down: Filmdom's Ian and Celeste (5)
- HOLMS
- 11 Down: They fly by night (4)
- OWLS
- 12 Down: Low-tech missile (3)
- PEA
- 13 Down: Like Niagara Falls (5)
- AROAR
- 14 Down: Steadying wedge (5)
- CHOCK
- 15 Down: Singer Travis (5)
- MERLE
- 16 Down: Lightened (5)
- EASED
- 19 Down: They're made during tantrums (6)
- SCENES
- 20 Down: Baster, basically (7)
- DROPPER
- 23 Down: Decree (4)
- RULE
- 25 Down: "Curses!" (4)
- DRAT
- 28 Down: Villa ___ (town near Atlanta) (4)
- RICA
- 31 Down: Echopractic ones (5)
- APERS
- 32 Down: Feather, zoologically (5)
- PINNA
- 34 Down: "The Human Comedy" novelist (7)
- SAROYAN
- 35 Down: Big tech stock (5)
- CISCO
- 36 Down: Young Gonzalez (5)
- ELIAN
- 37 Down: Complements on diamonds (5)
- NINES
- 38 Down: "The Gondoliers" flower girl (5)
- TESSA
- 39 Down: E.P.A. concern: Abbr. (4)
- ECOL
- 40 Down: Allow for business growth, say (6)
- REZONE
- 44 Down: Swing around (4)
- SLUE
- 45 Down: He's a deer (4)
- HART
- 46 Down: Bradley, the G.I.'s General (4)
- OMAR
- 47 Down: Capital near Lilleström (4)
- OSLO
- 49 Down: Vier preceder (4)
- DREI
- 51 Down: Actor McCowen (4)
- ALEC
- 52 Down: Arose (6)
- CAMEUP
- 54 Down: Claim (6)
- ALLEGE
- 55 Down: Farming prefix (4)
- AGRI
- 56 Down: Valleys (5)
- DALES
- 61 Down: Have trouble with assessors? (4)
- LISP
- 64 Down: Those cited (7)
- QUOTEES
- 65 Down: Apart at the seams (6)
- UNSEWN
- 66 Down: River of Frankfurt (4)
- ODER
- 67 Down: Still getting around (4)
- SPRY
- 68 Down: Shirt label (4)
- IZOD
- 69 Down: Ancient Iranian (4)
- MEDE
- 70 Down: Lotion ingredient (4)
- ALOE
- 71 Down: Surround (4)
- GIRD
- 74 Down: Overlook (5)
- CLIFF
- 75 Down: Ariz. neighbor (5)
- CALIF
- 76 Down: Linen tape for trimmings (5)
- INKLE
- 77 Down: Days-old (5)
- STALE
- 81 Down: Name part: Abbr. (4)
- INIT
- 82 Down: Looks straight in the eye, say (5)
- DARES
- 83 Down: Flip (5)
- EVERT
- 85 Down: Maryland Air Force base (7)
- ANDREWS
- 86 Down: Old home decorations (8)
- SAMPLERS
- 92 Down: Fretted instruments (6)
- SITARS
- 93 Down: Attention-getter (4)
- PSST
- 95 Down: Violinist Leopold (4)
- AUER
- 97 Down: Tailbone (6)
- COCCYX
- 98 Down: Mayberry minor (4)
- OPIE
- 99 Down: Padlocks lock them (5)
- HASPS
- 100 Down: Theater offering (5)
- OPERA
- 101 Down: Kind of situation (5)
- NOWIN
- 102 Down: Sigmoid moldings (5)
- OGEES
- 103 Down: Sturdy, in a way (5)
- OAKEN
- 106 Down: Stem (4)
- PROW
- 107 Down: This one, in Spain (4)
- ESTA
- 109 Down: Rocky projection (4)
- CRAG
- 110 Down: Prefix with polar (4)
- AMBI
- 111 Down: Gussy (up) (4)
- DOLL
- 112 Down: Form of nitrite (4)
- AMYL
- 114 Down: "Well, lookee here!" (3)
- OHO
- 116 Down: Man with a law (3)
- OHM
- 117 Down: Cold front? (3)
- CEE
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