MAKING A FACE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/31/2000. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Show bills (8): PLACARDS
9 Across: Pull an all-nighter (4): CRAM
13 Across: "___ the races!" (5): OFFTO
18 Across: Gilbert & Sullivan operetta (8): IOLANTHE
19 Across: Like some cold medicines (5): TWELVEHOUR
20 Across: Water nymph (5): NAIAD
21 Across: Most varicolored (8): MOTLIEST
22 Across: Fingerprint, say (6): SMUDGE
23 Across: Links legend, informally (5): ARNIE
24 Across: It begins "In the Lord I take refuge" (6): PSALMELEVEN
25 Across: Member of Nixon's cabinet (5): LAIRD
26 Across: Signed contracts (7): DONEDEALS
28 Across: Notch (3): VEE
29 Across: In an odd way (7): WEIRDLY
31 Across: Fine threads (6): LISLES
32 Across: Star Wars letters (3): SDI
34 Across: Tribal V.I.P.'s (7): SHAMANS
35 Across: Fake (4): SHAM
37 Across: Writer LeShan (3): EDA
38 Across: Rush (4): HASTEN
40 Across: Where "amo, amas, amat" is learned (6): LATINI
41 Across: Part of an act (6): SCENETWO
43 Across: Former head of Nicaragua (6): ORTEGA
45 Across: Rudolph Valentino, e.g. (9): STAGENAME
47 Across: Photo ___ (3): OPS
50 Across: This may prove one's innocence (7): DNATEST
52 Across: Not a quick jaunt (6): SCHLEP
53 Across: Patsy Cline's "___ to Pieces" (5): IFALL
55 Across: Coventry Street locale (4): SOHO
56 Across: Intelligently planned progress (7): TELESIS
59 Across: Comic Charlotte (3): RAE
60 Across: Like some faithful friends (3): CANINE
63 Across: Like old jokes (6): RETOLD
67 Across: Grandparents, e.g. (6): ELDERS
68 Across: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms (3): THREEBS
69 Across: Yodeler's perch (3): ALP
70 Across: Film industry data (7): GROSSES
72 Across: Defendant at law (4): REUS
74 Across: Bring up (5): RAISE
76 Across: Villainous queen in "Titus Andronicus" (6): TAMORA
79 Across: Think about (7): SLEEPON
83 Across: The Blues Brothers sang here: Abbr. (3): SNL
84 Across: Potato chip feature (9): SALTINESS
87 Across: Heart line (6): ARTERY
88 Across: Stop sign feature (6): EIGHTSIDES
90 Across: ___ Way (6): APPIAN
92 Across: Quarters (4): FOURTHS
93 Across: Father's wear (3): ALB
96 Across: Palace ruler: Var. (4): TZAR
97 Across: Navigated (7): STEERED
98 Across: Century starter? (3): CEE
99 Across: Actress Sobieski (6): LEELEE
101 Across: Datebook (7): PLANNER
102 Across: Animation sheet (3): CEL
104 Across: Do well at craps (7): THROWSEVENS
106 Across: Some doters on babies (5): AUNTS
107 Across: Popular citrus drink (6): FIVEALIVE
110 Across: Appliance maker (5): AMANA
111 Across: Opening remarks (6): INTROS
113 Across: Mix master? (8): COMBINER
115 Across: Critic (5): RATER
116 Across: Dispose of (5): DEEPSIX
117 Across: Uniform's decoration (8): BRAIDING
118 Across: What a dummy! (5): SNERD
119 Across: Lip (4): SASS
120 Across: Links (8): CONNECTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Go-between, of sorts (4): PIMP
2 Down: Stops in London (4): LOOS
3 Down: Much-visited Web site (9): ALTAVISTA
4 Down: Street, in San Juan (5): CALLE
5 Down: Japanese cartoons (5): ANIME
6 Down: Way from Syracuse, N.Y., to Harrisburg, Pa. (4): RTEELEVEN
7 Down: Baseball figures: Abbr. (3): DHS
8 Down: Congeal (3): SET
9 Down: Rude ones (6): CHURLS
10 Down: Actor McDowall (5): RODDY
11 Down: Time-off time, maybe: Abbr. (3): AUG
12 Down: Four-footed TV star (4): MRED
13 Down: One way to stop (7): ONADIME
14 Down: Travelocity.com info (5): FARES
15 Down: Grand time? (6): FINALE
16 Down: Shadowed (6): TAILED
17 Down: German victory site, October 1941 (6): ODESSA
19 Down: When the ball drops at Times Square (9): TWELVEMIDNIGHT
22 Down: River to Lake Champlain (7): SARANAC
25 Down: Maximums (6): LIMITS
27 Down: Narrow, in a way (5): ONELANE
29 Down: Former N.H.L. rival (3): WHA
30 Down: Chows down (4): EATS
32 Down: Like show horses (4): SHOD
33 Down: "Oh, crumb!" (4): DARN
34 Down: Horror film figure (7): SLASHER
35 Down: Flew the coop, old-style (6): SCAPED
36 Down: Bottom line? (3): HEM
39 Down: Beliefs (4): TENETS
41 Down: Fishhook attachment (5): SNELL
42 Down: ___ a kind (pair) (3): TWOOF
44 Down: Fab Four member (6): GEORGE
46 Down: Gen. Robt. ___ (4): ELEE
48 Down: Many a golf course hole (4): PARTHREE
49 Down: Generous slice of the pie (4): SLAB
51 Down: 1939 movie dog (4): TOTO
53 Down: Mint, e.g. (6): ISSUER
54 Down: Guitar master Paul (3): LES
57 Down: Talks on Sun. (4): SERS
58 Down: St. Columba's locale (7): IRELAND
60 Down: Word with mail or rail (3): CAR
61 Down: "Ah, me!" (4): ALAS
62 Down: It's in the back row, right of center (4): NINEPIN
64 Down: Stable worker (6): OSTLER
65 Down: Future litigators' exams: Abbr. (5): LSATS
66 Down: Bruce's ex (4): DEMI
71 Down: Beethoven's violin piece in A, Op. 30 (9): SONATANOSIX
73 Down: When some Wimbledon matches are won (4): SETFOUR
75 Down: Trickiness (3): SLEIGHT
77 Down: Is self-reproachful (7): REPENTS
78 Down: Poplars (6): ASPENS
80 Down: Animal house? (9): PETCLINIC
81 Down: "What's Hecuba to him ___ to Hecuba": Hamlet (4): ORHE
82 Down: Wall Street table heading: Abbr. (4): NYSE
84 Down: It's smallish, dresswise (5): SIZESEVEN
85 Down: Oklahoma city (3): ADA
86 Down: Court addressee (4): SIRE
89 Down: Airline worker (7): STEWARD
91 Down: ___ Lingus (3): AER
93 Down: Hitching posts? (6): ALTARS
94 Down: ___ Brothers (6): LEHMAN
95 Down: Dress down (6): BERATE
97 Down: Fine restaurant no-nos (6): SLURPS
100 Down: Soloist? (5): LONER
101 Down: Spreads (5): PATES
102 Down: Rustic digs (5): CABIN
103 Down: Pass over (5): ELIDE
105 Down: Caesar and others (4): SIDS
107 Down: Like an N.B.A. team (4): FIVEMAN
108 Down: Blazer's detail (4): VENT
109 Down: Work units (4): ERGS
112 Down: Museum funder: Abbr. (3): NEA
113 Down: Respected media inits. (3): CBC
114 Down: Spanish treasure (3): ORO

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