AT PRESENT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/18/2001. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Per ___ (6): CAPITA
7 Across: Eightball maneuver (5): MASSE
12 Across: New driver, often (4): TEEN
16 Across: Noted Warhol subject (3): MAO
19 Across: Cropped up (6): ARISEN
20 Across: Fatty liquid (5): OLEIN
21 Across: Everything considered (8): ALLINALL
23 Across: Drink that you whack with a stick? (12): PINATACOLADA
25 Across: Like football players (8): HELMETED
26 Across: Affranchise (3): LET
27 Across: As yet (6): ERENOW
28 Across: Sold(i)er material (3): TIN
29 Across: Old-fashioned letter opener (4): SIRS
30 Across: Inclusive abbr. (4): ETAL
32 Across: Fatal fabric? (11): MORTALSATIN
36 Across: Rubble-maker (3): TNT
37 Across: Seven-time All-Star pitcher Dave (5): STIEB
39 Across: Labor Party member, maybe (7): ISRAELI
40 Across: Skater Protopopov (4): OLEG
42 Across: They're paid for services (8): SALARIES
45 Across: Quaint weapon (4): DIRK
46 Across: College ___ (6): BOARDS
48 Across: Cornhusker, e.g. (6): FARMER
50 Across: Where 48-Acrosses work (6): FIELDS
52 Across: Informal affirmative (3): YUP
54 Across: "What's the ___?" (3): DIF
57 Across: Snowmobile part (3): SKI
58 Across: Canon camera (3): EOS
61 Across: Elevate (5): EXALT
62 Across: Garden grp., perhaps (3): NBA
63 Across: Faulty (5): AMISS
65 Across: Medium condition? (6): TRANCE
68 Across: Air currents ridden by gliders (8): THERMALS
70 Across: Greens keeper? (5): NADER
71 Across: "The Great White Hope" woman (7): ELEANOR
73 Across: Holding (5): ASSET
74 Across: Launchers launch them (8): GRENADES
77 Across: Sometime (6): ANYDAY
79 Across: "Così fan ___" (5): TUTTE
80 Across: Spice Girl ___ B or C (3): MEL
81 Across: Chaucer chapters (5): TALES
83 Across: ___ chi (3): TAI
84 Across: Silk tie (3): OBI
86 Across: Opium maker (3): YSL
87 Across: Abbr. often repeated after itself (3): ETC
88 Across: Antenna site (6): INSECT
90 Across: Howler (6): COYOTE
93 Across: Ontario port opposite Port Huron, Mich. (6): SARNIA
95 Across: Slayer of Adonis, in myth (4): ARES
98 Across: Guide (8): LODESTAR
102 Across: Stuffing ingredient (4): SAGE
103 Across: Made the roads slick (7): SLEETED
105 Across: Caterpillar or butterfly (5): STAGE
106 Across: Annual awards presenter (3): MTV
107 Across: Superman's rubbery enemy? (11): LATEXLUTHOR
111 Across: One taking a bow? (4): EROS
112 Across: Garment with folds (4): SARI
113 Across: Skippered (3): LED
114 Across: Pre-Socratic philosopher (6): THALES
116 Across: Fire ___ (3): ANT
117 Across: Tropical fruit (8): PLANTAIN
120 Across: Devilish Banderas? (12): SATANANTONIO
123 Across: Trusted friend (8): ALTEREGO
124 Across: Flip (5): UPEND
125 Across: Many a train engineer (6): TOOTER
126 Across: Opposite of paleo- (3): NEO
127 Across: Coffee shop sights (4): URNS
128 Across: 1994 Peace Nobelist (5): PERES
129 Across: Place side by side (6): APPOSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Bareheaded (7): CAPLESS
2 Down: Little melody (7): ARIETTA
3 Down: Dabbling duck (7): PINTAIL
4 Down: Part of a Stein line (3): ISA
5 Down: French thinker? (4): TETE
6 Down: Cost ___ and a leg (5): ANARM
7 Down: Bad time for lunatics? (8): MOONRISE
8 Down: Dispenses (6): ALLOTS
9 Down: Where sailors go (7): SEAWARD
10 Down: Latter-day Caesar (3): SID
11 Down: Granddaughter of Queen Victoria (3): ENA
12 Down: Pearl fishing locale (6): TAHITI
13 Down: 1985 film co-starring John Malkovich (5): ELENI
14 Down: Shelf bracket, e.g. (3): ELL
15 Down: Match game (3): NIM
16 Down: Chess empire? (13): MATINGDYNASTY
17 Down: Whistle, for one (5): ALERT
18 Down: Ford contemporary (4): OLDS
22 Down: Bird (6): NESTER
24 Down: Mr. Big or Ms. Big (3): CEO
28 Down: "The Jazz Singer," e.g. (6): TALKIE
31 Down: Table part (4): LEAF
33 Down: "Love Story" composer (3): LAI
34 Down: One making a feudal effort? (4): SERF
35 Down: Something in the soup (6): NOODLE
38 Down: Copper: good; zinc: fair? (11): BRASSRATING
41 Down: Moas, just before extinction? (11): LASTRATITES
43 Down: Put out (3): IRK
44 Down: Not absorb (4): EMIT
46 Down: Insipid (4): BLAH
47 Down: Extended vacationers may take them (7): SUBLETS
49 Down: Honest (4): REAL
51 Down: Film fill-in (5): EXTRA
53 Down: Bedroom hue (6): PASTEL
54 Down: 1964 Roger Miller hit (6): DANGME
55 Down: Turkish inns (7): IMARETS
56 Down: High-singing Cuban? (13): FIDELCASTRATO
59 Down: Serviceable? (4): ONEA
60 Down: Limited (5): SCANT
64 Down: Burns or Allen: Abbr. (3): SEN
66 Down: Enjoy, as an old movie, maybe (5): RESEE
67 Down: "Orinoco Flow" singer (4): ENYA
69 Down: U.S.C. defeater in the 1988 Rose Bowl (3): MSU
72 Down: Of lyric poetry (4): ODIC
75 Down: Book after Ezekiel (6): DANIEL
76 Down: Leonine movie star (4): ELSA
78 Down: Goofy guy (4): YOYO
82 Down: Like fish ready to be cooked (6): SCALED
85 Down: Muscle Beach sight (3): BOD
89 Down: Natural History Mus. display (4): TREX
91 Down: Veterans (8): OLDHANDS
92 Down: Boiardo patron (4): ESTE
94 Down: Gorge (6): RAVINE
96 Down: Electricity source (3): EEL
97 Down: Repeat oneself? (7): STUTTER
99 Down: Italian city with a dance named after it (7): TARANTO
100 Down: Torments (7): AGONIES
101 Down: Do museum work (7): RESTORE
103 Down: Pool parties? (6): STENOS
104 Down: Constituent of natural gas (6): ETHANE
106 Down: "My Dinner With Andre" director (5): MALLE
108 Down: True (5): ALIGN
109 Down: Suffix with plug (3): OLA
110 Down: ___-computer (modern business) (5): RENTA
112 Down: Link, in a way (4): SPAN
115 Down: Check (4): STOP
118 Down: Robert Morse play (3): TRU
119 Down: Atmospheric prefix (3): AER
120 Down: Have a late bite (3): SUP
121 Down: Make like (3): APE
122 Down: Alley ___ (3): OOP

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