HI, MOM! - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/13/2001. By Nancy Nicholson Joline.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Critics' bestowals (9): ACCOLADES
10 Across: Rock poet Smith (5): PATTI
15 Across: Yeanlings (5): LAMBS
20 Across: Never-ending story (9): SOAPOPERA
21 Across: Causes for complaint (5): ACHES
22 Across: Pole Position company (5): ATARI
23 Across: Brunch offering (9): HAMOMELET
24 Across: Place for graduation? (11): THERMOMETER
26 Across: Holiday times abroad (4): ETES
27 Across: Latin for 61-Down (3): SIC
28 Across: Island where Homer was reputedly born (5): CHIOS
29 Across: Some tributes (6): ROASTS
30 Across: 1998 N.L. M.V.P. (4): SOSA
32 Across: Carrere of "Wayne's World" (3): TIA
34 Across: Suffix with morph (3): EME
35 Across: Gloomy one (3): GUS
36 Across: Diamond experts (4): UMPS
39 Across: Warpath goers (6): BRAVES
41 Across: Hippodromes (6): ARENAS
45 Across: 1950 Cole Porter song (16): FROMTHISMOMENTON
50 Across: Eastern honorific (3): AGA
51 Across: Pop music's ___ Kim (3): LIL
52 Across: Son-in-law of Muhammad (3): ALI
53 Across: Old Eg./Syr. union (3): UAR
54 Across: Ruling force in Afghanistan (7): TALIBAN
57 Across: Bachelor in Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" (8): ALGERNON
60 Across: Devoted feminist (6): SISTER
63 Across: Be actorish (5): EMOTE
64 Across: Revolver? (6): PLANET
65 Across: Word of agreement (4): AMEN
67 Across: One who's covered (9): HMOMEMBER
69 Across: Ruckus (3): ADO
70 Across: Bit (3): TAD
71 Across: Londoner's local (3): PUB
72 Across: Prefix with duct (3): OVI
73 Across: One of a famed film family (9): GUMMOMARX
77 Across: University city since 1343 (4): PISA
78 Across: Not optional (6): NEEDED
82 Across: Crazy as ___ (5): ALOON
83 Across: 1966 Clavell best seller (6): TAIPAN
85 Across: Comfort (8): REASSURE
87 Across: Importune (7): ENTREAT
89 Across: Bar order (3): RYE
90 Across: Yukon maker, for short (3): GMC
91 Across: Kid (3): RIB
92 Across: Indochinese language (3): LAO
93 Across: Wireless pioneer (16): GUGLIELMOMARCONI
99 Across: Side in a 1999 war (6): SERBIA
102 Across: Comes apart (6): RAVELS
103 Across: In the year: Lat. (4): ANNO
104 Across: Mil. training site (3): OCS
105 Across: Santa ___ (3): ANA
106 Across: Part of a pharaoh's headdress (3): ASP
108 Across: Mann's "The Magic Mountain" locale (4): ALPS
111 Across: Puts on (6): STAGES
114 Across: Primary subject? (5): VOTES
116 Across: Global positioning datum: Abbr. (3): LAT
119 Across: Makeup person? (4): LIAR
121 Across: Stomach soother: Var. (11): CAMOMILETEA
123 Across: Japanese entertainment (9): SUMOMATCH
125 Across: Japanese canine (5): AKITA
126 Across: Transform (5): ALTER
127 Across: Traveler's take-along (9): ITINERARY
128 Across: Published again (5): RERAN
129 Across: Austin Powers portrayer (5): MYERS
130 Across: What an evil spirit does (9): POSSESSES

Down Answers

1 Down: North Carolina county (4): ASHE
2 Down: They may be checked ... in two senses (5): COATS
3 Down: Literary sketch (5): CAMEO
4 Down: Pogo, e.g. (7): OPOSSUM
5 Down: Actor Herbert (3): LOM
6 Down: Extras in the opening of "2001: A Space Odyssey" (4): APES
7 Down: Corner store (4): DELI
8 Down: Set up (5): ERECT
9 Down: Was immobile (3): SAT
10 Down: Route (4): PATH
11 Down: Dropouts they're not (9): ACHIEVERS
12 Down: Peck film of 1976 (7): THEOMEN
13 Down: Least verbose (7): TERSEST
14 Down: Suffix with Darwin (3): ISM
15 Down: Repeated Hope/Crosby co-star (6): LAMOUR
16 Down: Lolling (6): ATEASE
17 Down: Gym equipment (4): MATS
18 Down: Maverick of "Maverick" (4): BRET
19 Down: Some British parliamentarians (4): SIRS
25 Down: Princess Leia ___ of "Star Wars" (6): ORGANA
28 Down: Lived it up (8): CAROUSED
31 Down: 2 oz., e.g. (3): AMT
33 Down: Fortran language developer (3): IBM
37 Down: Long-running Broadway musical, familiarly (7): PHANTOM
38 Down: Domed building (4): SILO
40 Down: At full speed (5): AMAIN
42 Down: High-muckety-muck (5): NABOB
43 Down: See 56-Down (5): AGATE
44 Down: More judicious (5): SANER
45 Down: Hoo-ha (4): FLAP
46 Down: Moon valley (4): RILL
47 Down: One of Chekhov's Three Sisters (4): OLGA
48 Down: Oscar winner of 1953 (7): SINATRA
49 Down: Another, in Andalusia (4): OTRO
55 Down: Actress Jane of "Frasier" (6): LEEVES
56 Down: Playing marbles resembling a 43-Down (6): IMMIES
58 Down: Charm (6): ENAMOR
59 Down: Fixed up (6): REDONE
61 Down: See 27-Across (4): THUS
62 Down: War move (7): EMBARGO
66 Down: Long garment (4): MAXI
68 Down: Rainier, e.g. (7): MONACAN
71 Down: ___ Park, Fla. (8): PINELLAS
73 Down: Iona College athletes (5): GAELS
74 Down: Arm supports (5): ULNAE
75 Down: ___-mouth (5): MOTOR
76 Down: North Pacific island (4): ATTU
77 Down: Person on a check list? (5): PAYEE
79 Down: Spanish peso (4): DURO
80 Down: "Come Back to ___" (old song) (4): ERIN
81 Down: Skater Thomas (4): DEBI
84 Down: Sea raider (9): PRIVATEER
86 Down: Austen novel (4): EMMA
88 Down: Two-time U.S. Open champ (6): AGASSI
94 Down: How bad news may be given (7): GRAVELY
95 Down: Middle of a Michelangelo Antonioni film trilogy (7): LANOTTE
96 Down: Work for eds. (3): MSS
97 Down: Genetic letters (3): RNA
98 Down: Some are clerical (7): COLLARS
100 Down: The Athens of South America (6): BOGOTA
101 Down: Summer cooler? (6): ICEMAN
107 Down: Cartoon canine (5): PLUTO
109 Down: They may be stuffed (5): PITAS
110 Down: ___ bleu (5): SACRE
111 Down: Uglify (4): SCAR
112 Down: Receipts (4): TAKE
113 Down: Commander, in Arabic (4): AMIR
115 Down: Listeners (4): EARS
117 Down: Porthos and Athos, e.g. (4): AMIS
118 Down: Plenty (4): TONS
120 Down: "Wide Sargasso Sea" author (4): RHYS
122 Down: Hightail (3): LAM
123 Down: Swill's opposite (3): SIP
124 Down: English author and editor Arthur ___ (3): MEE

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