A MATTER OF DEGREE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/27/2001. By Dana Motley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pop music's ___ and the Waves (7): KATRINA
8 Across: Finan. planner's suggestion (3): IRA
11 Across: Alt. spelling (3): VAR
14 Across: Kind of shot (3): FLU
17 Across: Decorative bands (7): FRIEZES
18 Across: Some are kosher (5): DELIS
21 Across: Noncarbonated drinks (7): ICETEAS
23 Across: Start of a quote (13): CANYOUIMAGINE
25 Across: Another helping (7): SECONDS
26 Across: Quote, part 2 (17): DRFAHRENHEITANDDR
28 Across: Revelation responses (4): AHAS
32 Across: "Fargo" director (4): COEN
33 Across: Correct, as a manuscript (6): RETYPE
34 Across: Quote, part 3 (7): CELSIUS
38 Across: Tournament draw (4): SEED
40 Across: Chatroom chuckle (3): LOL
41 Across: Part of some e-mail addresses (3): ORG
44 Across: Lose-lose situations (8): DILEMMAS
46 Across: Like some golf balls (4): TEED
48 Across: One offering a sales incentive (7): REBATER
51 Across: ___-Magnon (3): CRO
52 Across: First name in architecture (4): EERO
53 Across: Apparent path of the sun (3): ARC
55 Across: Get cozy (6): NESTLE
56 Across: Quote, part 4 (19): TALKINGDRFAHRENHEIT
62 Across: Star Wars inits. (3): SDI
63 Across: Big foot meas. (3): EEE
64 Across: Supermodel Carangi (3): GIA
65 Across: "Rise, Glory, Rise" composer (4): ARNE
66 Across: Kitchen tubes (5): PASTA
69 Across: Comic writer who produced this puzzle's quote (9): DANFRENCH
72 Across: Photographer Adams (5): ANSEL
73 Across: Cartoonist Soglow (4): OTTO
74 Across: Comic Philips (3): EMO
75 Across: Diminutive suffix (3): ULE
76 Across: Plunk (down) (3): PUT
77 Across: Quote, part 5 (19): WOULDSAYMANITSHOTIN
84 Across: As a matter of fact: Fr. (6): ENFAIT
85 Across: Count Basie's "___ Darlin'" (3): LIL
86 Across: Word on a door (4): PUSH
87 Across: Simple tool user (3): APE
90 Across: Noted minority group (7): LEFTIES
92 Across: "O mio babbino ___" (Puccini aria) (4): CARO
95 Across: Not all the same (8): ASSORTED
97 Across: Mormons: Abbr. (3): LDS
98 Across: 3.0, e.g. (3): GPA
100 Across: El ___ (4): NINO
102 Across: Quote, part 6 (7): HEREAND
103 Across: Burn (6): SCORCH
106 Across: Doer in a whodunit (4): PERP
108 Across: Wiggle room (4): PLAY
109 Across: Quote, part 7 (17): DRCELSIUSWOULDSAY
116 Across: Basque, e.g. (7): IBERIAN
117 Across: End of the quote (13): ITSNOTTHATHOT
122 Across: Weather (7): RIDEOUT
123 Across: "The Addams Family" co-star (5): ASTIN
124 Across: Champion (7): ESPOUSE
125 Across: Computer attachment? (3): ESE
126 Across: Grads.-to-be (3): SRS
127 Across: Venusians, e.g. (3): ETS
128 Across: Spring sight (7): ROSEBUD

Down Answers

1 Down: Popeye's alternative, briefly (3): KFC
2 Down: Altar constellation (3): ARA
3 Down: Bolivian export (3): TIN
4 Down: Man on un trono (3): REY
5 Down: Polo shirt producer (4): IZOD
6 Down: Prefix with -algia (4): NEUR
7 Down: Like (4): ASIF
8 Down: Some spuds (6): IDAHOS
9 Down: Shake hands with again (7): REGREET
10 Down: Property recipient (7): ALIENEE
11 Down: An American in Paris? (7): VISITOR
12 Down: Welding gas (9): ACETYLENE
13 Down: Rundown (5): RECAP
14 Down: Provide (for) (4): FEND
15 Down: See 80-Down (4): LADD
16 Down: Khrushchev's concern (4): USSR
19 Down: Roomy place? (3): INN
20 Down: Very, in Würzburg (4): SEHR
22 Down: With 39-Down, terrible with pitches (4): TONE
24 Down: G3 or G4 computer (3): MAC
27 Down: It lacks ventral fins (3): EEL
28 Down: Electrically versatile (4): ACDC
29 Down: Prince, e.g. (4): HEIR
30 Down: Set apart (5): ALLOT
31 Down: Pilot's hdg. (3): SSE
35 Down: Ferdinand's first lady (6): IMELDA
36 Down: Miyoshi ___, Best Supporting Actress winner for "Sayonara" (5): UMEKI
37 Down: Dress with folds (4): SARI
39 Down: See 22-Down (4): DEAF
41 Down: Fun-loving fishers (6): OTTERS
42 Down: Winterize, as an old coat (6): RELINE
43 Down: Humperdinck heroine (6): GRETEL
45 Down: Labor day arrival? (3): SON
47 Down: Friday program that was never actually shown on Friday (7): DRAGNET
49 Down: Painter Shahn (3): BEN
50 Down: Ghanaian dialect (7): ASHANTI
54 Down: Smart (4): CHIC
57 Down: Elaine's home, in Arthurian romance (7): ASTOLAT
58 Down: Like some modern-day mapping (7): GENOMIC
59 Down: Phone trio (3): DEF
60 Down: 47-Down airing, today (5): RERUN
61 Down: Bowl outburst (3): RAH
66 Down: Albright's successor at State (6): POWELL
67 Down: Wore a hair shirt (6): ATONED
68 Down: Packs (6): STUFFS
69 Down: Org. with a crack staff? (3): DEA
70 Down: ___ nitrate (4): AMYL
71 Down: New Haven Ivy Leaguer (3): ELI
72 Down: Lamb or Bacon (6): AUTHOR
76 Down: Western group (5): POSSE
78 Down: Early sixth-century date (3): DII
79 Down: Extinct plant-eater (9): STEGOSAUR
80 Down: With 15-Down, "This Gun for Hire" star (4): ALAN
81 Down: Hot spot (3): SPA
82 Down: When doubled, confidential (4): HUSH
83 Down: Concerning one's coming out? (5): NATAL
88 Down: Clinton cabinet member (4): PENA
89 Down: Swirl (4): EDDY
91 Down: Covers ground quickly (7): SPRINTS
93 Down: Thrust after parrying (7): RIPOSTE
94 Down: Blood donation quantity (7): ONEUNIT
96 Down: Standing on the street? (3): REP
99 Down: With a needle: Prefix (3): ACU
101 Down: "The Wah Watusi" singers, with "the" (6): ORLONS
103 Down: Drought-damaged (4): SERE
104 Down: Madison Avenue awards (5): CLIOS
105 Down: Early Chinese dynasty (4): HSIA
107 Down: West Coast summer hrs. (3): PDT
109 Down: Dreadful (4): DIRE
110 Down: Aaron's 2,297 (4): RBIS
111 Down: Hand over (4): CEDE
112 Down: Oz. and mg. (3): WTS
113 Down: Suffix with game (4): STER
114 Down: Asian sleuth's comment (4): AHSO
115 Down: Dog din (4): YAPS
118 Down: Balance beam gripper (3): TOE
119 Down: Core (3): HUB
120 Down: Big 12 member, briefly (3): OSU
121 Down: Poet Hughes (3): TED

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