NATURAL PAIRS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/22/2001. By Patrick Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: San Antonio brewer (5): PABST
6 Across: Home of El Greco (6): TOLEDO
12 Across: Broad bean (4): FAVA
16 Across: Catch (3): BAG
19 Across: To go, to Godot (5): ALLER
20 Across: Departed without ceremony? (6): ELOPED
21 Across: Mosque bigwig (4): IMAM
22 Across: Clamor (3): ADO
23 Across: Order at a Vegas pizzeria? (12): SLICEANDDICE
25 Across: Not absolute (8): RELATIVE
27 Across: Two Oscar winners for best acting? (11): HUNTANDPECK
28 Across: "Star Wars" knight (4): JEDI
29 Across: Colorado natives (4): UTES
30 Across: Gopher wood vessel (3): ARK
31 Across: Suffix with prank or trick (4): STER
32 Across: Positioned, as artillery (5): SITED
33 Across: Unkind comment (4): BARB
34 Across: Handle the arrangements for (5): SEETO
36 Across: Ingredients in a Flintstones sandwich? (11): ROCKANDROLL
41 Across: Code-breaking govt. group (3): NSA
42 Across: It'll open your trap (5): DRANO
44 Across: 1981 miniseries set in A.D. 72-73 (6): MASADA
45 Across: Surrounded by lawn (6): YARDED
47 Across: Two features of interest on the sunken Titanic? (12): BOWANDSCRAPE
51 Across: In medias ___ (3): RES
52 Across: U.P.S. delivery (3): PAK
55 Across: Reverse (4): UNDO
56 Across: ___ choy (3): BOK
57 Across: Eisenhower's successor at NATO (7): RIDGWAY
61 Across: Not right (5): AMISS
63 Across: "Never Cry Wolf" author Farley ___ (5): MOWAT
65 Across: Set down (4): LAND
67 Across: Wisecrack (4): GIBE
68 Across: Kind of metal (4): BASE
69 Across: Singer Washington (5): DINAH
70 Across: Father-to-son bequests (5): GENES
71 Across: Gillette brand (4): ATRA
72 Across: Sax-playing Simpson (4): LISA
73 Across: Draft picks? (4): OXEN
74 Across: Execs (5): SUITS
75 Across: Ice cream flavor (5): PECAN
76 Across: Out, socially (7): ONADATE
78 Across: Nobel area: Abbr. (3): SCI
79 Across: "Believe ___ not!" (4): ITOR
81 Across: Initials at sea (3): HMS
82 Across: Guy Fawkes Day mo. (3): NOV
83 Across: Raw materials for a feather pillow? (12): DUCKANDCOVER
88 Across: Sponge (6): CADGER
91 Across: Evening do (6): SOIREE
92 Across: Troubled (5): ATEAT
95 Across: Dashboard abbr. (3): RPM
96 Across: Types of gemstones? (11): CUTANDPASTE
100 Across: Islamic chiefs (5): EMIRS
102 Across: Oman man (4): ARAB
104 Across: Observer's record (5): NOTES
105 Across: Actor Ken (4): OLIN
107 Across: New Deal program: Abbr. (3): REA
108 Across: Coupler (4): YOKE
109 Across: Couples (4): TWOS
110 Across: Theater show that follows a commercial? (11): PLUGANDPLAY
114 Across: You might be asked to keep one (8): OPENMIND
116 Across: Items in a Victoria's Secret marketing presentation? (12): SLIPANDSLIDE
117 Across: Vocalist Rawls (3): LOU
118 Across: ___ Minor (4): ASIA
119 Across: Went alone (6): SOLOED
120 Across: Canon fodder? (5): TONER
121 Across: Egyptian headdress symbol (3): ASP
122 Across: Byproduct of cheesemaking (4): WHEY
123 Across: Seating area (6): STANDS
124 Across: Articles by nonstaffers (5): OPEDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Ottoman V.I.P.'s (6): PASHAS
2 Down: Led on (7): ALLURED
3 Down: Something you use at every turn (7): BLINKER
4 Down: Splinter group (4): SECT
5 Down: Disloyal to the state (10): TREASONOUS
6 Down: Fuel car for a steam locomotive (6): TENDER
7 Down: Veteran (6): OLDPRO
8 Down: Miner's quest (4): LODE
9 Down: Large-scale (4): EPIC
10 Down: It's not damaged by cutting (4): DECK
11 Down: Ben Jonson wrote one to himself (3): ODE
12 Down: Object of condemnation (8): FIRETRAP
13 Down: Italian artist Modigliani (6): AMEDEO
14 Down: On good grounds (7): VALIDLY
15 Down: Org. with a caduceus logo (3): AMA
16 Down: Fishing lure attached to a rod? (13): BAITANDSWITCH
17 Down: Hostile (7): ADVERSE
18 Down: Spoils (7): GOESBAD
24 Down: Grasshopper's teacher, in Aesop (3): ANT
26 Down: Dilapidated boat (3): TUB
28 Down: Red Sea port (5): JIDDA
32 Down: Carroll creature (5): SNARK
35 Down: Typewriter key (3): TAB
37 Down: Mil. officer's position (3): CMD
38 Down: Algiers quarter: Var. (6): KASBAH
39 Down: English racing village (5): ASCOT
40 Down: Cooking fat (4): LARD
43 Down: Have (3): OWN
46 Down: Jamaican export (6): REGGAE
48 Down: Blended (7): ADMIXED
49 Down: Who leads an anarchy? (5): NOONE
50 Down: Che Guevara's first name (7): ERNESTO
52 Down: Nobelist Neruda (5): PABLO
53 Down: At full speed (5): AMAIN
54 Down: Things linked in the minds of 70's music fans? (13): KISSANDMAKEUP
58 Down: Checks for ages, say (3): IDS
59 Down: The "A" of James A. Garfield (5): ABRAM
60 Down: Has kids (5): YEANS
62 Down: Jack-tar (6): SEADOG
64 Down: Pallid (3): WAN
65 Down: Floral wreath (3): LEI
66 Down: Madcap (5): ANTIC
69 Down: Part of a Web address (3): DOT
70 Down: Former British money (6): GUINEA
74 Down: Clifflike ridge (5): SCARP
75 Down: Claims, as the throne (10): PRETENDSTO
77 Down: "___ plaisir, monsieur" (4): AVEC
78 Down: Road to ruin (5): SKIDS
80 Down: Eggs (3): OVA
84 Down: Colorful newspaper (8): USATODAY
85 Down: They get scoops (5): CONES
86 Down: "Der Ring ___ Nibelungen" (3): DES
87 Down: ___ sleep (3): REM
88 Down: Big name in kindergarten (7): CRAYOLA
89 Down: Fit (7): APROPOS
90 Down: Small and weak (7): RUNTISH
93 Down: Delta, for one (7): AIRLINE
94 Down: Like tires (7): TREADED
97 Down: Nonuniversity type (6): TOWNIE
98 Down: Like Roman senators (6): TOGAED
99 Down: African herd animals (6): ELANDS
101 Down: "The Nine Tailors" author (6): SAYERS
103 Down: Big ___ (3): BEN
106 Down: Person with a 114-Across?: Abbr. (3): IND
110 Down: Garden area (4): PLOT
111 Down: Reader's Digest co-founder ___ Wallace (4): LILA
112 Down: Familiar with (4): UPON
113 Down: Sit (down) (4): PLOP
115 Down: Big mouth (3): MAW
116 Down: Sound after a pinprick (3): SSS

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