HOMONAMES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/5/2001. By Peter Gordon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Street on a snow-covered hill (6): PICABO
7 Across: Agitated (5): ABOIL
12 Across: Farm animals (4): SOWS
16 Across: Highway sign abbr. (3): JCT
19 Across: A Gandhi (6): INDIRA
20 Across: Writer with the pen name Saki (5): MUNRO
21 Across: Magician in "The Tempest" (8): PROSPERO
23 Across: Tote a narrow opening? (12): CARRYFISSURE
25 Across: Worked the soil, in a way (8): HARROWED
26 Across: Intervals of an octave and a second (6): NINTHS
27 Across: Ruins a good book? (10): WRECKSREAD
29 Across: Start to fix? (3): PRE
32 Across: ___-Ball (4): SKEE
33 Across: Modern June birthstone (5): PEARL
34 Across: Popular street name (3): ELM
35 Across: Onion made of a sturdy cotton fabric? (11): JEANSHALLOT
38 Across: Noblewoman (7): PEERESS
41 Across: Japanese dog (5): AKITA
42 Across: Tiny bit (3): DAB
44 Across: Like many a first-grader (3): SIX
45 Across: Zine reader (3): FAN
48 Across: Engine (5): MOTOR
49 Across: Some sprays (8): AEROSOLS
54 Across: Hun-armed bandit? (6): ATTILA
56 Across: Bookie? (10): BETMIDDLER
58 Across: Fire (4): ZEAL
60 Across: "___ ed Euridice" (Gluck opera) (5): ORFEO
61 Across: Carrot, e.g. (4): ROOT
62 Across: Stealin' from a bloodsucker? (11): ROBBINLEECH
64 Across: One of the Challenger astronauts (6): MCNAIR
68 Across: Occupied (5): INUSE
70 Across: Letter abbr. (6): MESSRS
71 Across: Satiate a ghost? (11): FILLSPECTER
73 Across: Friend of Françoise (4): AMIE
75 Across: Bradley and Epps (5): OMARS
76 Across: Closing act? (4): SALE
77 Across: Terse crackling sound? (10): CURTRUSTLE
83 Across: Internet novice (6): NEWBIE
85 Across: Second versions (8): REDRAFTS
87 Across: Add more lubricant (5): REOIL
88 Across: Attorney General nominee Baird (3): ZOE
89 Across: NATO member: Abbr. (3): GER
91 Across: Have an evening meal (3): SUP
92 Across: In the slightest degree (5): ATALL
93 Across: Most humid (7): DANKEST
97 Across: Vacation by a pier? (11): DOCKHOLIDAY
102 Across: Wall St. worker (3): ARB
103 Across: Abu ___ (5): DHABI
105 Across: Apparatus with pedals (4): LOOM
106 Across: Big Apple inits. (3): NYC
107 Across: Praying actions cause ennui? (10): KNEELSBORE
110 Across: Flugelhorn's cousin (6): CORNET
112 Across: Washing machine part (8): AGITATOR
113 Across: People who live next to a Y? (12): GYMNEIGHBORS
119 Across: Rampages (8): RUNSRIOT
120 Across: Icicles' starting points (5): EAVES
121 Across: Turkish mountain (6): ARARAT
122 Across: C.I.A.'s forerunner (3): OSS
123 Across: Torah holders (4): ARKS
124 Across: Alternative nickname to Pat (5): TRISH
125 Across: Two-seater (6): SURREY

Down Answers

1 Down: Photo (3): PIC
2 Down: ___ flash (3): INA
3 Down: Mil. chief (3): CDR
4 Down: Part of A.F.B. (3): AIR
5 Down: ___ Mawr, Pa. (4): BRYN
6 Down: Like a palooka (6): OAFISH
7 Down: Brand of light beer (6): AMSTEL
8 Down: Orchard unit (6): BUSHEL
9 Down: Blame (4): ONUS
10 Down: Not std. (3): IRR
11 Down: "Camelot" composer (5): LOEWE
12 Down: Ball (6): SPHERE
13 Down: Consultation sites (7): ORACLES
14 Down: Function (4): WORK
15 Down: Azerbaijan and Ukraine, once: Abbr. (4): SSRS
16 Down: Puts gems on a flute player? (11): JEWELSFIFER
17 Down: Best part (5): CREAM
18 Down: One of Taylor's eight (4): TODD
22 Down: Tiny openings (5): PORES
24 Down: 1934 hit "___ Dinka Doo" (4): INKA
28 Down: Grammy category (3): RAP
29 Down: Kind of tea (5): PEKOE
30 Down: Singer Bonnie (5): RAITT
31 Down: Sci. of insects (5): ENTOM
33 Down: Sch. groups (4): PTAS
35 Down: Door part (4): JAMB
36 Down: Indian dress (4): SARI
37 Down: Methane's lack (4): ODOR
39 Down: Narrow inlet (3): RIA
40 Down: Eulogizes (6): EXTOLS
43 Down: Numbskulls (5): BOZOS
46 Down: Guinness and others (5): ALECS
47 Down: Sodium hydroxide, to a chemist (4): NAOH
49 Down: Idolizes (6): ADORES
50 Down: "Hold On Tight" group (3): ELO
51 Down: Switch heads? (7): RETITLE
52 Down: Sabrina of "The Cosby Show" (7): LEBEAUF
53 Down: Rest time: Abbr. (3): SAB
55 Down: Half of seis (4): TRES
57 Down: Stalactite former (4): DRIP
59 Down: Figures for poker players (6): LIMITS
62 Down: Capek play (3): RUR
63 Down: Not e'en once (4): NEER
64 Down: Certain copy (5): MIMEO
65 Down: Scratched-up leather straps? (11): CLAWEDREINS
66 Down: Workers' rights grp. (4): NLRB
67 Down: Give out (6): ASSIGN
69 Down: Calls for (5): NEEDS
71 Down: Potsie's pal, with "the" (4): FONZ
72 Down: Jaguar, e.g. (3): CAR
74 Down: "Rocky III" actor (3): MRT
77 Down: Crime boss (4): CAPO
78 Down: River to the Caspian (4): URAL
79 Down: Arrive, as darkness (5): SETIN
80 Down: Sycophant (5): TOADY
81 Down: Reddish purple (5): LILAC
82 Down: ___ May of "The Beverly Hillbillies" (4): ELLY
84 Down: Sound of fright (3): EEK
86 Down: Fashion designer Gernreich (4): RUDI
90 Down: Hearst magazine (7): REDBOOK
94 Down: Helps in a heist (5): ABETS
95 Down: Cinema showings (6): SHORTS
96 Down: Gob (3): TAR
98 Down: Some computers (6): CLONES
99 Down: Branch Davidians leader (6): KORESH
100 Down: ___ soit qui mal y pense (4): HONI
101 Down: Series enders (6): OMEGAS
102 Down: Black ___ cattle (5): ANGUS
104 Down: Sire (5): BEGET
107 Down: Corn syrup brand (4): KARO
108 Down: Zhivago's love (4): LARA
109 Down: Commotion (4): STIR
110 Down: Year in Sergius III's papacy (4): CMVI
111 Down: See-___ (4): THRU
114 Down: Shostakovich's "Babi ___" Symphony (3): YAR
115 Down: Place to get a screwdriver (3): BAR
116 Down: 1967 Rookie of the Year (3): ORR
117 Down: Scottish explorer John (3): RAE
118 Down: Hog haven (3): STY

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