PUZZLER'S PC LEXICON - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/28/2001. By Michael Ashley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Spring locale (3)
SPA
4 Across: Was #1 (3)
LED
7 Across: Wrangles (5)
SPARS
12 Across: Peter Max's genre (6)
POPART
18 Across: Baseball's Martinez (4)
TINO
20 Across: Jackie's #2 (3)
ARI
21 Across: "The Wizard of Oz" composer (5)
ARLEN
22 Across: Mimosa, for one (6)
ACACIA
23 Across: Chicago sightings (8)
ELTRAINS
25 Across: Novelist Ephron (5)
DELIA
26 Across: Tattered state (6)
SHREDS
27 Across: ORDW, RDWO, DWOR (14)
WORDPROCESSING
29 Across: Come-ons (6)
TEASES
30 Across: Be in the driver's seat (5)
STEER
31 Across: N.B.A.'s Thurmond and Archibald (5)
NATES
32 Across: Miss (4)
GIRL
33 Across: Point (3)
AIM
35 Across: Tijuana lunches (5)
TACOS
36 Across: Edge (3)
HEM
37 Across: Sealing wax ingredient (3)
LAC
40 Across: HEX VERIFY (10)
SPELLCHECK
44 Across: Top-drawer (4)
AONE
45 Across: "Blondie" boy (4)
ELMO
47 Across: Big Apple subway, with "the" (3)
LEX
48 Across: Insincere talk (4)
CANT
49 Across: LOO (11)
ENDLESSLOOP
52 Across: A chip, maybe (4)
ANTE
54 Across: Toppers (4)
LIDS
55 Across: Places wires meet (5)
NODES
56 Across: Hits theaters (5)
OPENS
57 Across: Out-of-favor icon (4)
MARX
58 Across: Amateur video subject, maybe (3)
UFO
59 Across: Suffix with aqua (4)
NAUT
60 Across: Eddie's 1970's singing partner (3)
FLO
61 Across: Sign of freshness? (4)
SLAP
62 Across: EIOSN (11)
RANDOMNOISE
66 Across: Like some cheeks (4)
ROSY
70 Across: Barrel contents (3)
ALE
72 Across: "The Celestial Country" composer (4)
IVES
73 Across: Code carrier (3)
DNA
74 Across: Something to go for a spin in? (4)
TUTU
75 Across: Deer, beavers and such (5)
FAUNA
78 Across: Kind of rug (5)
SISAL
80 Across: Loading site (4)
PIER
81 Across: Cut off (4)
STEM
82 Across: IPD DPI IDP (11)
DIPSWITCHES
84 Across: Lollygag (4)
LOAF
85 Across: Beauty (3)
GEM
86 Across: Con (4)
ANTI
87 Across: Small diamond? (4)
TREY
88 Across: YPOC (10)
BACKUPCOPY
91 Across: As well (3)
TOO
92 Across: Wolf, say (3)
EAT
93 Across: Lost in reverie (5)
MOONY
95 Across: Place for sheep (3)
LEA
96 Across: What is expected (4)
NORM
98 Across: Texas panhandle town (5)
PAMPA
99 Across: Gets back to, in a way (5)
RSVPS
103 Across: Red Cross supply (6)
PLASMA
106 Across: ARMED (FILE) GUARD (14)
FILEPROTECTION
110 Across: Bargain-hunter's locale (6)
OUTLET
111 Across: Cast out (5)
EXILE
112 Across: Humbly goes along with (8)
DEFERSTO
113 Across: Numbskull (6)
STOOGE
114 Across: Peak in the Bernese Alps (5)
EIGER
115 Across: Butterfingers (3)
OAF
116 Across: One of four Holy Roman Emperors (4)
OTTO
117 Across: The seas, e.g. (6)
HEPTAD
118 Across: Dings (5)
DENTS
119 Across: Short Line and others: Abbr. (3)
RRS
120 Across: Appeal (3)
ASK

Down Answers

1 Down: Loses sleep (over) (5)
STEWS
2 Down: Person in a high chair? (5)
PILOT
3 Down: Cavern (5)
ANTRE
4 Down: Retreat (4)
LAIR
5 Down: Hungarian pianist von Dohnänyi (4)
ERNO
6 Down: Laser ___ (4)
DISC
7 Down: Blunderer (7)
SADSACK
8 Down: Quickly (6)
PRESTO
9 Down: Side in a war (6)
ALLIES
10 Down: They may reach a bit (5)
REINS
11 Down: Catch (4)
SNAG
12 Down: Diversions (8)
PASTIMES
13 Down: Autumn color (5)
OCHER
14 Down: NEW YORK | HONG KONG (13)
PARALLELPORTS
15 Down: Golf coups (4)
ACES
16 Down: Nag ... or use a nag (4)
RIDE
17 Down: Cold war news name (4)
TASS
19 Down: Big test (6)
ORDEAL
24 Down: "The uncertain glory of an ___ day": Shak. (5)
APRIL
28 Down: Passes (6)
ENACTS
32 Down: They make some people blond (5)
GENES
34 Down: "The Virginian" star (7)
MCCLURE
35 Down: Sinew (6)
TENDON
36 Down: Course division (4)
HOLE
38 Down: Substance in skin care (4)
ALOE
39 Down: "You gotta be kidding!" (4)
CMON
40 Down: Grand events? (5)
SLAMS
41 Down: Kind of colony (5)
PENAL
42 Down: Like a third hand (5)
EXTRA
43 Down: City at the foot of Mt. Carmel (5)
HAIFA
44 Down: Supplement (5)
ADDTO
46 Down: Special ___ (military force) (3)
OPS
49 Down: Protects, as pots (7)
ENAMELS
50 Down: Grammar topic (5)
NOUNS
51 Down: The sun (3)
SOL
53 Down: S L O T (13)
EXPANSIONSLOT
59 Down: Exploding suns (5)
NOVAE
60 Down: Scared (7)
FEARFUL
63 Down: Full of gossip (5)
DISHY
64 Down: Inanity (6)
IDIOCY
65 Down: No-goodnik (5)
SNEAK
67 Down: Expenditure (5)
OUTGO
68 Down: Pricey (5)
STEEP
69 Down: Scrumptious (5)
YUMMY
71 Down: Police, with "the" (3)
LAW
75 Down: Many cos. seek its approval (3)
FDA
76 Down: "___ She Sweet?" (4)
AINT
77 Down: Till (4)
UPTO
78 Down: Winning coach of Super Bowl IV (5)
STRAM
79 Down: Tracy Marrow's stage name (4)
ICET
80 Down: Flat (6)
PLANAR
83 Down: Echoed (8)
ITERATED
88 Down: Teeny people? (7)
BOPPERS
89 Down: Nez ___ (5)
PERCE
90 Down: San Francisco district (6)
CASTRO
93 Down: Libel (6)
MALIGN
94 Down: Dish with hash browns, maybe (6)
OMELET
97 Down: End-all (5)
OMEGA
98 Down: Mischievous one (5)
PIXIE
100 Down: "Will ya look at that!" spot (5)
VISTA
101 Down: Mrs. ___ of "Beauty and the Beast" (5)
POTTS
102 Down: Derisive gesture (5)
SNOOK
103 Down: Swanky (4)
POSH
104 Down: Vermeer's "Woman With a ___" (4)
LUTE
105 Down: On (4)
ATOP
106 Down: Oats and the like (4)
FEED
107 Down: Halitosis, e.g. (4)
ODOR
108 Down: Burn up the road (4)
TEAR
109 Down: Rotten grades (4)
EFFS

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