WOMEN OF THE EAR - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 11/11/2001. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Go out (3)
EBB
4 Across: White poplars (6)
ABELES
10 Across: Inn name (6)
RAMADA
16 Across: Peep for Bo-Peep? (3)
BAA
19 Across: Blemish (3)
MAR
20 Across: Original host of TV's "A Current Affair" (6)
POVICH
21 Across: Shows feeling (6)
EMOTES
22 Across: Band's need (3)
AMP
23 Across: Years ___ (3)
AGO
24 Across: Florist lady? (13)
ARETHAFLOWERS
26 Across: Kind of artist (3)
RAP
27 Across: Slight, in a way (6)
IGNORE
29 Across: 1997 Nicolas Cage thriller (6)
CONAIR
30 Across: Like events on a time line (7)
DATABLE
32 Across: Romantic lady? (12)
LIZATHEHEART
34 Across: Part of a theater (3)
PIT
35 Across: Genre of 49-Across (4)
RAGA
36 Across: Run for (4)
SEEK
37 Across: Elevator firm (4)
OTIS
38 Across: Place for a gimlet or screwdriver (3)
BAR
39 Across: Turkish money (5)
LIRAS
40 Across: Reebok competitor (4)
FILA
42 Across: Unchanging lady? (12)
MAURATHESAME
46 Across: Old joke (6)
WHEEZE
49 Across: Noted Indian musician (7)
SHANKAR
51 Across: Off-guard connector (4)
ONES
52 Across: Le ___, France (5)
HAVRE
53 Across: Like butter (7)
CHURNED
54 Across: Gift from above (7)
GODSEND
57 Across: ___ advantage (4)
ATAN
58 Across: It teaches freedom from desire (6)
TAOISM
59 Across: Golfer Ballesteros (4)
SEVE
60 Across: Try (for) (3)
VIE
61 Across: Smidge (3)
TAD
62 Across: Focused lady? (13)
CORATHEMATTER
65 Across: Time ___ (3)
INC
66 Across: Embitterment (3)
IRE
67 Across: Bringer of bad luck, in legend (4)
OPAL
68 Across: "Gulliver's Travels" brutes (6)
YAHOOS
69 Across: TV psychic Miss ___ (4)
CLEO
70 Across: It may be entered by a fluke (7)
FISHNET
72 Across: Subside (7)
DIEDOWN
74 Across: Dinner course (5)
SALAD
75 Across: Watch word? (4)
TICK
76 Across: Pays part of (7)
DEFRAYS
77 Across: Exhibitionist's challenge (6)
DAREME
78 Across: Religious lady? (12)
BERTHACHRIST
81 Across: Part of a spy organization (4)
CELL
82 Across: Reunion goers (5)
ALUMS
83 Across: First name in horror (3)
LON
84 Across: Muhammad al-Mahdi, for one (4)
IMAM
86 Across: Oklahoma tribe (4)
OTOS
90 Across: Prefix with -gon (4)
DECA
91 Across: Farm female (3)
SOW
92 Across: 74-Across lady? (12)
HEDDALETTUCE
96 Across: Times out? (7)
CATNAPS
98 Across: Any .com (6)
DOMAIN
99 Across: Important market (6)
NASDAQ
100 Across: Tropical bird (3)
ANI
101 Across: Academic lady? (13)
DEENASTUDENTS
104 Across: Big Ten sch. (3)
OSU
105 Across: "I am, like, ___ stupid!" (3)
SOO
106 Across: Prompt (6)
ONTIME
107 Across: High-stakes maneuver (6)
BIGBET
108 Across: Portuguese king (3)
REI
109 Across: Coastal bird (3)
ERN
110 Across: High (6)
STONED
111 Across: Girlfriend or boyfriend (6)
STEADY
112 Across: Lexicon abbr. (3)
SYN

Down Answers

1 Down: Contents of some in-boxes nowadays (6)
EMAILS
2 Down: Food preserver (6)
BAGGIE
3 Down: Olympics award (6)
BRONZE
4 Down: In two (5)
APART
5 Down: Mining passage (8)
BOREHOLE
6 Down: Start of a race? (3)
EVE
7 Down: Often-dried fruit (6)
LITCHI
8 Down: Sound technicians' worries (6)
ECHOES
9 Down: "The Astonishing Elephant" author Alexander (5)
SHANA
10 Down: Like many cigars (5)
RELIT
11 Down: Cupid (4)
AMOR
12 Down: Trim (3)
MOW
13 Down: Showed humility (7)
ATEDIRT
14 Down: Clear of, as vermin (5)
DERAT
15 Down: Sec'y (4)
ASST
16 Down: Opera-going lady? (14)
BARBARASEVILLE
17 Down: Diverse blend (7)
AMALGAM
18 Down: Propitiate (7)
APPEASE
25 Down: Partner of above (3)
FAR
28 Down: Woodland plant with triangular fronds (7)
OAKFERN
31 Down: Pops up (6)
ARISES
33 Down: Seventh chapter of a fraternity (3)
ETA
34 Down: TV's Jack (4)
PAAR
38 Down: Small fastener (4)
BRAD
39 Down: Credit source (6)
LENDER
41 Down: Suffix with winter (3)
IZE
42 Down: Gas producer (5)
MARSH
43 Down: First female to sign with a 103-Down team (9)
ANNMEYERS
44 Down: It gets picked in Hawaii (3)
UKE
45 Down: Camel features (6)
HOOVES
46 Down: Theoretical (6)
WHATIF
47 Down: 1962 John Wayne film (6)
HATARI
48 Down: Impending lady? (14)
EVADESTRUCTION
49 Down: Riverboat danger (5)
SHOAL
50 Down: Quatre + quatre (4)
HUIT
53 Down: About 3 grains in weight (5)
CARAT
54 Down: Mount (5)
GETON
55 Down: Start of many a workday (6)
NINEAM
56 Down: Figure out (6)
DECODE
58 Down: Brown v. Board of Education city (6)
TOPEKA
59 Down: Puts away (5)
STOWS
62 Down: Spiral shells (6)
CONCHS
63 Down: Angry with (5)
MADAT
64 Down: Deck call (4)
AHOY
69 Down: Deals on wheels sites (7)
CARLOTS
71 Down: Offer? (6)
HITMAN
72 Down: "Jurassic Park" actress (4)
DERN
73 Down: "See ___ care!" (3)
IFI
74 Down: Bando of baseball (3)
SAL
76 Down: Arabian sailing vessel (4)
DHOW
77 Down: Lunatic (8)
DEMENTED
78 Down: Extreme illness (7)
BADCASE
79 Down: Joseph P. Lash book "___ and Franklin" (7)
ELEANOR
80 Down: Near (7)
CLOSETO
81 Down: Pac Ten school, informally (3)
CAL
84 Down: Cry of accomplishment (6)
IDIDIT
85 Down: Art of training and riding horses (6)
MANEGE
87 Down: English royal family (6)
TUDORS
88 Down: "The Plough and the Stars" playwright (6)
OCASEY
89 Down: Spangle (6)
SEQUIN
91 Down: Dead tired (5)
SPENT
92 Down: Washed (down) (5)
HOSED
93 Down: CPR pro (3)
EMT
94 Down: Plasters (5)
DAUBS
95 Down: Appetizing (5)
TASTY
97 Down: Stirs (4)
ADOS
98 Down: British title (4)
DAME
102 Down: Miller mistress (3)
NIN
103 Down: Warriors' grp. (3)
NBA

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