IDIOM'S RESTAURANT - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 1/27/2002. By Patrick Berry.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: It's set before a snap (5)
- FSTOP
- 6 Across: Reggae singer Peter (4)
- TOSH
- 10 Across: Lecture room (4)
- HALL
- 14 Across: Painful reminder (4)
- SCAR
- 18 Across: Wanting (10)
- INADEQUATE
- 20 Across: Jim Davis creation (4)
- ODIE
- 21 Across: You shouldn't get them up too soon (5)
- HOPES
- 23 Across: Entree that patrons suddenly stop eating? (10)
- COLDTURKEY
- 24 Across: Polynesian carving (4)
- TIKI
- 25 Across: Commodious (5)
- AMPLE
- 26 Across: "Roseanne" broadcaster (3)
- ABC
- 27 Across: "Not on ___" (4)
- ABET
- 28 Across: Oh-so-dainty (4)
- TWEE
- 29 Across: Company co-founded by Spielberg (6)
- AMBLIN
- 30 Across: "Evita" role (5)
- PERON
- 32 Across: Punter (7)
- BOATMAN
- 34 Across: Golfer Ballesteros (4)
- SEVE
- 35 Across: ___ terrible (6)
- ENFANT
- 38 Across: An author might give it away (4)
- PLOT
- 39 Across: "Gross!" (3)
- ICK
- 40 Across: Short time (3)
- SEC
- 41 Across: Suet's source (5)
- LOINS
- 42 Across: Meal that encompasses everything on the menu? (14)
- WHOLEENCHILADA
- 46 Across: ___-gatherum (6)
- OMNIUM
- 48 Across: Bow (3)
- ARC
- 49 Across: "Far out!" (3)
- RAD
- 50 Across: Council of ___ (Venetian tribunal) (3)
- TEN
- 51 Across: Dessert that's easy to prepare? (11)
- PIECEOFCAKE
- 54 Across: Butts into (8)
- REARENDS
- 58 Across: Finalizes, in a way (4)
- INKS
- 59 Across: Left behind (6)
- PASSED
- 60 Across: Long beat? (8)
- DRUMSOLO
- 62 Across: Formerly (3)
- NEE
- 63 Across: Express (3)
- AIR
- 64 Across: Garden tool (5)
- EDGER
- 67 Across: Germany's Dortmund-___ Canal (3)
- EMS
- 68 Across: Unburdened (3)
- RID
- 69 Across: Be saucy (8)
- GETFRESH
- 72 Across: One of the Furies (6)
- ALECTO
- 74 Across: A goodly number (4)
- MANY
- 75 Across: More twinkly (8)
- STARRIER
- 77 Across: Appetizer that diverts attention from the main menu? (11)
- REDHERRINGS
- 79 Across: Number of years Horace lived (3)
- LVI
- 80 Across: Sitcom set in Baltimore (3)
- ROC
- 82 Across: Big section in a dictionary (3)
- CEE
- 83 Across: Marsh plants (6)
- SEDGES
- 84 Across: Amenity that keeps the restaurant in business? (14)
- BREADANDBUTTER
- 89 Across: Quaint contraction (5)
- TWERE
- 90 Across: Sugar Loaf Mountain site (3)
- RIO
- 91 Across: In medias ___ (3)
- RES
- 92 Across: Burns writing (4)
- POEM
- 93 Across: Bold and outspoken (6)
- BRASSY
- 94 Across: Ices (4)
- OFFS
- 96 Across: Hawser (7)
- TOWROPE
- 98 Across: Conductor Anderson (5)
- LEROY
- 100 Across: Puts up (6)
- OFFERS
- 102 Across: Dimbulbs (4)
- OAFS
- 103 Across: Early Yucatán dweller (4)
- MAYA
- 104 Across: Steamy place (3)
- SPA
- 107 Across: She sang "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" (5)
- CLINE
- 108 Across: Overlook (4)
- OMIT
- 109 Across: Fruit dish that's not available ... though no one wanted it anyway? (10)
- SOURGRAPES
- 112 Across: "Demian" novelist (5)
- HESSE
- 113 Across: Fall off (4)
- WANE
- 114 Across: Requiring a rescue (10)
- INDISTRESS
- 115 Across: Take off (4)
- SHED
- 116 Across: "Only Time" singer (4)
- ENYA
- 117 Across: It's done for appearance' sake (4)
- POSE
- 118 Across: Future World site (5)
- EPCOT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Paycheck abbr. (4)
- FICA
- 2 Down: Climber, of a sort (4)
- SNOB
- 3 Down: Mineral in pesticide (4)
- TALC
- 4 Down: Funny (3)
- ODD
- 5 Down: Dearest (3)
- PET
- 6 Down: Engine booster (5)
- TURBO
- 7 Down: Like some butcher blocks (5)
- OAKEN
- 8 Down: Mark of reconsideration (4)
- STET
- 9 Down: "What's the idea?!" (3)
- HEY
- 10 Down: Drink order that could be trouble? (8)
- HOTWATER
- 11 Down: Go on ___ (slim down) (5)
- ADIET
- 12 Down: Agreeing (10)
- LIKEMINDED
- 13 Down: Island chain (3)
- LEI
- 14 Down: Pretended (4)
- SHAM
- 15 Down: "The Gift of the Magi" gift (5)
- COMBS
- 16 Down: Fruit offering that's simply incomparable? (16)
- APPLESANDORANGES
- 17 Down: Went through again (7)
- RELIVED
- 19 Down: Milk purchase (5)
- QUART
- 22 Down: Writer exiled by Claudius (6)
- SENECA
- 28 Down: Archaeological dig find (4)
- TOOL
- 29 Down: Cross of old (4)
- ANKH
- 30 Down: Falls apart (6)
- PANICS
- 31 Down: Result (5)
- ENSUE
- 32 Down: Unable to proceed (7)
- BLOCKED
- 33 Down: N.C.A.A. tourn. feeder (3)
- ACC
- 35 Down: Forestalling objections, you might say (7)
- ELOPING
- 36 Down: Certain contenders (8)
- NOMINEES
- 37 Down: Seafood dish that's rather a mess? (16)
- FINEKETTLEOFFISH
- 38 Down: "Wheel of Fortune" category (6)
- PHRASE
- 42 Down: W.W. II servers (4)
- WACS
- 43 Down: Object near a temple (3)
- EAR
- 44 Down: Particulars (5)
- ITEMS
- 45 Down: Contact, e.g. (4)
- LENS
- 47 Down: More dejected (6)
- MOPIER
- 52 Down: Tehran tongue (5)
- FARSI
- 53 Down: Honor for Eric Ambler (5)
- EDGAR
- 55 Down: Ridge (5)
- ARETE
- 56 Down: Buzz (6)
- RUMORS
- 57 Down: Hash house workers (8)
- SLINGERS
- 61 Down: Lengthy undertaking (7)
- ODYSSEY
- 63 Down: Secret competitor (5)
- ARRID
- 65 Down: Ballot choice (7)
- ELECTEE
- 66 Down: Trade in (6)
- REDEEM
- 70 Down: Kind of bean (4)
- FAVA
- 71 Down: She owns stock (10)
- HERDSWOMAN
- 73 Down: 1987 Best Actress (4)
- CHER
- 74 Down: Place for a ride (6)
- MIDWAY
- 76 Down: Loot (3)
- ROB
- 78 Down: Unmodern (5)
- RETRO
- 81 Down: Beverage that suits its drinker perfectly? (8)
- CUPOFTEA
- 84 Down: Jewelry purchase (6)
- BROOCH
- 85 Down: Flips (through) (7)
- RIFFLES
- 86 Down: Bachelor's area (4)
- ARTS
- 87 Down: Prefix with plasm (3)
- NEO
- 88 Down: Outstanding (4)
- TOPS
- 93 Down: Crows (5)
- BRAGS
- 95 Down: Pick up on (5)
- SENSE
- 97 Down: Wet (5)
- RAINY
- 98 Down: Hails (5)
- LAUDS
- 99 Down: Isolated nest: Var. (5)
- EYRIE
- 101 Down: Bassoon, e.g. (4)
- REED
- 103 Down: Like the Beatles' early work (4)
- MONO
- 104 Down: Some work may be done on it (4)
- SPEC
- 105 Down: Mexican bread (4)
- PESO
- 106 Down: Beleaguered exec.'s need (4)
- ASST
- 108 Down: Really should give (3)
- OWE
- 109 Down: Thimbleful (3)
- SIP
- 110 Down: Navig. plan (3)
- RTE
- 111 Down: Sculptor Jean (3)
- ARP
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