TRIPLEX - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/17/2002. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Head of the produce section? (7): CABBAGE
8 Across: Eunuch's charge (5): HAREM
13 Across: End of ___ (5): ANERA
18 Across: Bakery treats (7): ECLAIRS
19 Across: "Even Homer nods" writer (6): HORACE
20 Across: Key person in England (6): GAOLER
21 Across: Result of an Oscar nominee's disappearance at an awards ceremony? [releases of 1968, 1982 and 1982] (21): STARMISSINGTHEVERDICT
24 Across: Sampling (4): TEST
25 Across: Scads (4): TONS
26 Across: Hot (6): EROTIC
27 Across: "Soapdish" actress (4): SHUE
28 Across: Carpenter ___ (3): ANT
30 Across: 1986 rock autobiography (5): ITINA
32 Across: Manage (6): EKEOUT
34 Across: Advice to a budding alarmist? [1988, 1999, 1994] (18): BIGBOYSDONTCRYWOLF
40 Across: ___ case (5): WORST
41 Across: Fresh (4): PERT
42 Across: Extra-wide shoe spec. (3): EEE
43 Across: Ere (5): AFORE
47 Across: Bibliophilic suffix (3): ANA
48 Across: Stopping point: Abbr. (3): STA
50 Across: Something that's worked up (3): IRE
52 Across: C, F and G (5): CLEFS
55 Across: Campaigner (3): POL
56 Across: Charles Van Doren vis-à-vis the game show "Twenty-One"? [1976, 1989, 1985] (21): NETWORKSCANDALWITNESS
61 Across: Not docked (4): ASEA
62 Across: Glass ___ (3): EEL
63 Across: Like a bunch (3): DIG
64 Across: Heir, at law (7): ALIENEE
65 Across: With 51-Down, old movie finale (3): THE
67 Across: Anyhow (3): YET
70 Across: Zing (3): PEP
72 Across: Diamonds (3): ICE
73 Across: Warp-knit fabrics (7): TRICOTS
77 Across: Cole Porter's "___ in Love" (3): IAM
79 Across: Uncommon sense (3): ESP
81 Across: Circle meas. (4): DIAM
85 Across: Producer of a big accident? [1998, 2000, 1960] (21): RUSHHOURTRAFFICPSYCHO
90 Across: Tucked away (3): ATE
91 Across: Big name in book clubs (5): OPRAH
92 Across: "The Whiffenpoof Song" singer (3): ELI
93 Across: Row producer (3): HOE
94 Across: Richard ___ (3): III
95 Across: Sass (5): CHEEK
97 Across: Gooey stuff (3): GEL
99 Across: Old Irish alphabet: Var. (4): OGAM
101 Across: Tastes (5): TANGS
103 Across: Why the paparazzi couldn't photograph actress Roberts? [1977, 1985, 1998] (18): JULIARANOUTOFSIGHT
108 Across: Lack stability (6): SEESAW
110 Across: Yankees manager Joe (5): TORRE
111 Across: Attention (3): EAR
112 Across: Math course, informally (4): CALC
113 Across: Walked in the rain, say (6): GOTWET
116 Across: Bring in (4): EARN
118 Across: Mop (4): SWAB
122 Across: Heartwarming scene in a war movie? [1986, 1992, 1978] (21): PLATOONHEROCOMINGHOME
126 Across: Shifts (6): ALTERS
127 Across: Noted support group (6): ALANON
128 Across: Recover from (7): GETOVER
129 Across: Poorly kept (5): SEEDY
130 Across: Hung around (5): IDLED
131 Across: Least sharp (7): SLOWEST

Down Answers

1 Down: "___ Vous" (1927 song hit) (4): CEST
2 Down: Molière play part (4): ACTE
3 Down: "Gil ___" (4): BLAS
4 Down: Grasshoppers can help make them (7): BARTABS
5 Down: Fire preceder? (3): AIM
6 Down: Tough and courageous (6): GRITTY
7 Down: "Happy Motoring" sloganeer (4): ESSO
8 Down: Dear (3): HON
9 Down: Silver (6): ARGENT
10 Down: Grind (7): RATRACE
11 Down: Parrot (4): ECHO
12 Down: Come up to (4): MEET
13 Down: Swiss river (3): AAR
14 Down: Dozes (7): NODSOFF
15 Down: Diplomat Root (5): ELIHU
16 Down: Like some movies for TV (5): RECUT
17 Down: What Michelangelo produced (4): ARTE
19 Down: Not just noteworthy (8): HISTORIC
20 Down: Creature with padded toes (5): GECKO
22 Down: Like some remarks (5): SNIDE
23 Down: Desirable hotel room feature (4): VIEW
29 Down: Untrue (5): NOTSO
31 Down: Prefix with species (5): INTRA
33 Down: Flexible (7): ELASTIC
34 Down: Master, in Swahili (5): BWANA
35 Down: Actress Skye and others (5): IONES
36 Down: Annoy, in a way (5): GRATE
37 Down: Uttered, old-style (5): SPAKE
38 Down: Confine again (6): RECAGE
39 Down: Cheerleader's practice (4): YELL
44 Down: Big tournament (4): OPEN
45 Down: Mounted (4): ROSE
46 Down: Different (4): ELSE
49 Down: Perch, perhaps (7): TREETOP
51 Down: See 65-Across (3): END
53 Down: ___ Beach, Hawaii (3): EWA
54 Down: Fra ___ Lippi (7): FILIPPO
57 Down: Band instrument? (5): WATCH
58 Down: Insidious (3): SLY
59 Down: Dance flourish (3): DIP
60 Down: Like some scholarship winners (5): NEEDY
66 Down: New Jersey town with a hyphenated name (7): HOHOKUS
68 Down: Flexible person's choice (6): EITHER
69 Down: Really beat (3): TAR
71 Down: Four Seasons Hotel architect (3): PEI
73 Down: ___ II razor (4): TRAC
74 Down: Ancestress of King David (4): RUTH
75 Down: "Got it" (4): ISEE
76 Down: Opposite of norte (3): SUR
78 Down: Ginnie ___ (3): MAE
80 Down: Pinhead (5): SCHMO
82 Down: Sugar coat? (5): ICING
83 Down: On ___ (exulting) (5): AHIGH
84 Down: Teary (5): MOIST
86 Down: Eastern music style (4): RAGA
87 Down: Astound (5): FLOOR
88 Down: Plan for (8): FIGUREON
89 Down: ___ good example (is a role model) (5): SETSA
96 Down: Booted (7): EJECTED
98 Down: Quarterback's option (7): LATERAL
100 Down: First-stringers (5): ATEAM
102 Down: It has many loops (7): AIRSHOW
104 Down: African capital until 1991 (5): LAGOS
105 Down: Cry of glee (4): IWON
106 Down: All's opposite (6): NOTONE
107 Down: Herb used in casseroles (6): FENNEL
108 Down: Explorer Sieur de La ___ (5): SALLE
109 Down: Send, in a way (5): ELATE
112 Down: Sched. C preparers (4): CPAS
114 Down: Spicy cuisine (4): THAI
115 Down: Unite (4): WELD
117 Down: Fixes (4): RIGS
119 Down: Crisscrossed (4): WOVE
120 Down: Iowa State site (4): AMES
121 Down: A Muppet (4): BERT
123 Down: Suffix with access (3): ORY
124 Down: Trawler's catch (3): COD
125 Down: Car in a 1964 hit song (3): GTO

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