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Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 4/14/2002. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Green stuff (5): MOOLA
6 Across: Special times (4): ERAS
10 Across: Summer music (5): DISCO
15 Across: Chant syllables (3): OMS
18 Across: Capital of the Asturias kingdom of early Spain (6): OVIEDO
20 Across: Prefix with phobia (4): XENO
21 Across: Lend ___ (5): ANEAR
22 Across: Fresh, as recruits (3): RAW
23 Across: 007 portrayer (6): DALTON
24 Across: Magazine opening? (10): CENTERFOLD
26 Across: "You ___" (Lionel Richie hit) (3): ARE
27 Across: To you, to Yves (4): ATOI
28 Across: Popped up (5): AROSE
30 Across: Pull strings? (5): STRUM
31 Across: Handle: Lat. (4): ANSA
32 Across: Didn't bother (9): LEFTALONE
34 Across: Reassuring words (11): ITSALLRIGHT
36 Across: Jacques of song (4): BREL
37 Across: Prefix with sphere (3): ECO
38 Across: Echo producer, maybe (5): YODEL
39 Across: Spring, summer and fall (14): BASEBALLSEASON
46 Across: Scot who invented a vacuum bottle (5): DEWAR
48 Across: Eastern tie? (3): OBI
49 Across: "The Confessions of Nat Turner" writer (6): STYRON
50 Across: ___ caddy (3): TEA
52 Across: Like Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 (3): INE
53 Across: Curtails (9): CUTSSHORT
56 Across: Fast sweepers (11): SECONDHANDS
61 Across: Puzzled (5): ATSEA
62 Across: It may be snapped in a kitchen (6): PEAPOD
64 Across: Ordinary in the extreme (7): TRITEST
65 Across: Day-___ (3): GLO
67 Across: Nautical heading (3): SSE
68 Across: "___ Believer" (3): IMA
71 Across: Sorority letter (3): ETA
72 Across: Culpable (7): ATFAULT
76 Across: Speaker booster (6): PREAMP
79 Across: Sea predators (5): ORCAS
83 Across: Grilling (11): THIRDDEGREE
86 Across: Precipitately (9): HEADFIRST
88 Across: Summer wear (3): TEE
89 Across: Get (3): NAB
90 Across: Unflappable (6): SERENE
92 Across: "I get it!" (3): AHA
93 Across: "Sunflowers" setting (5): ARLES
96 Across: Order for a thirsty group (14): PITCHEROFWATER
100 Across: "Frasier" dog (5): EDDIE
102 Across: Perennial Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. (3): RUS
103 Across: Lindstrom and Zadora (4): PIAS
104 Across: Very important (11): MAJORLEAGUE
108 Across: Much weekend TV fare (9): BALLGAMES
113 Across: Don Drysdale book "Once ___, Always a Dodger" (4): ABUM
114 Across: Some Surrealist art (5): MIROS
115 Across: "Later" (5): SEEYA
116 Across: Sitarist Shankar (4): RAVI
117 Across: Like some 1960's fashion (3): MOD
118 Across: One who might get a little chow (10): DOGCATCHER
120 Across: They may be wild (6): DEUCES
122 Across: Fan (3): BUG
123 Across: Unsavory one (5): CREEP
124 Across: Oldies player (4): HIFI
125 Across: Comedy's Cleghorne and others (6): ELLENS
126 Across: Put away (3): ATE
127 Across: Cape ___ Islands (5): VERDE
128 Across: ___ dixit (allegation) (4): IPSE
129 Across: Chaotic (5): MESSY

Down Answers

1 Down: Relating to form (5): MODAL
2 Down: Like bluebell leaves (5): OVATE
3 Down: ___ vitriol (sulfuric acid) (5): OILOF
4 Down: 1970 #1 album (7): LETITBE
5 Down: Busy activity (3): ADO
6 Down: Record holder? (5): EXCON
7 Down: Peewee who wasn't so small (5): REESE
8 Down: Archer of note (4): ANNE
9 Down: Lush (3): SOT
10 Down: Bar game (5): DARTS
11 Down: Prefix with structural (5): INFRA
12 Down: 1988 Olympics site (5): SEOUL
13 Down: In a 90-Across way (6): CALMLY
14 Down: California's Fort ___ Dunes (3): ORD
15 Down: Fermented beverage used as an aperitif (10): ORANGEWINE
16 Down: Where bulrushes grow (10): MARSHLANDS
17 Down: Worry, informally (5): SWEAT
19 Down: Tethered (8): ONALEASH
25 Down: These, to Tomás (5): ESTOS
29 Down: Fancy desk (7): ROLLTOP
31 Down: Governmental appointee (4): AIDE
33 Down: Wall St. type (3): ARB
34 Down: Response to a naysayer (6): ICANSO
35 Down: Curtain holder (3): ROD
37 Down: Job ad inits. (3): EEO
39 Down: City down the coast from West Palm (4): BOCA
40 Down: Adjoin (4): ABUT
41 Down: Isn't put to use (4): SITS
42 Down: Old strings (5): LYRES
43 Down: Taco belles?: Abbr. (5): SRTAS
44 Down: Like some stocks: Abbr. (3): OTC
45 Down: ___-con (3): NEO
47 Down: Recess (4): REST
51 Down: Hill climber, of sorts (3): ANT
54 Down: Stogie (5): SEGAR
55 Down: "To your health!" (5): SALUD
57 Down: Falco of "The Sopranos" (4): EDIE
58 Down: Rap's Dr. ___ (3): DRE
59 Down: ___ the party (5): HITOF
60 Down: Early name in home computers (5): ATARI
63 Down: Pet form of José (4): PEPE
66 Down: Prehistoric (3): OLD
69 Down: Big name in Olympics skiing (5): MAHRE
70 Down: Arab leader (5): AMEER
72 Down: Lead-in for boy or girl (4): ATTA
73 Down: Roughly that (10): THEREABOUT
74 Down: Football official (10): FIELDJUDGE
75 Down: Time for "Taps" (3): TEN
77 Down: "Baywatch" event (6): RESCUE
78 Down: Complete array (7): PANOPLY
80 Down: Suffix with Dixie (4): CRAT
81 Down: Courtly Arthur (4): ASHE
82 Down: Pentagram (4): STAR
84 Down: Hiatus (3): GAP
85 Down: Stat for Jeff Bagwell (3): RBI
87 Down: Fortified position offering protection from enemy fire (8): DEFILADE
91 Down: Doubting comments (3): EHS
94 Down: Old land south of the Dead Sea (4): EDOM
95 Down: Paul McCartney, for one (3): SIR
97 Down: Source of income for some (5): TRUST
98 Down: Jokester (3): WAG
99 Down: Mostly (7): ASARULE
101 Down: Novelist Leonard (6): ELMORE
104 Down: African biter (5): MAMBA
105 Down: Trevanian novel "The ___ Sanction" (5): EIGER
106 Down: Like some tennis shots (5): ARCED
107 Down: Lose it (5): GOAPE
108 Down: Squawks (5): BEEFS
109 Down: High spot (5): AERIE
110 Down: Office staffs? (5): MACES
111 Down: Balances (out) (5): EVENS
112 Down: Namby-pamby (5): SISSY
115 Down: Half Moon, e.g. (4): SHIP
118 Down: Seventh-century date (3): DCV
119 Down: McBride of "Boston Public" (3): CHI
121 Down: American ___ (3): ELM

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