COMPONENTS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/23/2002. By Eric Berlin.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Take in (6): ABSORB
7 Across: Food decoration (5): CAPER
12 Across: In this way (4): THUS
16 Across: ___ João (3): SAO
19 Across: Winning Super Bowl XVIII player (6): RAIDER
20 Across: Ancient (5): HOARY
21 Across: Shapes of things (8): CONTOURS
23 Across: 69-Across component (12): THREEOFAKIND
25 Across: 48-Down + 16-Down (8): MERINGUE
26 Across: Swindle (4): DOIN
27 Across: Cambodian currency (4): RIEL
29 Across: Annuls (7): REPEALS
30 Across: Popular computer (4): IMAC
34 Across: Christian denom. (4): METH
36 Across: "___ to you!" (Cockney toast) (4): ERES
38 Across: Glass: Fr. (5): VERRE
39 Across: Certain surgery, for short (4): LIPO
40 Across: Musical gift (3): EAR
42 Across: 112-Across component (6): VOWELS
44 Across: 92-Across component (11): ORANGEJUICE
49 Across: Noted civil rights leader (5): EVERS
50 Across: Ford Explorer, e.g. (3): SUV
53 Across: Business figure (8): NETSALES
54 Across: Torments (7): AGONIES
56 Across: Burkina ___ (4): FASO
57 Across: Like certain attacks (9): ADHOMINEM
59 Across: "The Power and the Glory" novelist (6): GREENE
60 Across: Like wine (4): AGED
61 Across: Family tree word (3): NEE
62 Across: Cry like a baby (4): MEWL
64 Across: Line on a dock (8): TIDEMARK
66 Across: To this point (5): SOFAR
69 Across: 23-Across + 9-Down (9): FULLHOUSE
72 Across: ___ cantata (church service) (5): MISSA
73 Across: Labor-management arrangement (8): OPENSHOP
75 Across: Oberhausen one (4): EINS
76 Across: Costa del ___ (3): SOL
77 Across: Gael, for one (4): CELT
78 Across: Roving adventurously (6): ERRANT
80 Across: One's savings, metaphorically (9): SAFETYNET
86 Across: 1990's rap duo ___ Kross (4): KRIS
87 Across: Co-renters, slangily (7): ROOMIES
89 Across: Wife of Odysseus (8): PENELOPE
90 Across: Instrument in the E-Street Band (3): SAX
91 Across: "Easy!" (5): ASNAP
92 Across: 52-Down + 44-Across (11): SCREWDRIVER
94 Across: Area (6): SPHERE
95 Across: Part of H.R.H. (3): HER
96 Across: Doctor's income (4): FEES
97 Across: Rubbish (5): TRIPE
99 Across: Sp. ladies (4): SRAS
102 Across: Kennelmate of Rover (4): FIDO
105 Across: Additionally (4): ELSE
106 Across: Noted husband-and-wife paleontologists (7): LEAKEYS
108 Across: Business letter abbr. (4): ENCL
110 Across: Bump (4): OUST
112 Across: 33-Down + 42-Across (8): ALPHABET
114 Across: 68-Down + 104-Down (12): THEODDCOUPLE
120 Across: Gliding step, in ballet (8): GLISSADE
121 Across: Fine porcelain (5): IMARI
122 Across: Get (6): ATTAIN
123 Across: Old cartoonist ___ Hoff (3): SYD
124 Across: Part of Q.E.D. (4): ERAT
125 Across: Head of circulation? (5): SOFTC
126 Across: Brought up (6): REARED

Down Answers

1 Down: "A jealous mistress": Emerson (3): ART
2 Down: Cry of disgust (3): BAH
3 Down: Round Table title (3): SIR
4 Down: Jonson work (3): ODE
5 Down: Bagpipe, e.g. (4): REED
6 Down: Closet item (5): BROOM
7 Down: Singer in a boîte (9): CHANTEUSE
8 Down: Just ducky (3): AOK
9 Down: 69-Across component (4): PAIR
10 Down: "Journey to ___" ("Sesame Street" feature) (5): ERNIE
11 Down: U-Haul rival (5): RYDER
12 Down: Cable chan. for old films (3): TCM
13 Down: Gardener, sometimes (4): HOER
14 Down: Normal, as a photo (10): UNREVERSED
15 Down: Tiny appendages on rose plants (7): STIPELS
16 Down: 25-Across component (5): SUGAR
17 Down: Usually, after "as" (5): ARULE
18 Down: Suffix for abnormalities (4): OSES
22 Down: Lulus (5): ONERS
24 Down: Cry of disgust (3): FIE
28 Down: Actor Sam of Broadway's "The Sunshine Boys" (6): LEVENE
30 Down: Actress Massey (5): ILONA
31 Down: Stuck, with "down" (5): MIRED
32 Down: "Beat ___ to ..." (5): APATH
33 Down: 112-Across component (10): CONSONANTS
35 Down: Japanese yes (3): HAI
37 Down: Cold war group (7): SOVIETS
41 Down: Panasonic competitor (3): RCA
43 Down: Twerp (6): WEENIE
45 Down: Xbox aficionados (6): GAMERS
46 Down: Nobelist Metchnikoff (4): ELIE
47 Down: "Dawson's Creek" girl (3): JEN
48 Down: 25-Across component (9): EGGWHITES
50 Down: Many Michener works (5): SAGAS
51 Down: ___ manual (5): USERS
52 Down: 92-Across component (5): VODKA
55 Down: Wrinkle-resistant fabric (5): ORLON
56 Down: Magazine published by the Parenting Group (10): FAMILYLIFE
58 Down: 21st-century year (3): MML
63 Down: 1985 John Malkovich movie (5): ELENI
65 Down: Ham (6): EMOTER
66 Down: Punches (5): SOCKS
67 Down: Works (5): OPERA
68 Down: 114-Across component (5): FELIX
69 Down: As an example (6): FORONE
70 Down: Hullabaloos (7): UPROARS
71 Down: Naval letters (3): USS
74 Down: Snack since the 1890's (10): HERSHEYBAR
76 Down: E-mail command (4): SEND
79 Down: Law man? (6): AMPERE
81 Down: Irregular (9): APERIODIC
82 Down: "Chosen" number (3): FEW
83 Down: Trendsetting (5): NOVEL
84 Down: Olympians' blades (5): EPEES
85 Down: Brusque (5): TERSE
88 Down: Part of J.H.S.: Abbr. (3): SCH
91 Down: Pacify (7): APPEASE
93 Down: Coin flipper (3): REF
94 Down: Guru followers (5): SIKHS
97 Down: Something to watch the BBC on (5): TELLY
98 Down: Galloping (5): RAPID
100 Down: Nay sayers (5): ANTIS
101 Down: Doofus (5): SCHMO
103 Down: Flop (3): DUD
104 Down: 114-Across component (5): OSCAR
106 Down: Dawdles (4): LAGS
107 Down: Jon of TV's "UC: Undercover" (4): SEDA
109 Down: Page (4): LEAF
111 Down: Carry (4): TOTE
113 Down: Asian celebration (3): TET
115 Down: Crumb (3): ORT
116 Down: Hagen of Broadway (3): UTA
117 Down: Word before three, four or five, but not one (3): PAR
118 Down: More than an exaggeration (3): LIE
119 Down: This, appropriately (3): END

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