HIGH OVERHEAD - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/14/2002. By Patrick Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Rumble in the Bronx" star (4): CHAN
5 Across: Singer Jon (6): SECADA
11 Across: Brandy flavor (4): PEAR
15 Across: Get by (4): PASS
19 Across: Alpine peak Monte ___ (4): ROSA
20 Across: Become tense (6): TAUTEN
21 Across: Cropped unit? (4): ACRE
22 Across: Issue (4): EMIT
23 Across: Honky-tonk legend Ernest (4): TUBB
24 Across: Not far off (16): JUSTAROUNDTHECORNER
27 Across: Film technique, for short (5): SLOMO
29 Across: Most ticklish (7): DICIEST
30 Across: An amino acid (6): LYSINE
31 Across: Bigmouth (7): SEABASS
33 Across: Snakelike (4): EELY
34 Across: Easy mark (7): LIVEONE
35 Across: Not the shortest line between two points (3): ARC
36 Across: Goes back to the beginning (7): REWINDS
39 Across: Corn ___ (4): PONE
40 Across: Insurrectionist Turner (3): NAT
41 Across: Loud laugh (3): YUK
42 Across: 100 centavos (4): PESO
43 Across: N.L. record-setter Steve (6): GARVEY
45 Across: State-run airline (4): ELAL
47 Across: Be informed of (4): HEAR
48 Across: John who invented logarithms (6): NAPIER
49 Across: Sluggish (4): LOGY
53 Across: Stopping point on long trips (5): RESTAREA
55 Across: "The Great Santini" novelist (9): PATCONROY
57 Across: "Our Gang" girl (5): DARLA
58 Across: Director Lee (3): ANG
60 Across: Half a 70's-80's comedy duo (5): CHONG
61 Across: Smoothie (8): ROMANCER
63 Across: W.W. I weapon (7): MUSTARDGAS
67 Across: Exceptional rating (5): STARSTARSTARSTARSTAR
69 Across: Not crisp, laundrywise (7): UNSTARCHED
70 Across: Dust, for one (8): ALLERGEN
72 Across: World Cup powerhouse (5): ITALY
74 Across: Catullus composition (3): ODE
75 Across: Once bitten, say (5): LEERY
76 Across: British delicacies (9): MINCEPIES
79 Across: Stockholder? (5): STORE
83 Across: "___ go!" (4): LETS
84 Across: Inability to tell A from B, e.g. (6): TINEAR
85 Across: Refreshers (4): NAPS
87 Across: Takes action against (4): SUES
88 Across: Silently intimidate (6): STAREDOWN
89 Across: Backbone (4): GRIT
90 Across: Bit of reproof (3): TSK
91 Across: Unmentionable (3): BRA
94 Across: Senator aboard Discovery (4): GARN
95 Across: Horseshoes players (7): TOSSERS
98 Across: "What rubbish!" (3): FIE
99 Across: Parent's performance (7): LULLABY
101 Across: Hidden spot (4): LAIR
103 Across: "It Don't Come Easy" singer (7): RINGOSTARR
105 Across: Fill in (6): UPDATE
106 Across: Noted Ottawa chief (7): PONTIAC
109 Across: Influence (5): COLOR
110 Across: Early Ford production (16): RAIDERSOFTHELOSTARK
113 Across: Particular (4): ITEM
115 Across: Work to achieve harmony (4): TUNE
116 Across: Pipe problem (4): RUST
117 Across: Salad leaf (6): ENDIVE
118 Across: He loved Lucy (4): DESI
119 Across: Husky burden (4): SLED
120 Across: Jacques Cousteau's middle name (4): YVES
121 Across: Hot (6): STOLEN
122 Across: 1999 Matthew McConaughey movie (4): EDTV

Down Answers

1 Down: Monitor, for short (3): CRT
2 Down: It's not according to Hoyle (9): HOUSERULE
3 Down: Jet (9): ASBLACKASTAR
4 Down: Fat cat (5): NABOB
5 Down: Eastern terminus of the Pony Express (8): STJOSEPH
6 Down: ___ de Cologne (3): EAU
7 Down: Éclair filler (4): CUSTARD
8 Down: Pierre's yours (4): ATOI
9 Down: Dadblasted (6): DEUCED
10 Down: "___ Song" (#1 John Denver hit) (6): ANNIES
11 Down: Easy mark (5): PATSY
12 Down: Authentic: Ger. (4): ECHT
13 Down: "Chances ___" (3): ARE
14 Down: It may set you back a bit (8): RECLINER
15 Down: By its nature (5): PERSE
16 Down: Embryonic sac (6): AMNION
17 Down: Yellow-brown pigment (6): SIENNA
18 Down: Kind of theater (6): STREET
25 Down: Artist ___ Sarto (3): DEL
26 Down: Cry of woe (5): OYVEY
28 Down: Sully (3): MAR
31 Down: Quoted one (5): SAYER
32 Down: Win decisively (5): SWEEP
34 Down: Signoff in a mash note (7): LOVEYOU
37 Down: Stern with a violin (5): ISAAC
38 Down: Trusted guide (6): NORTHSTAR
39 Down: Police record entry (5): PRIOR
43 Down: Master P's music (7): GANGSTARAP
44 Down: Natl. Poetry Mo. (3): APR
46 Down: Summit attendees (7): LEADERS
48 Down: Idea destined to fail (7): NONSTARTER
49 Down: Surgical implements (7): LANCETS
50 Down: Grp. of players (4): ORCH
51 Down: Jollity (4): GLEE
52 Down: House adjunct (4): YARD
54 Down: About to explode (5): ANGRY
56 Down: Peace Nobelist Oscar Arias Sanchez, e.g. (7): COSTARICAN
57 Down: Contemptible sneaks (5): DASTARDS
59 Down: [Awful!] (3): GAG
62 Down: Telephone trio (3): MNO
63 Down: Collection of outlets? (4): MALL
64 Down: Title role for Peter Fonda (4): ULEE
65 Down: Hollywood up-and-comer (4): STARLET
66 Down: Like many a Riesling (7): SEMIDRY
68 Down: Speckled songbirds (6): STARLINGS
71 Down: Dress material (5): NINON
73 Down: Quite a while (5): YEARS
77 Down: Unaccustomed (to) (3): NEW
78 Down: Nosy one (5): SPIER
80 Down: Beaten in a race (9): OUTFOOTED
81 Down: Refuse to be taken in (9): RESISTARREST
82 Down: Gravelly glacial ridge (5): ESKER
84 Down: Wintergreen fruit (8): TEABERRY
86 Down: Deeply affected (8): STRICKEN
88 Down: 1994 sci-fi epic (5): STARGATE
91 Down: Says unthinkingly (6): BLURTS
92 Down: One-named entertainer (6): RUPAUL
93 Down: Classic early press (6): ALDINE
95 Down: Offerings to God (6): TITHES
96 Down: Familiarize (6): ORIENT
97 Down: ___-Cat (3): SNO
100 Down: Filled with cargo (5): LADED
101 Down: Artists' rentals (5): LOFTS
102 Down: Underground worker (3): ANT
104 Down: Portamento, in music (5): GLIDE
106 Down: Something to strike (4): POSE
107 Down: Tough guy portrayer Ray (4): ALDO
108 Down: Wire arrangement (4): COIL
111 Down: Minivan alternative (3): SUV
112 Down: Give nothing to (3): STARVE
114 Down: Early second-millennium date (3): MIV

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