GROWING PAINS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/8/2002. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Us Weekly subject (5): CELEB
6 Across: Little cases (5): ETUIS
11 Across: June birthstone (5): PEARL
16 Across: Go up in the middle (3): ARC
19 Across: "South Pacific" hero (5): EMILE
20 Across: Symbol of brightness (5): MENSA
21 Across: Kentucky college or its town (5): BEREA
22 Across: Blaze, to Blaise (3): FEU
23 Across: Hue for cowardly insurgents? (11): REBELYELLOW
25 Across: Poles, e.g. (5): SLAVS
26 Across: Away's partner (3): FAR
27 Across: Kind of set (7): ERECTOR
28 Across: Like some airports: Abbr. (4): INTL
30 Across: Changing pitch (8): SPITBALL
32 Across: Cabinet dept. (3): AGR
33 Across: Point (4): GIST
35 Across: Salad topping (3): OIL
37 Across: From the kitchen, say (6): EDIBLE
38 Across: Tête-à-tête lead-in (8): LETSTALK
41 Across: Healthy tree? (12): LIVINGWILLOW
44 Across: Attention getters (3): YOS
45 Across: Often (4): ALOT
47 Across: Cuban pianist Jorge (5): BOLET
48 Across: Supposed crop circle makers, for short (3): ETS
49 Across: Monthly bill (5): CABLE
51 Across: Delight (4): GLEE
52 Across: One of the Balearic Islands (7): MINORCA
54 Across: "Take ___" (3): ONE
55 Across: Favorable time to invest? (11): TRADEWINDOW
58 Across: Peddle (4): HAWK
61 Across: Wimps (8): MILKSOPS
63 Across: Heckles (4): BOOS
64 Across: Family nickname (4): NANA
66 Across: Solvent made from coal tar (7): TOLUENE
67 Across: Oohs and aahs (5): GASPS
69 Across: Apple polishers (7): TOADIES
72 Across: Carbon compound (4): ENOL
73 Across: Togo's capital (4): LOME
74 Across: It's not all done on the ground (8): PASSPLAY
75 Across: Hostage situation acronym (4): SWAT
77 Across: Hiding place for a home run hitter? (11): AARONBURROW
80 Across: Chemical suffix (3): IDE
81 Across: Community group since 1915 (7): KIWANIS
83 Across: Café lightener (4): LAIT
84 Across: "The Great Forest" painter (5): ERNST
86 Across: Pitches between innings (3): ADS
89 Across: Virtuous (5): MORAL
90 Across: "Earth in the Balance" author (4): GORE
91 Across: Journey segment (3): LEG
92 Across: Bedding with an aftertaste? (12): BITTERPILLOW
95 Across: Knave (8): SCALAWAG
100 Across: Prima ballerina (6): ETOILE
101 Across: Author Rand (3): AYN
102 Across: Phone button (4): STAR
103 Across: Prince Valiant's son (3): ARN
104 Across: Menace (8): THREATEN
107 Across: Discrimination watchdog: Abbr. (4): EEOC
109 Across: Ballerina Makarova (7): NATALIA
112 Across: First product of 53-Down (3): TEA
113 Across: Taxonomic subdivisions (5): PHYLA
115 Across: Emanation from a wide chimney? (11): BROADBILLOW
117 Across: .0000001 joule (3): ERG
118 Across: Bred winners? (5): SIRED
119 Across: Company that merged with BP in 1998 (5): AMOCO
120 Across: Wild West outlaw's comeuppance (5): NOOSE
121 Across: Turn red, maybe (3): DYE
122 Across: Año starter (5): ENERO
123 Across: Ward off (5): DETER
124 Across: Put in stitches (5): SEWED

Down Answers

1 Down: Morning course (6): CEREAL
2 Down: Surface (6): EMERGE
3 Down: "I'm free!" for example? (13): LIBERTYBELLOW
4 Down: Utility co. output (4): ELEC
5 Down: Whack (4): BELT
6 Down: Popular TV chef (6): EMERIL
7 Down: Business card abbr. (3): TEL
8 Down: Dark (5): UNLIT
9 Down: Airs (4): ISON
10 Down: Made certain (7): SAWTOIT
11 Down: "Mystery!" broadcaster (3): PBS
12 Down: Sushi fish (4): EELS
13 Down: "I don't give ___!" (4): ARAP
14 Down: Book coverer? (8): REVIEWER
15 Down: Desperate (9): LASTDITCH
16 Down: Warm (7): AFFABLE
17 Down: Divide up in a new way (7): REALLOT
18 Down: Alaska nesters (7): CURLEWS
24 Down: Tranquil discipline (4): YOGA
29 Down: Actress Ullmann (3): LIV
31 Down: Puppeteer Baird (3): BIL
34 Down: Ancient Scandinavian poets (6): SKALDS
36 Down: Instinctual desires (7): LIBIDOS
39 Down: Scale part (3): SOL
40 Down: Fly with a long proboscis (6): TSETSE
41 Down: MGM Studios founder (4): LOEW
42 Down: Things to avoid (5): NONOS
43 Down: Healthy look (4): GLOW
46 Down: Stone Mountain honoree (3): LEE
49 Down: Title for Dumas's Edmond Dantès (5): COMTE
50 Down: Negative particles (6): ANIONS
51 Down: Rubberneck (4): GAPE
52 Down: Alphabetical run (4): MNOP
53 Down: Kroger competitor (5): AANDP
56 Down: Guidry of the 70's-80's Yankees (3): RON
57 Down: "The Master Builder" playwright (5): IBSEN
59 Down: Where hogs mourn? (13): WAILINGWALLOW
60 Down: Presses, folds and stretches (6): KNEADS
62 Down: Landed peasant in pre-1917 Russia (5): KULAK
65 Down: So far (5): ASYET
67 Down: Thug (7): GORILLA
68 Down: Old Testament prophet (4): AMOS
69 Down: Sharp (4): TART
70 Down: Bear in Bolivia (3): OSO
71 Down: Too (6): ASWELL
73 Down: ___ City, Hawaii (5): LANAI
74 Down: One doing clerical work (6): PRIEST
76 Down: Not shot all at once (9): TIMELAPSE
77 Down: Powerful D.C. lobby (4): AARP
78 Down: Squander (4): BLOW
79 Down: Old Egypt-Syr. alliance (3): UAR
82 Down: Lost appeal over time (8): WORETHIN
85 Down: "Michael Collins" actor, 1996 (3): REA
86 Down: Falsified ID's for, perhaps (7): ABETTED
87 Down: Flustered (7): DITHERY
88 Down: Attic use (7): STORAGE
90 Down: Turned (7): GONEBAD
93 Down: Draw (3): TIE
94 Down: Soap-making ingredient (3): LYE
96 Down: Straight shooting (6): CANDOR
97 Down: Sadat, e.g. (4): ARAB
98 Down: Songlike (6): ARIOSE
99 Down: Like some steak bones (6): GNAWED
102 Down: Dart (5): SCOOT
105 Down: Rochester's love (4): EYRE
106 Down: Red or Card (4): NLER
108 Down: "Coffee, Tea ___" (1960's best seller) (4): ORME
110 Down: Anchovy containers (4): TINS
111 Down: Cosmetic additive (4): ALOE
114 Down: Flap (3): ADO
116 Down: Big heart? (3): ACE

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