CHRISTMAS EVE ADVICE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/22/2002. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Famed family of auto racers (6): UNSERS
7 Across: Not lost (7): CLAIMED
14 Across: Drug for a poison victim, maybe (6): IPECAC
20 Across: Kind of eyes (6): GOOGOO
21 Across: Lallygags (7): LOITERS
22 Across: In-flight (6): MIDAIR
23 Across: Start of a Christmas verse (21): HANGUPYOURSTOCKINGSDO
26 Across: Sandpapered (8): SMOOTHED
27 Across: Airport abbr. (3): ETD
28 Across: ___ Park, Colo. (5): ESTES
29 Across: Article in Die Zeit (3): EIN
30 Across: "Damage" director (5): MALLE
32 Across: Part of a car test course (3): ESS
33 Across: Rub (6): ABRADE
37 Across: Mrs. John ___ (Pocahontas) (5): ROLFE
38 Across: "___ calls?" (3): ANY
39 Across: Not brilliant (4): PALE
43 Across: They're uplifting (4): BRAS
44 Across: Event covered by paparazzi (4): GALA
45 Across: 1917 Theda Bara role, informally (4): CLEO
46 Across: Mosque head (4): IMAM
47 Across: Verse, part 2 (21): BUTPLEASEDONOTSUPPOSE
53 Across: Oklahoma Indian (3): OTO
54 Across: Utah skiing resort (4): ALTA
55 Across: Field for a gov. or a sen. (5): POLIT
56 Across: Gulf sight (5): OILER
57 Across: Casual time to start work (3): TEN
58 Across: "O ___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria) (3): MIO
59 Across: Removing one's hat in an elevator, e.g. (6): CUSTOM
61 Across: Where grapes are grown (6): VINERY
62 Across: 1930's-60's columnist who wrote "Washington Merry-Go-Round" (7): PEARSON
64 Across: Not straight (7): SNAKING
66 Across: Epistle of the New Testament (6): ROMANS
69 Across: Pals (6): AMIGOS
71 Across: Not an exact fig. (3): EST
72 Across: Big shock? (3): MOP
75 Across: Nuclear event, in headlines (5): ATEST
76 Across: Rugged ridge (5): ARETE
77 Across: Came down (4): ALIT
78 Across: First of a Latin trio (3): AMO
79 Across: Verse, part 3 (21): THATSANTAYEARNSTOVIEW
84 Across: Withered (4): SERE
85 Across: Skinny (4): DIRT
86 Across: Roman called "the Censor" (4): CATO
87 Across: "Bus Stop" playwright (4): INGE
88 Across: Viva-voce (4): ORAL
89 Across: Abbr. after some church names (3): AME
90 Across: One cycle per second (5): HERTZ
92 Across: Enter the picture (6): APPEAR
94 Across: Vacation locale (3): SPA
95 Across: James ___, who wrote "The Thin Red Line" (5): JONES
96 Across: Go astray (3): ERR
97 Across: Hilton rival (5): HYATT
99 Across: Tolkien cannibal (3): ORC
100 Across: Whispers (8): BREATHES
105 Across: End of the verse (21): SWEATSOCKSORPANTYHOSE
110 Across: "Put your rear down!" (6): PARKIT
111 Across: More squalid (7): SEEDIER
112 Across: Head car, maybe (6): HEARSE
113 Across: California county or its seat (6): FRESNO
114 Across: Purely extra (7): ADDEDIN
115 Across: On high (6): ARISEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Terse critiques (4): UGHS
2 Down: Linguist Chomsky (4): NOAM
3 Down: Mozart's "Dove ___" (4): SONO
4 Down: Brand in the frozen foods section (4): EGGO
5 Down: Put to flight (6): ROUTED
6 Down: Actress Marceau of "Braveheart" (6): SOPHIE
7 Down: Knucklehead (4): CLOD
8 Down: Baseball's Piniella (3): LOU
9 Down: Melody (3): AIR
10 Down: Intensifying word (6): ITSELF
11 Down: Grit (6): METTLE
12 Down: Wear away (5): ERODE
13 Down: Hero's medal: Abbr. (3): DSC
14 Down: Comment from a lonely-heart (8): IMISSYOU
15 Down: Half-___ (pipsqueaks) (5): PINTS
16 Down: Cusp (4): EDGE
17 Down: One of the Mamas and the Papas (4): CASS
18 Down: A helping hand (3): AID
19 Down: ___-Magnon (3): CRO
24 Down: Urge (3): YEN
25 Down: Most acute (7): KEENEST
30 Down: Marilyn Monroe feature (4): MOLE
31 Down: "When I was ___ ..." (4): ALAD
33 Down: "The Name of the Rose" figure (5): ABBOT
34 Down: Beast (5): BRUTE
35 Down: Betray, in a way (5): RATON
36 Down: 45-Across had one (3): ASP
37 Down: Tabula ___ (clean slate) (4): RASA
38 Down: Nissan sedan (6): ALTIMA
39 Down: Ornamental cord on clothing (6): PIPING
40 Down: Soap plant (5): AMOLE
41 Down: Kind of beam (5): LASER
42 Down: File (5): EMERY
44 Down: Florida collegian (5): GATOR
45 Down: They precede many lists (6): COLONS
48 Down: Bewails (7): LAMENTS
49 Down: Inventor Howe (5): ELIAS
50 Down: Photo ___ (3): OPS
51 Down: False (5): NOTSO
52 Down: Indicate (7): POINTTO
59 Down: Attack (6): COMEAT
60 Down: Central principle of Baha'ism (5): UNITY
61 Down: Stay (5): VISIT
62 Down: Soft shade (6): PASTEL
63 Down: "The Flies" dramatist (6): SARTRE
65 Down: Scottish town of Sir Walter Scott's youth (5): KELSO
66 Down: "Midnight Cowboy" role (5): RATSO
67 Down: Survey choice (5): OTHER
68 Down: Funny Anne (5): MEARA
70 Down: Relative of "Hmm ..." (3): GEE
72 Down: Down East (5): MAINE
73 Down: Last of a series (5): OMEGA
74 Down: Might (5): POWER
76 Down: Lively (7): ANIMATO
77 Down: Film cartoon with the voice of Woody Allen (4): ANTZ
80 Down: Gets comfortable with (8): ADAPTSTO
81 Down: Growing amount? (4): ACRE
82 Down: Lab subjects (4): RATS
83 Down: Limo occupant, perhaps (3): VIP
90 Down: Played (around) (6): HORSED
91 Down: Hide, in a way (6): ENCODE
92 Down: Self-titled 1986 R & B album (6): ARETHA
93 Down: Grace, e.g. (6): PRAYER
94 Down: Robe material (5): SATIN
95 Down: Wisecracked (5): JOKED
96 Down: Directional suffix (3): ERN
97 Down: On earth (4): HERE
98 Down: Rattles on (4): YAKS
100 Down: Country dance locale (4): BARN
101 Down: Popular cuisine (4): THAI
102 Down: ___ de combat (4): HORS
103 Down: Start of North Carolina's motto (4): ESSE
104 Down: No longer secret (4): SEEN
105 Down: Suntan lotion letters (3): SPF
106 Down: Combat (3): WAR
107 Down: Davis was its pres. (3): CSA
108 Down: Disencumber (3): RID
109 Down: Can. province (3): PEI

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