CELEBRITY CHEFS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/5/2003. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Archaeological find (4): TOMB
5 Across: Son of Mary, Queen of Scots (6): JAMESI
11 Across: Entrance feature (4): JAMB
15 Across: Fishing site (4): DORY
19 Across: "What a ride!" (4): WHEE
20 Across: Corrects (6): EMENDS
21 Across: Part of a conjugation lesson (4): AMAT
22 Across: Symphony member (4): OBOE
23 Across: They may be rolled (4): OATS
24 Across: Writer's favorite recipe? (16): ANNESRICEPUDDING
27 Across: Used (8): PREOWNED
29 Across: Holiday song (4): NOEL
30 Across: Security need (5): IDTAG
31 Across: Comedian's favorite recipe? (17): MARTINSSHORTBREAD
36 Across: Mid-first-century date (3): LII
37 Across: Before, in verse (3): ERE
38 Across: Like the lungs (5): LOBAR
42 Across: One of the continents: Abbr. (3): AFR
45 Across: Place known anciently as Lacus Asphaltites (7): DEADSEA
47 Across: It established banks in Switzerland (4): AARE
50 Across: Sugar suffixes (4): OSES
52 Across: Clerk's counterpart (4): LAIC
54 Across: Actress's favorite recipe? (14): HALLESBERRYPIE
57 Across: Predecessor of Tiberius (8): AUGUSTUS
61 Across: One whose business is picking up (4): MAID
62 Across: Singer of the #1 country hit "Tall Dark Stranger" (5): OWENS
63 Across: Guard dog, e.g. (7): SNARLER
64 Across: Ready for occupation (6): VACANT
67 Across: Hearty cuts (6): TBONES
68 Across: Game show hostess's favorite recipe? (15): VANNASWHITECORN
71 Across: Emphasize (6): ACCENT
74 Across: Windup (6): FINALE
75 Across: Losing ground (7): ERODING
79 Across: Question (5): DOUBT
80 Across: Box (4): LOGE
81 Across: Highlighted (8): PLAYEDUP
82 Across: Poet's favorite recipe? (14): EZRASPOUNDCAKE
87 Across: WB sitcom (4): REBA
88 Across: 1994 film based on the play "Idioglossia" (4): NELL
89 Across: Mice catchers (4): OWLS
90 Across: Rebels (7): UPRISES
94 Across: Dunderhead (3): ASS
95 Across: AstroTurf fiber (5): NYLON
97 Across: Guanabara Bay city (3): RIO
98 Across: Jokester (3): IMP
99 Across: Actor's favorite recipe? (17): KEVINSBACONBURGER
109 Across: Not cede the point (5): ARGUE
113 Across: Mexican poet Juana ___ de la Cruz (4): INES
114 Across: "Sorry" (8): PARDONME
115 Across: Politician's favorite recipe? (16): JERRYSBROWNBETTY
120 Across: Places (4): LOCI
121 Across: Cuckoos (4): ANIS
122 Across: Sharp (4): KEEN
123 Across: The Joker player on "Batman" (6): ROMERO
124 Across: Gathering clouds, say (4): OMEN
125 Across: TV sword wielder (4): XENA
126 Across: Doctrines (4): ISMS
127 Across: Puma rival (6): ADIDAS
128 Across: Attends (4): SEES

Down Answers

1 Down: Afternoon hr. (5): TWOPM
2 Down: "Butterfield 8" author (5): OHARA
3 Down: What a reader may read (5): METER
4 Down: Stupefy (5): BESOT
5 Down: 1960's sitcom title role (7): JEANNIE
6 Down: Common soap opera affliction (7): AMNESIA
7 Down: Patches (5): MENDS
8 Down: Suffix with menth- (3): ENE
9 Down: 60's antiwar grp. (3): SDS
10 Down: 45-Across neighbor: Abbr. (3): ISR
11 Down: Ebenezer's partner in "A Christmas Carol" (5): JACOB
12 Down: Eastern chieftain: Var. (5): AMEER
13 Down: Sugar ___ (5): MAPLE
14 Down: A.C. output (3): BTU
15 Down: Longtime Connecticut senator (4): DODD
16 Down: Life lines? (4): OBIT
17 Down: Author Jaffe (4): RONA
18 Down: Person with a safe job? (4): YEGG
25 Down: C.D. earnings (3): INT
26 Down: Singer of the 2001 hit "Thankyou" (4): DIDO
28 Down: Unbroken (4): WILD
32 Down: Peggy Lee's "___ Tramp" (4): HESA
33 Down: City south of Moscow (4): OREL
34 Down: Honest-to-God (4): REAL
35 Down: Yank or Blue Jay (4): ALER
39 Down: The young Mozart, e.g. (9): BOYWONDER
40 Down: See 116-Down (5): ASPEN
41 Down: Constance d'Arles, e.g. (5): REINE
42 Down: "Sad to say ..." (4): ALAS
43 Down: Horned deity (4): FAUN
44 Down: Baltic's Gulf of ___ (4): RIGA
46 Down: Some batters, for short (3): DHS
47 Down: People of Ghana (6): ASANTE
48 Down: Grab ___ (5): ABITE
49 Down: Bloodshot (3): RED
51 Down: Legis. meeting (4): SESS
53 Down: It may cause a strike (9): CURVEBALL
55 Down: Letters that can't be found at the post office (5): EMAIL
56 Down: Drink made with Scotch (6): ROBROY
58 Down: Angles (6): SLANTS
59 Down: It's pitched (4): TENT
60 Down: Agora purchase (3): URN
64 Down: Digital displays? (6): VSIGNS
65 Down: Bristly, like barley (5): AWNED
66 Down: Half a dance (3): CHA
67 Down: Part of a Japanese war cry (4): TORA
69 Down: Against the rules (5): AFOUL
70 Down: Collectible frame (3): CEL
71 Down: Yemeni city (4): ADEN
72 Down: Swindle (5): COZEN
73 Down: Frizzed (5): CURLY
76 Down: Head piece? (4): IDEA
77 Down: Central points (4): NUBS
78 Down: Transcript stats (4): GPAS
80 Down: Blue (3): LOW
81 Down: Charlottetown's prov. (3): PEI
83 Down: Southern side? (4): PONE
84 Down: Parking spot (4): CURB
85 Down: Samoan port (4): APIA
86 Down: Golden Arches founder Ray (4): KROC
91 Down: "On the Town" actor (7): SINATRA
92 Down: Biologists' study (7): EMBRYOS
93 Down: Idaho, informally (4): SPUD
96 Down: ___-dokey (4): OKEY
100 Down: Feelings (5): VIBES
101 Down: Directed against a thing, legally (5): INREM
102 Down: Some Dodges (5): NEONS
103 Down: Fairbanks-to-Anchorage dir. (3): SSW
104 Down: Chose (5): OPTED
105 Down: Candy brand (5): ROLOS
106 Down: Lawn decoration (5): GNOME
107 Down: Jon Stewart, for one (5): EMCEE
108 Down: They may run down the neck (5): REINS
109 Down: "Iliad" figure (4): AJAX
110 Down: Artist Magritte (4): RENE
111 Down: Beam (4): GRIN
112 Down: Animal in the sky (4): URSA
116 Down: Vacation in 40-Down, e.g. (3): SKI
117 Down: Charlton Heston org. (3): NRA
118 Down: Gym-goer's concern, for short (3): BOD
119 Down: Record inits. (3): EMI

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