DRAWING POWER - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 2/9/2003. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rock-bottom (5): LEAST
6 Across: Guards of mines, in folklore (6): GNOMES
12 Across: Figures on some Egyptian relics (4): ASPS
16 Across: With the help of (3): VIA
19 Across: "First ___ ?" (Washington) (5): INWAR
20 Across: Halogen salt (6): IODATE
21 Across: Making a big profit, with "up" (8): CLEANING
23 Across: Landmark near the Arno (12): LEANINGTOWER
25 Across: Fabled racer (8): TORTOISE
26 Across: Airport abbr. (3): ARR
27 Across: Ice fishing tools (6): AUGERS
28 Across: Anatomical duct (3): VAS
30 Across: Kind of moment (6): SENIOR
31 Across: Add-ons, of a sort (8): CODICILS
33 Across: Solidify (3): GEL
34 Across: Piggies (4): TOES
35 Across: Baby naming, e.g. (4): RITE
36 Across: Colleague of Dana Carvey on "S.N.L." (8): NORADUNN
38 Across: It follows April in Paris (3): MAI
41 Across: Made cat calls (5): MEWED
44 Across: Edinburgh daily, with "The" (8): SCOTSMAN
46 Across: Back (5): STERN
48 Across: Have ___ (know someone) (4): ANIN
49 Across: Mazda model (5): MIATA
50 Across: It may be a sacrifice (4): BUNT
52 Across: Queue annoyance (4): WAIT
53 Across: Alborg native (4): DANE
54 Across: Forbiddance (7): BANNING
56 Across: Port on the Norwegian Sea (6): BERGEN
58 Across: "What Kind of Fool ___" (3): AMI
59 Across: Welsh breed (5): CORGI
60 Across: Book before Jeremiah: Abbr. (3): ISA
62 Across: Hawaiian verandas (6): LANAIS
64 Across: Weight of some trucks (7): TENTONS
66 Across: 16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line (5): NINAS
68 Across: Tangled up (7): INAKNOT
70 Across: Actress Kazan (6): LAINIE
71 Across: And the rest: Abbr. (3): ETC
72 Across: Coloring (5): TINCT
74 Across: Merger partner of 1955: Abbr. (3): CIO
75 Across: Entered (6): WENTIN
77 Across: Orchestrate (7): ARRANGE
79 Across: Unable to decide (4): TORN
80 Across: Part of a Latin trio (4): AMAT
82 Across: Smart one (4): ALEC
84 Across: Realizes (5): EARNS
85 Across: Flightless bird: Var. (4): EMEU
86 Across: Reason for some medals (5): VALOR
88 Across: Revelations (8): LEAKAGES
90 Across: Pants parts (5): KNEES
91 Across: Safe boat in a storm (3): ARK
92 Across: Senescence (8): AGEDNESS
94 Across: Crusading journalist for the old New York Sun (4): RIIS
96 Across: Periods containing 2-Downs (4): ANOS
97 Across: Spot (3): EYE
98 Across: "Fates Worse Than Death" autobiographer (8): VONNEGUT
102 Across: Aleve alternative (6): ANACIN
105 Across: One who may be found at home (3): UMP
106 Across: Track makers (6): TREADS
108 Across: Roxy Music co-founder (3): ENO
109 Across: Marx Brothers antics, e.g. (8): ZANINESS
111 Across: Artist who hid 66-Across in his drawings (12): ALHIRSCHFELD
114 Across: British unit equal to 14 pounds (8): ONESTONE
115 Across: "Who ___?" (6): DOESNT
116 Across: Part of ancient Turkey (5): IONIA
117 Across: Promise (3): VOW
118 Across: ___ about (approximately) (4): ONOR
119 Across: Stirs up (6): STOKES
120 Across: Like bogs (5): PEATY

Down Answers

1 Down: Light purple (5): LILAC
2 Down: Month in which José Martí was born (5): ENERO
3 Down: Hugo, e.g. (5): AWARD
4 Down: ___ Juan (3): SAN
5 Down: Like some salts (7): TRIACID
6 Down: Response to a double entendre (6): GIGGLE
7 Down: Class reminders (5): NOTES
8 Down: Must, e.g. (4): ODOR
9 Down: Gullets (4): MAWS
10 Down: Printemps follower (3): ETE
11 Down: Automats lack them (7): SERVERS
12 Down: ___ of Parliament (4): ACTS
13 Down: Street caution (3): SLO
14 Down: Someone (6): PERSON
15 Down: Glossy fabrics (7): SATEENS
16 Down: The last Pope Urban (4): VIII
17 Down: ___ many words (4): INSO
18 Down: Ripening agent (4): AGER
22 Down: Votes in Québec (4): NONS
24 Down: Van Gogh's "___ Étoilée à St. Rémy" (4): NUIT
29 Down: Gentle as ___ (5): ALAMB
32 Down: Castle in a ballroom (5): IRENE
33 Down: Made more money (13): GOTANINCREASE
34 Down: Series of underpasses (10): TUNNELINGS
36 Down: Words of denial (4): NOTI
37 Down: Paint without trying to stay within the lines, say (4): DAUB
38 Down: Economist's statistic (10): MEANINCOME
39 Down: Uris hero ___ Ben Canaan (3): ARI
40 Down: Addition to an I.R.A.: Abbr. (3): INT
41 Down: Furious with (5): MADAT
42 Down: 45-Down cover (6): ENAMEL
43 Down: Romp (10): WININAWALK
44 Down: Tell all (4): SING
45 Down: See 42-Down (6): CANINE
47 Down: Make small adjustments in (5): TWEAK
49 Down: Port on the Gulf of Lion (10): MARSEILLES
51 Down: Under state? (6): TRANCE
54 Down: "La Isla ___" (Madonna song) (6): BONITA
55 Down: Fed. govt. supplies distributor (3): GSA
57 Down: No-see-um (4): GNAT
59 Down: Fifth state to join the Union: Abbr. (4): CONN
61 Down: Rubbernecking (6): ASTARE
63 Down: Big do (6): SOIREE
65 Down: Connect (5): TIETO
67 Down: "Give ___ rest" (3): ITA
69 Down: Normal state of muscle tissue (5): TONUS
73 Down: Resting places (4): INNS
76 Down: Grant criterion, often (4): NEED
78 Down: Maids' supplies (4): RAGS
79 Down: It may be present (5): TENSE
80 Down: Big name in 50's Hollywood (3): AVA
81 Down: Ruin (3): MAR
83 Down: Cave ___ (warning) (5): CANEM
87 Down: Met (7): RANINTO
89 Down: Cell features (7): KEYPADS
90 Down: Warm feeling (7): KINSHIP
93 Down: Continued (6): GONEON
94 Down: Some banquets (6): ROASTS
95 Down: Where the U.S. Cong. is (4): INDC
96 Down: Galatea's love (4): ACIS
98 Down: Phileas Fogg's creator (5): VERNE
99 Down: Actress Davis (5): GEENA
100 Down: Dark (5): UNLIT
101 Down: NBC staple (5): TODAY
102 Down: Russia/Ukraine's Sea of ___ (4): AZOV
103 Down: Second introduction? (4): NANO
104 Down: From the top (4): ANEW
105 Down: Addict (4): USER
106 Down: One of TV's Huxtables (4): THEO
107 Down: Insurer's focus (4): RISK
110 Down: ___-Cat (3): SNO
112 Down: Fortune (3): LOT
113 Down: Other side (3): FOE

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