TO B OR NOT TO B - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/30/2003. By Alan Arbesfeld.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Large wardrobe (7): ARMOIRE
8 Across: Harder to travel, in a way (5): ICIER
13 Across: Household name in Verona (7): CAPULET
20 Across: Filled online orders, say (7): SHIPPED
21 Across: Barker (5): CARNY
22 Across: Unity (7): ONENESS
23 Across: Party college's nickname? (13): HOMEOFTHERAVE
25 Across: Comeback (7): RIPOSTE
26 Across: Idyllic spots (5): EDENS
27 Across: Hard wood (5): EBONY
28 Across: Musical featuring "It's Today" (4): MAME
29 Across: Tippler (3): SOT
30 Across: Tweed nemesis (4): NAST
31 Across: One side of the Bering Strait (4): ASIA
33 Across: "Star Trek" navigator (4): SULU
34 Across: Debarkation points: Abbr. (4): STNS
35 Across: Squeaky wheel, maybe? (11): OILINGPOINT
40 Across: Mrs. Portnoy, in "Portnoy's Complaint" (6): SOPHIE
42 Across: "___ Dieu!" (3): MON
45 Across: Ostentatious display (4): RITZ
46 Across: Easily-wrinkled fabric (5): RAMIE
47 Across: Spots (5): AREAS
48 Across: Flowerlike polyp (7): ANEMONE
50 Across: Directive to a band (5): HITIT
51 Across: Tennis star Jelena ___ (5): DOKIC
53 Across: Narrow cleft (6): RAVINE
54 Across: Talked-about (5): FAMED
55 Across: "West Side Story" number (7): TONIGHT
57 Across: Brain passages (5): ITERS
58 Across: Radar screen repair? (11): BLIPSERVICE
60 Across: Abbr. on a sale item (3): IRR
62 Across: Parched (4): SERE
63 Across: Come down heavily (4): POUR
64 Across: "The Lake ___ of Innisfree" (4): ISLE
65 Across: Setter settler (4): FLEA
66 Across: Thrash (3): TAN
67 Across: Cook lettuce? (11): BRAISEMONEY
71 Across: Father-and-son actors (5): ALDAS
72 Across: Cardinal, e.g. (7): REDBIRD
74 Across: Thick (5): MIDST
75 Across: Boldness (6): STARCH
76 Across: Food item (5): VIAND
77 Across: Generous granter (5): GENIE
78 Across: Edith who wrote "The Outcasts" (7): SITWELL
79 Across: Bailey bridge material (5): STEEL
81 Across: Certain Indian (5): HINDU
82 Across: ___-test (4): BETA
83 Across: Napoleonic marshal (3): NEY
84 Across: Slow road crosser (6): TURTLE
86 Across: Appropriate name for a female fertility clinic? (11): MADAMEOVARY
89 Across: Steakhouse selection (4): RIBS
90 Across: In a minute (4): SOON
92 Across: Person of action (4): DOER
93 Across: Author Robert ___ Butler (4): OLEN
97 Across: N.L. city (3): ATL
98 Across: Coppertone nos. (4): SPFS
99 Across: Three-toed animal (5): TAPIR
102 Across: Harry Potter's potions professor (5): SNAPE
103 Across: Relentless flood (7): NIAGARA
105 Across: Cause of Leah's many pit stops? (13): JACOBSBLADDER
108 Across: "King Lear" daughter (7): GONERIL
109 Across: Stand out (5): EXCEL
110 Across: Oblique (7): BEVELED
111 Across: Run longer than expected (7): ENDLATE
112 Across: Please, in Potsdam (5): BITTE
113 Across: She looks to the future (7): SEERESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Wan (5): ASHEN
2 Down: 1970's TV spinoff (5): RHODA
3 Down: Palefaces? (5): MIMES
4 Down: Willingly taking (6): OPENTO
5 Down: Wall St. opportunities (4): IPOS
6 Down: Make the calls (3): REF
7 Down: Summer hrs. in D.C. (3): EDT
8 Down: Pain reliever (6): ICEBAG
9 Down: L.B.J. biographer Robert A. ___ (4): CARO
10 Down: Turkmenistan neighbor (4): IRAN
11 Down: It "slayeth the silly one": Job (4): ENVY
12 Down: It may be seeded (3): RYE
13 Down: Marine formation (5): CORAL
14 Down: Ill will (6): ANIMUS
15 Down: Love-crazy Le Pew (4): PEPE
16 Down: Half due (3): UNO
17 Down: Without kids? (15): LESSTHECHILDREN
18 Down: 1991 joiner of the United Nations (7): ESTONIA
19 Down: African pests (7): TSETSES
24 Down: Big pickle producer (5): HEINZ
28 Down: Bell insert (4): MUTE
31 Down: Dress style (5): ALINE
32 Down: Net-surfer's stop (4): SITE
33 Down: Lather (4): SNIT
34 Down: Garnish, possibly (5): SPRIG
36 Down: Does pressing work (5): IRONS
37 Down: Hog the mirror (5): PRIMP
38 Down: "Black Water" novelist (5): OATES
39 Down: Ammonia derivative (5): IMIDE
41 Down: Jack of "The Great Dictator" (5): OAKIE
42 Down: Poughkeepsie college (6): MARIST
43 Down: Raising hell (7): ONATEAR
44 Down: Like chili peppers? (15): NEVERNEVERBLAND
49 Down: Bog down (4): MIRE
50 Down: They're found in the brush (5): HAIRS
51 Down: Lace mat (5): DOILY
52 Down: Previously (4): ONCE
54 Down: Unfixed (5): FLUID
55 Down: Show case? (5): TVSET
56 Down: Molasses (7): TREACLE
58 Down: Get on (5): BOARD
59 Down: Dentist's order (5): RINSE
61 Down: How some people get tattoos (6): RASHLY
63 Down: High sch. disciplinarian (4): PRIN
65 Down: Gem devaluer (4): FLAW
67 Down: Hoops (5): BBALL
68 Down: Fix (5): EMEND
69 Down: "I don't ___ bit" (5): MINDA
70 Down: Hatred (5): ODIUM
71 Down: Fragrant oil (5): ATTAR
73 Down: Tries to lose (5): DIETS
75 Down: "Norwegian Wood" instrument (5): SITAR
77 Down: ___ Carlo Menotti (4): GIAN
78 Down: Golfer Ballesteros (4): SEVE
79 Down: Exotic (7): STRANGE
80 Down: It's big in the Ivy League (7): TUITION
81 Down: Certain co. plans (4): HMOS
82 Down: Embarrassing guests (5): BOORS
85 Down: Vivacity (6): ESPRIT
87 Down: Like some mushrooms (6): EDIBLE
88 Down: Over there (6): YONDER
91 Down: Yard ___ (pub order) (5): OFALE
94 Down: Borscht server (5): LADLE
95 Down: Slender blades (5): EPEES
96 Down: Unhip types (5): NERDS
98 Down: Song from Dylan's "Desire" (4): SARA
99 Down: Head to the terminal, say (4): TAXI
100 Down: It's accessed with a no. (4): ACCT
101 Down: Sappho, e.g. (4): POET
102 Down: Goalie's feat (4): SAVE
104 Down: Come together (3): GEL
105 Down: One of the Bushes (3): JEB
106 Down: Not-so-big shot (3): BBS
107 Down: Wrangler competitor (3): LEE

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