IN SO MANY WORDS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/8/2003. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Massage target (5): SCALP
6 Across: Not scripted (5): ADLIB
11 Across: "The Lord of the Rings" and the like (5): SAGAS
16 Across: Pince-___ (3): NEZ
19 Across: Bright star in Perseus (5): ALGOL
20 Across: Western director Sergio (5): LEONE
21 Across: Disney dog (5): PLUTO
22 Across: Part of a geisha's costume (3): OBI
23 Across: Start of a quote by 59-Across (17): LANGUAGEISACITYTO
26 Across: Sweets (3): HON
27 Across: Fourth of July earful (9): SWEETCORN
28 Across: Carlo's crowd? (3): TRE
29 Across: Getting off (7): SENDING
31 Across: Fool (3): ASS
32 Across: It has banks in Switzerland (4): AARE
33 Across: Top choices (5): ALIST
35 Across: Overseas refusal (4): NYET
36 Across: "Artaxerxes" composer (4): ARNE
37 Across: Quote, part 2 (13): THEBUILDINGOF
41 Across: France's Jeanne ___ (4): DARC
43 Across: Paraguay and Uruguay (4): RIOS
44 Across: Advantages (4): PROS
45 Across: Sticky stuff (4): TAPE
46 Across: Quote, part 3 (10): WHICHEVERY
49 Across: See 52-Across (4): LOEB
50 Across: A to Z (5): GAMUT
51 Across: Wedding dance (4): HORA
52 Across: With 49-Across, singer with the 1997 hit "I Do" (4): LISA
53 Across: Till compartment (4): TENS
54 Across: President who was once a labor leader (6): WALESA
55 Across: Wister who wrote "The Virginian" (4): OWEN
56 Across: "All in the Family" star (7): OCONNOR
58 Across: Comics interjection (3): SOB
59 Across: Poet born in 1803 (17): RALPHWALDOEMERSON
65 Across: Ottoman governor (3): BEY
66 Across: Uplifts, intellectually (7): EDIFIES
67 Across: Quotable review (4): RAVE
70 Across: Blunderbuss cleaner (6): RAMROD
74 Across: Not slowing down a bit (4): SPRY
76 Across: Feminist Wattleton (4): FAYE
77 Across: Peace Garden State: Abbr. (4): NDAK
78 Across: Blown winds (5): OBOES
79 Across: Rare bills (4): TWOS
80 Across: Quote, part 4 (10): HUMANBEING
82 Across: Uncle ___ (4): BENS
83 Across: Sticks on a table (4): CUES
84 Across: Mozart masterpiece, to an opera buff (4): COSI
85 Across: Diamond figures: Abbr. (4): ERAS
86 Across: End of the quote (13): BROUGHTASTONE
89 Across: Mule-drawn vehicle (4): DRAY
91 Across: "Fish Magic" painter (4): KLEE
92 Across: Pomme de ___ (5): TERRE
93 Across: Feds (4): GMEN
94 Across: Dig (3): GET
97 Across: Museum with an Edward Hopper collection (7): WHITNEY
100 Across: ___ Vito, Sicily (3): SAN
101 Across: Author of "What Do You Say After You Say Hello?" (9): ERICBERNE
103 Across: Vandal (3): HUN
104 Across: Philosophy associated with 59-Across (17): TRANSCENDENTALISM
107 Across: Columbia-associated record label (3): EMI
108 Across: Greene of "Bonanza" (5): LORNE
109 Across: Where barrels may be seen (5): RODEO
110 Across: Shining (5): LITUP
111 Across: Series opener? (3): ESS
112 Across: Broke off (5): ENDED
113 Across: 10-Down member (5): STARR
114 Across: Performs eye surgery, maybe (5): LASES

Down Answers

1 Down: Hot stuff (5): SALSA
2 Down: Grabbers (5): CLAWS
3 Down: David Copperfield's second wife (5): AGNES
4 Down: Ticket choice (4): LOGE
5 Down: "Parallel Lives" biographer (8): PLUTARCH
6 Down: Politico from Tennessee (6): ALGORE
7 Down: Fortune 500 company based in Moline, Ill. (5): DEERE
8 Down: Butcher's cut (4): LOIN
9 Down: Social connections (3): INS
10 Down: 1960's invaders (7): BEATLES
11 Down: Monitors covertly (9): SPIESUPON
12 Down: Supermodel Carol (3): ALT
13 Down: Stag party parties (4): GUYS
14 Down: Goes to (7): ATTENDS
15 Down: Woody's wife (6): SOONYI
16 Down: Baseball rarity (9): NOHITGAME
17 Down: Like ink, to Shakespeare (4): EBON
18 Down: Tabasco's effect (4): ZING
24 Down: Open ___ of worms (4): ACAN
25 Down: First bed (4): CRIB
30 Down: Kind of technician (6): DENTAL
33 Down: Bridge call (4): AHOY
34 Down: Rolling stock? (5): TIRES
36 Down: Deep secrets (6): ARCANA
37 Down: Balkan capital (6): TIRANA
38 Down: Opposite of a smash (3): LOB
39 Down: Sonata, e.g. (4): OPUS
40 Down: Big cheese in Greece (4): FETA
41 Down: Persian Gulf craft (4): DHOW
42 Down: Broadcaster (5): AIRER
43 Down: Plant again (5): RESOW
46 Down: "Says ___?" (3): WHO
47 Down: Made off (with) (6): ELOPED
48 Down: Noted thermal bath locale (5): VICHY
49 Down: Poet Jones a k a Amiri Baraka (5): LEROI
50 Down: Talks for hours (4): GABS
53 Down: Après-ski quaff (5): TODDY
54 Down: Exacerbate (6): WORSEN
57 Down: Padres and Cards, e.g. (5): NLERS
58 Down: "I'm history!" (5): SEEYA
60 Down: Wall St. deals (4): LBOS
61 Down: Flow out (6): EFFUSE
62 Down: Sight from Biscayne Bay (5): MIAMI
63 Down: Cantankerous (6): ORNERY
64 Down: Headliner at the '76 Olympics (5): NADIA
68 Down: Moving vehicles (4): VANS
69 Down: Ticker tape letters? (3): EKG
70 Down: ___ Report (luxury magazine) (4): ROBB
71 Down: But: Ger. (4): ABER
72 Down: Beachwear on the Riviera (9): MONOKINIS
73 Down: Upshot (6): RESULT
74 Down: Hard work (5): SWEAT
75 Down: Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" (9): POSSESSED
79 Down: Boy who was king (3): TUT
80 Down: Perfect (4): HONE
81 Down: Head shot? (8): BEANBALL
83 Down: Root for (7): CHEERON
84 Down: Turns quickly (7): CORNERS
87 Down: Not likely to bite (6): GENTLE
88 Down: 7-Down product: Abbr. (4): TRAC
89 Down: Key of Mozart's "Requiem" (6): DMINOR
90 Down: Prefix with angular (4): RECT
93 Down: Garson of "Mrs. Miniver" (5): GREER
94 Down: Southern bowlful (5): GRITS
95 Down: Come next (5): ENSUE
96 Down: Old Paris newspaper, with "Le" (5): TEMPS
97 Down: "This is fun!" (4): WHEE
98 Down: Runs smoothly (4): HUMS
99 Down: Railroad area (4): YARD
101 Down: Icelandic epic (4): EDDA
102 Down: Lamb's nom (4): ELIA
105 Down: St. Louis-to-Peoria's dir. (3): NNE
106 Down: "Hardly!" (3): NOT

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