FILM SPLICING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/6/2003. By Robert H. Wolfe.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Giving the best advice (6): SAGEST
7 Across: Part (8): FILMROLE
15 Across: Chicago's winter hrs. (3): CST
18 Across: They're positive (6): ANODES
19 Across: Devotee (8): IDOLATER
20 Across: Run (5): SPATE
22 Across: Lunch fears? (15): HIGHNOONANXIETY
24 Across: "The Nevadan," e.g. (5): OATER
25 Across: "___ dreaming?" (3): AMI
26 Across: Sorry (3): SAD
27 Across: Kind of mill (3): GIN
28 Across: Preening bird, maybe (6): MOLTER
29 Across: Pinker, in a way (5): RARER
32 Across: Small pouch (3): SAC
34 Across: Not by much (10): MARGINALLY
38 Across: First lady's hype? (19): ALLTHATJAZZABOUTEVE
42 Across: In (3): HOT
43 Across: Hoops game (8): ONEONONE
44 Across: Tournament round (5): SEMIS
47 Across: U.S.N. grad (3): ENS
50 Across: Like some lab mice (6): ALBINO
52 Across: Grind (7): RATRACE
54 Across: Like a good-sized woods, perhaps (7): TENACRE
57 Across: Head off (5): AVERT
60 Across: Without precedent (3): NEW
61 Across: Skinny, dejected football player? (18): THETHINBLUELINEMAN
68 Across: "Farm" letters (5): EIEIO
69 Across: Piston adjunct (7): OILRING
70 Across: Retinue, in modern lingo (5): POSSE
74 Across: Filmdom's Thelma and Louise? (18): TWOWOMENFORTHEROAD
79 Across: Pick, with "for" (3): OPT
82 Across: Eastern queen (5): RANEE
83 Across: 1979 hit for the Police (7): ROXANNE
84 Across: Dreamy (7): SURREAL
87 Across: Orbit (6): DOMAIN
91 Across: Itch (3): YEN
92 Across: Peeping Tom (5): SPIER
93 Across: Didn't move on (8): LOITERED
97 Across: Sentence-ending abbr. (3): ETC
100 Across: Autobiography of a humorist's wife? (19): THEKINGOFCOMEDYANDI
106 Across: Leading (10): PREEMINENT
108 Across: Locks bought in a store? (3): WIG
109 Across: "McSorley's Bar" painter (5): SLOAN
110 Across: Work that includes a visit to the underworld (6): AENEID
111 Across: Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen (3): ESA
114 Across: Laura's husband in 60's TV (3): ROB
116 Across: Sp. title (3): SRA
117 Across: Said "O-D-O-U-R," e.g. (5): SPELT
118 Across: Promise of a good hotel? (15): THEBIGEASYSLEEP
124 Across: "Steppenwolf" author (5): HESSE
125 Across: Dines (8): HASAMEAL
126 Across: Standing (6): REPUTE
127 Across: The Unsers of Indy (3): ALS
128 Across: Milton, Shelley and Gray (8): ELEGISTS
129 Across: Papa Doc Duvalier, e.g. (6): DESPOT

Down Answers

1 Down: Camel's place (6): SAHARA
2 Down: Kind of instinct (6): ANIMAL
3 Down: Modern words of encouragement (6): GOGIRL
4 Down: Old letter (3): EDH
5 Down: Clinton, e.g.: Abbr. (3): SEN
6 Down: General ___ chicken (4): TSOS
7 Down: Succeed through help-wanted ads (8): FINDAJOB
8 Down: Home of Craters of the Moon Natl. Monument (3): IDA
9 Down: Trousers spec (4): LONG
10 Down: Five years before the Battle of Hastings (4): MLXI
11 Down: Best Picture of 1988 (7): RAINMAN
12 Down: Suffix with Capri (3): OTE
13 Down: Tennis call (3): LET
14 Down: Suffix with green or bean (3): ERY
15 Down: Rancher (9): CATTLEMAN
16 Down: Gray tone (5): STEEL
17 Down: Towel material (5): TERRY
20 Down: Least delayed (7): SOONEST
21 Down: Discussion (7): PALAVER
23 Down: Brewer's equipment (4): OAST
28 Down: Sch. on the Charles (3): MIT
30 Down: Bygone suffix (3): ETH
31 Down: When tripled, a crew member's fraternity? (3): RHO
33 Down: "Pretty please?" (4): CANI
35 Down: Blood system (3): ABO
36 Down: Presidential nickname (3): RON
37 Down: "C'est la ___" (6): GUERRE
39 Down: Game name (5): ATARI
40 Down: Means of enlightenment (3): ZEN
41 Down: Madhouse (3): ZOO
45 Down: Swelling reducer (3): ICE
46 Down: Tailor-make (3): SEW
47 Down: Novel conclusion? (4): ETTE
48 Down: Drink since 1924 (4): NEHI
49 Down: Snick or ___ (4): SNEE
51 Down: Actor Cariou (3): LEN
53 Down: Store convenience, for short (3): ATM
55 Down: Engaged (4): ATIT
56 Down: Grub (4): CHOW
57 Down: Letter before ba (4): ALIF
58 Down: Trattoria order (4): VINO
59 Down: Techie: Abbr. (4): ENGR
62 Down: Benefit (4): BOON
63 Down: CaO (4): LIME
64 Down: Peter Fonda played him in a 1997 film (4): ULEE
65 Down: Marine eagle (3): ERN
66 Down: High spot (4): APEX
67 Down: Delia's literary sister (4): NORA
71 Down: Camcorder maker (4): SONY
72 Down: Fit to stand trial, say (4): SANE
73 Down: P.M. before Macmillan (4): EDEN
75 Down: ___ pro nobis (3): ORA
76 Down: Immure (6): WALLIN
77 Down: Prefix with state (3): TRI
78 Down: Ground, in a way (5): HONED
79 Down: Old spy grp. (3): OSS
80 Down: Litter unit (3): PUP
81 Down: Platitude (9): TRITENESS
85 Down: Fixes, as a pump (7): REHEELS
86 Down: Cave dweller, e.g. (7): EREMITE
87 Down: Phone trio (3): DEF
88 Down: Sea monster (3): ORC
89 Down: "Got milk?" request (4): MEOW
90 Down: Some old TV's (8): ADMIRALS
94 Down: Like-minded (3): ONE
95 Down: Engine part: Abbr. (3): IGN
96 Down: Carry-on (7): TOTEBAG
98 Down: Cobb and Hardin (3): TYS
99 Down: White House nickname (3): CAL
101 Down: Little butter? (3): KID
102 Down: Divas have them (4): EGOS
103 Down: Pilot's directive on takeoff (6): NOSEUP
104 Down: "Do I ___ eat a peach?" (6): DARETO
105 Down: Sulky (6): INAPET
106 Down: "Doctor Zhivago" part (5): PASHA
107 Down: Run off (5): REPEL
112 Down: ___ Valley, Calif. (4): SIMI
113 Down: A long time (4): AGES
115 Down: Polar explorer (4): BYRD
118 Down: French beverage (3): THE
119 Down: March who hosted "The $64,000 Question" (3): HAL
120 Down: Capt.'s direction (3): ESE
121 Down: Have a beef? (3): EAT
122 Down: Find out (3): SEE
123 Down: Collectible discs (3): LPS

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