ALTERNATE JOB TITLES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/4/2004. By Patrick Merrell.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Trace (4): WISP
5 Across: Cheap (6): TRASHY
11 Across: Gobble (down) (5): SCARF
16 Across: Shepherd's charge (3): EWE
19 Across: 1930's film canine (4): ASTA
20 Across: Faith, Hope or Charity (6): VIRTUE
21 Across: Land on the Yellow Sea (5): KOREA
22 Across: Radio knob: Abbr. (3): VOL
23 Across: Suffix with phosphor (4): ITIC
24 Across: Bicycle mechanic? (12): SPOKESPERSON
26 Across: Goddess whom Homer called "rosy-fingered" (3): EOS
27 Across: Music genre (4): FOLK
28 Across: Dimwit's brain size (3): PEA
29 Across: Have control of (3): OWN
30 Across: Actress Beulah (5): BONDI
32 Across: Obstetrician? (19): LABORREPRESENTATIVE
39 Across: Paw (6): GRABAT
41 Across: Woman, to a waiter (4): MAAM
42 Across: Belts a line drive (7): RIPSONE
43 Across: Bits (5): IOTAS
44 Across: About 10% of New Zealanders (5): MAORI
46 Across: "Cats" monogram (3): TSE
47 Across: Econ. indicator (3): GNP
49 Across: Getaway driver? (15): FLIGHTATTENDANT
54 Across: Sailing (4): ASEA
55 Across: Hardened (3): SET
56 Across: Had control of (5): RULED
57 Across: Chinese port also called Xiamen (4): AMOY
58 Across: Likelier to win a baby contest (5): CUTER
59 Across: Lost traction (4): SLID
61 Across: It's often masked (4): ODOR
62 Across: Spade portrayer (6): BOGART
63 Across: Dry cleaner? (17): WHITECOLLARWORKER
68 Across: Announcement inside the front door (6): IMHOME
70 Across: Wrinkled, maybe (4): AGED
71 Across: Site of many tie-ups (4): PIER
72 Across: Slick (5): SUAVE
73 Across: Took advantage of (4): USED
74 Across: 1990's pact (5): NAFTA
77 Across: Bond yield: Abbr. (3): INT
80 Across: Der ___ Fritz (Friedrich the Great) (4): ALTE
81 Across: Usher? (15): THEATERDIRECTOR
85 Across: Came together (3): WED
86 Across: Tai ___ (3): CHI
88 Across: Lodge with a mud roof (5): HOGAN
89 Across: Defunct women's magazine (5): ROSIE
90 Across: Early progress (7): TOEHOLD
93 Across: Prefix with phobia (4): XENO
94 Across: Minuscule (6): PALTRY
95 Across: Urologist? (19): PRIVATEINVESTIGATOR
99 Across: Like wine barrels (5): OAKEN
100 Across: Tre + tre (3): SEI
101 Across: Something that's picked (3): NIT
102 Across: Hitchhike (4): RIDE
105 Across: Humans and apes, e.g. (3): KIN
106 Across: Electrical inspector? (12): CIRCUITJUDGE
112 Across: Security procedure (4): SCAN
113 Across: Brian of the original Roxy Music (3): ENO
114 Across: Accident cause (5): ERROR
115 Across: One with a flag (6): NATION
116 Across: "___ you not" (4): IKID
117 Across: Colo. Springs-to-Santa Fe direction (3): SSW
118 Across: Rodeo tie (5): LASSO
119 Across: Halloween bagful (6): TREATS
120 Across: Wall St. initials (4): NYSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Stray (4): WAIF
2 Down: Analogy part (4): ISTO
3 Down: Not yet done (9): STILLATIT
4 Down: Prepare for camp, say (8): PACKABAG
5 Down: Tube plug (6): TVSPOT
6 Down: Closer to its prime (5): RIPER
7 Down: Loud, as a crowd (5): AROAR
8 Down: Corp. shares (3): STK
9 Down: Peach or plum (3): HUE
10 Down: "I do" preceder (3): YES
11 Down: Orients a certain way (5): SKEWS
12 Down: Tree (6): CORNER
13 Down: MGM motto start (3): ARS
14 Down: Automotive pioneer's initials (3): REO
15 Down: Support group? (7): FANBASE
16 Down: Venus, e.g. (11): EVENINGSTAR
17 Down: Furniture cover (10): WOODVENEER
18 Down: Old comic actress ___ Janis (5): ELSIE
25 Down: Work with feet (4): POEM
31 Down: Western Indian (3): OTO
33 Down: Shindig (4): BASH
34 Down: Not hold back (5): EMOTE
35 Down: Prepared, as pears (5): PARED
36 Down: Parade stopper (4): RAIN
37 Down: ___ Gritty Dirt Band (5): NITTY
38 Down: Festoons a tree with bathroom rolls, briefly (3): TPS
39 Down: Stored computer images, for short (4): GIFS
40 Down: Goal of a tryout (4): ROLE
44 Down: "All in the Family" spinoff (5): MAUDE
45 Down: U.S./Eur. link (3): ATL
48 Down: I or II, e.g. (4): PART
50 Down: Tired (5): TRITE
51 Down: MoMA display (4): DADA
52 Down: Love figure (4): AMOR
53 Down: Swed. neighbor (4): NORW
54 Down: Boring article (5): AUGER
58 Down: Blast furnace fuel (4): COKE
59 Down: None-too-subtle encouragement (5): SHOVE
60 Down: Lawn additive (4): LIME
61 Down: 80-Across, in English (3): OLD
62 Down: Pipe type (5): BRIAR
63 Down: "You're asking me?" (11): WHATDOIKNOW
64 Down: Purse filler (4): CASH
65 Down: Kind of arch (4): OGEE
66 Down: Mother of Castor and Pollux (4): LEDA
67 Down: Sign up for an offering (5): OPTIN
68 Down: Vidi, translated (4): ISAW
69 Down: Teams in the West (10): MULETRAINS
73 Down: Practical (5): UTILE
74 Down: Some Dodges (5): NEONS
75 Down: Trade talk (5): ARGOT
76 Down: R.D.A. label requirer (3): FDA
77 Down: Warning to a puzzle doer (9): ITSTRICKY
78 Down: Film ___ (4): NOIR
79 Down: Part of a low straight (4): TREY
82 Down: Friend's addressee, maybe (4): THEE
83 Down: Q.E.D. part (4): ERAT
84 Down: Doesn't do just an outline of (8): COLORSIN
86 Down: Pulpit's locale (7): CHANCEL
87 Down: In (3): HOT
91 Down: 1965 #1 hit "___ of Destruction" (3): EVE
92 Down: Hustling places (6): DISCOS
93 Down: 1983 Super Bowl designation (4): XVII
94 Down: Host holders (6): PATENS
95 Down: Dawdlers (5): POKES
96 Down: Prefix with transmission (5): NEURO
97 Down: Home to over a billion (5): INDIA
98 Down: 1962 Jackie Gleason movie (5): GIGOT
103 Down: Roaster's spot (4): DAIS
104 Down: "The NeverEnding Story" writer (4): ENDE
107 Down: U.K. foe (3): IRA
108 Down: Monopoly props. (3): RRS
109 Down: It can make molehills out of mountains (3): TNT
110 Down: Bump (3): JAR
111 Down: Shoshonean (3): UTE

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