V FORMATION - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 178 clues). Published 4/25/2004. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mount held sacred by pilgrims (4): FUJI
5 Across: "Greatest Love ___" (#1 Whitney Houston song) (5): OFALL
10 Across: Unloads (on) (5): DUMPS
15 Across: Livestock feed (4): MASH
19 Across: Apple product for audiophiles (4): IPOD
20 Across: Psychologist's study (6): AUTISM
22 Across: Bivouac (6): ENCAMP
24 Across: Big name in Art Deco (4): ERTE
25 Across: K-12, in education (4): ELHI
26 Across: One earning rewards (13): FREQUENTFLIER
28 Across: "You ... will ... ___!" (4): OBEY
29 Across: Warbler (5): SONGBIRD
31 Across: "Faint heart ___ won ..." (4): NEER
32 Across: Firefly's young (8): GLOWWORM
34 Across: Atlantic City hotspot, with "the" (3): TAJ
35 Across: O, for one (3): MAG
38 Across: Common project in shop class (6): BIRDHOUSE
40 Across: Singer James (4): ETTA
41 Across: Genetics lab study (3): RNA
42 Across: Very recently (7): ADAYAGO
44 Across: Part of E.E.C.: Abbr. (3): EUR
45 Across: Hanoi holiday (3): TET
47 Across: ___ Electric Co. (6): EDISON
49 Across: "Rouen Cathedral" painter (5): MONET
50 Across: Derby (4): RACE
52 Across: Set on (6): ASSAIL
55 Across: Multicolored (4): PIED
57 Across: George's lyrical brother (3): IRA
59 Across: Favorable position (8): CATBIRDSEAT
62 Across: Worthy of page one (5): NEWSY
66 Across: Looped handle, in archaeology (4): ANSA
67 Across: Shipped (4): SENT
69 Across: Alphabet trio (3): RST
70 Across: Safecracker (4): YEGG
72 Across: "___ magic!" (3): ITS
73 Across: Transcript stat. (3): GPA
74 Across: Range maker (5): AMANA
75 Across: Rowlands of "Another Woman" (4): GENA
76 Across: Puffin, for one (4): SEABIRD
77 Across: Online guffaw (3): LOL
78 Across: Blow (5): ERUPT
80 Across: ___-ovo vegetarian (5): LACTO
82 Across: Arm offerer (6): ESCORT
84 Across: N.Y.C. drive, with "the" (3): FDR
85 Across: Dennis of the N.B.A. (6): RODMAN
87 Across: Boy toy? (3): KEN
88 Across: Rev.'s address (3): SER
89 Across: Kind of special (6): EARLYBIRD
92 Across: Double-decker, e.g. (3): BUS
93 Across: Sanctioned (6): OKAYED
96 Across: Michael and others (5): TSARS
99 Across: Jumps (out) (5): BAILS
100 Across: Shoot the breeze (3): GAB
101 Across: Tip off (4): WARN
102 Across: Daddy-o (4): POPS
104 Across: Former sporty Pontiacs (5): SUNBIRDS
106 Across: "Tsk, tsk!" (3): FIE
107 Across: Judge Lance (3): ITO
108 Across: Make ___ dash for (4): AMAD
109 Across: "Strange Magic" band, for short (3): ELO
110 Across: Sniffish sort (4): SNOB
111 Across: Painter Magritte (4): RENE
112 Across: Foreign assembly (5): SENAT
114 Across: 1996 Beatles hit (8): FREEASABIRD
118 Across: Spike's greeting (3): GRR
119 Across: Made like (4): APED
120 Across: Top (6): VERTEX
122 Across: Green land? (4): ERIN
124 Across: ___ living (bring home the bacon) (5): EARNA
126 Across: Paris daily, with "Le" (6): FIGARO
129 Across: Classic cars, popularly (3): TBIRDS
132 Across: High ___ (3): TEA
133 Across: Chaotic condition (7): RIOTING
136 Across: Daughter of Cadmus (3): INO
137 Across: Retriever (4): BIRDDOG
140 Across: Drive away (6): BANISH
142 Across: ___-Caps (candy) (3): SNO
143 Across: Formerly (3): NEE
144 Across: Resisting (8): AVERSETO
146 Across: "I'll be back in ___!" (4): ASEC
147 Across: Swab (5): MATEY
149 Across: Mobutu ___ Seko of Zaire (4): SESE
150 Across: 3-Down, for one (13): ORNITHOLOGIST
157 Across: They're tops (4): LIDS
158 Across: Pull an all-nighter (4): CRAM
159 Across: Palliate (6): SOOTHE
160 Across: "The Little Clock" poet Wylie (6): ELINOR
161 Across: Part of a pot (4): ANTE
162 Across: "Beetle Bailey" pooch (4): OTTO
163 Across: Like some neutrals (5): SWISS
164 Across: Guam's capital, old-style (5): AGANA
165 Across: Operatic prince (4): IGOR

Down Answers

1 Down: Party (6): FIESTA
2 Down: Transfer, as a computer file (6): UPLOAD
3 Down: Artist born April 26, 1785 (16): JOHNJAMESAUDUBON
4 Down: "Gotcha" (4): IDIG
5 Down: Klutz (3): OAF
6 Down: Shed stuff (3): FUR
7 Down: Had a little lamb? (3): ATE
8 Down: Subject of a lic. (3): LIQ
9 Down: The Fighting Tigers of the Southeastern Conf. (3): LSU
10 Down: Can't stand (6): DETEST
11 Down: Locked up (6): UNFREE
12 Down: 12th-century year (3): MCL
13 Down: Janis of stage and screen (5): PAIGE
14 Down: Troutlike fish (5): SMELT
15 Down: Persian cry (4): MEOW
16 Down: Garden spots (6): ARBORS
17 Down: Camper's jelly (6): STERNO
18 Down: "Yo!" (6): HEYMAN
21 Down: One of the Islas Baleares (7): MENORCA
23 Down: Tropical flower in florists' shops (6): PROTEA
27 Down: Modern, to Beethoven (3): NEU
30 Down: Alcatraz inmate (4): BIRDMAN
33 Down: Pink flamingo, for one (7): WADINGBIRD
36 Down: AARP target (6): AGEISM
37 Down: Stopped fooling around (7): GOTREAL
38 Down: Person likely to have binoculars (3): BIRDER
39 Down: Old antisubversive grp. (4): HUAC
43 Down: "Star Wars" character (4): YODA
46 Down: ___ kwon do (3): TAE
48 Down: Project's end? (3): ILE
51 Down: To be, to Gigi (4): ETRE
53 Down: Authority (5): SAYSO
54 Down: Corralled animal (5): STEER
55 Down: Doctor's aid (5): PAGER
56 Down: Like some estates (9): INPROBATE
58 Down: Writer Quindlen (4): ANNA
60 Down: Egg holders (7): BIRDSNESTS
61 Down: Equilibriums (6): STASES
63 Down: 3-Down work (16): WILDLIFEPAINTING
64 Down: Plot (9): STORYLINE
65 Down: Monogram on a scarf (3): YSL
68 Down: Like plastic slipcovers (5): TACKY
71 Down: St. Peter's station (4): GATE
74 Down: ___ crossroads (3): ATA
75 Down: Lovers' conveyance (7): GONDOLA
79 Down: Downing St. V.I.P.'s (3): PMS
81 Down: Prairie home (6): TEEPEE
83 Down: Unpolished (5): CRASS
84 Down: Monk's title (3): FRA
86 Down: Linguist Chomsky (4): NOAM
90 Down: Sit-up target (3): ABS
91 Down: Pet shop bagful (5): BIRDSEED
94 Down: Jell-O maker (5): KRAFT
95 Down: Novelist Malraux (5): ANDRE
97 Down: It helps you get a leg up (4): RUNG
98 Down: Peace disturbers (7): SNORERS
100 Down: U.S. general's command (3): GIS
101 Down: Egrets and herons (7): WATERBIRDS
103 Down: Sit (4): POSE
105 Down: Pinhead (6): BIRDBRAIN
111 Down: Go on and on (4): RANT
113 Down: Actress Gardner (3): AVA
115 Down: Phone no. add-on (3): EXT
116 Down: Time piece (7): ARTICLE
117 Down: Golfers' delights (4): BIRDIES
121 Down: Ring events (6): RODEOS
123 Down: "Don't think so!" (3): NAH
125 Down: Capacity (4): ROOM
126 Down: Total disaster (6): FIASCO
127 Down: Flip (6): INVERT
128 Down: Attacks (6): GOESAT
130 Down: Garden fixtures (6): BIRDBATHS
131 Down: Pageant wear (6): SASHES
134 Down: Must (6): NEEDTO
135 Down: Big shooter (6): GEYSER
138 Down: Others, to Jorge (5): OTROS
139 Down: 1965 Moody Blues hit (5): GONOW
141 Down: Classical opener? (3): NEO
145 Down: San ___, Italian Riviera city (4): REMO
148 Down: Kyrgyzstan range (4): ALAI
151 Down: "Lord, is ___?": Matthew (3): ITI
152 Down: Motor add-on (3): OLA
153 Down: Singer's job (3): GIG
154 Down: ___ New York minute (3): INA
155 Down: Junior (3): SON
156 Down: Part of a chorus line? (3): TRA

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