TAP, TAP, TAP - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 144 clues). Published 8/8/2004. By Bill Zais.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Quite a story (4): EPIC
5 Across: Fahd and Saud, e.g. (5): ARABS
10 Across: Way to get noticed (4): PSST
14 Across: Barrage (5): BLITZ
19 Across: Besides (4): ALSO
20 Across: "I pass" (5): NOBET
21 Across: Melville novel (4): OMOO
22 Across: Actress Zellweger (5): RENEE
23 Across: Sub firers (10): TORPEDOTUBES
25 Across: Arrive at the airport (4): LAND
26 Across: Had a row (5): OARED
27 Across: Noted Vegas casino with an Irish name (6): OSHEAS
28 Across: Cubed roots? (5): DICED
29 Across: Hot spots (5): OVENS
30 Across: Billingsgate (5): ABUSE
32 Across: Reverse progress (9): BACKSLIDE
34 Across: Primitive business dealing (6): BARTER
35 Across: Worked a garden (6): SPADED
37 Across: Afore (3): ERE
38 Across: Like some races and hopes (3): DASHED
41 Across: Jackie's second (3): ARI
42 Across: Seat that may spin (5): STOOL
44 Across: Hiker's aid (3): MAP
46 Across: Poker announcement (6): IRAISE
48 Across: Boston airport (5): LOGAN
51 Across: Can. province (4): NFLD
52 Across: Conspires with, perhaps (5): ABETS
54 Across: Son of Ramses I (4): SETI
55 Across: Take a shot (at) (5): SNIPE
56 Across: Assume (6): TAKEON
58 Across: Baseball line score letters (3): RHE
59 Across: A Baldwin (4): ALEC
60 Across: Cardinal competitor (5): ASTRO
61 Across: Prince Valiant's son (3): ARN
62 Across: Plural ending (3): IES
63 Across: Fugitate (4): FLEE
64 Across: Metric base (3): TEN
65 Across: Call for help (9): DOTDOTDOTDASHDASHDASHDOTDOTDOT
69 Across: ___-di-dah (3): LAH
70 Across: Parts of l'Océanie (4): ILES
72 Across: Informal wear (3): TEE
73 Across: Loop transports (3): ELS
74 Across: Get around (5): EVADE
77 Across: Claim (4): DIBS
78 Across: Hirt and Gore (3): ALS
79 Across: Twist up (6): WRITHE
82 Across: Policy at a ladies' club (5): NOMEN
83 Across: Yacht material (4): TEAK
84 Across: Almost touching (5): CLOSE
86 Across: Steps down to a river, in India (4): GHAT
87 Across: Having heat? (5): ARMED
88 Across: On the line (6): ATRISK
90 Across: Teacher's org. (3): NEA
91 Across: Lumberjack (5): HEWER
93 Across: Dutch city (3): EDE
94 Across: Beckett title character (3): GODOT
95 Across: W ___ (finale of an encyclopedia) (3): TOZ
97 Across: Hardly a brainiac (6): CRETIN
99 Across: Acted badly (6): EMOTED
102 Across: Some airport shuttles (9): MINIBUSES
104 Across: Thug (5): BRUTE
105 Across: Moral code (5): ETHIC
108 Across: "The Prince of Tides" star (5): NOLTE
109 Across: "Mark of the Vampire" actor (6): LUGOSI
112 Across: Tail (5): TRACK
113 Across: Flood survivor (4): NOAH
114 Across: Summer wear (10): BERMUDASHORTS
118 Across: "___ Report," influential Indian document of 1928 (5): NEHRU
119 Across: Crucifix letters (4): INRI
120 Across: "The Dragons of Eden" author (5): SAGAN
121 Across: Apartment (4): UNIT
122 Across: Sixth-century B.C. storyteller (5): AESOP
123 Across: Org. (4): ASSN
124 Across: Come to ___ (5): ANEND
125 Across: "Uh-huh" (4): ISEE

Down Answers

1 Down: Bolt down (3): EAT
2 Down: 3-Down antagonist (3): PLO
3 Down: See 2-Down (3): ISR
4 Down: Renege (6): COPOUT
5 Down: Et alia (7): ANDOTHERS
6 Down: Playboy (4): ROUE
7 Down: "Fernando" group (4): ABBA
8 Down: Ones with combs (4): BEES
9 Down: Manhattan's east/west arteries: Abbr. (3): STS
10 Down: Whistle-blower, at times (9): POLICEMAN
11 Down: Squarely (8): SMACKDAB
12 Down: Loudness units (5): SONES
13 Down: Take baby steps (6): TODDLE
14 Down: One who can't get over something (7): BROODER
15 Down: Split (5): LEAVE
16 Down: Docket phrase (4): INRE
17 Down: Comics target (4): TEEN
18 Down: British finales (4): ZEDS
24 Down: "___ est percipi" (Berkeley principle) (4): ESSE
28 Down: Pop (3): DAD
30 Down: Burr and Copland (6): AARONS
31 Down: Marilyn Monroe contemporary (12): BRIGITTEBARDOT
32 Down: Nonsense (7): BALDERDASH
33 Down: Van Gogh work (6): IRISES
34 Down: Model material (5): BALSA
35 Down: Cushion site (4): SOFA
36 Down: Man's tie feature (6): POLKADOT
38 Down: "Hard-boiled" writer (12): DASHIELLHAMMETT
39 Down: Cosmetics name (5): ESTEE
40 Down: Clear for takeoff? (5): DEICE
43 Down: Atlanta-based channel (3): TNT
45 Down: August birthstone (5): PERIDOT
47 Down: Without payment (8): ASAFAVOR
49 Down: Mountain social (8): APRESSKI
50 Down: Glower (4): NEON
53 Down: Precisely, after "on" (4): THEDOT
57 Down: Urging from Santa (5): ONDASHER
65 Down: "Go on!" (4): DOTELL
66 Down: Adores (5): DOTESON
67 Down: Panel illumination (7): DASHLIGHTS
68 Down: Attends to a detail (6): DOTSTHEI
69 Down: Mellow Horne (4): LENA
70 Down: Luggage attachment (5): IDTAG
71 Down: Not just mislead (5): LIETO
72 Down: Add (6): TACKON
75 Down: One of rock's Ramones (6): DEEDEE
76 Down: Broke up (5): ENDED
79 Down: Starts to become tiresome (9): WEARSTHIN
80 Down: "The Banger Sisters" co-star, 2002 (4): HAWN
81 Down: When people hate the heat in Haiti (3): ETE
85 Down: Laypersons (8): SECULARS
89 Down: Mug (7): STICKUP
92 Down: Basketball stat (7): REBOUND
96 Down: Composite flower (6): ZINNIA
98 Down: It's widely worn on the feet (3): EEE
100 Down: Food flavoring brand (4): MRSDASH
101 Down: Enthusiastic agreement abroad (6): OUIOUI
102 Down: Prefix with economics (5): MICRO
103 Down: Blessings (5): BOONS
105 Down: 2002-3 erupter (4): ETNA
106 Down: Corner (4): TREE
107 Down: Derisive laughs (4): HAHS
109 Down: Not yielding much (4): LEAN
110 Down: Itch (4): URGE
111 Down: Fed (4): GMAN
114 Down: Org. for hikers (3): BSA
115 Down: Shot putters?: Abbr. (3): RNS
116 Down: 20-20, say (3): TIE
117 Down: Sault ___ Marie (3): STE

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