LOVE CONNECTION - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/10/2004. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Wire material (4): NEWS
5 Across: Train and bus overseer, for short (3): MTA
8 Across: Hurry-scurry (3): ADO
11 Across: A moving experience (8): HOMESALE
19 Across: Oodles (4): ALOT
20 Across: Belt tighteners (7): BUCKLES
22 Across: Noted Madonna role (8): EVAPERON
23 Across: Submarine (12): HEROSANDWICH
25 Across: Morning (8): FORENOON
26 Across: Pedicure place (5): SALON
27 Across: Mimosa family tree (6): ACACIA
28 Across: "Some Girls Do" author ___ Banks (6): LEANNE
29 Across: Ike's monogram (3): DDE
30 Across: Matchsticks game (3): NIM
31 Across: College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (6): MARIST
34 Across: Air letters? (3): SAS
36 Across: St. Louis Gateway Arch architect (12): EEROSAARINEN
41 Across: Name hidden in seven other answers in this puzzle (4): EROS
45 Across: Cuddly TV alien (3): ALF
46 Across: Bring in (4): REAP
47 Across: Sings with swings (5): LILTS
48 Across: Psychoanalyst Fromm (5): ERICH
49 Across: Grazing ground (3): LEA
50 Across: Dumps (5): STIES
53 Across: Bit of comedy (4): SKIT
54 Across: Gifted person (5): DONEE
55 Across: Eleniak of "Baywatch" (5): ERIKA
58 Across: Lashes into a fury (7): ENRAGES
60 Across: Puts on a long face (7): ACTSSAD
62 Across: Quagmire (6): MORASS
64 Across: "O, beware, my lord, of Jealousy!" speaker (4): IAGO
65 Across: Cast (4): HURL
67 Across: Till section (4): TENS
68 Across: Notable discovery of 1799 (15): THEROSETTASTONE
72 Across: Ennui-inducing (4): BLAH
75 Across: Strike zone? (4): LANE
76 Across: Capital on the Caspian Sea (4): BAKU
77 Across: Diminutive advice-giver, familiarly (6): DRRUTH
81 Across: Place to meditate (7): YOGAMAT
83 Across: Rap singers, generically (7): RHYMERS
86 Across: Analyze (5): ASSAY
87 Across: In the know (5): AWARE
88 Across: Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears ___" (4): AWHO
90 Across: According to (5): ASPER
92 Across: Guacamole, for one (3): DIP
93 Across: Standard pick-up line? (5): GETIN
94 Across: Seating sections (5): TIERS
96 Across: Squeezed (out) (4): EKED
98 Across: Daughter of Cadmus (3): INO
99 Across: Utopia (4): EDEN
100 Across: Eastern bloom (12): JAPANESEROSE
103 Across: Game elements: Abbr. (3): PTS
104 Across: Went over the top, in a way (6): EMOTED
106 Across: Word after good and bad (3): COP
107 Across: Cartoonist Keane (3): BIL
109 Across: Innocent (6): CHERUB
112 Across: One of the Nixons (6): TRICIA
115 Across: Letter-shaped fastener (5): UBOLT
118 Across: Study of the atmosphere (8): AEROLOGY
121 Across: Chess and tennis, mathematically (12): ZEROSUMGAMES
123 Across: Pub order (8): PILSENER
124 Across: Synthetic fiber (7): ACETATE
125 Across: Major, for one (4): RANK
126 Across: Irons (8): PRESSERS
127 Across: Deli slice (3): RYE
128 Across: "Like ___!" (3): WOW
129 Across: Parts of a line: Abbr. (4): STAS

Down Answers

1 Down: Slangy dissents (4): NAHS
2 Down: Zeno of ___ (4): ELEA
3 Down: London had the first one in 1851 (10): WORLDSFAIR
4 Down: Gave up a seat (5): STOOD
5 Down: Mgr.'s degree (3): MBA
6 Down: Salade niçoise need (4): TUNA
7 Down: Electrician's favorite rock band? (4): ACDC
8 Down: Pianist de Larrocha (6): ALICIA
9 Down: Point (7): DECIMAL
10 Down: Part of the Dept. of Labor (4): OSHA
11 Down: Pajama-clad exec (3): HEF
12 Down: Ab ___ (from the start) (3): OVO
13 Down: Blue or white fish (6): MARLIN
14 Down: They're waved at the Olympics (5): EPEES
15 Down: Groups of 100 (13): SENATEROSTERS
16 Down: Opera "Moses und ___" (4): ARON
17 Down: Bird with a dagger-shaped bill (4): LOON
18 Down: Feminizing suffix (4): ENNE
21 Down: Skater Michelle's family (5): KWANS
24 Down: Look of disdain (5): SNEER
31 Down: Summer coolers (10): MILKSHAKES
32 Down: Nay sayer (4): ANTI
33 Down: Result of a racer jumping the gun (7): RESTART
34 Down: "The Crucible" setting (5): SALEM
35 Down: Olds model (5): ALERO
37 Down: Wiring experts: Abbr. (3): EES
38 Down: Bank posting (4): RATE
39 Down: Kind of leader (7): OPINION
40 Down: Slope (4): RISE
42 Down: Douse, maybe (5): RINSE
43 Down: Current locale (5): OCEAN
44 Down: Discards (5): SHEDS
48 Down: Summer setting in Pa. (3): EDT
51 Down: 1978 cult film by David Lynch (10): ERASERHEAD
52 Down: Nestor (4): SAGE
56 Down: "The Stepford Wives" actress, 1975 (13): KATHARINEROSS
57 Down: Lenten symbol (3): ASH
59 Down: Barely managed (5): GOTBY
61 Down: Dullard (4): CLOD
63 Down: Ward of "Sisters" (4): SELA
66 Down: Takeover artist (7): USURPER
69 Down: Knock (7): RATATAT
70 Down: Author Janowitz (4): TAMA
71 Down: Big D.C. lobby (3): NRA
72 Down: How grade schoolers are grouped (5): BYAGE
73 Down: Mooed (5): LOWED
74 Down: Marble (5): AGATE
78 Down: State Dept. worker (10): USDIPLOMAT
79 Down: Poison (5): TAINT
80 Down: Stickers (5): HYPOS
82 Down: Game pieces (3): MEN
84 Down: Crescent-shaped tract of land (4): HORN
85 Down: Zaire's Mobuto Sese ___ (4): SEKO
89 Down: Clear off (4): WIPE
91 Down: Certain tel. no. (3): RES
95 Down: Requirement for surprise (7): SECRECY
97 Down: Completely clean (5): DEBUG
100 Down: Quality, in a Ford slogan (6): JOBONE
101 Down: Do after dark (6): SOIREE
102 Down: ___ Center (5): EPCOT
105 Down: Open-back shoes (5): MULES
108 Down: Building supports (5): IBARS
109 Down: "Li'l Abner" creator (4): CAPP
110 Down: Prince, e.g. (4): HEIR
111 Down: Perry's creator (4): ERLE
112 Down: Russian monarch: Var. (4): TZAR
113 Down: "The Last Time ___ Paris" (4): ISAW
114 Down: Camera setting (4): AUTO
116 Down: Olin of "Chocolat" (4): LENA
117 Down: Slight reproaches (4): TSKS
119 Down: Eur. language (3): GER
120 Down: Time line markings: Abbr. (3): YRS
122 Down: Kitten's cry (3): MEW

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