THE OTHER HALF - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/26/2004. By Hal Turner.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Novelist known for "locked-room" mysteries (4): CARR
5 Across: Just about hopeless (5): BLEAK
10 Across: Former first lady's name (4): BESS
14 Across: Rash problem (4): ITCH
18 Across: Potpourri (4): OLIO
19 Across: Terra firma (5): EARTH
20 Across: Coleridge's "___ Khan" (5): KUBLA
21 Across: "A Doll's House" heroine (4): NORA
22 Across: Long-running column (16): HINTSFROMABELARD
25 Across: Hostage crisis group (4): SWAT
26 Across: Those reversing (8): NEGATORS
27 Across: Pungent (5): TANGY
28 Across: What's happening (6): DOINGS
30 Across: Major or Thatcher, e.g. (4): TORY
31 Across: French department (5): MARNE
32 Across: Cool (4): NEAT
33 Across: Nook (6): ALCOVE
36 Across: "In Search Of ?" host (5): NIMOY
37 Across: At sixes and sevens (8): CONFUSED
41 Across: "The Wreck of the Mary ___" (5): DEARE
42 Across: Cafeteria (11): DININGOATES
44 Across: James Clavell best seller "___-Pan" (3): TAI
45 Across: Stops up (4): DAMS
46 Across: Co. V.I.P. (4): PRES
47 Across: Like most of Oman (4): ARID
48 Across: Glossary entry (4): TERM
49 Across: Dubious "gift" (3): ESP
50 Across: Hammer wielder (11): BLACKWESSON
54 Across: Things put on houses (5): LIENS
55 Across: Manage (8): REGULATE
57 Across: Leigh Hunt's "Abou Ben ___" (5): ADHEM
58 Across: Derrières (5): RUMPS
59 Across: Newspaper department (5): OBITS
60 Across: Funny Mike (5): MYERS
61 Across: Portobello alternative (5): MOREL
62 Across: Toiletry item (5): FLOSS
63 Across: "I Believe" singer, 1953 (5): LAINE
64 Across: Islets of Langerhans locale (8): PANCREAS
67 Across: Fugitive's creation (5): ALIAS
68 Across: L-shaped tool (11): BURNSWRENCH
70 Across: "I'm Real" singer's nickname (3): JLO
71 Across: It's half the faun (4): GOAT
72 Across: Twinge (4): PANG
73 Across: Modern ice cream flavor (4): OREO
74 Across: Keyboard section (4): TIER
75 Across: Common test subject (3): RAT
76 Across: Classic doll (11): RAGGEDYAMOS
80 Across: Have a cow (5): CALVE
81 Across: Letter wearers, e.g. (8): ATHLETES
83 Across: Find new tenants for (5): RELET
84 Across: Spends pleasantly, with "away" (6): WHILES
85 Across: Kadett maker (4): OPEL
86 Across: Calls, old-style (5): DIALS
87 Across: Hue close to aqua (4): TEAL
88 Across: Video store category (6): ACTION
91 Across: Video store category (5): GENRE
92 Across: Like ocher (8): ORANGISH
96 Across: Lug (4): LOUT
97 Across: When some people pick up turkeys (16): THANKSGIVINGADAM
100 Across: Saying nothing (4): MUTE
101 Across: Bridge seats (5): EASTS
102 Across: Make beam (5): ELATE
103 Across: Lawn-Boy alternative (4): TORO
104 Across: Pony provoker (4): SPUR
105 Across: Tango moves (4): DIPS
106 Across: Struck out (5): DELED
107 Across: Crimson rivals (4): ELIS

Down Answers

1 Down: Harry who co-founded Columbia Pictures (4): COHN
2 Down: Live ___ (be someone you're not) (4): ALIE
3 Down: Arboreal age indicator (4): RING
4 Down: Some muscles (8): ROTATORS
5 Down: In the presence of (6): BEFORE
6 Down: Bird making a basket (5): LARRY
7 Down: The libido, in psychiatry (4): EROS
8 Down: Balance provider (3): ATM
9 Down: Head of Iran beginning 1997 (7): KHATAMI
10 Down: Shoplifter's giveaway, perhaps (5): BULGE
11 Down: Bidding site (4): EBAY
12 Down: Camera type, briefly (3): SLR
13 Down: Blue (8): SADDENED
14 Down: As originally arranged (6): INSITU
15 Down: Country partner? (4): TOWN
16 Down: Mountaineer's challenge (4): CRAG
17 Down: Tops (4): HATS
20 Down: Popular saxophonist (6): KENNYG
23 Down: Boiling point? (5): STOVE
24 Down: Captain of industry (5): BARON
29 Down: Bozos (4): OAFS
31 Down: Belarus's capital (5): MINSK
32 Down: Away (5): NOTIN
33 Down: Puff ___ (5): ADDER
34 Down: Car dealer's offering (5): LEASE
35 Down: Popular negotiation location (11): CAMPGOLIATH
36 Down: Flower girl, sometimes (5): NIECE
37 Down: Billiards bounce (5): CAROM
38 Down: Worker who shouldn't have acrophobia (11): STEEPLEJILL
39 Down: Makes (5): EARNS
40 Down: Makes indistinct (4): DIMS
42 Down: Mild oaths (5): DRATS
43 Down: Refreshing spots (5): OASES
46 Down: Surveyors' maps (5): PLATS
48 Down: Microwave feature (5): TIMER
50 Down: Felicity (5): BLISS
51 Down: Entrance (5): WAYIN
52 Down: Places of 50-Down (5): EDENS
53 Down: Cousin of a mole (5): SHREW
54 Down: Clumsy move (5): LURCH
56 Down: Lusitania sinker (5): UBOAT
58 Down: Big name in infomercials (5): RONCO
60 Down: Poet Piercy (5): MARGE
61 Down: Bison features (5): MANES
62 Down: Dairy treat (5): FLOAT
63 Down: Bronchi termini (5): LUNGS
64 Down: Candidate of 1992 (5): PEROT
65 Down: Bufferin alternative (5): ALEVE
66 Down: Sensitive spots (5): SORES
67 Down: Pearl Mosque locale (4): AGRA
68 Down: Toast alternative (5): BAGEL
69 Down: Some apples (5): ROMES
72 Down: Unduplicatable, in a way (8): PATENTED
74 Down: Follow very closely (8): TAILGATE
76 Down: Defaulter's comeuppance (4): REPO
77 Down: Predinner ritual (6): DRINKS
78 Down: A long time (5): YEARS
79 Down: Maintained (7): ALLEGED
80 Down: Michael who won the 1989 French Open (5): CHANG
82 Down: Stick around (6): LOITER
84 Down: No longer on the bottle (6): WEANED
86 Down: Auto damage (5): DENTS
87 Down: Old hat (5): TRITE
88 Down: Mendicant's want (4): ALMS
89 Down: Great move (4): COUP
90 Down: Ballet piece (4): TUTU
91 Down: Shocked reaction (4): GASP
92 Down: Racer's path (4): OVAL
93 Down: Pedestal figure (4): IDOL
94 Down: Raipur wrap (4): SARI
95 Down: Benefit package grps. (4): HMOS
98 Down: "Bali ___" (3): HAI
99 Down: Land in l'Atlantique (3): ILE

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