WHO SAID IT? - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/3/2005. By Nancy Nicholson Joline.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Breaks (9): TAKESFIVE
10 Across: Places for notes (4): PADS
14 Across: All's partner (5): WARTS
19 Across: Not a long shot, by a long shot (9): EVENMONEY
20 Across: Rap sheet word (5): ALIAS
22 Across: ___ Jackson, a k a Ice Cube (5): OSHEA
23 Across: "If I had a little humility, I'd be perfect" (9): TEDTURNER
24 Across: "I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries" (11): STEPHENKING
26 Across: It's heard in the Highlands (4): ERSE
27 Across: Beethoven work in E flat (6): SEPTET
29 Across: Accord (7): ENTENTE
30 Across: "___ Pagliaccio" (4): RIDI
34 Across: New Jersey's ___ Bay (7): RARITAN
36 Across: Sounds at the Simpsons' (4): DOHS
37 Across: Million-selling Harry Connick Jr. album (3): SHE
40 Across: All done (6): FINITO
43 Across: Habituate (5): ENURE
44 Across: "I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say" (14): CALVINCOOLIDGE
47 Across: Zodiac symbol (6): ARCHER
53 Across: Own (5): ADMIT
54 Across: "___ Gold" (5): ULEES
55 Across: Barbershop girl (7): ADELINE
56 Across: Stops (4): DIES
57 Across: Squeal (3): RAT
58 Across: Ibsen's Gabler (5): HEDDA
62 Across: Louisiana locale (5): DELTA
63 Across: Fellini film, with "La" (6): STRADA
66 Across: Henri, e.g. (3): NOM
68 Across: "I guess it just proves that in America anyone can be president" (10): GERALDFORD
70 Across: "Swan Lake" role (6): ODETTE
72 Across: Drug (6): OPIATE
73 Across: "I am a deeply superficial person" (10): ANDYWARHOL
77 Across: Ida. neighbor (3): NEV
78 Across: Pub servings (6): DRAFTS
83 Across: Trowel wielder (5): MASON
84 Across: Wetlands sights (5): REEDS
86 Across: Classic opener (3): NEO
88 Across: Latin singer Anthony (4): MARC
89 Across: Deighton's "The ___ File" (7): IPCRESS
91 Across: Praise (5): KUDOS
93 Across: Fan (5): LOVER
94 Across: "The English Patient" setting (6): DESERT
95 Across: "I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous" (14): ANNAKOURNIKOVA
99 Across: Womanizer (5): ROMEO
101 Across: Capers (6): ANTICS
102 Across: Letters for the dear departed (3): RIP
103 Across: "The Purple Cow" rhyme scheme (4): ABAB
107 Across: Points the finger at (7): ACCUSES
109 Across: Name in fragrances (4): COTY
111 Across: Cornmeal mush (7): POLENTA
113 Across: Filament (6): THREAD
116 Across: Ordnance component (4): AMMO
120 Across: "Everything you see I owe to spaghetti" (11): SOPHIALOREN
122 Across: "I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way" (9): MARKTWAIN
126 Across: One of the Coen brothers (5): ETHAN
127 Across: Video game name (5): ATARI
128 Across: Weave (9): INTERLACE
129 Across: Film classic of 1953 (5): SHANE
130 Across: "What ___?" (4): ELSE
131 Across: Witches in "Macbeth," e.g. (9): SEERESSES

Down Answers

1 Down: Louis XVI lost his (4): TETE
2 Down: Maintain (4): AVER
3 Down: 1917 shoe debut (4): KEDS
4 Down: Stage direction (5): ENTER
5 Down: Laura Bush's alma mater, for short (3): SMU
6 Down: Pro (3): FOR
7 Down: Room offerer (3): INN
8 Down: Certain necklines (4): VEES
9 Down: Lake ___, lowest point in Australia (4): EYRE
10 Down: Italian staple (5): PASTA
11 Down: No longer the same (7): ALTERED
12 Down: Post-New Year's activity (7): DIETING
13 Down: Dope (3): SAP
14 Down: Stubborn person's word (4): WONT
15 Down: Appealed (5): ASKED
16 Down: Thick-skinned one (5): RHINO
17 Down: New York City avenue (5): TENTH
18 Down: Gurus (5): SAGES
21 Down: Cut (5): SHEAR
25 Down: Group of 112-Down (6): ENNEAD
28 Down: Working stiff (5): PROLE
31 Down: "___ ain't broke ?" (4): IFIT
32 Down: Clamor (3): DIN
33 Down: Run up (5): INCUR
35 Down: Calendar abbr. (3): TUE
37 Down: A lot (5): SCADS
38 Down: "I've ___!" (5): HADIT
39 Down: Playwright Rice (5): ELMER
41 Down: Gilbert and Sullivan title heroine (8): IOLANTHE
42 Down: Like some confrontations (8): TOETOTOE
45 Down: Border guard's request (4): VISA
46 Down: Suffix with book (3): ISH
48 Down: Comparatively embarrassed (6): REDDER
49 Down: Staff symbol (4): CLEF
50 Down: City whose name seems to consist of two opposites (4): HILO
51 Down: ___'acte (4): ENTR
52 Down: Scan (4): READ
55 Down: High rating (4): AAAA
59 Down: Painter Schiele (4): EGON
60 Down: Trust in (8): DEPENDON
61 Down: Expel (8): DRIVEOUT
64 Down: Depressant (6): DOWNER
65 Down: "Bleak House" girl (3): ADA
67 Down: Blend (4): MELD
69 Down: Inc. (3): LTD
71 Down: Drops the ball (4): ERRS
73 Down: During (4): AMID
74 Down: Place to pick up kittens (4): NAPE
75 Down: Mil. awards (4): DSCS
76 Down: Time past, literarily (4): YORE
79 Down: One way to run (4): AMOK
80 Down: Present (5): FAVOR
81 Down: ___ fountain (5): TREVI
82 Down: Junk (5): SCRAP
85 Down: Jamaican music (3): SKA
87 Down: "Hamlet" courtier (5): OSRIC
90 Down: Levels (6): STRATA
92 Down: Decree (5): UKASE
93 Down: Lean (4): LIST
95 Down: Film cable inits. (3): AMC
96 Down: Unbiased (7): NEUTRAL
97 Down: Fridge raiders (7): NOSHERS
98 Down: Staff sgt., e.g. (3): NCO
100 Down: Florida city (5): OCALA
103 Down: Places for altars (5): APSES
104 Down: Carnival feature (5): BOOTH
105 Down: First of a series (5): ALPHA
106 Down: "The Quare Fellow" playwright (5): BEHAN
108 Down: Cabdriver in "It's a Wonderful Life" (5): ERNIE
110 Down: Two-masters (5): YAWLS
112 Down: See 25-Down (4): NINE
114 Down: Porthos and Athos, e.g. (4): AMIS
115 Down: Great ___ (4): DANE
117 Down: Peter who wrote "The Valachi Papers" (4): MAAS
118 Down: Nursery rhyme trio (4): MICE
119 Down: Low scores (4): ONES
121 Down: Suffix with Capri (3): OTE
123 Down: Motorist's info: Abbr. (3): RTE
124 Down: Plop starter (3): KER
125 Down: Un numero (3): TRE

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