YOU'VE GOT MAIL - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 5/22/2005. By A. J. Santora.
Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.
Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle
Across Answers
- 1 Across: People with books, for short (4)
- CPAS
- 5 Across: Have bills (3)
- OWE
- 8 Across: Emanation (4)
- AURA
- 12 Across: Woman in 20-Across (7)
- ACTRESS
- 19 Across: Oar pin (5)
- THOLE
- 20 Across: See 12-Across (8)
- PICTURES
- 22 Across: Jeweled ornament (7)
- CORONET
- 23 Across: 1962 hit that starts "Tho we gotta say goodbye for the summer ?" (15)
- SEALEDWITHAKISS
- 25 Across: In parts (7)
- ASUNDER
- 26 Across: Dernier ___ (3)
- CRI
- 27 Across: Museum people (8)
- CURATORS
- 28 Across: Theodore Dreiser title character (6)
- CARRIE
- 30 Across: "What's the ___?" (3)
- USE
- 31 Across: Miss (3)
- ERR
- 32 Across: What a bypass may bypass (4)
- CITY
- 33 Across: Art subject (4)
- NUDE
- 34 Across: Get ___ deal (4)
- ARAW
- 35 Across: Tennis ball feature (3)
- NAP
- 36 Across: ___ noire (4)
- BETE
- 37 Across: 1939 #1 hit for the Ink Spots (14)
- ADDRESSUNKNOWN
- 43 Across: Needle-shaped (7)
- ACEROSE
- 45 Across: Bettor's concern (6)
- SPREAD
- 46 Across: Tasted (5)
- TRIED
- 47 Across: Composer Ned (5)
- ROREM
- 48 Across: Protected (4)
- ALEE
- 49 Across: Do together (5)
- COACT
- 50 Across: "___ no-o-o ?" (3)
- BUT
- 53 Across: Birth announcement (7)
- ITSABOY
- 56 Across: Kiss-offs (15)
- DEARJOHNLETTERS
- 60 Across: Ticklee's cry (4)
- STOP
- 61 Across: Bow low (6)
- SALAAM
- 63 Across: Compass reading (3)
- ENE
- 64 Across: Russian saint (4)
- OLGA
- 65 Across: Whip (3)
- TAN
- 66 Across: Disturb (4)
- RILE
- 67 Across: Coffee choice (5)
- DECAF
- 69 Across: 2002 Peace Nobelist (6)
- CARTER
- 71 Across: Oscars phrase (17)
- THEENVELOPEPLEASE
- 76 Across: Like I, to II (6)
- SENIOR
- 79 Across: Wyoming peak (5)
- TETON
- 80 Across: Pot over a fire (4)
- OLLA
- 81 Across: Some hosp. cases (3)
- ODS
- 84 Across: Pitcher Hershiser (4)
- OREL
- 85 Across: Point on a line: Abbr. (3)
- STA
- 86 Across: Mainstay (6)
- STAPLE
- 89 Across: Unleash (4)
- FREE
- 90 Across: Small area of land to build on (15)
- POSTAGESTAMPLOT
- 96 Across: Lover of Héloïse (7)
- ABELARD
- 98 Across: Presidential inits. (3)
- HST
- 99 Across: Dog registry rejects (5)
- MUTTS
- 100 Across: A Turner (4)
- LANA
- 101 Across: Sort (5)
- GENRE
- 102 Across: Kind of signal (5)
- SONAR
- 103 Across: Firmly set (6)
- ROOTED
- 105 Across: Sweet liqueur (7)
- SLOEGIN
- 107 Across: Elvis Presley hit (14)
- RETURNTOSENDER
- 111 Across: Go up (4)
- SHIN
- 112 Across: Suffix with differ (3)
- ENT
- 113 Across: Yaks (4)
- OXEN
- 114 Across: Bundle up (4)
- BALE
- 115 Across: Auto import (4)
- SAAB
- 116 Across: Tour grp. (3)
- PGA
- 117 Across: With 92-Down, "Treasure Island" pirate (3)
- BEN
- 118 Across: "Dallas" role (6)
- PAMELA
- 121 Across: Had as one's college (8)
- ATTENDED
- 125 Across: Chariot add-on (3)
- EER
- 126 Across: Cotton fabric (7)
- ETAMINE
- 128 Across: 1976 comedy/action caper with Cybill Shepherd (15)
- SPECIALDELIVERY
- 131 Across: Takes back (7)
- RECANTS
- 132 Across: Call up (8)
- ASSEMBLE
- 133 Across: Human tempters (5)
- EVILS
- 134 Across: Locks (7)
- TRESSES
- 135 Across: Start of something big (4)
- SEED
- 136 Across: Bygone map letters (3)
- SSR
- 137 Across: Hoover and others (4)
- DAMS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Gavel holder (11)
- CHAIRPERSON
- 2 Down: Washington type (3)
- POL
- 3 Down: "The Black Stallion" lad (4)
- ALEC
- 4 Down: Lures (7)
- SEDUCES
- 5 Down: Mind boggler (6)
- OPIATE
- 6 Down: Grouchoesque (5)
- WITTY
- 7 Down: Do likewise (4)
- ECHO
- 8 Down: "Great" birds (4)
- AUKS
- 9 Down: Atlantic Ten sch. (3)
- URI
- 10 Down: Safe, now (7)
- RESCUED
- 11 Down: Syrian presidential family (6)
- ASSADS
- 12 Down: Rent-___ (4)
- ACAR
- 13 Down: So, in Sorrento (4)
- COSI
- 14 Down: "So ___" (4)
- TRUE
- 15 Down: Harry Potter's best friend (3)
- RON
- 16 Down: Multiday race (6)
- ENDURO
- 17 Down: Vacillate (6)
- SEESAW
- 18 Down: Deposited here and there (6)
- STREWN
- 19 Down: Some roofing (10)
- TERRACOTTA
- 21 Down: Old hand (3)
- TAR
- 23 Down: Film planner (9)
- SCENARIST
- 24 Down: Correspond (5)
- WRITE
- 29 Down: Overlay (6)
- RESTON
- 33 Down: Org. concerned with barrels (3)
- NRA
- 34 Down: Plus (3)
- AND
- 36 Down: Hit's opposite (4)
- BOMB
- 37 Down: Cop ___ (5)
- APLEA
- 38 Down: Winning an Olympic gold medal, for some (5)
- DREAM
- 39 Down: Forest animals (4)
- DEER
- 40 Down: Orsk's river (4)
- URAL
- 41 Down: "Well done!" (4)
- NICE
- 42 Down: See 73-Down (4)
- KETT
- 44 Down: Get in return (4)
- REAP
- 45 Down: Emmy-winning Thompson (4)
- SADA
- 49 Down: Bargain-basement (5)
- CHEAP
- 50 Down: Wallop (4)
- BELT
- 51 Down: Longing (4)
- URGE
- 52 Down: Peter, for one (4)
- TSAR
- 54 Down: Basket material (5)
- OSIER
- 55 Down: Institution since 1701 (4)
- YALE
- 57 Down: Way off base? (4)
- JEEP
- 58 Down: A while ago (4)
- ONCE
- 59 Down: Sped (4)
- TORE
- 62 Down: Spring season (4)
- LENT
- 66 Down: Fraternity letter (3)
- RHO
- 67 Down: Put on (3)
- DON
- 68 Down: Hit's opposite (4)
- FLOP
- 69 Down: Biblical spy (5)
- CALEB
- 70 Down: ___ rule (3)
- ASA
- 71 Down: Start to fall (4)
- TILT
- 72 Down: Third pieces (5)
- VESTS
- 73 Down: With 42-Down, old Paul Robinson comic (4)
- ETTA
- 74 Down: Topsoil (4)
- LOAM
- 75 Down: First Lady of Jazz (4)
- ELLA
- 76 Down: Frosh outranker (4)
- SOPH
- 77 Down: Love (4)
- EROS
- 78 Down: Snug retreat (4)
- NEST
- 81 Down: Fruit refuse (11)
- ORANGEPEELS
- 82 Down: Pocket pistols (10)
- DERRINGERS
- 83 Down: Settled (9)
- SEDENTARY
- 86 Down: Ticket (5)
- SLATE
- 87 Down: Colorant (5)
- TONER
- 88 Down: Not much (4)
- ATAD
- 89 Down: Take off (4)
- FLEE
- 91 Down: Love (4)
- AMOR
- 92 Down: See 117-Across (4)
- GUNN
- 93 Down: Caroline du Sud, e.g. (4)
- ETAT
- 94 Down: Photographer's equipment (6)
- STROBE
- 95 Down: Plug away (4)
- PLOD
- 97 Down: Austrian-born composer Wellesz (4)
- EGON
- 102 Down: Bright light (3)
- SUN
- 103 Down: Slide back (7)
- RELAPSE
- 104 Down: Half and half (3)
- ONE
- 105 Down: Retreat from the 102-Down (5)
- SHADE
- 106 Down: Maligned (7)
- LIBELED
- 107 Down: Legal scholar Bork (6)
- ROBERT
- 108 Down: Seat of Devon county, England (6)
- EXETER
- 109 Down: Card holding (6)
- TENACE
- 110 Down: Some dance numbers (6)
- SALSAS
- 111 Down: Shop tool (6)
- SANDER
- 115 Down: Markets (5)
- SELLS
- 118 Down: Stickers (4)
- PINS
- 119 Down: Put in to get in (4)
- ANTE
- 120 Down: Event in a hall (4)
- MESS
- 121 Down: Handled perfectly (4)
- ACED
- 122 Down: Tiny ___ (3)
- TIM
- 123 Down: Certain computer keys (4)
- TABS
- 124 Down: Vain sort (4)
- DIVA
- 127 Down: Some household heads (3)
- MAS
- 129 Down: Suffix with Japan (3)
- ESE
- 130 Down: Energy plus (3)
- VIM
Ready to play?
Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.