NAME DROPPING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/12/2005. By Joe Bower.

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Across Answers

1 Across: One crossing a line (4): SCAB
5 Across: Major Libyan export (5): DATES
10 Across: Checkers of entries, for short (4): CPAS
14 Across: Jock of 1970's-80's TV (5): EWING
19 Across: It's the end of the world (4): POLE
20 Across: Volunteer's words (5): IWILL
21 Across: Home of Interstate H1 (4): OAHU
22 Across: School locator (5): SONAR
23 Across: The palest in the entire country? (15): AMERICASMOSTWAN
26 Across: Sauce with pine nuts (5): PESTO
27 Across: Pretty fast, on the highway (7): SEVENTY
28 Across: Checks a particular box (4): OPTS
29 Across: Big accident (7): SMASHUP
31 Across: Eur. smoker (6): MTETNA
32 Across: Uncle Remus title (4): BRER
33 Across: Front-end alignment (5): TOEIN
35 Across: Live (3): ARE
36 Across: Late conductor Sir Georg (5): SOLTI
37 Across: Executive's golf score? (15): PRESIDENTIALPAR
40 Across: English quintet (5): AEIOU
42 Across: Setting for an "Eloise" book (5): PARIS
43 Across: Coral reef dwellers (4): EELS
44 Across: Down (3): EAT
47 Across: Cover (5): ALIAS
50 Across: Sign of success (3): SRO
51 Across: "You don't say!" (3): GEE
53 Across: 2000 Democratic campaign slogan? (17): GREATMINDSTHINKAL
58 Across: Plays a prank on, informally (3): TPS
61 Across: Saddle attachment (5): GIRTH
62 Across: [Ah, me] (4): SIGH
63 Across: ___ Hill, home of Theodore Roosevelt (8): SAGAMORE
65 Across: Ingredient of a speedball (7): COCAINE
68 Across: Gaming pioneer (5): ATARI
71 Across: After a while (7): LATERON
72 Across: There are lots of these for sale (8): USEDCARS
74 Across: Family nickname (4): NANA
76 Across: Delete (5): ERASE
77 Across: Vote solicitor (3): POL
78 Across: Fashion trend featuring white suits and black ties? (17): KENTUCKYFRIEDCHIC
83 Across: Abbr. next to a telephone number (3): RES
84 Across: Goings on (3): ADO
85 Across: Dirties (5): SOILS
86 Across: RR stop (3): STA
87 Across: Clash (4): SPAT
90 Across: Black who sang "Killin' Time" (5): CLINT
92 Across: Decorates expensively (5): GILDS
95 Across: Get a new boyfriend? (15): HAVEACHANGEOFHE
100 Across: Detailed map (5): INSET
104 Across: Horologist Terry (3): ELI
105 Across: Drawn-out fight (5): SIEGE
106 Across: Agitated state (4): SNIT
107 Across: Center of a square, maybe (6): STATUE
108 Across: Like some areas prone to flooding (7): COASTAL
110 Across: Hidden valley (4): GLEN
111 Across: Extra (7): TOSPARE
112 Across: Turbine part (5): ROTOR
113 Across: Comparable to a small child's R2-D2 toy? (15): SOFTASABABYSBOT
117 Across: Cubmaster, in Scouting (5): AKELA
118 Across: Film director Petri (4): ELIO
119 Across: Bluebloods (5): ELITE
120 Across: French peak (4): ALPE
121 Across: Villain (5): BADDY
122 Across: Sugary drinks (4): ADES
123 Across: Chest material (5): CEDAR
124 Across: Go like mad (4): TEAR

Down Answers

1 Down: Jerks (6): SPASMS
2 Down: Reawaken (6): COMETO
3 Down: Advanced British academic exam (6): ALEVEL
4 Down: Popular pistol (7): BERETTA
5 Down: Orders (5): DICTA
6 Down: On vacation (4): AWAY
7 Down: Poetic contraction (3): TIS
8 Down: "Get Shorty" novelist Leonard (6): ELMORE
9 Down: Hit the ___ (6): SLOPES
10 Down: Hospital sights (4): COTS
11 Down: One leaving its mark (3): PAW
12 Down: "Caught you!" (3): AHA
13 Down: Inspirations for many outdoor paintings (7): SUNSETS
14 Down: Neighbor of Francia (6): ESPANA
15 Down: Torments (4): WOES
16 Down: Toned (7): INSHAPE
17 Down: Untouched (7): NATURAL
18 Down: Ones proceeding in the dark? (7): GROPERS
24 Down: Navel type (5): INNIE
25 Down: New York ___ (5): STRIP
30 Down: Early 11th-century year (3): MII
32 Down: Team that plays home games in Westwood (6): BRUINS
33 Down: Clark who sang "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" (5): TERRI
34 Down: Bouillabaisse ingredients (6): ONIONS
37 Down: ___ Sci (college dept.) (4): POLI
38 Down: Pizazz (4): DASH
39 Down: County name in nine former Confederate states (3): LEE
41 Down: "___ the Law" (Edward G. Robinson flick) (3): IAM
44 Down: Breakfast container (6): EGGCUP
45 Down: Melodic passage (6): ARIOSO
46 Down: Former Toyota (6): TERCEL
48 Down: 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit (4): ADIA
49 Down: Army N.C.O. (4): SSGT
51 Down: Bowled over (4): GAGA
52 Down: On cloud nine (6): ELATED
54 Down: Somewhat (4): ATAD
55 Down: Alan of "Growing Pains" (6): THICKE
56 Down: "___ heavens" (5): THANK
57 Down: Asian carrier, in brief (3): KAL
58 Down: Sacred scrolls (6): TORAHS
59 Down: Oktoberfest toast (6): PROSIT
60 Down: One of the Finger Lakes (6): SENECA
64 Down: Montego or Grand Marquis, for short (4): MERC
66 Down: Scottish refusals (4): NAES
67 Down: Sea eagle (3): ERN
69 Down: Beams (4): RAYS
70 Down: It's available at a "?" sign (4): INFO
73 Down: "Hogan's Heroes" setting (6): STALAG
75 Down: Properly (6): ARIGHT
79 Down: City NE of Venice (5): UDINE
80 Down: D.C. group (4): CONG
81 Down: "Would ___?" (4): ILIE
82 Down: Immigrant's class: Abbr. (3): ESL
83 Down: U.P.S. driver's assignment (3): RTE
87 Down: Kind of soup, in Southern cookery (7): SHECRAB
88 Down: Big oaf (7): PALOOKA
89 Down: Barnstormed (7): AVIATED
90 Down: 1990's White House occupant (7): CHELSEA
91 Down: Induction motor inventor (5): TESLA
93 Down: Airheaded (5): DITSY
94 Down: Sharply reproves (7): SNAPSAT
96 Down: Off (6): ASTRAY
97 Down: Tom Clancy subj. (3): CIA
98 Down: "Hold it!" (6): ONESEC
99 Down: "Grand" thing (6): FINALE
101 Down: Patient's condition (6): STABLE
102 Down: Icy moon of Jupiter (6): EUROPA
103 Down: Be on the brink (6): TEETER
107 Down: Dry (5): SOBER
109 Down: Cry from one using a hammer (4): SOLD
110 Down: Mustang competitors (4): GTOS
111 Down: So long (4): TATA
114 Down: Past (3): OLD
115 Down: "A pox on you!" (3): FIE
116 Down: Preceder of 109-Down (3): BID

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