FIELD OF DREAMS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/23/2005. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Recovers, with "up" (6): SOBERS
7 Across: Delibes opera (5): LAKME
12 Across: Wrinkle, maybe (7): AGELINE
19 Across: Noted support group (6): ALANON
20 Across: Gibson garnish (5): ONION
21 Across: Caffeine source: Var. (7): COLANUT
22 Across: A man goes for a walk and (20): FINDSABOTTLEONABEACH
25 Across: Bird: Prefix (3): AVI
26 Across: "Let's not go there" (6): SKIPIT
27 Across: Mother of Pollux and Helen (4): LEDA
28 Across: ___ cheese (4): BLEU
30 Across: Break (4): REST
32 Across: Like Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 (3): INE
33 Across: Upper hand (4): EDGE
36 Across: Activists (5): DOERS
37 Across: When he pops the cork, a genie appears and says, "?" (21): ISHALLGRANTYOUONEWISH
43 Across: 2004 biopic that was a Best Picture nominee (3): RAY
44 Across: Pronunciation difficulty (4): LISP
45 Across: Like the sugar in cotton candy (4): SPUN
46 Across: Piedmont wine city (4): ASTI
48 Across: Lorelei Lee's creator (4): LOOS
50 Across: Have a hunch (4): FEEL
51 Across: Some health info ads, for short (4): PSAS
55 Across: The man says, "I want to see ?" (20): PEACEINTHEMIDDLEEAST
60 Across: Kind of leather (4): ROAN
61 Across: Fighting Tigers' sch. (3): LSU
62 Across: John (3): LAV
63 Across: Totaled (5): RANTO
64 Across: 2003 Will Ferrell title role (3): ELF
65 Across: He then hands the genie (13): AMAPOFTHEAREA
71 Across: Springy steps (3): JIG
72 Across: It's measured by the meter (5): POESY
74 Across: Big-league (3): PRO
75 Across: Scoundrel (3): CUR
76 Across: One who's out of touch (4): FOGY
77 Across: The genie studies it for a while and finally says, "This is impossible. So ?" (20): IGRANTYOUANOTHERWISH
84 Across: ZIP code 10001 locale: Abbr. (4): NYNY
85 Across: Radiation units (4): REMS
86 Across: Above, in Aachen (4): UBER
87 Across: Support, in a way (4): ABET
88 Across: Composer ___ Carlo Menotti (4): GIAN
89 Across: Rye alternative (4): PITA
91 Across: Fretted strings (3): UKE
92 Across: The man says, "I always wanted to see ?" (21): THECUBSINAWORLDSERIES
102 Across: See 50-Down (5): HOURS
103 Across: Starting (4): ASOF
104 Across: "Sweet!" (3): OOH
105 Across: Go bonkers (4): SNAP
106 Across: "Three Sisters" sister (4): OLGA
107 Across: Exertion (4): DINT
110 Across: Grab some chow? (6): DOGNAP
113 Across: "The Waste Land" monogram (3): TSE
114 Across: The genie replies, "?" (20): LETMESEETHATMAPAGAIN
119 Across: See 94-Down (7): ONEILLS
120 Across: Double order, perhaps (5): LATTE
121 Across: Conjured up (6): EVOKED
122 Across: Some terriers (7): WESTIES
123 Across: Jones of the Miracle Mets (5): CLEON
124 Across: Scares off (6): DETERS

Down Answers

1 Down: Bush activity (6): SAFARI
2 Down: Big Turkish export (6): OLIVES
3 Down: Outlaw (6): BANISH
4 Down: Put a stopper on (3): END
5 Down: "Mahogany" star, 1975 (4): ROSS
6 Down: How some rivers proceed (7): SNAKILY
7 Down: Sewing machine gizmo (6): LOOPER
8 Down: Con (4): ANTI
9 Down: Coyly playful (9): KITTENISH
10 Down: Small particle: Abbr. (3): MOL
11 Down: Dir. of I-64 going up Ky. (3): ENE
12 Down: Tough problem to face? (4): ACNE
13 Down: Push (4): GOAD
14 Down: Noted exile site (4): ELBA
15 Down: Papua New Guinea port (3): LAE
16 Down: How shoelaces are often tied (6): INABOW
17 Down: Central parts (6): NUCLEI
18 Down: Bygone numbers (6): ETHERS
23 Down: Cherry variety (4): BING
24 Down: Spread out on a table? (4): OLEO
29 Down: Seat, slangily (3): USH
31 Down: Highlander pattern (6): TARTAN
34 Down: Sot's problem (3): DTS
35 Down: Swindle (3): GYP
36 Down: Remote location (3): DEN
38 Down: Like some church matters (4): LAIC
39 Down: Stacks (4): ALOT
40 Down: Brought into play (4): USED
41 Down: Kind of column (4): OPED
42 Down: Invalid (4): NULL
46 Down: Fight stopper (7): APOLOGY
47 Down: Branching marine growth (7): SEAFERN
48 Down: Phoebe's player on "Friends" (4): LISA
49 Down: "Movin' ___" (4): ONUP
50 Down: With 102-Across, London-New York time difference (4): FIVE
51 Down: ___-green (3): PEA
52 Down: City in a 1968 Dionne Warwick top 10 hit (7): SANJOSE
53 Down: Comparably tense (7): ASTIGHT
54 Down: Smelly smoke (5): STOGY
56 Down: Popular street name (3): ELM
57 Down: John of England (5): ELTON
58 Down: ___-jongg (3): MAH
59 Down: Eisenhower years, e.g. (3): ERA
60 Down: Beat again in wrestling (5): REPIN
65 Down: Writer Rand (3): AYN
66 Down: Work (4): OPUS
67 Down: Man in an order (3): FRA
68 Down: Masseur's target (4): ACHE
69 Down: One having second thoughts (4): RUER
70 Down: Not set things right (3): ERR
73 Down: By the way (3): SAY
76 Down: Threads (6): FIBERS
78 Down: Chicago daily, with "the" (4): TRIB
79 Down: Parliamentary nods (4): YEAS
80 Down: Old Dodge (4): OMNI
81 Down: Old (9): OUTOFDATE
82 Down: Mountain lift (4): TBAR
83 Down: Bring around (4): WAKE
88 Down: Astronaut Grissom (3): GUS
89 Down: ___ de trois (dance) (3): PAS
90 Down: W.W. II battle site, familiarly (3): IWO
91 Down: Like a horseshoe (7): USHAPED
92 Down: Granting that, in brief (3): THO
93 Down: Meaningless (6): HOLLOW
94 Down: With 119-Across, 1920's literary couple on Cape Cod, with "the" (6): EUGENE
95 Down: Jalopies (6): CRATES
96 Down: "Six Feet Under" role (4): NATE
97 Down: Lumberjacks (6): LOGMEN
98 Down: "___ Flor and Her Two Husbands" (4): DONA
99 Down: Food (6): INTAKE
100 Down: Not as strenuous (6): EASIER
101 Down: Lays out (6): SPENDS
107 Down: Place for a counter claim? (4): DELI
108 Down: 14-Down, for one (4): ISLE
109 Down: Good ending? (4): NESS
111 Down: Art patron Kahn (4): OTTO
112 Down: Macadamize, e.g. (4): PAVE
115 Down: Benjamin Netanyahu's alma mater, for short (3): MIT
116 Down: Mom's forte, quickly (3): TLC
117 Down: Movie computer (3): HAL
118 Down: Contracted (3): GOT

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