SOUNDS OF NEW ENGLAND - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 1/29/2006. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Printing array (5): FONTS
6 Across: Eats (4): SUPS
10 Across: Not very bright (4): DRAB
14 Across: Eighty-six (4): TOSS
18 Across: Like tinned fish (5): INOIL
19 Across: Pointer's pronoun (4): THAT
20 Across: Sommelier's prefix (4): OENO
21 Across: Fixes holes, say (5): DARNS
22 Across: Important part of mayo (5): CINCO
23 Across: Site for stretchers (9): YOGACLASS
25 Across: U-shaped river bend (5): OXBOW
26 Across: Raise money using heavenly messengers? (19): HOCKTHEHERALDANGELS
29 Across: "Romanian Rhapsodies" composer (6): ENESCO
30 Across: Something may be taken in it (6): STRIDE
31 Across: TNT alternative (3): USA
32 Across: ___-Seltzer (4): ALKA
35 Across: Defense grp. formed in Bogotá (3): OAS
36 Across: Farm workers (7): PLOWMEN
40 Across: Like a phobic longshoreman? (15): AFRAIDOFTHEDOCK
45 Across: Suffix with ranch (3): ERO
46 Across: Mid-seventh century date (3): DCL
47 Across: Tip, in a way (4): DOFF
48 Across: Appetizer or entree (4): DISH
49 Across: Geiger with a counter (4): HANS
50 Across: Here, in Juárez (3): ACA
51 Across: Cross inscription (4): INRI
52 Across: Close encounter (5): BRUSH
54 Across: Tax check (5): AUDIT
55 Across: Portrait of an explorer with his timepiece? (13): LEWISANDCLOCK
58 Across: One expressing the same thoughts (6): ECHOER
59 Across: ___ Clemente (3): SAN
60 Across: Kind of pass (3): VIP
61 Across: Agcy. spawned by the Manhattan Project (3): AEC
62 Across: Brewpub staple (3): ALE
63 Across: F.D.R. program (3): WPA
64 Across: Erasers? (6): HITMEN
66 Across: Force a physician and a "Star Trek" officer into a plane? (13): MAKESPOCKSFLY
71 Across: "Stand and Deliver" star, 1987 (5): OLMOS
72 Across: Hydra, for one (5): POLYP
73 Across: Dash (4): RACE
74 Across: Can. money (3): DOL
75 Across: Sangre de Cristo Mountains resort (4): TAOS
76 Across: "It's Impossible" singer (4): COMO
77 Across: Middle: Prefix (4): MESO
78 Across: "Rocks" (3): ICE
79 Across: Onetime Jeep mfr. (3): AMC
80 Across: Result of wires down in a blizzard? (15): GREATWHITESHOCK
85 Across: Prepare for firing (7): TAKEAIM
87 Across: Cock and bull (3): HES
88 Across: Restrain (4): STEM
89 Across: Québec's Côte-St.-___ (3): LUC
90 Across: Works together (6): COACTS
93 Across: Not fooled by (6): WISETO
98 Across: Brews in an elm instead of an oak? (19): BOCKSUPTHEWRONGTREE
102 Across: The Wall Street Journal visual (5): GRAPH
104 Across: Draft, basically (9): AIRSTREAM
105 Across: "Them" author (5): OATES
106 Across: European capital, in song (5): PAREE
107 Across: ___ B'rith (4): BNAI
108 Across: Alternative to Breyers (4): EDYS
109 Across: Surgical tube (5): STENT
110 Across: Blown away (4): AWED
111 Across: Short pans (4): UGHS
112 Across: Secretary, for one (4): DESK
113 Across: Wiesbaden's state (5): HESSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Archives unit (5): FICHE
2 Down: Bagel flavor (5): ONION
3 Down: Time being (5): NONCE
4 Down: Seconds on a watch (5): TICKS
5 Down: Toy racer (7): SLOTCAR
6 Down: It's found on a lid (4): STYE
7 Down: "Whoops!" (4): UHOH
8 Down: House gofers (5): PAGES
9 Down: Begin (8): STARTOFF
10 Down: Akin to Ken? (7): DOLLISH
11 Down: Check the total (5): READD
12 Down: Looped handles (5): ANSAE
13 Down: Cap'n's underling (4): BOSN
14 Down: Accountant's concern (6): TAXLAW
15 Down: Planets, to poets (4): ORBS
16 Down: ___-Globe (common paperweight) (3): SNO
17 Down: Jacksonville-to-Tampa dir. (3): SSW
21 Down: Makes out (6): DOESOK
24 Down: One of diamonds? (5): CARAT
27 Down: Guadalajara greeting (4): HOLA
28 Down: Deep ravine (5): GULCH
33 Down: Take illegally (6): KIDNAP
34 Down: Sew on sequins, say (5): ADORN
36 Down: Fancy-schmancy (4): POSH
37 Down: Herd containment device? (10): MEADOWLOCK
38 Down: 1944 Pulitzer-winning journalist (9): ERNIEPYLE
39 Down: Cosa ___ (6): NOSTRA
40 Down: Ridicule of a foreign speaker? (10): ACCENTMOCK
41 Down: It might be only a scratch (4): FLAW
42 Down: "The Wizard ___" (4): OFID
43 Down: Cabinet dept. (4): EDUC
44 Down: Poker chip, e.g. (4): DISK
46 Down: 1989 Peace Prize recipient (9): DALAILAMA
49 Down: "Say what?" (3): HUH
51 Down: "The fix ___" (4): ISIN
52 Down: One may replace an oath (5): BLEEP
53 Down: Fabled fliers (4): ROCS
54 Down: Super-duper (4): ACES
56 Down: "Concord Sonata" composer (4): IVES
57 Down: Encrusted (4): CAKY
58 Down: Sommer of "The Prize," 1963 (4): ELKE
59 Down: Like clay pigeons (6): SHOTAT
62 Down: Buttonhole (6): ACCOST
65 Down: Calendar pages: Abbr. (3): MOS
66 Down: N.Y.C. cultural center (4): MOMA
67 Down: Like crazy (4): ALOT
68 Down: ___-à-porter (ready-to-wear) (4): PRET
69 Down: Havens (5): OASES
70 Down: Bank regulating org. (4): FDIC
72 Down: Work with feet (4): POEM
76 Down: Pain in the neck (5): CRICK
77 Down: 1960's TV show set on a farm (8): MISTERED
80 Down: Lacking tact (6): GAUCHE
81 Down: Thingy (7): WHATSIS
82 Down: Author/screenwriter Ben (5): HECHT
83 Down: Chopped down (4): HEWN
84 Down: Valley Girl exclamation (7): OMIGOSH
86 Down: Chose the window instead of the aisle? (6): ELOPED
90 Down: Giving a line to (5): CUING
91 Down: Book club name (5): OPRAH
92 Down: Nobel, for one (5): SWEDE
94 Down: Condition (5): STATE
95 Down: Some Deco works (5): ERTES
96 Down: Cold temps (5): TEENS
97 Down: 270° from norte (5): OESTE
98 Down: Stripped (4): BARE
99 Down: Indian-born actor in "A Tiger Walks," 1964 (4): SABU
100 Down: They're caught at the shore (4): RAYS
101 Down: City on the Irtysh River (4): OMSK
102 Down: Univ. stat (3): GPA
103 Down: Damp and chilly (3): RAW

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