WORD DISPLAY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 132 clues). Published 4/16/2006. By Mike Torch.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Berates (7)
RAILSAT
8 Across: Customary manner of doing things (5)
DRILL
13 Across: Orbital extremes (7)
APOGEES
20 Across: City near Fort Roberdeau (7)
ALTOONA
21 Across: Smooths (5)
EASES
22 Across: Live it up (7)
CAROUSE
23 Across: Tornado abhorrence? (13)
DISGUSTOFWIND
25 Across: Nice 'n Easy maker (7)
CLAIROL
26 Across: "___ Isn't So" (Hall & Oates hit) (5)
SAYIT
27 Across: Merry-go-round music (4)
LILT
28 Across: Change, chemically (5)
REACT
29 Across: Where a prince might work at a hospital? (18)
CHARLESINDISCHARGE
37 Across: Sounds of understanding (3)
AHS
40 Across: These, in Madrid (5)
ESTAS
41 Across: Thicket (5)
COPSE
42 Across: Mekong River land (4)
LAOS
43 Across: Never (7)
NOTONCE
45 Across: Swabs (5)
QTIPS
47 Across: Foreign, to an American, briefly (5)
NONUS
48 Across: Lesson from Jack Nicklaus? (13)
GOLFDISCOURSE
51 Across: Cargo on the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald (7)
IRONORE
53 Across: Close (4)
SHUT
54 Across: Nike competitor (4)
AVIA
55 Across: Fakes it (8)
PRETENDS
56 Across: Plunder (4)
TAKE
57 Across: Road warnings (6)
SIRENS
59 Across: Met highlights (5)
ARIAS
60 Across: Homily about gymnastics? (19)
SERMONONTHEDISMOUNT
66 Across: Dye-yielding shrubs (5)
ANILS
67 Across: Oozes (6)
EXUDES
68 Across: Ballet move (4)
LEAP
70 Across: Forsaker of the faith (8)
APOSTATE
74 Across: "___ here" (4)
SAME
75 Across: "Peter Pan" dog (4)
NANA
76 Across: Users of barbells, e.g. (7)
LIFTERS
77 Across: Losers on "The Apprentice"? (13)
TRUMPDISCARDS
82 Across: Coin words (5)
INGOD
83 Across: Brings in (5)
REAPS
84 Across: Wore (7)
SPORTED
85 Across: Onslaught of cold weather (4)
SNAP
86 Across: Kind of princess (5)
FAIRY
88 Across: K. T. of country music (5)
OSLIN
90 Across: Cockney residence (3)
OME
91 Across: Place for unhappy diners? (18)
TABLEOFDISCONTENTS
96 Across: Schools for engrs. (5)
INSTS
97 Across: Greek theaters (4)
ODEA
98 Across: Represent (5)
ACTAS
102 Across: Recent reputed spy organization scandal (7)
CIAGATE
105 Across: Red Cross sales strategy? (13)
BLOODDISCOUNT
109 Across: Like a size 8 blouse vis-à-vis a size 10 (7)
TIGHTER
110 Across: "It's déjà vu all over again" speaker (5)
BERRA
111 Across: Capitol feature (7)
ROTUNDA
112 Across: Anarchists, sometimes (7)
RIOTERS
113 Across: Fresh (5)
SASSY
114 Across: Extreme joy (7)
ECSTASY

Down Answers

1 Down: Dosage units (4)
RADS
2 Down: Inter ___ (4)
ALIA
3 Down: Tiny, informally (4)
ITSY
4 Down: This makes sense (5)
LOGIC
5 Down: Boston area, with "the" (8)
SOUTHEND
6 Down: Response: Abbr. (3)
ANS
7 Down: Make lace (3)
TAT
8 Down: Goes up against (6)
DEFIES
9 Down: Grammy winner Lou (5)
RAWLS
10 Down: Disciple's query (5)
ISITI
11 Down: Cariou of Broadway (3)
LEN
12 Down: Dropped stuff (3)
LSD
13 Down: Entry (6)
ACCESS
14 Down: Camelot sight (6)
PALACE
15 Down: Spinachlike plant (5)
ORACH
16 Down: Solo (9)
GOITALONE
17 Down: Where Lux. is (3)
EUR
18 Down: Inner: Prefix (3)
ESO
19 Down: French seasoning (3)
SEL
24 Down: Spicy stew (4)
OLLA
28 Down: Tears (4)
RIPS
30 Down: Fungal spore sacs (4)
ASCI
31 Down: Numbered rds. (4)
RTES
32 Down: Mark Harmon action drama (4)
NCIS
33 Down: Ninny (4)
DOPE
34 Down: Babbled (5)
RANON
35 Down: Noggin (5)
GOURD
36 Down: Tough turns (5)
ESSES
37 Down: Uneasiness (5)
ANGST
38 Down: Uproars (6)
HOOHAS
39 Down: "The beloved physician" (6)
STLUKE
44 Down: More frequently, old-style (5)
OFTER
45 Down: One of five (5)
QUINT
46 Down: Makes a mess of (9)
TRASHESUP
47 Down: "Untrue!" (5)
NOTSO
49 Down: King of music (6)
CAROLE
50 Down: Pizza places (5)
OVENS
51 Down: Maya Angelou's "And Still ___" (5)
IRISE
52 Down: Opens up a hole in (5)
REAMS
55 Down: Self-congratulated (6)
PRIDED
57 Down: Deep-sea fishing aid (5)
SONAR
58 Down: Some O.K.'s, for short (5)
INITS
59 Down: "What ___!" (famed Bette Davis line) (5)
ADUMP
61 Down: Defeated, in a way (5)
MATED
62 Down: Boards (5)
EXAMS
63 Down: Cousin of radial (5)
ULNAR
64 Down: Close by (6)
NEARTO
65 Down: Two-seater (6)
TANDEM
69 Down: ___ basque (dance step) (5)
PASDE
70 Down: Elite (5)
ALIST
71 Down: Feather, zoologically (5)
PINNA
72 Down: Gift ___ (5)
OFGAB
73 Down: Traffic control (9)
STOPLIGHT
77 Down: Actress Garr (4)
TERI
78 Down: They can be caught at the beach (4)
RAYS
79 Down: Vacation destination (4)
ISLE
80 Down: Political slant (4)
SPIN
81 Down: Spies' info (8)
CONTACTS
83 Down: Relieves (of) (4)
RIDS
86 Down: Nourish (6)
FOSTER
87 Down: Dessert, in Dover (6)
AFTERS
88 Down: Sometime in the future (6)
ONEDAY
89 Down: Native South African village (4)
STAD
92 Down: Related on a mother's side (5)
ENATE
93 Down: Maker of Zima and Killian's Irish Red (5)
COORS
94 Down: Locker room emanations (5)
ODORS
95 Down: Recon, perhaps (5)
SCOUT
99 Down: Kind of steak (4)
TUNA
100 Down: Added conditions (4)
ANDS
101 Down: "Don't go!" (4)
STAY
102 Down: Municipal facility: Abbr. (3)
CTR
103 Down: The "Rocky" film with Mr. T (3)
III
104 Down: In the past (3)
AGO
105 Down: Kids' ammo (3)
BBS
106 Down: Grazing area (3)
LEA
107 Down: Anger (3)
IRE
108 Down: Assn. (3)
SOC

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