WHAT'S THE STORY? - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/23/2006. By Joe DiPietro.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Picks up (5)
- LIFTS
- 6 Across: Sea lettuce, e.g. (4)
- ALGA
- 10 Across: Wide open (5)
- AGAPE
- 15 Across: 15-Down rival, once (4)
- USSR
- 19 Across: Taxing time (5)
- APRIL
- 20 Across: Attends (4)
- SEES
- 21 Across: They're towed away (5)
- REPOS
- 22 Across: See 98-Across (4)
- SOLO
- 23 Across: Footwear eaten by an animal? (16)
- BOOTEEINTHEBEAST
- 26 Across: Tumults (4)
- ADOS
- 27 Across: Page (4)
- LEAF
- 28 Across: Instant (3)
- SEC
- 29 Across: General ___ chicken (4)
- TSOS
- 31 Across: Old-time welcome (3)
- AVE
- 32 Across: Clue that helped convict a movie snack thief? (20)
- THEPRINTSONTHEPOPPER
- 38 Across: Wretched (5)
- SEEDY
- 39 Across: Get all lovey-dovey (3)
- COO
- 40 Across: Police car maneuver, slangily (3)
- UEY
- 41 Across: Cell, e.g. (5)
- PHONE
- 42 Across: Like the ans. to this clue (3)
- ACR
- 43 Across: One in a six-pack (3)
- CAN
- 44 Across: N.Y.S.E. and Nasdaq, e.g. (4)
- MKTS
- 46 Across: Like some fishing hooks (7)
- GSHAPED
- 48 Across: Stubborn person getting on another's nerves? (18)
- THETAURUSINTHEHAIR
- 53 Across: Black (5)
- SABLE
- 54 Across: ___ weight (4)
- TROY
- 55 Across: Built (4)
- MADE
- 56 Across: Weed (3)
- POT
- 59 Across: Went after (6)
- CHASED
- 61 Across: Shot up (4)
- GREW
- 62 Across: Rub the wrong way (4)
- RILE
- 63 Across: Home to some Mongolian nomads (4)
- GOBI
- 64 Across: Thug whose books aren't selling? (21)
- LITTLEREADWRITINGHOOD
- 68 Across: Dust Bowl refugee (4)
- OKIE
- 69 Across: Mitsubishi competitor (4)
- SONY
- 70 Across: Vandals (4)
- HUNS
- 71 Across: Famed Georgia football coach Vince (6)
- DOOLEY
- 72 Across: Sparkle (3)
- PEP
- 73 Across: Tuna salad ingredient (4)
- MAYO
- 74 Across: River isles (4)
- AITS
- 75 Across: Thick (5)
- MIDST
- 76 Across: Nicholson negotiating with Stiller and Affleck? (18)
- JACKANDTHEBENSTALK
- 81 Across: Less than explanatory parental explanation (7)
- ISAIDSO
- 84 Across: Bowls over (4)
- AWES
- 85 Across: H.S. class (3)
- ALG
- 86 Across: Call from a meadow (3)
- BAA
- 87 Across: Cousin of a cobra (5)
- MAMBA
- 88 Across: It must be in the genes (3)
- DNA
- 89 Across: B. A. Baracas portrayer on TV (3)
- MRT
- 90 Across: Starting to get blue? (5)
- MOLDY
- 92 Across: Supreme rulers blow up a major hardware store? (20)
- THEEMPERORSNUKELOWES
- 98 Across: With 22-Across, movie hero of 1977 (3)
- HAN
- 99 Across: Hot (4)
- SEXY
- 100 Across: Mortar mixer (3)
- HOE
- 101 Across: Acute (4)
- DIRE
- 102 Across: Twin sister of Ares (4)
- ERIS
- 104 Across: Cousins of a disheveled wading bird? (16)
- RUMPLEDSTILTSKIN
- 111 Across: Going ___ (4)
- RATE
- 112 Across: Spots on a graph (5)
- PLOTS
- 113 Across: One of the Waughs (4)
- ALEC
- 114 Across: Priest's urging (5)
- ATONE
- 115 Across: "Only Time" singer (4)
- ENYA
- 116 Across: Annual parade honoree, for short (5)
- STPAT
- 117 Across: Point (4)
- TINE
- 118 Across: Sound at the front of East Hampton (5)
- LONGE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Buddy of the Clintons, e.g. (3)
- LAB
- 2 Down: Apple had one in 1980: Abbr. (3)
- IPO
- 3 Down: Funky do (3)
- FRO
- 4 Down: Called (6)
- TITLED
- 5 Down: Due for a drop-off? (6)
- SLEEPY
- 6 Down: "Like that matters" (9)
- ASIFICARE
- 7 Down: Actor Cariou (3)
- LEN
- 8 Down: Bugs (6)
- GETSTO
- 9 Down: Leftovers at a barbecue (5)
- ASHES
- 10 Down: Hedge fund whiz, for short (3)
- ARB
- 11 Down: "Whaddaya know" (3)
- GEE
- 12 Down: What two palms up may indicate (6)
- APATHY
- 13 Down: Hoop star's entourage (5)
- POSSE
- 14 Down: Prevent (5)
- ESTOP
- 15 Down: Traditional Olympics powerhouse (3)
- USA
- 16 Down: Sugary quaff (7)
- SODAPOP
- 17 Down: Eastern European (7)
- SLOVENE
- 18 Down: Like some provocatively colored lips (7)
- ROSERED
- 24 Down: Pencil holder (3)
- EAR
- 25 Down: System start-up? (3)
- ECO
- 30 Down: William Styron title heroine (6)
- SOPHIE
- 32 Down: Kind of support (4)
- TECH
- 33 Down: "This should get you started ?" (9)
- HERESATIP
- 34 Down: Unelite, in London (4)
- NONU
- 35 Down: Eccentric (5)
- NUTTY
- 36 Down: Singer/radio host John (4)
- TESH
- 37 Down: "___ Lap" (1983 film) (4)
- PHAR
- 38 Down: Did nothing (3)
- SAT
- 43 Down: They don't provide outlets (9)
- CULDESACS
- 44 Down: Stuck (5)
- MIRED
- 45 Down: Be acquainted with Vanna? (9)
- KNOWWHITE
- 46 Down: Diplomat Boutros Boutros-___ (5)
- GHALI
- 47 Down: Tear-jerkers often have one (9)
- SADENDING
- 49 Down: Try (5)
- TASTE
- 50 Down: Biblical shepherd (4)
- ABEL
- 51 Down: Shepherd's concern (5)
- STRAY
- 52 Down: Radiates (5)
- EMITS
- 56 Down: It has six holes (9)
- POOLTABLE
- 57 Down: Peter and the Wolf's "duck" (4)
- OBOE
- 58 Down: Like some sums (4)
- TIDY
- 59 Down: Horse sound (4)
- CLOP
- 60 Down: Long walk (4)
- HIKE
- 61 Down: Andrea Doria's domain (5)
- GENOA
- 62 Down: Wash out (5)
- RINSE
- 63 Down: Write (for) (5)
- GHOST
- 65 Down: Columnist Mike (5)
- ROYKO
- 66 Down: ___ Chris Steak House (restaurant chain) (5)
- RUTHS
- 67 Down: Saturn and Mercury, for two (4)
- GODS
- 73 Down: House keepers (6)
- MADAMS
- 74 Down: Negative campaign feature (5)
- ADWAR
- 75 Down: Water, perhaps (9)
- MELTEDICE
- 76 Down: Be in harmony (4)
- JIBE
- 77 Down: Billionth: Prefix (4)
- NANO
- 78 Down: Intruder's deterrent, maybe (4)
- BARK
- 79 Down: Chaps (4)
- LADS
- 80 Down: Starr of song (3)
- KAY
- 81 Down: "Count me in" (7)
- IMTHERE
- 82 Down: Arid (7)
- SAHARAN
- 83 Down: Extra (7)
- AMENITY
- 88 Down: Dusty floor cleaner (6)
- DRYMOP
- 89 Down: Breakfast cereal (6)
- MUESLI
- 90 Down: Ungodlike (6)
- MORTAL
- 91 Down: Must pay (6)
- OWESTO
- 93 Down: Station house figures (5)
- PERPS
- 94 Down: Jump for joy (5)
- EXULT
- 95 Down: Ship over there? (3)
- SHE
- 96 Down: Show agreement with (5)
- NODAT
- 97 Down: Pint-sized, downsized (3)
- LIL
- 103 Down: Irish ___ (3)
- SEA
- 105 Down: Elhi org. (3)
- PTA
- 106 Down: Mil. transport (3)
- LST
- 107 Down: Knockout of knockouts (3)
- TEN
- 108 Down: ___-Tiki (3)
- KON
- 109 Down: Beethoven's "Minuet ___" (3)
- ING
- 110 Down: Once (3)
- NEE
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