CUE THE OPENING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/7/2006. By Trip Payne.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Long narrative poem (6): EPOPEE
7 Across: Outlaw Kelly (3): NED
10 Across: Uses a ring, maybe (7): TEETHES
17 Across: Camp Pendleton group (7): MARINES
19 Across: Summer treats (4): ICES
21 Across: Brand of sports drink (8): POWERADE
22 Across: Long time that just flies by? (12): QUICKCENTURY
24 Across: An Easter egg hunt may have one (8): AGELIMIT
25 Across: Long bones (5): ULNAE
26 Across: Nickname of a boxer who converted to Islam? (10): QURANDURAN
28 Across: Board member: Abbr. (4): PRES
29 Across: 3 for 2 and 4: Abbr. (3): AVG
30 Across: A camera may be set on this (4): AUTO
31 Across: Matter to the jury (3): RES
32 Across: Mao's grp. (3): PLA
33 Across: Wing, say (7): DISABLE
36 Across: Supermarket checkout action (4): SCAN
39 Across: It gets in the groove (6): NEEDLE
42 Across: Bee product? (18): QUILTBYASSOCIATION
47 Across: Befalls (6): OCCURS
50 Across: Enjoys a hammock (5): RESTS
51 Across: Slip into (3): DON
52 Across: Whom bouncers might bounce (4): SOTS
53 Across: Law firm aide, for short (4): PARA
54 Across: Not just approximately (4): TOAT
55 Across: Conventioneers' place (5): HOTEL
57 Across: Duo that might review films based on arcade games? (14): QBERTANDROEPER
62 Across: In a workable manner (6): VIABLY
67 Across: Most fibrous (7): ROPIEST
68 Across: Like some siblings (5): OLDER
69 Across: Water color (7): SEABLUE
70 Across: Ticks off (6): STEAMS
71 Across: What King Arthur's men would like to have seen more of along the way? (14): QUESTBATHROOMS
73 Across: Offensive basketball position (5): PIVOT
75 Across: Where a haircut may end (4): NAPE
76 Across: Claim of a sort (4): LIEN
77 Across: ___ for the long haul (4): INIT
81 Across: Don't chug (3): SIP
82 Across: Stage after pupation (5): IMAGO
84 Across: Monte ___ (6): CRISTO
86 Across: "Therefore, I have proven the existence of jalapeños!"? (18): QEDHOTCHILIPEPPERS
90 Across: With 40-Down, a 1975 horror novel (6): SALEMS
91 Across: Some crockery (4): POTS
92 Across: Director's second try (7): RESHOOT
96 Across: 1940's spy grp. (3): OSS
97 Across: Sound made with outstretched neck (3): MOO
99 Across: Rings of islands (4): LEIS
101 Across: O.A.S. member: Abbr. (3): URU
102 Across: Sitarist Shankar (4): RAVI
104 Across: Grizzlies who give great interviews? (10): QANDABEARS
108 Across: Movie with a posse (5): OATER
110 Across: Photographer's setting (8): APERTURE
112 Across: Possible response to "My boss is leaving and I hate his replacement"? (12): QUITYOURSELF
114 Across: Fitting into a joint (8): MITERING
115 Across: Phrase usually before a colon (4): INRE
116 Across: 1972 U.S. Open champion (7): NASTASE
117 Across: Stew (7): AGONIZE
118 Across: Cartoonist Avery (3): TEX
119 Across: Got behind, with "for" (6): ROOTED

Down Answers

1 Down: Printer's unit (6): EMQUAD
2 Down: Pope of 1963-78 (6): PAULVI
3 Down: Rubber gaskets (6): ORINGS
4 Down: Printer's unit (4): PICA
5 Down: Speed-skating gold medalist Karin (4): ENKE
6 Down: Common Market letters (3): EEC
7 Down: Angina treatment, for short (5): NITRO
8 Down: O.A.S. member: Abbr. (4): ECUA
9 Down: "Citizen Ruth" actress, 1996 (4): DERN
10 Down: Senators' wear (5): TOGAS
11 Down: "Trainspotting" star Bremner (4): EWEN
12 Down: Short-finned ___ (3): EEL
13 Down: Uncommon delivery (8): TRIPLETS
14 Down: It's used with some frequency (8): HAMRADIO
15 Down: Singer Brickell (4): EDIE
16 Down: Where scenes are seen (4): SETS
18 Down: Title with a number, perhaps (6): SEQUEL
20 Down: Heroine of TV's "Alias," for short (3): SYD
21 Down: Cut back (4): PARE
23 Down: Kook (3): NUT
27 Down: Brunch buffet items (4): URNS
30 Down: Father-and-daughter fighters (4): ALIS
32 Down: Small brain size (3): PEA
34 Down: Places for fish (7): AQUARIA
35 Down: Forest sticker (3): BUR
36 Down: Part of a heartbeat (7): SYSTOLE
37 Down: Cool ___ (3): CAT
38 Down: Stubborn one (3): ASS
39 Down: Where God sent Jonah (7): NINEVEH
40 Down: See 90-Across (3): LOT
41 Down: Officer with a half-inch stripe: Abbr. (3): ENS
43 Down: Stepped (4): TROD
44 Down: Substantiate (7): BEAROUT
45 Down: Outhouse issue (4): ODOR
46 Down: Simple bunk (3): COT
47 Down: Part of "The Alphabet Song" (5): OPQRS
48 Down: Italian-born explorer of the New World (5): CABOT
49 Down: Blintz relative (5): CREPE
54 Down: Destructive stuff (3): TNT
55 Down: Grass and such (7): HERBAGE
56 Down: Disbeliever's cry (4): LIAR
58 Down: Sub (4): TEMP
59 Down: Hockey stat (7): ASSISTS
60 Down: Mag. staff (3): EDS
61 Down: Grabs some chow? (7): PETNAPS
63 Down: Put a stop to (7): ABOLISH
64 Down: King Louis XII's birthplace (5): BLOIS
65 Down: "Network" director, 1976 (5): LUMET
66 Down: Kind of question (5): YESNO
69 Down: Sault ___ Marie (3): STE
71 Down: Letter before resh (4): QOPH
72 Down: Each (4): APOP
74 Down: Trader ___ (3): VIC
77 Down: Test results, sometimes (3): IQS
78 Down: United Feature Synd. partner (3): NEA
79 Down: Warm assent (8): IDLOVETO
80 Down: Joan Collins's villain on "Batman" (8): THESIREN
82 Down: U.N. agcy. (3): ILO
83 Down: With, in Wiesbaden (3): MIT
84 Down: Non-dean's list grades (4): CEES
85 Down: Reading and the like: Abbr. (3): RRS
87 Down: Chanted sounds (3): OMS
88 Down: Device with a scroll wheel (4): IPOD
89 Down: Con junction (6): PRISON
93 Down: Surpass in gluttony (6): OUTEAT
94 Down: Ominous-sounding phrase (6): ORELSE
95 Down: Put down roots? (6): TURFED
97 Down: Reims's department (5): MARNE
98 Down: Universal donor blood type, for short (4): ONEG
99 Down: Skintight material (5): LATEX
100 Down: Tomfool finish (3): ERY
102 Down: Hindu avatar (4): RAMA
103 Down: Fat as ___ (4): APIG
104 Down: Classroom handout (4): QUIZ
105 Down: E.P.A. pollution meas. (3): AQI
106 Down: Batter's ploy (4): BUNT
107 Down: The Auld Sod (4): EIRE
108 Down: "In that range" (4): ORSO
109 Down: About (4): ASTO
111 Down: Plane heading? (3): TRI
113 Down: Onetime Mideast union: Abbr. (3): UAR

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