REVERSE EFFECTS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/28/2006. By Timothy Powell.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Voyaging (4): ASEA
5 Across: Hitchhiker (5): RIDER
10 Across: Percentage (5): SHARE
15 Across: Somewhat (4): ABIT
19 Across: Writes quickly (10): SENDSANOTE
21 Across: Plaque, e.g. (5): HONOR
22 Across: Volcanic formation (4): CONE
23 Across: Show a Woody Allen feature? (16): PROJECTMANHATTAN
25 Across: Heart (4): CRUX
26 Across: Mangy mutt (3): CUR
27 Across: Medical research org. (3): NIH
28 Across: Not a substitute (7): STARTER
29 Across: Thomas Paine, for one (5): DEIST
30 Across: Magazine supply (4): AMMO
32 Across: Certain spawner (3): EEL
34 Across: Quick trip (4): SPIN
35 Across: Bryologists' study (6): MOSSES
36 Across: What ageists do? (15): DISCOUNTSENIORS
41 Across: Sad (10): LAMENTABLE
44 Across: One side in a debate (4): ANTI
45 Across: Kung ___ chicken (3): PAO
48 Across: Off the mark (5): AMISS
49 Across: Razzes (7): NEEDLES
53 Across: Ties up (7): TETHERS
55 Across: 3.26 light-years (6): PARSEC
57 Across: Abandon the Centennial State? (14): DESERTCOLORADO
59 Across: Sound from a hot tub (3): AAH
60 Across: Yellow flag (5): ALERT
61 Across: Env. science (4): ECOL
62 Across: Night school subj. (3): ESL
65 Across: Not-so-Big Apple? (13): MINUTENEWYORK
72 Across: Lead-in for long (3): ERE
73 Across: Abbr. on an envelope (4): ATTN
75 Across: Words of concession (5): ILOSE
76 Across: Airline abbr. (3): DEP
78 Across: Cut an awful demo? (14): RECORDBADTRACK
84 Across: Sot's state (6): STUPOR
88 Across: Saw (7): PROVERB
89 Across: Feel extreme discouragement (7): DESPOND
91 Across: Sports page news (5): TRADE
92 Across: Show featuring many alumni of L.A.'s Groundlings comedy troupe (3): SNL
93 Across: Mineral residue (4): CALX
95 Across: Made multiple (10): PLURALIZED
97 Across: Drink at a Kyoto reunion? (15): SAKEFOROLDTIMES
101 Across: Certain Arab (6): DAPPLE
104 Across: Each (4): APOP
105 Across: Book before Phil. (3): EPH
106 Across: Make a mad dash (4): TEAR
110 Across: On the range, say (5): RURAL
111 Across: Summertime quaffs (7): ICETEAS
114 Across: Like about half the world's pop. (3): FEM
116 Across: God, in Roma (3): DIO
117 Across: Insipid (4): ARID
118 Across: What a hypnotist might do for help? (16): ENTRANCESERVANTS
121 Across: Construction financed by a hedge fund? (4): MAZE
122 Across: Eastern European (5): CROAT
123 Across: Happens (10): TAKESPLACE
124 Across: Tavern selections (4): ALES
125 Across: To the point (5): TERSE
126 Across: Köln or Nürnberg (5): STADT
127 Across: Like a spent campfire (4): ASHY

Down Answers

1 Down: Org. for pound watchers? (5): ASPCA
2 Down: Flu fighter (5): SERUM
3 Down: Vast, in verse (5): ENORM
4 Down: Descriptive wd. (3): ADJ
5 Down: Most spicy (7): RACIEST
6 Down: Wrapped up (8): INTHECAN
7 Down: Monk's title (3): DOM
8 Down: Greek vowels (4): ETAS
9 Down: Best Musical of 1996 (4): RENT
10 Down: Experts, slangily (6): SHARPS
11 Down: Babe or fox (6): HOTTIE
12 Down: Alternative to a dish (7): ANTENNA
13 Down: Big laugh (4): ROAR
14 Down: West end? (3): ERN
15 Down: Public ___ (6): ACCESS
16 Down: Czar in a Mussorgsky opera (5): BORIS
17 Down: Busy (5): INUSE
18 Down: Transcripts (5): TEXTS
20 Down: Capitol Hill abbr. (3): SEN
24 Down: Biblical verb (4): HAST
29 Down: Crunchy chip (6): DORITO
31 Down: The Pearl of the Black Sea (6): ODESSA
33 Down: Like ears (5): LOBED
35 Down: Traveler's stop (5): MOTEL
37 Down: It runs down the leg (6): INSEAM
38 Down: Peter Fonda title role (4): ULEE
39 Down: Actor Beatty and others (4): NEDS
40 Down: Completely (6): INTOTO
41 Down: Baby's resting spot (3): LAP
42 Down: G.P.'s grp. (3): AMA
43 Down: 45-Down in Russian (3): MIR
45 Down: 43-Down in English (5): PEACE
46 Down: Fire (5): ARDOR
47 Down: "___ Mio" (5): OSOLE
50 Down: One-pointers (7): LEANERS
51 Down: First name in courtroom drama (4): ERLE
52 Down: Stay up nights (4): STEW
54 Down: Charlemagne's realm: Abbr. (3): HRE
56 Down: A.L. or N.L. Central city (3): CHI
58 Down: Ejaculate (3): CRY
62 Down: Tombstone brothers (5): EARPS
63 Down: Place for an outboard motor (5): STERN
64 Down: Maj.'s superior (5): LTCOL
66 Down: Just a bite (6): NIBBLE
67 Down: Suffix with form (3): ULA
68 Down: Mary in the White House (4): TODD
69 Down: Longtime Ferrara family name (4): ESTE
70 Down: Places for forks: Abbr. (3): RDS
71 Down: Where something may be brewing (6): KETTLE
74 Down: Mo. with topaz as its birthstone (3): NOV
77 Down: Precisionist (6): PURIST
79 Down: Automaker's bane (6): RECALL
80 Down: Donald Duck, e.g. (5): DRAKE
81 Down: Stove or washer: Abbr. (4): APPL
82 Down: How you may know something (4): COLD
83 Down: All-American name (5): KNUTE
85 Down: La ___, Bolivia (3): PAZ
86 Down: Ben Jonson wrote one to himself (3): ODE
87 Down: Like Twizzlers, usually (3): RED
90 Down: Hospital hook up (8): DRIPFEED
94 Down: Unknown element (7): XFACTOR
96 Down: Emily Dickinson's home (7): AMHERST
97 Down: Bidding card game (6): SPADES
98 Down: Cultural entertainment (6): OPERAS
99 Down: Spin (6): ROTATE
100 Down: Candid (4): OPEN
101 Down: Kind of queen (5): DRAMA
102 Down: Acoustic (5): AURAL
103 Down: Cup, maybe (5): PRIZE
107 Down: Best and Ferber (5): EDNAS
108 Down: Common aspiration (5): AITCH
109 Down: Grier of the gridiron (5): ROSEY
111 Down: Memo starter (4): INRE
112 Down: Makes a move (4): ACTS
113 Down: Politician's goal (4): SEAT
115 Down: Star athlete, briefly (3): MVP
118 Down: Outer: Prefix (3): ECT
119 Down: Reggae relative (3): SKA
120 Down: In the manner of (3): ALA

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