DEAR OLD DAD - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/18/2006. By Ben and Mark Tausig.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Trumps (5): BESTS
6 Across: Frame part (4): JAMB
10 Across: Thrill (4): SEND
14 Across: Slaves (5): TOILS
19 Across: Ring around the collar? (5): ASCOT
20 Across: Copycat (4): APER
21 Across: Tones (4): HUES
22 Across: Like some monuments at night (5): UPLIT
23 Across: Dear old dad the comedic foil always told me to ___ (15): STANDUPSTRAIGHT
26 Across: Châteauneuf-du-Pape locale (5): RHONE
27 Across: This may shock you (3): EEL
28 Across: Scottish turndowns (4): NAES
29 Across: German crowd? (4): DREI
30 Across: Whine (6): SNIVEL
31 Across: Tower, often (7): REPOMAN
34 Across: The first place (4): EDEN
35 Across: "Quit dreaming" (7): GETREAL
36 Across: Peace, in Russia (3): MIR
37 Across: Common connections (4): ANDS
39 Across: Period (5): EPOCH
41 Across: Supermarket chain with the slogan "Hometown Proud" (3): IGA
42 Across: Dear old dad the umpire always told me to ___ (12): CLEANMYPLATE
47 Across: Termite clearer? (8): ANTEATER
49 Across: Oxlike antelope (5): ELAND
50 Across: Windflowers (8): ANEMONES
52 Across: [That punch hurt!] (3): OOF
53 Across: Brooklyn-born rapper (3): NAS
54 Across: The Seven Dwarfs, by profession (6): MINERS
56 Across: Tropical ornamental (10): DESERTROSE
61 Across: Blaster (3): TNT
62 Across: Hatha and others (5): YOGAS
63 Across: Hick (5): YOKEL
64 Across: Horse/donkey cross (5): HINNY
65 Across: Extend, as a line (7): REELOUT
67 Across: Clinch, with "up" (3): SEW
68 Across: In (7): ELECTEE
70 Across: Traffic director (5): ARROW
71 Across: W.W. II aircraft (5): ZEROS
74 Across: One making a pit stop, maybe (5): RACER
76 Across: New Test. book (3): HEB
77 Across: Hollywood setting (10): LOSANGELES
79 Across: Like some sects (6): CULTIC
80 Across: Bygone polit. cause (3): ERA
81 Across: The Maurice Podoloff Trophy is awarded to its M.V.P. (3): NBA
82 Across: "Green Acres" co-star (8): EVAGABOR
84 Across: Tony winner Uta (5): HAGEN
86 Across: Learn about through books (8): READUPON
90 Across: Dear old dad the builder always told me to ___ (12): DOMYHOMEWORK
92 Across: Commuting options (3): ELS
93 Across: Impala, e.g. (5): SEDAN
95 Across: Booster grp.? (4): NASA
96 Across: Fairness-in-hiring abbr. (3): EEO
97 Across: Marine bioluminescence (7): SEAFIRE
99 Across: Stay in line (4): OBEY
101 Across: Honeyed pastry (7): BAKLAVA
105 Across: This clue has two of them (for short) (6): PARENS
106 Across: Eats (4): GRUB
107 Across: Big name in faucets (4): MOEN
109 Across: Wallace who wrote "Ben-Hur" (3): LEW
110 Across: Habituate (5): ENURE
111 Across: Dear old dad the sharpshooter always taught me to ___ (15): SETMYSIGHTSHIGH
115 Across: They're easy to catch (5): COLDS
116 Across: Support, with "up" (4): PROP
117 Across: Jackie Robinson's alma mater (4): UCLA
118 Across: An emirate (5): DUBAI
119 Across: Panda hangouts (5): TREES
120 Across: Itches (4): YENS
121 Across: Turn off (4): VEER
122 Across: Economize (5): STINT

Down Answers

1 Down: More lowdown (5): BASER
2 Down: Woman's name that sounds like two consecutive French letters (5): ESTEE
3 Down: Sell outside the stadium (5): SCALP
4 Down: Great deal (3): TON
5 Down: Regular: Abbr. (3): STD
6 Down: Modern name for old Cipango (5): JAPAN
7 Down: Place for icons (4): APSE
8 Down: Queens subject? (4): METS
9 Down: "It's a cold one!" (3): BRR
10 Down: Bilbo's home (5): SHIRE
11 Down: City NW of Crater Lake (6): EUGENE
12 Down: Old pop (4): NEHI
13 Down: Reason to reset the clocks: Abbr. (3): DST
14 Down: Dear old dad the cosmetic surgeon always told me to ___ (17): TURNTHEOTHERCHEEK
15 Down: Wealthy biblical land (5): OPHIR
16 Down: "Fantastic!" (7): ILOVEIT
17 Down: Extraction (7): LINEAGE
18 Down: Out of this world (7): STELLAR
24 Down: Pacify (5): UNARM
25 Down: Supplements (6): ADDSTO
30 Down: Pie chart part (6): SECTOR
32 Down: A sultanate (4): OMAN
33 Down: Dear old dad the C.E.O. always told me to ___ (17): MINDMYOWNBUSINESS
34 Down: Coated Dutch exports (5): EDAMS
35 Down: Geometry suffix (3): GON
37 Down: Problem in bed (5): APNEA
38 Down: Braves, but not Indians, briefly (5): NLERS
40 Down: Out (5): PASSE
42 Down: Prime (7): CENTRAL
43 Down: South American cowboy (7): LLANERO
44 Down: Hunting times, for kids (7): EASTERS
45 Down: Three Gorges Dam site (7): YANGTZE
46 Down: Fund, as a museum (5): ENDOW
48 Down: From south of the Mediterranean (5): AFRIC
51 Down: Cry at the sight of 107-Down (3): EEK
55 Down: Marker (3): IOU
57 Down: Spider-Man foe (7): ELECTRO
58 Down: Busy (7): ONTHEGO
59 Down: Lip curler (7): SNEERER
60 Down: Aid for the blind (7): EYEBANK
63 Down: Thumbs-up (3): YES
66 Down: ___ behold (5): LOAND
67 Down: "'Tis a pity" (5): SOSAD
69 Down: Island chain (3): LEI
72 Down: Alexander's wife in "Uncle Vanya" (5): ELENA
73 Down: Gun on the street? (3): REV
74 Down: Keeler and Dee (5): RUBYS
75 Down: Hello or goodbye (5): ALOHA
78 Down: Wowed ones (6): GAPERS
79 Down: Procter & Gamble soap (5): CAMAY
83 Down: Of yore (6): GONEBY
85 Down: Baseless? (4): AWOL
86 Down: 1967 #1 hit whose title is spelled out in the lyric (7): RESPECT
87 Down: Noted Roosevelt (7): ELEANOR
88 Down: Generally (7): ASARULE
89 Down: Words of praise (3): ODE
91 Down: Was serious, with "it" (5): MEANT
94 Down: PC protection brand (6): NORTON
98 Down: ___-lance (5): FERDE
100 Down: Removes from the schedule (5): BUMPS
101 Down: Joy of daytime TV (5): BEHAR
102 Down: Out (5): ALIBI
103 Down: One with a strict diet (5): VEGAN
104 Down: At all (5): AWHIT
106 Down: People's 1999 Sexiest Man Alive (4): GERE
107 Down: See 51-Down (4): MICE
108 Down: Look like a creep (4): OGLE
111 Down: Person with intelligence (3): SPY
112 Down: Yukon or Xterra (3): SUV
113 Down: 60's grp. (3): SDS
114 Down: Word repeated before a hike (3): HUT

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