KNEECAPS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 7/9/2006. By Patrick Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Makes sticky (6): BEGUMS
7 Across: Old Spanish gold (7): ESCUDOS
14 Across: Plato dubbed her "the tenth Muse" (6): SAPPHO
20 Across: Turkey's highest peak (6): ARARAT
21 Across: Buddy (7): PAISANO
22 Across: Served the drinks (6): POURED
23 Across: It means "strained" in drink names (6): COLADA
24 Across: Author of "The Fall of the Horse of Usher"? (14): EDGARALLANPONY
26 Across: Mad cap? (12): KILLERBEANIE
28 Across: Dudgeon (3): IRE
29 Across: "Dinner and a Movie" airer (3): TBS
30 Across: Prefix with friendly (3): ECO
31 Across: Caring grp. (3): AMA
32 Across: Coal byproduct (3): TAR
33 Across: Hard slog (4): TREK
35 Across: Arthur and others (4): BEAS
36 Across: It may be legally beaten (3): RAP
37 Across: Accomplish flawlessly (4): NAIL
39 Across: Essential part (4): MEAT
40 Across: American representative to France during the Revolutionary War (5): DEANE
41 Across: Love hate? (18): CONTEMPTOFCOURTNEY
46 Across: Iron man? (5): ROBOT
49 Across: If things go well (7): IDEALLY
50 Across: Cry with a pompom (3): RAH
51 Across: What golf pencils lack (7): ERASERS
54 Across: Brand of craft knives (5): XACTO
55 Across: Cubes (7): DICESUP
59 Across: Unable to make "Ocean's Thirteen," maybe? (15): WITHOUTACLOONEY
62 Across: Actress Olin (4): LENA
63 Across: Break down (3): ROT
64 Across: Professionals' earnings (4): FEES
65 Across: From scratch (4): ANEW
68 Across: Exotic means of suicide (3): ASP
69 Across: Brewed beverages (4): ALES
71 Across: Organ that can perform martial arts moves? (15): THEKARATEKIDNEY
78 Across: Writing set? (7): PENPALS
81 Across: Alprazolam, more familiarly (5): XANAX
82 Across: Femme fatale, often (7): SEDUCER
83 Across: Progressive ___ (3): ERA
84 Across: Quick-change artists? (7): PITCREW
86 Across: 1983 Nicholas Gage book (5): ELENI
87 Across: Ex-wife's refrain? (18): REMEMBERTHEALIMONY
93 Across: Products with earbuds (5): IPODS
94 Across: 2004 spinoff show (4): JOEY
95 Across: Lip-puckering (4): TART
96 Across: Long ride? (3): BUS
99 Across: Recording device (4): TIVO
100 Across: Blue (4): LEWD
101 Across: All for (3): PRO
104 Across: "___ dien," motto of the Prince of Wales (3): ICH
105 Across: Specialist M.D. (3): ENT
106 Across: Reason to retire (3): AGE
107 Across: Monstrous bird of myth (3): ROC
108 Across: How a diaper is removed? (12): FROMONHEINIE
111 Across: Cry to a lunch sandwich before it's eaten? (14): LOOKOUTBOLOGNA
115 Across: Set off (6): IGNITE
116 Across: Arctic natives (6): INUITS
117 Across: "Eureka!" (7): IHAVEIT
118 Across: "Is this a ___ which I see before me": Macbeth (6): DAGGER
119 Across: Salary after deductions (6): NETPAY
120 Across: Sequoias and Siennas (7): TOYOTAS
121 Across: Whiles away (6): SPENDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Angel (6): BACKER
2 Down: Beethoven's Third (6): EROICA
3 Down: Hurry on horseback (6): GALLOP
4 Down: River through Kazakhstan (4): URAL
5 Down: Jotted down (11): MADEANOTEOF
6 Down: Alien (7): STARMAN
7 Down: Three-sided blade (4): EPEE
8 Down: Mubarak's predecessor (5): SADAT
9 Down: Company with the motto "A Business of Caring" (5): CIGNA
10 Down: Old carrier name (5): USAIR
11 Down: Have the gumption (4): DARE
12 Down: ___ roll (3): ONA
13 Down: Roman Helios (3): SOL
14 Down: Catalyst (5): SPARK
15 Down: Top-notch (4): AONE
16 Down: Spot early on? (3): PUP
17 Down: Able to change shape (7): PROTEAN
18 Down: Unwanted plant in farmyards (7): HENBANE
19 Down: Spacecraft orbiting Mars (7): ODYSSEY
25 Down: Mislead and then some (5): LIETO
27 Down: Hook worm (4): BAIT
33 Down: Pan coating (6): TEFLON
34 Down: Off-color (4): RACY
35 Down: Hebrew for "house of God" (6): BETHEL
38 Down: Wahine accessory (3): LEI
39 Down: Very, to Verdi (5): MOLTO
40 Down: Horror movie figure, informally (4): DRAC
41 Down: British bludgeon (4): COSH
42 Down: Year that Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" was published (4): MDXC
43 Down: Set of rings? (4): PEAL
44 Down: Food item that can be soft or hard (4): TACO
45 Down: Historic Swiss canton (3): URI
46 Down: Prepare to give what you received? (6): REWRAP
47 Down: Brooks Robinson, for 23 years (6): ORIOLE
48 Down: Secure tightly, with "down" (6): BATTEN
52 Down: Lament (3): RUE
53 Down: Chooses to leave (5): STETS
55 Down: Units of force (5): DYNES
56 Down: Late wake-up call? (6): SEANCE
57 Down: Seemingly not there (6): UNSEEN
58 Down: Ancient manuscripts (6): PAPYRI
60 Down: Black layer found in Morbier cheese (3): ASH
61 Down: Put dishes away (3): EAT
66 Down: Stretch (out) (3): EKE
67 Down: Pull ahead yet further (11): WIDENTHEGAP
70 Down: Small suit (6): SPEEDO
72 Down: Left (6): EXITED
73 Down: Actress Bates (5): KATHY
74 Down: Ending with sever or suffer (4): ANCE
75 Down: ___ avis (4): RARA
76 Down: It'll turn you around (4): AXEL
77 Down: In a proper manner (4): DULY
79 Down: Shaw's "___ and the Man" (4): ARMS
80 Down: Research center (3): LAB
84 Down: On-the-water front (4): PROW
85 Down: Wildean quality (3): WIT
87 Down: Drug taken mostly by kids (7): RITALIN
88 Down: Inferior imitator (7): EPIGONE
89 Down: Pack up and go (7): MOVEOUT
90 Down: Deplane dramatically (5): EJECT
91 Down: Common street name (4): MAIN
92 Down: Nero Wolfe's obsession (7): ORCHIDS
96 Down: Not harmful (6): BENIGN
97 Down: Together (6): UNITED
98 Down: They're rounded up in a roundup (6): STEERS
100 Down: Punk (5): LOUSY
101 Down: Utah County seat (5): PROVO
102 Down: Big name in reference books (5): ROGET
103 Down: ___ vincit amor (5): OMNIA
107 Down: Nino who composed the music for "The Godfather" (4): ROTA
108 Down: Scold severely (4): FLAY
109 Down: Feedbag's fill (4): OATS
110 Down: "Splendor in the Grass" writer (4): INGE
112 Down: Currency of Laos (3): KIP
113 Down: It may come straight from the horse's mouth (3): BIT
114 Down: "Now the truth comes out!" (3): OHO

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