2-D - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/20/2006. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pop group with a hit Broadway musical (4): ABBA
5 Across: "Dido and Aeneas," for an early English example (5): OPERA
10 Across: Three-time Masters winner (5): SNEAD
15 Across: Smack (4): BUSS
19 Across: Pastelería offering (4): FLAN
20 Across: Had (5): DUPED
21 Across: Challenger's quest (5): TITLE
22 Across: Agitated, after "in" (4): APET
23 Across: Affectionate aquarium denizen? (10): CUDDLEFISH
25 Across: Opposed to getting more angry? (10): ANTIMADDER
27 Across: Changes a mansard (7): REROOFS
28 Across: Popular women's fragrance (5): ESTEE
30 Across: Force in the Trojan War (6): ARMADA
31 Across: French department (4): ORNE
32 Across: Glyceride, e.g. (5): ESTER
33 Across: Hatched (7): CREATED
34 Across: Monty Python member (5): PALIN
37 Across: Two-time L.P.G.A. Championship winner Laura (6): DAVIES
39 Across: Grime fighter (7): CLEANER
40 Across: Dark suit (6): SPADES
42 Across: Hub of a wheel (4): NAVE
43 Across: Grade enhancer (4): PLUS
44 Across: Does one's part (4): AIDS
45 Across: "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" invaders? (12): PODDEDPLANTS
49 Across: Trombonist Winding (3): KAI
52 Across: Tiny amount (3): TAD
53 Across: Preceder of Peter in a phonetic alphabet (4): OBOE
54 Across: Ear flap? (4): HUSK
55 Across: Listing (5): ATILT
57 Across: Less taxing (6): EASIER
60 Across: They're all that matter (5): ATOMS
62 Across: A little flat? (6): STUDIO
63 Across: At a slow pace (7): TARDILY
65 Across: Evening thing (5): PLANE
66 Across: Sub (7): STANDIN
67 Across: Wannabe surfers (6): HODADS
68 Across: Pluvial (5): RAINY
69 Across: Cot on wheels (6): GURNEY
70 Across: "There's ___ for that" (5): ANAME
71 Across: Rhine feeder (4): AARE
72 Across: Peach or beech (4): TREE
73 Across: Panama, e.g. (3): HAT
76 Across: "Miss Pym Disposes" author, 1946 (3): TEY
77 Across: Lettuce in the spring? (12): BUDDINGHEADS
81 Across: It's long in fashion (4): MAXI
82 Across: Actress Long and others (4): NIAS
83 Across: Beef cut (4): RUMP
84 Across: Discharged (6): SPEWED
86 Across: Stink (7): MALODOR
90 Across: It might raise a stink (6): HAMPER
92 Across: ___-length (5): ANKLE
93 Across: Ranchero wraps (7): SERAPES
94 Across: Sine or cosine (5): RATIO
95 Across: Author of "Chaim Lederer's Return" (4): ASCH
97 Across: One offering compensation, maybe (6): ATONER
98 Across: Fit (5): TONED
99 Across: Calm (7): APPEASE
102 Across: Very scared insect? (10): SHUDDERBUG
104 Across: Tainted tapioca? (10): OFFPUDDING
107 Across: Start of the Order of the Garter's motto (4): HONI
108 Across: Bring down (5): ABASE
109 Across: Not done as well? (5): RARER
110 Across: Switch attachment? (4): EROO
111 Across: Puts on (4): ADDS
112 Across: Beat (5): TIRED
113 Across: Sty sound (5): SNORT
114 Across: Home, informally (4): NEST

Down Answers

1 Down: Patriots' grp. (3): AFC
2 Down: Memory, sometimes (4): BLUR
3 Down: Invited (4): BADE
4 Down: Sci-fi figures (8): ANDROIDS
5 Down: Concert hall (5): ODEON
6 Down: Made pants? (6): PUFFED
7 Down: Certain Prot. (4): EPIS
8 Down: Low-___ (3): RES
9 Down: Stuff on tape (8): ADHESIVE
10 Down: Union members (6): STATES
11 Down: Number in C.B. lingo (5): NINER
12 Down: Suffix with novel (4): ETTE
13 Down: Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei (3): ALI
14 Down: Actor William of "My Three Sons" (8): DEMAREST
15 Down: Desperado (6): BADMAN
16 Down: Newscast segment (6): UPDATE
17 Down: Sowing machine (6): SEEDER
18 Down: Cremona product, for short (5): STRAD
24 Down: TV's Michaels (5): LORNE
26 Down: Stretch (4): AREA
29 Down: Part of many a Civil War statue (5): STEED
32 Down: Get out of (5): EVADE
33 Down: Blockhead (5): CLUNK
34 Down: It's administered in H.S. (4): PSAT
35 Down: Capital whose Parliament house is called Fale Fono (4): APIA
36 Down: The best time to elope? (9): LADDERDAY
38 Down: Choice words (5): ANDOR
39 Down: First or economy (5): CLASS
41 Down: Loot (6): SPOILS
43 Down: Feather in one's cap (5): PLUME
46 Down: Hypnotist's directive (4): OBEY
47 Down: Deceiving (5): PHONY
48 Down: Old Nick (5): SATAN
49 Down: Young warmonger? (9): KIDDYHAWK
50 Down: Others, in the Forum (4): ALII
51 Down: Pour ___ (4): ITON
56 Down: Lyricist's need (4): TUNE
58 Down: Faithful servant in "As You Like It" (4): ADAM
59 Down: Lesser cut, usually (5): SIDEB
60 Down: Not native (5): ALIEN
61 Down: It fades in the fall (3): TAN
62 Down: Play up (6): STRESS
63 Down: Pointer's reference (4): THAT
64 Down: Primo (4): AONE
65 Down: Oenone's husband, in myth (5): PARIS
66 Down: Like a defendant in court (4): SUED
68 Down: Police car feature (5): RADAR
69 Down: Purplish (5): GRAPE
71 Down: "So long" (5): ADIOS
72 Down: Beat (5): TEMPO
74 Down: Bit of skating practice (4): AXEL
75 Down: Marigraph activator (4): TIDE
78 Down: Take in too little (8): UNDEREAT
79 Down: Rub the wrong way (5): GRATE
80 Down: Cubans' locations (8): HUMIDORS
81 Down: Cousin of a herring (8): MENHADEN
85 Down: Went back and forth (5): PACED
86 Down: Kind of acting (6): METHOD
87 Down: Near (6): AROUND
88 Down: Tour de France cyclist Floyd (6): LANDIS
89 Down: Newspaper piece (4): OPED
90 Down: Like Captain Kidd (6): HANGED
91 Down: Modern-day rhymer (6): RAPPER
93 Down: Olympic skater Cohen (5): SASHA
94 Down: Awaken (5): ROUSE
96 Down: End of many a race (5): SPURT
98 Down: Way up (4): TBAR
99 Down: ___-Asiatic (4): AFRO
100 Down: King (4): SIRE
101 Down: Hazzard County lawman (4): ENOS
103 Down: Category in baseball's Triple Crown: Abbr. (3): RBI
105 Down: Athletic supporter (3): FAN
106 Down: Caught on to (3): GOT

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