MISSING PERSONS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/17/2006. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Outstanding football player (6): ALLPRO
7 Across: Keep after further changes (6): RESAVE
13 Across: Indian-related (6): TRIBAL
19 Across: Letter-shaped tesserae (6): LTILES
20 Across: Little sucker (7): MINIVAC
21 Across: He wrote "Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods" (6): HORACE
22 Across: Store I most like to shop at? (14): MYFAVORITEMART
24 Across: Ready for publication (6): EDITED
25 Across: Comic Auerbach (5): ARTIE
26 Across: 2600, 5200 and 7800, gamewise (6): ATARIS
27 Across: Photo ___ (3): OPS
29 Across: Site of July 1944 fighting (4): STLO
30 Across: Jack who hosted the 1950's game show "Dotto" (4): NARZ
32 Across: Mouse catcher, in Madrid (4): GATO
34 Across: Actress Aniston, to friends (3): JEN
36 Across: Missing from 22-Across (3): IAN
37 Across: Melee in a Dumpster? (11): BATTLEOFBIN
42 Across: Fix up, as old floors (7): RESTAIN
45 Across: "Too bad" (4): ALAS
46 Across: 1957 hit for the Bobbettes (5): MRLEE
47 Across: Combine (3): MIX
48 Across: Hang around (6): LINGER
51 Across: Missing from 119-Across (3): TOM
52 Across: ___ Corner, Va. (Washington suburb) (6): TYSONS
53 Across: N.R.C. forerunner (3): AEC
54 Across: What you will (6): ESTATE
55 Across: Cabbie's call (5): HOPIN
57 Across: Worked (up) (3): HET
58 Across: Missing from 73-Down (4): ANNE
59 Across: Clothing retailer beginning in 1969 (6): THEGAP
60 Across: Flipper? (7): SPATULA
62 Across: Most calm (8): SEDATEST
65 Across: Discounted by (4): LESS
66 Across: Rouses (5): STIRS
68 Across: Seasonal beverage (3): NOG
69 Across: Perennial best-seller subjects (5): DIETS
71 Across: Medieval chest (4): ARCA
74 Across: Dr. Egon ___ ("Ghostbusters" role) (8): SPENGLER
77 Across: Imagine (7): DREAMUP
81 Across: Signals (6): NODSAT
83 Across: Missing from 13-Down (4): CARL
84 Across: Busy travel day, typically (3): EVE
86 Across: East German secret police (5): STASI
87 Across: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Al (6): KALINE
88 Across: Actress Gardner (3): AVA
89 Across: Glacial ridges (6): ARETES
91 Across: Missing from 61-Down (3): VIC
92 Across: Where Zaragoza is (6): ARAGON
93 Across: Blue Stater, more likely than not (3): DEM
94 Across: Pioneering weather satellite (5): TIROS
95 Across: Federico of Clinton's cabinet (4): PENA
96 Across: Novel (7): UNUSUAL
98 Across: Place to wash clothes in old Rome? (11): TOGASPRINGS
100 Across: U.S. News or YM (3): MAG
102 Across: Gold units: Abbr. (3): KTS
103 Across: Vater's boy (4): SOHN
105 Across: Memorable 1966 hurricane (4): INEZ
106 Across: "I Ain't Marching Anymore" singer (4): OCHS
108 Across: Cry of surprise (3): OHO
110 Across: Overflowed (6): TEEMED
113 Across: Arab capital (5): CAIRO
117 Across: Senator's locale (6): OTTAWA
119 Across: Droid in an oil container? (14): BOTOFTHEBARREL
122 Across: Looked like Groucho (6): LEERED
123 Across: Some T-shirt designs (7): IRONONS
124 Across: Arose (6): SPRANG
125 Across: Pitcher's quote (6): ADRATE
126 Across: Cops' weapons (6): TASERS
127 Across: Tone deafness (6): ASONIA

Down Answers

1 Down: Soprano Gluck (4): ALMA
2 Down: Astronomical meas. (4): LTYR
3 Down: Good news on a gloomy day, e.g. (4): LIFT
4 Down: Objections (7): PLAINTS
5 Down: Exhibit (6): REVEAL
6 Down: Baja bruin (3): OSO
7 Down: Missing from 37-Across (4): RITA
8 Down: Forces (8): ENERGIES
9 Down: Apelike (6): SIMIAN
10 Down: Starbuck's order? (5): AVAST
11 Down: Dictionary abbr. (3): VAR
12 Down: Prefix with -derm (4): ECTO
13 Down: A particular bit of typography? (12): THESETLETTER
14 Down: Casting need (3): ROD
15 Down: It's usually blue, green or brown (4): IRIS
16 Down: Certain eligibility requirement for Little League? (10): BATTINGAGE
17 Down: Amtrak service (5): ACELA
18 Down: Deceived (5): LEDON
20 Down: Where Kofi Annan received an M.B.A. (3): MIT
23 Down: Finely honed (10): RAZORSHARP
28 Down: Attire with pics of sheep, maybe (3): PJS
31 Down: ___ Martin (cognac) (4): REMY
33 Down: Source of spices for old traders (6): ORIENT
35 Down: Charlie Chan player on TV (5): NAISH
37 Down: Soaks (5): BATHS
38 Down: Thrown for ___ (5): ALOOP
39 Down: Super Bowl XXXVII winner, for short (5): TAMPA
40 Down: Sheet of ice (4): FLOE
41 Down: Leanings (5): BENTS
43 Down: Go over (6): EXCEED
44 Down: Communications orbiter (8): INTELSAT
47 Down: Get by (6): MANAGE
49 Down: Pilots' info (4): ETAS
50 Down: Sales crew (4): REPS
52 Down: Bolt holder (4): TNUT
56 Down: "Maybe this is fate" (8): ITSASIGN
58 Down: "Be ___" ("Help me out") (5): ADOLL
61 Down: Heeds humorist George? (12): LISTENSTOADE
63 Down: Memory trace (6): ENGRAM
64 Down: Across (10): SIDETOSIDE
67 Down: Jon with the 1992 hit "Just Another Day" (6): SECADA
70 Down: "___ of the D'Urbervilles" (4): TESS
71 Down: "Lonely Boy" singer (4): ANKA
72 Down: Crowd sound (4): ROAR
73 Down: What you hear on a Chris Rock recording? (10): CDLAUGHTER
75 Down: Faux "buttons" (6): NAVELS
76 Down: Hoist again, as a sail (5): RERIG
78 Down: Whiz (5): MAVEN
79 Down: Not abstaining (5): USING
80 Down: Type measures (5): PICAS
82 Down: Actress Aimée (5): ANOUK
85 Down: Missing from 16-Down (4): VERA
89 Down: Expiate (8): ATONEFOR
90 Down: Airer of many games (4): ESPN
95 Down: Founder of Lima (7): PIZARRO
97 Down: Show to a seat, informally (3): USH
98 Down: 1992 Elton John hit (6): THEONE
99 Down: Postgame productions (6): RECAPS
100 Down: Cabbage (5): MOOLA
101 Down: Functioned (5): ACTED
104 Down: Four Holy Roman emperors (5): OTTOS
107 Down: Missing from 98-Across (4): SARA
109 Down: Passing mention? (4): OBIT
111 Down: Range: Abbr. (4): MTNS
112 Down: Quizzical sounds (3): EHS
114 Down: OPEC member (4): IRAN
115 Down: Italian artist Guido (4): RENI
116 Down: Saint from Kiev (4): OLGA
118 Down: Dripping (3): WET
120 Down: Mouths, zoologically (3): ORA
121 Down: Org. receiving royalties for "God Bless America" (3): BSA

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