PUTTING ON HEIRS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 12/10/2006. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Many applications (4): GELS
5 Across: Miss (4): GIRL
9 Across: Tudor queen, informally (4): BESS
13 Across: Rafting area (6): RAPIDS
19 Across: Final, e.g. (4): EXAM
20 Across: To be played in unison (4): ADUE
21 Across: Horse ridden by Hotspur in "King Henry IV, Part I" (4): ROAN
22 Across: Shrewdness (6): ACUMEN
23 Across: Jazzy James (4): ETTA
24 Across: Breakdown on a Hyundai assembly line? (16): SONATASTANDSTILL
27 Across: Edit for TV, say (5): RECUT
29 Across: Birthplace of 41-Across: Abbr. (3): RUS
30 Across: Reason for a flood of calls to the police dept., maybe (3): UFO
31 Across: "Wheel of Fortune" purchase (3): ANI
32 Across: Rev. Jesse on Sundays? (18): JACKSONINTHEPULPIT
38 Across: ___ florentine (3): ALA
39 Across: Author Bagnold (4): ENID
40 Across: Till bill (3): TEN
41 Across: "Nemesis" novelist (6): ASIMOV
45 Across: Stickers (5): BARBS
47 Across: Old Roman's boast after a deer hunt? (15): VENISONVIDIVICI
52 Across: Town north of Anaheim (4): BREA
53 Across: Seat of Washoe County, Nev. (4): RENO
54 Across: Runners at the corners, say, in baseball (5): TWOON
55 Across: Chow (4): EATS
56 Across: Long in the tooth (4): AGED
57 Across: Go on stage (5): ENTER
59 Across: Bluish gray (5): SLATY
62 Across: "Oh, give ___ home ?" (3): MEA
63 Across: Check for typos, e.g. (6): REREAD
65 Across: Some of Shakespeare's income? (13): SONNETPROFITS
69 Across: Astroturf alternative (5): GRASS
72 Across: Truss (3): TIE
73 Across: Popular vodka, informally (5): STOLI
74 Across: Newly mortared bricks and stones? (13): VIRGINMASONRY
79 Across: Decrees (6): UKASES
83 Across: With 74-Down, unanimity (3): ONE
84 Across: Grisham's "___ to Kill" (5): ATIME
85 Across: Obstruct (5): DAMUP
88 Across: Become unhinged (4): SNAP
89 Across: Words of confidence (4): ICAN
91 Across: Go ___ (start fighting) (5): TOWAR
94 Across: Person making unauthorized reports (4): MOLE
95 Across: Oscar-winning Irene (4): CARA
96 Across: November through April, to vacationers? (15): CARIBBEANSEASON
100 Across: World Series game (5): POKER
101 Across: Decorate with pointy figures (6): ENSTAR
102 Across: Unveil, in poetry (3): OPE
103 Across: Instance (4): CASE
105 Across: Mad staff: Abbr. (3): EDS
106 Across: One needed to bestow a blessing on a golf club? (18): PARSONFORTHECOURSE
112 Across: Leaves at a luau (3): LEI
114 Across: Mad., e.g. (3): AVE
115 Across: 1950 World Cup host, with a stadium for 180,000+ people (3): RIO
116 Across: Musical with the song "N.Y.C." (5): ANNIE
117 Across: Advice to Claudius, in "Hamlet"? (16): WATCHYOURSTEPSON
123 Across: Memorable 2004 hurricane (4): IVAN
125 Across: Spoke in a poke? (6): OINKED
126 Across: Spoils (4): LOOT
127 Across: Dubai or Houston (4): PORT
128 Across: TV part (4): TELE
129 Across: Gets rid of (6): ERASES
130 Across: Big petrol seller (4): ESSO
131 Across: Chop ___ (4): SUEY
132 Across: Formerly, once (4): ERST

Down Answers

1 Down: "Is that a fact?!" (3): GEE
2 Down: Supersized (10): EXTRALARGE
3 Down: Phase of life before retirement (10): LATECAREER
4 Down: Buss (5): SMACK
5 Down: "Beauty and the Beast" role (6): GASTON
6 Down: Words said with a raised hand (3): IDO
7 Down: Reward for going home? (3): RUN
8 Down: Pick up (5): LEARN
9 Down: Most insolent (8): BRASHEST
10 Down: Volkswagen model (3): EOS
11 Down: Took notice (5): SATUP
12 Down: State of confusion (5): SNAFU
13 Down: Far out (3): RAD
14 Down: Coolers, for short (3): ACS
15 Down: Commonly accepted as such (8): PUTATIVE
16 Down: Comment after looking at one's cards (4): IMIN
17 Down: Submarine base? (4): DELI
18 Down: NBC inits. (3): SNL
25 Down: ___-frutti (5): TUTTI
26 Down: Cambodia's Lon ___ (3): NOL
28 Down: Applications (4): USES
32 Down: N.B.A. legend Kareem Abdul-___ (6): JABBAR
33 Down: Oscar winner for "Separate Tables" (5): NIVEN
34 Down: Driver's lic., e.g. (5): IDENT
35 Down: Adequate, old-style (4): ENOW
36 Down: Tablet (3): PAD
37 Down: See 117-Down (3): ISI
42 Down: Home of El Nuevo Herald (5): MIAMI
43 Down: Wedding band, maybe (5): OCTET
44 Down: Travel items (5): VISAS
46 Down: Dishonest sort (6): BADEGG
48 Down: Rejections (4): NOES
49 Down: Jet part (4): NOSE
50 Down: Battery number (5): VOLTS
51 Down: Out of place (5): INAPT
53 Down: Pharaoh, for one (6): REDANT
58 Down: ___-Rooter (4): ROTO
60 Down: Company on the move (6): TROUPE
61 Down: Yellow ball (4): YOLK
64 Down: "Di quella pira," e.g. (4): ARIA
66 Down: Palindromic writer (3): NIN
67 Down: Eggheady sort (4): NERD
68 Down: Flop (6): FIASCO
70 Down: Hit hard (5): SMITE
71 Down: Where "yes" is "ioe," pronounced in three syllables (5): SAMOA
74 Down: See 83-Across (5): VOICE
75 Down: Like the emperor Atahualpa (5): INCAN
76 Down: Backs (5): REARS
77 Down: Like baseball covers (4): SEWN
78 Down: Thanksgiving dishes (4): YAMS
80 Down: It starts in Yellowstone National Park (10): SNAKERIVER
81 Down: Barrel-shaped marine mammals (10): EAREDSEALS
82 Down: Meager (6): SPARSE
86 Down: Sponge (5): MOOCH
87 Down: Long bones (5): ULNAE
90 Down: Splits hairs (8): NITPICKS
92 Down: On and after (4): ASOF
93 Down: Be under, as an officer (8): REPORTTO
97 Down: Ewe said it (3): BAA
98 Down: Cold response? (3): BRR
99 Down: High point (5): AERIE
100 Down: V.I.P.'s opposite (4): PEON
104 Down: Meager (6): SCANTY
107 Down: Africa's ___ Tomé (3): SAO
108 Down: Future seed (5): OVULE
109 Down: ___ Circus (ancient Roman arena) (5): NEROS
110 Down: Big name in trading cards (5): TOPPS
111 Down: Put together (5): UNITE
112 Down: Hidey-hole (4): LAIR
113 Down: 10,900-foot European peak (4): ETNA
117 Down: With 37-Down, popular book on grammar (3): WOE
118 Down: Laugh syllable (3): HEE
119 Down: Tailback's stat: Abbr. (3): YDS
120 Down: Call for help (3): SOS
121 Down: Symbol of worthlessness (3): SOU
122 Down: It's found in seams (3): ORE
124 Down: Celtic rival (3): NET

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