LAY OF THE LAND - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/17/2006. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Sharp cheese quality (3): NIP
4 Across: Center of emotions (5): BOSOM
9 Across: Mountain top? (6): SKICAP
15 Across: ___ Club of old TV (3): PTL
18 Across: Big record co. (3): EMI
19 Across: Many, many (6): ATONOF
21 Across: This puzzle's northern border? (6): CANADA
22 Across: Be in a hole (3): OWE
23 Across: Access code? (10): OPENSESAME
25 Across: Stockpiles (6): HOARDS
26 Across: Fired up (3): LIT
27 Across: Scruffs (5): NAPES
28 Across: Its clue reads "Unstable subatomic particle" (6): TENDOWN
30 Across: Treater's words (6): ITSONME
32 Across: Key-signature preceder (5): GCLEF
33 Across: Family subdivisions (6): GENERA
34 Across: Opposite of post- (3): PRE
36 Across: Drying chamber (4): OAST
37 Across: With 33-Down, quickly (3): ATA
38 Across: More than devotion (7): IDOLATRY
40 Across: Sine ___ non (3): QUA
41 Across: Gary ___, Pultizer-winning Beat poet (5): SNYDER
42 Across: Kind (3): SORT
43 Across: Plays (6): DRAMAS
44 Across: Abrasive stuff (6): PUMICE
46 Across: Spot for slop (3): STY
47 Across: Prevent from escaping (6): SEALIN
49 Across: Breaches of faith (8): TREASONS
51 Across: With 97-Across, bearer of edible triangular nuts (5): BEECH
53 Across: Land with monsoons (4): LAOS
54 Across: Not monaurally (7): INSTEREO
58 Across: Meat, in Madrid (4): CARNE
61 Across: Count with many titles (10): LEOTOLSTOY
64 Across: More faithful (5): TRUER
65 Across: Congresswoman Abzug and others (6): BELLAS
67 Across: Vulnerable point (7): WEAKSPOT
68 Across: "Awww"-inspiring (6): LOVABLE
69 Across: It may be indicated by a stroke (5): ONEAM
70 Across: Hot (10): ALLTHERAGE
72 Across: An Untouchable (4): NESS
73 Across: Mosaic flooring (7): TERRAZZO
75 Across: Restaurateur Toots (4): SHOR
76 Across: Newport Beach sight (5): YACHT
78 Across: Where a bell ringer may stand (8): DOORSTEP
80 Across: Ibsen play (6): GHOSTS
83 Across: Like some carol apparel (3): GAY
86 Across: Within reach (6): NOTFAR
87 Across: Receiver's counterpart (6): PASSER
90 Across: Gave birth to (3): HAD
92 Across: Drops (5): OMITS
94 Across: Fourth of 12: Abbr. (3): APR
95 Across: Eye openers? (7): DILATORS
96 Across: Clark of country music (3): ROY
97 Across: See 51-Across (4): TREE
98 Across: Provided, as a line (3): FED
99 Across: ___ haddie (smoked fish) (6): FINNAN
100 Across: Run for dear life? (5): ELOPE
102 Across: Cold war draft (6): SALTII
104 Across: Williams's "Popeye" co-star (6): DUVALL
105 Across: Attacked in a rage (5): FLEWAT
106 Across: Unpaired (3): ODD
107 Across: Missed a golden opportunity (6): BLEWIT
110 Across: Disagrees (10): TAKESISSUE
113 Across: In shape (3): FIT
114 Across: This puzzle's southern border? (6): MEXICO
115 Across: Antarctica's ___ Coast (6): ADELIE
116 Across: French pronoun (3): ILS
117 Across: "___ bad!" (3): TOO
118 Across: Hot (6): STOLEN
119 Across: Water falls? (5): DRIPS
120 Across: "___ a chance" (3): NOT

Down Answers

1 Down: It may glow in the dark (7): NEONGAS
2 Down: Crater creators, e.g. (8): IMPACTORS
3 Down: Makeshift Frisbee (8): PIEPLATE
4 Down: One taking a big bow (9): BASSFIDDLE
5 Down: Suffix with Capri (3): OTE
6 Down: Message in a bottle, maybe (3): SOS
7 Down: Already chosen for play, say (7): ONATEAM
8 Down: Mass x velocity measurements (7): MOMENTA
9 Down: Sound in the middle of Italy (5): SCHWA
10 Down: Unstable subatomic particle (4): KAON
11 Down: Minute opening? (3): INA
12 Down: Beetle, e.g. (3): CAR
13 Down: Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss (5): ADDIE
14 Down: Onetime (4): PAST
15 Down: Spots for some shirts (7): POLOADS
16 Down: Matching pair (7): TWINSET
17 Down: "Here, maybe I can do it" (7): LETMETRY
20 Down: They're often dinged (6): FENDERS
24 Down: Once called (3): NEE
29 Down: Suffix with direct (3): ORY
31 Down: RCA competitor (3): SONY
33 Down: See 37-Across (6): GLANCE
34 Down: Big name in sneakers (4): PUMA
35 Down: Like baba (6): RAISINY
39 Down: Bay windows (6): ORIELS
40 Down: Ancient Roman financial officer: Var. (7): QUESTOR
41 Down: Targeted, as with a mailing (6): SENTTO
44 Down: Boom (7): PROSPER
45 Down: Firms: Abbr. (3): COS
48 Down: "Sic et Non" author (7): ABELARD
49 Down: Discuss business at a social occasion (7): TALKSHOP
50 Down: Mansion staff (7): SERVANTS
52 Down: Bay (4): HOWL
53 Down: Hater (7): LOATHER
55 Down: Rustic (4): RUBE
56 Down: Often-smoked fish (4): EELS
57 Down: Metallurgists' supplies (4): ORES
58 Down: Explorer at Labrador in 1497 (4): CABOT
59 Down: French conductor Leibowitz (4): RENE
60 Down: Red or Card (4): NLER
62 Down: Satellite of 1962 (7): TELSTAR
63 Down: Approval on "The Little Rascals" (4): OTAY
66 Down: Strong women (6): AMAZONS
68 Down: Licentious man (6): LECHER
70 Down: Blood carriers (6): AORTAE
71 Down: Has trouble swallowing (6): GAGSON
74 Down: Place of chaos (3): ZOO
77 Down: Cow annoyers (9): HORSEFLIES
79 Down: Org. in TV's "Nash Bridges" (4): SFPD
81 Down: Adds as a bonus (8): THROWSIN
82 Down: State capital on the Tietê River (8): SAOPAULO
83 Down: Started to melt (7): GOTSOFT
84 Down: Home of many talk shows (7): AMRADIO
85 Down: Opposite of dominate (7): YIELDTO
87 Down: Supplier of candy and toys for kids (6): PINATA
88 Down: "Shane" actor (7): ALANLADD
89 Down: Lion, at times (7): STALKER
91 Down: It's used to check septic systems (7): DYETEST
93 Down: Asian observance (3): TET
95 Down: Shareholder's income: Abbr. (3): DIV
98 Down: Steakhouse selection (5): FILET
99 Down: Cot alternative (5): FUTON
101 Down: Guitar great ___ Paul (3): LES
103 Down: They were once cloned (4): IBMS
104 Down: Chop up (4): DICE
108 Down: Prefix with skeleton (3): EXO
109 Down: Actor Wheaton (3): WIL
111 Down: Yalie (3): ELI
112 Down: Take in slowly (3): SIP

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