YULE LAUGH - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/24/2006. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Relaxed (7): ATPEACE
8 Across: Co. that makes Band-Aids (5): JANDJ
13 Across: Pivots (6): FULCRA
19 Across: Dish ladled out hot or cold (7): BORSCHT
20 Across: Draw out (6): ELICIT
22 Across: Dominant dogs (6): ALPHAS
23 Across: In myth, killer of his own mother, Clytemnestra (7): ORESTES
24 Across: Chinese symbols on Santa's vehicle? (13): SLEIGHDRAGONS
26 Across: Do some tailoring (6): RESEAM
27 Across: Snooker need (3): CUE
28 Across: Fortuneteller's opening (4): ISEE
29 Across: Baseball's Moises (4): ALOU
30 Across: Paleontological wonder at a natural history museum (4): TREX
31 Across: Part of old French Indochina (4): LAOS
33 Across: Punching devices (4): AWLS
35 Across: "March of the Penguins" director ___ Jacquet (3): LUC
36 Across: 8-Down, with "the" (3): SON
37 Across: Rolling rock (4): LAVA
38 Across: Itsy-bitsy door decoration? (12): PEEWEEWREATH
43 Across: Like some chiefs (6): TRIBAL
45 Across: Variety (3): ILK
46 Across: Second string (5): BTEAM
47 Across: Refuges (5): OASES
49 Across: Spoke at great length (7): SPIELED
52 Across: 1994 sci-fi writer's memoir (7): IASIMOV
56 Across: Makings of a coup (4): PLOT
57 Across: Some 1960's coupes (4): GTOS
58 Across: "Get ___ get out" (4): INOR
60 Across: Chemical ending (3): ANE
61 Across: Home's counterpart (6): OFFICE
63 Across: Sold out, in a way (8): RATTEDON
67 Across: In use (5): TAKEN
69 Across: Hearst's San ___ castle (6): SIMEON
70 Across: Delay (7): TIMELAG
71 Across: Scratch (6): DOREMI
72 Across: Tremor (5): SEISM
73 Across: Relief provider (8): REDCROSS
74 Across: Dispatch boats (6): AVISOS
75 Across: Spigot site (3): URN
76 Across: Common green house gift (4): FERN
77 Across: A long, long time (4): EONS
79 Across: "___ Rollo" (popular Mexican variety show) (4): OTRO
80 Across: Big test (7): MIDTERM
83 Across: Opposite of should (7): OUGHTNT
87 Across: Whitish (5): ASHEN
88 Across: "Don't get any ___" (5): IDEAS
90 Across: ___-Caps (3): SNO
91 Across: Hot dog (6): WEENIE
93 Across: Sunburnt Santa? (12): LOBSTERCLAUS
97 Across: Greek height (4): OSSA
98 Across: Dandy (3): FOP
101 Across: River of Devon (3): EXE
102 Across: Kind of terrier (4): SKYE
103 Across: ___ speak (4): SOTO
104 Across: Bog down (4): MIRE
105 Across: Big top? (4): AFRO
107 Across: Sight from Messina (4): ETNA
109 Across: It might leave tracks (3): MUD
110 Across: "Peter Pan" writer (6): BARRIE
112 Across: Santa reindeer-turned-zombie? (13): DONNERTHEDEAD
116 Across: Fetch (7): SELLFOR
117 Across: Three in one (6): TRIUNE
118 Across: Celebrates (6): EXALTS
119 Across: Woman in Sartre's "No Exit" (7): ESTELLE
120 Across: Texas city (6): ODESSA
121 Across: Goodwill (5): AMITY
122 Across: Sauntered (7): MOSEYED

Down Answers

1 Down: Cancels (6): ABORTS
2 Down: One who might grab the bull by the horns (6): TORERO
3 Down: Gifts you only think about giving? (14): PRESENTSOFMIND
4 Down: Hedingham Castle locale (5): ESSEX
5 Down: Court minutes (4): ACTA
6 Down: Place to get a reaction in school? (7): CHEMLAB
7 Down: Venusians, e.g. (3): ETS
8 Down: Manger figure (5): JESUS
9 Down: Everything, on the Ems (4): ALLE
10 Down: Never, in Nürnberg (3): NIE
11 Down: Early seventh-century year (4): DCII
12 Down: Christmas gift easily identifiable by shaking? (6): JIGSAW
13 Down: Away's partner (3): FAR
14 Down: Suffix with form (3): ULA
15 Down: Kraft Nabisco Championship org. (4): LPGA
16 Down: Spiny cactus (6): CHOLLA
17 Down: Expired (6): RANOUT
18 Down: Per se (6): ASSUCH
21 Down: Amazon's home (6): THEWEB
25 Down: Cross-out (8): DELETION
27 Down: Handler of gifts for the kids on the "naughty" list? (10): COALPORTER
32 Down: Call at sea (5): AVAST
34 Down: Attest (5): SWEAR
37 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3): LIS
38 Down: Mincemeat ___ (3): PIE
39 Down: Corner piece (3): ELL
40 Down: Stretch (out) (3): EKE
41 Down: Dorm overseers, for short (3): RAS
42 Down: Popular record label (3): EMI
44 Down: Adjusts, as laces (6): RETIES
47 Down: Pogo, e.g. (7): OPOSSUM
48 Down: Italian tragic poet Vittorio (7): ALFIERI
50 Down: Stern parent's reply (7): ISAIDNO
51 Down: Played some songs, say (7): DIDASET
53 Down: Throws a Christmas tree? (14): MAKESTHEFIRFLY
54 Down: "Encore!" (7): ONEMORE
55 Down: Hunter's meat (7): VENISON
57 Down: Star wearer: Abbr. (3): GEN
59 Down: Christmas quaffs set atop a board? (10): NOGSONWOOD
62 Down: Dot follower (3): COM
64 Down: Film buff's cable channel (3): TMC
65 Down: Thrice, in Rx's (3): TER
66 Down: Grp. with the 1977 hit "Do Ya" (3): ELO
67 Down: "Mazel ___!" (3): TOV
68 Down: Melodic pieces (6): ARIOSI
71 Down: "Law & Order" figs. (3): DAS
73 Down: Sell to a new audience, say (8): REMARKET
76 Down: Rescues (5): FREES
78 Down: Military trial, briefly (5): NTEST
81 Down: "___ the season to be jolly" (3): TIS
82 Down: N.J. summer setting (3): EDT
84 Down: G8 member (3): USA
85 Down: Serengeti grazer (3): GNU
86 Down: Christmas laughs (3): HOS
87 Down: Tokyo-based carrier (3): ANA
89 Down: Father Time prop (6): SCYTHE
92 Down: 1962 Paul Anka hit (7): ESOBESO
93 Down: Precede (6): LEADTO
94 Down: Stephen Hawking's alma mater (6): OXFORD
95 Down: Comedian ___ Mac (6): BERNIE
96 Down: Kansas City suburb (6): LENEXA
99 Down: Brooks Robinson, e.g. (6): ORIOLE
100 Down: Squinted (at) (6): PEERED
103 Down: Like dishwater (5): SUDSY
104 Down: 1957 hit for the Bobbettes (5): MRLEE
106 Down: Obligation (4): ONUS
108 Down: Genesis man (4): ADAM
109 Down: QB Hasselbeck (4): MATT
111 Down: Hgts. (4): ALTS
113 Down: U.S.N. officer (3): ENS
114 Down: Stephen of "V for Vendetta" (3): REA
115 Down: Samuel's teacher, in the Bible (3): ELI
116 Down: Two qtrs. (3): SEM

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