SOUNDS OF OLD - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/14/2007. By Harvey Estes.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Eponymous physicist (5): TESLA
6 Across: Mary Kay rival (4): AVON
10 Across: See 64-Down (4): CASS
14 Across: Corroborator, maybe (5): ALIBI
19 Across: Drink (5): OCEAN
20 Across: Ill humor (4): BILE
21 Across: Online initialism (4): IMHO
22 Across: Parts of a routine (5): JOKES
23 Across: Hat with a plume (5): SHAKO
24 Across: Steady, say (4): BEAU
25 Across: Family-gathering time (4): NOEL
26 Across: One year's record (5): ANNAL
27 Across: Like shoes made in St. Louis and finished in New Orleans? (17): SOLEDDOWNTHERIVER
31 Across: "Bambi" character (3): ENA
32 Across: Tops (4): BEST
33 Across: 2001's "Ocean's Eleven" and others (7): REMAKES
34 Across: Matching (4): TWIN
35 Across: Bear witness (6): ATTEST
38 Across: Fauna (7): ANIMALS
40 Across: Listing (6): TILTED
42 Across: Part of a parka (4): HOOD
43 Across: Detroit's Joe Louis ___ (5): ARENA
44 Across: "Gr-r-ross!" (5): YECCH
45 Across: Old pigskin org. (3): AFL
46 Across: Got a facial piercing? (13): HOLEDONESNOSE
51 Across: Danger to divers (3): EEL
54 Across: Birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet (8): BULGARIA
56 Across: Dressing room door figure (4): STAR
57 Across: "Funny Girl" composer (5): STYNE
59 Across: Dadaist Max (5): ERNST
60 Across: Flips (7): GOESAPE
63 Across: Acclaim (5): KUDOS
64 Across: Got by (6): MADEDO
66 Across: Crooks on golf courses (7): DOGLEGS
67 Across: Kind of iron (6): WAFFLE
68 Across: Moon of Uranus (5): ARIEL
69 Across: Diver's hose (7): AIRLINE
70 Across: "Blood and Fire" for the Salvation Army (5): MOTTO
71 Across: Certain finish (5): MATTE
72 Across: Break (4): TAME
73 Across: Bread-for-cake event? (8): BAKESALE
76 Across: Tie indicator (3): ALL
77 Across: Played tenpins in officers' uniforms? (13): BOWLEDASBRASS
82 Across: Good deal (3): LOT
83 Across: ___ Falls (5): IDAHO
85 Across: Hides a mike on (5): WIRES
86 Across: Fair shelter (4): TENT
87 Across: Modern site of the capital of ancient Galatia (6): ANKARA
89 Across: Pinkish yellow (7): APRICOT
92 Across: Deepen (6): DREDGE
94 Across: Home paper (4): DEED
95 Across: Freshly consider (7): RETHINK
97 Across: French word of approval (4): BIEN
98 Across: Sacrifice fly stat (3): RBI
99 Across: Walking on hot embers? (17): GETTINGCOALEDFEET
105 Across: Top (5): OUTDO
107 Across: Bothers (4): AILS
108 Across: Familiar sigh (4): AHME
109 Across: Boy in TV's "Life Goes On" (5): CORKY
110 Across: Old war story (5): ILIAD
111 Across: Tennis's Nastase (4): ILIE
112 Across: Jell-O flavor (4): LIME
113 Across: Boring bit (5): AUGER
114 Across: To-do list (5): TASKS
115 Across: Org. in TV's "Adam 12" (4): LAPD
116 Across: Ankh feature (4): LOOP
117 Across: Novel content (5): PROSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Chuck (4): TOSS
2 Down: Parrot (4): ECHO
3 Down: SeaWorld frolicker (4): SEAL
4 Down: Silt locale (7): LAKEBED
5 Down: Some terminals (6): ANODES
6 Down: Superior's title (5): ABBOT
7 Down: Pleasant hotel room feature (4): VIEW
8 Down: Pearl Buck heroine (4): OLAN
9 Down: Elementary particle (8): NEUTRINO
10 Down: Screening locale (6): CINEMA
11 Down: Making no value judgments (6): AMORAL
12 Down: Some oil barons (6): SHEIKS
13 Down: Work out (5): SOLVE
14 Down: Close to closed (4): AJAR
15 Down: First name in horror (3): LON
16 Down: Comment about suddenly thinner mares? (16): IKNEWTHEYDFOALED
17 Down: Small topper (6): BEANIE
18 Down: Easter, e.g. (6): ISLAND
28 Down: Schedule-shifting syst. (3): DST
29 Down: Atlas, e.g. (5): HEMAN
30 Down: Opera singer Simon ___ (5): ESTES
34 Down: Pampering, for short (3): TLC
35 Down: Starring role for John Barrymore and Gregory Peck (4): AHAB
36 Down: Good source of protein (4): TOFU
37 Down: Rang true? (16): TOLLEDITLIKEITIS
38 Down: Painter's calculation (4): AREA
39 Down: Actor Beatty (3): NED
41 Down: They just scrape the surface (9): ICESKATES
43 Down: Made a touchdown (4): ALIT
44 Down: Knight's time (4): YORE
46 Down: Place to get a grip (9): HANDLEBAR
47 Down: Estimator's phrase (4): ORSO
48 Down: City north of Cologne (5): ESSEN
49 Down: Oater transport (5): STAGE
50 Down: Is off guard (4): NAPS
52 Down: Hydroxyl compund (4): ENOL
53 Down: ___-majesté (4): LESE
55 Down: Say hey to (5): GREET
58 Down: University of Massachusetts (5): TUFTS
60 Down: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" singer, 1963 (5): GORME
61 Down: Like some bodies on a beach (5): OGLED
62 Down: Samuel's teacher, in the Bible (3): ELI
64 Down: With 10-Across, popular 1960's-70's singer (4): MAMA
65 Down: Kazakhstan's ___ Sea (4): ARAL
66 Down: Combination lock feature (4): DIAL
67 Down: Cooking vessels (4): WOKS
69 Down: Part of a Lawrence Welk count (4): ATWO
70 Down: "Serpico" author (4): MAAS
73 Down: Writer Harte (4): BRET
74 Down: Dragged out (4): LONG
75 Down: Female name ending (4): ETTE
78 Down: Midwest transfer point (5): OHARE
79 Down: Causing wonder in (5): AWING
80 Down: Line of soldiers needing medical attention (8): SICKCALL
81 Down: "My man!" (3): BRO
84 Down: Little League coach, often (3): DAD
86 Down: "Message received" (7): TENFOUR
87 Down: Nimble (6): ADROIT
88 Down: Distant cloud (6): NEBULA
89 Down: Fifth-century invader (6): ATTILA
90 Down: Avant-garde composer Glass (6): PHILIP
91 Down: Finished, as dishes (6): RINSED
92 Down: Game piece (3): DIE
93 Down: Worker for tips (6): REDCAP
96 Down: Sell online (5): ETAIL
97 Down: Clean up, in a way (5): BLEEP
99 Down: Mercury and Mars (4): GODS
100 Down: Grant's birthplace (4): OHIO
101 Down: Magazine contents (4): AMMO
102 Down: Start of a conclusion (4): ERGO
103 Down: Barely gets, with "out" (4): EKES
104 Down: Phoenician trading center (4): TYRE
106 Down: Former U.S. terr. (3): DAK

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