HAVING PULL - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/28/2007. By Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Shoots (5): SPEWS
6 Across: Wicker willow (5): OSIER
11 Across: Bee Gees brother (4): GIBB
15 Across: Cry from a butterfingers (4): OOPS
19 Across: Words sung "with love" in a 1967 hit (5): TOSIR
20 Across: Band of fighters (5): CADRE
21 Across: ___ vez (again, in Spanish) (4): OTRA
22 Across: "Fudge!" (4): DRAT
23 Across: They may be pulled (11): ALLNIGHTERS
25 Across: It may be pulled (9): GUARDDUTY
27 Across: Visibly showed displeasure with (8): GLAREDAT
28 Across: "Falstaff" and others (6): OPERAS
29 Across: Contest of wills? (7): PROBATE
32 Across: Member of the familia (3): TIA
34 Across: Lady from Ipanema (7): SENHORA
38 Across: Neutral shade (5): LINEN
39 Across: Half of a 1970's TV duo (7): STARSKY
43 Across: Traveled (along) (6): TOOLED
44 Across: Cookout staple (5): STEAK
45 Across: ___-mo (3): SLO
46 Across: Goethe play (5): FAUST
48 Across: Cusp (4): EDGE
49 Across: One may be pulled (15): STARTINGPITCHER
54 Across: Scripture topic (3): SIN
55 Across: Mil. mail drop (3): APO
57 Across: Appeared (7): CAMEOUT
58 Across: Roasted snacks (7): CASHEWS
60 Across: Lincoln, maybe (7): TOWNCAR
63 Across: Hibernation site (3): DEN
64 Across: Water holder (3): DAM
65 Across: Select group (5): ELITE
67 Across: Bank holdings (6): MONEYS
68 Across: They may be pulled (7): MUSCLES
70 Across: Place for a beer and a bite (6): BISTRO
71 Across: Stu of early TV (5): ERWIN
72 Across: Dandy (3): FOP
73 Across: She-demon (3): HAG
74 Across: Like some Roman tragedies (7): SENECAN
75 Across: Feature of many a hospital rooftop (7): HELIPAD
77 Across: Saw-edged (7): SERRATE
79 Across: Day divs. (3): HRS
80 Across: "___ see" (3): SOI
81 Across: It may be pulled (15): CLIENTSCASEFILE
85 Across: Blockheads (4): LUGS
87 Across: Half of a 1980's TV duo (5): ALLIE
88 Across: Sot's affliction (3): DTS
89 Across: Lyndon Johnson, by birth (5): VIRGO
92 Across: Fireplace receptacle (6): ASHPAN
94 Across: Brandy glass (7): SNIFTER
97 Across: Some jackets (5): ETONS
98 Across: Women's apparel department (7): PETITES
100 Across: "Count me out" (3): NAH
101 Across: Convertibles (7): RAGTOPS
103 Across: Fundamental figure in geometry (6): EUCLID
106 Across: Tiger Beat topic (8): TEENIDOL
109 Across: It may be pulled (9): HANDBRAKE
112 Across: They may be pulled (11): WISDOMTEETH
116 Across: Pizazz (4): BRIO
117 Across: Always (4): EVER
118 Across: Syrian leader (5): ASSAD
119 Across: Grasshopper stage (5): IMAGO
120 Across: Arab League member (4): OMAN
121 Across: Break off (4): WEAN
122 Across: Content of some rings (5): SMOKE
123 Across: Far from enthusiastic (5): TEPID

Down Answers

1 Down: Place to sell tkts. (3): STA
2 Down: Campaign pro (3): POL
3 Down: Immigrant's class: Abbr. (3): ESL
4 Down: A hummingbird has a fast one (8): WINGBEAT
5 Down: Country that styles itself a "democratic socialist republic" (8): SRILANKA
6 Down: Yellowish shade (5): OCHRE
7 Down: Fill (4): SATE
8 Down: Fingered, briefly (4): IDED
9 Down: Text miscues (6): ERRATA
10 Down: Not let settle (6): RESTIR
11 Down: Kind of dancer (4): GOGO
12 Down: "Live ___!" (4): ITUP
13 Down: Highland hillsides (5): BRAES
14 Down: Hair clasps (9): BARRETTES
15 Down: Worthless loafer? (7): ODDSHOE
16 Down: Sch. in Tulsa (3): ORU
17 Down: Stroke (3): PAT
18 Down: Dump (3): STY
24 Down: Hood's rod (3): GAT
26 Down: Linda of soaps (4): DANO
29 Down: Abbr. of politeness (3): PLS
30 Down: Gradually slower, in mus. (3): RIT
31 Down: It may be pulled (13): ONESOWNWEIGHT
33 Down: ___ as a fiddle (5): ASFIT
35 Down: It may be pulled (13): OLDSWITCHEROO
36 Down: University official (9): REGISTRAR
37 Down: Gulf of ___, off the Horn of Africa (4): ADEN
39 Down: Diet (4): SLIM
40 Down: Worked out (7): TONEDUP
41 Down: "Krazy ___" (3): KAT
42 Down: Desert bloomers (6): YUCCAS
45 Down: Chinese checkers board shape (4): STAR
47 Down: Counterfeit (4): SHAM
50 Down: Some VCR's (4): RCAS
51 Down: Pushes off (4): GOES
52 Down: They may be pulled (7): PUNCHES
53 Down: Köln's river (5): RHEIN
55 Down: "Look ___!" (4): ATME
56 Down: Oliver Twist's birthplace (9): POORHOUSE
59 Down: Besides that (4): ELSE
61 Down: Pulitzer-winning writer Sheehan (4): NEIL
62 Down: Diogenes, for one (5): CYNIC
64 Down: Put down (7): DEGRADE
66 Down: Major stretches (4): EONS
68 Down: Posers (6): MODELS
69 Down: Prix de ___ de Triomphe (annual Paris horse race) (4): LARC
70 Down: Kick (4): BEEF
72 Down: Strike out (4): FAIL
74 Down: Marie and others: Abbr. (4): STES
76 Down: Pilot, flight attendants, etc. (9): PLANECREW
77 Down: Lager holder (5): STEIN
78 Down: Observatory observer: Abbr. (4): ASTR
80 Down: Sharp rebuke (4): SLAP
82 Down: Diarist Anaïs (3): NIN
83 Down: "Aha!" (8): IVEGOTIT
84 Down: 1962 musical co-directed by Bob Fosse (8): LITTLEME
86 Down: Secretly watched (7): SPIEDON
90 Down: Econ. measure (3): GNP
91 Down: C.I.A. ancestor (3): OSS
93 Down: Swift's "A Tale of ___" (4): ATUB
95 Down: Mullahs' calls (6): FATWAS
96 Down: Basic belief (6): THEISM
99 Down: Freedman, once (5): SLAVE
101 Down: ___ Janeiro (5): RIODE
102 Down: Naval V.I.P. (3): ADM
104 Down: Furniture retailer since 1943 (4): IKEA
105 Down: Laura of "I Am Sam" (4): DERN
107 Down: Petrol brand (4): ESSO
108 Down: Sask. neighbor (4): NDAK
109 Down: "Deadwood" carrier (3): HBO
110 Down: Tentacle (3): ARM
111 Down: Actress Long (3): NIA
113 Down: Literary monogram (3): EAP
114 Down: ___ Friday's (3): TGI
115 Down: Brick holder (3): HOD

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