R-RATED FILM REMAKES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/8/2007. By Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Comfort (6): SOLACE
7 Across: They're tapped in the woods (6): MAPLES
13 Across: Cape Cod course (7): CHOWDER
20 Across: Transfer (6): IRONON
21 Across: Daddy Warbucks's henchman (6): THEASP
22 Across: Lowly digs (7): RATHOLE
23 Across: Remake about a red, white, and blue libido? (13): LUSTINAMERICA
25 Across: Now and then (7): ATTIMES
26 Across: Forklike (5): TINED
27 Across: Dowel (3): ROD
28 Across: Patriots' grp. (3): AFC
29 Across: Rice-A-___ (4): RONI
30 Across: Boxer Marciano's given name (5): ROCCO
32 Across: Remake about impiety during a storm? (15): SINNININTHERAIN
37 Across: Acapulco article (3): UNA
38 Across: In position for a back massage (5): PRONE
40 Across: No dessert for dieters (5): TORTE
41 Across: Game co. that originated Dungeons & Dragons (3): TSR
42 Across: Rhein residence (4): HAUS
44 Across: Pound sound (3): ARF
45 Across: ___ soit qui mal y pense (4): HONI
46 Across: ___ good turn (3): DOA
48 Across: Ristorante suffix (3): INI
51 Across: Remake about a strip club? (14): RISQUEBUSINESS
55 Across: Seepage collectors (6): BILGES
57 Across: Accept another tour of duty (4): REUP
58 Across: Coll. hoops competition (3): NIT
59 Across: Liberty (10): SHORELEAVE
61 Across: Time immemorial (4): EONS
64 Across: Rib (3): KID
66 Across: It's cut and dried (3): HAY
67 Across: To ___ (exactly) (4): ATEE
68 Across: Remake about a lecherous instructor? (19): THENAUGHTYPROFESSOR
74 Across: Rodrigo ___ de Vivar (El Cid) (4): DIAZ
75 Across: Diamond great Hodges (3): GIL
76 Across: "Evil Woman" grp. (3): ELO
77 Across: Pop singer Brickell (4): EDIE
78 Across: Claim (10): ALLEGATION
82 Across: Stock page letters (3): OTC
84 Across: Enter (4): GOIN
87 Across: Hold in the gym (6): NELSON
88 Across: Remake about a TV station/F.C.C. controversy? (14): BROADCASTNUDES
93 Across: Web address ending (3): EDU
94 Across: What precedes 93-Across (3): DOT
96 Across: Flight stats. (4): ALTS
97 Across: P (3): RHO
98 Across: A lot of volume? (4): TOME
99 Across: Union partner: Abbr. (3): CIO
101 Across: Like a twice-used cigar (5): RELIT
103 Across: Following closely? (5): APING
105 Across: Fresh (3): NEW
106 Across: Remake about a holy person's slip? (15): SAINTMISBEHAVIN
110 Across: These, to Tomás (5): ESTAS
112 Across: Wits' bits (4): PUNS
113 Across: Quick (3): APT
114 Across: Yale Bowl player (3): ELI
115 Across: Seminal mainframe (5): ENIAC
117 Across: Figures of speech? (7): ORATORS
119 Across: Remake about a ribald watchman? (13): THEBAWDYGUARD
124 Across: Pamper (7): CATERTO
125 Across: Difficult (6): ORNERY
126 Across: San ___ (Western mountains) (6): PEDROS
127 Across: Represses (7): KEEPSIN
128 Across: Night flight (6): REDEYE
129 Across: Least interesting (6): DRIEST

Down Answers

1 Down: Part of R.S.V.P. (3): SIL
2 Down: Tulsa sch. (3): ORU
3 Down: It's not worth pursuing (9): LOSTCAUSE
4 Down: Caper (5): ANTIC
5 Down: Like some laundries (6): COINOP
6 Down: Feminine suffix (4): ENNE
7 Down: '70s sitcom producer (3): MTM
8 Down: Actor Brian of "Juarez," 1939 (6): AHERNE
9 Down: President ousted in a 1955 coup (5): PERON
10 Down: Buttered someone up big-time (8): LAIDITON
11 Down: PC key (3): ESC
12 Down: Hot spot (3): SPA
13 Down: Made (7): CRAFTED
14 Down: Come out of one's shell (5): HATCH
15 Down: Old Polo Grounds headliner (3): OTT
16 Down: Fans' sounds (6): WHIRRS
17 Down: Japanese "thank you very much" (11): DOMOARIGATO
18 Down: 1983 Nicholas Gage book (5): ELENI
19 Down: Sticky stuff (5): RESIN
24 Down: Gather in a condensed layer (6): ADSORB
28 Down: Tiny tunneler (3): ANT
30 Down: Essen's basin (4): RUHR
31 Down: Transmitting (5): ONAIR
33 Down: Just for laughs (5): INFUN
34 Down: Canonical hour (5): NONES
35 Down: Lucky ones? (5): IRISH
36 Down: Much commerce nowadays (5): ETAIL
39 Down: Arctic explorer John (3): RAE
43 Down: Tight spots (8): SQUEEZES
45 Down: Signal to start (5): HITIT
47 Down: Observed (6): OBEYED
49 Down: "When hell freezes over!" (5): NEVER
50 Down: "Gotcha" (4): ISEE
52 Down: Familiar with (4): UPON
53 Down: Many a Punjabi (4): SIKH
54 Down: Swinging London district (4): SOHO
56 Down: Rent (8): LEASEOUT
60 Down: Olympic track great Johnson, familiarly (4): RAFE
62 Down: 1998 Winter Olympics site (6): NAGANO
63 Down: Clubs, e.g. (4): SUIT
65 Down: It won't run if it's fast (3): DYE
68 Down: Floored, in a way? (5): TILED
69 Down: Sense the unreal (11): HALLUCINATE
70 Down: Smooth (4): GLIB
71 Down: Trudges (5): PLODS
72 Down: Cadet's org. (4): ROTC
73 Down: Communicate silently (4): SIGN
74 Down: Great ___ (4): DANE
79 Down: Beckett's no-show (5): GODOT
80 Down: Toothbrush handle? (5): ORALB
81 Down: "This is on the level" (5): NOLIE
83 Down: Wrist bones (5): CARPI
85 Down: "Whatever you want" (9): IDONTCARE
86 Down: Where Hercules slew a lion (5): NEMEA
89 Down: Where a whodunit is solved (8): ATTHEEND
90 Down: Like gleaming shoes (6): SHINED
91 Down: Load (3): TON
92 Down: Leaves in stitches (4): SEWS
95 Down: Stumbles over (7): TRIPSON
100 Down: Marching together (6): INSTEP
102 Down: Ballpark fig. (3): EST
103 Down: Zoo section (6): AVIARY
104 Down: Counter creator (6): GEIGER
106 Down: Logical Mr. (5): SPOCK
107 Down: Atmospheres (5): AURAE
108 Down: Cuban national hero (5): MARTI
109 Down: "Seascape" playwright (5): ALBEE
111 Down: Yemeni neighbor (5): SAUDI
116 Down: "___ Blue" (4): NYPD
118 Down: Scrubs sites, for short (3): ORS
119 Down: Rocky top (3): TOR
120 Down: Realm of Otto I: Abbr. (3): HRE
121 Down: Slingshot's shape (3): WYE
122 Down: Children's author/illustrator Asquith (3): ROS
123 Down: What to spring to when springing ahead: Abbr. (3): DST

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