BURIED TREASURE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 143 clues). Published 8/19/2007. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: As yet (5): SOFAR
6 Across: Strands in a diner (9): SPAGHETTI
15 Across: March of ___ (5): DIMES
20 Across: Mme. Tussaud (5): MARIE
21 Across: One who keeps a beat? (9): PATROLMAN
22 Across: Opposition (5): ENEMY
23 Across: Complete flip-flop (5): UTURN
24 Across: Mind (9): INTELLECT
25 Across: Just above average (5): CPLUS
26 Across: With 113-Across, 1972 song lyric hinting at this puzzle's theme (17): IVEBEENAMINERFORA
29 Across: Play group? (7): STAGERS
30 Across: ___ Tomé (3): SAO
31 Across: Besmirching (7): TARRING
33 Across: Scene (6): TABLEAU
34 Across: They're pitched (5): TENTS
36 Across: Victorians, e.g. (6): AUSSIES
38 Across: Patron saint of Norway (4): OLAV
39 Across: Outdoor shindigs (4): LUAUS
41 Across: "Your mother wears army boots!," e.g. (4): TAUNT
44 Across: Kristin ___, six-time swimming champion at the 1988 Olympics (4): OTTO
45 Across: Classic Atari game (9): ASTEROIDS
48 Across: Approaches (9): DRAWSNEAR
51 Across: Mahler's "___ Lied von der Erde" (3): DAS
52 Across: "Typee" sequel (4): OMOO
53 Across: First Shia imam (3): ALI
56 Across: Latin 101 verb (4): AMAT
57 Across: Marie or Suzanne: Abbr. (3): STE
58 Across: "Homage to Clio" poet (4): AUDEN
59 Across: Some shavers (5): BRAUNS
61 Across: Pianist Claudio (4): ARRAU
63 Across: "Barnaby Jones" star (5): EBSEN
65 Across: Set up (7): READIED
67 Across: Thick (5): MIDST
70 Across: Check words (5): PAYTO
71 Across: D.C. pol (3): SEN
72 Across: Narc employer, for short (3): DEA
74 Across: "The Baptism of Christ" painter ___ della Francesca (5): PIERO
76 Across: ___ Reader (4): UTNE
77 Across: Child-care provider (5): AUPAIR
79 Across: Capital city about an hour by plane from Miami (5): NASSAU
81 Across: Campaign expense (4): TVAD
82 Across: End of a hammer (4): PEEN
83 Across: Music unlikely to be played at a party (5): DIRGE
84 Across: Squeezing (out) (5): EKING
85 Across: Weigh station sight (4): SEMI
86 Across: Prefix with valve (3): UNI
87 Across: Delilahs (6): SIRENS
88 Across: Lifework (6): CAREER
90 Across: White House advisory grp. (3): NSC
91 Across: Snorkeling locale (6): LAGOON
93 Across: Wide of the mark (6): ERRANT
95 Across: "The best ___ to come!" (5): ISYET
97 Across: European air hub (7): DEGAULLE
103 Across: "The Naked Maja" and "The Clothed Maja," e.g. (5): GOYAS
106 Across: It's often "proud" (7): SPONSOR
109 Across: Sine or cosine (5): RATIO
110 Across: Two-year periods (7): BIENNIA
112 Across: Straight (4): TRUE
113 Across: See 26-Across (11): HEARTOFGOLD
116 Across: Solidarity symbol (4): FIST
117 Across: Director Wertmüller (4): LINA
118 Across: How ballerinas dance (5): ONTOE
119 Across: Jalapeño feature (5): TILDE
120 Across: Tennis player Smashnova (4): ANNA
121 Across: Dairy aisle purchase (4): EGGS
122 Across: Detects, in a way (5): HEARS
123 Across: Slight difficulties (5): SNAGS
124 Across: Typical Mad reader (4): TEEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Laura Bush's alma mater: Abbr. (3): SMU
2 Down: Nibble for Trigger (3): OAT
3 Down: Tropical cave dwellers (9): FRUITBATS
4 Down: Radiator part (8): AIRVALVE
5 Down: Go back (on) (6): RENEGE
6 Down: Person with binoculars, maybe (5): SPIER
7 Down: Glazier's stock (5): PANES
8 Down: Mailing label abbr. (4): ATTN
9 Down: Facilitates (7): GREASES
10 Down: Bill who created the comic strip "Smokey Stover" (6): HOLMAN
11 Down: Missy ___ with the 2002 hit "Work It" (7): ELLIOTT
12 Down: Some govt. investigators (4): TMEN
13 Down: Indicator of silence (5): TACET
14 Down: Prefix with state (5): INTRA
15 Down: Some Martha Stewart Living photo displays (6): DECORS
16 Down: Locked up (8): INPRISON
17 Down: Deep black garnets (9): MELANITES
18 Down: Swift-running bird (3): EMU
19 Down: Way: Abbr. (3): SYS
27 Down: Lover boy (3): BEAU
28 Down: Overseas Mrs. (3): FRAU
29 Down: Burrito topping (5): SALSA
32 Down: Reach an understanding of (5): GETAT
33 Down: Mr. ___ of "The Wind in the Willows" (4): TOAD
34 Down: Letters from Greece (3): TAUS
35 Down: Mideast's House of ___ (3): SAUD
37 Down: Peeved (4): SORE
39 Down: Common symbol in heraldry (4): LION
40 Down: German-born Hollywood actor ___ Keir (3): UDO
42 Down: Org. of which U. S. Grant was once president (3): NRA
43 Down: Author Janowitz (4): TAMA
46 Down: Event where chaps may be seen (5): RODEO
47 Down: Warning, maybe (4): OMEN
49 Down: "Close" (4): WARM
50 Down: Landing place (5): STRIP
53 Down: Constellation near Scorpius (3): ARA
54 Down: Extol (3): LAUD
55 Down: Magician's name suffix (3): INI
58 Down: Author who wrote "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other" (5): AUSTEN
59 Down: Harmless (6): BENIGN
60 Down: "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" singer (6): SEDAKA
62 Down: Independent examinations (5): AUDITS
63 Down: All gone, in a way (5): EATEN
64 Down: Like 113-Across (11): BYNEILYOUNG
65 Down: Backside (7): REAREND
66 Down: 1954 Jean Simmons movie (7): DESIREE
68 Down: Atomic number of the special parts of this puzzle which, when connected, form a 113-Across (11): SEVENTYNINE
69 Down: Toronto transports (5): TRAMS
70 Down: Kind of platter (4): PUPU
71 Down: Politico Agnew (5): SPIRO
73 Down: He played Grant on TV (5): ASNER
75 Down: Like some of Keats's work (4): ODIC
77 Down: Sound (4): AUDIO
78 Down: Thing, in court (3): RES
79 Down: Big inits. in Japanese computers (3): NEC
80 Down: Carpentry tool (4): AUGER
87 Down: Pepper and others: Abbr. (4): SGTS
89 Down: Frenzy (4): RAGE
92 Down: Son of Aphrodite (6): AENEAS
94 Down: Like some yogurt (6): NONFAT
95 Down: Basketry fiber (5): ISTLE
96 Down: Parsley bit (5): SPRIG
98 Down: Boo-boo (5): ERROR
99 Down: Microsoft man (5): GATES
100 Down: Park Avenue, for one (3): AUTO
101 Down: Mountain climbers? (5): LIFTS
102 Down: Sign on to a computer (5): LOGIN
104 Down: French department in Picardy (5): AISNE
105 Down: "Paradise Lost" figure (5): SATAN
107 Down: "We got trouble!" (4): OHOH
108 Down: Painter Magritte (4): RENE
110 Down: Whse., e.g. (4): BLDG
111 Down: ___ of March (4): IDES
114 Down: ___ crossroads (3): ATA
115 Down: Suffix with pay (3): OLA

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