FLIP-FLOPS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/23/2007. By David Levinson Wilk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Kicked off (5): BEGUN
6 Across: Pill (4): PAIN
10 Across: Jacket-and-tie affair (4): GALA
14 Across: Afternoon fare (5): SOAPS
19 Across: Good, to Guido (5): BUONO
20 Across: Comedy Central's "___ 911!" (4): RENO
21 Across: Jubilant cries (4): OLES
22 Across: Unadulterated (5): TOTAL
23 Across: Rolled sixes while on Water Works, in Monopoly? (10): BROKEFORGO
25 Across: 552, on a cornerstone (4): DLII
26 Across: Whirlpool alternative (5): AMANA
27 Across: Co-star on TV's "Taxi" (6): DEVITO
28 Across: Doesn't throw away, as a stage prop? (12): KEEPSFORPLAY
31 Across: Element that's liquid at room temperature (7): BROMINE
33 Across: Remote (3): FAR
34 Across: Kings' lands (6): REALMS
35 Across: What a sushi chef loves to hear? (18): COMPLIMENTSFORFISH
41 Across: "Say Say Say," say (4): DUET
42 Across: Royal jelly maker (3): BEE
43 Across: Hi-___ (3): RES
44 Across: Nasdaq listings: Abbr. (3): COS
47 Across: Opposite of morn, to a poet (3): EEN
48 Across: "8 Minute Abs," according to some? (17): THEBESTFORWORKOUT
56 Across: Wilson of Tinseltown (4): OWEN
57 Across: BlackBerry nos. (4): TELS
58 Across: Vatican emissary (6): NUNCIO
59 Across: Extra-large (9): JUMBOSIZE
64 Across: Webster and Wyle (5): NOAHS
67 Across: Canon competitor (5): NIKON
68 Across: Till (4): UPTO
69 Across: January 15? (11): ADAYFORKING
72 Across: Bond (4): GLUE
73 Across: Pull a ___ (5): GROIN
75 Across: Unit of yarn (5): SKEIN
76 Across: Historical separation (9): APARTHEID
78 Across: Dish (6): GOSSIP
80 Across: Volume by Horace (4): ODES
82 Across: History (4): PAST
83 Across: Was late to an appointment at the cosmetician? (17): LOSTTIMEFORMAKEUP
88 Across: Stroke (3): PET
91 Across: Flight attendant's announcement, for short (3): ETA
92 Across: German name part (3): VON
93 Across: "Shine a Little Love" grp. (3): ELO
94 Across: Arcade (4): WALK
95 Across: What scientists working for Gatorade have? (18): KNOWLEDGEFORTHIRST
103 Across: Some moonrocks (6): BASALT
106 Across: Three-day holiday (3): TET
107 Across: Hero of Sophocles' "Electra" (7): ORESTES
108 Across: Dylan not liking Dell computers? (12): APPLESFORBOB
112 Across: Grosse ___, Mich. (6): POINTE
113 Across: Opera ___ (5): SERIA
114 Across: Not closed all the way (4): AJAR
115 Across: Like pro bono work? (10): ALLFORFREE
119 Across: Part of TWA (5): TRANS
120 Across: "___ known then ..." (4): HADI
121 Across: Gladness: Fr. (4): JOIE
122 Across: Andropov and Gagarin (5): YURIS
123 Across: To date (5): ASYET
124 Across: Darkens, maybe (4): DYES
125 Across: Let go (4): AXED
126 Across: Actress Graff (5): ILENE

Down Answers

1 Down: Fraud finder: Abbr. (3): BBB
2 Down: Grand tour locale: Abbr. (3): EUR
3 Down: A bird flying by on the right, to the Greeks (8): GOODOMEN
4 Down: Disheveled (7): UNKEMPT
5 Down: Words following see, hear and speak (6): NOEVIL
6 Down: For now (6): PROTEM
7 Down: Start of many airline names (4): AERO
8 Down: Like Mozart's Symphony No. 10 (3): ING
9 Down: Cozy spot (4): NOOK
10 Down: Develop anacusis (6): GODEAF
11 Down: Gridiron star (6): ALLPRO
12 Down: Rings of islands (4): LEIS
13 Down: "Like that'll ever happen!" (4): ASIF
14 Down: Indications of anger (6): STARES
15 Down: Kind of band (6): OOMPAH
16 Down: One bit (5): ATALL
17 Down: The Beatles arrived in New York in 1964 on this (5): PANAM
18 Down: Does in (5): SLAYS
24 Down: Done, in Dijon (4): FINI
29 Down: 40% of fifty? (3): EFS
30 Down: Prayer (6): ORISON
31 Down: A following? (4): BCDE
32 Down: Wolf (4): ROUE
36 Down: Withdraw (3): EBB
37 Down: Born as (3): NEE
38 Down: Try (4): TEST
39 Down: Basics of grade school learnin'? (3): RRR
40 Down: Small number (3): FEW
44 Down: Certain shell (6): COCKLE
45 Down: "But of course, Monsieur!" (6): OUIOUI
46 Down: More than buzzed (6): STONED
48 Down: Deuce (3): TWO
49 Down: "___ Tramp," Peggy Lee song in "Lady and the Tramp" (4): HESA
50 Down: Bagnold and others (5): ENIDS
51 Down: Carpenter, at times (7): TENONER
52 Down: Spanish bloom (4): FLOR
53 Down: Honshu port (5): OSAKA
54 Down: "Danger! Danger!" (3): RUN
55 Down: Dungeons & Dragons figure (6): KNIGHT
56 Down: Mitch Miller, e.g. (6): OBOIST
59 Down: What multitaskers do with things (6): JUGGLE
60 Down: Displace (6): UPROOT
61 Down: Greek peak (6): MTOSSA
62 Down: Ringo's eldest (3): ZAK
63 Down: ___ newt (witches' brew ingredient) (5): EYEOF
65 Down: With it (3): HIP
66 Down: Hogwarts professor (5): SNAPE
70 Down: Paul Bunyan's dog (4): FIDO
71 Down: Pulitzer-winning novelist Shirley Ann ___ (4): GRAU
74 Down: Little complaint (3): NIT
77 Down: Recipe amt. (3): TSP
79 Down: Moves around (6): PIVOTS
81 Down: "Peter Pan" pirate (4): SMEE
84 Down: Cut (down) (3): MOW
85 Down: 8 x 10, say: Abbr. (3): ENL
86 Down: TV character from the planet Melmac (3): ALF
87 Down: "Rock and Roll, Hoochie ___" (3): KOO
88 Down: Rear seating section in a theater (8): PARTERRE
89 Down: "What ___?" (4): ELSE
90 Down: B'way buys (4): TKTS
94 Down: Yearning (7): WISTFUL
95 Down: Al in Cooperstown (6): KALINE
96 Down: The Braves' div. (6): NLEAST
97 Down: Online investing site (6): ETRADE
98 Down: Ruins (6): DEBRIS
99 Down: Classic Ferrari (3): GTO
100 Down: Laid some tiles (6): ROOFED
101 Down: The Police, e.g. (4): TRIO
102 Down: Son of William the Conqueror (6): HENRYI
103 Down: "No more, Luigi!" (5): BASTA
104 Down: Parrots (5): APERS
105 Down: Nozzle choice (5): SPRAY
109 Down: Late Saudi king (4): FAHD
110 Down: Any member of a 1970s R & B group (4): OJAY
111 Down: Low: Sp. (4): BAJA
112 Down: "Swan Lake" bend (4): PLIE
116 Down: Nova, e.g. (3): LOX
117 Down: German article (3): EIN
118 Down: Wind dir. (3): ESE

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