FIVE-STRING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/30/2007. By Kelsey Blakley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Starting point (4): EDEN
5 Across: Wraps on stage (4): BOAS
9 Across: Org. that inspects factories (4): OSHA
13 Across: Frog's place (6): THROAT
19 Across: ___-pointe (ballet position) (4): DEMI
20 Across: Footballer-turned-politician Swann (4): LYNN
21 Across: Inn's offering (4): ROOM
22 Across: Hungry lion, e.g. (6): ROARER
23 Across: *Ice hockey penalty (14): GAMEMISCONDUCT
26 Across: Mame, e.g. (6): AUNTIE
27 Across: Motrin rival (6): ANACIN
28 Across: They may be high before a competition (5): HOPES
29 Across: Purges (4): RIDS
31 Across: Companion of a spade (3): HOE
32 Across: Surgically excise (6): RESECT
33 Across: Pod that's sometimes pickled (4): OKRA
34 Across: *Tongue-in-cheek (9): FACETIOUS
36 Across: Côte d'___ (4): AZUR
38 Across: Observed (8): LOOKEDON
40 Across: *Somewhat in jest (13): HALFSERIOUSLY
46 Across: Unbroken (6): INTACT
50 Across: Dinner spread (4): OLEO
51 Across: Food label abbr. (4): NTWT
52 Across: Rocky Mtn. highs? (5): ELEVS
55 Across: Patron saint of metalworkers (4): ELOI
56 Across: Not skip a beat? (6): PATROL
59 Across: Go-go-go (9): ENERGETIC
61 Across: Not go by one's own locomotion (4): RIDE
62 Across: Connections (3): INS
63 Across: Family V.I.P.'s (3): MAS
65 Across: "Myself was stirring ___ the break of day": Shak. (3): ERE
66 Across: Oiled, in a manner (8): ANOINTED
68 Across: *Sign of coming danger (15): GATHERINGCLOUDS
72 Across: To be handled by (8): INCAREOF
75 Across: ___-eyed (3): DOE
76 Across: "TV Funhouse" show, for short (3): SNL
77 Across: Key holder?: Abbr. (3): FLA
80 Across: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" author, 1970 (4): DAHL
81 Across: Upshot (9): NETRESULT
85 Across: Lack of variety (6): TEDIUM
87 Across: Special case? (4): ETUI
88 Across: Dan ___, former N.B.A. star and coach (5): ISSEL
89 Across: Roman historian (4): LIVY
91 Across: Jazzy Anita (4): ODAY
92 Across: Sharp bend (6): DOGLEG
94 Across: *Drifter (13): WANDERINGSOUL
98 Across: Colorless, flammable gas (8): ETHYLENE
101 Across: Imitator (4): APER
102 Across: *What "dele" means (9): TAKEITOUT
105 Across: ___ moss (4): PEAT
108 Across: Does just all right (6): GETSBY
113 Across: Top-notch (3): ACE
114 Across: Israeli statesman Barak (4): EHUD
115 Across: Actress/spokeswoman Belafonte (5): SHARI
116 Across: Ancient Greek region (6): AEOLIA
117 Across: Tin: Prefix (6): STANNO
119 Across: *Barnyard fixture (14): WATERINGTROUGH
122 Across: New Hampshire senator John (6): SUNUNU
123 Across: 1965 movie "___ What You Did" (4): ISAW
124 Across: Give a come-hither look (4): OGLE
125 Across: Toy company whose name is an anagram of 124-Across (4): LEGO
126 Across: Corkscrew, e.g. (6): OPENER
127 Across: One-liners (4): GAGS
128 Across: General ___ chicken (4): TSOS
129 Across: Bygone U.S. gas brand (4): ESSO

Down Answers

1 Down: Annual literary award (5): EDGAR
2 Down: Silas of the Continental Congress (5): DEANE
3 Down: Thompson and Lazarus (5): EMMAS
4 Down: Relative of 26-Across (5): NIECE
5 Down: Jewish crêpe (7): BLINTZE
6 Down: Exclamations of exasperation (3): OYS
7 Down: Religious recluse (9): ANCHORITE
8 Down: Derisive gesture (5): SNOOK
9 Down: Periods in prison, e.g. (7): ORDEALS
10 Down: Old French coins (4): SOUS
11 Down: Ad follower (3): HOC
12 Down: City of New Orleans operator (6): AMTRAK
13 Down: *Professional courtesy in pricing (13): TRADEDISCOUNT
14 Down: First word spoken to earth from the lunar surface (7): HOUSTON
15 Down: Dashed (3): RAN
16 Down: Maker of Bug-B-Gon (5): ORTHO
17 Down: Fivesome seen in order in the answer to each starred clue (5): AEIOU
18 Down: Shady sorts? (5): TREES
24 Down: Biotite and phlogopite (5): MICAS
25 Down: Home of "The Diane Rehm Show" (3): NPR
30 Down: Put away for good (3): ICE
34 Down: Christopher Morley novel "Kitty ___" (5): FOYLE
35 Down: Future residents (7): INTERNS
37 Down: Banquet holder (3): URN
39 Down: Designer Cassini (4): OLEG
40 Down: Some cliff dwellers (4): HOPI
41 Down: English playwright Ayckbourn (4): ALAN
42 Down: "I'm game!" (4): LETS
43 Down: Backing (3): FOR
44 Down: Landlord, e.g. (5): OWNER
45 Down: Development sites (5): UTERI
47 Down: Came down (4): ALIT
48 Down: Word with bar or color (4): CODE
49 Down: One-to-one, e.g. (4): TIED
53 Down: Card catalog abbr. (4): ETAL
54 Down: Chiantis, e.g. (5): VINOS
57 Down: Poet who wrote "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on" (4): OMAR
58 Down: *Time during a graveyard shift (13): LATENIGHTHOUR
60 Down: Tears to pieces (5): RENDS
64 Down: Arch sites (5): SHOES
67 Down: Nothing doing? (4): IDLE
68 Down: Sea of ___ (7): GALILEE
69 Down: Newts (4): EFTS
70 Down: Stephen Jay ___, author of "The Panda's Thumb" (5): GOULD
71 Down: Role in "The Color Purple" (5): CELIE
72 Down: Carded, say (4): IDED
73 Down: Grp. conducting Operation Deny Flight (4): NATO
74 Down: Repeated cry at a beer blast (4): CHUG
77 Down: Cousin of Spot (4): FIDO
78 Down: Beach bash (4): LUAU
79 Down: ___ nitrate (4): AMYL
82 Down: Lick again (5): REWET
83 Down: Flair (4): ELAN
84 Down: Nielsens (9): TVRATINGS
86 Down: To-___ (3): DOS
90 Down: Small bark (3): YIP
93 Down: Saint-___, capital of France's Loire department (7): ETIENNE
95 Down: 4-Down's brothers (7): NEPHEWS
96 Down: Brings to naught (7): NEGATES
97 Down: Feminist Germaine (5): GREER
99 Down: Crossword solver, presumably (3): YOU
100 Down: Philosopher Wittgenstein (6): LUDWIG
102 Down: Italian poet Torquato ___ (5): TASSO
103 Down: Misbehave (5): ACTUP
104 Down: "The Family Circus" cartoonist (5): KEANE
106 Down: Side flap (3): EAR
107 Down: Rampaging (5): ARIOT
109 Down: "A Confederacy of Dunces" author (5): TOOLE
110 Down: Pivots (5): SLUES
111 Down: "American Pie" actor Jason (5): BIGGS
112 Down: Uneducated boor (5): YAHOO
115 Down: Unaccompanied (4): STAG
118 Down: Novice, maybe (3): NUN
120 Down: Simile's center (3): ASA
121 Down: Day-___ (3): GLO

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