SPLITS AND MERGERS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 3/9/2008. By Patrick Berry.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Upper end of a soprano's range (5)
- HIGHC
- 6 Across: Life work? (3)
- BIO
- 9 Across: In support of (3)
- FOR
- 12 Across: Bishopric (7)
- DIOCESE
- 19 Across: Basketballer nicknamed the Diesel (5)
- ONEAL
- 20 Across: Attribute (to) (7)
- ASCRIBE
- 22 Across: Joins up (7)
- ENROLLS
- 23 Across: Concave button (5)
- INNIE
- 24 Across: "Over my dead body!" / Alert [split] (15)
- NOTIFICANHELPIT
- 26 Across: Exchange words? / New beginning [merger] (9)
- TRANSLATE
- 28 Across: ___ Maria (coffee liqueur) (3)
- TIA
- 29 Across: Gift-wrapper's need (4)
- TAPE
- 30 Across: Strummed instrument (3)
- UKE
- 32 Across: "___ my doubts" (5)
- IHAVE
- 33 Across: Animated film character voiced by Matthew Broderick (5)
- SIMBA
- 35 Across: Fine fellow (3)
- SIR
- 36 Across: Undecided, you might say (4)
- TIED
- 38 Across: Deal (out) (4)
- METE
- 39 Across: Annoying obligations / "No need to check" [split] (11)
- IMPOSITIONS
- 42 Across: 1980s "NBC News Overnight" anchor / Feared insect [merger] (8)
- ELLERBEE
- 44 Across: At full speed (5)
- AMAIN
- 45 Across: "Mazel ___!" (3)
- TOV
- 46 Across: "The History ___" (Tony-winning play) (4)
- BOYS
- 47 Across: Harsh (5)
- STARK
- 48 Across: Return flight destinations? (5)
- NESTS
- 52 Across: Off-limits (5)
- TABOO
- 55 Across: Get down (6)
- BOOGIE
- 56 Across: Plant manager? (3)
- HOE
- 58 Across: Figure just above the total (3)
- TIP
- 59 Across: Black hole's boundary / Despite the fact that [split] (12)
- EVENTHORIZON
- 62 Across: Group migration (8)
- DIASPORA
- 64 Across: Like Eton attendees (4)
- MALE
- 65 Across: Author of the "Earth's Children" series (4)
- AUEL
- 66 Across: Social reformer Lucretia (4)
- MOTT
- 67 Across: "Great Scott!" (4)
- EGAD
- 68 Across: A little cross? (8)
- PLUSSIGN
- 70 Across: Double sugar / Travel freely? [merger] (12)
- DISACCHARIDE
- 74 Across: Get dressed (up) (3)
- TOG
- 75 Across: "Feh!" (3)
- UGH
- 76 Across: Insects found in trunks (6)
- BORERS
- 77 Across: Takes off (5)
- FLEES
- 78 Across: Bag (5)
- SNARE
- 80 Across: In the cooler (5)
- ONICE
- 81 Across: Unread messages, usually (4)
- SPAM
- 83 Across: Mountain SE of ancient Troy (3)
- IDA
- 85 Across: It has many sides (5)
- FEAST
- 86 Across: Commuter's source of entertainment / Actor John or David [split] (8)
- CARRADIO
- 90 Across: Martini ingredient / Delta site [merger] (11)
- DRYVERMOUTH
- 94 Across: Burt's "Stroker Ace" co-star (4)
- LONI
- 95 Across: "The Seagull" ingenue (4)
- NINA
- 96 Across: Water, to Watteau (3)
- EAU
- 97 Across: Fictional blue humanoid (5)
- SMURF
- 98 Across: Aggressive patriot (5)
- JINGO
- 99 Across: Fishtank accessory (3)
- NET
- 100 Across: Prefix with potent (4)
- OMNI
- 102 Across: MapQuest suggestion: Abbr. (3)
- RTE
- 103 Across: Franz Liszt, e.g. / Didn't go straight, maybe [split] (9)
- HUNGARIAN
- 106 Across: "Come back now, y'hear?" / Park employee [merger] (15)
- DONTBEASTRANGER
- 110 Across: TV journalist Van Susteren (5)
- GRETA
- 113 Across: Commentator (7)
- ANALYST
- 114 Across: Using company resources (7)
- INHOUSE
- 115 Across: Great white ___ (5)
- HERON
- 116 Across: Took too long, as a meeting (7)
- RANLATE
- 117 Across: Superhero name ender (3)
- MAN
- 118 Across: Broke bread (3)
- ATE
- 119 Across: Finger-lickin' good (5)
- TASTY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: ___ polloi (3)
- HOI
- 2 Down: Overnight site (3)
- INN
- 3 Down: Patrician (7)
- GENTEEL
- 4 Down: Della sells hers in "The Gift of the Magi" (4)
- HAIR
- 5 Down: See 26-Across (4)
- CLEANSLATE
- 6 Down: Keen producers (8)
- BANSHEES
- 7 Down: Quarantine (7)
- ISOLATE
- 8 Down: Scale's range (6)
- OCTAVE
- 9 Down: Taylor's deputy on TV (4)
- FIFE
- 10 Down: Kimono securer (3)
- OBI
- 11 Down: ___ room (3)
- REC
- 12 Down: Gap filler? (6)
- DENIMS
- 13 Down: Occupy (7)
- INHABIT
- 14 Down: Blast furnace input (3)
- ORE
- 15 Down: Peacemaker maker (4)
- COLT
- 16 Down: #1 hit for Marty Robbins (6)
- ELPASO
- 17 Down: Add surreptitiously (6)
- SLIPIN
- 18 Down: Some phosphates, e.g. (6)
- ESTERS
- 21 Down: Observance (4)
- RITE
- 25 Down: See 24-Across (5)
- NOTIFICATION
- 27 Down: Modern political acronym (5)
- NIMBY
- 30 Down: Navajo enemy (3)
- UTE
- 31 Down: See 42-Across (3)
- KILLERBEE
- 33 Down: Abrupt increase on a graph (5)
- SPIKE
- 34 Down: Assuages one's guilt (6)
- ATONES
- 37 Down: Prepares, in a way, as chicken (7)
- DEBONES
- 39 Down: Adult insect (5)
- IMAGO
- 40 Down: California county with Point Reyes National Seashore (5)
- MARIN
- 41 Down: See 39-Across (3)
- IMPOSITIVE
- 43 Down: Origin (4)
- ROOT
- 44 Down: Complete (4)
- ATOZ
- 47 Down: It's not needed in hydroponics (4)
- SOIL
- 49 Down: It's clipped at both ends (6)
- STOGIE
- 50 Down: Philippic (6)
- TIRADE
- 51 Down: Game similar to bridge (6)
- SPADES
- 52 Down: Really appeals to (6)
- TEMPTS
- 53 Down: Earthly paradise of Celtic legend (6)
- AVALON
- 54 Down: Caviar source (6)
- BELUGA
- 55 Down: W.W. II light machine gun (4)
- BREN
- 56 Down: See 70-Across (4)
- HITCHARIDE
- 57 Down: Bleeped word (4)
- OATH
- 60 Down: Reagan's first secretary of state (4)
- HAIG
- 61 Down: See 59-Across (4)
- EVENTHOUGH
- 62 Down: Pros who practice (4)
- DOCS
- 63 Down: Violinist Itzhak (7)
- PERLMAN
- 66 Down: Four-legged female (4)
- MARE
- 69 Down: Napped fabrics (6)
- SUEDES
- 70 Down: "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" star (5)
- DONAT
- 71 Down: ___ Sea, connected to St. George's Channel (5)
- IRISH
- 72 Down: It's split (4)
- SECT
- 73 Down: At a distance (4)
- AFAR
- 76 Down: ___ bourguignon (5)
- BOEUF
- 79 Down: See 90-Across (3)
- RIVERMOUTH
- 81 Down: 1953 3-D film starring Fernando Lamas (8)
- SANGAREE
- 82 Down: Earlier (5)
- PRIOR
- 84 Down: Seat separator (7)
- ARMREST
- 85 Down: See 106-Across (5)
- FORESTRANGER
- 86 Down: Stop up (7)
- CONGEST
- 87 Down: Some campaign fund-raisers (7)
- DINNERS
- 88 Down: See 86-Across (3)
- CARRADINE
- 89 Down: Cereal grass (3)
- OAT
- 90 Down: Himalayan cedar (6)
- DEODAR
- 91 Down: ___ Quimby, girl of children's lit (6)
- RAMONA
- 92 Down: Chinese province bordering Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar (6)
- YUNNAN
- 93 Down: Change genetically (6)
- MUTATE
- 94 Down: ___ franca (6)
- LINGUA
- 98 Down: 2007 title role for Ellen Page (4)
- JUNO
- 101 Down: "___ be O.K." (4)
- ITLL
- 103 Down: Chemistry Nobelist Otto (4)
- HAHN
- 104 Down: See 103-Across (4)
- HUNGARIGHT
- 105 Down: Precinct (4)
- AREA
- 107 Down: ___ landslide (3)
- BYA
- 108 Down: Country singer McGraw (3)
- TIM
- 109 Down: What retroviruses contain (3)
- RNA
- 111 Down: Preschooler (3)
- TOT
- 112 Down: To some extent (3)
- ANY
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