GETTING A LITTLE R AND R - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 3/16/2008. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Place for bluegrass (6): MEADOW
7 Across: #1 on the charts (5): SMASH
12 Across: Blast (8): GOODTIME
20 Across: Kia sedan (6): OPTIMA
21 Across: Café con ___ (5): LECHE
22 Across: Certify (8): ACCREDIT
23 Across: Broad comedies involving hogs? (12): PORKERFARCES
25 Across: Like traditional Catholic Masses (8): LATINATE
26 Across: N.H.L.'s Tikkanen (3): ESA
27 Across: Entertainment center at many a sports bar (5): LCDTV
28 Across: Where bluejackets go (4): ASEA
30 Across: Movement that inspired '60s fashion (5): OPART
31 Across: Good viewing spot for a canyon (5): AERIE
32 Across: Bickering (4): ATIT
33 Across: Bookcase lineup (6): SPINES
34 Across: Beautifully illustrated report of a computer failure? (18): PRETTYCRASHACCOUNT
39 Across: Clark's partner (5): LEWIS
40 Across: It's put on some houses (4): LIEN
41 Across: "It'll ___ you" (4): COST
42 Across: Stockholm-bound carrier (3): SAS
45 Across: First-year J.D. student (4): ONEL
46 Across: Makes eyes at (5): OGLES
49 Across: All-time top-selling Atari video game (9): ASTEROIDS
51 Across: Cake maker's boast? (9): TORTEBRAG
53 Across: Short-legged, thick-set horse (3): COB
55 Across: Not badgering, say (6): SOFTON
56 Across: Flood survivor (4): NOAH
57 Across: Nursery rhyme call sung to an old French melody (6): BAABAA
60 Across: Short breaks (4): NAPS
61 Across: French director's comment about his submission to a film festival? (19): IGAVEITMYBRESTSHORT
67 Across: Wide-headed fastener (4): TNUT
68 Across: Smears (6): LIBELS
69 Across: Ang Thong resident (4): THAI
70 Across: How some kids spend the summer (6): ATCAMP
73 Across: "Peer Gynt" mother (3): ASE
74 Across: Bird call on a farm? (9): CROWCHIRP
79 Across: They're developed by a muscleman (9): PECTORALS
82 Across: Lip cover (5): GLOSS
83 Across: Nebraska county with an Indian name (4): OTOE
84 Across: Super Bowl XLII M.V.P. Manning (3): ELI
85 Across: Gen. Lee, in brief (4): ROBT
86 Across: Loyal (4): TRUE
88 Across: Lobster claw (5): CHELA
89 Across: A Simpson without access to his volume of the "Odyssey"? (18): HOMERAWAYFROMHOMER
94 Across: Rocker Morissette (6): ALANIS
96 Across: Till compartment (4): TENS
97 Across: Succulents that soothe (5): ALOES
98 Across: Easy wins (5): ROMPS
99 Across: Starter starter? (4): SELF
100 Across: Sign that's often lit (5): ONAIR
101 Across: Film editor's job (3): CUT
104 Across: Most heterogeneous (8): MOTLIEST
106 Across: Former Tennessee senator's Halloween costumes? (12): FRISTFRIGHTS
109 Across: Prestigious (8): ESTEEMED
110 Across: Curt (5): TERSE
111 Across: Name on some euros (6): ESPANA
112 Across: Sources of a cosmetics oil (8): TEATREES
113 Across: King in 1 B.C. (5): HEROD
114 Across: Body-sculpting undergarment (6): SHAPER

Down Answers

1 Down: Be down (4): MOPE
2 Down: Narrative writing (4): EPOS
3 Down: Razor brand (4): ATRA
4 Down: Cartoonist Browne (3): DIK
5 Down: Breakfast menu heading (7): OMELETS
6 Down: Brave words? (6): WARCRY
7 Down: Mason of a sort (6): SLATER
8 Down: Griffin who loved game shows (4): MERV
9 Down: Virginia is in it: Abbr. (3): ACC
10 Down: Cover (7): SHEATHE
11 Down: Redcoat's ally (7): HESSIAN
12 Down: Do for a V.I.P.? (4): GALA
13 Down: South American tuber (3): OCA
14 Down: Creatures with three hearts (9): OCTOPUSES
15 Down: Opening remarks at a coffee makers' convention? (9): DRIPINTRO
16 Down: Paying guest (6): TENANT
17 Down: "Do ___?" (5): IDARE
18 Down: Baseball catchers (5): MITTS
19 Down: Time on la Côte d'Azur (3): ETE
24 Down: Banking initialism (4): FDIC
29 Down: "... to name just a few": Abbr. (3): ETC
31 Down: Not straight (5): ATILT
32 Down: Seller's terms (4): ASIS
33 Down: Symbol of blackness (4): SOOT
34 Down: Coup start (4): PLOT
35 Down: Clinton's attorney general (4): RENO
36 Down: Pitcher (4): EWER
37 Down: Give ___ up (4): ALEG
38 Down: Also addresses, as with an e-mail (3): CCS
42 Down: Long-necked instrument (5): SITAR
43 Down: Opposite of reject (5): ADOPT
44 Down: Payroll dept. ID's (4): SSNS
46 Down: Light wind? (4): OBOE
47 Down: Sacred cup (5): GRAIL
48 Down: Christine of "Running on Empty" (5): LAHTI
49 Down: French cleric (4): ABBE
50 Down: ___ consequence (4): OFNO
52 Down: Check holder: Abbr. (3): ENV
53 Down: Monthly charge (5): CABLE
54 Down: Couple in a rowboat (4): OARS
57 Down: Tournament passes (4): BYES
58 Down: ___ Boy, classic figure in Japanese anime (5): ASTRO
59 Down: One of Dumas's Musketeers (5): ATHOS
61 Down: "___ Inside" (slogan) (5): INTEL
62 Down: Louis Vuitton competitor (5): GUCCI
63 Down: Rat-___ (4): ATAT
64 Down: Some Wharton alums (4): MBAS
65 Down: Tooth holders (4): SAWS
66 Down: Hawaiian Punch rival (3): HIC
67 Down: Sticky stuff (4): TAPE
71 Down: Where a dope unloads a ship ? (9): MORONPIER
72 Down: Words on a deathbed, maybe (9): PROMISEME
74 Down: Bass ___ (4): CLEF
75 Down: Popular snack cakes (5): HOHOS
76 Down: Talked-about twosome (4): ITEM
77 Down: Part (4): ROLE
78 Down: Tree in bloom in a Van Gogh painting (4): PEAR
80 Down: Five-dollar bills, slangily (4): ABES
81 Down: Photocopier option: Abbr. (3): LTR
82 Down: Fraternity members (4): GUYS
86 Down: Highest grade (7): TWELFTH
87 Down: Was not cooped up (7): RANFREE
88 Down: Love (7): CHERISH
89 Down: Whence the line "To sleep: perchance to dream" (6): HAMLET
90 Down: Stopped fasting (3): ATE
91 Down: Vented (6): RANTED
92 Down: Minnesota's St. ___ College (4): OLAF
93 Down: Fabrics that shimmer (6): MOIRES
94 Down: Stood (5): AROSE
95 Down: Led Zeppelin's "Whole ___ Love" (5): LOTTA
99 Down: Norms: Abbr. (4): STDS
100 Down: ___ buco (4): OSSO
101 Down: Bloke (4): CHAP
102 Down: ___ Reader (4): UTNE
103 Down: Bygone autocrat (4): TSAR
104 Down: Touched (3): MET
105 Down: "Didn't I tell you?" (3): SEE
107 Down: Clearance rack abbr. (3): IRR
108 Down: Valedictorian's pride, for short (3): GPA

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