POPLAR MUSIC - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/4/2008. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Craving, slangily (5): JONES
6 Across: Crèche figures (4): MAGI
10 Across: Impromptu Halloween costume (5): SHEET
15 Across: Spray withdrawn in 1989 (4): ALAR
19 Across: Try to steal the scene, maybe (5): EMOTE
20 Across: "Darn it!" (4): CRUD
21 Across: Mountain chain (10): CORDILLERA
23 Across: Nick name? (5): SANTA
24 Across: 1977 Dolly Parton song for tree fanciers? (15): HEREYOUGUMAGAIN
26 Across: Bridal collection (9): TROUSSEAU
28 Across: Not ___ many words (4): INSO
29 Across: Nominal promotion of a military officer (6): BREVET
30 Across: Sugar substitute? (3): HON
31 Across: Modern pentathlon event (4): EPEE
32 Across: Inner circles (6): CADRES
33 Across: 1965 Yardbirds song for tree fanciers? (11): FIRYOURLOVE
39 Across: ___ volatile (3): SAL
40 Across: Bellowing (5): AROAR
41 Across: Nirvana seeker (4): YOGI
42 Across: World capital, founded in 1538, formerly known as Chuquisaca (5): SUCRE
44 Across: Suffix with myth (4): ICAL
48 Across: Went like a shot (6): ZOOMED
50 Across: 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis song for tree fanciers? (14): GREATBALSAFIRE
53 Across: Outer limits (4): ENDS
54 Across: Stand (4): RISE
56 Across: Rush hour sounds (5): TOOTS
57 Across: Port of Iraq (5): BASRA
58 Across: One trillionth: Prefix (4): PICO
59 Across: Rossini subject (4): TELL
60 Across: Air Force athlete (6): FALCON
61 Across: 1964 Bobby Goldsboro song for tree fanciers? (21): CEDARFUNNYLITTLECLOWN
68 Across: It's spotted in the wild (6): OCELOT
69 Across: Like a lot of Australia (4): ARID
70 Across: Lay on the line (4): RISK
71 Across: Brain parts (5): LOBES
72 Across: Tippy transport (5): CANOE
74 Across: Bank deposit? (4): SILT
75 Across: Old-time oath (4): EGAD
79 Across: 1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts song for tree fanciers? (14): OLIVEROCKNROLL
82 Across: Jazzy Nina (6): SIMONE
84 Across: Altar procedure (4): RITE
85 Across: "Sesame Street" regular (5): ERNIE
86 Across: Beaufort scale category (4): GALE
88 Across: Neighbor of Chad (5): NIGER
89 Across: Flight formation (3): VEE
90 Across: 1959 Chuck Berry song for tree fanciers? (11): ELMOSTGROWN
92 Across: Source of some coffee (6): ARABIA
96 Across: Italian bread (4): PANE
98 Across: Source of creosote (3): TAR
99 Across: Sugar or flour (6): STAPLE
100 Across: Doozy (4): LULU
101 Across: Do police work (9): KEEPORDER
107 Across: 1978 Linda Ronstadt song for tree fanciers? (15): PAWPAWPITIFULME
110 Across: Palate part (5): UVULA
111 Across: Sing "Bye Bye Birdie," e.g. (10): ALLITERATE
112 Across: Hurt badly (4): MAIM
113 Across: 16th-century English dramatist George (5): PEELE
114 Across: Badlands sight (4): MESA
115 Across: Exorcist's enemy (5): DEMON
116 Across: Red army? (4): ANTS
117 Across: Sp. misses (5): SRTAS

Down Answers

1 Down: Witty remark (4): JEST
2 Down: "A Jug of Wine ..." poet (4): OMAR
3 Down: Off-limits item (4): NONO
4 Down: Words of reproach (4): ETTU
5 Down: Strand (8): SEASHORE
6 Down: Key fort? (7): MCHENRY
7 Down: Stretch (4): AREA
8 Down: Ashram leader (4): GURU
9 Down: Chemical suffix (3): IDE
10 Down: Teatime treat (5): SCONE
11 Down: Theater audience (5): HOUSE
12 Down: For this reason (4): ERGO
13 Down: Dot follower, often (3): EDU
14 Down: Tito Puente played them (8): TIMBALES
15 Down: "Sink or Swim" author (5): ALGER
16 Down: Permission (5): LEAVE
17 Down: Sign of spring (5): ARIES
18 Down: Go into hysterics (4): RANT
22 Down: ___ Lad, doughnut shop on "The Simpsons" (4): LARD
25 Down: Cry of dismay (4): YIPE
27 Down: Insignificant amount (3): SOU
31 Down: "A Letter for ___" (Hume Cronyn film) (4): EVIE
32 Down: ___ Jr., West Coast hamburger chain (5): CARLS
33 Down: Discombobulate (4): FAZE
34 Down: Mill material (4): IRON
35 Down: Cross (4): ROOD
36 Down: Thanksgiving serving (4): YAMS
37 Down: Enters cyberspace (6): LOGSON
38 Down: Dungeons & Dragons character (4): OGRE
39 Down: Sing like Fitzgerald (4): SCAT
42 Down: Impassive (6): STOLID
43 Down: Nut holder (5): UBOLT
44 Down: "___ else fails ..." (5): IFALL
45 Down: ___ Systems, networking giant (5): CISCO
46 Down: Helpful pointer (5): ARROW
47 Down: Musical Rimes (5): LEANN
49 Down: Underlying meaning (5): DRIFT
51 Down: Place for an easel (7): ATELIER
52 Down: One way to be taken (5): ABACK
55 Down: R.N.'s station (3): ICU
58 Down: Purple stuff, perhaps (5): PROSE
59 Down: Power of film (6): TYRONE
60 Down: Happy gatherings (5): FESTS
61 Down: Play-by-play partner (5): COLOR
62 Down: Theodor Escherich's discovery (5): ECOLI
63 Down: Ledger entry (5): DEBIT
64 Down: Anacin alternative (5): ALEVE
65 Down: ___-Poo of "The Mikado" (5): NANKI
66 Down: 1970s-'80s baseball All-Star Manny (6): TRILLO
67 Down: Rap star ___ Jon (3): LIL
72 Down: Chick on the piano (5): COREA
73 Down: Rough condition to face? (4): ACNE
74 Down: Criticize (4): SLAM
75 Down: Eastern ruler (4): EMIR
76 Down: Energetic (4): GOGO
77 Down: From the top (4): ANEW
78 Down: Laura of "Blue Velvet" (4): DERN
80 Down: Ran through again (8): REVIEWED
81 Down: Give the once-over (4): OGLE
83 Down: Cliques (8): INGROUPS
87 Down: Prizes (7): ESTEEMS
90 Down: Sufficient, informally (4): ENUF
91 Down: Dance specialty (3): TAP
92 Down: Dickens title starter (5): ATALE
93 Down: Soul singer Lou (5): RAWLS
94 Down: Via ___ (Roman road) (5): APPIA
95 Down: Be noisy (4): BLAT
96 Down: Words before bed or rest (5): PUTTO
97 Down: Not at all familiar (5): ALIEN
99 Down: E-mail annoyance (4): SPAM
100 Down: "The Informer" author O'Flaherty (4): LIAM
101 Down: Kind of meeting in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (4): KLAN
102 Down: Give off (4): EMIT
103 Down: Camper driver (4): RVER
104 Down: Something one can never do (4): DUET
105 Down: Salmon tail? (4): ELLA
106 Down: Actress Charlotte and explorer John (4): RAES
108 Down: Grand ___, Nova Scotia (3): PRE
109 Down: John's "Pulp Fiction" co-star (3): UMA

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