COME FLY WITH ME - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 8/24/2008. By Kevin G. Der.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Dish that's often roasted (4)
- LAMB
- 5 Across: U.K. counterespionage agcy. (3)
- MI5
- 8 Across: Belonging to (5)
- AS1OF
- 13 Across: July holiday, with "the" (3)
- 4TH
- 16 Across: Spell caster (4)
- MAGE
- 20 Across: Declare (4)
- AVER
- 21 Across: PC key (3)
- ESC
- 22 Across: Silents star Bara (5)
- THEDA
- 23 Across: Agent Gold of "Entourage" (3)
- ARI
- 24 Across: Teensy bit (4)
- ATOM
- 25 Across: Think the world of (8)
- VENERATE
- 27 Across: "Now I remember" (5)
- AHYES
- 28 Across: Leaves in the kitchen (8)
- CILANTRO
- 30 Across: Start of instructions for what to do when this puzzle is done (21)
- CUTALONGTHEDOTTEDLINE
- 33 Across: "Moving forward" sloganeer (6)
- TOYOTA
- 34 Across: Galilee's locale (6)
- ISRAEL
- 35 Across: G.I. addresses (4)
- APOS
- 38 Across: Soft-shoe, e.g. (3)
- TAP
- 41 Across: "___ in cat" (3)
- CAS
- 43 Across: Something to go in ... or on (4)
- AUTO
- 47 Across: ___-de-sac (3)
- CUL
- 48 Across: With 67- and 97-Across, second part of the instructions (15)
- FOLDTHROUGHEACH
- 57 Across: "___ won't!" (3)
- NOI
- 58 Across: Sequoyah, for one (8)
- CHEROKEE
- 60 Across: Victim of Hercules' second labor (5)
- HYDRA
- 61 Across: Given directly (8)
- SPOONFED
- 63 Across: Ones caught in a maze? (7)
- LABRATS
- 64 Across: Little squirt, maybe (3)
- OIL
- 65 Across: Lachrymose (7)
- TEARFUL
- 66 Across: "___ et manus" (M.I.T.'s motto) (4)
- MENS
- 67 Across: See 48-Across (13)
- PAIROFNUMBERS
- 72 Across: Brag (4)
- CROW
- 74 Across: Digs (3)
- PAD
- 75 Across: In and of ___ (6)
- ITSELF
- 76 Across: Most liable to sunburn (6)
- PALEST
- 77 Across: Call on a pitch (3)
- LOW
- 78 Across: Need for the winner of a Wimbledon men's match (5)
- 3SETS
- 81 Across: Young 'un (3)
- TAD
- 82 Across: "___ Ba Yah" (campfire song) (3)
- KUM
- 83 Across: It follows the initial part of a procedure (5)
- STEP2
- 85 Across: Beethoven's Third (6)
- EROICA
- 88 Across: Forecast for improved weather (7)
- CLEARER
- 92 Across: College ___ (6)
- BOARDS
- 94 Across: Religious image: Var. (4)
- IKON
- 95 Across: Seasonal activity (7)
- HARVEST
- 96 Across: Capital of Italy (4)
- EURO
- 97 Across: See 48-Across (21)
- INTHEGRIDSEQUENTIALLY
- 103 Across: Baby kangaroos (5)
- JOEYS
- 104 Across: Start of a counting rhyme (4)
- EENY
- 105 Across: BlackBerrys, e.g., for short (4)
- PDAS
- 106 Across: Blackthorn pickings (5)
- SLOES
- 108 Across: Request for Vanna (3)
- ANE
- 109 Across: Staples of early education (3)
- 3RS
- 110 Across: "The War of the Worlds" invaders, briefly (3)
- ETS
- 113 Across: How one must win in Ping-Pong (3)
- BY2
- 115 Across: "Rubbish!" (3)
- BAH
- 116 Across: Some corner stores (7)
- BODEGAS
- 119 Across: Orange and green fruits (7)
- PAPAYAS
- 123 Across: Rock candy, essentially (7)
- SUCROSE
- 126 Across: Einstein's birthplace (3)
- ULM
- 127 Across: Common hockey power play (9)
- 5AGAINST4
- 129 Across: Author mentioned in the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" (3)
- POE
- 130 Across: Trillionth: Prefix (4)
- PICO
- 132 Across: Study of the heavens: Abbr. (4)
- ASTR
- 133 Across: Bias (4)
- TILT
- 135 Across: Collaborative Web document (4)
- WIKI
- 138 Across: Final part of instructions (23)
- GOTHROWTHEPAPERAIRPLANE
- 145 Across: Something you later might think better of (8)
- POORIDEA
- 146 Across: Consumer (5)
- EATER
- 147 Across: "Death in Venice" and "Of Mice and Men" (8)
- NOVELLAS
- 148 Across: Machine used to maneuver manure (8)
- SPREADER
- 149 Across: Slay somebody (5)
- DO1IN
- 150 Across: Thoreau, e.g. (8)
- ESSAYIST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Head (3)
- LAV
- 2 Down: With: Fr. (4)
- AVEC
- 3 Down: A small one helps the indecisive (4)
- MENU
- 4 Down: QB Favre and others (6)
- BRETTS
- 5 Down: Like corn bread (5)
- MEALY
- 6 Down: Childish retort (5)
- ISTOO
- 7 Down: Costing a nickel (5)
- 5CENT
- 8 Down: Rat-___ (4)
- ATAT
- 9 Down: "Zip it" (4)
- SHHH
- 10 Down: Cyclops' feature (4)
- 1EYE
- 11 Down: Experimented too much? (4)
- ODED
- 12 Down: Burkina ___ (4)
- FASO
- 13 Down: Structure of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" (5)
- 4ACTS
- 14 Down: Court figure (5)
- TRIER
- 15 Down: "Broom-___" (5)
- HILDA
- 16 Down: ___ Bay, 1898 battle site (6)
- MANILA
- 17 Down: Memo abbr. (4)
- ATTN
- 18 Down: 2007 Peace Nobelist (4)
- GORE
- 19 Down: Subgenre of punk rock (3)
- EMO
- 26 Down: 1990s Indian P.M. (3)
- RAO
- 29 Down: Mugful (3)
- ALE
- 31 Down: Commerce treaty starting 1947 (4)
- GATT
- 32 Down: "Oh, pooh!" (4)
- TISH
- 35 Down: Big Ten rival: Abbr. (3)
- ACC
- 36 Down: "Stupidest thing I ever heard!" (8)
- PUHLEASE
- 37 Down: Poisonous shrub (8)
- OLEANDER
- 39 Down: Sound at a sauna (3)
- AHH
- 40 Down: Remove with effort (6)
- PRYOFF
- 41 Down: Assume the fetal position (6)
- CURLUP
- 42 Down: Ottoman big shot (3)
- AGA
- 44 Down: Opened, as a flag (8)
- UNFURLED
- 45 Down: Skating jumps (8)
- TOELOOPS
- 46 Down: Suffix with planet (3)
- OID
- 48 Down: Pro (3)
- FOR
- 49 Down: Safari sight (5)
- OKAPI
- 50 Down: Unleash upon (5)
- LETAT
- 51 Down: "Avast!" (6)
- DESIST
- 52 Down: Pantheon head (4)
- ODIN
- 53 Down: Respect (6)
- ESTEEM
- 54 Down: Copycats (5)
- APERS
- 55 Down: Succeed effortlessly (5)
- COAST
- 56 Down: Bygone TV control: Abbr. (3)
- HOR
- 59 Down: 62-Down carriers: Abbr. (3)
- RBS
- 62 Down: Gridiron grp. (3)
- NFC
- 66 Down: File on an iPod (3)
- MP3
- 68 Down: Access the contents of, say (7)
- REACHIN
- 69 Down: Mother, slangily (7)
- OLDLADY
- 70 Down: Invents (7)
- MAKESUP
- 71 Down: Let slip (7)
- BLURTED
- 73 Down: 1940s conflict: Abbr. (3)
- WW2
- 79 Down: Hoity-___ (5)
- TOITY
- 80 Down: Punjabi believers (5)
- SIKHS
- 83 Down: "A Little Princess" heroine and others (5)
- SARAS
- 84 Down: Internet forum rabble-rouser (5)
- TROLL
- 86 Down: Iowa college (3)
- COE
- 87 Down: Brings to a boil (6)
- ANGERS
- 89 Down: Audible pauses (3)
- ERS
- 90 Down: Greeting to Gaius (3)
- AVE
- 91 Down: Necessary: Abbr. (3)
- REQ
- 92 Down: "___ Wedding," Alan Alda film (6)
- BETSYS
- 93 Down: Overseas O.K. (3)
- OUI
- 97 Down: Prefix with sphere (4)
- IONO
- 98 Down: Sine qua non (4)
- NEED
- 99 Down: Dos' followers (3)
- RES
- 100 Down: Pick up (3)
- NAB
- 101 Down: Western wolf (4)
- LOBO
- 102 Down: Some hand-raisers (4)
- YEAS
- 103 Down: Alternative to a cross (3)
- JAB
- 107 Down: "___ Cried" (1962 hit) (3)
- SHE
- 109 Down: N.Y.C. time when it's midnight in L.A. (3)
- 3AM
- 110 Down: Emissions org. (3)
- EPA
- 111 Down: ___ chi (3)
- TAI
- 112 Down: Thesaurus offering: Abbr. (3)
- SYN
- 114 Down: Like a team that's ahead by a safety (3)
- 2UP
- 117 Down: Trick-taking game (6)
- EUCHRE
- 118 Down: Girl's name that's Latin for "fame" (6)
- GLORIA
- 119 Down: Walk (4)
- PATH
- 120 Down: "I concur" (6)
- AGREED
- 121 Down: Behind (6)
- ASTERN
- 122 Down: Hubbub (4)
- STIR
- 124 Down: Black-eyed legume (6)
- COWPEA
- 125 Down: Comic Charles Nelson ___ (6)
- REILLY
- 127 Down: Highest-rated, as a hotel (5)
- 5STAR
- 128 Down: Like the majority of Interstate highways (5)
- 4LANE
- 130 Down: Tire (out) (4)
- POOP
- 131 Down: "Like ___ not ..." (4)
- ITOR
- 132 Down: Bide-___ (4)
- AWEE
- 134 Down: Monterrey kin (4)
- TIOS
- 136 Down: Many-armed Hindu goddess (4)
- KALI
- 137 Down: Old actresses Claire and Balin (4)
- INAS
- 138 Down: Traveler's aid, for short (3)
- GPS
- 139 Down: Funny (3)
- ODD
- 140 Down: Kung ___ chicken (3)
- PAO
- 141 Down: In accord (with) (3)
- AT1
- 142 Down: Eastern Canadian prov. (3)
- PEI
- 143 Down: Campers, briefly (3)
- RVS
- 144 Down: Id ___ (3)
- EST
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