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Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 8/31/2008. By Alan Arbesfeld.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pep rally shout (6): GOTEAM
7 Across: Sics on (6): LETSAT
13 Across: More than a favorite (7): SUREBET
20 Across: Program begun under Kennedy (6): APOLLO
21 Across: Digs (6): ISINTO
22 Across: Single advancement (7): ONEBASE
23 Across: Plea made to a chimney sweep? (13): SAYITAINTSOOT
25 Across: Holding one's own (7): NOWORSE
26 Across: Topic in a golf lesson (6): STANCE
27 Across: Pancho's pal (5): CISCO
29 Across: Colonial John (5): ALDEN
30 Across: Moving (5): ASTIR
32 Across: ___ hole in (corrodes) (5): EATSA
35 Across: Graduation deliveries (8): ORATIONS
37 Across: Jobs for some underwriters, for short (4): IPOS
38 Across: Distribute equal amounts? (12): ALLOTTHESAME
41 Across: "The Daughter of Time" novelist, 1951 (3): TEY
42 Across: Friendliness (6): WARMTH
44 Across: "___ Mucho" (1944 #1 hit) (6): BESAME
45 Across: 1968 live folk album (4): ARLO
47 Across: Humorist Sedaris (3): AMY
48 Across: Sub (6): HOAGIE
51 Across: Maximum extent (4): HILT
53 Across: Pushover (5): SOFTY
56 Across: Vote involved in a 15th wedding anniversary? (13): CRYSTALBALLOT
59 Across: Recipient of a lettera amorosa (4): CARO
60 Across: Missile Command maker (5): ATARI
63 Across: Floors (3): KOS
64 Across: Sounds from a hot bath (3): AHS
65 Across: Subject to loss on a laptop (7): UNSAVED
67 Across: Follies (8): LUNACIES
69 Across: Genetic letters (3): RNA
70 Across: Have no accomplices (8): ACTALONE
71 Across: Done (7): ATANEND
72 Across: Three times a day, on an Rx (3): TID
73 Across: Thurman of "The Avengers" (3): UMA
74 Across: Title role for Streisand (5): YENTL
75 Across: Mire (4): MUCK
76 Across: Narrow-minded affairs? (13): BIGOTBUSINESS
80 Across: Kitchen appliance brand (5): OSTER
82 Across: When doubled, an old sitcom sign-off (4): NANU
83 Across: Blasts from the past, briefly (6): NTESTS
84 Across: Payroll fig. (3): SSN
87 Across: N.B.A. star Lamar ___ (4): ODOM
89 Across: Act as a go-between (6): LIAISE
91 Across: Main lines (6): AORTAE
93 Across: Peter Pan rival (3): JIF
95 Across: Teacher's pet? (12): SCHOOLMARMOT
99 Across: Commercial prefix with jet (4): AERO
100 Across: One making an impression (8): ENGRAVER
102 Across: Poet who wrote "She walks in beauty, like the night" (5): BYRON
103 Across: Belong (5): FITIN
104 Across: Blacksmith, often (5): SHOER
105 Across: Race of Norse deities (5): AESIR
108 Across: Picks up (6): LEARNS
110 Across: More like a bubble bath (7): SUDSIER
112 Across: Stop to admire one's pillaging? (13): LOOTANDBEHOLD
117 Across: Hams (7): EMOTERS
118 Across: World capital said to have been founded by King Midas (6): ANKARA
119 Across: Muse of astronomy (6): URANIA
120 Across: "Hmmm ..." (7): LETSSEE
121 Across: Theater annoyance (6): BEEPER
122 Across: Manages (6): GETSBY

Down Answers

1 Down: Oomph (3): GAS
2 Down: W.W. II agcy. (3): OPA
3 Down: Movie with the repeated line "To infinity, and beyond!" (8): TOYSTORY
4 Down: Snobbery (7): ELITISM
5 Down: Site of many kisses (5): ALTAR
6 Down: Sound from a dungeon (4): MOAN
7 Down: Hereditary (6): LINEAL
8 Down: Around 1,000, e.g.: Abbr. (3): EST
9 Down: Word repeated in Emily Dickinson's "___ so much joy! ___ so much joy!" (3): TIS
10 Down: Winter vehicles with treads (7): SNOCATS
11 Down: Yours, in Nemours (4): ATOI
12 Down: Day care charges (4): TOTS
13 Down: State in the Sierra Madre (6): SONORA
14 Down: Game with Wild Draw Four cards (3): UNO
15 Down: Runs the hose over again (8): REWATERS
16 Down: Stopping place in a Carlo Levi title (5): EBOLI
17 Down: Sexiest bell ringer? (12): BARDOTOFAVON
18 Down: Ancient Jewish ascetic (6): ESSENE
19 Down: Lilliputian (6): TEENSY
24 Down: Home of the world's northernmost capital: Abbr. (4): ICEL
28 Down: "I Never Played the Game" writer (6): COSELL
30 Down: Sanyo competitor (4): AIWA
31 Down: ___ blocker (4): SPAM
33 Down: "This Boy's Life" author Wolff (6): TOBIAS
34 Down: Nerve material? (5): STEEL
36 Down: Health org. (3): AMA
38 Down: Stern cry? (4): AHOY
39 Down: "Very funny!" (6): HAHAHA
40 Down: Oscar winner Jannings and others (5): EMILS
43 Down: Again and again? (6): THRICE
46 Down: Spots (7): LOCALES
49 Down: Showed hospitality at the door (7): ASKEDIN
50 Down: Bygone muscle cars (4): GTOS
52 Down: They have substantial bills (7): TOUCANS
54 Down: Sen. Lott (5): TRENT
55 Down: Mountain air (5): YODEL
56 Down: Got started, with "up" (7): CRANKED
57 Down: Alternative to a hotel, briefly (5): BANDB
58 Down: Cable channel whose first showing was "Gone With the Wind" (3): TNT
60 Down: John Wayne film, with "The" (5): ALAMO
61 Down: "Swan Lake" garb (5): TUTUS
62 Down: Part of a Beckett play? (12): ANACTOFGODOT
66 Down: Makes an assertion (6): SAYSSO
68 Down: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 ___ minor (3): INB
69 Down: Mass, for one (6): RITUAL
70 Down: Gallic girlfriend (4): AMIE
72 Down: "Pagliacci" clown (5): TONIO
73 Down: Guam, e.g.: Abbr. (6): USTERR
77 Down: Aplenty (6): GALORE
78 Down: Take back (5): UNSAY
79 Down: Ministre d'___ (4): ETAT
81 Down: You can count on them (8): ROSARIES
84 Down: Texas toppers (8): STETSONS
85 Down: Delhi wrap (4): SARI
86 Down: Bygone Dodge (4): NEON
88 Down: Early 12th-century year (3): MCV
90 Down: What turned-out pants pockets may signify (7): IMBROKE
92 Down: Slicker accessory (7): RAINHAT
93 Down: Toastmaster General of old comedy (6): JESSEL
94 Down: Bury (6): INHUME
96 Down: Last ride? (6): HEARSE
97 Down: Hungarian playwright known for "Liliom" (6): MOLNAR
98 Down: Like a line, briefly (4): ONED
101 Down: Pauses (5): RESTS
103 Down: Partner in a French firm, maybe (5): FRERE
106 Down: Hunk (4): SLAB
107 Down: Actress Skye (4): IONE
109 Down: Put ___ in one's ear (4): ABUG
111 Down: Prior to, in verse (3): ERE
113 Down: Select (3): TAP
114 Down: We may precede this (3): ARE
115 Down: Ad ___ (3): LIB
116 Down: Box on a calendar (3): DAY

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