WEB MASTER - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 11/2/2008. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Precipitate (6): ABRUPT
7 Across: Amplifier jack letters (3): MIC
10 Across: Liveliness (6): ESPRIT
16 Across: "Sort of" ending (3): ISH
19 Across: Full assembly (6): PLENUM
20 Across: Nabokov heroine (3): ADA
21 Across: Falafel sandwich sauce (6): TAHINI
22 Across: Never, in Nürnberg (3): NIE
23 Across: They work on Steinways (6): TUNERS
24 Across: Where you might see 115-Across (14): COMICBOOKCOVER
27 Across: They're hidden in a Hirschfeld sketch (5): NINAS
28 Across: Others, in Latin (4): ALII
29 Across: Tie followers, briefly (3): OTS
30 Across: Rubber that meets the road (4): TIRE
31 Across: Coffee order (8): ONESUGAR
34 Across: Deceive (5): LIETO
36 Across: Consumers (6): EATERS
38 Across: Pumpkin bomb-throwing enemy of 115-Across, with "the" (11): GREENGOBLIN
40 Across: Scottish cattle breed (8): GALLOWAY
42 Across: "Show me!" (7): PROVEIT
43 Across: Gibson's "Ransom" co-star (5): RUSSO
44 Across: Prominent stars in constellations (5): BETAS
49 Across: What's more (3): AND
50 Across: Food writer Rombauer and others (5): IRMAS
52 Across: Related to base eight (5): OCTAL
56 Across: Royals abroad, maybe (6): EXILES
58 Across: "___ see" (3): SOI
60 Across: Go (for) (3): OPT
61 Across: Bandleader Puente (4): TITO
62 Across: Scratch cause (8): CATFIGHT
65 Across: Leaves behind (7): DITCHES
68 Across: "London Fields" author (4): AMIS
69 Across: Taliban leader (4): OMAR
70 Across: Way overseas (3): TAO
71 Across: French goose (3): OIE
72 Across: Mess up (3): ERR
73 Across: Plant with tendrils (4): VINE
74 Across: Selfish cry before and after "all" (4): MINE
75 Across: Sight from the Bering Sea (7): SIBERIA
77 Across: Astrologers' work (8): READINGS
79 Across: Geraint's beloved (4): ENID
80 Across: Vintage wheels (3): REO
81 Across: System of beliefs (3): ISM
83 Across: Baby carrier brand (6): SNUGLI
84 Across: Dress lines (5): SEAMS
86 Across: Singer Lauper (5): CYNDI
88 Across: Legal org. (3): ABA
91 Across: Plus (5): ASSET
92 Across: Loathing (5): ODIUM
94 Across: Shoelace ends: Var. (7): AIGLETS
97 Across: Handel opera based on Greek myth (8): ATALANTA
100 Across: Film star who played 38-Across (11): WILLEMDAFOE
105 Across: Resemble (6): BELIKE
106 Across: Wish granters (5): GENII
108 Across: The planet Venus (8): HESPERUS
110 Across: Memo starter (4): ATTN
111 Across: Lux. locale (3): EUR
112 Across: "___ fool ..." (4): IMNO
114 Across: Identify from memory (5): PLACE
115 Across: Theme of this puzzle (14): THEAMAZINGSPIDERMAN
119 Across: Lighthearted (6): BLITHE
120 Across: Suffix with puppet (3): EER
121 Across: Extremely (6): EVERSO
122 Across: Pupil's spot (3): EYE
123 Across: It's covered by a sleeve (6): RECORD
124 Across: Hosp. staff (3): DRS
125 Across: Learn easily (6): TAKETO
126 Across: Beam (3): RAY
127 Across: Firewood measures (6): STERES

Down Answers

1 Down: 10-G, e.g.: Abbr. (5): APTNO
2 Down: Laundry whitener (6): BLUING
3 Down: Actor Jeremy of "North Country" (6): RENNER
4 Down: Nervousness (6): UNEASE
5 Down: Run down (6): PURSUE
6 Down: Some intellectual property: Abbr. (3): TMS
7 Down: Chewy cookie (8): MACAROON
8 Down: Immunity ___ on "Survivor" (4): IDOL
9 Down: Monet painting also known as "The Woman in the Green Dress" (7): CAMILLE
10 Down: And more: Abbr. (3): ETC
11 Down: Wooden shoe (5): SABOT
12 Down: 115-Across's day job (12): PHOTOGRAPHER
13 Down: They run through South America (4): RIOS
14 Down: Publicity (3): INK
15 Down: Peculiarity (3): TIC
16 Down: Visible (6): INVIEW
17 Down: California's High ___ (6): SIERRA
18 Down: Joan of Arc's crime (6): HERESY
25 Down: Visual presentation of what gave 115-Across special powers (17): IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISPIDER
26 Down: Tentacled enemy of 115-Across (12): OTTOOCTAVIUS
32 Down: Economics fig. (3): GNP
33 Down: Indian fort locale (4): AGRA
35 Down: ___'acte (4): ENTR
36 Down: High ways? (3): ELS
37 Down: To boot (4): ALSO
39 Down: Drawers in a laundry room (4): BVDS
41 Down: Hardly luxurious (7): AUSTERE
44 Down: Looks good on (7): BECOMES
45 Down: Assay (7): EXAMINE
46 Down: Largest moon of Uranus (7): TITANIA
47 Down: Film star who played 26-Down (12): ALFREDMOLINA
48 Down: Quattro + due (3): SEI
51 Down: Comfy shoe (3): MOC
53 Down: Stopwatch info (7): TIMINGS
54 Down: All excited (7): ATINGLE
55 Down: Goes ballistic (7): LOSESIT
57 Down: Company leaders: Abbr. (4): SGTS
59 Down: Bouquet (4): ODOR
63 Down: Mohawk, for one (7): HAIRCUT
64 Down: Film star who played 115-Across (12): TOBEYMAGUIRE
66 Down: White-glove affairs (4): TEAS
67 Down: Sp. matrons (4): SRAS
76 Down: Big time? (3): EON
78 Down: Modern test subj. (3): DNA
82 Down: "Scenes From a ___" (Woody Allen film) (4): MALL
85 Down: Home of Rapid City: Abbr. (4): SDAK
87 Down: Setting of the painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" (4): DAWN
89 Down: Natural sweetener (8): BEEHONEY
90 Down: "Don't look ___ that way!" (4): ATME
93 Down: Suffix with glass (3): INE
95 Down: Dim perception (7): GLIMMER
96 Down: Old campus grp. (3): SDS
97 Down: Let up (6): ABATED
98 Down: Stake attachment, maybe (6): TETHER
99 Down: Takes in, say (6): ALTERS
101 Down: Small program (6): APPLET
102 Down: Girl's name meaning "happy" (6): FELICE
103 Down: Person with a public address (6): ORATOR
104 Down: Swindle (6): EUCHRE
107 Down: Young business partner? (5): ERNST
109 Down: Beginnings (5): SEEDS
111 Down: Book before Daniel: Abbr. (4): EZEK
113 Down: Water brand (4): NAYA
116 Down: Intersected (3): MET
117 Down: Glamorous Gardner (3): AVA
118 Down: Sticky stuff (3): GOO
119 Down: Abbr. in a real estate ad (3): BRS

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