NAME THAT PHRASE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 12/14/2008. By Trip Payne.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Small amount of power (4): WATT
5 Across: Where opposite sides meet (6): DEBATE
11 Across: Fireplace tool (5): TONGS
16 Across: Be bold enough (4): DARE
20 Across: Eponym of a North Carolina "-ville" (4): ASHE
21 Across: Skeptical response (7): DREAMON
22 Across: Use TurboTax, perhaps (5): EFILE
23 Across: Particular (4): ITEM
24 Across: Mother of Cronus (4): GAEA
25 Across: Like Rudner's audiences after a good joke? (18): ROLLINGINTHEAISLES
28 Across: "Stormy" seabird (6): PETREL
30 Across: Zool. or ecol. (3): SCI
31 Across: Drama that uses masks (3): NOH
32 Across: Supremely macho (6): ALLMAN
33 Across: Treat for Damone? (15): VANILLAICECREAM
37 Across: Northern star? (5): SANTA
39 Across: Drool catchers (4): BIBS
40 Across: Volkswagen coupe convertible (3): EOS
41 Across: Runners may round them (5): BASES
42 Across: Like fries, typically (6): SALTED
43 Across: Sunlit ledge (4): SILL
44 Across: Google search result (3): URL
45 Across: Delhi-to-Madras dir. (3): SSE
47 Across: Author Dinesen (4): ISAK
49 Across: Exist (3): ARE
50 Across: Attack vigorously (6): WADEIN
52 Across: Where Paul stays when performing in New York? (13): LOWEREASTSIDE
58 Across: Carol ending? (3): INE
59 Across: Hindu honorific (3): SRI
61 Across: Once known as (3): NEE
62 Across: "Heroes" actress Larter (3): ALI
63 Across: It's said for stress (7): IREPEAT
67 Across: Chewed out (7): SCATHED
69 Across: Comes in dramatically, like West? (15): MAKESANENTRANCE
72 Across: Baghdad's ___ City (4): SADR
73 Across: More furtive (5): SLIER
75 Across: Threshold (5): VERGE
76 Across: Needing air freshener (5): MUSTY
77 Across: Better-suited (5): APTER
79 Across: Funny frame (3): CEL
80 Across: Largest U.S. movie theater chain (5): REGAL
83 Across: "___ Millions" (Eugene O'Neill play) (5): MARCO
86 Across: The rite place? (5): ALTAR
89 Across: Black, in a way (5): SOOTY
91 Across: "The Neverending Story" author (4): ENDE
95 Across: McAn's favorite novel? (15): THEHOUSEOFMIRTH
99 Across: Astronomical collision results (7): CRATERS
101 Across: Tyrrhenian Sea port (7): SALERNO
102 Across: Dict. tag on "tzar" (3): VAR
103 Across: It may be radical (3): ION
104 Across: Duped (3): HAD
105 Across: Op. ___ (3): CIT
106 Across: Odds of Alda winning an Oscar? (13): ASLIKELYASNOT
110 Across: Take on (6): TACKLE
112 Across: Piece of software, for short (3): APP
115 Across: Patron saint of goldsmiths (4): ELOI
116 Across: Sign of a champ (3): VEE
117 Across: Unwrap, in verse (3): OPE
119 Across: Sound (4): HALE
120 Across: Knave (6): VARLET
123 Across: ___ a customer (5): ONETO
126 Across: Gilbert and Sullivan princess (3): IDA
127 Across: Tinnitus causes (4): DINS
128 Across: Kiss on the cheek, perhaps (5): GREET
129 Across: Putting in a row, like Sampras's rackets? (15): PLACINGENDTOEND
133 Across: More affordable (6): ONSALE
135 Across: Conductance unit (3): MHO
136 Across: Suffix with fail (3): URE
137 Across: Person of learning (6): SAVANT
139 Across: Court case where Ripken is one of many plaintiffs? (18): CLASSACTIONLAWSUIT
143 Across: Trickle (4): SEEP
145 Across: ___ tape (4): DEMO
146 Across: Don't fold or call (5): RAISE
147 Across: Banishes to Elba, e.g. (7): ENISLES
148 Across: Light brown (4): ECRU
149 Across: Spotted (4): SEEN
150 Across: Nautical measure (5): KNOTS
151 Across: Recipients (6): DONEES
152 Across: Having similar genetics (4): AKIN

Down Answers

1 Down: Boxer's approval (3): WAG
2 Down: "Quickly," quickly (4): ASAP
3 Down: Horror film enjoyed by Turner? (11): THEEVILDEAD
4 Down: It holds a service (8): TEATABLE
5 Down: More whimsical (7): DROLLER
6 Down: Fish with toxic blood (3): EEL
7 Down: Trees with soft wood (6): BALSAS
8 Down: ___ curiae (friends of the court) (5): AMICI
9 Down: Mixer (5): TONIC
10 Down: Official lang. of Mauritius (3): ENG
11 Down: Roy Orbison and Marvin Gaye, e.g. (6): TENORS
12 Down: Musical that inspired Redding? (11): OFTHEEISING
13 Down: Agcy. with the Office of Disease Prevention (3): NIH
14 Down: Scintillate (5): GLEAM
15 Down: It's on the back of the $1 bill (4): SEAL
16 Down: Bleak (6): DISMAL
17 Down: Home of the world's largest aquarium (7): ATLANTA
18 Down: What a stamped hand may allow you to do (7): REENTER
19 Down: Typography units (3): EMS
21 Down: Cologne trio (4): DREI
26 Down: Viracocha worshiper (4): INCA
27 Down: Rick's love, in film (4): ILSA
29 Down: Bedside workers, often: Abbr. (3): RNS
34 Down: Relax (4): LOLL
35 Down: Hairstylist José (4): EBER
36 Down: P.D.A. part: Abbr. (4): ASST
38 Down: Humorist George (3): ADE
39 Down: Woman in "Othello" (6): BIANCA
42 Down: Sidestep (5): SKIRT
43 Down: Cheese with eyes (5): SWISS
44 Down: Turmoil (6): UNREST
45 Down: Say "#@%!" (5): SWEAR
46 Down: Try to unearth (4): SEEK
48 Down: Spelling clarification (4): ASIN
51 Down: -like, alternatively (3): ISH
53 Down: "Take a Chance ___" (Abba song) (4): ONME
54 Down: Tripod, sometimes (5): EASEL
55 Down: Banned chemical (4): ALAR
56 Down: Skin layer (5): DERMA
57 Down: Shoulder frill (7): EPAULET
60 Down: Going nowhere (4): IDLE
64 Down: Half 19-Down (3): ENS
65 Down: Fill in (for) (3): ACT
66 Down: "The Daughter of Time" author (3): TEY
68 Down: Choking spot (7): TRACHEA
70 Down: "... if ___ saw one!" (5): EVERI
71 Down: Tulip chair designer Saarinen (4): EERO
74 Down: "Dies ___" (4): IRAE
78 Down: Standard partner (5): POORS
79 Down: Accord rival (5): CAMRY
81 Down: Clearly impress (4): ETCH
82 Down: Take turns? (6): GYRATE
83 Down: Parts of a range: Abbr. (3): MTS
84 Down: "The light has dawned!" (3): AHA
85 Down: Seminary subj. (3): REL
87 Down: Flower typically given to Neeson? (11): LOVEINAMIST
88 Down: Brand of nonstick cookware (4): TFAL
89 Down: "W." director (5): STONE
90 Down: "This can't be!" (4): OHNO
92 Down: How Goldin and her rivals finish in photography competitions? (11): NECKANDNECK
93 Down: Boring things (6): DRILLS
94 Down: Cosmetics magnate Lauder (5): ESTEE
96 Down: Available, in a way (5): UNLET
97 Down: Dirty (4): SOIL
98 Down: Levitate (4): RISE
100 Down: Mathematician Lovelace (3): ADA
107 Down: The Gang's leader (4): KOOL
108 Down: ___ lady (4): AVON
109 Down: Sarah Palin's husband (4): TODD
111 Down: Taiwan's setting (8): CHINASEA
112 Down: Mean: Abbr. (3): AVG
113 Down: One just out (7): PAROLEE
114 Down: Georgia or Virginia, e.g. (7): PRENAME
118 Down: Dupes (7): PATSIES
121 Down: Teacher's teaching (6): LESSON
122 Down: Airport monitor info, for short (4): ETAS
124 Down: Comes back the same (6): ECHOES
125 Down: Common noun ending (4): TION
126 Down: Really existing (6): INESSE
127 Down: Part of R&D: Abbr. (3): DEV
129 Down: State tree of Texas (5): PECAN
130 Down: Organic fertilizer (5): GUANO
131 Down: Physicist Schrödinger (5): ERWIN
132 Down: Trotter fodder (4): OATS
134 Down: Brownish songbird (4): LARK
138 Down: Actress Polo (4): TERI
139 Down: Contents of jewel cases (3): CDS
140 Down: Uncle, in Uruguay (3): TIO
141 Down: Played a heart, say (3): LED
142 Down: Little: Suffix (3): ULE
144 Down: 86-Across, e.g. (3): PUN

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