FAMOUS LAST WORDS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 6/21/2009. By Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller.

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Across Answers

1 Across: (With 13-Across) "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go" (5): OSCAR
6 Across: "Pow!" (4): WHAM
10 Across: Cutup (3): HAM
13 Across: See 1-Across (5): WILDE
18 Across: Kapa haka dancer (5): MAORI
19 Across: "I, Robot" extras (8): AUTOMATA
21 Across: Fit, once (6): BESEEM
22 Across: Cuba y Puerto Rico (5): ISLAS
23 Across: Carpet store bargain bin (8): REMNANTS
24 Across: Get angry (6): RILEUP
25 Across: Concern coming up? (8): THEBENDS
27 Across: "Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" (11): GROUCHOMARX
29 Across: Mineral suffix (3): ITE
30 Across: Pair in an ellipse (4): FOCI
31 Across: Red ball? (4): EDAM
32 Across: "That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted" (11): LOUCOSTELLO
37 Across: Way up (5): STAIR
39 Across: Actress Thurman (3): UMA
42 Across: Huskies' org. (3): AKC
43 Across: Cushion site (4): SOFA
44 Across: Mathematician ___ de Fermat (6): PIERRE
46 Across: PC cores (4): CPUS
47 Across: Scottish hillsides (5): BRAES
50 Across: Words of disappointment (9): DOGGONEIT
52 Across: Character sets? (5): CASTS
53 Across: "Where is my clock?" (12): SALVADORDALI
55 Across: Adolescent admonishment (8): BEPOLITE
57 Across: Fleischer and Onassis (4): ARIS
58 Across: Vocalist Yoko (3): ONO
59 Across: Puts in a box, maybe (9): PENALIZES
60 Across: Kim Jong-il, e.g. (6): DESPOT
63 Across: Yellowknife is its cap. (3): NWT
64 Across: Madison or Monroe: Abbr. (3): JAS
65 Across: Mild-mannered Mister (6): ROGERS
66 Across: Taxpayer request (9): EXTENSION
68 Across: ___ American (3): BUY
69 Across: Hose color (4): ECRU
70 Across: Ibsen title character (8): PEERGYNT
71 Across: "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub" (12): CONRADHILTON
76 Across: Others, in Andalusia (5): OTROS
77 Across: Building safety features (9): FIREDOORS
79 Across: Pot grabber (5): NARCO
80 Across: Wii user, maybe (4): TEEN
81 Across: Rial spender (6): YEMENI
82 Across: Ones sharing Durocher's astrological sign (4): LEOS
84 Across: Took sides? (3): ATE
85 Across: Packed, in brief (3): SRO
86 Across: Communal customs (5): MORES
87 Across: "I've had 18 straight whiskies. I think that's the record" (11): DYLANTHOMAS
91 Across: Press (4): IRON
92 Across: Some pitcherfuls (4): ADES
93 Across: Dark time, for short (3): EEN
94 Across: "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something" (11): PANCHOVILLA
98 Across: Vatican rules (8): PAPACIES
103 Across: "You are not!" response (6): IAMTOO
104 Across: Raid targets (8): ILLEGALS
106 Across: The Amazing ___ (magician) (5): RANDI
107 Across: Korean carmaker (6): DAEWOO
108 Across: Magnified (8): PLAYEDUP
109 Across: Yore-ic? (5): OLDEN
110 Across: (With 113-Across) "I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it" (5): ERROL
111 Across: Nine-digit ID (3): SSN
112 Across: Supreme leader? (4): ROSS
113 Across: See 110-Across (5): FLYNN

Down Answers

1 Down: Strike out (4): OMIT
2 Down: Tiara go-with (4): SASH
3 Down: Porter, for one (4): COLE
4 Down: Like 1, not I (6): ARABIC
5 Down: Meet (6): RISETO
6 Down: Voting area (4): WARD
7 Down: Apricot and tangerine (4): HUES
8 Down: Green machine? (3): ATM
9 Down: Invader of Europe in 1241 (6): MONGOL
10 Down: McCain residence for 5 1/2 years (5): HANOI
11 Down: U.S. island occupied by Japan during W.W. II (4): ATTU
12 Down: Not fem. (4): MASC
13 Down: ___ Republic, toppled in 1933 (6): WEIMAR
14 Down: Its literal translation is "submission" (5): ISLAM
15 Down: Look like a wolf (4): LEER
16 Down: French pair (4): DEUX
17 Down: Nero, e.g.: Abbr. (3): EMP
20 Down: "I have not told half of what I saw" (9): MARCOPOLO
21 Down: 1970 N.F.L. M.V.P. John (6): BRODIE
26 Down: Capone's nemesis (4): NESS
28 Down: Cheer (7): HEARTEN
30 Down: Hail (8): FLAGDOWN
32 Down: Bell ___ (4): LABS
33 Down: New Orleans staple (4): OKRA
34 Down: It has 10 branches: Abbr. (4): UCAL
35 Down: Minor errands (5): TODOS
36 Down: ___ effort (4): EFOR
37 Down: Date (3): SEE
38 Down: Chief concerns? (6): TRIBES
39 Down: Enlarge (6): UPSIZE
40 Down: [Grumble, grumble, grumble] (6): MUTTER
41 Down: Weigh (6): ASSESS
45 Down: Magician's name suffix (3): INI
46 Down: "I live!" (8): CALIGULA
48 Down: "Eva is leaving" (8): EVAPERON
49 Down: Some beachwear (7): SARONGS
51 Down: Eugene ___, hero of "Look Homeward, Angel" (4): GANT
52 Down: Fill with a crayon (7): COLORIN
54 Down: Clueless (5): DITSY
56 Down: Exsiccate (5): PARCH
59 Down: Employers must meet them (8): PAYROLLS
60 Down: Points on some lines (6): DEPOTS
61 Down: Academy town (6): EXETER
62 Down: Two-channel (6): STEREO
63 Down: "I'm late!" (6): NOTIME
64 Down: 2007 film that won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (4): JUNO
67 Down: Ball of fire (7): INFERNO
68 Down: "I'm going to heaven!" (9): BODIDDLEY
69 Down: Pelé's real first name (5): EDSON
71 Down: About 877,000 hrs. (3): CEN
72 Down: Info in a real estate ad (4): AREA
73 Down: Disneyland sight (4): TRAM
74 Down: Eight: Prefix (4): OCTA
75 Down: Con man's responses? (4): NOES
78 Down: Hi-___ (3): RES
81 Down: "Hello-o-o!" (6): YOOHOO
83 Down: Part of a program (4): STEP
86 Down: Hipster's persona (6): MRCOOL
88 Down: First supersonic human (6): YEAGER
89 Down: Learn by word of mouth (6): HEAROF
90 Down: Like many hospital doctors (6): ONCALL
91 Down: Cloven (5): INTWO
92 Down: Detective Pinkerton (5): ALLAN
94 Down: Carson's predecessor (4): PAAR
95 Down: Part of O.A.S.: Abbr. (4): AMER
96 Down: Stars (4): VIPS
97 Down: Contents of Pandora's box, except for hope (4): ILLS
98 Down: Anode indicator (4): PLUS
99 Down: Phobia of 100-Down (4): ASPS
100 Down: Ford role, familiarly (4): INDY
101 Down: Xanadu (4): EDEN
102 Down: ___ Fein (4): SINN
103 Down: Chemical suffix (3): IDE
105 Down: Kerfuffle (3): ADO

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