M N O P - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/5/2009. By Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Wind source (6)
- GASBAG
- 7 Across: Escalates (6)
- AMPSUP
- 13 Across: Watercolor technique (7)
- GOUACHE
- 20 Across: Annual event held at the Kodak Theater, with "the" (6)
- OSCARS
- 21 Across: Hero known for his nose (6)
- CYRANO
- 22 Across: Intertwined (7)
- ENLACED
- 23 Across: Give Axl and Pete a break? (13)
- SPELLTHEROSES
- 25 Across: Like the Twenties (7)
- ROARING
- 26 Across: Language that gave us "pajamas" (5)
- HINDI
- 27 Across: Saroyan's "My Name Is ___" (4)
- ARAM
- 28 Across: Elton John/Tim Rice musical (4)
- AIDA
- 30 Across: A bit more than never (4)
- ONCE
- 31 Across: ___ Palace (7)
- CAESARS
- 33 Across: Tripping over a threshold, perhaps? (12)
- PORTALDANGER
- 37 Across: Bubbly place? (4)
- ASTI
- 38 Across: Carries, e.g. (4)
- STAT
- 39 Across: BlackBerry and others, for short (4)
- PDAS
- 40 Across: Footwear that's hard to run in (4)
- CLOG
- 43 Across: Art school subj. (4)
- ANAT
- 45 Across: Pea farmers? (11)
- THEPODSQUAD
- 51 Across: Summer apartment with no air-conditioning? (10)
- BOILINGPAD
- 54 Across: Home of the Blues: Abbr. (3)
- STL
- 55 Across: Powerful engine (5)
- TURBO
- 56 Across: Barkin of "Sea of Love" (5)
- ELLEN
- 57 Across: English author Blyton (4)
- ENID
- 59 Across: Co. bigwigs (4)
- CEOS
- 62 Across: "___ true?" (4)
- ISIT
- 63 Across: Solar ___ (3)
- RAY
- 64 Across: Swindler (7)
- FLEECER
- 67 Across: Went long (7)
- RANLATE
- 69 Across: Floral Technicolor dreamcoat? (15)
- FULLPETALJACKET
- 73 Across: Madrid newspaper (7)
- ELMUNDO
- 76 Across: This-and-that preparation (7)
- GOULASH
- 77 Across: Island near Naxos (3)
- IOS
- 80 Across: Certain grains (4)
- RYES
- 81 Across: Sets (on) (4)
- SICS
- 84 Across: Fourier series function (4)
- SINE
- 85 Across: Lively sonata movement (5)
- RONDO
- 87 Across: Pauline Kael's "___ It at the Movies" (5)
- ILOST
- 89 Across: Blow away (3)
- AWE
- 91 Across: Strutting bird on an ice floe? (10)
- STUDPUFFIN
- 94 Across: Residents at a Manhattan A.S.P.C.A.? (11)
- NEWYORKPETS
- 98 Across: Yours, in Giverny (4)
- ATOI
- 99 Across: Nemeses (4)
- FOES
- 100 Across: Actor Ventimiglia of "Heroes" (4)
- MILO
- 101 Across: DC Comics superheroine (4)
- ISIS
- 103 Across: Genetic molecules (4)
- RNAS
- 105 Across: Move a movie camera around a community? (12)
- PANABOUTTOWN
- 110 Across: Some casino staff (7)
- DEALERS
- 113 Across: Little or Short (4)
- APER
- 114 Across: Greenish-blue (4)
- TEAL
- 115 Across: Interlaken's river (4)
- AARE
- 117 Across: Emmy-winning co-star of "Chicago Hope" (5)
- LAHTI
- 119 Across: "Symphonie Fantastique" composer (7)
- BERLIOZ
- 122 Across: Explanation for an interception? (13)
- PASSCONFUSION
- 125 Across: One of the Andrews Sisters (7)
- LAVERNE
- 126 Across: Early anesthetics (6)
- ETHERS
- 127 Across: Like some Swift writing (6)
- IRONIC
- 128 Across: Electra's brother (7)
- ORESTES
- 129 Across: Twos (6)
- DEUCES
- 130 Across: ___ Falls, N.Y. (6)
- SENECA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "Yipe!" (4)
- GOSH
- 2 Down: Jellied dish (5)
- ASPIC
- 3 Down: Extended operatic solo (5)
- SCENA
- 4 Down: Quarter back (9)
- BALDEAGLE
- 5 Down: Onetime HBO sitcom (6)
- ARLISS
- 6 Down: Prime meridian std. (3)
- GST
- 7 Down: Deliverers of the unreturnable (5)
- ACERS
- 8 Down: Hess who was a dame (4)
- MYRA
- 9 Down: Cue (6)
- PROMPT
- 10 Down: Airline to Stockholm (3)
- SAS
- 11 Down: Digs up (8)
- UNEARTHS
- 12 Down: Propose (5)
- POSIT
- 13 Down: Mustachioed TV muckraker (7)
- GERALDO
- 14 Down: Plastic ___ Band (3)
- ONO
- 15 Down: Suffix with form (3)
- ULA
- 16 Down: Perennial N.L. leader of old (5)
- AARON
- 17 Down: Sharing a memo with (5)
- CCING
- 18 Down: For this reason (5)
- HENCE
- 19 Down: Lawn gadget (5)
- EDGER
- 24 Down: 1980s street artist Keith (6)
- HARING
- 29 Down: Spot (6)
- DAPPLE
- 32 Down: ___ impasse (4)
- ATAN
- 34 Down: Dobbin's nibble (3)
- OAT
- 35 Down: "Dear old" guy (3)
- DAD
- 36 Down: ___ mgr. (4)
- ASST
- 38 Down: Batting coach's concern (6)
- STANCE
- 40 Down: One with a handle (4)
- CBER
- 41 Down: "Damn Yankees" vamp (4)
- LOLA
- 42 Down: Too suave (4)
- OILY
- 44 Down: Without ___ (quietly) (5)
- APEEP
- 46 Down: Series finale? (3)
- ETC
- 47 Down: What a bee produces (5)
- QUILT
- 48 Down: "Superman II" villainess (4)
- URSA
- 49 Down: Some (4)
- ABIT
- 50 Down: Favor cloyingly, with "on" (4)
- DOTE
- 52 Down: Just for laughs (5)
- INFUN
- 53 Down: Many a New Year's resolution (4)
- DIET
- 58 Down: Pulls (5)
- DRAGS
- 60 Down: 1977 thriller co-starring Bo Derek (4)
- ORCA
- 61 Down: "The Odd Couple" director (4)
- SAKS
- 65 Down: Some legal scholars, for short (4)
- LLDS
- 66 Down: "The Time Machine'" race (4)
- ELOI
- 68 Down: Co-founder of the Nonaligned Movement (5)
- NEHRU
- 69 Down: Fastidious (5)
- FUSSY
- 70 Down: Lane in Metropolis (4)
- LOIS
- 71 Down: Postrevolutionary councils (6)
- JUNTAS
- 72 Down: Language akin to Yupik (5)
- ALEUT
- 73 Down: A Walton (4)
- ERIN
- 74 Down: Singer Lovett (4)
- LYLE
- 75 Down: "What's New Pussycat?" response? (4)
- MEOW
- 77 Down: Poop (4)
- INFO
- 78 Down: Comics canine (4)
- ODIE
- 79 Down: End of some firm names (4)
- SONS
- 82 Down: 2005 Hoffman title role (6)
- CAPOTE
- 83 Down: Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. (3)
- SWE
- 86 Down: Summer at a ski resort, e.g. (9)
- OFFSEASON
- 88 Down: Taj Mahal, e.g. (4)
- TOMB
- 90 Down: Bleach (8)
- ETIOLATE
- 92 Down: One of the original Mouseketeers (6)
- DOREEN
- 93 Down: ___ cloth (lingerie fabric) (4)
- PINA
- 95 Down: 1983 Duran Duran hit (3)
- RIO
- 96 Down: China shop personae non gratae (7)
- KLUTZES
- 97 Down: Orlando-to-Ft. Myers dir. (3)
- SSW
- 102 Down: Shortly (6)
- INASEC
- 104 Down: Attraction (6)
- ALLURE
- 105 Down: Literature Nobelist Neruda (5)
- PABLO
- 106 Down: "... in ___ tree" (5)
- APEAR
- 107 Down: Audacity (5)
- NERVE
- 108 Down: Bizet suite "The Girl From ___" (5)
- ARLES
- 109 Down: Attached, in a way (5)
- TAPED
- 110 Down: Chaff (5)
- DROSS
- 111 Down: River straddled by Basel, Switzerland (5)
- RHINE
- 112 Down: Impassive (5)
- STOIC
- 116 Down: Homeland plot? (4)
- ACRE
- 118 Down: Cuzco inhabitant (4)
- INCA
- 120 Down: N.Y.C. subway line (3)
- IRT
- 121 Down: A wee hour (3)
- ONE
- 123 Down: Moo ___ pork (3)
- SHU
- 124 Down: Hi-___ (3)
- FIS
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