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Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/12/2009. By Alan Arbesfeld.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Figure in "Lost Horizon" (4): LAMA
5 Across: Intelligent, creative sort, supposedly (5): VIRGO
10 Across: Fancy wheels (4): LIMO
14 Across: Pet protector, for short (5): ASPCA
19 Across: Monthly bill: Abbr. (4): ELEC
20 Across: "___ Gold" (5): ULEES
21 Across: ___ Sea, 2,000-square-mile saltwater lake (4): ARAL
22 Across: Singer Collins and others (5): PHILS
23 Across: *Boondocks (15): MIDDLEOFNOWHERE
26 Across: Former presidential candidate in the Forbes 400 (5): PEROT
27 Across: Standing by (5): ONICE
28 Across: Symbol of modesty (6): VIOLET
29 Across: Away with an O.K. (7): ONLEAVE
31 Across: PBS funder (3): NEA
32 Across: Mobile-to-Birmingham dir. (3): NNE
34 Across: *Ambulance destination (13): MEDICALCENTER
37 Across: Group of genetically related organisms (7): BIOTYPE
40 Across: "Buy ___ regular price, get ..." (5): ONEAT
41 Across: Directional suffix (3): ERN
42 Across: It's within your grasp (4): PALM
44 Across: With 51-Down, cry of sorrow (3): WOE
45 Across: Specter in the Senate (5): ARLEN
48 Across: Emulates AZ or T.I. (4): RAPS
50 Across: *Imam or priest (15): SPIRITUALLEADER
54 Across: 1986 Indy winner Bobby (5): RAHAL
57 Across: Vacation itinerary (5): SITES
58 Across: Literary heroine whose best friend is a goatherd (5): HEIDI
59 Across: Copy (7): ACTLIKE
61 Across: Looney Tunes nickname (3): TAZ
62 Across: San ___, Calif. (5): MATEO
65 Across: Straighten out (6): UNCOIL
68 Across: G or R issuer: Abbr. (4): MPAA
69 Across: *When the heavens and earth were created (15): BEGINNINGOFTIME
72 Across: Car driven by James Bond in "Octopussy," for short (4): ALFA
75 Across: Forward (6): RESEND
76 Across: "Sweet" stream in a Burns poem (5): AFTON
77 Across: Roadie's armful (3): AMP
80 Across: Noisy but comfy chair (7): BEANBAG
82 Across: Wallop (5): BASTE
84 Across: First name in skin care (5): ESTEE
86 Across: Material with a distinctive diagonal weave (5): SERGE
87 Across: *Deputy (15): SECONDINCOMMAND
92 Across: Serving in the navy (4): ASEA
94 Across: Tweets, e.g. (5): TEXTS
95 Across: Grandfathers of III's (3): SRS
96 Across: Unpaid debt, e.g. (4): ONUS
97 Across: Let go (3): CAN
99 Across: Strait-laced (5): RIGID
101 Across: Field for a fault-finder? (7): GEOLOGY
103 Across: *Week after Christmas (13): ENDOFDECEMBER
108 Across: G, musically (3): SOL
109 Across: Lead-in to calculus (3): PRE
112 Across: 1, to a trucker (7): LOWGEAR
113 Across: Love sign (6): CARESS
115 Across: Dog-___ (5): EARED
117 Across: Actor Jannings and others (5): EMILS
118 Across: *Lights out in New York City (15): BROADWAYCLOSING
122 Across: Bathroom fixture (5): BIDET
123 Across: "Yeah, right!" (4): IBET
124 Across: Children (5): ISSUE
125 Across: Part of a French opera (4): ACTE
126 Across: Open stars? (5): SEEDS
127 Across: Tops (4): LIDS
128 Across: Like mesh (5): NETTY
129 Across: Bartlett, e.g. (4): PEAR

Down Answers

1 Down: A mechanic might see it a lot (5): LEMON
2 Down: Flared dress (5): ALINE
3 Down: Publicity push (10): MEDIABLITZ
4 Down: Group with the 22x platinum album "Back in Black" (4): ACDC
5 Down: Saturn offering (3): VUE
6 Down: P.S. in a Beatles song (8): ILOVEYOU
7 Down: Mortgage adjustment, for short (4): REFI
8 Down: Subject of some modern maps (6): GENOME
9 Down: "___ Mio" (5): OSOLE
10 Down: "Chicago Hope" actress (5): LAHTI
11 Down: Choler (3): IRE
12 Down: Nick, say (3): MAR
13 Down: World Cup shout (6): OLEOLE
14 Down: Small, fruity dessert (9): APPLETART
15 Down: Luster (5): SHEEN
16 Down: Worrisome sight on the Spanish Main (10): PIRATESHIP
17 Down: Bee's target (6): CLOVER
18 Down: Back on board (6): ASTERN
24 Down: O'Brien's predecessor (4): LENO
25 Down: Get together (3): WED
30 Down: Birthplace of James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson: Abbr. (4): NCAR
33 Down: Abbr. on a cereal box (4): NTWT
35 Down: Like most dorms nowadays (4): COED
36 Down: ___ Page, woman in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (4): ANNE
38 Down: 1950s Hungarian premier ___ Nagy (4): IMRE
39 Down: Birds with showy mates (7): PEAHENS
42 Down: "Hey there!" (4): PSST
43 Down: Pacific capital (4): APIA
45 Down: Foreman foe (3): ALI
46 Down: Pleonastic (9): REDUNDANT
47 Down: "The Divided Self" author R. D. ___ (5): LAING
49 Down: Former Swedish P.M. Olof ___ (5): PALME
51 Down: See 44-Across (4): ISME
52 Down: Director Sergio (5): LEONE
53 Down: Bonnie in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (5): RAITT
55 Down: Wanted poster letters (3): AKA
56 Down: Field of green (3): LEA
60 Down: Sister of Erato (4): CLIO
63 Down: Indian tourist locale (4): AGRA
64 Down: Cover girl Cheryl (5): TIEGS
66 Down: Cousin of a raccoon (5): COATI
67 Down: Something to play (7): OFFENSE
69 Down: Forehead coverer (5): BANGS
70 Down: Desk tray (5): INBOX
71 Down: Memory: Prefix (4): MNEM
72 Down: They may be crunched (3): ABS
73 Down: Wrangler rival (3): LEE
74 Down: All over (10): FARANDWIDE
77 Down: No matter the cost (10): ATANYPRICE
78 Down: ___ items (4): MENU
79 Down: Those hoofing it (4): PEDS
81 Down: Events that are barrels of fun? (9): BEERFESTS
83 Down: '60s radical grp. (3): SDS
85 Down: Eye irritant (4): SMOG
88 Down: Suffix with diet (4): ETIC
89 Down: Relinquish (4): CEDE
90 Down: Kind of saw (8): CROSSCUT
91 Down: Peace Prize city (4): OSLO
93 Down: Verdi's "Celeste ___" (4): AIDA
97 Down: A-listers (6): CELEBS
98 Down: Breakdown of social norms (6): ANOMIE
100 Down: Playful rodent (6): GERBIL
101 Down: Payola, e.g. (6): GREASE
102 Down: Promise, for one (4): OLEO
104 Down: Gave the once-over (5): OGLED
105 Down: Exams for future docs (5): MCATS
106 Down: Uncooperative (3): BAD
107 Down: Field Marshal Rommel (5): ERWIN
110 Down: ___-car (5): RENTA
111 Down: Lawn tool (5): EDGER
114 Down: Method: Abbr. (4): SYST
116 Down: "Hurry!" (4): ASAP
119 Down: Result of bringing someone home, for short (3): RBI
120 Down: Etymologist's ref. (3): OED
121 Down: Science writer Willy (3): LEY

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