STORY CIRCLE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 7/26/2009. By Kevin G. Der.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Do well in the Olympics (5): MEDAL
6 Across: Choose to take part (5): OPTIN
11 Across: Modern storage sites (5): DISKS
16 Across: Sky Chief company (6): TEXACO
17 Across: Satisfactory (9): UPTOSNUFF
21 Across: Low soccer score (6): ONENIL
23 Across: Place in trust (6): ESCROW
24 Across: Stabilizing track (9): GUIDERAIL
25 Across: Weaver's supply (6): SKEINS
26 Across: Word with mail or letter (5): CHAIN
27 Across: Actor Edward James ___ (5): OLMOS
28 Across: 2001 headline maker (5): ENRON
30 Across: It's worth its weight in gold (5): INGOT
31 Across: PC linkup (3): LAN
32 Across: Tweaks (4): NIPS
33 Across: Michael of "Juno" and "Superbad" (4): CERA
34 Across: "Ixnay" (3): NAH
35 Across: Bygone leaders (7): KAISERS
38 Across: Fathers (3): SIRES
40 Across: Norse pantheon (3): AESIR
41 Across: Another name for 72-Across (7): DOGSTAR
45 Across: Center (3): NUB
46 Across: A Marx brother (5): CHICO
48 Across: Thither (3): YON
50 Across: Longtime Susan Lucci role (5): ERICA
52 Across: ___-Caps (candy) (3): SNO
53 Across: Tulsa sch. (3): ORU
54 Across: Largest moon of Saturn (5): TITAN
55 Across: Subject of a tipster's tip (3): NAG
56 Across: Joe Montana or Jerry Rice, informally (5): NINER
57 Across: Windsor's home: Abbr. (3): ONT
58 Across: Additions to a musical staff (8): BARLINES
60 Across: ___ but when (5): NOTIF
62 Across: Blissful (8): BEATIFIC
64 Across: Crackerjack (3): ACE
65 Across: Expressed a welcome (9): SAIDHELLO
68 Across: Org. with spring playoffs (3): NHL
69 Across: Dried seaweed popular in Japanese cuisine (5): KOMBU
72 Across: Part of Canis Major (4): SIRIUS
73 Across: Boot camp affirmative (4): YESSIR
75 Across: Fanatic (5): ULTRA
79 Across: Be more than a dream (5): EXIST
80 Across: Lite (5): LOFAT
82 Across: Clip, e.g. (5): VIDEO
83 Across: Bring up, perhaps (5): REHEM
84 Across: Suffix with magnet (3): ICS
85 Across: 7'6" Ming (3): YAO
87 Across: Green-eyed (7): ENVYING
89 Across: ___ in Charlie (3): CAS
91 Across: Wall-E's love in "Wall-E" (3): EVE
92 Across: One side of an exchange (3): TAT
93 Across: It may be bid (5): ADIEU
95 Across: Big band instrument (3): SAX
96 Across: It comes in volumes: Abbr. (5): ENCYC
98 Across: Cartoon pooch (3): REN
99 Across: Slugger's stat (3): HRS
100 Across: Tandoor flatbreads (4): NANS
101 Across: Popular (5): DESIRED
103 Across: Prefix with sphere (4): IONO
104 Across: Galley figure (3): OAR
105 Across: Bones may be found in it (5): STOCK
107 Across: Cousin of a clog (5): SABOT
109 Across: Oscar winner Patricia and others (5): NEALS
111 Across: It's found near the tongue (5): UVULA
113 Across: Achilles and Hector (4): FOES
115 Across: Clothes rack abbr. (3): IRR
116 Across: Gridiron scores: Abbr. (3): FGS
117 Across: Scientologist ___ Hubbard (4): LRON
118 Across: Crown covering (6): ENAMEL
120 Across: "Did you start without me?" (7): AMILATE
124 Across: Rachmaninoff's "___-tableaux" (6): ETUDES
127 Across: Island where Sundanese and Madurese are spoken (4): JAVA
128 Across: Take too much of, briefly (4): ODON
131 Across: Windbag's output (3): GAS
132 Across: Golfer Aoki (4): ISAO
135 Across: Certain infection (4): STYE
136 Across: Operatic heroine wooed by Beckmesser (3): EVA
137 Across: 1963 animated film with the song "Higitus Figitus," with "The" (15): SWORDINTHESTONE
141 Across: ___ Gold, character on "Entourage" (3): ARI
142 Across: Stanford's Big Game rival (3): CAL
143 Across: 1998 animated film featuring the voice of Pierce Brosnan (15): QUESTFORCAMELOT
144 Across: Hollywood, with "the" (3): BIZ
145 Across: Notwithstanding that, for short (3): THO
146 Across: ___ jure (legal term) (4): IPSO
147 Across: "The Canterbury Tales" traveler (5): FRIAR
148 Across: Gun for hire (4): MERC
149 Across: Loser at Gettysburg (3): LEE
150 Across: Heir, perhaps (3): SON
151 Across: Org. in Clancy's "Red Storm Rising" (3): NSA
152 Across: Gives birth to a kid (5): YEANS
153 Across: Bit of cheer (3): RAH
154 Across: Road twist (3): ESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Work together (4): MESH
2 Down: 1981 film in which Helen Mirren plays a sorceress (9): EXCALIBUR
3 Down: Onetime MTV animated title character and others (6): DARIAS
4 Down: With 12-Down, 1889 Twain novel (18): ACONNECTICUTYANKEE
5 Down: Weathercast figure (3): LOW
6 Down: Slothful (6): OTIOSE
7 Down: Underwater families (4): PODS
8 Down: Japanese market: Abbr. (3): TSE
9 Down: Memo header (4): INRE
10 Down: Subtlety (6): NUANCE
11 Down: Things first on the way up? (3): DOS
12 Down: See 4-Down (18): INKINGARTHURSCOURT
13 Down: Perceived to be (6): SEENAS
14 Down: With 76-Down, 1953 Ava Gardner film ... as depicted elsewhere in this puzzle? (9): KNIGHTSOF
15 Down: ___-Japanese (4): SINO
16 Down: Gumshoe (3): TEC
17 Down: Relative of a grapefruit (4): UGLI
18 Down: Does some heavy lifting (7): PUMPSIRON
19 Down: Red alert? (7): FIRESIREN
20 Down: Bilbao bloom (4): FLOR
22 Down: W.W. II vessel (3): LST
27 Down: Kind of inspection (6): ONSITE
29 Down: ___ Gordimer, Literature Nobelist (6): NADINE
35 Down: Aid in finding a station (4): KNOB
36 Down: Magical glow (4): AURA
37 Down: River that flows past more than 40 castles (5): RHINE
39 Down: Bishop's group (5): SYNOD
40 Down: 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit (5): ANGIE
42 Down: Davy Jones's locker (5): OCEAN
43 Down: Years in old Rome (4): ANNI
44 Down: Drilling grp. (4): ROTC
47 Down: One of Iago's victims (6): CASSIO
49 Down: Words of commitment (4): OATH
51 Down: Five-carbon sugar (6): RIBOSE
59 Down: Culture areas? (4): LABS
60 Down: Passover month (5): NISAN
61 Down: Arrive by air (5): FLYIN
63 Down: "Winnie ___ Pu" (4): ILLE
66 Down: Pot-___ (French stew) (5): AUFEU
67 Down: Overhang (5): LEDGE
69 Down: Conductor Lockhart and others (6): KEITHS
70 Down: Rustic transport (6): OXCART
71 Down: 2001 Anjelica Huston miniseries, with "The" (13): MISTSOFAVALON
72 Down: Some steaks (6): SIRLOINS
74 Down: Hot desert winds (6): SIROCCOS
76 Down: See 14-Down (13): THEROUNDTABLE
77 Down: Magic trick's climax (6): REVEAL
78 Down: Supreme Egyptian deity (6): AMENRA
81 Down: Soap box? (5): TVSET
82 Down: One of Santa's reindeer (5): VIXEN
86 Down: Drilling grp. (3): ADA
88 Down: Chairman Arafat (3): YASIR
90 Down: ___ Rand, developer of Objectivism (3): AYN
94 Down: Lou's "La Bamba" co-star (4): ESAI
97 Down: Rocker Lofgren (4): NILS
101 Down: Temple structure? (4): DORM
102 Down: Quick (4): DEFT
106 Down: Result of going out? (4): COMA
108 Down: 1971 Peace Nobelist from Germany (6): BRANDT
110 Down: AARP concern (6): AGEISM
112 Down: "Parlez-___ français?" (4): VOUS
114 Down: Delays (7): SLOWUPS
117 Down: Heroine in Verdi's "Il Trovatore" (7): LEONORA
118 Down: Gives the heave-ho (6): EJECTS
119 Down: Arizona native (6): NAVAHO
121 Down: Not pick up (6): IGNORE
122 Down: Highest worship in Catholicism (6): LATRIA
123 Down: Antisub weapon (6): ASHCAN
125 Down: Cliff homes: Var. (6): EYRIES
126 Down: Takes by force (6): SEIZES
129 Down: ___ number on (5): DOESA
130 Down: About (4): ORSO
133 Down: What an inflectional ending is added to (4): STEM
134 Down: Certain netizen (5): AOLER
137 Down: Area meas. (4): SQIN
138 Down: Up in the air (4): IFFY
139 Down: Canal sites (4): EARS
140 Down: Emulate some of Goya's work (4): ETCH

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