LITERALLY SO - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/30/2009. By Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Singer Lambert, runner-up on the 2009 "American Idol" (4): ADAM
5 Across: Talk to shrilly (5): YAPAT
10 Across: Four-sided figure (5): RHOMB
15 Across: Halloween purchase (4): EGGS
19 Across: "___ by me" (4): FINE
20 Across: Slangy commercial suffix (5): ORAMA
21 Across: Shelter org. (5): ASPCA
22 Across: Scuba diver's worry (4): LEAK
23 Across: -IRC-MS-ANCES (16): TAKEOUTOFCONTEXT
26 Across: Be a couch potato (4): LAZE
27 Across: Mystery writers' awards (7): AGATHAS
28 Across: Person with few possessions (4): MONK
29 Across: Hymn whose second line is "Solvet saeclum in favilla" (8): DIESIRAE
31 Across: Breeze (4): SNAP
33 Across: Pay stub? (3): OLA
35 Across: Ninny (3): ASS
36 Across: ANTI--VERNMENT UN--ST (19): BLOODLESSREVOLUTION
45 Across: Urge (4): GOAD
46 Across: Maker of Fosamax and Zocor (5): MERCK
47 Across: Moscow's home: Abbr. (3): IDA
48 Across: Covered walkway (4): STOA
50 Across: It's music to a musician's ears (6): ENCORE
52 Across: AR--CL- (14): THEMISSINGLINK
57 Across: Size unit of an English soda bottle (5): LITRE
58 Across: Like 11-Down: Abbr. (3): DEM
59 Across: Soon (6): INASEC
60 Across: "Is ___?" (3): ITI
61 Across: Underground network (5): ROOTS
66 Across: Shoe brand reputedly named after a Scottish golfer (8): THOMMCAN
70 Across: P---ARY CARE PHY-ICIANS (21): DOCTORSWITHOUTBORDERS
76 Across: Currency union since 1999 (8): EUROAREA
77 Across: Together (5): INALL
78 Across: PBS benefactor (3): NEA
79 Across: Low clouds (6): STRATI
82 Across: Stranded messenger? (3): RNA
84 Across: 1991 Tony winner Daisy (5): EAGAN
86 Across: FI-TH WH--L (14): SPARENOEXPENSE
92 Across: Tips, e.g. (6): ADVICE
93 Across: Heart lines: Abbr. (4): EKGS
94 Across: Where some people get tips: Abbr. (3): OTB
95 Across: Like the Vietnamese language (5): TONAL
97 Across: Like some verbs: Abbr. (4): INTR
98 Across: WHAT A -ANDA DOES IN -EIS-RELY FA-HION (19): EATSSHOOTSANDLEAVES
104 Across: Tiny tunneler (3): ANT
105 Across: Tic-tac-toe loser (3): XOO
106 Across: Box lightly (4): SPAR
107 Across: Hawaiian massage (8): LOMILOMI
112 Across: Met, for one (4): NLER
115 Across: Home of the N.H.L.'s Thrashers (7): ATLANTA
120 Across: Modern home of the biblical Elam (4): IRAN
121 Across: W--THL-SS R-AD-TER (16): LEMONDROPCOOKIES
124 Across: Stun (4): DAZE
125 Across: Take out (5): ERASE
126 Across: 8 1/2-pound statue (5): OSCAR
127 Across: Regarding (4): INRE
128 Across: Bob in the Olympics (4): SLED
129 Across: Connection (5): NEXUS
130 Across: Fresh (5): SASSY
131 Across: Favorite baby sitter, maybe (4): NANA

Down Answers

1 Down: Brut rival (4): AFTA
2 Down: TV screen meas. (4): DIAG
3 Down: "It's Time to Cry" singer, 1959 (4): ANKA
4 Down: Hook up (4): MEET
5 Down: Us (8): YOUANDME
6 Down: Gallery event (7): ARTSALE
7 Down: Kung ___ chicken (3): PAO
8 Down: Alternative to satellite (4): AMFM
9 Down: Kind of shell (4): TACO
10 Down: Stick in one's craw (6): RANKLE
11 Down: Pres. when the C.I.A. was created (3): HST
12 Down: Piece of a newspaper? (4): OPED
13 Down: 1,111 (4): MCXI
14 Down: French river craft (6): BATEAU
15 Down: National monument site since 1965 (11): ELLISISLAND
16 Down: Skis, boots, masks, etc. (4): GEAR
17 Down: Mideast tinderbox (4): GAZA
18 Down: ___-Ball (4): SKEE
24 Down: Very (4): OHSO
25 Down: "___ off?" (4): ONOR
30 Down: Bygone flier (3): SST
32 Down: Fresh (4): PERT
34 Down: Company name that becomes another company name if you move its first letter to the end (4): AVIS
36 Down: Mackerellike fish (6): BONITO
37 Down: Kind of acid (6): LACTIC
38 Down: Effluvium (4): ODOR
39 Down: Principal location?: Abbr. (3): SCH
40 Down: TV exec's concern (4): SKED
41 Down: Some E.R. cases (3): ODS
42 Down: Chou En-___ (3): LAI
43 Down: ___ Chandler, longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times (4): OTIS
44 Down: All's opposite (4): NONE
45 Down: Icy (5): GELID
49 Down: Dog breeders' org. (3): AKC
51 Down: Send another way (7): REROUTE
53 Down: Dangerous buildup in a mine (7): METHANE
54 Down: Preface online (4): IMHO
55 Down: "Excalibur" star Williamson (5): NICOL
56 Down: Knotted up (7): GNARLED
62 Down: Senator Hatch (5): ORRIN
63 Down: Spanish bear (3): OSO
64 Down: Bygone flier (3): TWA
65 Down: Word often following yes or no (3): SIR
67 Down: Agreement abroad (3): OUI
68 Down: Atlas abbr. (3): MTN
69 Down: Wharton deg. (3): MBA
71 Down: Like the face after a good bawl (11): TEARSTAINED
72 Down: A.C.C. athlete (4): TERP
73 Down: It typically has lots of horses (6): ENGINE
74 Down: Isn't inert (6): REACTS
75 Down: Less bananas (5): SANER
79 Down: Toledo-to-Columbus dir. (3): SSE
80 Down: N.J. or Pa. route (4): TPKE
81 Down: Music in Mysore (4): RAGA
83 Down: Architectural pier (4): ANTA
85 Down: Tel ___ (4): AVIV
87 Down: Cry at a circus (3): OOH
88 Down: W.W. II arena (3): ETO
89 Down: Wii alternative (4): XBOX
90 Down: Male delivery (3): SON
91 Down: Some receivers (4): ENDS
92 Down: Dependent on chance (8): ALEATORY
96 Down: Sources of fleece (7): ALPACAS
99 Down: NBC inits. since 1975 (3): SNL
100 Down: Pirated (6): STOLEN
101 Down: British weights (6): TONNES
102 Down: Cry after the rap of a hammer (4): SOLD
103 Down: Man's name that's an anagram of 108-Down (4): ARLO
107 Down: Caps (4): LIDS
108 Down: Exam format (4): ORAL
109 Down: Something to be threaded (4): MAZE
110 Down: Pure (4): MERE
111 Down: Kind of screen (4): IMAX
113 Down: Psyche's love (4): EROS
114 Down: Sub ___ (confidentially) (4): ROSA
116 Down: Similar (4): AKIN
117 Down: Ship that sailed "the ocean blue" (4): NINA
118 Down: Shore flier (4): TERN
119 Down: On the ocean (4): ASEA
122 Down: The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference (3): OSU
123 Down: They may be cloned (3): PCS

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