CUED UP - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 11/29/2009. By Will Nediger.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Government pubs., say (4): DOCS
5 Across: Twine holder (5): SPOOL
10 Across: Amateur publication, for short (4): ZINE
14 Across: What a migraine might feel like (4): VISE
18 Across: Moonfish (4): OPAH
19 Across: Primary stratagem (5): PLANA
20 Across: Like much music (5): TONAL
21 Across: Old alpaca wool gatherer (4): INCA
22 Across: Delighted exclamation? (16): SQUEALOFAPPROVAL
25 Across: Cough cause (4): SMOG
26 Across: Sail extender (5): SPRIT
27 Across: Inventive type (7): IDEAMAN
28 Across: Bit of attire for a carriage ride (5): SHAWL
29 Across: Pitcher's feat (9): ONEHITTER
32 Across: One all, say (4): TIED
33 Across: Tame (6): GENTLE
34 Across: "Tamerlane" dramatist Nicholas (4): ROWE
35 Across: V-chip target (3): SEX
36 Across: Part of an Irish playwright's will? (12): WILDEBEQUEST
38 Across: Museum worker (5): GUARD
40 Across: Bank statement entry (5): DEBIT
42 Across: It came up from Down Under (3): EMU
43 Across: Tom of "The Tomorrow Show" (6): SNYDER
45 Across: Fish-and-chips fish (3): COD
46 Across: Sultan's land (4): OMAN
49 Across: Aquafina competitor (5): EVIAN
54 Across: Impertinent sort (4): SNIP
56 Across: TV character often seen in a Metallica T-shirt (6): BEAVIS
58 Across: Pipe attachment (6): FLANGE
59 Across: Needle problem (4): SKIP
62 Across: Tests the water? (4): SIPS
64 Across: "Don't fight" (6): BENICE
66 Across: Game grp. (4): NCAA
67 Across: Many curves, in math (4): LOCI
68 Across: Carsick passenger? (11): QUEASYRIDER
70 Across: Bon mot (4): QUIP
71 Across: Babylon's site, today (4): IRAQ
72 Across: Conventions (6): USAGES
73 Across: Starting point (4): GERM
74 Across: Some pieces in an archaeological museum (4): URNS
75 Across: Bratislava's river (6): DANUBE
77 Across: "Come on, guys!" (6): LETSGO
79 Across: "Jour de Fête" star, director and writer, 1949 (4): TATI
81 Across: Neighbor of a shift key (5): ENTER
82 Across: "Little Women" woman (4): BETH
83 Across: Iranian supreme leader ___ Khamenei (3): ALI
85 Across: New Zealand's discoverer (6): TASMAN
89 Across: 49-Across, e.g. (3): EAU
91 Across: Red leader? (5): INFRA
93 Across: Spanish girl (5): CHICA
94 Across: Causing uneasiness? (12): QUALMSGIVING
101 Across: Not safe (3): OUT
103 Across: Schools of thought (4): ISMS
104 Across: Drawers, e.g. (6): UNDIES
105 Across: Plain and simple (4): MERE
106 Across: Darjeeling, e.g. (9): INDIANTEA
108 Across: White as a sheet (5): ASHEN
109 Across: Germane (7): APROPOS
111 Across: Last stage of insect development (5): IMAGO
112 Across: Believe (4): FEEL
113 Across: Carryin' on, in olden times? (16): QUAINTMISBEHAVIN
117 Across: Gambling game enjoyed by Wyatt Earp (4): FARO
118 Across: Paunch (5): BELLY
119 Across: Wake Island, e.g. (5): ATOLL
120 Across: Turn over (4): CEDE
121 Across: Irish ___ (4): STEW
122 Across: Put in stitches (4): SLAY
123 Across: Poet who wrote "An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you / Ef you / Don't / Watch / Out!" (5): RILEY
124 Across: Walked (4): TROD

Down Answers

1 Down: Bobs and such (3): DOS
2 Down: Alphabetic trio (3): OPQ
3 Down: Florida Keys connector (8): CAUSEWAY
4 Down: Anger at losing one's flock? (14): SHEPHERDSPIQUE
5 Down: Gymnastic feat (6): SPLITS
6 Down: Conspired (7): PLOTTED
7 Down: Unlikely ballet dancer (3): OAF
8 Down: Sign warning people to be quiet (5): ONAIR
9 Down: Columbo's employer, for short (4): LAPD
10 Down: Whizzed along (6): ZOOMED
11 Down: Maraud (6): INVADE
12 Down: Tandoor-baked bread (4): NAAN
13 Down: Head of lettuce? (3): ELL
14 Down: Krishna is one of his avatars (6): VISHNU
15 Down: One surrounded by cell walls (6): INMATE
16 Down: Looks sore (6): SCOWLS
17 Down: Bald baby? (6): EAGLET
20 Down: Bring up the rear (5): TRAIL
23 Down: N.L. West team, on scoreboards (3): ARI
24 Down: ___ four (5): PETIT
28 Down: "The Dark Knight," for one (6): SEQUEL
29 Down: Assns. (4): ORGS
30 Down: It may be declined (4): NOUN
31 Down: Suit (4): EXEC
33 Down: Absolute beauty (3): GEM
36 Down: Call on a pitch (4): WIDE
37 Down: Nebraska senator Nelson (3): BEN
39 Down: Easy chair site (3): DEN
41 Down: Narrator of "How I Met Your Mother" (8): BOBSAGET
44 Down: Blue (6): RISQUE
46 Down: Superior to (4): OVER
47 Down: It may feature a windmill (8): MINIGOLF
48 Down: "Don't Be Cruel" vis-à-vis "Hound Dog" (5): ASIDE
50 Down: Subjugation? (14): VANQUISHINGACT
51 Down: Bring about (5): INCUR
52 Down: Time's partner (5): AGAIN
53 Down: Some tides (5): NEAPS
55 Down: Name shared by 12 popes (4): PIUS
57 Down: Big gulf (5): ABYSS
58 Down: French mathematician who pioneered in the theory of probability (6): FERMAT
59 Down: Water park feature (5): SLIDE
60 Down: Sura source (5): KORAN
61 Down: "Impossible!" (5): ICANT
63 Down: Positive thinking proponent (5): PEALE
65 Down: Legal writ, in brief (4): CERT
69 Down: Clockmaker Thomas (4): SETH
76 Down: German city where Beck's beer is brewed (6): BREMEN
78 Down: "Our ___" (4): GANG
80 Down: Certain X or O (3): TAC
82 Down: Programming problem (3): BUG
84 Down: Wood alternative (4): IRON
86 Down: Get fogged up (8): MISTOVER
87 Down: Greatest flowering (4): ACME
88 Down: Astronaut's insignia (4): NASA
90 Down: Dolt (3): ASS
91 Down: Like a butterfingers (5): INEPT
92 Down: Within earshot (7): AUDIBLE
94 Down: Hearty drafts (6): QUAFFS
95 Down: Prevent from being reelected (6): UNSEAT
96 Down: Cleave (6): ADHERE
97 Down: Try to avoid detection (6): LIELOW
98 Down: Chevy model (6): IMPALA
99 Down: Forsooth (6): VERILY
100 Down: It may be dramatic (5): IRONY
102 Down: Opportune (6): TIMELY
106 Down: Matthew 26 question (5): ISITI
107 Down: Sound at a spa (3): AAH
109 Down: "The Clan of the Cave Bear" author (4): AUEL
110 Down: Baseball G.M. Minaya (4): OMAR
113 Down: Montana and others, for short (3): QBS
114 Down: Helios' counterpart (3): SOL
115 Down: It may be said before a kiss (3): IDO
116 Down: ___ Land of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (3): NED

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