ANTIQUE FINISH - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/3/2010. By Jeremy Newton.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Singer with the compilation "A Box of Dreams" (4): ENYA
5 Across: Well-running group?: Abbr. (4): OPEC
9 Across: Boom box setting (4): BASS
13 Across: Charmer's subject? (5): COBRA
18 Across: Drop anchor (4): MOOR
19 Across: Block in Washington (4): VETO
20 Across: Run in "The Alphabet Song" (5): LMNOP
22 Across: "Power corrupts," e.g. (5): AXIOM
23 Across: Wins a bridge hand? (15): TRUMPETHPLAYERS
26 Across: iPod sound? (5): LONGI
27 Across: Salon appliance (5): DRYER
28 Across: Fertility goddess (4): ISIS
29 Across: Object of many 1950s jokes (5): EDSEL
31 Across: Whirlpool alternatives (3): GES
32 Across: Car with "three deuces and a four-speed," in a 1964 song (3): GTO
33 Across: Fame fades? (14): CELEBRITYDIETH
36 Across: Like cases on "The X-Files" (7): STRANGE
40 Across: Western capital: Abbr. (3): USD
41 Across: A in German class (3): EIN
42 Across: Modern home of ancient Persepolis (4): IRAN
43 Across: It ends in septembre (3): ETE
45 Across: ___ of Attalos (Greek museum site) (4): STOA
47 Across: Exquisite curio (5): BIJOU
51 Across: Stuns experts after new findings? (17): ROCKETHSCIENTISTS
57 Across: Let go (3): CUT
58 Across: Inventor of alternating current (5): TESLA
59 Across: Resistance units (4): OHMS
60 Across: Cry on game day (3): RAH
61 Across: Mex. title (4): SRTA
62 Across: "S.N.L." veteran Gasteyer (3): ANA
64 Across: Newborn puppies enjoy the sun? (13): LITTERBASKETH
68 Across: Not moving smoothly (7): SPASTIC
72 Across: Rejuvenation site (5): OASIS
73 Across: Local fan of the N.H.L.'s Senators (7): OTTAWAN
74 Across: Recruits people to sell stolen goods? (13): PICKETHFENCES
76 Across: General on Chinese menus (3): TSO
77 Across: H. G. Wells people (4): ELOI
78 Across: Talk as lovers do (3): COO
79 Across: They're dedicated (4): ODES
81 Across: Winter coats? (5): HOARS
85 Across: Setting in the film "Tropic Thunder" (3): NAM
86 Across: A lace starts to come undone? (17): SHOESTRINGBUDGETH
91 Across: Real downer, for short? (5): TRANQ
93 Across: "All righty ___!" (4): THEN
94 Across: Spray-can art (3): TAG
95 Across: Airborne irritant (4): GNAT
96 Across: Ship-to-shore aid (3): TUG
98 Across: Agent Gold of "Entourage" (3): ARI
99 Across: Exchange of spies, maybe (7): SECRETS
101 Across: Words escape President Karzai? (14): AFGHANBLANKETH
109 Across: Slip behind (3): LAG
110 Across: Not, to Scots (3): NAE
111 Across: Words before a deadline (5): DUEBY
112 Across: His twin duped him (4): ESAU
113 Across: Never-before-seen (5): NOVEL
115 Across: Viking garment (5): TUNIC
117 Across: Rebels against military forces? (15): BUCKETHBRIGADES
121 Across: Fictional Doolittle (5): ELIZA
122 Across: Questionnaire line (5): EMAIL
123 Across: It has an expiration date (4): OBIT
124 Across: Shot, as a photo (4): TOOK
125 Across: Turn left or right, say (5): STEER
126 Across: Govt. bodies may issue them (4): STDS
127 Across: Place where leaves are collected (4): EAVE
128 Across: "As rust corrupts iron, so ___ corrupts man": Antisthenes (4): ENVY

Down Answers

1 Down: Mouth-to-mouth pro, briefly (3): EMT
2 Down: N, on a French map (4): NORD
3 Down: What to call an archbishop (9): YOURGRACE
4 Down: Periscope users (9): ARMYTANKS
5 Down: Just a memory now (4): OVER
6 Down: Prized (3): PET
7 Down: Set of morals (5): ETHIC
8 Down: Thicket of trees (5): COPSE
9 Down: Been-there-done-that (5): BLASE
10 Down: Grant with Grammys (3): AMY
11 Down: Pooh-poohs (8): SNEERSAT
12 Down: Seamy (6): SORDID
13 Down: Stake a claim (8): CALLDIBS
14 Down: Tic-tac-toe line (3): OXO
15 Down: Opposite of fast (5): BINGE
16 Down: Reference volume, informally (5): ROGET
17 Down: People without power, often (5): AMISH
21 Down: [Nudge] (4): PSST
24 Down: Lowly sort (4): PEON
25 Down: Short, for short (3): LIL
30 Down: Size up (3): EYE
34 Down: "___ appetito!" (4): BUON
35 Down: Pasta suffix (3): INI
36 Down: U2's Bono, since 2007 (3): SIR
37 Down: Bring (out) (4): TROT
38 Down: Start hankering (9): GETANITCH
39 Down: Neighbor of Sudan: Abbr. (3): ETH
44 Down: Anka's "___ Beso" (3): ESO
45 Down: Like chimpanzees (6): SIMIAN
46 Down: Datum in a college application (9): TESTSCORE
48 Down: National clothing chain based in New York's Greenwich Village (5): JCREW
49 Down: "Get ___ here!" (5): OUTTA
50 Down: Many a Mormon (5): UTAHN
52 Down: Tickle to pieces (5): ELATE
53 Down: Actress Webb or Sevigny (5): CHLOE
54 Down: Half-price bin abbr. (3): IRR
55 Down: Footwear that's hard to run in (5): SABOT
56 Down: "Wow, congrats!" (9): THATSHUGE
61 Down: Reggae relative (3): SKA
63 Down: Allergic response (5): ACHOO
65 Down: Linked (6): TIEDIN
66 Down: City SSW of Münster (5): ESSEN
67 Down: Endured (5): STOOD
68 Down: Wiped out (5): SPENT
69 Down: Pertaining to hair (5): PILAR
70 Down: In ___ (unconscious) (5): ACOMA
71 Down: Sea's partner, commercially (3): SKI
75 Down: Bizarro, to Superman (3): FOE
80 Down: "Ten-hut!" yeller: Abbr. (3): SGT
82 Down: Worsen (9): AGGRAVATE
83 Down: Broke, as a promise (9): RENEGEDON
84 Down: "Like, now!" (4): STAT
86 Down: Black-and-white (8): SQUADCAR
87 Down: Pound escapee, maybe (8): STRAYCAT
88 Down: Weak, as a plot (4): THIN
89 Down: Degrees in hist. or social sci. (3): BAS
90 Down: Brooklyn ___, N.Y. (3): HTS
92 Down: Ridiculous degree (3): NTH
97 Down: White-bearded Kenyan (3): GNU
98 Down: Photo groups on Facebook (6): ALBUMS
100 Down: Cousin of a 55-Down (4): CLOG
101 Down: Gets in the game (5): ANTES
102 Down: Wimbledon no-no (5): FAULT
103 Down: Coming-out party? (5): GENIE
104 Down: Tiny addition to la familia (4): BEBE
105 Down: Topples (5): KEELS
106 Down: E, on a French map (3): EST
107 Down: Chevy S.U.V. (5): TAHOE
108 Down: When repeated, a luster's cry (5): HUBBA
113 Down: When the stars come out, in ads (4): NITE
114 Down: Benedict IV's successor (4): LEOV
116 Down: Suffix with capital (3): IZE
118 Down: A little butter? (3): KID
119 Down: Colorado or Delaware, e.g.: Abbr. (3): RIV
120 Down: Where to aim a telescope (3): SKY

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