THE FOOTBALL FAN - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 2/7/2010. By Patrick Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Despicable (3): LOW
4 Across: World capital once called Philadelphia (5): AMMAN
9 Across: Computer book inserts, often (3): CDS
12 Across: Funny fellow (4): CARD
16 Across: "Antiart" art (4): DADA
20 Across: Gold, to Goya (3): ORO
21 Across: 1980s-'90s New York governor (5): CUOMO
22 Across: Actress Thompson (3): LEA
23 Across: Observe (4): OBEY
24 Across: Medical sch. topic (4): ANAT
25 Across: "The football fan is fingering the buttons on the remote ... he pushes the ___ and the game is on!" (9): FIRSTDOWN
27 Across: Halfway house (3): INN
28 Across: "He's prepared a ___ of popcorn for himself ..." (9): SUPERBOWL
30 Across: Crunch-time helper (4): TEMP
31 Across: "... and he's got Budweiser and Michelob on tap - excellent ___!" (10): DRAFTPICKS
34 Across: Form popular among the Romantics (3): ODE
35 Across: No. on a food label (3): RDA
36 Across: Bergen dummy (5): SNERD
38 Across: Go off course (3): YAW
39 Across: Thoroughly wets (6): STEEPS
41 Across: Perfumery bottles (5): VIALS
43 Across: Eastern exercise (6): TAICHI
46 Across: Up to, in brief (3): TIL
48 Across: "Now he remembers setting $10 aside for pizza - he searches his jacket and finds it ___" (11): INTHEPOCKET
50 Across: "But he forgot to place the order - we may be looking at a ___ here, folks" (8): LATECALL
52 Across: Like birds of prey (7): TALONED
54 Across: N.F.L.'er Manning (3): ELI
55 Across: Mountain West Conference team (4): UTES
56 Across: Nastase of tennis (4): ILIE
58 Across: Lost power (5): WANED
59 Across: A number of (7): SEVERAL
63 Across: Hiker? (6): CENTER
65 Across: Pirate treasure (7): PLUNDER
67 Across: "He phones the pizzeria and tells them he wants full cheese and mushroom ___" (8): COVERAGE
68 Across: Castaway's call (3): SOS
70 Across: Not up (5): INBED
71 Across: Green man? (5): NADER
72 Across: Male meower (3): TOM
73 Across: "The pizzeria's out of mushrooms, though, so he'll need to make a ___" (12): SUBSTITUTION
78 Across: Film producer Apatow (4): JUDD
79 Across: Veep Agnew (5): SPIRO
81 Across: Big holding in Risk (4): ASIA
82 Across: Mildness (6): LENITY
83 Across: Like cartoon "Melodies" (6): MERRIE
85 Across: Essayist Didion (4): JOAN
86 Across: Lacks, briefly (5): HASNT
88 Across: Vaulted recess (4): APSE
89 Across: "O.K., he's ordered the pizza - but now his wife is moving around in front of the TV, making ___!" (12): SCREENPASSES
91 Across: IntelliStation maker (3): IBM
92 Across: Pertinent, in Latin (5): ADREM
94 Across: 1978 World Series M.V.P. Dent (5): BUCKY
95 Across: Bronx cocktail ingredient (3): GIN
96 Across: "He's looking for an opening, but she's doing a tremendous job of ___!" (8): BLOCKING
98 Across: Impure (7): ALLOYED
100 Across: Soft-soap (6): CAJOLE
105 Across: "A Shot in the Dark" star, 1964 (7): SELLERS
106 Across: Muddled situation (5): SNAFU
107 Across: Fashion's Wang (4): VERA
109 Across: Sufficient, once (4): ENOW
110 Across: Battery size (3): AAA
111 Across: Wheeled table (7): TEACART
113 Across: "Now he's spotted the pizza delivery boy, who's through the gate and crossing the ___!" (8): YARDLINE
115 Across: "The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___" (11): QUARTERBACK
119 Across: Wee bit (3): TAD
121 Across: Novel ending (6): EPILOG
122 Across: Amphetamine, slangily (5): UPPER
123 Across: Heroic poet of Gaelic legend (6): OSSIAN
125 Across: Ceiling (3): LID
127 Across: Masked warrior (5): NINJA
129 Across: Org. that accredits law schools (3): ABA
130 Across: Suffix with special (3): IST
132 Across: "Now he's got the pizza - but the TV's showing nothing but snow! He quickly gives it an ___ ..." (10): ONSIDEKICK
136 Across: Periods of time (4): ERAS
137 Across: "... and it works - the ___ is good!" (9): RECEPTION
140 Across: Corn site (3): TOE
141 Across: "His posterior goes all the way back into the easy chair - ___!" (9): TOUCHDOWN
143 Across: "It Had to Be You" lyricist (4): KAHN
144 Across: Sister of Charles (4): ANNE
145 Across: Actor Vigoda (3): ABE
146 Across: '52 campaign name (5): ADLAI
147 Across: Gettysburg general (3): LEE
148 Across: Keep in (4): STET
149 Across: Even (4): TIED
150 Across: Bloodshot (3): RED
151 Across: Unintentional poker table signals (5): TELLS
152 Across: P.M. or pres. (3): LDR

Down Answers

1 Down: Tosses high (5): LOFTS
2 Down: Show the ropes (9): ORIENTATE
3 Down: Ratty (9): WORMEATEN
4 Down: Play a part (3): ACT
5 Down: Newsman Roger (4): MUDD
6 Down: Shrubby wasteland (4): MOOR
7 Down: Direct-sales giant (5): AMWAY
8 Down: Light, say (6): NONFAT
9 Down: Movie snippet (4): CLIP
10 Down: Leary of TV's "Rescue Me" (5): DENIS
11 Down: Permissible (10): SANCTIONED
12 Down: Spoiled (8): COSSETED
13 Down: "Aladdin" monkey (3): ABU
14 Down: Lie peacefully (6): REPOSE
15 Down: Gone platinum? (4): DYED
16 Down: Lotion amount (3): DAB
17 Down: Inuit jacket (6): ANORAK
18 Down: Waste time (6): DAWDLE
19 Down: After much delay (6): ATLAST
26 Down: Most agile (7): SPRIEST
29 Down: They're drawn in western scenes (9): REVOLVERS
32 Down: Nettlesome person (4): TWIT
33 Down: Easy-Bake Oven introducer (6): KENNER
37 Down: 700, once (3): DCC
40 Down: High degree (3): PHD
42 Down: Slicker, in a way (5): ICIER
44 Down: Pomade (7): HAIROIL
45 Down: Scarcely (3): ILL
47 Down: Brand name acquired by Toro (7): LAWNBOY
49 Down: Vexation (5): PEEVE
50 Down: French director Besson (3): LUC
51 Down: Crater's edge (3): LIP
53 Down: Carrying a lot (5): LADEN
57 Down: Snobbishness (7): ELITISM
59 Down: Laying down the lawn (7): SODDING
60 Down: Sine and cosine (6): RATIOS
61 Down: Old public squares (6): AGORAE
62 Down: They may be on the verge of a breakdown (6): LEMONS
64 Down: Id follower (3): EST
66 Down: Make one (5): UNITE
67 Down: Core military group (5): CADRE
69 Down: Bear's partner in investing (7): STEARNS
71 Down: Frequent partner of Fonteyn (7): NUREYEV
73 Down: Colonial "masters" (6): SAHIBS
74 Down: Aidful (6): USABLE
75 Down: "Pepto" go-with (6): BISMOL
76 Down: Francisco, e.g. (3): SAN
77 Down: Remove a fastener from (5): UNPEG
78 Down: Spasmodic (5): JERKY
80 Down: Some loungewear (3): PJS
83 Down: "'Tis" memoirist (7): MCCOURT
84 Down: Fruit peel (7): EPICARP
87 Down: Vacation (9): TAKEATRIP
89 Down: Kind of drug (5): SULFA
90 Down: Ivanovic of tennis (3): ANA
93 Down: Another name for the Furies (5): DIRAE
94 Down: Jet (10): BLACKASTAR
97 Down: Quilty of "Lolita" (5): CLARE
98 Down: Motrin rival (6): ANACIN
99 Down: Old Ottoman title (3): DEY
101 Down: One way to serve eel (7): JELLIED
102 Down: Bialy, e.g. (9): ONIONROLL
103 Down: Having a big mouth? (9): LONGJAWED
104 Down: She that is shorn (3): EWE
106 Down: Battle-scarred (8): SEASONED
108 Down: Arctic explorer John (3): RAE
111 Down: Cable inits. (3): TBS
112 Down: Fireside recitation (4): TALE
114 Down: Ruckus (3): DIN
115 Down: Up and down (6): QUARKS
116 Down: Optimistic (6): UPBEAT
117 Down: Iraq War helicopter (6): APACHE
118 Down: Salad pasta (6): ROTINI
120 Down: Harsh decree (6): DIKTAT
124 Down: Daughter of Tantalus (5): NIOBE
126 Down: Part of L.E.D. (5): DIODE
128 Down: Actor Ed (5): ASNER
131 Down: "Now!" (4): STAT
133 Down: Exploit (4): DEED
134 Down: Get the best of (4): CULL
135 Down: Food energy unit: Abbr. (4): KCAL
138 Down: Talking tree of Middle-earth (3): ENT
139 Down: Letterless phone button (3): ONE
142 Down: Greetings (3): HIS

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