EASE-E DOES IT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 2/28/2010. By Yaakov Bendavid.

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Across Answers

1 Across: ___ miss (4)
NEAR
5 Across: Oil holder (4)
DRUM
9 Across: It's often vaulted (4)
APSE
13 Across: Pact of '94 (5)
NAFTA
18 Across: Mrs. Shakespeare (4)
ANNE
19 Across: Shakespearean schemer (4)
IAGO
20 Across: Bummer (4)
DRAG
21 Across: Stop overseas (5)
ARRET
22 Across: Inappropriate on a honeymoon? (20)
NOTFORTHEWEEKOFHEART
26 Across: Parkgoer's charge (7)
USERFEE
27 Across: Italian home of the Basilica of San Francesco (6)
ASSISI
28 Across: Mark Harmon action drama (4)
NCIS
30 Across: One side in the Pro Bowl: Abbr. (3)
AFC
31 Across: Some bank deposits (5)
SILTS
33 Across: Health club lineup (7)
LOCKERS
36 Across: Item at a golf boutique? (11)
AROMATICTEE
40 Across: "Imitation is the sincerest form of television" quipster (9)
FREDALLEN
42 Across: "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" actress (5)
TOMEI
43 Across: Shade of green (4)
MOSS
44 Across: With a run-down look (7)
SEEDILY
45 Across: Sperm targets (3)
OVA
46 Across: Camera-ready page (5)
REPRO
48 Across: Microphone tester, perhaps (6)
ROADIE
49 Across: Stub-tailed cat (4)
MANX
53 Across: Phnom ___ (4)
PENH
55 Across: Summer next door to the nudist camp? (10)
PEEKSEASON
57 Across: Solar sails material (5)
MYLAR
58 Across: Set right (5)
AMEND
60 Across: Things often put in in twos (5)
CENTS
61 Across: "Butterfly" actress, 1981 (6)
ZADORA
62 Across: Hampered (7)
STYMIED
65 Across: Develops an open spot? (5)
BALDS
66 Across: Datum on an employment contract (7)
BASEPAY
67 Across: Some space missions (6)
PROBES
68 Across: Über ___ (above everything: Ger.) (5)
ALLES
69 Across: "Falstaff" soprano (5)
ALICE
70 Across: Late-late-night offering (5)
RERUN
71 Across: What a pursued perp might do? (10)
FLEECOLLAR
73 Across: Eastern noble (4)
RANI
77 Across: River deliberately flooded in W.W. I (4)
YSER
78 Across: Frequent gangster portrayer (6)
BOGART
79 Across: Annual awards announced in New York's East Village (5)
OBIES
81 Across: Chaney of "The Phantom of the Opera" (3)
LON
82 Across: Struggling artists' places (7)
GARRETS
84 Across: ___-chef (4)
SOUS
85 Across: Explosive event of '54 (5)
HTEST
87 Across: Desert drivers (9)
CAMELEERS
90 Across: The point when Fido's master starts walking? (11)
ATIMETOHEEL
92 Across: They may be tickled (7)
IVORIES
93 Across: Filthy quarters (5)
STIES
94 Across: Mountain treasure (3)
ORE
95 Across: Idea's start (4)
GERM
96 Across: City near Bethlehem (6)
EASTON
99 Across: Film or sculpture (7)
ARTFORM
103 Across: Bit of advice when packing anglers' lunches? (20)
REELMENDONTEATQUICHE
108 Across: Possible flight delayer (5)
SLEET
109 Across: Proceeds (4)
TAKE
110 Across: Grand (4)
THOU
111 Across: Itinerary segments: Abbr. (4)
RTES
112 Across: These, in Madrid (5)
ESTOS
113 Across: Convention handout, for short (4)
SKED
114 Across: Showed (4)
CAME
115 Across: Lows (4)
MOOS

Down Answers

1 Down: TV alien's word (4)
NANU
2 Down: Son of Seth (4)
ENOS
3 Down: Kick in, say (4)
ANTE
4 Down: Change the focus of, as an argument (7)
REFRAME
5 Down: Face-to-face (6)
DIRECT
6 Down: Bank quote (4)
RATE
7 Down: Zero-star restaurant review? (3)
UGH
8 Down: Baseballer and O.S.S. spy Berg (3)
MOE
9 Down: Carol opener (6)
ADESTE
10 Down: Basketball tactic (5)
PRESS
11 Down: Pseudonym of H. H. Munro (4)
SAKI
12 Down: Teamwork thwarters (4)
EGOS
13 Down: "Uh-uh" (3)
NAH
14 Down: The Who's "Who ___ You" (3)
ARE
15 Down: Buck's candid conversation opener? (13)
FRANKLYMYDEER
16 Down: Onetime Toyota model (6)
TERCEL
17 Down: Outfit (6)
ATTIRE
23 Down: Like some TV interviewers' questions (6)
OFFAIR
24 Down: Land with a red dragon on its flag (5)
WALES
25 Down: Entered, as a classroom (7)
FILEDIN
29 Down: W-2 datum: Abbr. (3)
SSN
31 Down: Made it home safely (6)
SCORED
32 Down: "There there" (5)
ITSOK
34 Down: Dog in a cat comic (4)
ODIE
35 Down: Nev. neighbor (3)
CAL
36 Down: On (4)
ATOP
37 Down: Go all over (4)
ROVE
38 Down: Yemen neighbor (4)
OMAN
39 Down: Loom (6)
IMPEND
40 Down: Dinners likely to have leftovers (6)
FEASTS
41 Down: Some major changes (5)
REDOS
44 Down: Scoundrel (7)
SOANDSO
47 Down: Alternatives to foils (5)
EPEES
48 Down: Send back to the Hill, say (7)
REELECT
50 Down: Crooked (4)
ALOP
51 Down: Former Japanese capital (4)
NARA
52 Down: Airport security measure (4)
XRAY
54 Down: Dating service in a northern German city? (13)
HAMBURGERMEET
56 Down: Dental hygienists, at times (7)
SCALERS
57 Down: Pronoun designation: Abbr. (4)
MASC
59 Down: Bearing (4)
MIEN
61 Down: 1990s war locale (5)
ZAIRE
62 Down: Agile, for a senior (4)
SPRY
63 Down: Los ___ Reyes Magos (4)
TRES
64 Down: Days of old (4)
YORE
65 Down: Flock sounds (6)
BLEATS
66 Down: Mathematician Pascal (6)
BLAISE
68 Down: Rags-to-riches author Horatio (5)
ALGER
69 Down: iPod heading (6)
ALBUMS
71 Down: Divine (7)
FORESEE
72 Down: Sarge's superior (5)
LOOIE
74 Down: Direction at sea (4)
ALEE
75 Down: Narrow margin (4)
NOSE
76 Down: Like many conglomerates: Abbr. (4)
INTL
78 Down: One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives" (4)
BREE
80 Down: Thumb's middle? (6)
SHORTU
83 Down: 2001 biopic (3)
ALI
84 Down: Be sparing (5)
STINT
86 Down: John Grisham best seller (7)
THEFIRM
87 Down: Smoke (3)
CIG
88 Down: Disinclined (6)
AVERSE
89 Down: Gourmet mushrooms (6)
MORELS
90 Down: Made up (for) (6)
ATONED
91 Down: It's measured in pound-feet (6)
TORQUE
93 Down: Feed (5)
STOKE
97 Down: Line at a picnic? (4)
ANTS
98 Down: Neb. neighbor (4)
SDAK
99 Down: Accelerated bit (4)
ATOM
100 Down: Prefix with mom (4)
OCTO
101 Down: Current: Prefix (4)
RHEO
102 Down: Quagmire (4)
MESS
104 Down: "The West Wing" chief of staff ___ McGarry (3)
LEO
105 Down: McKinley and Washington: Abbr. (3)
MTS
106 Down: And other things: Abbr. (3)
ETC
107 Down: "So that's it!" (3)
AHA

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