BOOK BINDING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 164 clues). Published 3/14/2010. By Caleb Madison.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Window boxes, for short? (3): ACS
4 Across: Prefix with business (4): AGRI
8 Across: F.B.I. scandal of the 1970s-'80s (6): ABSCAM
14 Across: Actress Fox of "CSI" (5): JORJA
19 Across: "Let's Talk About Sex" hip-hop group (9): SALTNPEPA
22 Across: Tony who directed "Michael Clayton" (6): GILROY
23 Across: Not just a little bow (6): SALAAM
24 Across: Plot of a Willa Cather novel? (16): STORYOFOPIONEERS
26 Across: Cool-looking (6): SNAZZY
27 Across: Río contents (4): AGUA
28 Across: "Look what ___!" (4): IDID
29 Across: Not so dry (6): WETTER
31 Across: Lb. parts (3): OZS
32 Across: Desert bloomers (6): YUCCAS
35 Across: Ship to the New World (4): NINA
38 Across: Beachgoer's item (4): PAIL
39 Across: Tennis star nicknamed "Ice Man" (4): BORG
41 Across: Unabridged version of a Philip Roth novella? (22): THELONGGOODBYECOLUMBUS
47 Across: Maneuver (4): PLOY
48 Across: Prepare for planting (4): TILL
49 Across: "Don't believe that!" (7): ITSALIE
50 Across: Warts and all (4): ASIS
54 Across: Bobby and others (4): ORRS
56 Across: Drifting (7): AIMLESS
60 Across: "Authority is never without ___": Euripides (4): HATE
61 Across: Pocket edition of a D. H. Lawrence novel? (17): LITTLEWOMENINLOVE
65 Across: Singer Lambert (4): ADAM
66 Across: Trapped (6): SNARED
67 Across: Things that go through tubes (3): OVA
68 Across: Analogy part (4): ISTO
69 Across: Ed who provided the lead voice in "Up" (5): ASNER
71 Across: Eyes (5): OGLES
72 Across: Most likely (6): APTEST
75 Across: "The Closer" star Sedgwick (4): KYRA
77 Across: "Frost/Nixon" director's copy of a Graham Greene novel? (21): HOWARDSENDOFTHEAFFAIR
85 Across: No longer fresh (4): GAMY
86 Across: Takeoff (6): PARODY
87 Across: Bachelor's end? (5): ALTAR
89 Across: Weary (5): JADED
92 Across: It's molded (4): CLAY
96 Across: Ear part (3): COB
97 Across: Not casual (6): DRESSY
98 Across: Convertible, maybe (4): SOFA
99 Across: Final copy of a Cervantes novel? (17): THELASTDONQUIXOTE
103 Across: O.T. book read at Purim (4): ESTH
104 Across: It's read to the rowdy (7): RIOTACT
105 Across: Suffix at a natural history museum (4): SAUR
106 Across: Literary collections (4): ANAS
107 Across: 1948 Literature Nobelist (7): TSELIOT
109 Across: Red ___ (4): HOTS
112 Across: Form of many Tin Pan Alley tunes (4): AABA
114 Across: Creased copy of a Jack Finney novel? (22): AWRINKLEINTIMEANDAGAIN
122 Across: Tennis star Tommy (4): HAAS
123 Across: One-named supermodel (4): EMME
124 Across: Sky: Fr. (4): CIEL
125 Across: C. S. Lewis land (6): NARNIA
127 Across: Louvre article? (3): LES
128 Across: Mass producer, for short (6): JSBACH
130 Across: Himalayan legend (4): YETI
133 Across: Community hangout, informally (4): THEY
134 Across: "Same here" (6): IDOTOO
137 Across: Illustrations in a Leo Tolstoy novel? (16): ARTOFWARANDPEACE
142 Across: Sour (6): MOROSE
143 Across: Brought up (6): REARED
144 Across: 1957 film dog (9): OLDYELLER
145 Across: How a call may be picked up at the office (5): ONTWO
146 Across: They get added to pounds (6): STRAYS
147 Across: "A Serious Man" co-director, 2009 (4): COEN
148 Across: Head of state? (3): ESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Mineralogist's job (5): ASSAY
2 Down: String once used for cellos (6): CATGUT
3 Down: Not sit up (6): SLOUCH
4 Down: Whatever (3): ANY
5 Down: Mailing HQ (3): GPO
6 Down: Altered mortgage, briefly (4): REFI
7 Down: Touch, for one (4): IPOD
8 Down: Past (3): AGO
9 Down: Storage unit (3): BIN
10 Down: Plethora (4): SLEW
11 Down: Unsettling (6): CREEPY
12 Down: Blood lines (6): AORTAE
13 Down: Seer (6): MYSTIC
14 Down: Start of the yr. (3): JAN
15 Down: Suffix with Cray- (3): OLA
16 Down: Fuzz buster? (10): RAZORBLADE
17 Down: Duke Ellington band instrument (10): JAZZGUITAR
18 Down: Carter and Adams (4): AMYS
20 Down: Slightest residue (5): TRACE
21 Down: Mimicry (5): APING
23 Down: Lith., e.g., once (3): SSR
25 Down: Boob (5): IDIOT
30 Down: Kay Thompson title character (6): ELOISE
33 Down: Savoy peak (3): ALP
34 Down: Was helpless? (6): SOLOED
36 Down: "There is ___ in 'team'" (3): NOI
37 Down: Stevenson of Illinois (5): ADLAI
39 Down: Kind of line (3): BUS
40 Down: Marlon Brando, by birth (6): OMAHAN
42 Down: Neighbor of Swed. (4): NORW
43 Down: Spinner (4): GYRO
44 Down: Russian pancakes (5): BLINI
45 Down: Some blockers: Abbr. (3): LTS
46 Down: Feel like (4): SEEM
50 Down: Too (4): ALSO
51 Down: Indian P.M. Manmohan ___ (5): SINGH
52 Down: Author Calvino (5): ITALO
53 Down: Throw around (5): STREW
55 Down: Hit hard (5): SMOTE
57 Down: Goal-oriented grp.? (3): MLS
58 Down: Shooting site (3): LOT
59 Down: Brought to mind (6): EVOKED
62 Down: "Gil Blas" author (6): LESAGE
63 Down: Still (4): EVEN
64 Down: Former Wall St. inits. (4): NASD
69 Down: Toy sound? (3): ARF
70 Down: Firefox alternative (6): SAFARI
72 Down: Byrd's rank: Abbr. (3): ADM
73 Down: Film with the line "Oh, we have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies" (6): PSYCHO
74 Down: Beat (3): TOP
76 Down: Celebratory cry (3): YAY
78 Down: "Lovely!," in dated slang (3): RAD
79 Down: It's undeniable (4): FACT
80 Down: Stepped (4): TROD
81 Down: Vagrants (5): HOBOS
82 Down: Vega of "Spy Kids" (5): ALEXA
83 Down: Fight announcement (5): ITSON
84 Down: Bob Marley, e.g. (5): RASTA
88 Down: Deli supplies (4): RYES
89 Down: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator (10): JOSSWHEDON
90 Down: Roughly (10): AFTERASORT
91 Down: Flower once cultivated for food (6): DAHLIA
93 Down: Rent (3): LET
94 Down: ___ mode (3): ALA
95 Down: Marina sight (5): YACHT
97 Down: South African city of 2.5+ million (6): DURBAN
98 Down: Biological bristle (4): SETA
99 Down: Mr. and Mrs. (6): TITLES
100 Down: Giving nothing away, in a way (5): STOIC
101 Down: Bread with chicken tikka masala (4): NAAN
102 Down: College locale (4): QUAD
104 Down: Seoul soldier (3): ROK
108 Down: Election winners (3): INS
110 Down: "I don't need to hear that!," informally (3): TMI
111 Down: "Ciao!" (5): SEEYA
113 Down: Ottoman honorific (3): AGA
115 Down: Locks up (6): EMBARS
116 Down: Ottoman hospice (6): IMARET
117 Down: Sweet drink (6): NECTAR
118 Down: Old Olds (5): ALERO
119 Down: Soviet co-op (5): ARTEL
120 Down: Not just puff (6): INHALE
121 Down: "Uncle!" criers, perhaps (6): NIECES
126 Down: Australia's ___ Rock (5): AYERS
127 Down: Stretch ___ (4): LIMO
128 Down: One of the Jonas brothers (3): JOE
129 Down: Dance typically done to "Hava Nagila" (4): HORA
131 Down: Rash preventer (4): TALC
132 Down: Intro to Chinese? (4): INDO
135 Down: Drag (3): TOW
136 Down: Bolivian bear (3): OSO
138 Down: Noted Palin impressionist (3): FEY
139 Down: O.E.D. entries: Abbr. (3): WDS
140 Down: Coloring (3): DYE
141 Down: Where you might find a long sentence? (3): PEN

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