AFTER WORD - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/4/2010. By Bob Klahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Economy (5): COACH
6 Across: "Spare" part (3): RIB
9 Across: Direction for violinists (5): UPBOW
14 Across: Rubbish (5): TRIPE
19 Across: Relieve (5): ALLAY
20 Across: "Cold Mountain" heroine (3): ADA
21 Across: Hot stuff (5): SALSA
22 Across: High trump card (5): HONOR
23 Across: *"Either that ___ goes, or I do" (Oscar Wilde's reputed last words) (9): WALLPAPER
25 Across: *Legislative V.I.P. (11): FLOORLEADER
27 Across: "As You Like It" role (5): CELIA
28 Across: Curved nail, perhaps (4): CLAW
29 Across: Dentiform : tooth :: pyriform : ___ (4): PEAR
30 Across: Certain (7): ASSURED
33 Across: Chin (4): CHAT
34 Across: *Object of superstition (8): BLACKCAT
38 Across: Wiped out (4): BEAT
39 Across: *Annual N.F.L. event (12): COLLEGEDRAFT
42 Across: Project Blue Book subj. (3): UFO
43 Across: Get a flat (4): RENT
44 Across: "___ Love" (1978 hit for Natalie Cole) (3): OUR
45 Across: German unity (4): EINS
46 Across: Kind of crazy? (4): STIR
47 Across: Org. that gives approval (4): USDA
48 Across: Dirt (4): SMUT
50 Across: Obloquy, e.g. (5): ABUSE
52 Across: ___ dish (5): PETRI
53 Across: Print maker (3): PAW
54 Across: *Zigzag trail up a mountain (10): SWITCHBACK
56 Across: Better writing, e.g. (6): REVISE
57 Across: Wry (7): TWISTED
59 Across: Big band (5): HORDE
60 Across: Navigator William with a sea named after him (7): BARENTS
61 Across: Jazzy Chick (5): COREA
62 Across: Decline in value (3): SAG
63 Across: Sitting around for years waiting to get drunk? (5): AGING
64 Across: Tedious trips (7): SCHLEPS
66 Across: Something that might be hard to drink? (5): CIDER
68 Across: Open up (7): BLOSSOM
71 Across: Jostles (6): ELBOWS
72 Across: *Green Bay Packers fan (10): CHEESEHEAD
74 Across: Chartres shout (3): CRI
75 Across: Femme fatale (5): SIREN
76 Across: They may offer rides (5): FAIRS
77 Across: Site of numerous firings (4): KILN
78 Across: A guard may protect it (4): SHIN
79 Across: Imitated (4): APED
80 Across: Real first name of Alfalfa of the Little Rascals (4): CARL
81 Across: Trouble (3): AIL
82 Across: Bring around (4): COAX
83 Across: Display in the Auckland Museum (3): MOA
84 Across: *Tally (12): RUNNINGSCORE
89 Across: Choice (4): AONE
90 Across: *Lamp holder (8): ENDTABLE
92 Across: "The Flying Dutchman" tenor (4): ERIK
93 Across: Armpits (7): AXILLAS
95 Across: Exotic berry in some fruit juices (4): ACAI
96 Across: Missed signals from Little Boy Blue, maybe (4): BAAS
97 Across: Director Kurosawa (5): AKIRA
98 Across: *Lure (11): DRAWINGCARD
102 Across: *Cover-up (9): WHITEWASH
106 Across: 1986 rock autobiography (5): ITINA
107 Across: New addition (5): HIREE
108 Across: Lunkhead (3): ASS
109 Across: Babushkas (5): NANAS
110 Across: Actress Streep (5): MERYL
111 Across: Cultivates (5): TENDS
112 Across: Interjection added to the O.E.D. in 2001 (3): DOH
113 Across: Land called Mizraim in the Bible (5): EGYPT

Down Answers

1 Down: Harsh call (3): CAW
2 Down: Suffix with boff (3): OLA
3 Down: Purely (3): ALL
4 Down: Birthplace of William Thackeray and Satyajit Ray (8): CALCUTTA
5 Down: Wired (5): HYPER
6 Down: Spanish fleet? (6): RAPIDO
7 Down: Brain matter? (4): IDEA
8 Down: Block (3): BAR
9 Down: June "honoree," briefly (6): USFLAG
10 Down: Sense of taste (6): PALATE
11 Down: Big wind (4): BLOW
12 Down: Spanish bear (3): OSO
13 Down: F-14, e.g. (8): WARPLANE
14 Down: 1977 Liza Minnelli musical (6): THEACT
15 Down: Family name in Frank Miller's "Sin City" series (5): ROARK
16 Down: Gary's home: Abbr. (3): IND
17 Down: "The Purloined Letter" writer (3): POE
18 Down: Foozle (3): ERR
24 Down: A Baldwin (4): ALEC
26 Down: Pages (through) (5): LEAFS
28 Down: Gregg Allman's wife who filed for divorce after nine days (4): CHER
30 Down: Sudden (6): ABRUPT
31 Down: Oscillate (6): SEESAW
32 Down: *Wonder product (13): SANDWICHBREAD
33 Down: Critical situation (6): CLUTCH
34 Down: Sharp and stimulating (5): BRISK
35 Down: *Risking detention (13): CUTTINGSCHOOL
36 Down: Something unprecedented (6): AFIRST
37 Down: Major party (6): TORIES
40 Down: Yahoo (4): LOUT
41 Down: Dickens (5): DEUCE
46 Down: Some naturals (6): SEVENS
48 Down: Wins everything (6): SWEEPS
49 Down: Cursed alchemist (5): MIDAS
50 Down: Sands, e.g. (7): ABRADES
51 Down: Stars in many westerns (6): BADGES
52 Down: Stop sign? (6): PERIOD
54 Down: Cast about (6): STREWN
55 Down: One stocking stockings (6): HOSIER
56 Down: Coat named for a British lord (6): RAGLAN
58 Down: Made an individual effort (6): SOLOED
60 Down: Scene of confusion (5): BABEL
64 Down: "Open ___" (6): SESAME
65 Down: Like some earrings (6): CLIPON
66 Down: Serving from a pot (5): CHILI
67 Down: Football do-over (6): REKICK
69 Down: Epithet for Elizabeth I (6): ORIANA
70 Down: Sassy lassies (6): MINXES
72 Down: Meat, as in 66-Down (5): CARNE
73 Down: Liliuokalani Gardens site (4): HILO
76 Down: Half-circle window over a door (8): FANLIGHT
78 Down: Rogue (8): SCALAWAG
80 Down: Resident of Daiquirí (5): CUBAN
81 Down: Frequent disclaimer (4): ASIS
84 Down: Like some census categories (6): RACIAL
85 Down: Closed in on (6): NEARED
86 Down: Marks (6): GRADES
87 Down: Dashing (6): RAKISH
88 Down: Out (4): EXIT
91 Down: Light brown (5): TAWNY
94 Down: Galsworthy's Mrs. Forsyte (5): IRENE
96 Down: One raised on a farm (4): BARN
97 Down: "Got it!" (4): AHSO
98 Down: Empty-headed (3): DIM
99 Down: Rural address abbr. (3): RTE
100 Down: It's in circulation (3): AIR
101 Down: French firm: Abbr. (3): CIE
102 Down: Bankroll? (3): WAD
103 Down: A little or a lot (3): ANY
104 Down: Dupe (3): SAP
105 Down: Pres. with the Marshall Plan (3): HST

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