MUSICAL PLAY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 9/19/2010. By Kevin G. Der.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Diner fixture, informally (4): JUKE
5 Across: Not stopping the draft, say (4): AJAR
9 Across: Cathedral feature (4): APSE
13 Across: Once-popular Olds (5): CIERA
18 Across: Producer of a colorful ring tone (4): OPAL
19 Across: It mentions the Prodigal Son (4): LUKE
20 Across: ___ Men ("Move It Like This" group) (4): BAHA
21 Across: Kind of season (6): LENTEN
22 Across: "Carmen" composer-turned-dam builder? (14): BIZETASABEAVER
25 Across: Passé (6): OLDHAT
26 Across: It hangs around the Amazon (4): MIST
27 Across: Not straight (5): ARCED
28 Across: Not neat (7): OVERICE
29 Across: Embrace more than just a family of Baroque composers? (20): THINKOUTSIDETHEBACHS
33 Across: Org. in the "Bourne" series (3): CIA
34 Across: Union representative? (6): YANKEE
35 Across: Hawaiian fish, on some menus (4): MAHI
36 Across: Mine entrance (4): ADIT
38 Across: These, overseas (3): CES
39 Across: Romantic overindulgence in nocturnes and mazurkas? (11): CHOPINSPREE
46 Across: Distills (8): RAREFIES
49 Across: Some gridiron yardage (5): GAINS
50 Across: Zoo heavyweight (5): HIPPO
51 Across: Buzz in a rocket (6): ALDRIN
52 Across: Oblast bordering Kazakhstan (4): OMSK
53 Across: ___ harp (7): AEOLIAN
55 Across: Singing a "Messiah" piece too quickly? (18): FLYINGOFFTHEHANDEL
60 Across: Sightseer? (3): EYE
61 Across: Song lead-in to "di" or "da" (4): OBLA
62 Across: Opposing (4): ANTI
63 Across: It's eight hours off from 49-Down: Abbr. (3): PST
66 Across: Countrywide music celebration in Hungary? (18): NATIONALLISZTPARTY
73 Across: If all else fails (7): ATWORST
76 Across: Fortune (4): WEAL
77 Across: "This isn't looking good ..." (6): OHDEAR
78 Across: Missionary Junipero ___ (5): SERRA
79 Across: It might start a rumor (5): IHEAR
81 Across: Ohio city named for a queen (8): MARIETTA
83 Across: Part of a children's game with the Father of the Symphony? (11): HAYDNGOSEEK
86 Across: Place of corruption (3): DEN
87 Across: Ja's opposite (4): NEIN
88 Across: Poet depicted in art alongside the Scythians (4): OVID
89 Across: ___ economics (6): VOODOO
92 Across: Otolaryngology: Abbr. (3): ENT
93 Across: Grand nuptials whose only music was "Peer Gynt"? (20): MYBIGFATGRIEGWEDDING
101 Across: Climactic (7): APOGEAL
102 Across: Cousin of a goldeneye (5): EIDER
103 Across: Some old runabouts (4): REOS
104 Across: Physicist Schrödinger and others (6): ERWINS
105 Across: Try to capture the Waltz King? (14): GRASPATSTRAUSS
110 Across: Upscale upholstery (6): VELVET
111 Across: Hint (4): IOTA
112 Across: Geezer (4): COOT
113 Across: Laguna composition (4): AGUA
114 Across: Twisty turns (5): ESSES
115 Across: Command (4): SWAY
116 Across: Dame ___ (4): EDNA
117 Across: Honey Nut ___ (4): CHEX

Down Answers

1 Down: It might be found in a plant (3): JOB
2 Down: Longtime news inits. (3): UPI
3 Down: Second baseman Matsui, to fans (3): KAZ
4 Down: Aromatic resin (5): ELEMI
5 Down: Purchase of 1867 (6): ALASKA
6 Down: "Even if it'll never happen again ..." (8): JUSTONCE
7 Down: Alias (3): AKA
8 Down: Taxpayers' hopes (7): REBATES
9 Down: Noisy counters (5): ABACI
10 Down: Smoothed over (5): PAVED
11 Down: Succubus (8): SHEDEMON
12 Down: Pink Mr. Potato Head piece (3): EAR
13 Down: Gossip topic (5): CELEB
14 Down: Hindu god of thunder (5): INDRA
15 Down: Work ___ (5): ETHIC
16 Down: It's measured at arm's length (5): REACH
17 Down: Gets in the game, say (5): ANTES
21 Down: Peaceful protest (6): LOVEIN
23 Down: Peewee (4): TINY
24 Down: Highland tongue (4): ERSE
28 Down: "Funny meeting you here!" (4): OHHI
29 Down: How current events may happen? (7): TIDALLY
30 Down: It helps you change the locks (7): HAIRDYE
31 Down: Strummed instruments, for short (4): UKES
32 Down: Lager sources (4): TAPS
33 Down: Wine order (6): CARAFE
37 Down: Garr of "Tootsie" (4): TERI
39 Down: Till fill (4): CASH
40 Down: Bring up (4): HIKE
41 Down: Last thing (4): SHOE
42 Down: It can be popped (4): PILL
43 Down: Upstate N.Y. school (3): RPI
44 Down: Spill-fighting grp. (3): EPA
45 Down: Years on end (3): EON
47 Down: Bass part (3): FIN
48 Down: They're worth their weight in gold (6): INGOTS
49 Down: See 63-Across (3): GMT
52 Down: Wink ___ eye (4): OFAN
53 Down: 1998 film featuring Princess Bala (4): ANTZ
54 Down: Mad person? (6): EDITOR
56 Down: Something of yours you'll never see (4): OBIT
57 Down: Mel's Diner waitress (3): FLO
58 Down: Greet loudly (4): HAIL
59 Down: Opposite of a ques. (3): ANS
63 Down: Many a Little Leaguer (7): PRETEEN
64 Down: Setting forth (7): STATING
65 Down: Monocrat (6): TYRANT
66 Down: France's ___-Pas-de-Calais (4): NORD
67 Down: ___ Islands, group at the mouth of Galway Bay (4): ARAN
68 Down: Bide-___ (4): AWEE
69 Down: Publicist's headache (4): LEAK
70 Down: Choreographer Lubovitch (3): LAR
71 Down: ___ Beta Kappa (3): PHI
72 Down: Port SSE of Sana (4): ADEN
73 Down: Contents of some cones (3): ASH
74 Down: Crumpet's go-with (3): TEA
75 Down: Not straight (3): WRY
79 Down: "This ___" (Michael Jackson album) (4): ISIT
80 Down: It may extend about a yard (8): HEDGEROW
81 Down: Persian's call (4): MEOW
82 Down: News anchor Cooper (8): ANDERSON
84 Down: Sell quickly (6): GOFAST
85 Down: Like the Ford logo (4): OVAL
86 Down: Track event for gamblers (7): DOGRACE
89 Down: #2 (4): VEEP
90 Down: "Glory, Glory" singer (6): ODETTA
91 Down: It's often carried around a gym (4): ODOR
93 Down: Irish novelist Binchy (5): MAEVE
94 Down: W.W. I battle site (5): YPRES
95 Down: Gets the ball rolling? (5): BOWLS
96 Down: "Uncle!" (5): IGIVE
97 Down: Offspring's inheritance (5): GENES
98 Down: One thrown from a horse (5): RIATA
99 Down: "In my opinion ..." (5): IDSAY
100 Down: Singer of sewing machine fame (5): ISAAC
105 Down: Grunts (3): GIS
106 Down: Mann's "Der ___ in Venedig" (3): TOD
107 Down: Cry of distaste (3): UGH
108 Down: Go after (3): SUE
109 Down: Big band member, for short (3): SAX

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