HAVING ASPIRATIONS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 11/21/2010. By Clive Probert.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Judge's no-no (4): BIAS
5 Across: Like some responsibilities (5): CIVIC
10 Across: German-born tennis star Tommy (4): HAAS
14 Across: Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (4): TWAS
18 Across: Spree (4): ORGY
19 Across: "The Bad News Bears" actress (5): ONEAL
20 Across: Film character who actually does not say "Play it again, Sam" (4): ILSA
21 Across: "Take it easy!" (5): CHILL
22 Across: Robbers' gain (4): HAUL
23 Across: "Winnie-the-Pooh" character (5): KANGA
24 Across: Signal for a programmer's jump (4): GOTO
25 Across: One side in the 1973 Paris Peace Accords (5): HANOI
26 Across: Macho guys like their pie cold? (21): REALMENDONTHEATQUICHE
30 Across: Second (4): AIDE
31 Across: Some dates (4): GALS
32 Across: "___ Day Will Come" (1963 #1 hit) (3): OUR
33 Across: You might play something by this (3): EAR
34 Across: Ignore (5): LETBE
37 Across: Potential cause of a food recall (5): ECOLI
39 Across: Name often followed by a number (4): MACH
41 Across: Bad actor's philosophy? (19): ITHINKTHEREFOREIHAM
47 Across: "___ doubt but they were fain o' ither": Burns (3): NAE
48 Across: Org. with the motto "For the benefit of all" (4): NASA
49 Across: Fair-hiring inits. (3): EOE
50 Across: Kim Jong-il, for one (6): DYNAST
53 Across: James or Jackie of Hollywood (7): GLEASON
56 Across: Carrier with a frequent flier program called EuroBonus (3): SAS
59 Across: It may be snowy or spotted (3): OWL
61 Across: Emmy-winning actress ___ de Matteo (4): DREA
62 Across: Johnny ___ (3): REB
63 Across: Concerns of middle-aged guys in lower Louisiana? (14): DELTAHAIRLINES
67 Across: Cute (8): ADORABLE
71 Across: Org. for electing candidates (3): PAC
72 Across: Whales, at times (8): SPOUTERS
73 Across: Lengthy military sign-up? (14): SEVENYEARHITCH
76 Across: Cpl.'s inferior (3): PVT
77 Across: Presidential straw poll city (4): AMES
78 Across: Bauxite, e.g. (3): ORE
79 Across: Place for mounted antlers, maybe (3): DEN
80 Across: Club Meds, e.g. (7): RESORTS
84 Across: Way in (6): PORTAL
87 Across: Conductors of many exams, for short (3): MDS
89 Across: R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love" (4): ONEI
91 Across: Chit (3): IOU
92 Across: Put the dentures aside while gardening? (19): SETONESTEETHONHEDGE
98 Across: ___ Park, Queens (4): REGO
99 Across: News show assemblage (5): PANEL
100 Across: Eye parts (5): UVEAS
101 Across: Disco fan on "The Simpsons" (3): STU
104 Across: Reed in music (3): LOU
105 Across: Shiites or Sunnis (4): SECT
106 Across: View from Catania (4): ETNA
108 Across: Starboard food fish? (21): HERRINGONTHERIGHTSIDE
116 Across: Contest (5): ARGUE
117 Across: Away from the storm (4): ALEE
118 Across: What a beatnik beats (5): BONGO
119 Across: Kind of theater (4): IMAX
120 Across: Not so tied up (5): FREER
121 Across: Sail problem (4): TEAR
122 Across: Maine college (5): BATES
123 Across: [sigh] (4): OHME
124 Across: "___ of the Storm Country" (4): TESS
125 Across: Lawn starters (4): SODS
126 Across: Wear away (5): ERODE
127 Across: Vetoes (4): NOES

Down Answers

1 Down: Atom modeler (4): BOHR
2 Down: "Dies ___" (4): IRAE
3 Down: Content of la mar (4): AGUA
4 Down: Course outlines (7): SYLLABI
5 Down: Out of one's mind, in a way, with "up" (5): COKED
6 Down: Vacuous (5): INANE
7 Down: Hawk (4): VEND
8 Down: "Were I the Moor, I would not be ___" (4): IAGO
9 Down: Loud ringing (7): CLANGOR
10 Down: It's symbolized by caviar and Champagne (8): HIGHLIFE
11 Down: Athol Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" (5): ALOES
12 Down: 1930s film pooch (4): ASTA
13 Down: Portuguese-speaking island off the African coast (7): SAOTOME
14 Down: Like some spicy food (4): THAI
15 Down: Pain result (5): WINCE
16 Down: Honolulu's ___ Stadium (5): ALOHA
17 Down: More cunning (5): SLIER
21 Down: Very religious (7): CHURCHY
27 Down: Bearing (4): MIEN
28 Down: Chaucer piece (4): TALE
29 Down: Actor Dennis (5): QUAID
34 Down: Diminutive suffix (4): LING
35 Down: List ender (4): ETAL
36 Down: "Get ___ hence": I Kings 17:3 (4): THEE
37 Down: Replies from the hard of hearing (3): EHS
38 Down: Stop (5): CEASE
40 Down: Give due credit (8): HANDITTO
42 Down: Not smooth (6): KNOBBY
43 Down: Result of some time in a bed? (3): TAN
44 Down: Cry of delight (4): OOOH
45 Down: Scrub over (6): REWASH
46 Down: Seine tributary (5): MARNE
51 Down: Nostradamus, for one (4): SEER
52 Down: Soviet news group (4): TASS
54 Down: One who takes people in (8): ARRESTER
55 Down: A Lennon (4): SEAN
57 Down: Xanadu river (4): ALPH
58 Down: Sobersided (5): STAID
60 Down: Back talk (3): LIP
63 Down: "Alas" (6): DEARME
64 Down: Part of a Molière play (4): ACTE
65 Down: Snag (6): ROPEIN
66 Down: Huggies competitor (4): LUVS
67 Down: Quick-like (4): ASAP
68 Down: Item in a music producer's in-box (4): DEMO
69 Down: Cricket units (5): OVERS
70 Down: MGM symbol (3): LEO
74 Down: Bordeaux, e.g. (4): REDS
75 Down: Benjamin (5): CNOTE
80 Down: Old touring car (3): REO
81 Down: Fair attraction (4): RIDE
82 Down: Feature of much ancient Roman statuary (4): TOGA
83 Down: Goes after (4): SUES
85 Down: Artist's workplace (7): ATELIER
86 Down: Gain access, in a way (5): LOGON
88 Down: Roman square (8): STPETERS
90 Down: Org. with a 2004-05 lockout (3): NHL
93 Down: Chewy treats (7): NOUGATS
94 Down: Apiece (4): EACH
95 Down: 1976 rescue site (7): ENTEBBE
96 Down: Go after (4): HUNT
97 Down: Dodge (7): EVASION
101 Down: Give a raw deal (5): SHAFT
102 Down: Third planet from le soleil (5): TERRE
103 Down: Impulses (5): URGES
105 Down: Hogan contemporary (5): SNEAD
106 Down: Pushed, with "on" (5): EGGED
107 Down: "___ were the days" (5): THOSE
109 Down: Streets of Québec (4): RUES
110 Down: Fleischmann's product (4): OLEO
111 Down: Surf sound (4): ROAR
112 Down: Word after bang, break or bump (4): INTO
113 Down: Letters of faux modesty (4): IMHO
114 Down: Title for Helen Mirren (4): DAME
115 Down: Couples no more (4): EXES

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