ON A ROLL - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 146 clues). Published 12/5/2010. By Ben Pall.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Hearty drinks (6): QUAFFS
7 Across: Midwest city named for an Indian tribe (5): OMAHA
12 Across: More sentimental (7): SAPPIER
19 Across: Major diamond exporter (6): ANGOLA
20 Across: Closing to some letters (6): ASEVER
21 Across: Trapped (7): INAHOLE
22 Across: It makes the hair stand on end (6): TERROR
23 Across: First step of instructions for what to do with this finished puzzle (14): CUTONBOLDLINES
25 Across: N.Y.C.'s ___ of the Americas (3): AVE
26 Across: Goal of a screen test (4): PART
28 Across: Many an extra on "Star Trek": Abbr. (3): ENS
29 Across: Vacation conveniences, for short (3): RVS
30 Across: Vitamin C source (4): LIME
31 Across: Raise a big stink? (4): REEK
33 Across: Kids (5): JESTS
35 Across: "___ Us," 1995 Joan Osborne hit (5): ONEOF
37 Across: Path of enlightenment (3): ZEN
38 Across: European leader? (4): INDO
39 Across: Black (4): EBON
40 Across: Flavor (5): SAPOR
42 Across: Part of PIN: Abbr. (5): IDENT
44 Across: Make up (6): INVENT
46 Across: "Where does it ___?" (4): HURT
47 Across: Is (6): EXISTS
48 Across: '60s-'70s 114-Across locale (3): NAM
51 Across: Web browser provider (3): AOL
52 Across: ___ fide (4): BONA
53 Across: Part of every month (4): IDES
54 Across: Reveals (5): OPENS
56 Across: Instructions, part 2 (15): SHADETHECIRCLES
63 Across: Prohibition's start (5): DONOT
64 Across: ___ Little, "The Wire" gangster (4): OMAR
65 Across: Old Philadelphia stadium, informally, with "the" (3): VET
66 Across: Earthen pot (4): OLLA
67 Across: Bygone Starfire, e.g., informally (4): OLDS
68 Across: ___ Rebellion of 1857-59 (5): SEPOY
70 Across: Evicts (5): BOOTS
72 Across: Org. in 2005's Oscar-winning "Crash" (4): LAPD
73 Across: Hightail it (4): FLEE
74 Across: Alternative to plata (3): ORO
75 Across: Cellar item (4): CASK
76 Across: Bedouin (5): NOMAD
77 Across: Instructions, part 3 (15): FOLDALONGDASHES
82 Across: Demagnetize, say (5): ERASE
83 Across: St. in a children's rhyme (4): IVES
84 Across: Coupling (4): LINK
85 Across: Previously (3): AGO
87 Across: Half of many a business partnership (3): SON
88 Across: Ticks off (6): PEEVES
91 Across: Plug's place (4): CORD
92 Across: It's between green and black (6): OOLONG
95 Across: Viceroy, e.g. (5): RULER
96 Across: Snap (5): PHOTO
97 Across: Aware of (4): ONTO
98 Across: Nile biters (4): ASPS
102 Across: "We shun it ___ it comes": Emily Dickinson (3): ERE
103 Across: "Beat it!" (5): SCRAM
105 Across: Little bit (5): SHRED
106 Across: Moolah (4): GELT
107 Across: Except for (4): SAVE
109 Across: Certain tankful (3): AIR
110 Across: ___ alai (3): JAI
112 Across: Some funerary ware (4): URNS
114 Across: See 48-Across (3): WAR
115 Across: Last step of the instructions (14): USETAPEONEDGES
119 Across: Tie up (6): ENLACE
121 Across: Cell phone plan units (7): MINUTES
122 Across: "Pick me! Pick me!" (6): OHOHOH
123 Across: Long fights (6): SIEGES
124 Across: Least puzzling (7): EASIEST
125 Across: Pedestal toppers (5): BUSTS
126 Across: Barrels along (6): SPEEDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Doha native (6): QATARI
2 Down: Lopsided (6): UNEVEN
3 Down: Said "yea" (6): AGREED
4 Down: The Beatles' "___ No One" (3): FOR
5 Down: Edsel (4): FLOP
6 Down: 1984 Olympics site (8): SARAJEVO
7 Down: The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conf. (3): OSU
8 Down: Portions (5): METES
9 Down: Connecticut town named for an English river (4): AVON
10 Down: Coop group (4): HENS
11 Down: Wall St. worker (3): ARB
12 Down: Second place (6): SILVER
13 Down: "___ it goes" (5): ANDSO
14 Down: Bud (3): PAL
15 Down: Dr. ___ (4): PHIL
16 Down: Charges, in a way (7): IONIZES
17 Down: Honda model (7): ELEMENT
18 Down: Begrudges (7): RESENTS
20 Down: Follows through with (6): ACTSON
24 Down: Ripley's last words? (5): ORNOT
27 Down: Insurgent group (6): REBELS
32 Down: Pond fish (3): KOI
34 Down: Acme product in Road Runner cartoons (3): TNT
35 Down: Long-running hit TV show based in Chicago (5): OPRAH
36 Down: ___-upper (5): FIXER
40 Down: Farrier (5): SHOER
41 Down: Polly of literature, e.g. (4): AUNT
43 Down: Fade, maybe (8): DISCOLOR
45 Down: Condé ___ (4): NAST
47 Down: Revises (5): EDITS
48 Down: Doze (6): NODOFF
49 Down: Artemis' twin (6): APOLLO
50 Down: Pea observer (6): MENDEL
52 Down: Time for a party, in brief (4): BDAY
53 Down: Rapper with the 1988 platinum album "Power" (4): ICET
55 Down: Plummet (8): NOSEDIVE
57 Down: Board (5): HOPON
58 Down: Latin lover's word (3): AMO
59 Down: Elicit (5): EVOKE
60 Down: Alpaca relatives (6): LLAMAS
61 Down: Home of minor-league baseball's Diablos (6): ELPASO
62 Down: Depress (6): SADDEN
68 Down: Undersides (5): SOLES
69 Down: Greek god whose name is one letter off from 118-Down (4): EROS
70 Down: Soak up rays (4): BASK
71 Down: Second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan (3): OSH
75 Down: "No problemo" (5): CANDO
76 Down: "On tap" sign, sometimes (4): NEON
78 Down: Affirms (5): AVERS
79 Down: Depressing darkness (5): GLOOM
80 Down: Scuttlebutt (4): DIRT
81 Down: Device for winter sidewalks (6): SALTER
86 Down: Virtue (8): GOODNESS
88 Down: Take for granted (7): PRESUME
89 Down: Superstate in Orwell's "1984" (7): EURASIA
90 Down: Good rolls in craps (7): ELEVENS
91 Down: One-named singer/actress (5): CHARO
92 Down: "___-la-la!" (3): OOH
93 Down: Stampede (6): ONRUSH
94 Down: [That's awful!] (3): GAG
96 Down: The rite person? (6): PRIEST
99 Down: Waste (6): SEWAGE
100 Down: Finished second (6): PLACED
101 Down: Gray hair producer, they say (6): STRESS
104 Down: Superman's closetful? (5): CAPES
105 Down: Vista (5): SIGHT
108 Down: Pin holder (4): ETUI
110 Down: King in II Kings (4): JEHU
111 Down: Brouhahas (4): ADOS
113 Down: Trim (4): SNIP
116 Down: Packed away (3): ATE
117 Down: Head, in slang (3): NOB
118 Down: Greek goddess whose name is one letter off from 69-Down (3): EOS
120 Down: Virginia's ___ Highway (3): LEE

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