HIGH SCHOOL REUNION - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 2/6/2011. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Many a download (3)
APP
4 Across: "___ well" (4)
ALLS
8 Across: Certain bias (6)
RACISM
14 Across: Some storage places (5)
DISKS
19 Across: Emu, e.g., to a chef (8)
LEANMEAT
21 Across: This second (6)
ATONCE
22 Across: Put down (5)
ENTER
23 Across: <em>A woman went ...</em> (15)
TOSEEANEWDOCTOR
25 Across: Tricks (5)
PLOYS
26 Across: Expressionist artist James (5)
ENSOR
27 Across: Suffer vertigo (4)
SPIN
28 Across: Fast-skating #4 (3)
ORR
29 Across: Scratch (4)
CLAW
30 Across: Cause of delay (4)
RAIN
31 Across: <em>In his office, she noticed a ...</em> (16)
DIPLOMAONTHEWALL
36 Across: A superstar might have a big one (3)
EGO
37 Across: Thin overlays (7)
VENEERS
38 Across: No-goodnik (3)
RAT
39 Across: Michelle on a fairway (3)
WIE
40 Across: Not allowing (7)
DENYING
42 Across: <em>She remembered having a high-school crush on a handsome, dark-haired boy with ...</em> (11)
THESAMENAME
47 Across: What's that, José? (3)
ESO
48 Across: ___ Khan (3)
AGA
51 Across: BP gas brand (5)
AMOCO
52 Across: Voting side (4)
AYES
53 Across: <em>However, this man was balding, gray-haired and ...</em> (18)
JUSTAVERAGELOOKING
59 Across: North end? (3)
ERN
60 Across: Plains tribe (6)
OSAGES
61 Across: Had room for (6)
SEATED
65 Across: Michelle's predecessor (5)
LAURA
68 Across: <em>She thought he was much too old to have been her ...</em> (9)
CLASSMATE
73 Across: Debussy piece (5)
ETUDE
74 Across: Lands' End rival (6)
LLBEAN
76 Across: Bodes (6)
AUGURS
78 Across: Zero (3)
NIL
79 Across: <em>Nevertheless, she asked him if he had attended her high school, and after he said yes, she asked "...?"</em> (18)
WHENDIDYOUGRADUATE
86 Across: Carry (4)
TOTE
89 Across: Stew (5)
WORRY
90 Across: "One Mic" rapper (3)
NAS
91 Across: Actor McKellen (3)
IAN
92 Across: <em>He answered "In 1971. But ..."</em> (11)
WHYDOYOUASK
95 Across: The Dow and the Nikkei 225 (7)
INDICES
99 Across: Object (3)
AIM
100 Across: Turndowns (3)
NOS
101 Across: Go-aheads (7)
ASSENTS
105 Across: 1969 newlywed in the news (3)
ONO
106 Across: <em>The woman exclaimed "...!"</em> (16)
YOUWEREINMYCLASS
111 Across: Chorus girl (4)
ALTO
112 Across: Spice holder (4)
RACK
113 Across: See 48-Down (3)
SEA
114 Across: Breather (4)
REST
115 Across: Divorce (5)
SPLIT
116 Across: Hall-of-Famer with 10 World Series rings (5)
BERRA
118 Across: <em>He looked at her closely, then asked "...?"</em> (15)
WHATDIDYOUTEACH
121 Across: "The Second Coming" poet (5)
YEATS
122 Across: Thoroughly enjoys (6)
EATSUP
123 Across: One wearing cuffs (8)
ARRESTEE
124 Across: "Family Ties" mom (5)
ELYSE
125 Across: Check line (6)
AMOUNT
126 Across: Shipped (4)
SENT
127 Across: Feminine suffix (3)
ESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Not the way it was (7)
ALTERED
2 Down: Some servitude (7)
PEONAGE
3 Down: 1994 Sondheim musical (7)
PASSION
4 Down: From the States: Abbr. (4)
AMER
5 Down: ___ Michele of "Glee" (3)
LEA
6 Down: Midwest capital (7)
LANSING
7 Down: Plain (6)
STEPPE
8 Down: TV Guide's Pennsylvania headquarters (6)
RADNOR
9 Down: From ___ Z (3)
ATO
10 Down: Brown shade (5)
COCOA
11 Down: Emcee's words (5)
INTRO
12 Down: Disdain (5)
SCORN
13 Down: 113-Across, in France (3)
MER
14 Down: Exhaust (7)
DEPLETE
15 Down: Father of the bride, say (5)
INLAW
16 Down: One who goes free? (8)
STOWAWAY
17 Down: With 34-Down, kind of pie (3)
KEY
18 Down: Yearbook div. (3)
SRS
20 Down: Superbright (4)
NEON
24 Down: Trick (4)
WILE
29 Down: Soft leather (7)
CHAMOIS
31 Down: From the top (6)
DENOVO
32 Down: Phoenix hrs. (3)
MST
33 Down: Tail (5)
TRACK
34 Down: See 17-Down (4)
LIME
35 Down: Some jeans (4)
LEES
37 Down: Big name in plastic (4)
VISA
41 Down: Still (3)
YET
43 Down: Space movie villain (3)
HAL
44 Down: Rock genre (3)
EMO
45 Down: ___ Canals (3)
SOO
46 Down: Bother a lot (5)
NAGAT
48 Down: With 113-Across, landlocked waters (4)
ARAL
49 Down: Blown away (4)
GAGA
50 Down: Mellows (4)
AGES
53 Down: Come together (4)
JELL
54 Down: Russian/Kazakh river (4)
URAL
55 Down: Brush-off (4)
SNUB
56 Down: Laptop key (3)
ESC
57 Down: Time piece? (5)
ESSAY
58 Down: At birth (3)
NEE
62 Down: Sushi fish (4)
TUNA
63 Down: Take out, maybe (4)
EDIT
64 Down: Take out (4)
DELE
66 Down: Say "I do" again (5)
REWED
67 Down: Spa reaction (3)
AAH
69 Down: Unstable particle (4)
MUON
70 Down: Río contents (4)
AGUA
71 Down: Canal boats (4)
TUGS
72 Down: Mess up (3)
ERR
75 Down: Rome's home (7)
NEWYORK
77 Down: Symbols of piety (6)
SAINTS
80 Down: Hanging piece (5)
NOOSE
81 Down: Joanne of "The Pride of St. Louis" (3)
DRU
82 Down: Org. in "The Crying Game" (3)
IRA
83 Down: Bad: Prefix (3)
DYS
84 Down: Pops (4)
DADS
85 Down: Valve opening? (3)
UNI
86 Down: Bob ___, 1986 P.G.A. Player of the Year (4)
TWAY
87 Down: One of the Three Rivers (4)
OHIO
88 Down: Nine-time world champion rodeo cowboy (8)
TYMURRAY
93 Down: 24 bottles of beer (7)
ONECASE
94 Down: Mary ___ cosmetics (3)
KAY
95 Down: Coming up (7)
INSTORE
96 Down: Sort (7)
COLLATE
97 Down: Attracts by design (7)
ENTICES
98 Down: Palliates (7)
SOOTHES
102 Down: Cruise lines? (6)
SCRIPT
103 Down: Runner's place (4)
SLED
104 Down: Snap courses (6)
EASYAS
107 Down: ___ and all (5)
WARTS
108 Down: Bandleader Jones of the 1920s-'30s (5)
ISHAM
109 Down: "Cool!" (5)
NEATO
110 Down: Island near Quemoy (5)
MATSU
111 Down: Goons (4)
APES
115 Down: Opposite of 64-Down (4)
STET
116 Down: "TTYL" (3)
BYE
117 Down: Reef denizen (3)
EEL
118 Down: "Are ___ pair?" ("Send in the Clowns" lyric) (3)
WEA
119 Down: Bug for payment (3)
DUN
120 Down: Table server (3)
URN

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