V-2 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/27/2011. By Peter A. Collins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Desert Storm transports (7): HUMVEES
8 Across: Is sociable (5): MIXES
13 Across: Annoyed with persistent petty attacks (7): CHIVIED
20 Across: Qualify (7): ENTITLE
21 Across: Contest site (5): ARENA
22 Across: 1994 Red Hot Chili Peppers album (7): OUTINLA
23 Across: Rabbi or mullah (7): TEACHER
24 Across: Like most Western music (5): TONAL
25 Across: Went over completely (7): SPANNED
26 Across: March ___ (4): HARE
27 Across: John McCain and John Kerry (11): VIETNAMVETS
30 Across: Dog command (4): COME
31 Across: Gig for a deejay (4): RAVE
33 Across: Sped (4): FLEW
34 Across: For-EV-er (4): EONS
35 Across: Steeplechase, e.g. (4): RACE
36 Across: Idle (6): ATREST
38 Across: Emulated a hungry wolf (7): DROOLED
40 Across: Common rolls (6): SEVENS
42 Across: River crossed by the Longfellow Bridge (7): CHARLES
44 Across: Clogs at the bottom? (5): SOLES
45 Across: Arrive at by air (7): FLYINTO
46 Across: Repair shop figs. (4): ESTS
47 Across: British P.M. after Lloyd George (3): LAW
49 Across: Ward, to the Beaver (3): DAD
50 Across: Payday, often: Abbr. (3): FRI
51 Across: Crash-investigating org. (4): NTSB
52 Across: Striped stones (6): AGATES
55 Across: What "Arf! Arf!" or "Meow!" may mean (6): FEEDME
57 Across: "The Real World" airer (3): MTV
60 Across: 2009 hit film with subtitled scenes (6): AVATAR
62 Across: Earn (6): GARNER
63 Across: Word on either side of "à" (3): VIS
66 Across: Contributes (7): CHIPSIN
68 Across: Transfer, as at a nursery (5): REPOT
70 Across: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" figure (7): COSSACK
72 Across: Block component (4): CELL
73 Across: "Wedding Crashers" co-star, 2005 (11): VINCEVAUGHN
76 Across: Evolutionary chart (4): TREE
77 Across: Key of Chopin's "Polonaise-Fantaisie" (5): AFLAT
79 Across: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, once, on "S.N.L." (9): COANCHORS
80 Across: "Spider-Man" director (5): RAIMI
81 Across: "Get lost!" (6): BEATIT
83 Across: Ft. Collins setting (3): MST
84 Across: Abbr. on a currency exchange board (3): EUR
85 Across: Toy company behind yo-yos (6): DUNCAN
86 Across: Entered carefully (7): EDGEDIN
88 Across: Canyonlands National Park features (5): MESAS
90 Across: Bands on the run? (7): TENDONS
91 Across: Aircraft control surface (6): ELEVON
93 Across: Good name for a surveyor? (3): ROD
94 Across: Some Muslims (6): SUNNIS
95 Across: Those near and dear (9): LOVEDONES
98 Across: Quality of new-fallen snow (9): WHITENESS
101 Across: "___ Pieces" (Peter and Gordon hit) (5): IGOTO
102 Across: Congolese river (4): UELE
104 Across: Nondemocratic rule (4): FIAT
105 Across: Short answers? (5): RSVPS
106 Across: Kind of scan, for short (3): MRI
107 Across: Keepers of the flame? (13): VESTALVIRGINS
111 Across: E.R. readout (3): EEG
112 Across: Old nuclear watchdog: Abbr. (3): AEC
113 Across: Dutch city ESE of Utrecht (3): EDE
114 Across: Toil (5): SLAVE
115 Across: The Beavers of the N.C.A.A. (3): OSU
116 Across: QB's miscue (3): INT
117 Across: Newcastle-to-London dir. (3): SSE
118 Across: Play that introduced the word "robot" (3): RUR
119 Across: Anathematic (5): HATED
120 Across: Break, of a sort (3): NAP
121 Across: Some Windows systems (3): NTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Eighth Hebrew letter (4): HETH
2 Down: Discovers (8): UNEARTHS
3 Down: Post-flood locale (8): MTARARAT
4 Down: The other way around (9): VICEVERSA
5 Down: Old verb ending (3): ETH
6 Down: About 16,900 ft., for 3-Down (4): ELEV
7 Down: Letter's end? (5): SERIF
8 Down: The situation (7): MATTERS
9 Down: Tree with very hard timber (8): IRONWOOD
10 Down: TV title character who said "I'm not an Amazon" (4): XENA
11 Down: Covered, as cookware (8): ENAMELED
12 Down: Some gunfire (7): SALVOES
13 Down: Overhead ___ (5): COSTS
14 Down: Cadence syllables (4): HUPS
15 Down: "Let's make ___ true Daily Double" (3): ITA
16 Down: Plant with purple flowers (9): VINCAVINE
17 Down: Name of 13 popes (8): INNOCENT
18 Down: Gold and silver, but not bronze (8): ELEMENTS
19 Down: ___ City, Fla. (4): DADE
28 Down: Antiquity, poetically (3): ELD
29 Down: Demise (3): END
32 Down: Course for new U.S. arrivals (3): ESL
35 Down: King on un trono (3): REY
36 Down: A-one service? (3): ACE
37 Down: Setting for part of 2005's "Munich" (7): TELAVIV
39 Down: Royal name in Norway (4): OLAV
40 Down: Use for skating (7): SLIDEON
41 Down: Break down (3): SOB
43 Down: Infernal (7): SATANIC
45 Down: Big name in mustard (7): FRENCHS
48 Down: Sloppy, as a kiss (3): WET
50 Down: Sword: Fr. (3): FER
53 Down: ___-X (3): GAS
54 Down: "Oh, joy!," e.g., typically (7): SARCASM
55 Down: Inane (7): FATUOUS
56 Down: ___ Miller (Julie Christie title role with 57-Down) (3): MRS
57 Down: Warren Beatty title role with 56-Down (6): MCCABE
58 Down: Group with a board of governors (6): THEFED
59 Down: Weekly since 1955, with "The" (12): VILLAGEVOICE
61 Down: Type in again, as a password (7): REENTER
62 Down: "After you" (7): GOAHEAD
63 Down: Vessel seen just below the surface? (12): VARICOSEVEIN
64 Down: Hired gun, in gang slang (6): ICEMAN
65 Down: Coils (6): SKEINS
67 Down: Clotting agent (8): PLATELET
69 Down: Plastic used in piping (3): PVC
71 Down: Subs (8): STANDINS
74 Down: Marcel Marceau, e.g. (3): NOM
75 Down: [This makes me mad!] (3): GRR
78 Down: Satisfied, for a while at least (9): TIDEDOVER
80 Down: #2's (9): RUNNERSUP
82 Down: Home recorder (4): TIVO
85 Down: Repair shop job (4): DENT
87 Down: Teetotaler (7): NONUSER
89 Down: U.S.S.R. part: Abbr. (3): SOV
90 Down: What may help one live and learn? (7): TUITION
92 Down: Classic hair removal brand (4): NEET
94 Down: Catch some flies (4): SHAG
95 Down: Some beans (5): LIMAS
96 Down: Meanies (5): OGRES
97 Down: Hack (5): SLASH
98 Down: Overly caffeinated (5): WIRED
99 Down: Pooped (5): SPENT
100 Down: Some NCOs (5): SSGTS
103 Down: "___ Enchanted" (2004 film) (4): ELLA
104 Down: V (4): FIVE
108 Down: U.R.L. ender (3): EDU
109 Down: Brewhouse fixture (3): VAT
110 Down: Code-breaking grp. (3): NSA

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