ALL-PRO - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 4/10/2011. By Paula Gamache.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Reduces to pulp (6): MASHES
7 Across: Betray, in a way (8): BACKSTAB
15 Across: They're unoriginal (5): APERS
20 Across: Haitian ___ (6): CREOLE
21 Across: Haiti's first democratically elected president (8): ARISTIDE
22 Across: Iconoclast (5): REBEL
23 Across: Skip Thanksgiving leftovers? (15): FORGOCOLDTURKEY
25 Across: Early spring bloomers (5): CROCI
26 Across: Operagoer's accessory (9): LORGNETTE
27 Across: Broke bread (3): ATE
28 Across: Longfellow's words before "O Ship of State!" (6): SAILON
29 Across: Singer Sumac (3): YMA
30 Across: Say "No," "Never" and "Uh-uh"? (16): DOONESFORBIDDING
34 Across: Mrs. Robert ___ (Mary Custis) (4): ELEE
36 Across: Make a big stink (4): REEK
37 Across: Chacon of the 1960s Mets (4): ELIO
38 Across: Put up with (5): ABIDE
41 Across: One may be original (4): CAST
43 Across: Hopelessly lost (8): ALLATSEA
47 Across: Plea for immediate absolution? (16): FORGIVEUSTHISDAY
52 Across: Abbr. on a cover letter (3): ENC
53 Across: Wind in front of a stage (4): OBOE
54 Across: Kin of fairies (4): IMPS
55 Across: Not (4): NARY
56 Across: Crested ___, Colo. (5): BUTTE
58 Across: Chairlift alternative (7): GONDOLA
60 Across: Shake (5): ELUDE
62 Across: Blot with a paper towel, maybe (6): PATDRY
63 Across: Like food that's acceptable to cattle? (17): FORAGEAPPROPRIATE
67 Across: Inuit relatives (6): ALEUTS
69 Across: Checked, say (5): CHOSE
70 Across: Italian sportswear name (7): ELLESSE
73 Across: They come with turndown service (5): MINTS
74 Across: Soviet ___ (4): BLOC
75 Across: Burial site of early Scottish kings (4): IONA
77 Across: Rents (4): RIPS
78 Across: Pipe material, for short (3): PVC
79 Across: Memorable theatrical performance? (16): PLAYHARDTOFORGET
83 Across: Shell, e.g. (8): SEEDCOAT
86 Across: Warning from a driver (4): TOOT
87 Across: Extremely, in 1970s slang (5): MONDO
88 Across: Joyce's land (4): ERIN
89 Across: Bottom-line bigwigs, in brief (4): CFOS
91 Across: Head-turning sound (4): PSST
93 Across: Abstain happily? (16): GRINANDFORBEARIT
99 Across: Fairy (3): ELF
102 Across: Steven who co-wrote "Freakonomics" (6): LEVITT
103 Across: New Guinea port (3): LAE
104 Across: Life-threatening (9): NEARFATAL
107 Across: Blow away (5): AMAZE
108 Across: Is well-endowed? (15): CARRIESAFORTUNE
111 Across: One giving an order (5): DINER
112 Across: Declared (8): ASSERTED
113 Across: Dammed river in North Carolina (6): PEEDEE
114 Across: Maurice of Nixon's cabinet (5): STANS
115 Across: Region conquered by Philip II of Macedon (8): THESSALY
116 Across: Mounts (6): STEEDS

Down Answers

1 Down: "Back to the Future" family name (5): MCFLY
2 Down: "Get ___!" (5): AROOM
3 Down: California missions founder Junípero ___ (5): SERRA
4 Down: Scottish poet James known as "The Ettrick Shepherd" (4): HOGG
5 Down: Southern university that shares its name with a biblical judge (4): ELON
6 Down: Form a splinter group (6): SECEDE
7 Down: Sled dog with a statue in New York's Central Park (5): BALTO
8 Down: Elizabeth in the cosmetics department (5): ARDEN
9 Down: Abbr. following op. and loc. (3): CIT
10 Down: The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf. (3): KSU
11 Down: Attack from the air (6): STRAFE
12 Down: 2010 chart-topper for Ke$ha (6): TIKTOK
13 Down: Like ___ in the headlights (5): ADEER
14 Down: Old Ottoman governor (3): BEY
15 Down: Rural setting, in poetry (7): ARCADIA
16 Down: Green gemstone (7): PERIDOT
17 Down: Place in a Carlo Levi memoir (5): EBOLI
18 Down: Scout's mission (5): RECON
19 Down: David's weapon (5): SLING
24 Down: Western tribe (4): OTOE
28 Down: Preposterous (5): SILLY
31 Down: Once, a long time ago (4): ERST
32 Down: "Family Guy" creator MacFarlane (4): SETH
33 Down: Ignore, imperatively (5): BELAY
34 Down: Barely beat (8): EDGEDOUT
35 Down: Oahu offering (3): LEI
38 Down: In ___ (confused) (4): AFOG
39 Down: Mr. Burns's teddy bear on "The Simpsons" (4): BOBO
40 Down: Typical cemetery enclosure (9): IRONFENCE
41 Down: Driver's target (3): CUP
42 Down: Balloonhead (3): ASS
43 Down: Seller of space or time, for short (5): ADREP
44 Down: Showy craft? (9): SETDESIGN
45 Down: ___'acte (4): ENTR
46 Down: ___-deucy (4): ACEY
48 Down: Tennis's 1977 U.S. Open champ (5): VILAS
49 Down: Salon, e.g., informally (4): EMAG
50 Down: Accustom (5): INURE
51 Down: ___-masochism (4): SADO
56 Down: False deity (4): BAAL
57 Down: Baloney and then some (8): UTTERROT
59 Down: Dinner scraps (4): ORTS
60 Down: Memorable time (5): EPOCH
61 Down: Vintage platters (3): LPS
62 Down: Kebab go-with (5): PILAF
64 Down: Bravura (5): ECLAT
65 Down: Cry to a mate (4): AHOY
66 Down: City east of the Sierra Nevada (4): RENO
67 Down: Concert stack (4): AMPS
68 Down: Unexploded (4): LIVE
71 Down: Made haste (4): SPED
72 Down: "___ dignus" (Latin motto) (4): ESTO
74 Down: Sans pizazz (5): BLAND
75 Down: Chapel line (3): IDO
76 Down: Giant of old (3): OTT
79 Down: Gist (5): POINT
80 Down: Basic first step (4): ATOB
81 Down: Mateus ___ (4): ROSE
82 Down: Chant syllables (3): OMS
84 Down: Bear vis-à-vis the woods, e.g. (7): DENIZEN
85 Down: Fails miserably (7): CRATERS
89 Down: Like a hair shirt (6): COARSE
90 Down: Bordeaux brothers (6): FRERES
91 Down: La Môme ___ (The Little Sparrow) (4): PIAF
92 Down: Sharpening devices (6): STROPS
93 Down: Sword lilies, for short (5): GLADS
94 Down: Send, as a check (5): REMIT
95 Down: Trump who wrote "The Best Is Yet to Come" (5): IVANA
96 Down: Instant (5): FLASH
97 Down: Lensman Adams (5): ANSEL
98 Down: Good to go (5): READY
99 Down: Dexterity exercise (5): ETUDE
100 Down: Like an Interstate (5): LANED
101 Down: Jumps bail, say (5): FLEES
105 Down: Say "What to do? What to do?," e.g. (4): FRET
106 Down: To ___ (precisely) (4): ATEE
108 Down: Siamese, e.g. (3): CAT
109 Down: Filing org. (3): IRS
110 Down: H (3): ETA

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