NINE OF DIAMONDS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/24/2011. By Kurt Mueller.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Crackerjack (3): ACE
4 Across: Org. fighting pirates? (5): ASCAP
9 Across: Pink shade (5): CORAL
14 Across: Wyle and Webster (5): NOAHS
19 Across: Man of mystery (3): MRX
20 Across: Stylish (5): SMART
21 Across: Mountain ridge (5): ARETE
22 Across: Hit TV show that ended in 2011 (5): OPRAH
23 Across: Cuts in a cardboard container? (9): BOXSCORES
25 Across: American-born Japanese (5): NISEI
26 Across: Prefix with meter or methylene (5): TETRA
27 Across: Tax lawyer's find (8): LOOPHOLE
28 Across: Heel (6): RASCAL
29 Across: 7'1" former N.B.A. star (5): ONEAL
30 Across: Feminine suffix (4): ENNE
31 Across: Yelled initially? (16): CALLEDOUTATFIRST
34 Across: Nursery noise (3): WAH
36 Across: Empty (5): INANE
37 Across: 26 of the 44 U.S. presidents: Abbr. (5): ATTYS
38 Across: Instruction part (4): STEP
40 Across: Beach site, maybe (4): CAPE
42 Across: It might be skipped (4): ROPE
44 Across: So-so formal dance? (8): FAIRBALL
46 Across: Went far too slowly during the 10K? (12): WALKEDINARUN
54 Across: State symbols of North Dakota and Massachusetts (4): ELMS
55 Across: Leader who said "All reactionaries are paper tigers" (3): MAO
56 Across: Slight (7): SLENDER
57 Across: "Use the Force, ___" (4): LUKE
58 Across: Arizona is the only state to have one (3): ZEE
59 Across: Attach to (5): PINON
61 Across: "Rocks" (3): ICE
62 Across: Certain helicopter (5): COBRA
63 Across: Piece of black-market playground equipment? (17): SWINGFORTHEFENCES
69 Across: Cousin of kerplunk (5): SPLAT
71 Across: ___ for life (3): SET
72 Across: Purple shade (5): LILAC
73 Across: Press (3): INK
76 Across: It comes out in the wash (4): ODOR
77 Across: Northernmost borough of London (7): ENFIELD
81 Across: Freud's one (3): EIN
82 Across: Antlered animal (4): STAG
83 Across: Wool or cotton purchase request? (12): BATTINGORDER
85 Across: Disgusting advice? (8): FOULTIPS
87 Across: Way out (4): DOOR
88 Across: 24 hrs. ago (4): YEST
90 Across: Isle of the Inner Hebrides (4): IONA
91 Across: Brown-___ (5): NOSER
94 Across: New York's historic ___ Library (5): ASTOR
97 Across: Top of a ladder?: Abbr. (3): CEO
98 Across: Whiskey bottle dregs? (16): BOTTOMOFTHEFIFTH
103 Across: Courtroom entry (4): PLEA
107 Across: Corporate shake-up, for short (5): REORG
108 Across: Beyond ___ (6): BELIEF
109 Across: People whose jobs include giving tours (8): REALTORS
111 Across: To have, in Le Havre (5): AVOIR
112 Across: "I don't give ___!" (5): ADARN
113 Across: Nobleman after a banquet? (9): FULLCOUNT
114 Across: Rita Hayworth's femme fatale title role of 1946 (5): GILDA
115 Across: Effects of many waterfalls (5): MISTS
116 Across: Felt bad (5): AILED
117 Across: Bind (3): TIE
118 Across: Toothpaste brand once advertised as having the secret ingredient GL-70 (5): GLEEM
119 Across: Not settled (5): ANTSY
120 Across: Hits and runs (5): STATS
121 Across: Rev.'s address (3): SER

Down Answers

1 Down: Mosey (5): AMBLE
2 Down: Perform Hawaiian music, say (5): CROON
3 Down: Shell alternative (5): EXXON
4 Down: "Uncle Moses" novelist Sholem (4): ASCH
5 Down: Smack (6): SMOOCH
6 Down: French first lady ___ Bruni-Sarkozy (5): CARLA
7 Down: Staggering (5): AREEL
8 Down: Game tally: Abbr. (3): PTS
9 Down: It was invaded in the War of 1812 (6): CANADA
10 Down: Prayer (6): ORISON
11 Down: Airlift, maybe (6): RESCUE
12 Down: Really bugged (5): ATEAT
13 Down: Orphan girl in Byron's "Don Juan" (5): LEILA
14 Down: Seldom (8): NOTOFTEN
15 Down: Urging at a birthday party (6): OPENIT
16 Down: I-5 through Los Angeles, e.g. (6): ARTERY
17 Down: Heckle, e.g. (6): HARASS
18 Down: Thou follower? (5): SHALT
24 Down: Some volcanoes (7): SPEWERS
28 Down: Doesn't stop, in a way (6): RENEWS
32 Down: Pitcher part (3): LIP
33 Down: Animal with a snout (5): TAPIR
35 Down: Urgent transmission, for short (3): APB
38 Down: Result of a pitch, perhaps (4): SALE
39 Down: Schedule opening (8): TIMESLOT
40 Down: Trolley sound (5): CLANG
41 Down: Distant (5): ALOOF
42 Down: Side in checkers (3): RED
43 Down: Metered praise (3): ODE
44 Down: Tasseled topper (3): FEZ
45 Down: Leader exiled in 1979 (4): AMIN
47 Down: Not much (7): ALITTLE
48 Down: Nobelist Walesa (4): LECH
49 Down: Queen's request, maybe (5): KNEEL
50 Down: Skin cream ingredient (4): ALOE
51 Down: Adds insult to injury, say (8): RUBSITIN
52 Down: Land on the Sea of Azov: Abbr. (3): UKR
53 Down: Cultural org. (3): NEA
59 Down: Stomach area (3): PIT
60 Down: Deferential denial (5): NOSIR
62 Down: Junk bond rating (3): CCC
64 Down: Something on a hog? (4): WART
65 Down: Stalk by a stream (4): REED
66 Down: Feudal lands (5): FIEFS
67 Down: Ex-governor Spitzer of New York (5): ELIOT
68 Down: When repeated, a TV sign-off (4): NANU
69 Down: Kind of story (3): SOB
70 Down: Hi-tech organizer (3): PDA
74 Down: Sonoma neighbor (4): NAPA
75 Down: Metric wts. (3): KGS
77 Down: Vast, in verse (5): ENORM
78 Down: Vietnam's ___ Dinh Diem (3): NGO
79 Down: "What ___?" (3): FOR
80 Down: Towel (6): DRYOFF
82 Down: Reach at a lower level (7): STOOPTO
84 Down: Emoticon, e.g. (8): IDEOGRAM
86 Down: See 102-Down (3): LIE
89 Down: "___ tu" (Verdi aria) (3): ERI
91 Down: Words following see, hear and speak (6): NOEVIL
92 Down: 1972 Best Actor nominee for "The Ruling Class" (6): OTOOLE
93 Down: Winning length in a horse race (6): STRIDE
94 Down: Finally (6): ATLAST
95 Down: Side in a pickup game (6): SHIRTS
96 Down: Minute (6): TEENSY
97 Down: Swiss quarters? (6): CHALET
98 Down: Confederate general who won at Chickamauga (5): BRAGG
99 Down: Noted 1991 Harvard Law grad (5): OBAMA
100 Down: Supplied, as data (5): FEDIN
101 Down: Slot machine symbols, often (5): FRUIT
102 Down: With 86-Down, what Washington purportedly could not do (5): TELLA
104 Down: Boors (5): LOUTS
105 Down: Banks who was known as Mr. Cub (5): ERNIE
106 Down: Late bloomer (5): ASTER
110 Down: Some notebook screens, for short (4): LCDS
113 Down: Fourth notes (3): FAS

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