DON'T! - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/18/2011. By Josh Knapp.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Group working on a plot (5)
CABAL
6 Across: Seurat painted in one (4)
PARC
10 Across: "Look what ___!" (4)
IDID
14 Across: One of Santa's team (5)
COMET
19 Across: Old Olds (5)
ALERO
20 Across: Biblical shepherd (4)
ABEL
21 Across: Alma mater of football great Roger Staubach (4)
NAVY
22 Across: Opt for the window instead of the aisle? (5)
ELOPE
23 Across: Don't ...! (15)
PLAYWITHMATCHES
26 Across: Ottoman relative (5)
DIVAN
27 Across: Lover of Bianca in "Othello" (6)
CASSIO
28 Across: See 3-Down (4)
SEAL
29 Across: Plea to the unwelcome (5)
LEAVE
31 Across: Loo (4)
JOHN
33 Across: Bug-eyed primates (7)
LORISES
35 Across: "Dream on" (7)
GETREAL
37 Across: Priestly robe (3)
ALB
38 Across: Don't ...! (13)
MESSWITHTEXAS
40 Across: Us, e.g. (3)
MAG
42 Across: Attack like a bear (6)
CLAWAT
44 Across: First person in Germany? (3)
ICH
45 Across: Stir up (4)
ROIL
46 Across: "___ is life ..." (4)
SUCH
47 Across: Like some wrestlers' bodies (5)
OILED
48 Across: "___ for Cookie" ("Sesame Street" song) (3)
CIS
50 Across: It's not good when it's flat (4)
SODA
51 Across: Word processing command (5)
PASTE
52 Across: Don't ...! (14)
BELIEVETHEHYPE
56 Across: Skirt chaser (6)
TOMCAT
57 Across: Good news for a worker (5)
RAISE
58 Across: It's passed down through the ages (4)
LORE
59 Across: Like some old-fashioned studies (7)
FIRELIT
60 Across: Homeric cry? (3)
DOH
63 Across: Apothecary weight (4)
DRAM
64 Across: More, in scores (3)
PIU
65 Across: Bass in a barbershop quartet, e.g. (4)
PART
66 Across: Old Tokyo (3)
EDO
67 Across: Do-it-yourselfer (7)
AMATEUR
69 Across: Filing aid (4)
RASP
70 Across: Open (5)
OVERT
72 Across: Established facts (6)
GIVENS
73 Across: Don't ...! (14)
QUITYOURDAYJOB
78 Across: Person with a code name, maybe (5)
AGENT
79 Across: Puts words in the mouth of? (4)
DUBS
80 Across: A trucker may have one: Abbr. (3)
RTE
81 Across: Hurricane of 2011 (5)
IRENE
82 Across: Advanced sandcastle feature (4)
MOAT
83 Across: Target of some pH tests (4)
SOIL
84 Across: Org. for some guards (3)
NBA
86 Across: Famous Georgian born in 1879 (6)
STALIN
87 Across: Camera operator's org. (3)
ASC
88 Across: Don't ...! (13)
QUOTEMEONTHIS
92 Across: 30, for 1/5 and 1/6, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
LCD
93 Across: Start without permission? (7)
HOTWIRE
95 Across: Possible result of a defensive error in soccer (7)
OWNGOAL
96 Across: Rogers on a ship (4)
AYES
97 Across: Sharpens (5)
WHETS
98 Across: E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually (4)
SCAM
99 Across: Now or never (6)
ADVERB
101 Across: Indulge (5)
HUMOR
103 Across: Don't ...! (15)
TALKTOSTRANGERS
108 Across: Distanced (5)
APART
109 Across: Biblical twin (4)
ESAU
110 Across: Filmmaker van Gogh (4)
THEO
111 Across: One of the Allman Brothers (5)
DUANE
112 Across: Harry Potter's girlfriend (5)
GINNY
113 Across: Trick out, as a car (4)
PIMP
114 Across: In view (4)
SEEN
115 Across: Palais du Luxembourg body (5)
SENAT

Down Answers

1 Down: Trade's partner (3)
CAP
2 Down: ___-American (3)
ALL
3 Down: One may be seen on a 28-Across's nose (9)
BEACHBALL
4 Down: Indo-European (5)
ARYAN
5 Down: Stats on weather reports (4)
LOWS
6 Down: Sunbathing sites (6)
PATIOS
7 Down: Can't stand (6)
ABHORS
8 Down: "Automatic for the People" group (3)
REM
9 Down: iPod type (7)
CLASSIC
10 Down: Liquid, say (6)
INCASH
11 Down: "Matilda" author (4)
DAHL
12 Down: "___ had it!" (3)
IVE
13 Down: Poor character analysis? (8)
DYSLEXIA
14 Down: Building material for Solomon's Temple (6)
CEDARS
15 Down: Shade of green (5)
OLIVE
16 Down: Don't ...! (11)
MOVEAMUSCLE
17 Down: UV index monitor, for short (3)
EPA
18 Down: Total hottie (3)
TEN
24 Down: Shipwreck spot, maybe (5)
ISLET
25 Down: Ones with crowns (5)
TEETH
30 Down: End of a series: Abbr. (4)
ETAL
31 Down: Biblical twin (5)
JACOB
32 Down: Basic skateboarding trick (5)
OLLIE
34 Down: "If only!" (5)
IWISH
35 Down: It has a crystal inside (5)
GEODE
36 Down: Brand for people with milk sugar intolerance (7)
LACTAID
38 Down: Got started (9)
MADEADENT
39 Down: Figure of speech (5)
TROPE
41 Down: Not the ritziest area of town (6)
GHETTO
43 Down: Small dam (4)
WEIR
46 Down: "Ditto" (4)
SAME
48 Down: France's equivalent to an Oscar (5)
CESAR
49 Down: Two who smooch, say (4)
ITEM
50 Down: Mawkish (6)
SYRUPY
51 Down: Gilbert Stuart works (9)
PORTRAITS
53 Down: Hacking tool (5)
VIRUS
54 Down: Spanish newspaper whose name means "The Country" (6)
ELPAIS
55 Down: Bring up (5)
HOIST
56 Down: Done in (5)
TIRED
59 Down: Packer of old (5)
FAVRE
60 Down: He was named viceroy of Portuguese India in 1524 (6)
DAGAMA
61 Down: "Heavens!" (7)
OMIGOSH
62 Down: Don't ...! (11)
HAVEACOWMAN
65 Down: Look down (4)
POUT
68 Down: A big flap may be made about this (4)
TENT
69 Down: Possible change in Russia (5)
RUBLE
71 Down: Banks on a runway (4)
TYRA
73 Down: Briton's rejoinder (5)
QUITE
74 Down: Long-armed simian, for short (5)
ORANG
75 Down: Element in a guessing contest (9)
JELLYBEAN
76 Down: Chilling, say (5)
ONICE
77 Down: Concern when coming up, with "the" (5)
BENDS
79 Down: Archetypal abandonment site (8)
DOORSTEP
83 Down: Corporate type (4)
SUIT
84 Down: Inexperienced with (5)
NEWAT
85 Down: Witticisms (7)
BONMOTS
86 Down: Aníbal Cavaco ___, Portuguese president beginning in 2006 (5)
SILVA
88 Down: Kind of keyboard (6)
QWERTY
89 Down: Model used for study or testing (6)
MOCKUP
90 Down: Without flaw (6)
TOATEE
91 Down: Large ___ Collider (CERN particle accelerator) (6)
HADRON
94 Down: Bramble feature (5)
THORN
96 Down: Lock horns (with) (5)
ARGUE
98 Down: Dis (4)
SLAM
100 Down: Some linemen (4)
ENDS
101 Down: Definitely not a hottie (3)
HAG
102 Down: Reuters alternative (3)
UPI
104 Down: "Just ___ suspected!" (3)
ASI
105 Down: "What ___ said" (3)
SHE
106 Down: Uracil's place (3)
RNA
107 Down: Volleyball action (3)
SET

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