TAKE IT FROM THE TOP - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 10/23/2011. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Onetime propaganda source (4): TASS
5 Across: Portmanteau (3): BAG
8 Across: Obstruct (5): DAMUP
13 Across: Brings in (5): REAPS
18 Across: Funny Johnson (4): ARTE
19 Across: See 6-Down (3): AGO
20 Across: Queen City of the Rockies (6): HELENA
21 Across: Prefix with light or sound (5): ULTRA
22 Across: Holiday purchase, informally (8): XMASTREE
24 Across: Tone setters for conductors (12): OPENINGNOTES
26 Across: Item in a certain e-mail folder (11): SENTMESSAGE
28 Across: A couple of Spaniards? (3): DOS
29 Across: E-mail alternatives (3): IMS
30 Across: Source of the Amazon (5): ANDES
31 Across: South Carolina's state bird (4): WREN
32 Across: Neurotic Martin Short character (9): EDGRIMLEY
35 Across: Not discounted (4): LIST
36 Across: Give up (4): QUIT
38 Across: Start of a 1957 hit song (4): DAYO
40 Across: Press and fold, say (5): KNEAD
41 Across: Pecking order? (3): EAT
42 Across: Oxidized (5): RUSTY
43 Across: Agree (with) (4): SIDE
44 Across: Cousin who's "altogether ooky" (3): ITT
45 Across: Vague early afternoon time (6): ONEISH
47 Across: Like certain investments (6): NORISK
49 Across: Soaked (5): HOSED
53 Across: To the point, to lawyers (5): ADREM
55 Across: Times ___ (5): ROMAN
57 Across: Succeed (5): ENSUE
59 Across: Bridge expert Culbertson (3): ELY
60 Across: Go back and forth (6): SEESAW
62 Across: Some are cohesive (5): UNITS
64 Across: Territory (4): TURF
65 Across: 1985 film based on "King Lear" (3): RAN
66 Across: How some games finish (6): INATIE
67 Across: How some cars screech (7): TOAHALT
69 Across: Plant known as "seer's sage" because of its hallucinatory effect (6): SALVIA
71 Across: Loser (3): ASS
72 Across: Skinny (4): NEWS
74 Across: Screenwriter Ephron (5): DELIA
75 Across: Somme place (6): AMIENS
76 Across: Prefix with magnetic (3): GEO
77 Across: Old fishing tool (5): SPEAR
79 Across: An instant (5): SANKA
81 Across: Blowup, of a sort (5): INSET
82 Across: "... but possibly untrue" (5): ORNOT
84 Across: Peeper protector (6): EYELID
86 Across: Wield (6): EMPLOY
88 Across: Uncorking noise (3): POP
90 Across: His debut album was "Rhyme Pays" (4): ICET
91 Across: Grating (5): RASPY
92 Across: W. Hemisphere grp. (3): OAS
95 Across: Queen's land (5): SHEBA
97 Across: Like average folks, in Britain (4): NONU
98 Across: Enthralled (4): AGOG
99 Across: ___ Park, classic Coney Island amusement locale (4): LUNA
100 Across: V formation? (9): PEACESIGN
102 Across: Shop chopper (4): ADZE
104 Across: Bounce (off) (5): CAROM
105 Across: Mil. officers (3): LTS
106 Across: Avg. level (3): STD
107 Across: Change quickly (11): TURNONADIME
110 Across: Incredibly nice (12): ASSWEETASPIE
115 Across: Matter in statistical mechanics (8): IDEALGAS
116 Across: Bulldog (5): YALIE
117 Across: Dispatch boats (6): AVISOS
118 Across: Neighbor of Oman: Abbr. (3): UAE
119 Across: "Pride and Prejudice" actress Jennifer (4): EHLE
120 Across: 9-Down holder (5): STEIN
121 Across: Pickup line? (5): GETIN
122 Across: One of the Chaplins (3): SYD
123 Across: Underworld route (4): STYX

Down Answers

1 Down: Transference of property to pay assessments (7): TAXSALE
2 Down: Asian republic (7): ARMENIA
3 Down: Gets up for the debate? (14): STANDSTOREASON
4 Down: Certain poetic output (6): SESTET
5 Down: Reveal (4): BARE
6 Down: With 19-Across, far back (4): AGES
7 Down: Beats it and won't explain why? (17): GOESWITHOUTSAYING
8 Down: Proof that a "Jersey Shore" character has an incontinence problem? (21): DEPENDSONTHESITUATION
9 Down: Heady stuff (3): ALE
10 Down: Entire "Reservoir Dogs" cast, e.g. (3): MEN
11 Down: Athlete's attire, informally (3): UNI
12 Down: Pampers maker, informally (5): PANDG
13 Down: Arrests an entire crime syndicate? (15): RUNSINTHEFAMILY
14 Down: Inits. in '70s and '80s rock (3): ELO
15 Down: Slayer of his brother Bleda (6): ATTILA
16 Down: Like some majors (6): PREMED
17 Down: Impudent (5): SASSY
20 Down: Longtime ESPN football analyst Merril ___ (4): HOGE
23 Down: Protected images, for short (3): TMS
25 Down: Russian novelist Maxim (5): GORKI
27 Down: Fancified, say (4): ARTY
32 Down: Singer Gorme (5): EYDIE
33 Down: Eschews Mensa material when going to parties? (17): DOESNTTAKEAGENIUS
34 Down: "Drag ___ Hell" (2009 movie) (4): METO
36 Down: "Star Wars" character ___-Gon Jinn (3): QUI
37 Down: SALT party (4): USSR
39 Down: Dashboard choice (3): AIR
42 Down: Contents of Lenin's Tomb, e.g.? (15): REMAINSTOBESEEN
46 Down: Settle in (4): NEST
47 Down: Aquatic nymph (5): NAIAD
48 Down: The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A. (3): KSU
50 Down: Merits at least a 20% tip? (14): SERVESYOURIGHT
51 Down: "Airplane!" woman (6): ELAINE
52 Down: King or queen (6): DYNAST
53 Down: Hard Italian cheese (6): ASIAGO
54 Down: Slower to pick up (6): DENSER
56 Down: Phone button trio (3): MNO
58 Down: ___ Minor (4): URSA
61 Down: Break down (4): WEEP
63 Down: A bar may offer it (5): SALAD
68 Down: One-dimensional: Abbr. (3): LIN
70 Down: Flat flooring (4): LINO
73 Down: Minute (3): WEE
78 Down: Scout's mission (5): RECON
80 Down: Assertive comeback (4): AMSO
83 Down: 118-Across is in it (4): OPEC
85 Down: Super Bowl IV M.V.P. Dawson (3): LEN
87 Down: Scoring stat for N.B.A.'ers (3): PPG
89 Down: Wallop (5): PASTE
91 Down: Motorola phone line (4): RAZR
93 Down: Departure from the norm (7): ANOMALY
94 Down: Untraditional, as some marriages (7): SAMESEX
95 Down: Charges (6): SETSAT
96 Down: Give a hard time (6): HASSLE
99 Down: Soup kitchen implements (6): LADLES
100 Down: They're shown by X's, O's and arrows (5): PLAYS
101 Down: Luggage attachment (5): IDTAG
103 Down: Some annual bills (4): DUES
104 Down: Major org. representing entertainers and athletes (3): CAA
108 Down: Anita of jazz (4): ODAY
109 Down: Desideratum (4): NEED
111 Down: ___ Fit (3): WII
112 Down: Brooklyn's Flatbush, e.g.: Abbr. (3): AVE
113 Down: Go unused (3): SIT
114 Down: Symbol for electric flux (3): PSI

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