A-V CLUB - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 5/6/2012. By Alex Vratsanos.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Something you willingly part with? (6): ESTATE
7 Across: Air Force college athlete (6): FALCON
13 Across: Calm (7): ATPEACE
20 Across: Tied up (6): MOORED
21 Across: Nervous (6): ONEDGE
22 Across: Fixes (7): NEUTERS
23 Across: Have, say (13): AUXILIARYVERB
25 Across: Record collection? (7): DATASET
26 Across: Protector of the dead, in Egyptian myth (4): ISIS
27 Across: As a result (4): ERGO
28 Across: Seek (out) (6): FERRET
30 Across: Easy run (4): LOPE
31 Across: Slowly (5): LENTO
33 Across: It runs down the neck (4): MANE
35 Across: Title role for Kilmer and Costner (4): EARP
37 Across: In accordance with (3): PER
38 Across: They're likely to blow (15): ACTIVEVOLCANOES
44 Across: Keglers' org. (3): PBA
47 Across: A state symbol (4): TREE
48 Across: No laughing matter, e.g. (5): IDIOM
49 Across: Savanna grazer (5): ELAND
53 Across: Insensitive (7): CALLOUS
55 Across: Turkeys (5): FLOPS
56 Across: At a glance (7): OBLIQUE
58 Across: "Friends" friend (6): PHOEBE
59 Across: Ridicules (5): JEERS
60 Across: Reciprocally (8): INRETURN
61 Across: Bismarck-to-Grand Forks dir. (3): ENE
62 Across: Some acting awards (5): TONYS
63 Across: Decidedly eligible, in a way (4): ONEA
64 Across: Invoice abbr. (3): AMT
65 Across: Not seeing eye to eye (10): ATVARIANCE
68 Across: End of the main part of the Constitution (10): ARTICLEVII
71 Across: Flashed hand signal (3): VEE
72 Across: Canadian Indian (4): CREE
73 Across: Bit of a jam (5): SNARL
74 Across: "Either you do it ___ will" (3): ORI
75 Across: Often-dried fruit (8): APRICOTS
78 Across: Get-rich-quick scheme? (5): LOTTO
79 Across: Nix (6): SCOTCH
82 Across: Annual quartet (7): SEASONS
83 Across: ___ Bornes (classic card game) (5): MILLE
84 Across: Certain link (7): SAUSAGE
85 Across: 10 kilogauss (5): TESLA
86 Across: Sister ___, 1920s-'30s evangelist (5): AIMEE
87 Across: Noted ring family (4): ALIS
88 Across: Foreign one (3): EIN
89 Across: Electrical pioneer (15): ALESSANDROVOLTA
94 Across: Crib cry (3): WAH
97 Across: Mex. women (4): SRAS
98 Across: Bit of a jam (4): SNAG
99 Across: Valuable violin (5): STRAD
103 Across: "Zip-___-Doo-Dah" (4): ADEE
105 Across: Two-finger keyboard shortcut in Windows (6): ALTTAB
109 Across: Itinerary info (4): ETAS
111 Across: "Love ___" (4): MEDO
112 Across: Old country name from the Portuguese for "beautiful" (7): FORMOSA
114 Across: Common houseplant with colorful blooms (13): AFRICANVIOLET
117 Across: Competitor at a hippodrome (7): TROTTER
118 Across: Speaker of the line "He thinks too much: such men are dangerous" (6): CAESAR
119 Across: Store, as corn (6): ENSILE
120 Across: Kind of organ or overload (7): SENSORY
121 Across: Some of them are marching (6): ORDERS
122 Across: Got in the end (6): NETTED

Down Answers

1 Down: In-box contents (5): EMAIL
2 Down: Pickle (5): SOUSE
3 Down: Botulin, e.g. (5): TOXIN
4 Down: Record label for the Kinks and Pink (6): ARISTA
5 Down: Abbr. to the left of a number (3): TEL
6 Down: Falco of "The Sopranos" (4): EDIE
7 Down: Pardoned (7): FORGAVE
8 Down: Tom, Dick or Harry (6): ANYONE
9 Down: Part of the Pentateuch: Abbr. (3): LEV
10 Down: Alphabet quartet (4): CDEF
11 Down: No Mr. Nice Guy (4): OGRE
12 Down: Wyo. neighbor (4): NEBR
13 Down: Like Quito and La Paz (6): ANDEAN
14 Down: Place to see una ópera (6): TEATRO
15 Down: Wager (3): PUT
16 Down: Bibliographical abbr. (4): ETAL
17 Down: Greek with a storied life (5): AESOP
18 Down: Brunch serving (5): CREPE
19 Down: Word often preceded by poly- (5): ESTER
24 Down: Multitudes (6): ARMIES
29 Down: Bawl out (4): REAM
32 Down: Kind of surprise (7): OCTOBER
34 Down: Shiver-inducing stare (7): EVILEYE
36 Down: Shakespeare contemporary (5): PEELE
39 Down: Steadfast (4): TRUE
40 Down: Locker rooms often have them (5): ODORS
41 Down: Romeo's "two blushing pilgrims" (4): LIPS
42 Down: Bldg. directory listings (3): COS
43 Down: Microchannel (4): SLIT
44 Down: Narc's find (3): PCP
45 Down: Dickensian cry (3): BAH
46 Down: Some succulents (9): ALOEVERAS
50 Down: Brandy, for one (9): AQUAVITAE
51 Down: 1920s Olympic track gold medalist Paavo ___ (5): NURMI
52 Down: Tooth: Prefix (5): DENTI
54 Down: Yakutsk's river (4): LENA
55 Down: Parry (5): FENCE
56 Down: Newsman Roger (5): ONEIL
57 Down: Bric-a-___ (4): BRAC
59 Down: Intense hankering (5): JONES
60 Down: Setup, of a sort (5): INTRO
62 Down: Bakery display (5): TARTS
63 Down: Tub-thump (5): ORATE
65 Down: Sailor's cry (5): AVAST
66 Down: Portable home (5): TEPEE
67 Down: Desktop feature (4): ICON
68 Down: They come out of the head (7): ANTLERS
69 Down: One of Egypt's plagues (7): LOCUSTS
70 Down: Arrow shooter (4): EROS
73 Down: Like a shoe (5): SOLED
76 Down: Cancún, por ejemplo (4): ISLA
77 Down: Barbecue blocks (5): COALS
78 Down: Portray (4): LIMN
79 Down: Go easily (through) (4): SAIL
80 Down: Hi-tech special effects (3): CGI
81 Down: French ___ (3): HEN
83 Down: Actress Farrow (3): MIA
84 Down: "Just for the taste of it" or "Just do it" (6): SLOGAN
86 Down: ___ U.S. atty. (4): ASST
87 Down: Embodiments (7): AVATARS
90 Down: Golf pencil's lack (6): ERASER
91 Down: It might go up via an escalator (6): SALARY
92 Down: Like some garages (6): ONECAR
93 Down: No more than (6): ATMOST
94 Down: Drifts (5): WAFTS
95 Down: Not just esteem (5): ADORE
96 Down: "Great blue" creature (5): HERON
100 Down: On again (5): RELIT
101 Down: Singer with the multiplatinum albums "19" and "21" (5): ADELE
102 Down: Was sweet (on) (5): DOTED
104 Down: CPR pros (4): EMTS
106 Down: Crunchy munchie (4): TACO
107 Down: Beginning to cry? (4): AFAR
108 Down: Born's partner (4): BRED
110 Down: Cinematographer Nykvist (4): SVEN
113 Down: Oklahoma Indian (3): OTO
115 Down: Sussex suffix (3): ISE
116 Down: Like Haydn's Symphony No. 12 or 29 (3): INE

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