WISECRACKS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 5/20/2012. By Alan Arbesfeld.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Course preparer (4): CHEF
5 Across: Close shave (6): SCRAPE
11 Across: John Lennon song that ends "I love you, yeah, yeah, now and forever" (5): WOMAN
16 Across: Deck (out) (3): TOG
19 Across: Tops (4): AONE
20 Across: Like some church matters (6): LAICAL
21 Across: Monster slain by Hercules (5): HYDRA
22 Across: Lead-in to meter (3): ODO
23 Across: Chocolat, say? (17): TREATOFVERSAILLES
26 Across: Shorten, with "off" (3): LOP
27 Across: In the limelight (7): ONSTAGE
28 Across: HBO competitor (5): STARZ
29 Across: Emphatic denial (7): ISAIDNO
31 Across: Home to the Minutemen, informally (5): UMASS
33 Across: When repeated, an old New Orleans tune (3): IKO
35 Across: Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech (4): SANS
36 Across: Polyester fabric (6): DACRON
39 Across: Macho drag queen? (14): ASTUDINSCARLET
46 Across: Shield border (4): ORLE
47 Across: Make, as a copy of a CD (4): BURN
48 Across: Stop on a line (5): DEPOT
49 Across: Dockworkers' org. (3): ILA
50 Across: Like literary classics? (11): GOODANDREAD
54 Across: Call to the bar? (8): BEERBELL
56 Across: Weirdo (3): NUT
57 Across: Earth goddess (4): GAEA
58 Across: Bobby who sang "Take Good Care of My Baby" (3): VEE
60 Across: Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss (5): ADDIE
61 Across: Unsurprisingly (7): ASUSUAL
63 Across: Skinny? (6): DERMAL
65 Across: Discreet signal (3): NOD
68 Across: Like a centaur? (10): PARTANIMAL
70 Across: "Don't let that youngster get off without paying!"? (10): BILLTHEKID
75 Across: Rural setting (3): LEA
76 Across: Had way too much of (6): ODEDON
78 Across: Words from a con man (7): TRUSTME
79 Across: Given a number, maybe (5): RATED
83 Across: Flushed (3): RED
84 Across: Baseball's strikeout king (4): RYAN
85 Across: Go (for) (3): OPT
86 Across: Unbiased account? (8): FAIRTALE
89 Across: Announcement made by a transplant surgeon, perhaps? (11): LIVERSTABLE
92 Across: British isle (3): AIT
93 Across: Allan-___ (figure in the Robin Hood legend) (5): ADALE
95 Across: Omelette ingredient (4): OEUF
96 Across: Middling grades (4): CEES
97 Across: Stigmatize a "great" king? (14): BRANDALEXANDER
100 Across: Hankering (6): THIRST
102 Across: Salon selection (4): UPDO
103 Across: Twin killings, on a diamond: Abbr. (3): DPS
104 Across: Went off course (5): YAWED
106 Across: Part of the inn crowd? (7): LODGERS
110 Across: Access requirement, maybe (5): LOGIN
114 Across: Old-fashioned ingredient (7): BITTERS
118 Across: Big collection agcy. (3): IRS
119 Across: Two reasons to avoid a dog kennel? (17): THESOUNDANDTHEFUR
122 Across: Apt name for a 1-Across? (3): STU
123 Across: Unenthusiastic (5): TEPID
124 Across: Maximum (6): ALLOUT
125 Across: Bar mixer (4): SODA
126 Across: Rx amt. (3): TSP
127 Across: Wonderland message (5): EATME
128 Across: "Are you kidding me?" (6): REALLY
129 Across: Ocho minus cinco (4): TRES

Down Answers

1 Down: Roman censor (4): CATO
2 Down: Game ender, at times (4): HORN
3 Down: Chemical endings (4): ENES
4 Down: Given prominence (8): FEATURED
5 Down: "A diamond is forever," e.g. (6): SLOGAN
6 Down: Saint-Germain-des-Prés sights (5): CAFES
7 Down: Ohio or Colorado: Abbr. (3): RIV
8 Down: Some tennis winners (4): ACES
9 Down: Head line? (4): PART
10 Down: Lanchester on the screen (4): ELSA
11 Down: Little genius (7): WHIZKID
12 Down: Olive ___ (3): OYL
13 Down: Mid 16th-century year (4): MDLI
14 Down: God with a shield (4): ARES
15 Down: Launch party? (4): NASA
16 Down: Was duplicitous (8): TOLDALIE
17 Down: Former co-host of "The View" (8): ODONNELL
18 Down: Lose it (8): GOPOSTAL
24 Down: ___-shanter (4): TAMO
25 Down: Of no interest (4): ARID
30 Down: See 32-Down: Abbr. (3): ISR
32 Down: Native of 30-Down (5): SABRA
34 Down: It's solid yellow (7): ONEBALL
36 Down: Take a peke? (6): DOGNAP
37 Down: Excitement (7): AROUSAL
38 Down: Debate ender (7): CLOTURE
40 Down: Do more than threaten, say (3): SUE
41 Down: Pilgrim (8): TRAVELER
42 Down: Anesthetized (5): UNDER
43 Down: Tore (4): SPED
44 Down: Like some dorms (4): COED
45 Down: Title town of a Longfellow poem (4): ATRI
51 Down: Chihuahua drink (4): AGUA
52 Down: Tandoor-baked bread (4): NAAN
53 Down: Where heroes are made (4): DELI
55 Down: Elaine of "Seinfeld" (5): BENES
59 Down: Represented (8): EMBODIED
62 Down: Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James (5): STARR
63 Down: Many a Little League coach (3): DAD
64 Down: River to the Rhône (3): AIN
66 Down: When many German steins are lifted (7): OKTOBER
67 Down: They get bigger when you smile (7): DIMPLES
69 Down: Hit the runway (7): MODELED
71 Down: Astronomical distance: Abbr. (4): LTYR
72 Down: Refrain syllables (4): TRAS
73 Down: Easter activity (4): HUNT
74 Down: Abhor (6): DETEST
77 Down: Actor Alain (5): DELON
80 Down: Barely (4): ATAD
81 Down: "I did it!" (4): TADA
82 Down: It's grounded every Saturday (4): ELAL
84 Down: Prepare, as some Mexican-style beans (5): REFRY
86 Down: Aesop, notably (8): FABULIST
87 Down: Places for gates (8): AIRPORTS
88 Down: "That makes sense" (8): ITADDSUP
90 Down: Saturn S.U.V. (3): VUE
91 Down: Conclusive trial (8): ACIDTEST
94 Down: Lose it (7): EXPLODE
98 Down: Holiday quaff (3): NOG
99 Down: Not worth ___ (4): ASOU
100 Down: Singer of the 1958 #1 hit "It's Only Make Believe" (6): TWITTY
101 Down: The first "H" in Hanukkah (4): HETH
105 Down: Former TV judge (5): ABDUL
107 Down: Suffix with cigar (4): ETTE
108 Down: Cousin of an ostrich (4): RHEA
109 Down: Back-to-sch. time (4): SEPT
111 Down: Growl (4): GNAR
112 Down: Sitting on one's hands (4): IDLE
113 Down: Simba's mate (4): NALA
115 Down: ___ effort (4): EFOR
116 Down: Tactless (4): RUDE
117 Down: Mmes., over the border (4): SRAS
120 Down: Actor Alastair (3): SIM
121 Down: Cambodia's Lon ___ (3): NOL

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