A WHIFF OF COLOGNE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 2/3/2013. By Dan Schoenholz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pop-___ (5): TARTS
6 Across: División of a house (4): SALA
10 Across: They may be running in a saloon (7): BARTABS
17 Across: Sun, in Verdun (6): SOLEIL
18 Across: Thin ice, e.g. (5): PERIL
19 Across: Survey (8): OVERVIEW
21 Across: Alternative to white (12): PUMPERNICKEL
23 Across: How overhead photos may be taken (8): AERIALLY
24 Across: "That's ___ excuse ..." (5): APOOR
25 Across: Like St. Louis vis-à-vis New Orleans (7): UPRIVER
27 Across: Name (3): DUB
28 Across: End to end? (3): DEE
29 Across: Torn (4): RENT
30 Across: Inexperienced (5): GREEN
31 Across: See 67-Across (5): YESON
33 Across: Kind of tape (4): DUCT
34 Across: "How I Met Your Mother" narrator (3): TED
35 Across: Put out (4): EMIT
36 Across: Who said "Familiarity breeds contempt - and children" (5): TWAIN
37 Across: Like Virginia among states to ratify the Constitution (5): TENTH
38 Across: Booth, e.g. (8): ASSASSIN
41 Across: Sphere (5): REALM
42 Across: Suit size: Abbr. (3): REG
43 Across: PC component (3): CPU
44 Across: Target of minor surgery (5): POLYP
45 Across: Dick ___, co-creator of "Saturday Night Live" (7): EBERSOL
49 Across: Tangle (5): SKEIN
51 Across: Either end of an edge, in graph theory (4): NODE
52 Across: Ph.D. hurdles (5): ORALS
54 Across: Diamond stat (3): RBI
55 Across: Worked the soil, in a way (6): SPADED
56 Across: "A Clockwork Orange" hooligan (4): ALEX
57 Across: Actress Loughlin of "90210" (4): LORI
58 Across: Soda fountain option (4): COLA
59 Across: Spritelike (6): ELFISH
60 Across: Skater Midori (3): ITO
61 Across: Cool (3): HIP
62 Across: Roosevelt's successor (6): TRUMAN
64 Across: Roosevelt's successor (4): TAFT
65 Across: Shade provider (4): EAVE
67 Across: With 31-Across, favor, as a ballot measure (4): VOTE
68 Across: 1952 Brando title role (6): ZAPATA
69 Across: Enzyme ending (3): ASE
70 Across: Fairbanks Daily News-___ (5): MINER
71 Across: Geraint's wife, in Arthurian legend (4): ENID
72 Across: European coin with a hole in it (5): KRONE
73 Across: Sex partner? (7): THECITY
75 Across: Fraternity member (5): GREEK
77 Across: Theologian's subj. (3): REL
78 Across: Actress Dennings of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (3): KAT
79 Across: Like many a fraternity party (5): BEERY
80 Across: Insect's opening for air (8): SPIRACLE
85 Across: Puppet of old TV (5): OLLIE
87 Across: French Champagne city (5): REIMS
88 Across: Make a call (4): RULE
89 Across: Mason's trough (3): HOD
90 Across: Noodle (4): BEAN
91 Across: Group of bright stars? (5): MENSA
92 Across: Baseball commissioner Bud (5): SELIG
93 Across: Homey (4): DAWG
94 Across: Bushel or barrel: Abbr. (3): AMT
95 Across: Chem ___ (3): LAB
96 Across: Potter's pedal (7): TREADLE
98 Across: Language related to Tahitian (5): MAORI
99 Across: Tousles (8): MUSSESUP
102 Across: Low grade? (12): KINDERGARTEN
104 Across: Noble rank (8): ARCHDUKE
105 Across: Playwright Joe who wrote "What the Butler Saw" (5): ORTON
106 Across: Tessellation (6): TILING
107 Across: Clipped (7): SHEARED
108 Across: Cool (4): NEAT
109 Across: Pass (5): ENACT

Down Answers

1 Down: Alternatives to comb-overs (7): TOUPEES
2 Down: Ingredients in some candy bars (7): ALMONDS
3 Down: Move, as a plant (5): REPOT
4 Down: Level (4): TIER
5 Down: Camera type, briefly (3): SLR
6 Down: Hidden (6): SECRET
7 Down: Alan of "Argo" (5): ARKIN
8 Down: Schreiber who won a Tony for "Glengarry Glen Ross" (4): LIEV
9 Down: Place for a Dumpster (8): ALLEYWAY
10 Down: Vaudeville singer's prop (3): BOA
11 Down: "In the American West" photographer (6): AVEDON
12 Down: Show over (5): RERUN
13 Down: Old New York paper, for short (4): TRIB
14 Down: Actress Gardner (3): AVA
15 Down: Novel that focuses on character growth (13): BILDUNGSROMAN
16 Down: High-quality (6): SELECT
17 Down: Peloponnesian War winner (6): SPARTA
18 Down: Import, as water or music (6): PIPEIN
20 Down: "Christina's World" painter Andrew (5): WYETH
22 Down: Paavo ___, 1920s Finnish Olympic hero (5): NURMI
26 Down: Practical approach to diplomacy (11): REALPOLITIK
30 Down: It's a blessing (10): GESUNDHEIT
32 Down: Customizable character in a computer game (3): SIM
33 Down: Cougar's prey (4): DEER
36 Down: E-mail forerunner (5): TELEX
37 Down: Los ___ mosqueteros (4): TRES
39 Down: Confident test-taker's cry (6): ACEDIT
40 Down: Some "Bourne" film characters (5): SPIES
41 Down: Ring event (5): RODEO
44 Down: Rapper? (11): POLTERGEIST
45 Down: Inner ___ (3): EAR
46 Down: Forceful advance (10): BLITZKRIEG
47 Down: Depressed at the poles (6): OBLATE
48 Down: Jungle vine (5): LIANA
49 Down: Big media to-do (6): SPLASH
50 Down: Informal social gathering (13): KAFFEEKLATSCH
51 Down: Inexperienced (5): NAIVE
53 Down: Caught at a 41-Down (5): ROPED
55 Down: Went after (5): SETAT
58 Down: St. Peter's Basilica feature (6): CUPOLA
61 Down: Snookums (5): HONEY
63 Down: More pink, maybe (5): RARER
66 Down: All's partner (3): ANY
67 Down: Goes off on a tangent (5): VEERS
70 Down: Small bit (4): MITE
74 Down: Mark of ___ (4): CAIN
76 Down: Discuss lightly (8): REMARKON
79 Down: Big ___ (3): BEN
80 Down: Ill-humored (6): SULLEN
81 Down: ___ set (tool assortment) (5): PLIER
82 Down: Jumbled (7): CHAOTIC
83 Down: Cheap, as housing (7): LOWRENT
84 Down: Trim (6): EDGING
85 Down: Time's second African-American Person of the Year (5): OBAMA
86 Down: Primates with tails (6): LEMURS
87 Down: Scold (6): REBUKE
88 Down: Mark of a rifle's laser sight (6): REDDOT
91 Down: Conductor Kurt (5): MASUR
92 Down: Present-day personality? (5): SANTA
93 Down: Alfalfa's love in "The Little Rascals" (5): DARLA
95 Down: Mother of Castor and Pollux (4): LEDA
97 Down: Gaelic ground (4): EIRE
98 Down: Principal (4): MAIN
100 Down: Word missing twice in the Beatles' "___ Said ___ Said" (3): SHE
101 Down: One on foot, informally (3): PED
103 Down: Verizon forerunner (3): GTE

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