MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 5/26/2013. By Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Friends in a pub (5): MATES
6 Across: Openly disdain (7): SNEERAT
13 Across: Baroque French dance (7): GAVOTTE
20 Across: Cognizant (5): AWARE
21 Across: Relaxing soak (7): HOTBATH
22 Across: Alma mater of Eli Manning (7): OLEMISS
23 Across: TV movie about ... where I can easily get a cab? (13): TAXISTANDBYME
25 Across: "I'm not kidding" (7): SERIOUS
26 Across: Mind-numbing (8): TIRESOME
27 Across: Kind of pressure involved in water filtration (7): OSMOTIC
29 Across: French word with two accents (3): ETE
30 Across: ... where to go in Togo? (16): OUTHOUSEOFAFRICA
37 Across: Home run pace (4): TROT
40 Across: Arriviste (7): UPSTART
41 Across: Greek vowels (5): IOTAS
42 Across: Network with the slogan "Not Reality. Actuality" (5): TRUTV
44 Across: "Me and Bobby ___" (posthumous Janis Joplin #1) (5): MCGEE
46 Across: Pants measure (6): LENGTH
47 Across: ... a Hispanic "hip hip hooray"? (17): THREECHEERSAMIGOS
53 Across: Cousin ___ (3): ITT
54 Across: Nikkei unit (3): YEN
55 Across: Epitome of thinness (5): RAZOR
56 Across: Greet silently (5): NODAT
57 Across: Janis's cartoon husband (4): ARLO
58 Across: NBC newsman Holt (6): LESTER
60 Across: Step (5): STAIR
61 Across: Specter of the Senate, once (5): ARLEN
62 Across: ... trying to get a friar to violate his vow of silence? (15): SAYANYTHINGMONK
68 Across: Trade talk (5): ARGOT
71 Across: Soak (5): GOUGE
72 Across: Farfalle and orzo (6): PASTAS
76 Across: Old French line (4): ROIS
77 Across: Comment that might get the response "de rien" (5): MERCI
78 Across: Follower of Las Vegas or New York (5): STRIP
81 Across: Back (3): AGO
82 Across: Livy's "I love" (3): AMO
83 Across: ... a singing group that meets for bacon and eggs? (17): BREAKFASTGLEECLUB
87 Across: Bursts (in) (6): BARGES
89 Across: Russians, e.g. (5): SLAVS
90 Across: "Stoutly-built" Dickens villain (5): SIKES
91 Across: Concave object of reflection? (5): INNIE
92 Across: Not mixing well? (7): ASOCIAL
96 Across: School orgs. (4): PTAS
97 Across: ... Skywalker's trendy hygiene products? (16): COOLHANDSOAPLUKE
101 Across: Boxer, e.g., in brief (3): DEM
104 Across: Drinks served in flutes (7): MIMOSAS
105 Across: Parliament constituent? (8): NICOTINE
108 Across: "How touching" (7): IMMOVED
111 Across: ... giving a pipsqueak the brush-off? (13): GETLOSTSHORTY
115 Across: Yasir Arafat, by birth (7): CAIRENE
116 Across: State symbol of Massachusetts (7): ELMTREE
117 Across: Archbishop of Canterbury's headdress (5): MITRE
118 Across: Fabulously rich ancient king (7): CROESUS
119 Across: White Castle offerings (7): SLIDERS
120 Across: Comparatively foxy (5): SLYER

Down Answers

1 Down: Lacking shine (5): MATTE
2 Down: Expect (5): AWAIT
3 Down: Ones going to Washington? (10): TAXRETURNS
4 Down: Pennsylvania's Flagship City (4): ERIE
5 Down: Mtg. (4): SESS
6 Down: Whale of an exhibition (5): SHAMU
7 Down: Miles Davis ___ (cool jazz group) (5): NONET
8 Down: Fig. on a terminal monitor (3): ETD
9 Down: Die down (3): EBB
10 Down: With 69-Down, 1990s-2000s sitcom star (3): RAY
11 Down: Tops (6): ATMOST
12 Down: Santiago's milieu in a Hemingway novel (6): THESEA
13 Down: Become lenient (6): GOSOFT
14 Down: Prince Valiant's love (5): ALETA
15 Down: Checks out (8): VERIFIES
16 Down: Original opening to Homer's "Odyssey"? (7): OMICRON
17 Down: Hermano del padre o de la madre (3): TIO
18 Down: The Tigers of the Ohio Valley Conf. (3): TSU
19 Down: Ogee's shape (3): ESS
24 Down: Binge (4): TOOT
28 Down: Neighbor of Alg. (3): MOR
31 Down: Even more vast (5): HUGER
32 Down: Phone abbr. (4): OPER
33 Down: Exploits (4): USES
34 Down: Nickname for Clara Bow (6): ITGIRL
35 Down: Jerseys and such (6): CATTLE
36 Down: Actor Kutcher (6): ASHTON
38 Down: Numbered rd. (3): RTE
39 Down: Binge (7): OVEREAT
42 Down: Texter's ta-ta (4): TTYL
43 Down: Syngman of South Korea (4): RHEE
44 Down: VHF unit (3): MHZ
45 Down: Jobs's job, once (3): CEO
46 Down: You might choose something by it (3): LOT
48 Down: Grant for filmmaking? (4): CARY
49 Down: Start to matter? (4): ANTI
50 Down: Bellyache (4): MOAN
51 Down: "Gotcha, man" (4): IDIG
52 Down: Hellhound of Norse mythology (4): GARM
57 Down: Torah holders (4): ARKS
59 Down: General ___ chicken (4): TSOS
60 Down: ___-goat (3): SHE
61 Down: Standard part of a limerick (7): ANAPEST
63 Down: James who died three years before winning a Pulitzer (4): AGEE
64 Down: "A Doll's House" wife (4): NORA
65 Down: "Do not like" (4): YUCK
66 Down: Worker's weekend whoop (4): TGIF
67 Down: Anthony's partner in radio (4): OPIE
68 Down: Language from which "cotton" and "candy" are derived (6): ARABIC
69 Down: See 10-Down (6): ROMANO
70 Down: Day, to da Vinci (6): GIORNO
73 Down: Has an adult conversation? (10): TALKSDIRTY
74 Down: Feverish fit (4): AGUE
75 Down: Doesn't just tear up (4): SOBS
77 Down: ___ Piggle-Wiggle (children's character) (3): MRS
78 Down: Engine problem (5): STALL
79 Down: French high-speed rail inits. (3): TGV
80 Down: Literary inits. (3): RLS
83 Down: Retro dos (8): BEEHIVES
84 Down: Where the world's 100 tallest mountains are found (4): ASIA
85 Down: It's an affront (4): SLAP
86 Down: "Homeland" org. (3): CIA
88 Down: Basketball Hall-of-Famer Artis (7): GILMORE
92 Down: Positive ends (6): ANODES
93 Down: '60s activist org. (3): SDS
94 Down: Oklahoma Indians (6): OSAGES
95 Down: "I Never Played the Game" memoirist (6): COSELL
96 Down: Prominent beefcake features (4): PECS
98 Down: "I'd like to see ___" (5): AMENU
99 Down: Surname appearing nine times in a list of Indy 500 winners (5): UNSER
100 Down: Long-tailed beach fliers (5): KITES
102 Down: ___ nous (5): ENTRE
103 Down: Urban ___, 2004 and 2012 undefeated college football coach (5): MEYER
106 Down: ___ law (4): OHMS
107 Down: Sweat (4): TOIL
108 Down: Former railroad regulatory agcy. (3): ICC
109 Down: Blemish (3): MAR
110 Down: Italian mine? (3): MIO
112 Down: "I did NOT need to hear that" (3): TMI
113 Down: Former Ford model (3): LTD
114 Down: Cinnabar, e.g. (3): ORE

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