CAPITAL L'S - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 8/25/2013. By Victor Barocas.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Item whose name is derived from the Latin "aquarius" (4)
- EWER
- 5 Across: Auto parts giant (4)
- NAPA
- 9 Across: Pot user, maybe (5)
- EELER
- 14 Across: Peyote and saguaro (5)
- CACTI
- 19 Across: Rossini's William Tell and others (9)
- BARITONES
- 21 Across: Lump in one's throat (5)
- UVULA
- 22 Across: First acrylic fiber (5)
- ORLON
- 23 Across: Superlative for Sirius (9)
- BRIGHTEST
- 24 Across: Rush job? (11)
- ROCKCONCERT
- 26 Across: Home security system component (6)
- SENSOR
- 27 Across: Big kahunas (6)
- TOPDOGS
- 29 Across: Stationery item: Abbr. (3)
- ENV
- 30 Across: Had (3)
- ATE
- 31 Across: Log (6)
- RECORD
- 33 Across: Abbr. on a lawyer's stationery (3)
- ESQ
- 35 Across: Censure (6)
- DENOUNCE
- 37 Across: Berry used to make gin (6)
- JUNIPER
- 40 Across: They have pluses and minuses (4)
- IONS
- 42 Across: In ___ (5)
- UTERO
- 44 Across: ___-pedi (4)
- MANI
- 45 Across: Medicine label info (6)
- DOSAGE
- 47 Across: Putting out on an anniversary, maybe (9)
- REISSUING
- 51 Across: Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights," for one (8)
- TRIPTYCH
- 53 Across: Lustrous fabric (6)
- SATEEN
- 55 Across: Provide with a quality (5)
- ENDUE
- 56 Across: Daisylike bloom (5)
- ASTER
- 57 Across: Massive ref. (3)
- OED
- 59 Across: Maze explorer (6)
- LABRAT
- 61 Across: Turn over (4)
- CEDE
- 62 Across: Disencumber (3)
- RID
- 64 Across: Not beat (6)
- LOSETO
- 66 Across: Collapses (7)
- CAVESIN
- 68 Across: Drain (3)
- SAP
- 71 Across: White-suited "Dukes of Hazzard" villain (6)
- BOSSHOGG
- 73 Across: Spartan (6)
- AUSTERE
- 75 Across: ___ Party (3)
- TEA
- 76 Across: Some bio majors (7)
- PREMEDS
- 78 Across: Fails to (6)
- DOESNT
- 80 Across: Court judgment (3)
- LET
- 82 Across: Barrett of gossip (4)
- RONA
- 83 Across: "Phooey!" (6)
- OHDARN
- 85 Across: ___ Moines (3)
- DES
- 87 Across: Mentions (5)
- CITES
- 91 Across: Apple line (5)
- IMACS
- 93 Across: Experience you might want to forget (6)
- ORDEAL
- 95 Across: Guaranteed (8)
- RISKFREE
- 97 Across: Darwin stopping point, with "the" (9)
- GALAPAGOS
- 99 Across: Founder of the Missionaries of Charity (6)
- TERESA
- 101 Across: Epitome of cool, with "the" (4)
- FONZ
- 102 Across: Lead singer on "Octopus's Garden" (5)
- RINGO
- 103 Across: Singer Peniston (4)
- CECE
- 104 Across: Einstein and Camus (6)
- ALBERTS
- 106 Across: Hint-giving columnist (6)
- HELOISE
- 109 Across: Three, for a short hole (3)
- PAR
- 111 Across: Postwar prime minister (6)
- ATTLEE
- 113 Across: Simpson case judge (3)
- ITO
- 114 Across: 11th-century hero, with "El" (3)
- CID
- 116 Across: Religious art figures (6)
- PIETAS
- 118 Across: Country crooner Randy (6)
- TRAVIS
- 123 Across: Emergency Broadcast System opening (11)
- THISISATEST
- 126 Across: Kind of treatment (9)
- INPATIENT
- 128 Across: Still goopy, as concrete (5)
- UNSET
- 129 Across: Poet/dramatist Federico García ___ (5)
- LORCA
- 130 Across: Pixar movie between "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" (9)
- ABUGSLIFE
- 131 Across: Verse-writing (5)
- POESY
- 132 Across: Jerks (5)
- YOYOS
- 133 Across: Some screens, for short (4)
- LCDS
- 134 Across: Glacial (4)
- SLOW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Goes down (4)
- EBBS
- 2 Down: Suffix with hard or soft (4)
- WARE
- 3 Down: Girl's name that's also a place name (4)
- ERIN
- 4 Down: Semis (4)
- RIGS
- 5 Down: Unprepared (8)
- NOTREADY
- 6 Down: Hydrocarbon suffix (3)
- ANE
- 7 Down: Basil sauce (5)
- PESTO
- 8 Down: One end of New York's Triborough Bridge (7)
- ASTORIA
- 9 Down: Cry of epiphany (4)
- EUREKA
- 10 Down: Suggests (6)
- EVOKES
- 11 Down: Director George (5)
- LUCAS
- 12 Down: Bull or cow (3)
- ELK
- 13 Down: Tear (4)
- RACE
- 14 Down: Nike rival (8)
- CONVERSE
- 15 Down: Parenthesis shape (3)
- ARC
- 16 Down: Butcher's tool (5)
- CLEAVER
- 17 Down: Layered dessert (5)
- TORTE
- 18 Down: Head of state? (5)
- INTER
- 20 Down: He wrote "It is life near the bone where it is sweetest" (5)
- THOREAU
- 25 Down: French waves (5)
- ONDES
- 32 Down: Kaley of "The Big Bang Theory" (5)
- CUOCO
- 34 Down: Eccentric (5)
- QUEER
- 37 Down: Pantry lineup (4)
- JARS
- 38 Down: Squad, e.g. (4)
- UNIT
- 41 Down: Author Zora ___ Hurston (5)
- NEALE
- 43 Down: Athlete's foot treatment (6)
- TINACTIN
- 44 Down: Where Charlie may ride forever, in song (3)
- MTA
- 46 Down: Connecticut city (5)
- SHELTON
- 47 Down: Carom (7)
- REBOUND
- 48 Down: Words of explanation (5)
- IDEST
- 49 Down: Blue flick (5)
- NUDIE
- 50 Down: Hollywood's Davis (5)
- GEENA
- 52 Down: Crow, e.g. (5)
- TRIBE
- 54 Down: Byes (5)
- TATAS
- 58 Down: Thingamabobs (7)
- DOODADS
- 60 Down: Cow's fly swatter (4)
- TAIL
- 63 Down: Dummy (4)
- DODO
- 65 Down: Bad thing for a roommate to do (5)
- SNORE
- 67 Down: Sweater option (5)
- VNECK
- 68 Down: Rosemary piece (5)
- SPRIG
- 69 Down: Rosemary feature (5)
- AROMA
- 70 Down: Like some codes (5)
- PENAL
- 77 Down: 1990s craze (6)
- MACARENA
- 79 Down: Related on the mother's side (5)
- ENATE
- 81 Down: Renowned jeweler (5)
- TIFFANY
- 84 Down: Sag (5)
- DROOP
- 86 Down: Rug fiber (5)
- SISAL
- 88 Down: Jeff Bridges sci-fi classic (4)
- TRON
- 89 Down: Start of a count-off (4)
- EENY
- 90 Down: "___ who?" (3)
- SEZ
- 92 Down: TV show on which Charlie Sheen replaced Michael J. Fox (8)
- SPINCITY
- 94 Down: Best-selling author who once worked for Britain's MI6 (5)
- LECARRE
- 96 Down: Markdown markers (8)
- SALETAGS
- 98 Down: Author Nin (5)
- ANAIS
- 100 Down: New DNA evidence may lead to one (7)
- RETRIAL
- 103 Down: It's been shortening for over 100 years (6)
- CRISCO
- 106 Down: Ask for money (5)
- HITUP
- 107 Down: Prefix with musicology (5)
- ETHNO
- 110 Down: Imitation (5)
- APERY
- 112 Down: Year the emperor Claudius was born (5)
- TENBC
- 115 Down: 1991 P.G.A. champion John (4)
- DALY
- 119 Down: Is unwell (4)
- AILS
- 120 Down: Obscure (4)
- VEIL
- 121 Down: Skinny (4)
- INFO
- 122 Down: Fuss (4)
- STEW
- 124 Down: French possessive (3)
- SES
- 125 Down: "___ cool!" (3)
- TOO
- 127 Down: British dessert, for short (3)
- PUD
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