IT'S ALL RELATIVE - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/26/2014. By Daniel A. Finan.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Apply quickly (6)
- SLAPON
- 7 Across: Wall ___ (6)
- STREET
- 13 Across: Gringos' land (7)
- ELNORTE
- 20 Across: Place with wheels and deals (6)
- CASINO
- 21 Across: Summit planner (6)
- SHERPA
- 22 Across: Worse (7)
- LOUSIER
- 23 Across: Woodworking tool (6)
- RIPSAW
- 24 Across: Untrustworthy sort (6)
- WEASEL
- 25 Across: What players do at the start of a game of tag (7)
- SCATTER
- 26 Across: Some bling (3)
- ICE
- 27 Across: One for the "no" column (3)
- NAY
- 29 Across: Most Cypriots, ethnically (6)
- GREEKS
- 31 Across: Massages (6)
- KNEADS
- 32 Across: Like some eagles and tires (4)
- BALD
- 34 Across: Li'l Abner's surname (5)
- YOKUM
- 36 Across: Company with the Havoline brand (6)
- TEXACO
- 38 Across: Notre dame, e.g. (4)
- ELLE
- 39 Across: Valdez of coffee advertising (4)
- JUAN
- 40 Across: Period of the Cenozoic Era (7)
- NEOGENE
- 42 Across: Language suffix (3)
- ESE
- 45 Across: Servings of mashed potatoes, e.g. (5)
- GLOBS
- 47 Across: Writer Kipling (7)
- RUDYARD
- 48 Across: Let go (4)
- AXED
- 49 Across: Cynic Bierce who once defined "alone" as "in bad company" (7)
- AMBROSE
- 52 Across: Swear off (5)
- FORGO
- 53 Across: Potentially dangerous (7)
- SKETCHY
- 55 Across: Sapling (7)
- TREELET
- 56 Across: Relax (6)
- EASEUP
- 58 Across: Goes in (6)
- ENTERS
- 59 Across: Stairway post (5)
- NEWEL
- 60 Across: Twinkie filler (5)
- CREME
- 62 Across: "Back to the Future" villains (7)
- LIBYANS
- 64 Across: Amo : I love :: ___ : I hate (3)
- ODI
- 65 Across: "The Merry Drinker" painter (4)
- HALS
- 66 Across: Pop singer Del Rey (4)
- LANA
- 67 Across: In need of a lift (3)
- SAD
- 70 Across: "Adoration" subjects in a Leonardo painting (7)
- THEMAGI
- 74 Across: Maine college (5)
- BATES
- 75 Across: Irish county and seaport (5)
- SLIGO
- 77 Across: Have troops in (6)
- OCCUPY
- 79 Across: [What a bore] (6)
- SNOOZE
- 81 Across: Martin Sheen's real family name (7)
- ESTEVEZ
- 83 Across: Tops off? (7)
- BEHEADS
- 85 Across: Pam of "Jackie Brown" (5)
- GRIER
- 86 Across: Takeout choice (7)
- CHINESE
- 87 Across: All riled up (4)
- IRED
- 88 Across: Part of London where Eliza Doolittle is from (7)
- EASTEND
- 90 Across: One side of an 1899-1902 war (5)
- BOERS
- 91 Across: Smidgen (3)
- TAD
- 92 Across: Source of ivory (7)
- WARTHOG
- 93 Across: Uzbekistan's ___ Sea (4)
- ARAL
- 94 Across: About a quarter of the population of Sicily lives on its slopes (4)
- ETNA
- 98 Across: Title girl in a Chuck Berry hit (6)
- NADINE
- 99 Across: Make enforceable (5)
- ENACT
- 100 Across: Opportunity (4)
- SHOT
- 101 Across: Learn well (6)
- ABSORB
- 104 Across: Take blows for (6)
- SHIELD
- 107 Across: A line in an A-line? (3)
- HEM
- 109 Across: Punk offshoot (3)
- EMO
- 110 Across: Be supported by (7)
- STANDON
- 112 Across: Movie director who was himself the subject of a 1994 movie (6)
- EDWOOD
- 114 Across: Gold-medal gymnast Mary Lou (6)
- RETTON
- 116 Across: Powell's successor on the Supreme Court (7)
- KENNEDY
- 117 Across: Some starting help (6)
- ALEGUP
- 118 Across: "Keep going!" (6)
- ENCORE
- 119 Across: Love to hate? (7)
- ANTONYM
- 120 Across: Canon parts (6)
- TENETS
- 121 Across: On the receiving end of a Dear John letter (6)
- DUMPED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Writer of old (6)
- SCRIBE
- 2 Down: Secular (6)
- LAICAL
- 3 Down: See 51-Down (6)
- ASPELL
- 4 Down: Gumshoes (3)
- PIS
- 5 Down: ___ empty stomach (4)
- ONAN
- 6 Down: 73-Down, relatively (9)
- NOWAYJOSE
- 7 Down: Denver-to-Albuquerque dir. (3)
- SSW
- 8 Down: See 52-Down (6)
- THEGUN
- 9 Down: Break a peace treaty, say (5)
- REARM
- 10 Down: Gaelic tongue (4)
- ERSE
- 11 Down: Lunging sport (4)
- EPEE
- 12 Down: 93-Down, relatively (14)
- TALKTOYOULATER
- 13 Down: Lines to Wrigley Field (3)
- ELS
- 14 Down: See 82-Down (10)
- LOCKANDKEY
- 15 Down: Fine point (6)
- NUANCE
- 16 Down: Bone: Prefix (5)
- OSTEO
- 17 Down: Moreno of "West Side Story" (4)
- RITA
- 18 Down: Ticked (off) (4)
- TEED
- 19 Down: Goofs (4)
- ERRS
- 28 Down: "Yessiree!" (9)
- YOUBETCHA
- 30 Down: Dreamcast maker (4)
- SEGA
- 33 Down: Résumé datum (6)
- DEGREE
- 35 Down: ___ in kangaroo (3)
- KAS
- 37 Down: Boomers' kids (4)
- XERS
- 40 Down: Sip on (5)
- NURSE
- 41 Down: Limit (4)
- EDGE
- 42 Down: 95-Down, relatively (9)
- EXCESSIVE
- 43 Down: "___ gut" (4)
- SEHR
- 44 Down: Breyers alternative (4)
- EDYS
- 46 Down: Rest in a hammock, say (4)
- LOLL
- 47 Down: Wanders (5)
- ROAMS
- 48 Down: Abbr. at the start of a memo (4)
- ATTN
- 49 Down: He's 2, for one (4)
- ATNO
- 50 Down: He "will never speak unless he has something to say," in a song (4)
- MRED
- 51 Down: 3-Down, relatively (9)
- BEWITCHED
- 52 Down: 8-Down, relatively (14)
- FEELINGTHEHEAT
- 54 Down: "Bambi" doe (3)
- ENA
- 57 Down: Air freshener scent (4)
- PINE
- 61 Down: Cleaner's supply (4)
- RAGS
- 63 Down: One who might yell "Go home!" (9)
- BASECOACH
- 66 Down: Rested in a hammock, say (5)
- LAZED
- 68 Down: Gets up there (4)
- AGES
- 69 Down: Nap (4)
- DOZE
- 71 Down: Taking a certain tone (4)
- HUED
- 72 Down: Fuel economy authority, for short (3)
- EPA
- 73 Down: See 6-Down (10)
- MYDEADBODY
- 74 Down: Cartoon sound (5)
- BOING
- 75 Down: Hubbub (4)
- STIR
- 76 Down: Macros, e.g. (6)
- LENSES
- 77 Down: Words of remembrance, briefly (4)
- OBIT
- 78 Down: Michael of "Arrested Development" (4)
- CERA
- 80 Down: McFlurry flavor (4)
- OREO
- 82 Down: 14-Down, relatively (9)
- SHELTERED
- 84 Down: Indian wrap (4)
- SARI
- 89 Down: Depots: Abbr. (4)
- STNS
- 90 Down: Built-in part of a tank top, maybe (3)
- BRA
- 92 Down: Block party? (6)
- WARDEN
- 93 Down: See 12-Down (6)
- ANDOUT
- 95 Down: See 42-Down (6)
- THETOP
- 96 Down: "Make it stop!" (6)
- NOMORE
- 97 Down: Observed Yom Kippur (6)
- ATONED
- 98 Down: Italian grandpa (5)
- NONNO
- 99 Down: Funeral delivery of old (5)
- ELOGE
- 101 Down: "___ stupid question ..." (4)
- ASKA
- 102 Down: Vitamin a.k.a. para-aminobenzoic acid (4)
- BTEN
- 103 Down: Director Gus Van ___ (4)
- SANT
- 105 Down: In a hammock, maybe (4)
- IDLE
- 106 Down: Gershwin biographer David (4)
- EWEN
- 108 Down: Many a Yelp link (4)
- MENU
- 111 Down: Big Apple N.L. team (3)
- NYM
- 113 Down: Fielding feats: Abbr. (3)
- DPS
- 115 Down: Cable inits. for a cinephile (3)
- TCM
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