TOIL AND TROUBLE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/2/2014. By Dick Shlakman and Jeff Chen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Turns left (4): HAWS
5 Across: Ogles offensively (7): LEERSAT
12 Across: One for the money? (4): UNUM
16 Across: Actors Ken and Lena (5): OLINS
18 Across: Gettable (7): INREACH
19 Across: ___ Foods (5): WHOLE
20 Across: Cash in (6): REDEEM
22 Across: Tiny tunneler (7): TERMITE
23 Across: Big gun (6): KAHUNA
24 Across: Ones doing aerobics (10): EXERCISERS
26 Across: Popular British band named after the villain in "Barbarella" (10): DURANDURAN
28 Across: Sinister señor (9): BANDOLERO
29 Across: Lacoste offering (9): POLOSHIRT
30 Across: Soul maker (3): KIA
31 Across: Channel showing old Hollywood hits (3): TCM
34 Across: Disposables maker (3): BIC
35 Across: Modus operandi (3): HOW
38 Across: Kind of accounting (4): COST
39 Across: Bistro glassful (3): EAU
40 Across: Sturdy ones (4): OAKS
42 Across: Org. using X-rays (3): TSA
45 Across: Equally, say (6): INHALF
47 Across: Tangled (7): INAKNOT
50 Across: Legit (6): KOSHER
52 Across: Words before and after "my lads" in the United States Merchant Marine anthem (7): HEAVEHO
54 Across: ___ acid (5): OLEIC
55 Across: Sides are often alongside them (7): ENTREES
56 Across: Entry fee? (4): ANTE
57 Across: "Don't look now ..." (4): UHOH
59 Across: Bell or shell preceder (4): TACO
61 Across: Regarding (4): ASTO
62 Across: Super Bowl successes, for short (3): TDS
63 Across: Key of Bach's most famous Mass (6): BMINOR
65 Across: Furniture style of Louis XV (6): ROCOCO
67 Across: Dupe (3): CON
68 Across: ___ the Explorer (4): DORA
70 Across: "That's all folks," for Mel Blanc (7): EPITAPH
72 Across: Batman : Robin :: Green Hornet : ___ (4): KATO
74 Across: Strand, somehow (6): SNOWIN
76 Across: Girl's name meaning "happiness" (7): FELICIA
77 Across: Squirm (6): WRITHE
80 Across: John Cusack's co-star in "Say Anything ..." (8): IONESKYE
82 Across: Dir. of the Missouri between S.D. and Neb. (3): ESE
83 Across: Like leftovers, often (8): REHEATED
85 Across: Born (3): NEE
86 Across: Actor Richard who played Jaws in Bond films (4): KIEL
87 Across: Some A.L. (but not N.L.) players (3): DHS
88 Across: It may be indicated with a ring (4): MOOD
89 Across: More than pique (3): IRE
90 Across: Too smooth (4): GLIB
92 Across: Dudley Do-Right's love (4): NELL
94 Across: Second place? (4): TENS
95 Across: Part of N.R.A.: Abbr. (4): ASSN
96 Across: Email button (4): SEND
98 Across: Erne or tern (7): SEABIRD
102 Across: Baloney, in Bristol (4): TOSH
104 Across: Entitle to wear vestments (6): ORDAIN
106 Across: Headstrong (7): WILLFUL
107 Across: East Asian stew (6): HOTPOT
110 Across: "Ta-ta!" (8): TOODLEOO
112 Across: It may be radical (3): ION
113 Across: Places where polar bears fish (8): ICEHOLES
115 Across: They may be sprayed on (4): TANS
116 Across: HBO competitor (3): SHO
117 Across: Bill's partner (3): COO
118 Across: Pro (3): FOR
119 Across: Major, for example (4): RANK
120 Across: Poetic rhapsody (3): ODE
121 Across: Soak (up) (3): SOP
122 Across: Summer White House setting: Abbr. (3): EDT
123 Across: "Lady" of the lea (3): EWE
124 Across: Rocky shout-outs (3): YOS

Down Answers

1 Down: Biblical peak (5): HOREB
2 Down: Actress Vega of "Spy Kids" (5): ALEXA
3 Down: Expand (5): WIDEN
4 Down: Mortimer of old radio (5): SNERD
5 Down: Contributors to The Paris Review, e.g. (8): LITERATI
6 Down: First of 12 in South America (5): ENERO
7 Down: Muffs (4): ERRS
8 Down: Band with the 1994 album "Monster" (3): REM
9 Down: "He" and "she" follower (4): SAID
10 Down: Not perform as expected (5): ACTUP
11 Down: Dance popularized by Michael Jackson (8): THEROBOT
12 Down: "Yep" (5): UHHUH
13 Down: Iraqi P.M. ___ al-Maliki (5): NOURI
14 Down: Like one of the arm bones (5): ULNAR
15 Down: Destined (for) (5): MEANT
17 Down: Like vino de Rioja (4): SECO
19 Down: Gobs (4): WADS
21 Down: Compassion, figuratively (19): MILKOFHUMANKINDNESS
23 Down: Start of many jokes (19): KNOCKKNOCKWHOSTHERE
25 Down: Dos x tres (4): SEIS
27 Down: Latin "others" (4): ALIA
31 Down: Blue-green (4): TEAL
32 Down: Part of many an anniversary celebration (4): CAKE
33 Down: Tax-free bond, for short (4): MUNI
35 Down: Pair of cymbals in a drum kit (5): HIHAT
36 Down: Ceaselessly (5): ONEND
37 Down: Tautological statement of finality (15): WHATSDONEISDONE
38 Down: Cavs, on a scoreboard (3): CLE
41 Down: Elbow-bender (3): SOT
42 Down: Superstitious thespian's name for a work of Shakespeare ... from which 21-, 23-, 37-, 58- and 60-Down all come (15): THESCOTTISHPLAY
43 Down: Take care of (5): SEETO
44 Down: Cause of an insurance investigation (5): ARSON
46 Down: One of 17 on a Monopoly board: Abbr. (3): AVE
48 Down: What a goner has (6): NOHOPE
49 Down: Army threats? (6): OCTOPI
51 Down: Mendoza Mrs. (3): SRA
53 Down: "___ get it!" (3): OHI
55 Down: System prefix (3): ECO
58 Down: A single stroke (12): ONEFELLSWOOP
60 Down: What the lucky person leads (12): ACHARMEDLIFE
63 Down: Lively (5): BRISK
64 Down: Piqued (5): RILED
65 Down: 500 events (5): RACES
66 Down: Equipped to row (5): OARED
69 Down: Have debts (3): OWE
71 Down: "The Addams Family" nickname (4): TISH
73 Down: ___ Maria (3): TIA
74 Down: Rat (4): SING
75 Down: Carol (4): NOEL
78 Down: Towel designation (4): HERS
79 Down: Elysium (4): EDEN
81 Down: Cry before "haw" (3): YEE
84 Down: Big stretch? (3): EON
91 Down: Moccasin decorations (5): BEADS
93 Down: You might bow your head to receive one (3): LEI
94 Down: Play about Capote (3): TRU
95 Down: Famous Titanic victim (5): ASTOR
97 Down: Zilch (3): NIL
99 Down: One of "The Honeymooners" (5): ALICE
100 Down: Drippings appropriately positioned under the circled letters (5): BLOOD
101 Down: Alternatively (5): IFNOT
103 Down: "Lo-o-ovely!" (3): OOH
104 Down: Director Preminger (4): OTTO
105 Down: You may find a fork in it (4): ROAD
108 Down: Prefix with -phile (4): OENO
109 Down: Some reproaches (4): TSKS
111 Down: Palindromic cry (3): OHO
114 Down: Intimidate (3): COW

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