MOVING PARTS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 151 clues). Published 7/20/2014. By Eric Berlin.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Swaddles, e.g. (7): ENWRAPS
8 Across: *Turn, as a wheel (4): ROTE
12 Across: Edible plant extract (7): PALMOIL
19 Across: Be too fearful to (7): DARENOT
20 Across: Former Nebraska senator James (4): EXON
21 Across: Burger go-with (7): FRIENDS
22 Across: Yolk surrounder (7): WHITTLE
23 Across: Bit of sweat (4): BEAD
24 Across: Most hip (7): COOLEST
25 Across: Low numero (3): TRE
26 Across: Cowboys' activity (7): ROUNDUP
29 Across: Cologne conjunction (3): UND
30 Across: Slushy drink (4): ICEE
32 Across: Kitten sounds (4): MEWS
33 Across: Detailed plans (5): SPECS
35 Across: Use a straw (4): SUCK
39 Across: Idea (8): NOTATION
41 Across: Hides away (7): STASHES
43 Across: *Words of praise (3): PAN
44 Across: Thingamajig (6): DOODAD
45 Across: Strangle (7): GAROTTE
47 Across: Cartoon dog (5): ASTRO
49 Across: Italian dish that needs much stirring (7): RISOTTO
51 Across: Openly defy (7): FALLOUT
53 Across: *Royal messenger (4): HERD
57 Across: Tony-winning musical with the song "Find Your Grail" (8): SPAMALOT
60 Across: Long March participant (6): MAOIST
61 Across: Not ___ (none) (5): ALICK
63 Across: Raised transports (3): ELS
64 Across: Unchanged (4): SAME
66 Across: Classic muscle cars (4): GTOS
67 Across: Not just slow (7): GLACIAL
69 Across: Theater supporters (7): PATRONS
72 Across: See instructions (18): ALITTLEGIVEANDTAKE
78 Across: Wise men (7): THEMAGI
79 Across: Is on the brink (7): TEETERS
81 Across: Get rid of (4): SHED
85 Across: ___ menu (4): EDIT
86 Across: Eagle's org. (3): BSA
88 Across: *Piddling (5): TRIAL
89 Across: Smear (6): MALIGN
91 Across: Locks up again (8): RECHAINS
95 Across: Painterish (4): ARTY
96 Across: Plain to see (7): OVEREAT
98 Across: Stir up (7): AGITATE
100 Across: Trickster of American Indian mythology (5): RAVEN
101 Across: Close overlap of fugue voices (7): STRETTO
104 Across: Attack (6): ASSAIL
109 Across: K.C.-to-Detroit dir. (3): ENE
110 Across: She rules (7): EMPRESS
112 Across: Indigenous (8): NEGATIVE
114 Across: Caroled (4): SANG
116 Across: "___ deal?" (5): ISITA
117 Across: Prix ___ (4): FIXE
118 Across: Sci-fi's Hubbard (4): LRON
119 Across: Appeared in print (3): RAN
121 Across: Beast of burden (7): BURRITO
123 Across: Young seal (3): PUP
124 Across: Many ski lodges (7): AFRAMES
128 Across: Legitimate (4): REAL
129 Across: Formed from a mold (7): DIECAST
133 Across: Babble on (7): PRIVATE
134 Across: Cathedral area (4): NAVE
135 Across: Stay-at-home workers? (7): UMPIRES
136 Across: Tot-watched (7): BABYSAT
137 Across: Peevish state (4): SNIT
138 Across: Asparagus unit (7): SPEAKER

Down Answers

1 Down: One of eight Eng. kings (3): EDW
2 Down: Informal turndown (3): NAH
3 Down: Email, say (7): WRITETO
4 Down: Used tire (7): RETREAD
5 Down: Pay to play (4): ANTE
6 Down: Glad-handing sort (3): POL
7 Down: Two-channel (6): STEREO
8 Down: *Upbraids (5): REBUS
9 Down: Field team (4): OXEN
10 Down: Mushroom (9): TOADSTOOL
11 Down: Reach, eventually (7): ENDUPAT
12 Down: Cpl.'s inferior (3): PFC
13 Down: Stir up (6): AROUSE
14 Down: *Great in number (4): LION
15 Down: Card combinations (5): MELDS
16 Down: Low number (3): ONE
17 Down: Checks at the door, say (3): IDS
18 Down: W.W. II craft (3): LST
27 Down: Soccer blooper (7): OWNGOAL
28 Down: Bother (4): PEST
30 Down: Neither blue nor red?: Abbr. (3): IND
31 Down: Say sweet words (3): COO
32 Down: Some dresses (5): MIDIS
34 Down: Saucier's boss (4): CHEF
36 Down: In the mood (6): UPTOIT
37 Down: Tenor from Naples (6): CARUSO
38 Down: Don of "The Andy Griffith Show" (6): KNOTTS
40 Down: Sticky stuff (3): TAR
41 Down: Mex. miss (4): SRTA
42 Down: 41-Down's room (4): SALA
46 Down: Convenience store sights (4): ATMS
48 Down: Slow, hard progress (4): SLOG
50 Down: Stepped in for (7): SPELLED
52 Down: French fine (6): AMENDE
53 Down: Witch (3): HAG
54 Down: "___ Enchanted" (4): ELLA
55 Down: Mideast currency (4): RIAL
56 Down: 701, once (4): DCCI
58 Down: Bone: Prefix (4): OSTE
59 Down: Fictional estate (4): TARA
62 Down: Chanteuse Eartha (4): KITT
65 Down: State with the motto "Oro y plata" (7): MONTANA
68 Down: Half sister of Ares (6): ATHENA
69 Down: Greedy sort (3): PIG
70 Down: Bird: Prefix (3): AVI
71 Down: "Undo" mark (4): STET
73 Down: Overseas prince (4): EMIR
74 Down: Box office (4): GATE
75 Down: ___ Plus (4): ATRA
76 Down: Actor Dullea (4): KEIR
77 Down: Latin "was to be" (4): ERAT
80 Down: Underhanded (3): SLY
81 Down: Three-ingredient treats (6): SMORES
82 Down: World capital where Monopoly is banned (6): HAVANA
83 Down: Football team (6): ELEVEN
84 Down: Terrible (4): DIRE
86 Down: *Old West robber (4): BAIT
87 Down: "Shaddup!" (7): SITONIT
90 Down: *Not rough (4): GENE
92 Down: Like the cry "Veni, vidi, vici" (9): CAESAREAN
93 Down: Abbr. in some city names (4): HGTS
94 Down: Old West transport (5): STAGE
97 Down: Shortening in recipes? (4): TSPS
99 Down: Spanish "that" (3): ESA
102 Down: Windy City paper, with "the" (4): TRIB
103 Down: Election night data (7): RETURNS
105 Down: One of the Windward Islands (7): STLUCIA
106 Down: Facility for small planes (7): AIRPARK
107 Down: Nobel-winning writer Andric (3): IVO
108 Down: N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Dawson (3): LEN
111 Down: Former transportation secretary Norman (6): MINETA
113 Down: Large-scale evacuation (6): EXODUS
115 Down: *Newton subject (5): GRAVY
117 Down: Choice cut (5): FILET
120 Down: Latin "you love" (4): AMAS
122 Down: Sitarist Shankar (4): RAVI
123 Down: Nickname for José (4): PEPE
124 Down: P.D. alert (3): APB
125 Down: Brother's title (3): FRA
126 Down: Poke fun at (3): RIB
127 Down: Collection (3): SET
130 Down: Prankster (3): IMP
131 Down: Bishop's domain (3): SEE
132 Down: Classic fantasy game co. (3): TSR

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