CHANGELINGS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 1/18/2015. By Joe Krozel.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Hirer/firer (4): BOSS
5 Across: Iron setting (5): STEAM
10 Across: Food processor setting (4): CHOP
14 Across: One with accounts, for short (5): ADREP
19 Across: Darn, e.g. (4): OATH
20 Across: Jets or chargers starter (5): TURBO
21 Across: Doozy (4): LULU
22 Across: Revolutionary patriot Silas (5): DEANE
23 Across: Asian cuisine (4): THAI
24 Across: Put in the minimum stake (5): ANTED
25 Across: Actress Lena (4): OLIN
26 Across: Willing to do (5): UPFOR
27 Across: Gigantic sled hauls firewood quite a bit (20): HUGELUGELUGSLOGSLOTS
31 Across: 1970s-'80s TV sheriff (4): LOBO
32 Across: Tell a story (3): LIE
33 Across: Grub (4): EATS
34 Across: Domestic worker claimed shifting beach engulfed basin (20): MAIDSAIDSANDSANKSINK
43 Across: Hong Kong, e.g.: Abbr. (3): ISL
44 Across: No-no on gym floors (6): CLEATS
45 Across: Voting no (4): ANTI
46 Across: Band news (4): TOUR
48 Across: Put an end to (6): SCOTCH
51 Across: Catastrophic start or end? (3): CEE
52 Across: Word after camper or before Camp's (3): VAN
53 Across: Fused (3): ONE
54 Across: It may go from sea to shining sea (5): CANAL
55 Across: Word in many California city names (3): SAN
56 Across: Blue (6): RIBALD
59 Across: "You wish!" (4): ASIF
60 Across: Friends who have never been to the beach don't walk by the girl so often (20): PALEPALSPASSLASSLESS
64 Across: Characteristic times (4): ERAS
65 Across: Driver's assignment: Abbr. (3): RTE
66 Across: Arrangement of hosing? (4): SCAM
67 Across: Children show their affection for model Kate above all others (20): KIDSKISSMISSMOSSMOST
76 Across: Comics canine (4): ODIE
77 Across: Energetic sort (6): DYNAMO
78 Across: "That's ___-brainer" (3): ANO
79 Across: Stuffing ingredient (5): ONION
81 Across: "Waking ___ Devine" (1998 movie) (3): NED
82 Across: Hubbub (3): ADO
83 Across: Solution for some housework (3): LYE
84 Across: Villain (6): BADDIE
85 Across: [I am shocked!] (4): GASP
87 Across: ___ Romeo (4): ALFA
89 Across: Generic (6): NONAME
91 Across: Lines around Chicago (3): ELS
92 Across: Boisterous oaf confused the previous set of actors (20): LOUDLOUTLOSTLASTCAST
97 Across: Outdoor party (4): LUAU
98 Across: Info for a limo driver (3): ETA
99 Across: "Ta-ta" (4): CIAO
100 Across: Mr. Chamberlain intends to top off his gas tank (20): WILTWILLFILLFULLFUEL
109 Across: Capital where snail noodle soup is popular (5): HANOI
110 Across: Pew, for one (4): SEAT
111 Across: Coquette (5): TEASE
112 Across: Sly (4): FOXY
113 Across: When prompted (5): ONCUE
114 Across: Sleeveless item, for short (4): CAMI
115 Across: Like some brewing containers (5): OAKEN
116 Across: Mosque leader (4): IMAM
117 Across: Bog accumulations (5): PEATS
118 Across: Head of a Tatar group (4): KHAN
119 Across: Comics canine (5): SNERT
120 Across: Early 1900s gold rush locale (4): NOME

Down Answers

1 Down: This and that (4): BOTH
2 Down: Home of Hanauma Bay (4): OAHU
3 Down: Solo, in a way (4): STAG
4 Down: BP logo shape until 2000 (6): SHIELD
5 Down: QB who led the Cowboys to victories in Super Bowls VI and XII (8): STAUBACH
6 Down: Varnish ingredient (7): TUNGOIL
7 Down: Art Deco artist (4): ERTE
8 Down: First person to die in the Bible (4): ABEL
9 Down: Adjust, as pitch (8): MODULATE
10 Down: Shut (6): CLOSED
11 Down: Oceanic body (4): HULL
12 Down: This and that (4): OLIO
13 Down: Strong and sharp (7): PUNGENT
14 Down: Majority group (6): ADULTS
15 Down: Silt, e.g. (7): DEPOSIT
16 Down: Whole bunch (4): RAFT
17 Down: Nephew of 8-Down (4): ENOS
18 Down: As stated in (3): PER
28 Down: "Was ist ___?" (3): LOS
29 Down: Bombay and Boodles (4): GINS
30 Down: H. H. Munro pseudonym (4): SAKI
34 Down: This and that: Abbr. (4): MISC
35 Down: Music grp. (5): ASCAP
36 Down: Actress Massey (5): ILONA
37 Down: Model add-on (5): DECAL
38 Down: Composer Camille Saint-___ (5): SAENS
39 Down: Cars once advertised with the slogan "Find your own road" (5): SAABS
40 Down: Record of the year (5): ANNAL
41 Down: "Necktie" (5): NOOSE
42 Down: Mila of "That '70s Show" (5): KUNIS
47 Down: Court V.I.P.'s (4): REFS
49 Down: Literature's Nan or Gay (6): TALESE
50 Down: Supply room worker (5): CLERK
52 Down: Metaphors for serious headaches (5): VISES
55 Down: Flip (5): SASSY
56 Down: "Midnight Cowboy" role (5): RATSO
57 Down: Loop around the West? (5): LASSO
58 Down: Mil. decorations (4): DSCS
59 Down: "Sometimes you feel like a nut" nut (6): ALMOND
61 Down: Not free (4): PAID
62 Down: Super (5): PRIMO
63 Down: Pago Pago locale (5): SAMOA
67 Down: "King ___" (4): KONG
68 Down: Toy company that made Betsy Wetsy (5): IDEAL
69 Down: Playground comeback (5): DIDSO
70 Down: Bungle (5): SNAFU
71 Down: Upset with (5): MADAT
72 Down: Quaint contraction (5): MAYNT
73 Down: "Love Story" co-star (5): ONEAL
74 Down: The Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" vis-à-vis "Little Deuce Coupe" (5): SIDEA
75 Down: Works (5): TOILS
80 Down: Egg holder (4): NEST
83 Down: California city where the first Apple computer was built (8): LOSALTOS
84 Down: "Hush!" (8): BESILENT
86 Down: Retreat (7): PULLOUT
87 Down: "There oughta be ___" (4): ALAW
88 Down: Comedian who said "Every day starts, my eyes open and I reload the program of misery" (7): LOUISCK
89 Down: Cry of innocence (4): NOTI
90 Down: Non-PC person (7): MACUSER
93 Down: Border payments (6): DUTIES
94 Down: Kept (6): LEFTIN
95 Down: 1960s chess champion Mikhail (3): TAL
96 Down: Halloween prop (6): COFFIN
100 Down: Die down (4): WANE
101 Down: Early cultivator of potatoes (4): INCA
102 Down: Mrs. Rabin of Israel (4): LEAH
103 Down: "Rama ___ Ding Dong" (1961 hit) (4): LAMA
104 Down: Show bias (4): LEAN
105 Down: Like some lashes and tans (4): FAKE
106 Down: Fendi ___ (men's cologne) (4): UOMO
107 Down: Activity at a doctor's office (4): EXAM
108 Down: Tick-borne affliction (4): LYME
109 Down: Leapfrog (3): HOP

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