MAKING PROJECTIONS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/31/2015. By Tom McCoy.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Choco ___ (Klondike treat) (4): TACO
5 Across: School (5): TEACH
10 Across: Items that may be labeled SMTWTFS (5): PILLS
15 Across: Dog sound (3): ARF
18 Across: Series of numbers? (5): ALBUM
20 Across: Kurt Vonnegut's "Happy Birthday, ___ June" (5): WANDA
21 Across: Former part of the British Empire (5): INDIA
22 Across: Joe Biden's home: Abbr. (3): DEL
23 Across: "I expected as much" (11): ITSNOWONDER
25 Across: Towering (5): LOFTY
26 Across: Letters of obligation (3): IOU
27 Across: Hair piece (5): TRESS
28 Across: Currency which, in one denomination, features a portrait of Linnaeus (5): KRONA
30 Across: Garment for tennis, perhaps (5): SKORT
32 Across: Not as exciting (5): TAMER
34 Across: Return from a store (6): PROFIT
37 Across: When blacksmithing began (7): IRONAGE
39 Across: Perfect orbit (6): CIRCLE
40 Across: Fanatical (5): RABID
41 Across: 66, e.g.: Abbr. (3): RTE
42 Across: Nav. rank (3): ENS
43 Across: Run ___ (4): AMOK
44 Across: Boarded (5): GOTON
45 Across: "Awe-SOME!" (7): SUHWEET
47 Across: Occurring in March and September, say (10): SEMIANNUAL
50 Across: Shenanigans (10): TOMFOOLERY
53 Across: Dietary no-no (8): TRANSFAT
54 Across: Grey and ochre (7): COLOURS
55 Across: "There is ___ in team" (3): NOI
56 Across: Pleasant inflection (4): LILT
57 Across: Park opened in 1964 (8): SEAWORLD
59 Across: Easy-peasy task (4): SNAP
60 Across: Chocolate mint brand with peaks in its logo (5): ANDES
63 Across: Temperature units (7): KELVINS
64 Across: Muscles worked by leg presses (5): QUADS
65 Across: Anti-Revolutionary of 1776 (4): TORY
66 Across: Gets harsher (8): HOARSENS
68 Across: An example of itself (4): NOUN
70 Across: Lacto-___ vegetarian (3): OVO
71 Across: Condemned (7): DECRIED
72 Across: Gone (8): VANISHED
76 Across: Hockey team with a patriotic name (10): MAPLELEAFS
78 Across: Distraction for many an idle person (10): SMARTPHONE
80 Across: Bests (7): DEFEATS
81 Across: Capacious (5): ROOMY
82 Across: Apple desktop (4): IMAC
83 Across: National Novel Writing Mo. (3): NOV
84 Across: Havana-to-Palm Beach dir. (3): NNE
85 Across: Eagerly accept (5): LAPUP
86 Across: See 92-Across (6): STNICK
88 Across: Handled roughly (7): PAWEDAT
90 Across: Japanese for "teacher" (6): SENSEI
91 Across: Message to one's followers (5): TWEET
92 Across: Portrayer of 86-Across in "Elf" (5): ASNER
93 Across: Artifact (5): RELIC
95 Across: Rakes (5): ROUES
97 Across: Cooking spray brand (3): PAM
98 Across: "The Downeaster '___'" (Billy Joel song) (5): ALEXA
100 Across: Sleep mode? (11): HIBERNATION
106 Across: Malt product (3): ALE
107 Across: Bring home the gold (5): WINIT
108 Across: Barely manage (5): EKEBY
109 Across: Breakfast cereal maker (5): KASHI
110 Across: Hyphenated fig. (3): SSN
111 Across: Factions (5): SECTS
112 Across: "It was just a joke!" (5): RELAX
113 Across: Where writing is on the wall? (4): TOMB

Down Answers

1 Down: Mai ___ (3): TAI
2 Down: Bottom-row key (3): ALT
3 Down: Capt. Kangaroo's network (3): CBS
4 Down: Peak that's known as "The Great One" (12): MOUNTMCKINLEY
5 Down: Rare notes (4): TWOS
6 Down: Crisp bit in a stir-fry (9): BEANSPROUT
7 Down: Further (3): AND
8 Down: String after B (3): CDE
9 Down: Seafood soup base (7): SHARKFIN
10 Down: Series opener (5): PILOT
11 Down: Privy to (4): INON
12 Down: Attraction that operates under its own steam? (10): OLDFAITHFUL
13 Down: Not in the dark (3): LIT
14 Down: Authorization (5): SAYSO
15 Down: Catcher of some waves (11): RADIOANTENNA
16 Down: Shake-ups in corps. (6): REORGS
17 Down: Champagne holder (5): FLUTE
19 Down: Seasonal linguine topper (5): MOREL
24 Down: "___ even" (4): WERE
29 Down: Expunge (3): RID
31 Down: Prepare to tie a shoelace, say (5): KNEEL
32 Down: Staple of quiz bowls (5): TIMER
33 Down: Redolence (5): AROMA
35 Down: Pro ___ (4): RATA
36 Down: Coin to pay for passage across the River Styx (4): OBOL
38 Down: Put another way (6): REWORD
39 Down: Strewn (4): CAST
41 Down: Fodder for tabloids (6): RUMORS
44 Down: Little bugger (4): GNAT
45 Down: Wise ones (6): SOLONS
46 Down: Daughter of Hyperion (3): EOS
48 Down: Condition of sale (4): ASIS
49 Down: TV's "The ___ Today" (3): NFL
50 Down: Bring, as to a repair shop (5): TOWIN
51 Down: Thoroughfare (4): ROAD
52 Down: Dog sounds (4): YIPS
54 Down: Collapsed, with "in" (5): CAVED
57 Down: Ends of letters (6): SERIFS
58 Down: Somebody ___ (5): ELSES
59 Down: Words below an orange on a license plate (12): SUNSHINESTATE
60 Down: One of 24 in a glucose molecule (4): ATOM
61 Down: Bagel topper (4): NOVA
62 Down: It might contain a list of postal abbreviations (11): DROPDOWNMENU
63 Down: Something you might get a kick out of? (6): KARATE
64 Down: Steven Wright's "I intend to live forever. So far, so good," e.g. (4): QUIP
66 Down: Capital city founded during a gold rush (6): HELENA
67 Down: Mariana, e.g. (10): OCEANTRENCH
68 Down: ___ a one (4): NARY
69 Down: What's superior to Lake Superior: Abbr. (3): ONT
71 Down: Hip-hop's Mos ___ (3): DEF
72 Down: Hematophagous creature (9): VAMPIREBAT
73 Down: Buddy (5): HOMIE
74 Down: Pass (5): ENACT
75 Down: Hand source (4): DECK
77 Down: Bank to rely on (5): LEVEE
78 Down: Soaks (up) (4): SOPS
79 Down: Pouting expression (4): MOUE
81 Down: Major stockholder? (7): RANCHER
83 Down: "m" and "n" (6): NASALS
85 Down: Hula hoop? (3): LEI
86 Down: Dumbfound (4): STUN
87 Down: Small change (5): TWEAK
88 Down: June honorees (5): PAPAS
89 Down: Parts, as blinds (5): DRAWS
90 Down: Blind parts (5): SLATS
94 Down: Highway number (4): EXIT
96 Down: Variety of antelope (4): ORYX
99 Down: Fiction (3): LIE
101 Down: Old White House moniker (3): IKE
102 Down: Unit usually seen with the prefix deci- (3): BEL
103 Down: Equal: Prefix (3): ISO
104 Down: Big name in current research? (3): OHM
105 Down: Point of writing? (3): NIB

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