TRAPPED MOISTURE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 5/8/2016. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Wise ones (5): SAGES
6 Across: Suffered from (3): HAD
9 Across: Opened a bit (4): AJAR
13 Across: Presto (4): FAST
17 Across: Central courts (5): ATRIA
18 Across: Dentist's request (4): BITE
19 Across: "O.K., I'm game" (4): SURE
20 Across: Lock opener? (5): INTER
22 Across: Like some statements (5): SWORN
23 Across: City in "Slumdog Millionaire" (4): AGRA
24 Across: Tricky start to a tennis rally (10): SLICESERVE
26 Across: Spoke hesitatingly (5): HAWED
27 Across: Advice to captains plagued by pirates? (15): CHANGEYOURWATERWAYS
29 Across: Slyness (3): ART
30 Across: When repeated, toy on a track (4): CHOO
32 Across: Double-crosser (3): RAT
33 Across: The Dixie Chicks, e.g. (4): TRIO
34 Across: Sweaty (3): WET
35 Across: Direction taken by a large pipe? (11): WATERMAINCOURSE
39 Across: Give the once-over (4): SKIM
41 Across: Class taken for kicks? (6): KARATE
43 Across: Propose tentatively, with "out" (4): TOSS
44 Across: Impress, and then some (3): WOW
47 Across: Musical ___ (5): SCALE
50 Across: Segment of the 47-Across (4): REMI
51 Across: Bibbled (5): DRANK
53 Across: "Ta-da!" (5): DIDIT
55 Across: How many a medical problem ends? (4): ITIS
56 Across: With 36-Down, New England college town (5): ORONO
58 Across: Santa ___, Calif. (3): ANA
59 Across: Beethoven's "Kreutzer," for one (6): SONATA
60 Across: Fraction of time: Abbr. (4): NSEC
61 Across: Very small distinction (8): FINELINE
63 Across: Container to keep a canine cool? (9): DOGGYWATERBAG
65 Across: Timeout sign (3): TEE
66 Across: Magazine with an annual "500" list (3): INC
67 Across: C.I.A. concern (5): MOLES
68 Across: Noggin (3): NOB
69 Across: Part of Pres. Monroe's signature (3): JAS
72 Across: Telegrams sent by those in trouble? (9): HOTWATERWIRES
74 Across: Handyman's accessory (8): TOOLBELT
76 Across: Mediocre (4): SOSO
79 Across: Out of business (6): RUINED
80 Across: Nonstandard: Abbr. (3): IRR
81 Across: "That smarts!" (5): YOWIE
82 Across: Help badly? (4): ABET
83 Across: Country music's K. T. ___ (5): OSLIN
84 Across: Pay "tribute" to, as a comedian (5): ROAST
86 Across: "You ___ Seen Nothing Yet" (1974 #1 hit) (4): AINT
87 Across: 1982 coming-of-age movie (5): DINER
89 Across: Dark time for poets (3): EEN
90 Across: Clinched, with "up" (4): SEWN
91 Across: Things held, in a saying (6): HORSES
93 Across: Musical curve (4): SLUR
95 Across: Conservative's opinion of the Republican presidential candidates? (11): GOODASGOLDWATER
98 Across: Give the once-over (3): EYE
100 Across: Expanses of H2O (4): SEAS
103 Across: "I need a sweater in here!" (3): BRR
104 Across: French suffix that's an anagram of 4-Down (4): IERE
105 Across: Chocolate ___ (3): LAB
108 Across: Oceans? (15): SALTWATEROFTHEEARTH
112 Across: With 45-Down, jazz singer who worked with Woody Herman (5): ANITA
114 Across: 1961 movie featuring Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats (10): THEHUSTLER
115 Across: Within bounds (4): FAIR
116 Across: Djokovic rival (5): NADAL
117 Across: Canadian rowdy (5): HOSER
118 Across: One of the Saarinens (4): EERO
119 Across: ___ weight (4): TROY
120 Across: Actress Patricia and others (5): NEALS
121 Across: Animals in un zoolÃ³gico (4): OSOS
122 Across: Reddish-brown (4): ROAN
123 Across: Chamber worker: Abbr. (3): SEN
124 Across: Safe places (5): ASYLA

Down Answers

1 Down: One of the Obamas (5): SASHA
2 Down: Battling it out (5): ATWAR
3 Down: Somatotropin, e.g. (11): GROWTHHORMONE
4 Down: Samuel Beckett's homeland (4): EIRE
5 Down: Desert feline (7): SANDCAT
6 Down: Very powerful (10): HIGHOCTANE
7 Down: Gillette product (4): ATRA
8 Down: 1960s secretary of state (8): DEANRUSK
9 Down: Real estate and the like (6): ASSETS
10 Down: Hot time (4): JULY
11 Down: Running rampant (5): ARIOT
12 Down: Come back (5): RECUR
13 Down: Bait holders (7): FISHHOOKS
14 Down: From the start (4): ANEW
15 Down: Tatamis, e.g. (9): STRAWMATS
16 Down: Milkman made famous by Zero Mostel (5): TEVYE
18 Down: Burger topper (5): BACON
21 Down: Pause (4): REST
25 Down: Dwarf planet more massive than Pluto (4): ERIS
28 Down: Long-jawed fishes (4): GARS
31 Down: Rushed (4): HIED
36 Down: See 56-Across (5): MAINE
37 Down: Chaplin of "Game of Thrones" (4): OONA
38 Down: "Dallas" family (6): EWINGS
40 Down: Sugar coating? (5): ICING
41 Down: Longtime "60 Minutes" reporter (5): KROFT
42 Down: High retreat (5): AERIE
45 Down: See 112-Across (4): ODAY
46 Down: How excellent students graduate (8): WITHHONORS
48 Down: Be prone (3): LIE
49 Down: Mac key (3): ESC
52 Down: Home on the range (8): RANCHHOUSE
53 Down: Venetian dignitaries of old (5): DOGES
54 Down: Proscribed (5): TABOO
57 Down: Some of this, some of that (4): OLIO
59 Down: Like clogs, say (5): SOLED
62 Down: Prelude (5): INTRO
63 Down: Poet Mark Van ___ (5): DOREN
64 Down: In a masterly manner (4): ABLY
67 Down: Taking a dig at? (6): MINING
69 Down: Passover, e.g. (11): JEWISHHOLIDAY
70 Down: Garment cut (5): ALINE
71 Down: Leaves alone, in a way (5): STETS
72 Down: Drumpf International, e.g. (5): HOTEL
73 Down: Magician's skill (4): WILE
74 Down: Go from male to female or vice versa (10): TRANSITION
75 Down: Cooperative leaders? (5): BOARD
76 Down: In a blue state (3): SAD
77 Down: Tokyo wrap (3): OBI
78 Down: Beyond comprehension (9): SENSELESS
80 Down: Setting for "The Music Man" (4): IOWA
84 Down: Second and third versions (8): REDRAFTS
85 Down: Marvel Comics hero (4): THOR
88 Down: Causes of congestion (7): RUSHHOURS
90 Down: Ticked (4): SORE
92 Down: David Mamet play (7): OLEANNA
94 Down: Some vintage autos (4): REOS
96 Down: Second-largest moon of Uranus (6): OBERON
97 Down: Designer of Spain's Guggenheim Museum (5): GEHRY
98 Down: Tallinn native (4): ESTH
99 Down: Google rival (5): YAHOO
101 Down: Following (5): AFTER
102 Down: Fifth-century pontiff (5): STLEO
106 Down: The tiniest bit (5): ATALL
107 Down: Model wood (5): BALSA
109 Down: Baseball executive Epstein (4): THEO
110 Down: Olympian deity (4): HERA
111 Down: Tag in some dictionary definitions (4): RARE
113 Down: Dundee disavowals (4): NAES

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