ENTOMOLOGICAL FORMS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 1/11/1976. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Framework (5)
CADRE
6 Across: Lessens (6)
ABATES
12 Across: Famous whaler (4)
AHAB
16 Across: Like a fiddle? (3)
FIT
19 Across: "Tempest" role (5)
ARIEL
20 Across: "Cross my heart and ___ . . . " (6)
HOPETO
21 Across: U.S. artist (5)
PEALE
22 Across: Numero ___ (3)
UNO
23 Across: Wasp (12)
SERVICEWOMAN
25 Across: Bees (10)
GATHERINGS
27 Across: Insect (3)
ANT
28 Across: "I ___ return" (5)
SHALL
29 Across: Grasshoppers (13)
LIAISONPLANES
31 Across: Declares (4)
SAYS
33 Across: Astaire (5)
ADELE
35 Across: Devilism, e.g. (4)
CULT
36 Across: Slippery (3)
ICY
37 Across: Coming-out girls (4)
DEBS
39 Across: Wander (4)
ROAM
41 Across: ___ the wrist (reprimands) (7)
SLAPSON
45 Across: Siesta (3)
NAP
48 Across: Scarab (6)
BEETLE
50 Across: Outfit (3)
RIG
52 Across: Over there (3)
YON
53 Across: African nut (4)
KOLA
54 Across: Get ___ start (5)
ALATE
55 Across: Yonkers no-no (6)
GALLOP
58 Across: Medical plant (4)
ALOE
59 Across: Of the ear (4)
OTIC
60 Across: Caterpillars (10)
BULLDOZERS
63 Across: Portland's state (6)
OREGON
65 Across: Portland's state (5)
MAINE
66 Across: To ___ (4)
ATEE
67 Across: ___-Japanese (4)
SINO
68 Across: Name with Mason (5)
DIXON
69 Across: Flew alone (6)
SOLOED
70 Across: Sun. talk (3)
SER
71 Across: Lead-off on a tax form (5)
LINEA
72 Across: ___ time (never) (4)
ATNO
73 Across: Coaches (6)
DIVANS
74 Across: Bugs (17)
ELECTRONICDEVICES
78 Across: Military drill hall (6)
ARMORY
80 Across: Rage (4)
FUME
81 Across: Disguises (5)
MASKS
82 Across: T.C.U. rival (3)
SMU
85 Across: As soft as ___ skin (6)
ABABYS
86 Across: Sleep sound (5)
SNORE
88 Across: Formerly (4)
ONCE
89 Across: Sign (4)
OMEN
90 Across: Thrashed (5)
LACED
91 Across: Kind of stitch (6)
ZIGZAG
92 Across: Spiders (10)
FRYINGPANS
94 Across: Kind of test (4)
ACID
95 Across: Offenses (4)
SINS
96 Across: City of Japan (6)
NAGOYA
98 Across: ___ prosequi (5)
NOLLE
99 Across: Bull and home (4)
RUNS
100 Across: Road or ground (3)
HOG
101 Across: Author Deighton (3)
LEN
102 Across: Beauty room (6)
PARLOR
103 Across: Telegram contents: Abbr. (3)
MSG
104 Across: Forgetful bridge player (7)
RENEGER
108 Across: Campus mil. unit (4)
ROTC
111 Across: "___ boy!" (4)
ATTA
112 Across: Sheep sound (3)
BAA
114 Across: Exile island (4)
ELBA
116 Across: Overcharges (5)
SOAKS
118 Across: Leave out (4)
OMIT
121 Across: Cricket (13)
SPORTSMANLIKE
127 Across: Bank robbery (5)
HEIST
129 Across: A feast ___ famine (3)
ORA
130 Across: Earwigs (10)
FLATTERERS
131 Across: Fly (12)
TEXASLEAGUER
134 Across: Small island (3)
AIT
135 Across: ___ pittance (5)
AMERE
136 Across: Armenian city (6)
ERIVAN
137 Across: Dye (5)
HENNA
138 Across: Crosses out (3)
XES
139 Across: Neat (4)
TIDY
140 Across: Dead winds (6)
NOSERS
141 Across: Memory routines (5)
ROTES

Down Answers

1 Down: Madrid homes (5)
CASAS
2 Down: Hockey rink (5)
ARENA
3 Down: Louse (11)
DIRTYDEALER
4 Down: Part of R.P.M. (3)
REV
5 Down: Yalies (4)
ELIS
6 Down: In the lead (5)
AHEAD
7 Down: Alley frequenter (6)
BOWLER
8 Down: Moon mission (6)
APOLLO
9 Down: Pro ___ (3)
TEM
10 Down: Common Latin abbr. (4)
ETAL
11 Down: Kind of boom (5)
SONIC
12 Down: Eagle: Prefix (4)
AETO
13 Down: China-writer Emily (4)
HAHN
14 Down: Syrian city, to French (4)
ALEP
15 Down: Walled city (6)
BERLIN
16 Down: Maggot (11)
FUNNYNOTION
17 Down: U.S. playwright (4)
INGE
18 Down: Throw (4)
TOSS
21 Down: Italian food (5)
PASTA
24 Down: Pursue (5)
CHASE
25 Down: Nature's aqualung (4)
GILL
26 Down: Debriefing: Abbr. (3)
IAC
30 Down: Eur. country (3)
AUS
32 Down: Pay up (6)
SETTLE
34 Down: Noblemen (5)
EARLS
38 Down: Extracted (4)
BLED
40 Down: Thickness unit (3)
MIL
42 Down: Tower (5)
PYLON
43 Down: In no time (4)
SOON
44 Down: Single (3)
ONE
46 Down: Straightens (6)
ALINES
47 Down: Walked the floor (5)
PACED
48 Down: Rum cakes (5)
BABAS
49 Down: Wash out (5)
ELUTE
51 Down: Butterfly (11)
GOODTIMEGAL
53 Down: Wombats' relatives (6)
KOALAS
55 Down: France's Citizen (5)
GENET
56 Down: Cheering (5)
AROAR
57 Down: Charming, for one (6)
PRINCE
58 Down: In the past (3)
AGO
61 Down: Willows (6)
OSIERS
62 Down: Like a metal: Var. (5)
ZINCY
64 Down: O. T. book (4)
EXOD
65 Down: Chess plays (5)
MOVES
69 Down: Nauseate (6)
SICKEN
71 Down: Bridges or Nolan (5)
LLOYD
72 Down: Froglike (6)
ANURAN
73 Down: Saucerlike pieces (5)
DISCI
74 Down: Places into (6)
EMBEDS
75 Down: "The Wizard ___" (4)
OFOZ
76 Down: Campus in Atlanta (5)
EMORY
77 Down: Chekhov's Uncle (5)
VANYA
78 Down: Calculator (6)
ABACUS
79 Down: Moths (11)
RACINGBOATS
82 Down: Mite (11)
SMALLAMOUNT
83 Down: "The Wizard of ___ Park" (5)
MENLO
84 Down: Auto-racer Al or Bobby (5)
UNSER
85 Down: Clock part (5)
ALARM
86 Down: Scorch (5)
SINGE
87 Down: Franking initials (3)
NGS
89 Down: City in Portugal (6)
OPORTO
91 Down: Jerusalem hill (4)
ZION
92 Down: Samoan councils (5)
FONOS
93 Down: Insect (4)
GNAT
95 Down: Pronoun (3)
SHE
97 Down: Teut. language (3)
GER
102 Down: Outmoded (5)
PASSE
104 Down: Knocking sound (6)
RATTAT
105 Down: Sort (5)
GENRE
106 Down: Wings (4)
ELLS
107 Down: Batter's stat. (3)
RBI
109 Down: "___ and to hold . . . " (6)
TOHAVE
110 Down: Julius (6)
CAESAR
113 Down: Kind of deco (3)
ART
115 Down: Records: Ger. (5)
AKTEN
117 Down: Ovens (5)
KILNS
119 Down: Bordoni (5)
IRENE
120 Down: ___ Bulba (5)
TARAS
121 Down: Tunisian port (4)
SFAX
122 Down: Ballet bend (4)
PLIE
123 Down: Kind of finals (4)
SEMI
124 Down: Early TV horse (4)
MRED
125 Down: Ethereal (4)
AERY
126 Down: Saarinen (4)
EERO
128 Down: Wild goat (4)
TAHR
132 Down: Greek letters (3)
XIS
133 Down: Kind of physicist (3)
GEO

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