REINING IN - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/18/1976. By Nancy W. Atkinson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Uncle Vanya" author (7)
- CHEKHOV
- 8 Across: Holy city (5)
- MECCA
- 13 Across: Word with legs or cuffs (7)
- TROUSER
- 20 Across: Dramatist of the absurd (7)
- IONESCO
- 21 Across: One of a French trio (5)
- ATHOS
- 22 Across: Great joy (7)
- RAPTURE
- 23 Across: Potters (7)
- CLAYMEN
- 24 Across: Hotel-desk postings (13)
- CHECKOUTTIMES
- 26 Across: Intends (4)
- AIMS
- 27 Across: Aardvark food (4)
- ANTS
- 29 Across: Contents of certain books (6)
- CHECKS
- 30 Across: Milk: Prefix (4)
- LACT
- 31 Across: ___ volente (3)
- DEO
- 32 Across: Recent: Prefix (3)
- NEO
- 33 Across: Bypass closely (5)
- SKIRT
- 34 Across: Factions (5)
- SECTS
- 35 Across: Irish cry (4)
- ARRA
- 37 Across: Arthur's nephew (6)
- GAWAIN
- 39 Across: Great Barrier Island (4)
- OTEA
- 42 Across: Geste or Nash (4)
- BEAU
- 45 Across: Sea flier (3)
- ERN
- 46 Across: Sing loudly, with "out" (4)
- BELT
- 47 Across: Palm leaf: Var. (3)
- OLA
- 50 Across: English game pebble (10)
- CHECKSTONE
- 54 Across: Makes inquiries (10)
- CHECKSUPON
- 57 Across: Humperdinck boy (6)
- HANSEL
- 58 Across: Base runner, at times (7)
- STEALER
- 60 Across: Treatment (5)
- USAGE
- 61 Across: Common abbr. (3)
- ETC
- 62 Across: ___ code (4)
- AREA
- 64 Across: Ground defense: Abbr. (3)
- LAA
- 65 Across: African native (6)
- SOMALI
- 67 Across: Stopovers for game pieces (19)
- CHECKERBOARDSQUARES
- 72 Across: Whistle stop (6)
- HAMLET
- 73 Across: Gold tinctures (3)
- ORS
- 74 Across: Plaster item (4)
- CAST
- 75 Across: Rockefeller's oil: Abbr. (3)
- STD
- 77 Across: Miss Adoree (5)
- RENEE
- 78 Across: Contract's predecessor (7)
- AUCTION
- 80 Across: Coin (6)
- SPECIE
- 83 Across: Realists (10)
- ACTUALISTS
- 86 Across: Full go-ahead (10)
- BLANKCHECK
- 88 Across: Estes and Menlo: Abbr. (3)
- PKS
- 89 Across: Bird plumage (4)
- RUFF
- 90 Across: Owned (3)
- HAD
- 91 Across: Creil's river (4)
- OISE
- 92 Across: Elbe tributary (4)
- EGER
- 93 Across: Object of perception (6)
- SENSUM
- 95 Across: "What ___ God wrought!" (4)
- HATH
- 99 Across: Samantha (5)
- EGGAR
- 103 Across: Miss Kett et al. (5)
- ETTAS
- 105 Across: Roman way (3)
- VIA
- 107 Across: Relative: Abbr. (3)
- BRO
- 108 Across: Skin (4)
- DERM
- 109 Across: Sleigh puller (6)
- DASHER
- 111 Across: Show surprise (4)
- GASP
- 112 Across: Small herring (4)
- BRIT
- 113 Across: Accurate one (13)
- DOUBLECHECKER
- 116 Across: Most trim (7)
- TIDIEST
- 118 Across: Harmonizers' girl (7)
- ADELINE
- 119 Across: Type of song (5)
- THEME
- 120 Across: Set apart (7)
- ISOLATE
- 121 Across: Picks (7)
- SELECTS
- 122 Across: As good ___ (5)
- ASNEW
- 123 Across: Early stringed instrument (7)
- CHEKKER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Large insect (6)
- CICADA
- 2 Down: "___ than thou" (6)
- HOLIER
- 3 Down: Charm (6)
- ENAMOR
- 4 Down: Florida sights (4)
- KEYS
- 5 Down: Royal initials (3)
- HSM
- 6 Down: Kind of ography (5)
- OCEAN
- 7 Down: Author Kurt (8)
- VONNEGUT
- 8 Down: Raincoats, for short (4)
- MACS
- 9 Down: Moral: Abbr. (3)
- ETH
- 10 Down: Begin a hotel visit (7)
- CHECKIN
- 11 Down: Chinese fowl (6)
- COCHIN
- 12 Down: Suppliant (5)
- ASKER
- 13 Down: Japanese bastion of W.W. II (4)
- TRUK
- 14 Down: Zounds! (4)
- RATS
- 15 Down: Decide (3)
- OPT
- 16 Down: Practical (5)
- UTILE
- 17 Down: Common field plant (5)
- SUMAC
- 18 Down: Establish (5)
- ERECT
- 19 Down: Shelters or hostels (5)
- RESTS
- 25 Down: 1905 manifesto (7)
- OCTOBER
- 28 Down: ___ tee (3)
- TOA
- 33 Down: Hindu garment (5)
- SAREE
- 34 Down: Japanese orange (7)
- SATSUMA
- 36 Down: Fundamentals (4)
- ABCS
- 38 Down: Traveled widely (9)
- WENTABOUT
- 40 Down: Flatfoot's relative (3)
- TEC
- 41 Down: Social-club member (3)
- ELK
- 43 Down: Squeeze out (3)
- EKE
- 44 Down: Abate, old style (6)
- ASLAKE
- 47 Down: Give out iridescence (8)
- OPALESCE
- 48 Down: Of a military science (8)
- LOGISTIC
- 49 Down: Carbon: Suffix (3)
- ANE
- 50 Down: Guevara (3)
- CHE
- 51 Down: Kind of girl (8)
- HATCHECK
- 52 Down: Delights (8)
- ENCHANTS
- 53 Down: Dare: Fr. (4)
- OSER
- 54 Down: Goodman's instr. (4)
- CLAR
- 55 Down: Sniffles (9)
- HEADCOLDS
- 56 Down: Asian grass (4)
- USAR
- 59 Down: As ___ resort (5)
- ALAST
- 63 Down: Soak (3)
- RET
- 65 Down: Trafalgar and Times: Abbr. (3)
- SQS
- 66 Down: Excel in the slalom (6)
- OUTSKI
- 68 Down: Tall bird (4)
- EMEU
- 69 Down: Less smoggy (7)
- CLEARER
- 70 Down: Grampuses (4)
- ORCS
- 71 Down: Arabian capital (4)
- SANA
- 76 Down: Ten: Prefix (3)
- DEK
- 77 Down: Door sound (3)
- RAP
- 78 Down: ___ as a daisy (7)
- ASFRESH
- 79 Down: Borneo natives (5)
- IBANS
- 81 Down: Portions: Abbr. (3)
- PCS
- 82 Down: Querying sounds (4)
- EHEH
- 84 Down: Haul (3)
- LUG
- 85 Down: Bowstring hemp (3)
- IFE
- 87 Down: Based on moral law (8)
- NOMISTIC
- 90 Down: Listen carefully (7)
- HEARKEN
- 93 Down: Crams, in Scotland (6)
- STECHS
- 94 Down: Grape (3)
- UVA
- 96 Down: Take ___ (rest) (6)
- ABREAK
- 97 Down: Sad, in Dijon (6)
- TRISTE
- 98 Down: More biting (6)
- HOTTER
- 99 Down: Norse tales (5)
- EDDAS
- 100 Down: Hollow stone (5)
- GEODE
- 101 Down: Thin cereal (5)
- GRUEL
- 102 Down: Stroll along (5)
- AMBLE
- 104 Down: Greek letter (5)
- THETA
- 106 Down: Clownlike (5)
- APISH
- 109 Down: Parking-lot hazard (4)
- DENT
- 110 Down: Honor cards (4)
- ACES
- 111 Down: Expanded (4)
- GREW
- 112 Down: Swindle (4)
- BILK
- 114 Down: Auto plate: Abbr. (3)
- LIC
- 115 Down: Uncle, in Perth (3)
- EME
- 117 Down: Deer (3)
- DOE
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