ENCORES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/1/1976. By John Vezendy.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Dental degree (3)
DDS
4 Across: T.E. Lawrence et al. (8)
ARABISTS
12 Across: Parts of acts: Abbr. (3)
SCS
15 Across: Nabokov novel (3)
ADA
18 Across: Do rodeo work (4)
ROPE
20 Across: Philip Nolan, for one (8)
DEPORTEE
21 Across: Asian dye shrub (3)
AAL
22 Across: Hurok (3)
SOL
23 Across: Ancient Mariner's plaint (21)
ALONEALONEALLALLALONE
27 Across: Funeral song (6)
MONODY
28 Across: Early laborer (4)
ESNE
29 Across: Swindlers (7)
BILKERS
30 Across: Dispute (5)
ARGUE
31 Across: Clod (3)
OAF
33 Across: Leitmotifs (6)
THEMES
34 Across: Portion: Abbr. (3)
SEG
35 Across: Wicked one (5)
SATAN
37 Across: Rang (6)
PHONED
38 Across: Truth evasion (3)
FIB
41 Across: Kind of talk (12)
HEARTTOHEART
44 Across: Art subject (4)
NUDE
45 Across: Tedious (6)
BORING
48 Across: Moss and Lorenz (5)
HARTS
49 Across: Mrs. Kowalski of "Streetcar" (6)
STELLA
51 Across: In ___ (untidy) (5)
AMESS
52 Across: A ___ (deductive) (6)
PRIORI
55 Across: Wailed (6)
YOWLED
56 Across: French writer (4)
GIDE
57 Across: Behavioral comment (14)
BOYSWILLBEBOYS
61 Across: Shock (4)
STUN
62 Across: Alike, in France (4)
EGAL
63 Across: Berra (4)
YOGI
64 Across: Gem (4)
OPAL
67 Across: Invitation (14)
COMEONECOMEALL
72 Across: Director Clair (4)
RENE
73 Across: Cider time (6)
AUTUMN
75 Across: Successful, in Paris (6)
REUSSI
76 Across: Old Greek theater area (5)
SKENE
77 Across: Produces (6)
STAGES
78 Across: Elegance (5)
CLASS
80 Across: Vulture (6)
CONDOR
81 Across: Window part (4)
SASH
82 Across: Stein logic (12)
AROSEISAROSE
86 Across: Article (3)
THE
87 Across: Evaluate (6)
ASSESS
89 Across: Explorer of 1400's (5)
CABOT
90 Across: Haggard (3)
WAN
93 Across: African fly (6)
TSETSE
94 Across: Butterfly ___ (3)
NET
95 Across: Actor Lew (5)
AYRES
97 Across: "Vincit omnia ___" (7)
VERITAS
99 Across: Stepped on (4)
TROD
102 Across: "He's ___ yokel" (6)
ALOCAL
103 Across: Willful cultivator (21)
MARYMARYQUITECONTRARY
107 Across: Onassis (3)
ARI
108 Across: Can. province (3)
ONT
109 Across: Conceal (8)
ENSHROUD
110 Across: Hole or cap (4)
KNEE
111 Across: Color (3)
DYE
112 Across: "___ victis" (3)
VAE
113 Across: Ones who testify (8)
DEPOSERS
114 Across: Go amiss (3)
ERR

Down Answers

1 Down: Arts branch (5)
DRAMA
2 Down: Feelings of anguish (6)
DOLORS
3 Down: Moocher (6)
SPONGE
4 Down: Call it ___ (4)
ADAY
5 Down: Electric unit (3)
REL
6 Down: Mil. address (3)
APO
7 Down: Grease base (7)
BONEFAT
8 Down: Irritates (4)
IRES
9 Down: Musial or Kenton (4)
STAN
10 Down: Distant: Prefix (4)
TELE
11 Down: Salt, at Maxim's (3)
SEL
12 Down: Conspicuous (7)
SALIENT
13 Down: "___ Ishmael" (6)
CALLME
14 Down: Quenched (6)
SLAKED
15 Down: Hebrew lyre (4)
ASOR
16 Down: Oxford tutors (4)
DONS
17 Down: Brew (3)
ALE
19 Down: "I've had it!" (14)
ENOUGHISENOUGH
24 Down: Dutch town (3)
EDE
25 Down: Detests (6)
ABHORS
26 Down: "Sous ___ Toits de Paris" (3)
LES
31 Down: Shell adjunct (3)
OAR
32 Down: Siamese coin (3)
ATT
33 Down: "___ was no lady . . . " (4)
THAT
35 Down: Sink (3)
SAG
36 Down: Emphatic refusal (5)
NOHOW
37 Down: Jeopardy (5)
PERIL
38 Down: What Farragut ordered ahead (9)
FULLSPEED
39 Down: Leisured (4)
IDLE
40 Down: Draw a ___ on (4)
BEAD
42 Down: Print measures (3)
ENS
43 Down: Mata ___ (4)
HARI
44 Down: B'way show tune (14)
NEWYORKNEWYORK
45 Down: Under-eye woes (4)
BAGS
46 Down: Overlook (4)
OMIT
47 Down: Catalyzing enzyme (9)
REDUCTASE
49 Down: Thorndike of stage (5)
SYBIL
50 Down: Extremely (3)
TOO
52 Down: Kind of stick (4)
POGO
53 Down: O'Neal (4)
RYAN
54 Down: Wight, for one (4)
ISLE
57 Down: Snake-charmers' clarinets (5)
BEENS
58 Down: Caustics (4)
LYES
59 Down: Scarves (4)
BOAS
60 Down: He, in Italy (4)
EGLI
65 Down: Part of A.D. (4)
ANNO
66 Down: Oblique look (4)
LEER
68 Down: Defarge (3)
MME
69 Down: Stupid (5)
CRASS
70 Down: Platinum wire loop (4)
OESE
71 Down: "Food of love" (5)
MUSIC
73 Down: Aide: Abbr. (4)
ASST
74 Down: State (4)
UTAH
76 Down: Help! (3)
SOS
78 Down: Full of a salad green (6)
CRESSY
79 Down: Trail the field (4)
LOSE
80 Down: Camper's need (3)
COT
82 Down: Semitic goddess (7)
ASTARTE
83 Down: One of Zsa Zsa's husbands (7)
SANDERS
84 Down: Beame (3)
ABE
85 Down: Go bad (3)
ROT
87 Down: Isaac of sci-fi (6)
ASIMOV
88 Down: Hokkaido town (6)
SETANA
91 Down: Esoteric (6)
ARCANE
92 Down: More convenient (6)
NEARER
93 Down: Afflict (3)
TRY
95 Down: Height: Abbr. (3)
ALT
96 Down: More sneaky (5)
SLYER
97 Down: Change (4)
VARY
98 Down: Lake (4)
ERIE
99 Down: Change one's ___ (4)
TUNE
100 Down: Stem, in England (4)
RISP
101 Down: German king (4)
OTHO
102 Down: Conjunctions (4)
ANDS
103 Down: Dog or Hatter (3)
MAD
104 Down: Math initials (3)
QED
105 Down: Iowa college (3)
COE
106 Down: "___ Town" (3)
OUR

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