DOUBLE TAKES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 158 clues). Published 2/22/1976. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Bullock cart (7): HACKERY
8 Across: Urban ___ (6): SPRAWL
14 Across: Sanatorium (8): RESTHOME
22 Across: K. Roberts novel (7): ARUNDEL
23 Across: Remit in advance (6): PREPAY
24 Across: Treeless (8): UNWOODED
25 Across: "Flight time has been delayed" (14): LATEDISCLOSURE
27 Across: Strategists (8): PLANNERS
28 Across: Be prevalent (6): OBTAIN
29 Across: Downstairs wear (6): LIVERY
30 Across: Dance (5): TANGO
31 Across: Josh (4): RIDE
32 Across: "Phèdre" author (6): RACINE
33 Across: Hauler (5): TRUCK
35 Across: Scum (4): RAFF
39 Across: Wine casks (4): TUNS
40 Across: Most arid (6): SEREST
41 Across: "Wreck of the Mary ___" (5): DEARE
42 Across: House lily (5): CALLA
43 Across: Trig's relative (3): ALG
44 Across: Repeat: Lat. (5): ITERO
45 Across: "Beau ___" (5): GESTE
46 Across: October specter (6): GOBLIN
47 Across: Eucalyptus secretion (4): LERP
49 Across: Burning (3): LIT
50 Across: Declaim (5): ORATE
51 Across: Fashion variable (7): HEMLINE
52 Across: Fabric line-marker (7): CREASER
54 Across: "Nuts!" (14): GENERALCOMMENT
57 Across: Pooh creator (5): MILNE
58 Across: "___ Irish Rose" (5): ABIES
59 Across: " . . . dreary everywhere ___" (5): IROAM
60 Across: Venus, for one (6): PLANET
62 Across: " . . . when ___ at you" (5): ILOOK
63 Across: Jack's fish (5): SPRAT
65 Across: God of love (4): EROS
69 Across: Like a jug (5): EARED
70 Across: "Out, damned spot!" (11): CLEANSPEECH
72 Across: Rockne (5): KNUTE
73 Across: Answered: Abbr. (4): ACKD
74 Across: Meaning (5): POINT
75 Across: Canonical hour (5): TERCE
76 Across: Lemon's cousin (6): CITRON
77 Across: "What a way to ___ living" (5): EARNA
79 Across: City of Italy (5): PARMA
80 Across: Russian girl's name (5): SONIA
81 Across: "Soak the rich!" (14): TAXDECLARATION
85 Across: Famed Vita (7): LADOLCE
88 Across: Indian way (7): WARPATH
89 Across: Court quieter (5): GAVEL
90 Across: Cloche (3): HAT
91 Across: Neighbor of Minn. (4): NDAK
92 Across: Come forth (6): EMERGE
93 Across: Carries on (5): RAVES
94 Across: Treat, as ham (5): SMOKE
96 Across: Before (3): ERE
97 Across: Miss Adoree (5): RENEE
98 Across: Bibulous one (5): TOPER
99 Across: Pit remover (6): STONER
100 Across: Fusing materials: Abbr. (4): SLDS
101 Across: Time periods (4): ERAS
102 Across: Like Monsarrat's sea (5): CRUEL
103 Across: Like cutlery (6): BLADED
104 Across: Irish festival (4): FEIS
105 Across: Kind of tax (5): SALES
107 Across: Plant organisms (6): CLONES
108 Across: Drool (6): SLAVER
110 Across: Shy (8): RETICENT
113 Across: "A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts" (14): BROADSTATEMENT
115 Across: Weaken (8): ETIOLATE
116 Across: Red stone (6): GARNET
117 Across: Put the hex on again (7): RECURSE
118 Across: Polite (8): MANNERED
119 Across: Disdainful (6): SNEERY
120 Across: Printing chemicals (7): INKDYES

Down Answers

1 Down: Nimbus (4): HALO
2 Down: Faisal, for one (9): ARABRULER
3 Down: "Et tu, Brute" (13): CUTTINGREMARK
4 Down: Makes dough (6): KNEADS
5 Down: Cantor (5): EDDIE
6 Down: Hold back (4): REIN
7 Down: Primary colors: Abbr. (3): YLS
8 Down: Film mender (7): SPLICER
9 Down: Condition (7): PROVISO
10 Down: Dislike (6): RESENT
11 Down: Venezuelan river (5): APURE
12 Down: Cautious (4): WARY
13 Down: Soap base (3): LYE
14 Down: Break (7): RUPTURE
15 Down: Interweave (6): ENLACE
16 Down: Posh (5): SWANK
17 Down: Holding device (4): TONG
18 Down: "Here comes the judge" (16): HONORABLEMENTION
19 Down: Poem (3): ODE
20 Down: Sea: Fr. (3): MER
21 Down: Begley et al. (3): EDS
26 Down: Red wine (6): CLARET
32 Down: Withdraw (6): RETIRE
33 Down: Seed casing (5): TESTA
34 Down: Asian badger (5): RATEL
36 Down: Exhausted (5): ALLIN
37 Down: Lighter part (5): FLINT
38 Down: Temple (4): FANE
39 Down: Powder (4): TALC
40 Down: Taciturn (6): SILENT
41 Down: Loved ones (5): DEARS
42 Down: Colon's cousin (5): COMMA
45 Down: "If I am Sophocles, I am not mad" (11): GREEKSTATES
46 Down: Old English council (5): GEMOT
48 Down: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth . . . " (16): PAINEDEXPRESSION
50 Down: Tear inducer (5): ONION
51 Down: Acre dance: Var. (5): HORAH
53 Down: Bob at Lake Placid (4): SLED
54 Down: Ancient medic (5): GALEN
55 Down: Small German craft (5): EBOAT
56 Down: Enchantress (5): CIRCE
60 Down: Hen or nut (3): PEA
61 Down: Tree resin (3): LAC
62 Down: Of a pelvic bone (5): ILIAL
63 Down: Auto-da-fé (5): SERMO
64 Down: Pie nut (5): PECAN
66 Down: " . . . folks, all politics is applesauce" (13): RURALDELIVERY
67 Down: Siouan (3): OTO
68 Down: Tokyo money (3): SEN
70 Down: Seashell (5): CONCH
71 Down: Danger (5): PERIL
72 Down: Type (4): KIND
74 Down: Ready, in Paris (5): PRETE
76 Down: Film-paper worker (6): COATER
78 Down: Proverb (5): ADAGE
79 Down: Road worker (5): PAVER
80 Down: Satisfied (6): SLAKED
81 Down: Circus star (5): TAMER
82 Down: Scene (5): ARENA
83 Down: Slack-jawed (5): AGAPE
84 Down: Snarl (5): RAVEL
86 Down: Plus for a bridge player (9): CARDSENSE
87 Down: Makes do, with "out" (4): EKES
88 Down: Common verb (4): WERE
90 Down: Abe or Injun (6): HONEST
93 Down: Shook awake (7): ROUSTED
94 Down: Actor Lionel (7): STANDER
95 Down: Humility (7): MODESTY
98 Down: Juin's total of days (6): TRENTE
99 Down: Brit. Museum benefactor (6): SLOANE
100 Down: Slimy shore deposit (6): SEAMUD
102 Down: Intelligible (5): CLEAR
103 Down: Movies' Eric (5): BLORE
104 Down: Mote (5): FLECK
106 Down: Asian tree (4): ACLE
107 Down: Scottish swift (4): CRAN
108 Down: Carbine (4): STEN
109 Down: Ways: Abbr. (4): RTES
110 Down: Ad ___ (3): REM
111 Down: Greek letter (3): ETA
112 Down: Pewter's base (3): TIN
113 Down: One-star men: Abbr. (3): BGS
114 Down: Onassis (3): ARI

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