SPELLING IT OUT - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 144 clues). Published 2/29/1976. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Western capital (5)
- SALEM
- 6 Across: Metric units: Abbr. (3)
- CMS
- 9 Across: ___ bleu (3)
- BAS
- 12 Across: Plateaus (5)
- MESAS
- 17 Across: African country (6)
- ANGOLA
- 18 Across: Actor Linden (3)
- HAL
- 19 Across: Newts (4)
- EFTS
- 21 Across: Funeral oration (5)
- ELOGE
- 22 Across: Like a wasteland (6)
- BARREN
- 23 Across: Cretan mount (3)
- IDA
- 24 Across: Gerhilde, Ortlinde, et al. (10)
- DIEWALKURE
- 26 Across: Lucy Ashton (17)
- BRIDEOFLAMMERMOOR
- 29 Across: Spread hay (3)
- TED
- 30 Across: Desires (4)
- YENS
- 31 Across: Paparazzo's need (4)
- FILM
- 32 Across: Wonder (3)
- AWE
- 33 Across: Wahoo (3)
- ONO
- 34 Across: Attention-getting word (3)
- HEY
- 35 Across: Previously (7)
- ALREADY
- 37 Across: Hairy and Barbary (4)
- APES
- 38 Across: Menotti girl (6)
- AMELIA
- 42 Across: Baseball stat (3)
- RBI
- 43 Across: Likely (3)
- APT
- 45 Across: Lunar-solar year gap (5)
- EPACT
- 50 Across: Sicilian port (7)
- PALERMO
- 52 Across: Gets a flag ready (7)
- UNFURLS
- 55 Across: Cupid (4)
- AMOR
- 56 Across: Wager (9)
- PLACEABET
- 58 Across: Swiss canton (3)
- URI
- 59 Across: Compete with (7)
- EMULATE
- 62 Across: Color (4)
- TINT
- 63 Across: Barber's cry (4)
- NEXT
- 64 Across: Scale notes (3)
- MIS
- 65 Across: Lolita, for one (7)
- NYMPHET
- 66 Across: Kind of pass or door (6)
- SCREEN
- 68 Across: Tropical tree (6)
- COBOLA
- 70 Across: Marx (7)
- GROUCHO
- 74 Across: Bro. or sis, e.g. (3)
- REL
- 76 Across: Japanese city (4)
- NARA
- 77 Across: ___ out (scold) (4)
- BAWL
- 81 Across: Man from Riga (7)
- LATVIAN
- 82 Across: Retainer (3)
- FEE
- 83 Across: Uniform fabric (9)
- ELASTIQUE
- 85 Across: Solo (4)
- ARIA
- 86 Across: Straus's was chocolate (7)
- SOLDIER
- 89 Across: Height (7)
- STATURE
- 90 Across: Ten: Lat. (5)
- DECEM
- 92 Across: Ghent river (3)
- LYS
- 93 Across: Digits: Abbr. (3)
- NOS
- 95 Across: Imagined (6)
- DREAMT
- 96 Across: Understanding words (4)
- ISEE
- 99 Across: Omitted (7)
- LEFTOUT
- 101 Across: Period (3)
- DOT
- 104 Across: Road sign (3)
- SLO
- 105 Across: Hind (3)
- DOE
- 107 Across: Of animals (4)
- ZOIC
- 108 Across: Turn (4)
- SLUE
- 112 Across: Silkworm (3)
- ERI
- 113 Across: Uncas (17)
- LASTOFTHEMOHICANS
- 117 Across: Violetta Valery (10)
- LATRAVIATA
- 119 Across: Spanish queen (3)
- ENA
- 120 Across: Oleoresins (6)
- ELEMIS
- 121 Across: Chou ___ (5)
- ENLAI
- 122 Across: Coward or Harrison (4)
- NOEL
- 123 Across: Staff man: Abbr. (3)
- ADC
- 124 Across: Kreutzer, for one (6)
- SONATA
- 125 Across: Horse (5)
- STEED
- 126 Across: Young plant: Abbr. (3)
- SDL
- 127 Across: Cry of disgust (3)
- PAH
- 128 Across: Cubic meter (5)
- STERE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Wile (5)
- SNARE
- 2 Down: Smiling (5)
- AGRIN
- 3 Down: Conrad's Jim et al. (5)
- LORDS
- 4 Down: Robt. ___ (4)
- ELEE
- 5 Down: Don Quixote (13)
- MANOFLAMANCHA
- 6 Down: Horror flick (7)
- CHILLER
- 7 Down: Pinkerton's spouse (15)
- MADAMABUTTERFLY
- 8 Down: Word with bang (4)
- SLAM
- 9 Down: Moisten (5)
- BEDEW
- 10 Down: Flaming (5)
- AFIRE
- 11 Down: Halt (4)
- STEM
- 12 Down: Village on the Tweed (7)
- MELROSE
- 13 Down: ___ Rapids, Mich. (3)
- ELK
- 14 Down: Bridge hand (5)
- SOUTH
- 15 Down: Concur (5)
- AGREE
- 16 Down: Unkempt (5)
- SEEDY
- 17 Down: "Dear ___" (4)
- ABBY
- 20 Down: At one fell ___ (5)
- SWOOP
- 25 Down: Topnotch (4)
- AONE
- 27 Down: Tree (3)
- FIR
- 28 Down: One of the poles (3)
- MAY
- 35 Down: English river (4)
- AIRE
- 36 Down: Hubbub (3)
- DIN
- 37 Down: Ocean: Abbr. (3)
- ATL
- 38 Down: Date: Abbr. (4)
- APPT
- 39 Down: Bamako's land (4)
- MALI
- 40 Down: Dash (4)
- ELAN
- 41 Down: Talk: Abbr. (4)
- LECT
- 43 Down: Of gold (5)
- AURIC
- 44 Down: Ruritania's Rudolf (15)
- PRISONEROFZENDA
- 46 Down: Feeler (4)
- PALP
- 47 Down: Oriental nurse (4)
- AMAH
- 48 Down: D'Azur or d'Or (4)
- COTE
- 49 Down: Weight allowance (4)
- TRET
- 51 Down: Fairy king and namesakes (7)
- OBERONS
- 53 Down: Fee-faw-___ (3)
- FUM
- 54 Down: Spanish ladies (7)
- SENORAS
- 57 Down: Devon river (3)
- EXE
- 60 Down: Ferrara's spouse (13)
- MYLASTDUCHESS
- 61 Down: Fringefoot (3)
- UMA
- 66 Down: Physics, for one: Abbr. (3)
- SCI
- 67 Down: Is obligated (5)
- NEEDS
- 69 Down: French dance (3)
- BAL
- 70 Down: Hand or rags (4)
- GLAD
- 71 Down: Unusual (4)
- RARE
- 72 Down: Of the ear (4)
- OTIC
- 73 Down: Grapes (4)
- UVAE
- 75 Down: Garland (3)
- LEI
- 77 Down: Be an unwitting joke victim (4)
- BITE
- 78 Down: Color (4)
- AQUA
- 79 Down: Glaciation stage (4)
- WURM
- 80 Down: Court district (4)
- LEET
- 84 Down: Target of Jack of Hearts (4)
- TART
- 87 Down: Bull of Norway (3)
- OLE
- 88 Down: Compass reading (3)
- ENE
- 91 Down: Lost (7)
- MISLAID
- 94 Down: Have no ___ for (dislike) (7)
- STOMACH
- 97 Down: Tito, for one (4)
- SLAV
- 98 Down: Dye (5)
- EOSIN
- 99 Down: Allow (3)
- LET
- 100 Down: Scoreboard trio (3)
- OIO
- 101 Down: Crosses out (5)
- DELES
- 102 Down: Praying figure (5)
- ORANT
- 103 Down: Kind of page or role (5)
- TITLE
- 105 Down: Lavished love on (5)
- DOTED
- 106 Down: "___ things!" (5)
- OFALL
- 108 Down: Play part (5)
- SCENE
- 109 Down: Truman's birthplace (5)
- LAMAR
- 110 Down: Consolidate (5)
- UNITE
- 111 Down: Italian pronoun (4)
- ESSA
- 114 Down: N. M. resort (4)
- TAOS
- 115 Down: Guest's amount o' livin' (4)
- HEAP
- 116 Down: Ait (4)
- ILOT
- 118 Down: Scottish explorer (3)
- RAE
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