POETIC THOUGHT - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 3/14/1976. By Bert Beaman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Hair creams for Valentino (7)
- POMADES
- 8 Across: Intrigue (5)
- CABAL
- 13 Across: Complained (6)
- FUSSED
- 19 Across: " . . . shores of ___" (7)
- TRIPOLI
- 20 Across: Miss St. Johns (5)
- ADELA
- 21 Across: Star (7)
- ANTARES
- 23 Across: Legendary English town (7)
- ASTOLAT
- 24 Across: Full (5)
- SATED
- 25 Across: Like Paton's phalarope (7)
- TOOLATE
- 26 Across: Mind (4)
- HEED
- 27 Across: Hindu mendicant (4)
- NAGA
- 29 Across: Yardstick (4)
- RULE
- 31 Across: Vertical pipe (5)
- RISER
- 32 Across: Start of an Edna Millay verse (17)
- IDRANKATEVERYVINE
- 36 Across: Pamela or Perry (5)
- MASON
- 40 Across: Kind of broke (5)
- STONY
- 41 Across: Classified installation (4)
- SILO
- 42 Across: Formicary residents (4)
- ANTS
- 43 Across: Its capital is Athens (6)
- ATTICA
- 45 Across: European resort (5)
- EVIAN
- 47 Across: Table item (4)
- DISH
- 49 Across: Understand (3)
- GET
- 50 Across: More of verse (17)
- THELASTWASLIKETHE
- 53 Across: Science-writer Willy (3)
- LEY
- 54 Across: Compacter fodder (5)
- TRASH
- 55 Across: Abbe (4)
- LANE
- 56 Across: Suspicious (5)
- CHARY
- 61 Across: Smorgasbord item (3)
- EEL
- 62 Across: ___ on (torment) (4)
- PREY
- 63 Across: Kind of house (4)
- PENT
- 64 Across: Adjusts the radio (5)
- TUNES
- 65 Across: TV game-show prizes (7)
- STEREOS
- 67 Across: More of verse (5)
- FIRST
- 69 Across: Kind of pool (7)
- SKITTLE
- 71 Across: Glacial ice form (5)
- SERAC
- 72 Across: Like some marshes (4)
- CANY
- 73 Across: Title for the Pres. (4)
- CINC
- 74 Across: Suffix for cash (3)
- IER
- 75 Across: Brains or beauty, e.g. (5)
- ASSET
- 76 Across: Sun or bridge (4)
- LAMP
- 77 Across: Minister under Mussolini (5)
- CIANO
- 79 Across: Asian sheep (3)
- SHA
- 80 Across: More of verse (17)
- ICAMEUPONNOWINESO
- 85 Across: Like a garrison: Abbr. (3)
- FTD
- 88 Across: Scruff (4)
- NAPE
- 89 Across: Cooling-off period (5)
- TRUCE
- 90 Across: Certain drums (6)
- SNARES
- 91 Across: Mars: Prefix (4)
- AREO
- 93 Across: Mouth part (4)
- ROOF
- 95 Across: Out of place (5)
- INAPT
- 97 Across: English potter (5)
- SPODE
- 98 Across: End of verse (17)
- WONDERFULASTHIRST
- 102 Across: Observes (5)
- NOTES
- 103 Across: Lawyer's concern (4)
- TORT
- 104 Across: ___-cat (4)
- ONEA
- 105 Across: ___ it (live in a certain way) (4)
- BACH
- 109 Across: Letter (7)
- EPISTLE
- 112 Across: Mexican friend (5)
- AMIGO
- 114 Across: To the right, in Paris (7)
- ADROITE
- 116 Across: Most compact (7)
- DENSEST
- 117 Across: Belief (5)
- TENET
- 118 Across: Proposition (7)
- THEOREM
- 119 Across: Paucity (6)
- DEARTH
- 120 Across: Pipe parts (5)
- STEMS
- 121 Across: Do ___ service (be of help) (7)
- YEOMANS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Egyptian god (4)
- PTAH
- 2 Down: Differently: Abbr. (4)
- ORSE
- 3 Down: Bit (4)
- MITE
- 4 Down: Footless (4)
- APOD
- 5 Down: U.S. money unit (3)
- DOL
- 6 Down: Zoo resident (5)
- ELAND
- 7 Down: Hindu guitars (6)
- SITARS
- 8 Down: Lotharios (9)
- CASANOVAS
- 9 Down: Oklahoma city (3)
- ADA
- 10 Down: Sellout (8)
- BETRAYAL
- 11 Down: Northern native (5)
- ALEUT
- 12 Down: Dishes out (6)
- LADLES
- 13 Down: Like Roscoe Arbuckle (3)
- FAT
- 14 Down: Italian article (3)
- UNO
- 15 Down: Sometimes tall item (5)
- STORY
- 16 Down: No-no for pitched baseballs (6)
- SALIVA
- 17 Down: Getting rid of (7)
- ERASING
- 18 Down: U.S.-Russia objective (7)
- DETENTE
- 22 Down: Most arid (6)
- SEREST
- 28 Down: Major port, e.g. (7)
- GATEWAY
- 30 Down: Manifest (7)
- EVIDENT
- 32 Down: S. A. native (4)
- INCA
- 33 Down: Jewish deli offering (5)
- KNISH
- 34 Down: Top-drawer (5)
- ELITE
- 35 Down: ___ ha-Shanah (4)
- ROSH
- 36 Down: Welcome item (3)
- MAT
- 37 Down: Olympic VIP's (8)
- ATHLETES
- 38 Down: Superbowl champs (8)
- STEELERS
- 39 Down: Suave (4)
- OILY
- 44 Down: N.L. player (5)
- ASTRO
- 46 Down: Ohio city (5)
- NILES
- 48 Down: Seething (6)
- HECTIC
- 51 Down: ___ bien (4)
- TRES
- 52 Down: Noted philosopher (4)
- KANT
- 57 Down: Quonset (3)
- HUT
- 58 Down: Literary nonachiever (8)
- ANTIHERO
- 59 Down: Made public (8)
- RELEASED
- 60 Down: River to North Sea (4)
- YSER
- 61 Down: She: It. (4)
- ESSA
- 62 Down: Fruit-jelly base (6)
- PECTIN
- 63 Down: Snoop (3)
- PRY
- 66 Down: Arctic explorer (3)
- RAE
- 67 Down: Recognition (4)
- FAME
- 68 Down: Computer programmer's concern (5)
- INPUT
- 69 Down: Word form for an Asian land (4)
- SINO
- 70 Down: Is certain (5)
- KNOWS
- 72 Down: Starred at a deb party (7)
- CAMEOUT
- 73 Down: Fine leather (7)
- CANEPIN
- 76 Down: ___ luxury (5)
- LAPOF
- 77 Down: Matter (5)
- COUNT
- 78 Down: Conniving together (9)
- INCAHOOTS
- 79 Down: Kind of judgment (4)
- SNAP
- 81 Down: Vicki (4)
- CARR
- 82 Down: Unspoiled (8)
- PRISTINE
- 83 Down: Technical coll. (4)
- INST
- 84 Down: Full of: Suffix (3)
- OSE
- 85 Down: Truckled (6)
- FAWNED
- 86 Down: Walked en masse (7)
- TROOPED
- 87 Down: Tooth part (7)
- DENTINE
- 92 Down: "Potemkin" locale (6)
- ODESSA
- 94 Down: Annual sights in Pasadena (6)
- FLOATS
- 96 Down: Part of NATO (6)
- TREATY
- 99 Down: Organic compound (5)
- ESTER
- 100 Down: Medieval helmet (5)
- ARMET
- 101 Down: Hebrew letter (5)
- SADHE
- 105 Down: Bust's partner (4)
- BOOM
- 106 Down: Grass genus (4)
- AIRA
- 107 Down: Comb: Prefix (4)
- CTEN
- 108 Down: Makes hesitant sounds (4)
- HEMS
- 110 Down: W.W.II craft (3)
- LST
- 111 Down: Afr. land (3)
- ETH
- 113 Down: Treasure (3)
- GEM
- 115 Down: Collector's car (3)
- REO
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