GETTING FAMILIAR - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 3/28/1976. By Ruth N. Schultz.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bede or Smith (4)
- ADAM
- 5 Across: Loki's son (4)
- NARE
- 9 Across: B'way sign (3)
- SRO
- 12 Across: Léman et al. (4)
- LACS
- 16 Across: Stock the pantry (5)
- STORE
- 17 Across: Threw an errant pass (8)
- OVERSHOT
- 19 Across: Malay laws (5)
- ADATS
- 21 Across: Edward H. Harriman (15)
- COLOSSUSOFROADS
- 23 Across: On earth (5)
- BELOW
- 24 Across: ___ even keel (4)
- ONAN
- 25 Across: Historic council site (5)
- TRENT
- 26 Across: Casting ___ eyes (6)
- SHEEPS
- 28 Across: Blackbird (3)
- ANI
- 29 Across: " . . . a woman be more like a ___?" (3)
- MAN
- 30 Across: Mecca pilgrimage (4)
- HADJ
- 31 Across: Metric units: Abbr. (3)
- KGS
- 32 Across: N. or S. ___ (4)
- AMER
- 33 Across: Girl's nickname (5)
- ETTIE
- 35 Across: "You can fool ___ of . . . " (4)
- SOME
- 38 Across: Dorothy Lamour (10)
- SARONGGIRL
- 41 Across: Superdome athletes (6)
- SAINTS
- 43 Across: George Herman Ruth (7)
- BAMBINO
- 45 Across: River isles (4)
- AITS
- 46 Across: Maximilian (6)
- SCHELL
- 48 Across: Like river deltas (5)
- SILTY
- 49 Across: Having stains (5)
- SOILY
- 51 Across: Russian co-op (5)
- ARTEL
- 53 Across: ___ Palmas (3)
- LAS
- 54 Across: U.S. fighter plane (8)
- SABREJET
- 57 Across: Comedian Mort (4)
- SAHL
- 60 Across: Of an element (5)
- CERIC
- 62 Across: Kind of processing (4)
- DATA
- 63 Across: Gardner (3)
- AVA
- 64 Across: Wings (4)
- ALAE
- 65 Across: Will Rogers (11)
- CHEROKEEKID
- 67 Across: Indigo (4)
- ANIL
- 68 Across: Luxury's offering (3)
- LAP
- 69 Across: Possessive (4)
- HERS
- 70 Across: Hidden spoiler (5)
- JOKER
- 71 Across: Congo river (4)
- UELE
- 72 Across: Touts (8)
- TIPSTERS
- 75 Across: Dance, in Paris (3)
- BAL
- 76 Across: Porkfish (5)
- SISIS
- 79 Across: Irish poet (5)
- YEATS
- 80 Across: Clear (5)
- LUCID
- 82 Across: Eleanor M. Patterson (6)
- CISSIE
- 85 Across: Kind of song (4)
- SWAN
- 86 Across: "Tinderbox of Europe" (7)
- BALKANS
- 88 Across: Pinch pennies (6)
- STINGE
- 90 Across: Mae West (10)
- DIAMONDLIL
- 93 Across: Defense org. (4)
- NATO
- 95 Across: Like a Ziegfeld girl (5)
- LEGGY
- 96 Across: Mr. 'iggins (4)
- ENRY
- 97 Across: Scottish denial (3)
- NAE
- 98 Across: Like Lowell's June day (4)
- RARE
- 100 Across: Compass point (3)
- ENE
- 101 Across: Poetic word (3)
- EER
- 102 Across: Do street repair (6)
- REPAVE
- 105 Across: Outburst (5)
- SPATE
- 107 Across: Not the same: Abbr. (4)
- ANOR
- 108 Across: Voting bellwether (5)
- MAINE
- 110 Across: P.T. Barnum (15)
- PRINCEOFHUMBUGS
- 113 Across: Pry (5)
- SNOOP
- 114 Across: Syrian's neighbor (8)
- LEBANESE
- 115 Across: Man or pitch (5)
- SALES
- 116 Across: Convey, as a hint (4)
- DROP
- 117 Across: News workers: Abbr. (3)
- EDS
- 118 Across: Raced (4)
- SPED
- 119 Across: Cast-off spouses (4)
- EXES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Ocean or City (8)
- ATLANTIC
- 2 Down: " . . . braes o' bonny ___" (4)
- DOON
- 3 Down: "___ longa . . . " (3)
- ARS
- 4 Down: Perle (5)
- MESTA
- 5 Down: Certain plastic surgery (7)
- NOSEJOB
- 6 Down: Resort near Asbury Park (4)
- AVON
- 7 Down: Broken (4)
- REFT
- 8 Down: Wander (3)
- ERR
- 9 Down: Sultan's relative (4)
- SHAH
- 10 Down: Town in Denmark (7)
- RODEKRO
- 11 Down: Cooperstown's lake (6)
- OTSEGO
- 12 Down: Places for retorts (4)
- LABS
- 13 Down: Drink (3)
- ADE
- 14 Down: Martha J. (Canary) Burke (12)
- CALAMITYJANE
- 15 Down: Lucy ___ (reformers) (7)
- STONERS
- 16 Down: Moonlight et al. (7)
- SONATAS
- 18 Down: Sea signal (3)
- SOS
- 20 Down: Eddy (5)
- SWIRL
- 21 Down: "Here ___ the Showboat" (5)
- COMES
- 22 Down: Indian beans (4)
- URDS
- 27 Down: Place: Abbr. (3)
- PSN
- 30 Down: Other: Prefix (5)
- HETER
- 32 Down: Sprightly (5)
- AGILE
- 34 Down: Breathe (6)
- INHALE
- 36 Down: Family members (3)
- MAS
- 37 Down: P.I.'s Aguinaldo (6)
- EMILIO
- 38 Down: Convenes (4)
- SITS
- 39 Down: "___ port in a storm" (3)
- ANY
- 40 Down: Keen, in Scotland (4)
- GAIR
- 42 Down: Snow's relative: Abbr. (3)
- SLT
- 44 Down: John J. Pershing (9)
- BLACKJACK
- 47 Down: Lascivious ones (7)
- LECHERS
- 49 Down: Like "Gulliver's Travels" (7)
- SATIRIC
- 50 Down: O.T. book (4)
- OBAD
- 52 Down: Side looks (5)
- LEERS
- 54 Down: "___ alive!" (5)
- SAKES
- 55 Down: Unfortunate (4)
- EVIL
- 56 Down: Bit of gossip (4)
- TALE
- 57 Down: Shaker contents (4)
- SALT
- 58 Down: Jai ___ (4)
- ALAI
- 59 Down: Alfred E. Smith (12)
- HAPPYWARRIOR
- 61 Down: Chessie et al.: Abbr. (3)
- RRS
- 62 Down: Ten: Prefix (3)
- DEK
- 65 Down: Huntley (4)
- CHET
- 66 Down: Wind-borne (6)
- EOLIAN
- 67 Down: One from down under (6)
- AUSSIE
- 73 Down: One side of life (5)
- SEAMY
- 74 Down: Pueblo Indian (4)
- TANO
- 75 Down: Run or market (4)
- BULL
- 77 Down: Spanish yeses (3)
- SIS
- 78 Down: Basket fiber (5)
- ISTLE
- 80 Down: Medieval verse (3)
- LAI
- 81 Down: Genetic initials (3)
- DNA
- 83 Down: Relatives of soubrettes (8)
- INGENUES
- 84 Down: Holiday potions (7)
- EGGNOGS
- 85 Down: ___ cosine (7)
- SINEAND
- 86 Down: Like watery eyes (7)
- BLEARED
- 87 Down: Raked with bullets (7)
- STRAFED
- 89 Down: Observers (5)
- EYERS
- 90 Down: Composer Taylor (5)
- DEEMS
- 91 Down: Compass point (3)
- NNE
- 92 Down: Sancho Panza's mule (6)
- DAPPLE
- 94 Down: Vow (4)
- OATH
- 99 Down: Conserve (5)
- REUSE
- 102 Down: Upholstery cloth: Var. (4)
- REPP
- 103 Down: Pulsations: Abbr. (4)
- VIBS
- 104 Down: Spanish queen (3)
- ENA
- 105 Down: Ooze (4)
- SEEP
- 106 Down: Say cheese (4)
- POSE
- 107 Down: ___-bodied (4)
- ABLE
- 109 Down: Mind: Prefix (3)
- NOO
- 111 Down: Church laws: Abbr. (3)
- CNS
- 112 Down: Beerbohm (3)
- MAX
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