FINISHING LINES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 172 clues). Published 5/2/1976. By Alexander F. Black.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Reverence (3)
- AWE
- 4 Across: Aerie dweller (5)
- EAGLE
- 9 Across: Cupid (4)
- AMOR
- 13 Across: Tense up (7)
- BRISTLE
- 20 Across: Nessen or Ziegler (3)
- RON
- 21 Across: Coxswain's command (6)
- UPOARS
- 23 Across: Alaskan city (4)
- NOME
- 24 Across: Box and free (7)
- LUNCHES
- 25 Across: Like Field's toy dog (15)
- COVEREDWITHDUST
- 28 Across: Like Tyre or Nineveh (7)
- ANCIENT
- 29 Across: Inter ___ (4)
- ALIA
- 30 Across: Dict. entry (3)
- DEF
- 31 Across: Calif. motto (6)
- EUREKA
- 32 Across: Teachers' org. (3)
- NEA
- 33 Across: Chairman of note (3)
- MAO
- 34 Across: Bambi, e.g. (4)
- DEER
- 35 Across: Solomon island (6)
- TULAGI
- 37 Across: Signs (4)
- INKS
- 39 Across: Anti: Abbr. (3)
- OPP
- 40 Across: Like Whitman's cradle (16)
- ENDLESSLYROCKING
- 45 Across: Washes (5)
- LAVES
- 47 Across: Compass point (3)
- SSE
- 48 Across: Laugh, in Lausanne (3)
- RIS
- 49 Across: Vichy seasons (4)
- ETES
- 50 Across: Beauty of myth (4)
- PERI
- 51 Across: Hudson's Zee (6)
- TAPPAN
- 54 Across: Through (3)
- PER
- 55 Across: Seven vis à vis Thebes (7)
- AGAINST
- 58 Across: Lets go (8)
- RELEASES
- 62 Across: Actor Dullea (4)
- KEIR
- 64 Across: Youth org. (3)
- BSA
- 65 Across: N.C.O.'s (4)
- SGTS
- 66 Across: Extraordinary item (4)
- ONER
- 67 Across: Gains (7)
- ATTAINS
- 70 Across: Ginger (3)
- PEP
- 71 Across: Friday's creator (5)
- DEFOE
- 72 Across: Auto part (7)
- STARTER
- 75 Across: Expected, in Soho (4)
- OPED
- 76 Across: Minuscule (3)
- WEE
- 77 Across: Violin-case item (5)
- ROSIN
- 78 Across: Sea eagle (3)
- ERN
- 79 Across: Like Sandburg's fog (15)
- ONLITTLECATFEET
- 83 Across: Sparks or Rorem (3)
- NED
- 85 Across: Western park (5)
- ESTES
- 87 Across: ___ Plaines (3)
- DES
- 88 Across: Prefix with meter or tude (4)
- ALTI
- 89 Across: Bouquet (7)
- NOSEGAY
- 91 Across: Incites (5)
- SPURS
- 92 Across: Smith and Pacino (3)
- ALS
- 93 Across: U.S. botanist (7)
- BRITTON
- 95 Across: Bright star (4)
- VEGA
- 96 Across: Pueblo dweller (4)
- HOPI
- 97 Across: Humorist George (3)
- ADE
- 98 Across: Colombian money (4)
- PESO
- 99 Across: Vexed (8)
- PESTERED
- 102 Across: Unaccented words (7)
- ATONICS
- 104 Across: U.S.A.F. member (3)
- WAF
- 105 Across: Electronic energy condition (6)
- SSTATE
- 107 Across: Church area (4)
- NAVE
- 108 Across: Eileen's state (4)
- OHIO
- 109 Across: Hole maker (3)
- AWL
- 110 Across: Cakes' partner (3)
- ALE
- 112 Across: Grass genus (5)
- MUHLY
- 114 Across: Carroll's toves ___ (16)
- DIDGYREANDGIMBLE
- 121 Across: Cuckoo (3)
- ANI
- 122 Across: Civilian A.D.C. (4)
- ASST
- 124 Across: Sindbad locale (6)
- ARABIA
- 125 Across: Skittles' partner (4)
- BEER
- 126 Across: Jekyll et al. (3)
- DRS
- 127 Across: Prefix with angle or pod (3)
- TRI
- 128 Across: Captivate (6)
- ENAMOR
- 131 Across: Time in Eng. (3)
- GCT
- 133 Across: Another, in Andalusia (4)
- OTRO
- 134 Across: Put back to work (7)
- REHIRED
- 136 Across: Like Dowson's Cynara (15)
- GONEWITHTHEWIND
- 139 Across: Withdrawn (7)
- ASOCIAL
- 140 Across: English river (4)
- AVON
- 141 Across: Later (6)
- NOTYET
- 142 Across: Scottish river (3)
- DEE
- 143 Across: Jack or chase (7)
- STEEPLE
- 144 Across: Lacking, in Le Havre (4)
- SANS
- 145 Across: Man and Pines (5)
- ISLES
- 146 Across: Conversational pauses (3)
- ERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Place for slot machines (6)
- ARCADE
- 2 Down: Like some mittens (6)
- WOOLEN
- 3 Down: Coveted (6)
- ENVIED
- 4 Down: Continent: Abbr. (3)
- EUR
- 5 Down: Imitated (4)
- APED
- 6 Down: Skirt insets (6)
- GODETS
- 7 Down: Legitimate (6)
- LAWFUL
- 8 Down: Son of Gad (3)
- ERI
- 9 Down: Yugoslavian poet (6)
- ANDRIC
- 10 Down: Pout (4)
- MOUE
- 11 Down: Russian city (4)
- OMSK
- 12 Down: Perry Mason's lifeblood (8)
- RETAINER
- 13 Down: Like some checks (5)
- BLANK
- 14 Down: Ancient writings (5)
- RUNES
- 15 Down: Cuzco native (4)
- INCA
- 16 Down: School subj. (3)
- SCI
- 17 Down: Omar's writer (15)
- THEMOVINGFINGER
- 18 Down: Eastern Indian (6)
- LENAPE
- 19 Down: Bars legally (6)
- ESTOPS
- 22 Down: Candle ingredient (7)
- STEARIN
- 26 Down: Nobles (5)
- EARLS
- 27 Down: Victor and family (5)
- HUGOS
- 36 Down: Constellation of 95 Across (4)
- LYRA
- 38 Down: Initials of failure (3)
- NGS
- 41 Down: This, in Juarez (4)
- ESTA
- 42 Down: High and seven (4)
- SEAS
- 43 Down: Military headgear (5)
- KEPIS
- 44 Down: Roman road (4)
- ITER
- 45 Down: Meadow (3)
- LEA
- 46 Down: Becomes rebellious (6)
- ARISES
- 50 Down: Palmer's org. (3)
- PGA
- 52 Down: Singer Bailey (5)
- PEARL
- 53 Down: Attention getter (3)
- PST
- 55 Down: Snake (3)
- ASP
- 56 Down: Prehistoric period (8)
- STONEAGE
- 57 Down: Half a fly (3)
- TSE
- 58 Down: Water or wood (4)
- ROSE
- 59 Down: Warehouse (8)
- ENTREPOT
- 60 Down: Markham's farmer ___ (15)
- LEANSUPONHISHOE
- 61 Down: Misjudge (3)
- ERR
- 62 Down: German canal (4)
- KIEL
- 63 Down: Charms (7)
- ENDEARS
- 64 Down: Gripe (4)
- BEEF
- 68 Down: Small bags (5)
- TOTES
- 69 Down: Classified abbr. (4)
- APTS
- 70 Down: Four or larceny (5)
- PETIT
- 71 Down: Morse-code units (4)
- DOTS
- 73 Down: On one's ___ (4)
- TOES
- 74 Down: Annapolis grad. (3)
- ENS
- 76 Down: Power unit (4)
- WATT
- 77 Down: Vintage car (3)
- REO
- 80 Down: Groundless (4)
- IDLE
- 81 Down: Muse (4)
- CLIO
- 82 Down: Nine: Prefix (5)
- ENNEA
- 84 Down: Pair (4)
- DYAD
- 86 Down: Threefold (6)
- TRINAL
- 90 Down: Cain raiser (3)
- EVE
- 91 Down: Wild sheep (3)
- SHA
- 92 Down: Tennis points (3)
- ADS
- 93 Down: Obscure (5)
- BEFOG
- 94 Down: Pick (3)
- OPT
- 97 Down: Server's point (3)
- ACE
- 98 Down: Settled up (4)
- PAID
- 100 Down: Kind of party (4)
- STAG
- 101 Down: Low-caste Hindu (4)
- TELI
- 103 Down: Wall climber (3)
- IVY
- 104 Down: Unleaded fuel (8)
- WHITEGAS
- 105 Down: Induct (7)
- SWEARIN
- 106 Down: Generous portion (4)
- SLAB
- 108 Down: ___ bodikins (3)
- ODS
- 109 Down: Cock Robin's undoing (5)
- ARROW
- 111 Down: Form an arch (5)
- EMBOW
- 112 Down: Shirt cloth (6)
- MADRAS
- 113 Down: Disquiet (6)
- UNREST
- 115 Down: Chinese offices (6)
- YAMENS
- 116 Down: Arabian and silent (6)
- NIGHTS
- 117 Down: Metrical foot (6)
- DACTYL
- 118 Down: Happen (6)
- BETIDE
- 119 Down: Broadway lyricist (6)
- LERNER
- 120 Down: Eats away (6)
- ERODES
- 122 Down: Of a space (5)
- AREAL
- 123 Down: Move furtively (5)
- SIDLE
- 127 Down: Step lightly (4)
- TRIP
- 129 Down: Heavenly sight (4)
- NOVA
- 130 Down: Presently (4)
- ANON
- 132 Down: Friend's pronoun (4)
- THEE
- 135 Down: Box or bag (3)
- ICE
- 137 Down: French thou (3)
- TOI
- 138 Down: French connections (3)
- ETS
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