JEWEL CACHE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 5/16/1976. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Solomon island (6): TULAGI
7 Across: Composer Ned (5): ROREM
12 Across: Ordered (4): BADE
16 Across: Praise (4): LAUD
20 Across: Saint-Pierre's isle (6): OLERON
21 Across: Armadillos (6): APARAS
23 Across: Tel ___ (4): AVIV
24 Across: Harbor on Guam (4): APRA
25 Across: Ignites (13): STARTSAPPHIRE
27 Across: Happen (9): COMETOPAZ
29 Across: Skin disease (6): HERPES
30 Across: Argo's skipper (5): JASON
32 Across: Irk (6): NETTLE
33 Across: U.S. flying unit (3): SAC
36 Across: Steel, in Brest (5): ACIER
37 Across: Collins's "The ___ in White" (5): WOMAN
38 Across: Posts: Abbr. (4): STAS
39 Across: Venezuelan copper town (4): AROA
41 Across: Biblical name (3): UEL
42 Across: Temptress (5): SIREN
43 Across: Got hep (7): WISEDUP
47 Across: Solid meals (7): DINNERS
49 Across: Breakfast item (10): ORANGEJADE
52 Across: Call ___ day (3): ITA
53 Across: Get comfortable (6): NESTLE
54 Across: City on the Willamette (5): SALEM
56 Across: French painter (4): DORE
57 Across: "___ Yankees" (4): DAMN
58 Across: Feminine endings (5): ETTES
59 Across: Pulled along (5): TOWED
60 Across: Shillong's state (5): ASSAM
62 Across: Kind of drop or peel (5): LEMON
63 Across: Boer town (4): STAD
64 Across: Farm building (4): SILO
65 Across: Cut (5): HEWED
66 Across: Bristly (6): SETOSE
67 Across: ___ Remo (3): SAN
68 Across: "Empty Saddles in ___" (11): THEOLDCORAL
71 Across: Proxy (5): AGENT
72 Across: Eiffel and London (6): TOWERS
74 Across: Up (5): RISEN
75 Across: Firecracker (6): PETARD
77 Across: Yampa or Ucayali (5): RIVER
78 Across: TV's top banana (11): MILTONBERYL
80 Across: Italian numeral (3): TRE
83 Across: Gainsaid (6): DENIED
84 Across: Rec-room players (5): HIFIS
85 Across: Acidity (4): ACOR
86 Across: Yak (4): CHIN
87 Across: Short jackets (5): ETONS
88 Across: Estuary (5): DELTA
89 Across: Puts in order (5): RANKS
91 Across: Snoozed (5): SLEPT
92 Across: Kind of dream (4): PIPE
93 Across: ___ mell (4): PELL
94 Across: Yields (5): BENDS
95 Across: Quake (6): TREMOR
96 Across: Musical syllable (3): TRA
97 Across: Playwright (10): DRAMETHYST
100 Across: Garden flower (7): TEAROSE
101 Across: Unruly brat (7): HELLION
103 Across: Whizzes (5): HARES
104 Across: Clay: Prefix (3): PEL
105 Across: Dravidian language (4): KOTA
106 Across: ___ benedict (4): EGGS
107 Across: Noise abroad (5): BRUIT
108 Across: " . . . it ___ for thee" (5): TOLLS
110 Across: Mil. unit (3): DET
111 Across: Ankle injury (6): SPRAIN
114 Across: Chinese sisters (5): SOONG
115 Across: Go yachting (6): CRUISE
116 Across: Pomades (9): HAIRTONYX
118 Across: Heaven will protect her (13): THEZIRCONGIRL
124 Across: Amos's friend (4): ANDY
125 Across: Rational (4): SANE
126 Across: Hull planking (6): STRAKE
127 Across: Word with me-not (6): FORGET
128 Across: ___ Irae (4): DIES
129 Across: Potato buds (4): EYES
130 Across: More miffed (5): SORER
131 Across: Palm leaves (6): FRONDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Mil. set-ups (3): TOS
2 Down: Preceding month: Abbr. (3): ULT
3 Down: Pasture (3): LEA
4 Down: Sked abbr. (3): ARR
5 Down: Almanach city (5): GOTHA
6 Down: Shaky (8): INSECURE
7 Down: Mountaineer's maneuver (6): RAPPEL
8 Down: Cartoonist Frederick (5): OPPER
9 Down: Cheers (4): RAHS
10 Down: Silkworm (3): ERI
11 Down: Seasoning (8): MARJORAM
12 Down: Home delivery of a sort (5): BACON
13 Down: River of England (4): AVON
14 Down: Obfuscated (3): DIM
15 Down: Time of day (8): EVENTIDE
16 Down: Chinese philosopher (6): LAOTSE
17 Down: Date: Abbr. (4): APPT
18 Down: River of Russia (4): URAL
19 Down: Bewilder (4): DAZE
22 Down: Able-bodied ones (6): SEAMEN
26 Down: Zodiac sign (5): ARIES
28 Down: Rag (5): TEASE
31 Down: Joined in the chorus (4): SANG
33 Down: Melancholy (7): SADNESS
34 Down: Short song (7): ARIETTA
35 Down: Now Istanbul (14): CONSTANTINOPAL
37 Down: Electrified (5): WIRED
38 Down: Bee grouping (5): SWARM
40 Down: Ponied up (5): ANTED
42 Down: Food fish (4): SOLE
44 Down: "___ for Love" (14): DIAMONDTHEMOOD
45 Down: Extreme (6): UTMOST
46 Down: Lustrous fabric (5): PANNE
48 Down: City railroads (3): ELS
50 Down: Ford (5): EDSEL
51 Down: "Grapes of Wrath" family (4): JOAD
54 Down: Goes on one's own (5): SOLOS
55 Down: M.P.'s quarry (4): AWOL
57 Down: Hinder (5): DETER
59 Down: Stadium part (4): TIER
60 Down: Correo ___ (air mail) (5): AEREO
61 Down: Proust hero (5): SWANN
62 Down: Sanctioned (5): LEGAL
64 Down: Pottery fragment: Var. (5): SHERD
65 Down: Throws a party (5): HOSTS
66 Down: Butterfly (5): SATYR
68 Down: Aviary sounds (5): TWEES
69 Down: General idea (5): DRIFT
70 Down: Eyelashes (5): CILIA
73 Down: Sheeplike (5): OVINE
75 Down: Nibbles (5): PECKS
76 Down: Olympian god (4): EROS
77 Down: Call it a day (6): RETIRE
78 Down: Thousand, in Dijon (5): MILLE
79 Down: Big ___ era (4): BAND
81 Down: Retaliatory maneuver (7): RIPOSTE
82 Down: Beg (7): ENTREAT
83 Down: Vertical dimension (5): DEPTH
84 Down: Pilot's place (4): HELM
86 Down: Office worker (5): CLERK
88 Down: Campus V.I.P.'s (5): DEANS
89 Down: Adjust again (5): RESET
90 Down: Hill-dwellers (4): ANTS
91 Down: Hacienda lady (3): SRA
93 Down: Forecast, medically (8): PROGNOSE
94 Down: In justice (8): BYRIGHTS
95 Down: Lectures (8): TELLSOFF
97 Down: Finger (5): DIGIT
98 Down: Poetic word (4): THRO
99 Down: Hangouts (6): HAUNTS
100 Down: Purposive (5): TELIC
102 Down: Mrs. O'___ cow (6): LEARYS
104 Down: V.I.P. at a tea (6): POURER
107 Down: Spars (5): BOXES
108 Down: Three-wheeler (5): TRIKE
109 Down: Mexican man (5): SENOR
111 Down: Kind of roe (4): SHAD
112 Down: Warsaw Mrs. (4): PANI
113 Down: Go cantering (4): RIDE
114 Down: Auld lang ___ (4): SYNE
115 Down: Peter or Nicholas (4): CZAR
117 Down: Vote against (3): NAY
119 Down: Cockney's idol (3): ERO
120 Down: Twelve doz. (3): GRO
121 Down: Auto key: Abbr. (3): IGN
122 Down: Crimson (3): RED
123 Down: Mil. officers (3): LTS

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