GETTING ACROSS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 5/30/1976. By Maria G. Rice.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Deputy: Abbr. (4): ASST
5 Across: ___ in the hole (3): ACE
8 Across: Looks after (5): TENDS
13 Across: Old car (3): REO
16 Across: Soak (3): RET
19 Across: School of a kind (5): SHOAL
21 Across: Elders: Abbr. (3): SRS
22 Across: Pray, in old Rome (5): ORARE
23 Across: Relative of the rhea (3): EMU
24 Across: High note (3): ELA
25 Across: Legendary crossing (19): HELLESPONTBYLEANDER
29 Across: ___ Moines (3): DES
30 Across: Insult (4): SLAP
31 Across: Fluids (4): SERA
32 Across: "___ Is Born" (5): ASTAR
33 Across: Western hills (5): MESAS
35 Across: Long poems (5): EPICS
37 Across: U.S. agency (3): ICC
39 Across: Miffed (4): SORE
40 Across: Mountain ridge (5): ARETE
41 Across: Place for late movie-goers (7): LASTROW
43 Across: Feels compassion (5): ACHES
45 Across: All-America crossing of 1869 (8): USBYRAIL
47 Across: British P.M. (4): PITT
48 Across: Scoreboard trio (3): OOO
49 Across: Abhor (6): LOATHE
51 Across: ___ Canals (3): SOO
52 Across: College degree (3): BCS
53 Across: Initials for a Cardinal cap (3): STL
54 Across: Gershwin et al. (4): IRAS
56 Across: Innocent (5): NAIVE
58 Across: Revelry (4): ORGY
60 Across: Features of needles (9): SHARPENDS
64 Across: Warehouse (8): ENTREPOT
66 Across: Baltic port (4): RIGA
69 Across: "We're ___ tonight on the . . . " (7): TENTING
70 Across: Atomic reactor (4): PILE
72 Across: De ___ (too much) (4): TROP
73 Across: Half a U.S. line (5): MASON
74 Across: ___age (4): TEEN
75 Across: Last (5): FINAL
76 Across: Used the long route (8): DETOURED
78 Across: French month (3): MAI
80 Across: Decisive crossing of old (15): RUBICONBYCAESAR
85 Across: "___ longa . . . " (3): ARS
86 Across: Palace near Madrid (8): ESCORIAL
88 Across: Time periods (5): YEARS
89 Across: Scarce (4): RARE
91 Across: Cuba ___ (5): LIBRE
92 Across: Kind of torch or hard (4): BLOW
95 Across: Part of A.M. (4): ANTE
96 Across: Secondary deals (7): RESALES
99 Across: Doris and Clarence (4): DAYS
100 Across: Catfish ___, Dogpatch delicacy (8): EYEBALLS
102 Across: Run on two party tickets (9): CROSSFILE
104 Across: Price (4): COST
106 Across: Rope fiber (5): SISAL
107 Across: Suez port (4): SAID
108 Across: Can material (3): TIN
109 Across: From ___ Z (3): ATO
111 Across: Opposite of syn. (3): ANT
113 Across: Extremely (6): THRICE
115 Across: Latin goddess (3): DEA
117 Across: Collections (4): SETS
118 Across: Crossing by 94 Down (8): DELAWARE
121 Across: French river (5): ISERE
122 Across: Confine (7): ENCLOSE
124 Across: Stupefies (5): DRUGS
125 Across: Algerian port (4): ORAN
127 Across: Plant (3): SOW
128 Across: Holy Roman emperor (5): OTTOI
129 Across: Irish hero (5): EMMET
130 Across: Food fishes (5): LINGS
132 Across: One of the five W's (4): WHEN
134 Across: River of Spain (4): EBRO
136 Across: Bird beak (3): NEB
137 Across: Solo crossing (19): ATLANTICBYLINDBERGH
143 Across: Actress Joanne (3): DRU
144 Across: Richard or shad (3): ROE
145 Across: Ancient region of Asia Minor (5): IONIA
146 Across: Ecol. or econ. (3): SCI
147 Across: Tibetan creatures (5): YETIS
148 Across: Dunce (3): ASS
149 Across: But, to Caesar (3): SED
150 Across: Bitter or tail (5): ENDER
151 Across: Fish (3): EEL
152 Across: Delivered (4): SENT

Down Answers

1 Down: Mountain or cigar (3): ASH
2 Down: Haggard novel (3): SHE
3 Down: Hurok et al. (4): SOLS
4 Down: Most farfetched (7): TALLEST
5 Down: Snake (3): ASP
6 Down: Puzzle type (9): CROSSWORD
7 Down: Early laborer (4): ESNE
8 Down: Road of stage fame (7): TOBACCO
9 Down: Noun suffix (3): ERY
10 Down: Hero of Hindu epic (4): NALA
11 Down: Tuxedo accessory (10): DRESSSHIRT
12 Down: Eastern alliance (5): SEATO
13 Down: Reparation (7): REDRESS
14 Down: Scottish uncle (3): EME
15 Down: Beame, to New Yorkers (8): OURMAYOR
16 Down: Biblical crossing (18): REDSEABYISRAELITES
17 Down: Of Zeno's school (7): ELEATIC
18 Down: Cord ornaments (7): TASSELS
20 Down: Jumped (5): LEAPT
26 Down: Agnew (5): SPIRO
27 Down: Afflictions (6): TRIALS
28 Down: Island off Japan (4): NARU
34 Down: Blunder (3): ERR
36 Down: Billing's partner (6): COOING
38 Down: W.W. II crossing (15): CHANNELBYALLIES
41 Down: Supple (5): LITHE
42 Down: Admiral's crossing (18): ATLANTICBYCOLUMBUS
44 Down: Condition, in Arles (4): ETAT
46 Down: To ___ (also) (4): BOOT
47 Down: Attention-getting sound (4): PSST
50 Down: Green or glades (4): EVER
55 Down: Fish garnish (5): ASPIC
57 Down: Lyric poems (6): EPODES
59 Down: Cuba's ___ San Martin (4): GRAU
61 Down: Map abbr. (3): RTE
62 Down: Writer Loti (6): PIERRE
63 Down: Weariness (5): ENNUI
64 Down: Dash (4): ELAN
65 Down: Unfolds, poetically (4): OPES
67 Down: One on the move (4): GOER
68 Down: Relatives of ifs and buts (4): ANDS
71 Down: Daughter of Cadmus (3): INO
73 Down: Swamp (6): MORASS
75 Down: French girls (6): FILLES
77 Down: Biblical weeds (5): TARES
78 Down: Card combination (4): MELD
79 Down: Continent (4): ASIA
81 Down: Indulge (4): BABY
82 Down: Desires (4): YENS
83 Down: Lynx, for one (3): CAT
84 Down: Betel palm (5): ARECA
87 Down: Words of approximation (4): ORSO
90 Down: Brit. fliers (3): RAF
93 Down: News notice (4): OBIT
94 Down: Dollar thrower (10): WASHINGTON
96 Down: Beaver or vole (6): RODENT
97 Down: Crème de la crème (5): ELITE
98 Down: Wash. people (4): SENS
100 Down: Small stove (4): ETNA
101 Down: Gibbons (4): LARS
103 Down: Sleigh across a pond (9): RIDEONICE
105 Down: Reacted sharply (8): SAWSTARS
107 Down: Get the reason (6): SEEWHY
109 Down: Book supplements (7): ADDENDA
110 Down: First ___ (prison newcomers) (7): TERMERS
112 Down: Fished (7): TROLLED
114 Down: Jimmy (7): CROWBAR
116 Down: Pretended (5): ACTED
117 Down: Parties (7): SOIREES
119 Down: Mature (3): AGE
120 Down: Silkworm (4): ERIA
123 Down: Pressure group (5): LOBBY
126 Down: Miss Laurie (5): ANNIE
131 Down: Province of Pakistan (4): SIND
133 Down: Otherwise (4): ELSE
135 Down: Town of Italy (4): ORTE
138 Down: ___ the line (3): TOE
139 Down: French co. (3): CIE
140 Down: Nothing (3): NIL
141 Down: Martini base (3): GIN
142 Down: Missouri initials (3): HST

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