YANKEE DOODLES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 6/13/1976. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Epstein (5): JACOB
6 Across: Fellow (4): CHAP
10 Across: Duel preludes (5): SLAPS
15 Across: Seats for Shipwreck Kelly (6): FLAGPOLES
21 Across: City of Japan (5): OSAKA
22 Across: Kind of bean (4): LIMA
23 Across: Add up (5): TOTAL
24 Across: Fr. menu item (6): SALADE
25 Across: Hindu lute (5): SITAR
26 Across: Susa's land (4): ELAM
27 Across: Greek market (5): AGORA
28 Across: Wintry (6): HIEMAL
29 Across: Words by Henry H. Bennett (22): HATSOFFTHEFLAGISPASSINGBY
33 Across: Hazel or pea (3): NUT
34 Across: Drug initials (3): LSD
35 Across: Forms (6): SHAPES
36 Across: Arrests (6): RUNSIN
40 Across: After amas (4): AMAT
42 Across: Scary word (3): BOO
44 Across: Papers: Abbr. (3): MSS
45 Across: Letter (3): VEE
48 Across: Mrs. Perón (5): EVITA
49 Across: Summer drink (3): ADE
50 Across: Rest upon (7): OVERLAP
53 Across: Poetic cattle (4): KINE
54 Across: Highwayman Claude (5): DUVAL
55 Across: Cut grass (3): MOW
56 Across: Ointment (4): NARD
57 Across: Diminutive suffix (3): CLE
59 Across: Paris suburb (4): ISSY
60 Across: Florida land-developer (4): FLAGLER
61 Across: Fern spores (4): SORI
62 Across: Casey Jones, for one (8): ENGINEER
64 Across: Puerto ___ (4): RICO
65 Across: Without: Fr. (4): SANS
66 Across: Waste allowances (5): TRETS
68 Across: Have a bite (3): EAT
69 Across: List (6): ROSTER
71 Across: ___ Alto (4): PALO
73 Across: Invited to a penthouse (5): HADUP
77 Across: Bar bill (3): TAB
79 Across: Make up for (5): ATONE
80 Across: What Key was glad to see (21): THATOURFLAGWASSTILLTHERE
85 Across: Naval order above captain (5): FLAGRANK
86 Across: ___ Paulo (3): SAO
87 Across: Bandwagon ism (5): METOO
88 Across: Make ___ for it (flee) (4): ARUN
89 Across: Antelopes (6): SAIGAS
91 Across: Football gains: Abbr. (3): DNS
93 Across: Finnish lake (5): INARI
95 Across: " . . . spare your country's ___ said" (4): FLAGSHE
99 Across: Spin: Scot. (4): TIRL
100 Across: Grew an iris (8): RAISEDAFLAG
105 Across: Polite interruption (4): AHEM
106 Across: Yarn knot (4): SLUB
107 Across: "I cannot tell ___" (4): ALIE
108 Across: In the style of (3): ALA
109 Across: Rock cavities (4): VUGS
110 Across: Card game (3): LOO
111 Across: Trite (5): STALE
112 Across: Nourish (4): FEED
113 Across: Conned (7): FLEECED
115 Across: ___ truce (parley prelude) (3): FLAGOF
116 Across: Arabian land (5): QATAR
117 Across: Before H.S.T. (3): FDR
118 Across: Pitch (3): TAR
120 Across: Compass point (3): NNE
121 Across: Kiln (4): OAST
123 Across: Most impolite (6): RUDEST
124 Across: Popular lane (6): LOVERS
126 Across: Babel had one: Abbr. (3): TWR
127 Across: Miss Farrow (3): MIA
128 Across: What Betsy Ross said? (22): ISEWEDUNFLAGGINGLYONTHATFLAG
138 Across: George M. Cohan, notably (6): FLAGWAVER
139 Across: Range, as of emotions (5): GAMUT
140 Across: Octavia, to Nero (4): UXOR
141 Across: Put a levy on (5): TAXED
142 Across: Make a mockery of (6): GIBEAT
143 Across: Tactless (5): BRASH
144 Across: German one (4): EINE
145 Across: Tagalog servant (5): ALILA
146 Across: Curls the lip (6): SNEERS
147 Across: Matchmaker of "Fiddler" (5): YENTE
148 Across: Nursery need, in baby-talk (4): DIDY
149 Across: Gosh! (5): GOLLY

Down Answers

1 Down: Chaff (4): JOSH
2 Down: Vast land area (4): ASIA
3 Down: Suffragist Carrie (4): CATT
4 Down: Trappist cheeses (4): OKAS
5 Down: Like Münchhausen's home? (8): BARONIAL
6 Down: Split (5): CLEFT
7 Down: Sword part (4): HILT
8 Down: Asian nurse (4): AMAH
9 Down: Actress Mason (6): PAMELA
10 Down: Proper (5): STAID
11 Down: Ship journals (4): LOGS
12 Down: Over (4): ATOP
13 Down: Sunshade (7): PARASOL
14 Down: Cut sharply (5): SLASH
15 Down: Commanders' boats (6): FLAGSHIPS
16 Down: Patriot Thomas and family (6): PAINES
17 Down: Cassini et al. (5): OLEGS
18 Down: Elia (4): LAMB
19 Down: V-___ (May 8, 1945) (4): EDAY
20 Down: Seasoning, in Paris (3): SEL
30 Down: "Ain't We Got ___?" (3): FUN
31 Down: Patio slab (6): FLAGSTONE
32 Down: Taste (6): SAMPLE
36 Down: Mutineers' pennants (5): REDFLAGS
37 Down: Palate part (5): UVULA
38 Down: Actor David (5): NIVEN
39 Down: Like a certain banner (12): STARSPANGLED
40 Down: Dote on (5): ADORE
41 Down: "Stay ___" (Biblical plea) (10): MEWITHFLAGONS
42 Down: Arctic sight (4): BERG
43 Down: Do ___ (all-out) (5): ORDIE
45 Down: Guest (7): VISITOR
46 Down: Mise ___ (7): ENSCENE
47 Down: Pooh's donkey friend (6): EEYORE
49 Down: In a mood for love (7): AMOROUS
51 Down: Heflin (3): VAN
52 Down: Perfumery solvent (6): ACETAL
53 Down: Wagnerian soprano (12): KIRSTENFLAGSTAD
58 Down: Slip (3): ERR
61 Down: Normandy town (4): STLO
63 Down: Old Glory, Union Jack et al. (10): NATIONALFLAGS
67 Down: Observed (3): SAW
70 Down: Pearl Harbor site (4): OAHU
72 Down: Aleutian island (4): ATKA
74 Down: Barrier (3): DAM
75 Down: Employ (3): USE
76 Down: Attention-getting sound (3): PST
78 Down: "A ___ bugles, a ruffle of drums," (7): BLAREOF
80 Down: Followed (7): TRAILED
81 Down: More perilous (7): HAIRIER
82 Down: Type of tire (6): RADIAL
83 Down: Thou: Fr. (3): TOI
84 Down: Shipshape (4): TRIM
85 Down: Arizona city (6): FLAGSTAFF
90 Down: Spanish Mrs. (3): SRA
92 Down: Seas or wonders (5): SEVEN
94 Down: Not give ___ (5): AHOOT
96 Down: Agenda (5): SLATE
97 Down: Oahu dances (5): HULAS
98 Down: Ger. president (5): EBERT
101 Down: Drake or Lunt (6): ALFRED
102 Down: Mussolini's title (4): DUCE
103 Down: Ripen (3): AGE
104 Down: Hails, as a cab (6): FLAGSDOWN
111 Down: Child's game (8): SQUATTAG
114 Down: Trap (7): ENSNARE
118 Down: Ready ___ (off the rack) (6): TOWEAR
119 Down: Wards off (6): AVERTS
122 Down: Debated (6): ARGUED
123 Down: Jap. coin (3): RIN
124 Down: Mississippi sight (5): LEVEE
125 Down: Football, at Eton (5): RUGBY
126 Down: Church pledge (5): TITHE
127 Down: Comic Amsterdam (5): MOREY
128 Down: "Heads ___ tails you lose" (4): IWIN
129 Down: "Quién ___?" (4): SABE
130 Down: Rail-crossing guard (4): FLAGMAN
131 Down: Puff of wind (4): GUST
132 Down: Roman 62 (4): LXII
133 Down: "___ Cassius has a lean . . . " (4): YOND
134 Down: Angel's headgear (4): HALO
135 Down: Leaf angle (4): AXIL
136 Down: Daisies don't do it (4): TELL
137 Down: June 14 (4): FLAGDAY
138 Down: James Montgomery et al. (3): FLAGGS

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