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Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (27x27 grid, 226 clues). Published 7/4/1976. By Anne Fox.

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Across Answers

1 Across: No thing for three (5): MATCH
6 Across: Catlike animal (5): CIVET
11 Across: ___ off (shed sneakily) (3): FOB
14 Across: Suspend (4): HANG
18 Across: Kind of fish (4): WEAK
22 Across: "Hey, there!" (6): YOOHOO
23 Across: Loos (5): ANITA
24 Across: Keeper or lock (4): TIME
25 Across: Spread (4): OLEO
26 Across: Water: Prefix (4): AQUI
27 Across: Uneasy state (6): UNREST
28 Across: Where ___ (scene of activity) (5): ITSAT
29 Across: Cad (4): HEEL
30 Across: Hawaiian bird (4): MAMO
31 Across: Swear (4): CUSS
32 Across: Chess crisis (4): MATE
33 Across: Words by Thomas Dunn English (22): WERECHASINGTHEREDCOATS
38 Across: Louisiana Indian (4): ADAI
39 Across: Cupid (4): AMOR
40 Across: Govt. agency (4): USDA
41 Across: Irish county (6): ARMAGH
42 Across: Old school item (3): TIE
43 Across: In ___ (4): SITU
45 Across: Lulled (6): CALMED
49 Across: Certain sets (3): TVS
50 Across: Flemish painter (6): RUBENS
52 Across: Massachusetts signer (5): PAINE
54 Across: Small case (4): ETUI
55 Across: Zealous (5): AFIRE
58 Across: Oro y ___ (Motto of Montana) (5): PLATA
60 Across: Sixteen ___ (25): HUNDREDPENNSYLVANIAAVENUE
67 Across: Wells's friend (5): FARGO
68 Across: Monotonous situation (3): RUT
69 Across: Tic-___ (6): TACTOE
70 Across: Surfeit (4): CLOY
71 Across: Certain metal fastener (4): TNUT
73 Across: Relief org. (3): IRO
74 Across: About: Abbr. (3): CIR
75 Across: Recruit or deal (3): RAW
76 Across: Life story, for short (3): BIO
78 Across: Pirandello (5): LUIGI
79 Across: What Freedom did, in J.R. Drake poem (23): TORETHEAZUREROBEOFNIGHT
90 Across: Marsh (3): FEN
91 Across: Wall hanging (5): ARRAS
92 Across: "Step ___!" (4): ONIT
93 Across: Cape Hatteras sights (5): HULKS
94 Across: Crucifix (4): ROOD
95 Across: Printing item (3): INK
96 Across: Kind of mail (3): AIR
97 Across: Prudish (4): PRIM
98 Across: Lemons (4): DUDS
99 Across: Hokkaido native (4): AINU
100 Across: German greeting (4): HEIL
101 Across: Words by Royall Tyler (27): THISGLORIOUSINDEPENDENCEDAY
109 Across: Ready for action (4): RIPE
110 Across: Organic compound (4): ENOL
111 Across: Presidential nickname (4): ANDY
112 Across: Exchange premium (4): AGIO
113 Across: Hammarskjöld (3): DAG
114 Across: Public notices (3): ADS
115 Across: Son of Isaac (4): ESAU
116 Across: Of the cheek (5): MALAR
118 Across: Didn't sink (4): SWAM
119 Across: Felix or Larry (5): ADLER
121 Across: Cat sound (3): MEW
122 Across: What Revere's pawing horse did: Longfellow (23): KINDLEDTHELANDINTOFLAME
128 Across: Aplomb (5): POISE
130 Across: Paul Bunyan's tool (3): AXE
131 Across: German article (3): DER
132 Across: School subj. (3): ALG
133 Across: Wrigley Field player (3): CUB
134 Across: Of this or that quality (4): SUCH
135 Across: Mint (4): COIN
138 Across: Sarcastic remark (6): OHYEAH
141 Across: New Deal org. (3): WPA
142 Across: Scale (5): CLIMB
144 Across: Words by Katharine Lee Bates (25): THINEALABASTERCITIESGLEAM
150 Across: Harbor of Hawaii (5): PEARL
151 Across: Home of Lamaism (5): LHASA
152 Across: N.C. college (4): ELON
153 Across: In a careless manner (5): LAXLY
154 Across: State (6): KANSAS
157 Across: Between sine and non (3): QUA
158 Across: Fame (6): RENOWN
160 Across: Ariz. Indian (4): HOPI
161 Across: Ike's theater (3): ETO
162 Across: Texas city (6): TEAGUE
165 Across: Middling (4): SOSO
167 Across: Barge (4): SCOW
169 Across: Treaty org. (4): NATO
173 Across: "The blast ___": Whittier (22): WHICHFREEDOMSANGELBLEW
179 Across: Voluble (4): GLIB
180 Across: P.I. money (4): PESO
181 Across: Not working (4): IDLE
182 Across: Puppeteer (4): SARG
183 Across: Five of a kind (5): AEIOU
184 Across: Best, in Spain (6): OPTIMO
186 Across: Form of Agnes (4): INEZ
187 Across: Curb (4): REIN
188 Across: Combo (4): TRIO
189 Across: Catch (5): SNARE
190 Across: Baseball hopeful (6): ROOKIE
191 Across: Facile (4): EASY
192 Across: Book ___ (4): ENDS
193 Across: Common abbr. (3): ETC
194 Across: Firebugs, for short (5): PYROS
195 Across: Booby-trapped (5): MINED

Down Answers

1 Down: Single-celled organism (5): MONAD
2 Down: Artery (5): AORTA
3 Down: "Of ___" (9): THEEISING
4 Down: Romaine (3): COS
5 Down: Predicament (8): HOTWATER
6 Down: Illinois city (5): CAIRO
7 Down: Steal a football pass (9): INTERCEPT
8 Down: Peer: Abbr. (4): VISC
9 Down: Greenland base (4): ETAH
10 Down: So long! (4): TATA
11 Down: Demon (5): FIEND
12 Down: Ending (5): OMEGA
13 Down: Hit hard (4): BELT
14 Down: Grand slams, sometimes (6): HOMERS
15 Down: Kind of clock (5): ALARM
16 Down: Home of Hercules's lion (5): NEMEA
17 Down: Exclamation of surprise (9): GOODGRAVY
18 Down: Home of Baylor U. (4): WACO
19 Down: Make comparable (6): EQUATE
20 Down: State capital (6): AUSTIN
21 Down: Love's companions (6): KISSES
22 Down: Arizona Indian (4): YUMA
24 Down: July 4, 1776 (25): THISDAYTWOHUNDREDYEARSAGO
34 Down: Large bird (3): EMU
35 Down: Sioux City or Sweet (3): SUE
36 Down: New ___ (5): HAVEN
37 Down: Bail-out gear (5): CHUTE
44 Down: Word with China or European (4): INDO
46 Down: Used up (3): ATE
47 Down: Actor Alfred (4): LUNT
48 Down: Mosque feature (7): MINARET
49 Down: Refrain syllable (3): TRA
51 Down: African language group (5): BANTU
52 Down: ___ fig (sycamore of Egypt) (5): PHARO
53 Down: Dawn goddess (6): AURORA
56 Down: Follies name (3): FLO
57 Down: "Now ___ seen everything" (3): IVE
58 Down: Chum (3): PAL
59 Down: Thai language (3): LAO
61 Down: U.S. Indians (5): ERIES
62 Down: ___ mater (4): DURA
63 Down: Isolated rock (4): SCAR
64 Down: Holy object (4): ICON
65 Down: Consolidated (7): UNIFIED
66 Down: Genus of tropical trees (7): EUGENIA
67 Down: In the pink (3): FIT
72 Down: Like wind chimes (6): TINKLY
74 Down: One of the Stuarts (8): CHARLESI
76 Down: U.S. editor (3): BOK
77 Down: Conditions (3): IFS
78 Down: Relative of inc. (3): LTD
80 Down: Rub out (5): ERASE
81 Down: Math branch (4): TRIG
82 Down: African skunk (5): ZORIL
83 Down: Genus of mussels (4): UNIO
84 Down: N.Z. tree (4): RIMU
85 Down: Ebsen or Hackett (5): BUDDY
86 Down: Or ___ (4): ELSE
87 Down: Rainbow: Prefix (5): IRIDO
88 Down: Past (4): GONE
89 Down: Song of 1956 (8): HOUNDDOG
97 Down: Like a peacock (5): PROUD
98 Down: Shore (5): DINAH
99 Down: Resin: Var. (5): ANIMI
100 Down: German philosopher (5): HEGEL
101 Down: Vagrants (6): TRAMPS
102 Down: Lair (7): HIDEOUT
103 Down: Mass. town (7): IPSWICH
104 Down: ___ even keel (4): ONAN
105 Down: Arizona river (4): SALT
106 Down: Dupe (4): PAWN
107 Down: Old oath (4): EGAD
108 Down: Young animal (4): CALF
115 Down: ___ out (get by) (3): EKE
116 Down: Neighbor of U.S.A. (3): MEX
117 Down: Indiana humorist (3): ADE
118 Down: Crusader's foe (7): SARACEN
119 Down: U.S. missile (5): ATLAS
120 Down: Ethnical (6): RACIAL
123 Down: Miss Turner (4): LANA
124 Down: Malicious look (4): LEER
125 Down: Nucha (4): NAPE
126 Down: Egyptian under wraps (5): MUMMY
127 Down: Wane (3): EBB
129 Down: Niña and Pinta, e.g. (5): SHIPS
135 Down: Truce (9): CEASEFIRE
136 Down: Row (3): OAR
137 Down: State: Abbr. (3): ILL
138 Down: She-bear: Sp. (3): OSA
139 Down: Alts. (3): HTS
140 Down: Hawaiian port (4): HILO
141 Down: S.C. city (9): WINNSBORO
142 Down: ___ hands (4): CLAP
143 Down: April 19, 1775 (9): LEXINGTON
145 Down: Under, to poets (5): NEATH
146 Down: Did a laundry job (5): BLUED
147 Down: Exclamation (3): AHA
148 Down: Kind of truck (3): TOW
149 Down: Firefly (8): GLOWWORM
154 Down: Kind of doll (6): KEWPIE
155 Down: Daughter of Zeus (6): ATHENA
156 Down: Sounds (6): NOISES
157 Down: Part of N.Y.C. (6): QUEENS
159 Down: Long time (3): EON
160 Down: Farm implement (3): HOE
163 Down: Enoch or Eve (5): ARDEN
164 Down: Very cold (5): GELID
165 Down: Brainy (5): SMART
166 Down: Courtier in "Hamlet" (5): OSRIC
168 Down: Fingerprints, often (5): CLUES
170 Down: Just the same (5): ALIKE
171 Down: Diffident (5): TIMID
172 Down: Hautboy (4): OBOE
174 Down: Snug (4): COZY
175 Down: Bone: Prefix (4): OSTE
176 Down: Sound of surprise (4): GASP
177 Down: Start of a count-out (4): EENY
178 Down: Story-teller (4): LIAR
185 Down: Hawaiian staple (3): POI

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