SPACE-SAVING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 7/18/1976. By George Rose Smith.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mary ___ Lincoln (4): TODD
5 Across: Biblical brother (4): ABEL
9 Across: Taj Mahal site (4): AGRA
13 Across: Pare (6): REDUCE
19 Across: Sheltered (4): ALEE
20 Across: City of Ecuador (5): QUITO
21 Across: Promenades (5): STOAS
22 Across: Equalizer (6): EVENER
23 Across: Manslaughter (10): DEEPGUFFAW
25 Across: Weeknight (12): TINYCAVALIER
27 Across: African native (6): SOMALI
28 Across: Kind of glass (5): FIBER
30 Across: Stone nodules (6): GEODES
31 Across: Draft org. (3): SSS
32 Across: Dance (4): REEL
34 Across: Babies: Sp. (5): NENAS
36 Across: Con's hostel (4): STIR
37 Across: Perturbs (8): AGITATES
41 Across: Two wives of Henry VIII (5): ANNES
43 Across: Average (4): SOSO
45 Across: Scot's wee (3): SMA
48 Across: ___ Stroheim (3): VON
49 Across: Sparking (11): MUHAMMADALI
52 Across: On tranquilizers (7): SEDATED
54 Across: Business abbrs. (4): ENCS
56 Across: "Quien ___?" (4): SABE
57 Across: Work shift (5): STINT
59 Across: Gay Nineties, for one (6): DECADE
60 Across: Balancers (5): SEALS
62 Across: Reddish, in Spain (5): ROSEA
65 Across: Bus handhold (5): STRAP
67 Across: Poker or tease (5): STRIP
68 Across: Subjects (6): TOPICS
70 Across: Powders (5): TALCS
72 Across: Take off (4): EXIT
74 Across: Office copy (4): STAT
75 Across: Silent, to listen, e.g. (7): ANAGRAM
77 Across: Dragon (11): SEEMTEDIOUS
81 Across: Printer's measures (3): ENS
82 Across: Coons' kin (6): COATIS
84 Across: 144 (5): GROSS
85 Across: Basked (6): SUNNED
87 Across: Assam worm (3): ERI
89 Across: Bestrides (11): MIDWAYBOAST
92 Across: Marie and Thérèse (7): SAINTES
95 Across: Ration (4): METE
97 Across: ___ down (make final) (4): NAIL
98 Across: Famous poem (5): TREES
100 Across: Tried (6): STROVE
101 Across: Florida city (5): OCALA
103 Across: City blankets (5): SMOGS
106 Across: J.C. or Sam (5): SNEAD
108 Across: To date (5): SOFAR
109 Across: Mountains of West (6): TETONS
111 Across: High-hat (5): SNOOT
113 Across: Astride (4): UPON
115 Across: Damita (4): LILI
116 Across: Mineral (7): EDENITE
118 Across: Reappears (11): GATHERPOMES
122 Across: Sweet or Sioux City (3): SUE
123 Across: Flag color (3): RED
124 Across: Sea or air (4): LANE
126 Across: Stalk (5): STIPE
127 Across: Old Faithful does (8): REGUSHES
129 Across: Precept (4): RULE
131 Across: Antelope (5): ORIBI
133 Across: Asian garment (4): SARI
134 Across: Pronoun (3): SHE
137 Across: Shinplasters (6): SCRIPS
139 Across: Restricted (5): SCANT
141 Across: Care for (6): TENDTO
145 Across: Hearten (12): TAKETHECOUNT
148 Across: Bargains (10): LAWYERFEES
150 Across: Boulevard (6): AVENUE
151 Across: Impressions (5): IDEAS
152 Across: Bagnold et al. (5): ENIDS
153 Across: Insist on (4): URGE
154 Across: Finish anew (6): RESAND
155 Across: M. Antoinette lost hers (4): TETE
156 Across: Scout groups (4): DENS
157 Across: Fewer (4): LESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Young ones (4): TADS
2 Down: Spread (4): OLEO
3 Down: Adjudge (4): DEEM
4 Down: Go (6): DEPART
5 Down: ___ Wiedersehen (3): AUF
6 Down: Swat (4): BIFF
7 Down: Tin: Fr. (5): ETAIN
8 Down: Headlight setting (7): LOWBEAM
9 Down: Panay native (3): ATI
10 Down: Bell (4): GONG
11 Down: Martha and family (5): RAYES
12 Down: Scarves (6): ASCOTS
13 Down: Did a turnabout (8): REVERSED
14 Down: Miss St. Clare and others (4): EVAS
15 Down: State: Abbr. (3): DEL
16 Down: Les Etats-___ (4): UNIS
17 Down: So-so marks (4): CEES
18 Down: Miscues (4): ERRS
20 Down: Period of inactivity (7): QUIETUS
21 Down: Leaves in the lurch (7): STRANDS
24 Down: Light up (5): GLEAM
26 Down: Goodbye (5): ADIOS
29 Down: Sicilian city (4): ENNA
33 Down: Operetta composer (5): LEHAR
35 Down: Locations (5): SEATS
37 Down: Sacred book (6): AVESTA
38 Down: In love with (6): GONEON
39 Down: Notable (13): INCAPACITATED
40 Down: Footwear (5): SABOT
42 Down: ___ trench (4): SLIT
44 Down: Urn writings (4): ODES
45 Down: Castanet (13): STARTEDTOFISH
46 Down: Highway strip (6): MEDIAN
47 Down: Aces (6): ADEPTS
50 Down: Plateaus (5): MESAS
51 Down: "The Lady ___" (5): INRED
53 Down: Scenes' seniors (4): ACTS
55 Down: Irish county (5): SLIGO
58 Down: Rainy-day scarcities (5): TAXIS
61 Down: Scat! (5): SCRAM
63 Down: Poetry piece (5): ELEGY
64 Down: Astringent (5): ACERB
66 Down: Reverent (5): PIOUS
69 Down: Dress fabric (5): SATIN
71 Down: Tariff advocate of 1930's (5): SMOOT
73 Down: Fish (5): TUNAS
76 Down: Touchy king (5): MIDAS
78 Down: Rulers (5): TSARS
79 Down: Krupp site (5): ESSEN
80 Down: Peeves (5): SNITS
83 Down: Keeps afloat (5): SWIMS
86 Down: Record (5): ENROL
87 Down: Ham (6): EMOTER
88 Down: Move away (6): RECEDE
90 Down: During (5): ALONG
91 Down: Get set to drive (5): TEEUP
93 Down: Appraise (6): EVALUE
94 Down: Infinite or World (6): SERIES
96 Down: N.C. school (4): ELON
99 Down: Taste (5): SAPOR
102 Down: Dye (4): ANIL
104 Down: "You can ___ far . . . " (4): GOAS
105 Down: ___ voce (5): SOTTO
107 Down: Noggins (5): DOMES
110 Down: Like some collars (8): STARCHED
112 Down: Appetites (7): THIRSTS
114 Down: Denies (7): NEGATES
117 Down: Toughen (5): ENURE
119 Down: On a grand scale (4): EPIC
120 Down: Packaged again (7): REBALED
121 Down: Less hazardous (5): SURER
125 Down: Draw out (6): ELICIT
128 Down: Scandalous (6): SINFUL
130 Down: Lyric work (5): EPODE
132 Down: Without point (5): INANE
134 Down: Deneb, for one (4): STAR
135 Down: Eat (4): HAVE
136 Down: ___ out (gets by) (4): EKES
137 Down: Bewilder (4): STUN
138 Down: Fat (4): SUET
140 Down: Remus, for one (4): TWIN
142 Down: Streeter's Mable (4): DERE
143 Down: Young sheep (4): TEGS
144 Down: Chem. suffixes (4): OSES
146 Down: Spanish queen (3): ENA
147 Down: Scot's negative (3): NAE
149 Down: More than ft. (3): YDS

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