LITERARY OUTING - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 7/25/1976. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fix over (4)
- REDO
- 5 Across: Cloak (6)
- SERAPE
- 11 Across: Suffix for hippo (5)
- DROME
- 16 Across: Ruggles's was red (3)
- GAP
- 19 Across: Norway's king (4)
- OLAV
- 20 Across: Pack closely (6)
- CRAMIN
- 21 Across: Eton, to Harrow (5)
- RIVAL
- 22 Across: W.W. II agency (3)
- OPA
- 23 Across: Noon: Ready for a picnic (17)
- BAREFOOTINTHEPARK
- 26 Across: Demure (3)
- COY
- 27 Across: Color for an isle (7)
- EMERALD
- 28 Across: Gullet (4)
- CRAW
- 29 Across: Do a bellhop job (4)
- PAGE
- 30 Across: 12:15 P.M.: Spot picked out (18)
- UNDERTHEYUMYUMTREE
- 37 Across: Voice (5)
- BASSO
- 40 Across: Northern auk (4)
- URIA
- 41 Across: Most of N.Y. outside N.Y.C. (7)
- UPSTATE
- 42 Across: 12:30 P.M.: Gourmet lunch (18)
- SPLENDORINTHEGRASS
- 47 Across: Spanish aunt (3)
- TIA
- 48 Across: Of grandparents (4)
- AVAL
- 49 Across: Ready and willing (5)
- EAGER
- 50 Across: Follow (3)
- DOG
- 53 Across: Mountain (3)
- ALP
- 54 Across: Detect (5)
- SMELL
- 55 Across: Cloth sieve (5)
- TAMIS
- 56 Across: Jettison (5)
- SCRAP
- 58 Across: Put to oath again (7)
- RESWEAR
- 60 Across: Gas element (5)
- RADON
- 61 Across: Suit sizes (6)
- STOUTS
- 62 Across: 12:45 P.M.: Thunder (17)
- THEGATHERINGSTORM
- 66 Across: Fly (6)
- AVIATE
- 68 Across: Wood for wicker: Var. (5)
- RATAN
- 69 Across: Sun hats (7)
- PANAMAS
- 72 Across: Milk: Prefix (5)
- LACTO
- 73 Across: Bills of fare (5)
- MENUS
- 74 Across: Unite (5)
- MARRY
- 76 Across: Wing (3)
- ELL
- 77 Across: Sign (3)
- INK
- 78 Across: H.S.T.'s birthplace (5)
- LAMAR
- 79 Across: Like Pindar's output (4)
- ODIC
- 80 Across: Goddess: Lat. (3)
- DEA
- 81 Across: 1 P.M.: Lightning (18)
- THESOUNDANDTHEFURY
- 87 Across: Pry into someone's life (7)
- SNOOPON
- 89 Across: Robt. ___ (4)
- ELEE
- 90 Across: Divisions: Abbr. (5)
- DEPTS
- 91 Across: 1:15 P.M.: Taking cover (18)
- AWALKONTHEWILDSIDE
- 96 Across: Restrain (4)
- BATE
- 97 Across: Canal (4)
- ERIE
- 98 Across: Blue pencil (7)
- EDITOUT
- 102 Across: Spanish wave (3)
- OLA
- 103 Across: 1:20 P.M.: No escape (17)
- PANICINNEEDLEPARK
- 109 Across: Ott (3)
- MEL
- 110 Across: Israeli port (5)
- ELATH
- 111 Across: Easygoing (6)
- DEGAGE
- 112 Across: Therefore (4)
- ERGO
- 113 Across: Grieg woman (3)
- ASE
- 114 Across: Doctrine (5)
- TENET
- 115 Across: Teacher, at times (6)
- TESTER
- 116 Across: Grasses (4)
- RYES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Beach wear (4)
- ROBE
- 2 Down: Biblical kingdom (4)
- ELAM
- 3 Down: Kind of devil (4)
- DARE
- 4 Down: Triteness (7)
- OVERUSE
- 5 Down: Critical one (5)
- SCOLD
- 6 Down: Wear down (5)
- ERODE
- 7 Down: Hairpiece (3)
- RAT
- 8 Down: Friend, in Paris (3)
- AMI
- 9 Down: Put on a tight shoe (7)
- PINCHIN
- 10 Down: Implore (7)
- ENTREAT
- 11 Down: Madison, N.J., campus (5)
- DREWU
- 12 Down: "Let 'er ___!" (3)
- RIP
- 13 Down: Egg cells (3)
- OVA
- 14 Down: Deface (3)
- MAR
- 15 Down: Lodge member (3)
- ELK
- 16 Down: Stroller (6)
- GOCART
- 17 Down: Highest point (6)
- APOGEE
- 18 Down: Check casher (5)
- PAYEE
- 24 Down: Maniple (5)
- FANON
- 25 Down: Ride or fever (3)
- HAY
- 29 Down: School-org. units (4)
- PTAS
- 31 Down: Part of R.F.D. (5)
- RURAL
- 32 Down: Warble (5)
- TRILL
- 33 Down: Modern park hazard (7)
- MUGGING
- 34 Down: Belgian war town (5)
- YPRES
- 35 Down: Indian salt (4)
- USAR
- 36 Down: Rockies or Alps: Abbr. (3)
- MTS
- 37 Down: Spectral body (5)
- BSTAR
- 38 Down: Make ___ (get rich) (5)
- APILE
- 39 Down: Pie-thrower's genre (9)
- SLAPSTICK
- 43 Down: Impair (6)
- DAMAGE
- 44 Down: ___ barrel (5)
- OVERA
- 45 Down: Turn for home (6)
- HEADIN
- 46 Down: De Valera (5)
- EAMON
- 50 Down: Solicited (9)
- DRUMMEDUP
- 51 Down: Kind of meal (3)
- OAT
- 52 Down: Certain drs. (3)
- GPS
- 54 Down: Take care of (5)
- SEETO
- 55 Down: "___ Bulba" (5)
- TARAS
- 56 Down: Unfeeling (5)
- STONY
- 57 Down: Miss Witherspoon (4)
- CORA
- 59 Down: Kind of not (4)
- WHAT
- 60 Down: Come back (6)
- RETURN
- 61 Down: Laundry item (6)
- STARCH
- 63 Down: Well-known Boston street (7)
- TREMONT
- 64 Down: City near Frankfurt (5)
- HANAU
- 65 Down: Boat spar (5)
- SPRIT
- 66 Down: Muhammad (3)
- ALI
- 67 Down: Forefront (3)
- VAN
- 70 Down: Wide awake (5)
- ALERT
- 71 Down: Does in (5)
- SLAYS
- 73 Down: James or Perry (5)
- MASON
- 74 Down: ___ metal (nickel alloy) (5)
- MONEL
- 75 Down: Extra (5)
- ADDED
- 78 Down: Husk: Prefix (4)
- LEPO
- 81 Down: Decorated metal (4)
- TOLE
- 82 Down: African pen (3)
- HOK
- 83 Down: English explorer (7)
- DEWINDT
- 84 Down: Title receiver (7)
- ALIENEE
- 85 Down: Albert or Bracken (5)
- EDDIE
- 86 Down: 1,100 ___ second (speed of sound) (7)
- FEETPER
- 87 Down: Wetlands (6)
- SWALES
- 88 Down: Christmas, in Italy (6)
- NATALE
- 91 Down: Large snake (5)
- ABOMA
- 92 Down: Writer Ben (5)
- HECHT
- 93 Down: Silkworm (3)
- ERI
- 94 Down: Marsh growth (5)
- SEDGE
- 95 Down: Vagrant (5)
- IDLER
- 99 Down: Widely outspread (4)
- OARY
- 100 Down: Prod (4)
- URGE
- 101 Down: Ring victories (4)
- TKOS
- 103 Down: Tizzy (3)
- PET
- 104 Down: "Cakes and ___" (3)
- ALE
- 105 Down: Thai river (3)
- NAN
- 106 Down: Adherent: Suffix (3)
- ITE
- 107 Down: Latin abbrs. (3)
- EGS
- 108 Down: Swallow (3)
- EAT
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