LITERARY CURVES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 162 clues). Published 8/1/1976. By Maura B. Jacobson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Bargain-priced (5): CHEAP
6 Across: Worshiper's word (4): AMEN
10 Across: Wine additive (4): STUM
14 Across: Houston player (5): ASTRO
19 Across: Celerity (5): HASTE
20 Across: Timor city (4): DILI
21 Across: British composer (4): ARNE
22 Across: Nassau's island group (6): BAHAMA
24 Across: Rose yield (5): ATTAR
25 Across: Cordelia's words? (10): IMALLLEARS
28 Across: ___ show (solo act) (6): ONEMAN
29 Across: Yorick's words? (23): THEVICTIMOFSKULLDIGGERY
32 Across: French islands (4): ILES
33 Across: Mao ___-tung (3): TSE
34 Across: Islamic Almighty (5): ALLAH
35 Across: "Dombey ___" (6): ANDSON
38 Across: "___ were a rich man" (3): IFI
40 Across: Teheran native (5): IRANI
43 Across: Seep (4): OOZE
47 Across: Othello's words? (16): YOUMUSTBECHOKING
51 Across: Spoils or solar (6): SYSTEM
53 Across: Make a gaffe (3): ERR
54 Across: Quebec city (5): SOREL
55 Across: Dropsy (5): EDEMA
56 Across: Pull together ___ (7): ASATEAM
57 Across: Both: Prefix (4): AMBI
59 Across: Iranian coin (4): RIAL
60 Across: Stair part (5): RISER
61 Across: Agnes or Cecil (7): DEMILLE
62 Across: Roadbed items (5): RAILS
64 Across: Obeisance, Cockney style (5): OMAGE
66 Across: Dernier ___ (3): CRI
68 Across: Pay-phone feature (4): SLOT
69 Across: Tapir feature (5): SNOUT
71 Across: Lady Macbeth's words? (15): HITTHEHIGHSCOTS
77 Across: Cruz and Vague (5): VERAS
80 Across: Luzon native (5): BIKOL
81 Across: Untamed (5): FERAL
82 Across: Macbeth's words? (15): CHEEZITTHECOPSE
87 Across: Sacred: Prefix (5): HIERO
90 Across: Optimistic (4): ROSY
91 Across: Before therm or bar (3): ISO
92 Across: Kind of melba (5): PEACH
95 Across: Bert and family (5): LAHRS
97 Across: Candid (7): UNPOSED
100 Across: Defendant's out (5): ALIBI
104 Across: Kind of eye (4): SHUT
106 Across: Vex (4): ROIL
107 Across: Embryo cells (7): MORULAE
108 Across: Violinist's aid (5): ROSIN
109 Across: Pick-me-up (5): TONIC
111 Across: Pasture call (3): MOO
112 Across: Lockup (6): PRISON
113 Across: Cleopatra's words? (16): ASPINGFORTROUBLE
116 Across: Father of Enos (4): SETH
117 Across: I.e. (5): IDEST
118 Across: Plus (3): AND
119 Across: Oakley et al. (6): ANNIES
120 Across: Domain (5): REALM
123 Across: Duffer's goal (3): PAR
125 Across: Blasting agents (4): TNTS
126 Across: Romeo's words? (23): MADEAPOISONALAPPEARANCE
137 Across: Doze off (6): DROWSE
138 Across: Richard III's words? (10): TALEOFWHOA
139 Across: Blazing (5): AFIRE
140 Across: ___'s Wells Ballet (6): SADLER
141 Across: Highlander (4): GAEL
142 Across: Hokkaido native: Var. (4): AINO
143 Across: Franck or Romero (5): CESAR
144 Across: Hopalong and family (5): BOYDS
145 Across: Inside: Prefix (4): ENDO
146 Across: Flemish river (4): YSER
147 Across: Spanish wheat (5): TRIGO

Down Answers

1 Down: Dialogue on a low level (4): CHAT
2 Down: "Music ___ charms . . . " (4): HATH
3 Down: Padua's neighbor (4): ESTE
4 Down: Throwback (7): ATAVISM
5 Down: Risky (8): PERILOUS
6 Down: Mine inlets (5): ADITS
7 Down: "La Bohème" heroine (4): MIMI
8 Down: Biblical country (4): ELAM
9 Down: Of Cleo's river (7): NILOTIC
10 Down: Mud volcano (5): SALSE
11 Down: "Star ___" (4): TREK
12 Down: Two-toed sloth (4): UNAU
13 Down: Blackbird (4): MERL
14 Down: Bubbling (5): ABOIL
15 Down: ___ song (caroled) (5): SANGA
16 Down: Hamlet's words? (15): THEGHOSTISCLEAR
17 Down: Oar: Fr. (4): RAME
18 Down: Sharif (4): OMAR
23 Down: Not ___ (none) (3): ANY
26 Down: Baseball positions: Abbr. (3): LFS
27 Down: Medium for Ade (5): SLANG
30 Down: Morals arbiter (6): CENSOR
31 Down: Caesar's 551 (3): DLI
35 Down: ___ and a day (5): AYEAR
36 Down: Shearer and Talmadge (6): NORMAS
37 Down: Deanna (6): DURBIN
38 Down: Shaped girder (5): IBEAM
39 Down: Egyptian peasant (6): FELLAH
40 Down: D.D.E. et al. (4): IKES
41 Down: Hoarfrost (4): RIME
42 Down: Rebel (6): ANARCH
44 Down: Verdi opera (6): OTELLO
45 Down: Enthusiast (6): ZEALOT
46 Down: Ants (6): EMMETS
48 Down: Threesome (4): TRIO
49 Down: Nonconformist (7): HERETIC
50 Down: I hate: Lat. (3): ODI
51 Down: Vane reading (3): SSE
52 Down: Tuber (3): YAM
56 Down: Verona's river (5): ADIGE
58 Down: Kate's words? (15): ILOVEYOUSHREWLY
63 Down: De Lesseps's canal (4): SUEZ
65 Down: Scoff at (4): GIBE
67 Down: Moroccan range (3): RIF
70 Down: Before pod or angle (3): TRI
72 Down: Boxing decision (3): TKO
73 Down: Kind of mad (7): HOPPING
74 Down: Otherwise (4): ELSE
75 Down: Buckingham initials (3): HRH
76 Down: Mizzen or jib (4): SAIL
78 Down: "There is ___ in the affairs . . . " (5): ATIDE
79 Down: Blvds. (3): STS
82 Down: Explosive sounds (6): CRUMPS
83 Down: Balzac (6): HONORE
84 Down: ___ de corps (6): ESPRIT
85 Down: Laryngitic (6): HOARSE
86 Down: City on the Delaware (6): EASTON
88 Down: Geometric figures (6): RHOMBI
89 Down: A.L. player (6): ORIOLE
93 Down: What Sullivan lost (5): CHORD
94 Down: Poet Leigh (4): HUNT
96 Down: Wild plums (5): SLOES
98 Down: Road sign (3): SLO
99 Down: Belonging to: Suffix (3): EAN
101 Down: Trims off (4): LOPS
102 Down: "What time ___?" (4): ISIT
103 Down: Repository (3): BIN
105 Down: Albanian city (6): TIRANA
110 Down: Declarer's goal, at bridge (8): CONTRACT
113 Down: Let in (5): ADMIT
114 Down: Remote (7): FARAWAY
115 Down: More risky (7): UNSAFER
117 Down: U.N. group (3): ILO
121 Down: Relieved (5): EASED
122 Down: Mimics (5): APERS
123 Down: Pope's name, in Rome (5): PAOLO
124 Down: Landon (3): ALF
125 Down: "___ coffee?" (5): TEAOR
126 Down: G.P.'s (3): MDS
127 Down: Part of U.A.R. (4): ARAB
128 Down: Extinct bird (4): DODO
129 Down: Wise one (4): SAGE
130 Down: Pearl Buck heroine (4): OLAN
131 Down: Requisite (4): NEED
132 Down: After upsilons (4): PHIS
133 Down: Corn bread (4): PONE
134 Down: Not final, in law (4): NISI
135 Down: Rocky eminence (4): CRAG
136 Down: Saarinen (4): EERO

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