OFF THE LEASH - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 8/22/1976. By DeWitt Anderson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Walt Kelly's possum (4)
- POGO
- 5 Across: Confine (6)
- IMMURE
- 11 Across: Friend, in Bari (5)
- AMICO
- 16 Across: Action words (5)
- VERBS
- 17 Across: Snares (6)
- NOOSES
- 18 Across: Split or cream pie (6)
- BANANA
- 20 Across: Hunts in style (13)
- RIDESTOHOUNDS
- 22 Across: Board workers (7)
- IRONERS
- 24 Across: Annul (4)
- UNDO
- 25 Across: Images (5)
- ICONS
- 26 Across: Raison d'___ (4)
- ETRE
- 28 Across: Chemical suffix (4)
- ITOL
- 29 Across: Word part: Abbr. (3)
- SYL
- 30 Across: Adult (6)
- MATURE
- 31 Across: Nasty (5)
- SNIDE
- 32 Across: Igneous rock (4)
- SIMA
- 33 Across: Resin (5)
- ELEMI
- 35 Across: Thus, in Spain (3)
- ASI
- 36 Across: Bets on (5)
- BACKS
- 37 Across: Capital of Jordan (5)
- AMMAN
- 38 Across: Neighbor of Que. (3)
- ONT
- 40 Across: Fugitive (7)
- ESCAPEE
- 42 Across: Most wily (6)
- SLIEST
- 43 Across: Share (6)
- RATION
- 46 Across: Wyatt and family (5)
- EARPS
- 47 Across: " . . . as ___ wipeth a dish" (4)
- AMAN
- 48 Across: English prison of note (8)
- DARTMOOR
- 50 Across: Occasional limit (3)
- SKY
- 51 Across: Secondary benefits (8)
- SPINOFFS
- 55 Across: Climbing vines (5)
- IVIES
- 56 Across: "What ___ got to lose?" (5)
- HAVEI
- 58 Across: Fireside ___ (4)
- CHAT
- 59 Across: Vex (4)
- RILE
- 60 Across: Pensacola sight: Abbr. (3)
- NAS
- 61 Across: Symbol of cleanliness (11)
- HOUNDSTOOTH
- 63 Across: Anais ___ (3)
- NIN
- 64 Across: Hoary (4)
- AGED
- 66 Across: Evils (4)
- ILLS
- 67 Across: "___ Grow Too Old . . . " (5)
- WHENI
- 68 Across: Roulette bets (5)
- NOIRS
- 70 Across: Echoes (8)
- RESOUNDS
- 72 Across: Hawaiian staple (3)
- POI
- 73 Across: Bleach (8)
- ETIOLATE
- 75 Across: Lawns, etc.: Abbr. (4)
- GRDS
- 76 Across: Concerns (5)
- CARES
- 78 Across: Marx associate (6)
- ENGELS
- 79 Across: Stage fare (6)
- DRAMAS
- 82 Across: Condiments (7)
- CATSUPS
- 84 Across: Turkish title (3)
- AGA
- 85 Across: Bucolic (5)
- RURAL
- 86 Across: Foible's opposite (5)
- FORTE
- 87 Across: Murphy's or Salic (3)
- LAW
- 89 Across: Map part (5)
- INSET
- 93 Across: Slightly (4)
- ABIT
- 94 Across: Blouse (5)
- MIDDY
- 95 Across: French artist (6)
- DERAIN
- 97 Across: Headpiece (3)
- TAM
- 98 Across: "___ fan Tutte" (4)
- COSI
- 99 Across: Eve's grandson (4)
- ENOS
- 100 Across: Huxley's "___ Hay" (5)
- ANTIC
- 101 Across: ___ Morgana (4)
- FATA
- 102 Across: Dominate vocally (7)
- OUTSING
- 104 Across: Conscience, to Francis Thompson (13)
- HOUNDOFHEAVEN
- 108 Across: Type of tale (6)
- TATTLE
- 109 Across: Cicero, e.g. (6)
- ORATOR
- 110 Across: Western (5)
- OATER
- 111 Across: Flight: Fr. (5)
- ESSOR
- 112 Across: Nations (6)
- POWERS
- 113 Across: Bitter herbs (4)
- RUES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Vend (6)
- PEDDLE
- 2 Down: Mountain: Prefix (4)
- OREO
- 3 Down: Literary monogram (3)
- GBS
- 4 Down: Rome's old port (5)
- OSTIA
- 5 Down: Limited to an organization (7)
- INHOUSE
- 6 Down: Sky sight (8)
- MOONRISE
- 7 Down: Black eye (5)
- MOUSE
- 8 Down: Mil. branch (3)
- USN
- 9 Down: Radical (3)
- RED
- 10 Down: Perfumes (8)
- ESSENCES
- 11 Down: Have ___ eye view of (6)
- ABIRDS
- 12 Down: Tide, in Calais (5)
- MAREE
- 13 Down: Cadmus's daughter (3)
- INO
- 14 Down: Orion's neighbor (10)
- CANISMINOR
- 15 Down: Former (7)
- ONETIME
- 16 Down: Durable plastic (5)
- VINYL
- 19 Down: Scents (6)
- AROMAS
- 20 Down: Stratagem (4)
- RUSE
- 21 Down: Eight: Prefix (4)
- OCTA
- 23 Down: Point of view (5)
- SLANT
- 27 Down: Small child: Var. (4)
- TIKE
- 30 Down: Half notes (6)
- MINIMS
- 31 Down: Foolish (5)
- SAPPY
- 34 Down: Tree grove (5)
- MOTTE
- 36 Down: "His ___ than . . . " (11)
- BARKISWORSE
- 37 Down: Arkin (4)
- ALAN
- 39 Down: Overly (3)
- TOO
- 41 Down: Looked over carefully (5)
- CASED
- 42 Down: Bessie or Kate (5)
- SMITH
- 43 Down: Sack (6)
- RAVAGE
- 44 Down: Originates (6)
- ARISES
- 45 Down: ___ barred (7)
- NOHOLDS
- 47 Down: Phosphate mineral (7)
- APATITE
- 48 Down: Coin of Iran (5)
- DINAR
- 49 Down: Arizona's Castro et al. (5)
- RAULS
- 51 Down: Was eminent (5)
- SHONE
- 52 Down: Crowning ornament (6)
- FINIAL
- 53 Down: Plays at love (6)
- FLIRTS
- 54 Down: Common or non (5)
- SENSE
- 57 Down: Heifetz needs: Abbr. (3)
- VNS
- 58 Down: Iowa college (3)
- COE
- 61 Down: Female deer (5)
- HINDS
- 62 Down: Former Saigon name (5)
- THIEU
- 65 Down: Opinionated ones (10)
- DOGMATISTS
- 68 Down: Head (6)
- NOGGIN
- 69 Down: N.Y. city (5)
- OLEAN
- 71 Down: River to the Caspian (4)
- URAL
- 72 Down: Miss Duke (5)
- PATTY
- 74 Down: Miss Balin (3)
- INA
- 76 Down: Pre-Xmas beehive (8)
- CARDSHOP
- 77 Down: Eclat (8)
- SPLENDOR
- 79 Down: Athenian lawgiver (5)
- DRACO
- 80 Down: Erase (6)
- RUBOUT
- 81 Down: Grain awns (7)
- ARISTAE
- 82 Down: Elbow, in Spain (4)
- CODO
- 83 Down: Tailors, to Carlyle (7)
- SARTORS
- 86 Down: N.Y. lakes (6)
- FINGER
- 88 Down: Urchin (4)
- WAIF
- 90 Down: Poem parts (6)
- STAVES
- 91 Down: Trencherman (5)
- EATER
- 92 Down: Govt. agent (4)
- TMAN
- 94 Down: Certain wizard's park (5)
- MENLO
- 95 Down: Alighieri (5)
- DANTE
- 96 Down: Ethereal fluid (5)
- ICHOR
- 101 Down: Karma (4)
- FATE
- 103 Down: "___ six of one . . . " (3)
- ITS
- 105 Down: Gold, to Cortés (3)
- ORO
- 106 Down: Woodcock's org. (3)
- UAW
- 107 Down: ___ Claire (3)
- EAU
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