ACTIVE ONES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 9/12/1976. By Anthony B. Canning.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: European gulf (4)
- RIGA
- 5 Across: Armadillo (5)
- APARA
- 10 Across: Kind of free (4)
- SCOT
- 14 Across: Treats roughly (4)
- PAWS
- 18 Across: Way for Caesar (4)
- ITER
- 19 Across: Finishes second (6)
- PLACES
- 20 Across: Sandarac tree (4)
- ARAR
- 21 Across: W.W. II side (6)
- ALLIES
- 23 Across: ___ the candle at both ends (11)
- GEORGEBURNS
- 25 Across: ___ fly balls (11)
- TOTIEFIELDS
- 27 Across: Browning biographer (3)
- ORR
- 28 Across: City of Russia (4)
- OREL
- 29 Across: ___-tete (5)
- TETEA
- 31 Across: Fall for (4)
- BITE
- 32 Across: Go to the plate (3)
- BAT
- 33 Across: Stormed (5)
- RAGED
- 35 Across: Musical tones (6)
- EFLATS
- 37 Across: Heifer, in Aries (5)
- TAURE
- 39 Across: Takes a certain bath (4)
- SUNS
- 40 Across: Appropriate (5)
- STEAL
- 41 Across: ___ squeaky wheel (5)
- OILSA
- 42 Across: More strict (7)
- STERNER
- 44 Across: Actual being (4)
- ESSE
- 45 Across: Sea birds (4)
- ERNS
- 46 Across: Poker move (5)
- RAISE
- 49 Across: Trees (4)
- ELMS
- 51 Across: Listens to (7)
- ATTENDS
- 53 Across: Kind of rumor (4)
- IDLE
- 54 Across: J. Barrymore trademark (7)
- PROFILE
- 57 Across: Bolivian shipment (3)
- TIN
- 59 Across: Stupid one (3)
- ASS
- 60 Across: Famed jockey (5)
- SANDE
- 62 Across: Machine gun (4)
- BREN
- 63 Across: Elsie's milieu (3)
- LEA
- 64 Across: Haves ___ nots (7)
- ANDHAVE
- 67 Across: Dies ___ (4)
- IRAE
- 68 Across: Silkworm (4)
- ERIA
- 69 Across: Fruit decay (4)
- BLET
- 70 Across: Cover in a way (6)
- INSURE
- 71 Across: Spleen (3)
- IRE
- 72 Across: ___ the cake (11)
- DAVIDFROSTS
- 75 Across: Quebec town (7)
- LASARRE
- 78 Across: Money-raising performance (7)
- BENEFIT
- 79 Across: ___ the river (11)
- GERALDFORDS
- 83 Across: Family member (3)
- SON
- 84 Across: Mean (6)
- INTEND
- 88 Across: Genesis name (4)
- ENOS
- 89 Across: Miss Gam (4)
- RITA
- 90 Across: Jerker or sheet (4)
- TEAR
- 92 Across: Hit the top, as a flood (7)
- CRESTED
- 93 Across: Boat for a trio (3)
- TUB
- 94 Across: Author Thomas (4)
- MORE
- 95 Across: Wish for (5)
- COVET
- 96 Across: Navy off. (3)
- COM
- 97 Across: Irate (3)
- HOT
- 98 Across: "Cherries ___" (robin's report) (7)
- ARERIPE
- 100 Across: "Mens ___ in . . . " (4)
- SANA
- 101 Across: Desert (7)
- FORSAKE
- 104 Across: Part of QE.D. (4)
- ERAT
- 105 Across: Returned, as a pigeon (5)
- HOMED
- 106 Across: Loudness unit (4)
- SONE
- 107 Across: Harbinger of a new month (4)
- BILL
- 109 Across: Garden frame (7)
- TRELLIS
- 112 Across: Danish king of 1200's (5)
- ERICV
- 114 Across: Attach, as a button (5)
- SEWON
- 116 Across: Ear part (4)
- LOBE
- 118 Across: Flying prefixes (5)
- AEROS
- 120 Across: Dan ___ likes TV news (6)
- RATHER
- 122 Across: Remove (5)
- ERASE
- 123 Across: ___ Darya (3)
- AMU
- 124 Across: Malay coins (4)
- TRAS
- 125 Across: Gives the gate (5)
- OUSTS
- 127 Across: Jeanne Eagels vehicle (4)
- RAIN
- 129 Across: Thy, in France (3)
- TES
- 130 Across: ___ in the woods (11)
- MARSHAHUNTS
- 133 Across: ___ Dick with affection (11)
- TOMSMOTHERS
- 136 Across: Orphan girl et al. (6)
- ANNIES
- 137 Across: Carry (4)
- TOTE
- 138 Across: Win over (6)
- ENDEAR
- 139 Across: Johnson of TV (4)
- ARTE
- 140 Across: Ratio words (4)
- ISTO
- 141 Across: Hypothetical force (4)
- ELOD
- 142 Across: Certain religionist (5)
- DEIST
- 143 Across: " . . . ___ the punkin" (4)
- ISON
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Hardships (6)
- RIGORS
- 2 Down: Repeat (7)
- ITERATE
- 3 Down: ___ the floors (11)
- GEORGESANDS
- 4 Down: Airboard abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 5 Down: U.S. playwright (5)
- ALBEE
- 6 Down: ___ the stream (9)
- PAULFORDS
- 7 Down: Peak: Prefix (3)
- ACR
- 8 Down: Certain incomes (7)
- RENTALS
- 9 Down: Cash, etc. (6)
- ASSETS
- 10 Down: Surfeit (4)
- SATE
- 11 Down: Tito subject (5)
- CROAT
- 12 Down: Grain (3)
- OAT
- 13 Down: Homage (7)
- TRIBUTE
- 14 Down: Ballet step (4)
- PLIE
- 15 Down: Brew (3)
- ALE
- 16 Down: ___ around Washington (11)
- WILBURMILLS
- 17 Down: Relative of a litter (5)
- SEDAN
- 19 Down: Word with cent (3)
- PER
- 21 Down: In pursuit of (5)
- AFTER
- 22 Down: Certain planes (4)
- SSTS
- 24 Down: Inferior deity (6)
- GODLET
- 26 Down: Cobh's land (4)
- EIRE
- 30 Down: Catherine, for one (7)
- TSARINA
- 34 Down: Bridge seat (4)
- EAST
- 36 Down: Ointments: Abbr. (4)
- LINS
- 38 Down: African fox (4)
- ASSE
- 39 Down: Kind of confidence (4)
- SELF
- 43 Down: Garish light (4)
- NEON
- 45 Down: Word in Mass. motto (4)
- ENSE
- 47 Down: ___ up (made sense) (5)
- ADDED
- 48 Down: Quebec river sight (3)
- ILE
- 50 Down: Winter fall (5)
- SLEET
- 52 Down: Hear no good of oneself (9)
- EAVESDROP
- 54 Down: Lion assemblage (5)
- PRIDE
- 55 Down: Gives added assurance (9)
- REAFFIRMS
- 56 Down: Roadside sign (4)
- EATS
- 57 Down: Asian native (3)
- TAI
- 58 Down: Tabard, e.g. (3)
- INN
- 60 Down: Fathered (5)
- SIRED
- 61 Down: Metric unit (3)
- ARE
- 62 Down: Linen cloth (4)
- BRIN
- 65 Down: Dances (5)
- HULAS
- 66 Down: Russian sea (4)
- ARAL
- 68 Down: Square (4)
- EVEN
- 69 Down: W. H. Upson's salesman (5)
- BOTTS
- 71 Down: Babylonian god (4)
- IRRA
- 73 Down: Cut short (5)
- ABORT
- 74 Down: Russian hemp (4)
- RINE
- 76 Down: Blazing (5)
- AFIRE
- 77 Down: Repetition (4)
- ROTE
- 79 Down: Wooden shoe (4)
- GETA
- 80 Down: Habituate (5)
- ENURE
- 81 Down: ___ the midnight oil (11)
- ROBERTBURNS
- 82 Down: One of the ages (5)
- STONE
- 83 Down: So, in Scotland (3)
- SAE
- 85 Down: ___ the lawn (11)
- ETHELWATERS
- 86 Down: Prefix for lithic (3)
- NEO
- 87 Down: Insecticide (3)
- DDT
- 91 Down: Dodgers (7)
- EVADERS
- 92 Down: Heart (4)
- CORE
- 94 Down: Trifle (4)
- MITE
- 95 Down: Machine part (3)
- CAM
- 96 Down: Opposites (9)
- CONVERSES
- 99 Down: Fine (4)
- RARE
- 100 Down: Ordinary (4)
- SOSO
- 101 Down: French marshal (4)
- FOCH
- 102 Down: Kind of minded (6)
- ABSENT
- 103 Down: Bleaching vat (4)
- KIER
- 105 Down: Like Grant's face (7)
- HIRSUTE
- 106 Down: ___ out (rests) (7)
- SITSONE
- 108 Down: Be a ___ (finish second) (7)
- LOSERTO
- 110 Down: Zhivago girl et al. (5)
- LARAS
- 111 Down: Wife of Jacob (4)
- LEAH
- 113 Down: Informed on (6)
- RATTED
- 115 Down: Media-man Ron (6)
- NESSEN
- 116 Down: Tibetan V.I.P. (4)
- LAMA
- 117 Down: Certain Arabian (5)
- OMANI
- 119 Down: Word with voce (5)
- SOTTO
- 121 Down: ___ Gan, Israel (5)
- RAMAT
- 124 Down: Relig. study (4)
- THEO
- 126 Down: Kind of car lot (4)
- USED
- 128 Down: Comparative ending (3)
- IOR
- 131 Down: Meet (3)
- SIT
- 132 Down: ___ pros. (3)
- NOL
- 134 Down: Roman 1501 (3)
- MDI
- 135 Down: "Bali ___ " (3)
- HAI
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