DRAWING THE SHADES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 10/3/1976. By Bert Rosenfield.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Hole maker (3)
- AWL
- 4 Across: Undermine (3)
- SAP
- 7 Across: Lacedaemon (6)
- SPARTA
- 13 Across: Highway to Fairbanks (5)
- ALCAN
- 18 Across: Life story, for short (3)
- BIO
- 19 Across: ___ of good feeling (3)
- ERA
- 20 Across: Son of Anchises (6)
- AENEAS
- 21 Across: Brazilian state (5)
- BAHIA
- 22 Across: Recital pieces: Abbr. (4)
- SELS
- 23 Across: Rose (16)
- ASCENDEDSTEADILY
- 26 Across: Roone of TV sports (7)
- ARLEDGE
- 28 Across: One with a will (8)
- TESTATOR
- 29 Across: Chemical suffixes (4)
- INES
- 30 Across: Uganda's Amin (3)
- IDI
- 31 Across: Old Asia Minor region (5)
- IONIA
- 33 Across: Nerve cell (7)
- NEURONE
- 35 Across: Adage (3)
- SAW
- 36 Across: Baltic feeder (4)
- ODER
- 37 Across: Tropical tree (3)
- APA
- 40 Across: Cypriot capital (7)
- NICOSIA
- 43 Across: Roberts (4)
- ORAL
- 45 Across: George or Bud (6)
- ABBOTT
- 48 Across: Genetic substance: Abbr. (3)
- DNA
- 49 Across: Diminutive suffixes (3)
- ETS
- 50 Across: Green (14)
- NEWINTHERACKET
- 55 Across: Looks daggers at (6)
- GLARES
- 57 Across: Pleiades star (4)
- MAIA
- 58 Across: African soldier (6)
- ASKARI
- 59 Across: Varnish resin (5)
- ANIME
- 60 Across: Answers the plaintiff (7)
- REJOINS
- 63 Across: Ruby or Sandra (3)
- DEE
- 64 Across: Alben Barkley sobriquet (4)
- VEEP
- 67 Across: River of England (4)
- AVON
- 68 Across: Elected, in Epinal (3)
- ELU
- 69 Across: Maroon (13)
- LEAVESTRANDED
- 73 Across: Noun suffix (3)
- ENT
- 74 Across: The brain, in Spain (4)
- SESO
- 76 Across: Like ___ of bricks (4)
- ATON
- 77 Across: Blanc (3)
- MEL
- 78 Across: Like Murmansk's harbor (7)
- ICEFREE
- 80 Across: Czech mountain range (5)
- TATRA
- 82 Across: "Leave ___" (6)
- ITTOME
- 84 Across: Quaker pronoun (4)
- THEE
- 85 Across: Grieg's dancer (6)
- ANITRA
- 87 Across: Blue (14)
- DOWNINTHEDUMPS
- 92 Across: Hiawatha wear, for short (3)
- MOC
- 93 Across: Good or bad (3)
- EGG
- 95 Across: Dolce far ___ (6)
- NIENTE
- 96 Across: Dublin law body (4)
- DAIL
- 97 Across: Braise before cooking (7)
- PRESEAR
- 99 Across: A Chaplin, for short (3)
- SYD
- 100 Across: LSD, familiarly (4)
- ACID
- 104 Across: Yarn measure (3)
- LEA
- 105 Across: Most conspicuous (7)
- BOLDEST
- 108 Across: Bowling round (5)
- FRAME
- 109 Across: Rental-ad abbr. (3)
- APT
- 110 Across: Small terrier (4)
- SKYE
- 112 Across: Kind of guidance (8)
- INERTIAL
- 116 Across: Clerical vestment (7)
- MANIPLE
- 118 Across: Crimson (16)
- HARVARDNEWSPAPER
- 121 Across: Bring up (4)
- REAR
- 122 Across: Bitter ___ (tonic) (5)
- ALOES
- 123 Across: Store grain (6)
- ENSILE
- 124 Across: Metric measure (3)
- ARE
- 125 Across: Pianist Tatum (3)
- ART
- 126 Across: U.S. painter Robert (5)
- HENRI
- 127 Across: Went the route (6)
- LASTED
- 128 Across: Rebellious Mr. Tyler (3)
- WAT
- 129 Across: Anne or Marie: Abbr. (3)
- STE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: City in Wales (8)
- ABERDARE
- 2 Down: Wind squall (8)
- WILLIWAW
- 3 Down: Finish second (4)
- LOSE
- 4 Down: Poseidon, for one (6)
- SEAGOD
- 5 Down: M. Lupin (6)
- ARSENE
- 6 Down: Logger's boot (3)
- PAC
- 7 Down: Reasonable (4)
- SANE
- 8 Down: Walkers: Abbr. (4)
- PEDS
- 9 Down: Dill seed (4)
- ANET
- 10 Down: V-shaped rampart (5)
- REDAN
- 11 Down: Discernment (5)
- TASTE
- 12 Down: Stagger the imagination (7)
- ASTOUND
- 13 Down: Basketball org. (3)
- ABA
- 14 Down: Sephardic tongue (6)
- LADINO
- 15 Down: Yellow (12)
- CHINESERIVER
- 16 Down: Wing: Fr. (4)
- AILE
- 17 Down: Certain votes (4)
- NAYS
- 22 Down: Printemps, e.g. (6)
- SAISON
- 24 Down: Zeta, ___, theta (3)
- ETA
- 25 Down: Like a sinner (6)
- ERRING
- 27 Down: God: It. (3)
- DIO
- 32 Down: Dies ___ (4)
- IRAE
- 34 Down: Florida city (5)
- OCALA
- 37 Down: Lowers (6)
- ABASES
- 38 Down: Silver (11)
- POCKETMONEY
- 39 Down: Aleutian island (4)
- ATKA
- 41 Down: Top-line entry (7)
- ITEMONE
- 42 Down: Not present, in Milan (7)
- ASSENTE
- 44 Down: Airport vehicle, for short (4)
- LIMO
- 46 Down: Florida city (9)
- BRADENTON
- 47 Down: Triple, in chemistry (9)
- TERVALENT
- 51 Down: Fasten (4)
- NAIL
- 52 Down: Ringworm (5)
- TINEA
- 53 Down: Attacks (5)
- HASAT
- 54 Down: French pronoun (4)
- TIEN
- 56 Down: Group of sayings (3)
- ANA
- 60 Down: Use a new die (7)
- RESTAMP
- 61 Down: Name of a first lady (7)
- ELEANOR
- 62 Down: White (12)
- JUSTICEBYRON
- 65 Down: Sitwell or Bunker (5)
- EDITH
- 66 Down: Fruitstand item, in Paris (5)
- PECHE
- 70 Down: Nullify (4)
- VOID
- 71 Down: Jog the memory (6)
- REMIND
- 72 Down: Legal document (4)
- DEED
- 75 Down: Table scrap (3)
- ORT
- 79 Down: Hatfield activity (4)
- FEUD
- 81 Down: Whirling (5)
- AREEL
- 83 Down: African dialects (4)
- TWIS
- 86 Down: Moroccan port (6)
- AGADIR
- 88 Down: On a ___ (raging) (4)
- TEAR
- 89 Down: Saucy (8)
- MALAPERT
- 90 Down: Kitchen utensil (8)
- PIEPLATE
- 91 Down: Sow bug (6)
- SLATER
- 94 Down: Beowulf's victim (7)
- GRENDEL
- 98 Down: Of any kind (6)
- SOEVER
- 101 Down: In ___ (privately) (6)
- CAMERA
- 102 Down: Turkish inn (6)
- IMARET
- 103 Down: Place for Daniel (3)
- DEN
- 106 Down: Cassia plant (5)
- SENNA
- 107 Down: Coiffeur's concern (5)
- TRESS
- 108 Down: Neighbor of Ala. (3)
- FLA
- 110 Down: Reza Pahlavi (4)
- SHAH
- 111 Down: Kind of cabbage (4)
- KALE
- 113 Down: Needle (4)
- TWIT
- 114 Down: Wight, for one (4)
- ISLE
- 115 Down: Imitated (4)
- APED
- 117 Down: Charmian's co-worker (4)
- IRAS
- 119 Down: "___ was saying" (3)
- ASI
- 120 Down: Cat's-___ (3)
- PAW
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