REVIEWING THE BIDDING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 160 clues). Published 10/10/1976. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Exultant song (5): PAEAN
6 Across: Sword of yore (5): ESTOC
11 Across: Navy noncoms (4): CPOS
15 Across: U.S. energy complex (3): TVA
18 Across: Spontaneous (5): ADLIB
19 Across: Regard as material (5): REIFY
20 Across: Barflies (5): SOAKS
21 Across: Bordoni (5): IRENE
23 Across: One heart (23): THETARGETFORCUPIDSDARTS
27 Across: Clothes (4): TOGS
28 Across: Tops (4): AONE
29 Across: Arm bones (5): ULNAE
30 Across: Anyone's game (6): TENNIS
31 Across: Gelid (3): ICY
32 Across: Witch of ___ (5): ENDOR
33 Across: In ___ (untidy) (5): AMESS
34 Across: Leaves off (6): CEASES
35 Across: Spore sacs (4): ASCI
36 Across: Maestro's concern (5): SCORE
37 Across: Musical leap (5): SALTO
38 Across: One spade (22): HORTICULTURALIMPLEMENT
46 Across: Like ducks' feet (6): WEBBED
47 Across: ___ foot oil (5): NEATS
48 Across: Contends (4): VIES
49 Across: "Le Coq ___" (3): DOR
50 Across: Spreads (5): OLEOS
51 Across: Eater: Suffix (5): PHAGE
52 Across: Pert lasses (5): CHITS
54 Across: Counterclockwise (4): LEVO
55 Across: Adjective ending (4): ULAR
56 Across: Aviary sounds (4): COOS
57 Across: Old pronoun (4): THEE
58 Across: Humpback (5): CAMEL
59 Across: Three diamonds (23): KOHINOORHOPEANDBASEBALL
66 Across: Building wings (4): ELLS
67 Across: Ulyanov (5): LENIN
68 Across: Leif's father (4): ERIC
69 Across: Double (23): ATWOBASEHITORAFACSIMILE
79 Across: Burning bush (5): WAHOO
80 Across: Maintain (4): AVER
81 Across: German pronouns (4): ICHS
82 Across: Panache (4): ELAN
83 Across: Heron's cousin (4): IBIS
84 Across: Less admirable (5): BASER
86 Across: Girl's name (5): KATHY
88 Across: Play the ham (5): EMOTE
89 Across: Word with easter or wester (3): NOR
90 Across: ___ Raton (4): BOCA
91 Across: Count of music (5): BASIE
92 Across: ___ own (solo) (6): ONONES
93 Across: Four clubs (22): GOLFNIGHTBOOKANDINDIAN
99 Across: Bullish times (5): RISES
100 Across: Stu of films (5): ERWIN
101 Across: Poetic word (4): NEER
102 Across: Certain workshop (6): SMITHY
104 Across: Defects (5): FLAWS
105 Across: Cold (5): ALGID
107 Across: Demijohn (3): JUG
110 Across: Kind of punch (6): ONETWO
111 Across: Cliburn's forte (5): PIANO
112 Across: Skald (4): BARD
113 Across: Lisbon lady (4): DONA
114 Across: Redouble (23): MULTIPLYBYTWOREPEATONCE
119 Across: Red as ___ (5): ABEET
120 Across: Reveals (5): BARES
121 Across: Greek city-state (5): POLIS
122 Across: ___ sides (5): ONALL
123 Across: Sun. talk (3): SER
124 Across: "Citizen Kane" prop (4): SLED
125 Across: Certain years (5): TEENS
126 Across: Approvals (5): YESES

Down Answers

1 Down: Famed singer (5): PATTI
2 Down: Kind of committee (5): ADHOC
3 Down: Pensive poem (5): ELEGY
4 Down: River islands (4): AITS
5 Down: Knicks' league (3): NBA
6 Down: Of a sampling process (7): ERGODIC
7 Down: "___ evil" (5): SEENO
8 Down: Strength of a solution (5): TITER
9 Down: On leave (3): OFF
10 Down: Young people's org. (3): CYO
11 Down: Courtroom figure (7): COUNSEL
12 Down: P.T.A. members (5): PAPAS
13 Down: Sooner (4): OKIE
14 Down: Theol. degree (3): SSD
15 Down: Crosspiece (7): TRANSOM
16 Down: Nemo's creator (5): VERNE
17 Down: The opposition (5): ANTIS
20 Down: Eyeball component (6): SCLERA
21 Down: Have thoughts about (6): IDEATE
22 Down: Feminine ending (3): ESS
24 Down: Like old butter (6): RANCID
25 Down: Bruits (6): RUMORS
26 Down: English ditches (6): STELLS
32 Down: ___ Park, Colo. (5): ESTES
33 Down: Penetrating (5): ACUTE
34 Down: Nesses (5): CAPES
35 Down: Tree: Prefix (6): ARBORI
36 Down: Restricted to men (4): STAG
37 Down: Thwacked (4): SMIT
38 Down: Word of greeting (5): HELLO
39 Down: Guiana sorcery (5): OBEAH
40 Down: Win at jousting (7): UNHORSE
41 Down: Restrain (5): LEASH
42 Down: Like campus walls (5): IVIED
43 Down: Dropsy (5): EDEMA
44 Down: Newfangled (5): NOVEL
45 Down: Fish in a way (5): TROLL
46 Down: U.S. novelist (4): WOUK
51 Down: Common funds (5): POOLS
52 Down: Preside over (5): CHAIR
53 Down: Hair dye (5): HENNA
54 Down: Test area (3): LAB
56 Down: Drink (4): COLA
57 Down: General drift (5): TENOR
58 Down: This, in Tours (4): CECI
60 Down: Biblical mount (4): NEBO
61 Down: Miss Oyl (5): OLIVE
62 Down: O'Toole (5): PETER
63 Down: Stranded (7): BEACHED
64 Down: Mehitabel's chronicler (5): ARCHY
65 Down: Snaky sound (4): SISS
69 Down: In flight (5): AWING
70 Down: Unauthorized (5): TABOO
71 Down: Gyrate (5): WHIRL
72 Down: Hawaiian birds (3): OOS
73 Down: Attacks (5): HASAT
74 Down: Blend with (5): FITIN
75 Down: Autobiographic item (6): MEMOIR
76 Down: Miss Massey (5): ILONA
77 Down: Cause to be tardy (5): LATEN
78 Down: Chemical endings (4): ENES
84 Down: Specter (5): BOGEY
85 Down: Bonn cries (4): ACHS
86 Down: N. Z. birds (5): KAKIS
87 Down: Wise ___ owl (4): ASAN
88 Down: "The Song Is ___" (5): ENDED
90 Down: Clergyman (6): BISHOP
91 Down: Dog, in baby talk (6): BOWWOW
92 Down: N.Y. lake (6): ONEIDA
94 Down: Dissipate (7): FRITTER
95 Down: Dunderhead (6): NITWIT
96 Down: Made fast (7): BELAYED
97 Down: Praying figures (6): ORANTS
98 Down: Entrance (7): INGRESS
102 Down: Slights (5): SNUBS
103 Down: Brouhaha (5): MELEE
104 Down: Filament (5): FIBRE
105 Down: White poplar (5): ABELE
106 Down: Rabbit fur (5): LAPIN
107 Down: Salk (5): JONAS
108 Down: Family member (5): UNCLE
109 Down: Highlanders (5): GAELS
110 Down: Tumor: Suffix (3): OMA
111 Down: Indian veranda (4): PYAL
113 Down: Over (4): DONE
115 Down: Weights: Abbr. (3): LBS
116 Down: Select (3): OPT
117 Down: Caviar (3): ROE
118 Down: Trifle (3): TOY

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