APPROPRIATE GROUPINGS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 172 clues). Published 11/21/1976. By Bert Kruse.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Oil country (4): IRAN
5 Across: Kind of sided (3): LOP
8 Across: Kind of facts (4): BARE
12 Across: Bubbling sound (4): GLUB
16 Across: Mideast desert region (5): NEGEV
18 Across: Thought (4): IDEA
20 Across: Baltic land (6): SWEDEN
22 Across: Bolero man (5): RAVEL
24 Across: Group of versifiers (10): PENOFPOETS
26 Across: Overweight group (12): PODOFDIETERS
28 Across: Function (3): USE
29 Across: ___ big (prevails easily) (6): WINSIT
30 Across: Marsupial, for short (3): ROO
31 Across: Mass. resort (6): NAHANT
32 Across: British heroine (4): TESS
34 Across: Intellectual group (14): NESTOFEGGHEADS
39 Across: One's, in France (3): SES
40 Across: U.S. electrical genius (5): TESLA
42 Across: King, in Portugal (3): REI
43 Across: Saw eye to eye (6): AGREED
45 Across: Joint part (5): TENON
48 Across: Shade of green (4): NILE
51 Across: Glacial ridge (5): ESKAR
53 Across: ___ vu (4): DEJA
56 Across: Deli appliance (6): SLICER
58 Across: Ascend (4): SOAR
60 Across: Fisherman (5): EELER
62 Across: Use a fishing stream (4): WADE
64 Across: Nicotine-using groups (14): PACKSOFSMOKERS
68 Across: Common Latin abbr. (4): ETAL
70 Across: Goddess of night (3): NOX
71 Across: ___ Marie (3): STE
72 Across: Lacking candor (3): SLY
73 Across: P.I. native (4): AETA
75 Across: Fruit lozenge (6): JUJUBE
77 Across: Pitching stat (3): ERA
79 Across: On track, mentally (4): SANE
81 Across: Larry or Kurt (5): ADLER
82 Across: Things to count (5): NOSES
83 Across: Traffic groups (17): DROVESOFMOTORISTS
89 Across: Home (5): ABODE
92 Across: Brook or brown (5): TROUT
93 Across: Be without (4): WANT
94 Across: Royal initials (3): HSM
97 Across: Talks big (6): BOASTS
99 Across: Kind of frau (4): HAUS
100 Across: Greek letter (3): PSI
101 Across: Conway (3): TIM
103 Across: Cattle genus (3): BOS
104 Across: Furniture item (4): SOFA
107 Across: Groups of rotters (14): CLIQUESOFHEELS
113 Across: Hts. (4): ALTS
115 Across: Defame (5): LIBEL
117 Across: Like a puppy (4): CUTE
118 Across: Preparing (6): FIXING
119 Across: Spumante center (4): ASTI
121 Across: Old fiddle (5): REBEC
123 Across: TV-reception aids (4): EARS
125 Across: Batter's clout (5): LINER
126 Across: Vigorous critic (6): SNIPER
128 Across: Brew (3): ALE
130 Across: Bits, in Scotland (5): HAETS
133 Across: Subject for Winslow Homer (3): SEA
136 Across: Sailing group (14): KNOTOFMARINERS
140 Across: Carry (4): TOTE
144 Across: Loosen, as a garment (6): UNBELT
146 Across: Bandsman Brown (3): LES
147 Across: Anak people (6): GIANTS
149 Across: Conk (3): ZAP
150 Across: Stuck-up group (12): PRIDEOFSNOBS
154 Across: Lots ___, housing group (10): OFREALTORS
156 Across: Strawberry and club (5): SODAS
157 Across: Western gully (6): ARROYO
158 Across: Rds. (4): RTES
159 Across: ___ Domingo (5): SANTO
160 Across: Moon landers (4): LEMS
161 Across: Prod (4): GOAD
162 Across: Grid measures: Abbr. (3): YDS
163 Across: Judge (4): DEEM

Down Answers

1 Down: Production component (5): INPUT
2 Down: Pee Wee (5): REESE
3 Down: Miss Moorehead (5): AGNES
4 Down: Latest: Prefix (3): NEO
5 Down: Barrymore (6): LIONEL
6 Down: Native of a Black Sea city (7): ODESSAN
7 Down: Kind of jury or four (5): PETIT
8 Down: Keep on the trail of (5): BEDOG
9 Down: Commotion (3): ADO
10 Down: Kind of book: Abbr. (3): REF
11 Down: Pass receiver (3): END
12 Down: Like a contest pig (7): GREASED
13 Down: Thin board (4): LATH
14 Down: Eye parts (5): UVEAS
15 Down: City on the Aare (5): BERNE
17 Down: Ex-servicemen's org. (3): VFW
19 Down: Regarding (4): ASTO
20 Down: Shindig (5): SPREE
21 Down: Boogie ___ (6): WOOGIE
23 Down: Attack vessels: Abbr. (4): LSTS
25 Down: Makes a wrestling score (4): PINS
27 Down: Shade of blue (4): INDE
33 Down: Inventory item (5): STOCK
35 Down: Sideshow star (5): FREAK
36 Down: Cod's relative (4): HAKE
37 Down: Alike, in Paris (5): EGALE
38 Down: Court decree (5): ARRET
41 Down: Chemical endings (4): ENES
44 Down: Morning golf problem (3): DEW
45 Down: Recipe units: Abbr. (4): TSPS
46 Down: Gladden (5): ELATE
47 Down: More refined (5): NICER
49 Down: Ideology (3): ISM
50 Down: Card game (3): LOO
52 Down: Sonnet unit (6): SESTET
54 Down: God with double vision (5): JANUS
55 Down: Western home (5): ADOBE
57 Down: Red, in Rome (5): ROSSO
59 Down: Study for a recital (9): READMUSIC
61 Down: Reign, to Mrs. Gandhi (3): RAJ
63 Down: Cast-off mates (4): EXES
65 Down: Yellow: Prefix (4): FLAV
66 Down: Auld lang ___ (4): SYNE
67 Down: Make new land divisions (5): RELOT
69 Down: Guardsman portrayer (4): LUNT
74 Down: Lined up (4): AROW
76 Down: Producer Logan (4): JOSH
78 Down: Totals (4): ADDS
80 Down: Northern European (4): ESTH
81 Down: In a tangle (5): AFOUL
84 Down: Soaks (4): RETS
85 Down: Delphi attraction (6): ORACLE
86 Down: Door noises (4): RAPS
87 Down: ___ many words (4): INSO
88 Down: Like wing collars (5): STIFF
89 Down: Eastern church title (4): ABBA
90 Down: Word sung in New Haven (5): BOOLA
91 Down: Ovens (5): OASTS
95 Down: Hemingway friend (5): STEIN
96 Down: Winnie's creator (5): MILNE
98 Down: Hurok (3): SOL
102 Down: Clerical title: Abbr. (4): MSGR
105 Down: Dempsey opponent (5): FIRPO
106 Down: Red as ___ (5): ABEET
108 Down: Singular (5): QUEER
109 Down: Hagen (3): UTA
110 Down: Always, to poets (3): EER
111 Down: To the ___ (fully) (4): HILT
112 Down: Occur (5): EXIST
114 Down: Main and Elm: Abbr. (3): STS
116 Down: Spanish river (4): EBRO
120 Down: Like some pens (7): INKLESS
122 Down: Dropped in (6): CAMEBY
124 Down: Clipped (7): SHEARED
127 Down: Preposition (4): INTO
129 Down: Ranch gear (5): LASSO
131 Down: Actor James (6): ARNESS
132 Down: This, in Spain (4): ESTA
133 Down: Has a bite (4): SUPS
134 Down: Matriculate (5): ENROL
135 Down: Endure (5): ABIDE
137 Down: Genesis event (5): FLOOD
138 Down: Russian hero (4): IGOR
139 Down: Super (5): NIFTY
141 Down: Clear air (5): OZONE
142 Down: French dessert (5): TARTE
143 Down: Derby site (5): EPSOM
145 Down: Cheese (4): EDAM
148 Down: Beacons: Abbr. (3): SLS
151 Down: Tire out (3): FAG
152 Down: Angel's favorite sign (3): SRO
153 Down: Depression initials (3): NRA
155 Down: Young one (3): TAD

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