GLAD TIDINGS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/12/1976. By Henry Hook.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Hingle or O'Brien (3)
- PAT
- 4 Across: Lounge-chair part (3)
- ARM
- 7 Across: Common $2 item (3)
- BET
- 10 Across: Korbut (4)
- OLGA
- 14 Across: Word of regret (4)
- ALAS
- 16 Across: Twice LXXVI (4)
- CLII
- 17 Across: Concerning (4)
- INRE
- 19 Across: Provinces (6)
- REALMS
- 22 Across: Vapor, old style (4)
- ROKE
- 23 Across: Orange throwaway (4)
- RIND
- 24 Across: Yule song (11)
- OTANNENBAUM
- 26 Across: Follow-up to 106 Across (15)
- CHECKINGITTWICE
- 29 Across: Youth org. (3)
- BSA
- 30 Across: Sandwich staple (3)
- HAM
- 31 Across: Magwitch of "Great Expectations" (4)
- ABEL
- 32 Across: "Come ___ come shine" (6)
- RAINOR
- 33 Across: Menotti hero (5)
- AMAHL
- 35 Across: Faction (4)
- SECT
- 37 Across: Mrs. Cantor (3)
- IDA
- 39 Across: Rorem (3)
- NED
- 40 Across: Biblical animal (5)
- CAMEL
- 41 Across: Erudite (7)
- LEARNED
- 44 Across: Shoe width (3)
- EEE
- 45 Across: ___ theme, from "Zhivago" (5)
- LARAS
- 46 Across: Word with one or what (4)
- SOME
- 49 Across: Military alarm clock (5)
- BUGLE
- 50 Across: Mideast weight (4)
- ROTL
- 51 Across: Prepare wastebasket paper (7)
- CRUMPLE
- 53 Across: Fencing items (5)
- EPEES
- 56 Across: Hesitant sounds (3)
- ERS
- 59 Across: Once in a blue moon (6)
- RARELY
- 60 Across: Kisser's come-on (9)
- MISTLETOE
- 64 Across: "___ Majesty" (4)
- YOUR
- 66 Across: "Peace ___ price" (5)
- ATANY
- 67 Across: Holiday entertainers (9)
- CAROLLERS
- 68 Across: Dome athlete (5)
- ASTRO
- 69 Across: Soften (4)
- MELT
- 70 Across: Holiday dinner finale (9)
- FRUITCAKE
- 71 Across: Speared, as a fish (6)
- GIGGED
- 72 Across: Mil. award (3)
- DSM
- 73 Across: Employee's quest (5)
- RAISE
- 74 Across: Go bananas over (7)
- ENTHUSE
- 75 Across: News piece (4)
- OBIT
- 77 Across: Blood pathway (5)
- AORTA
- 80 Across: Dog in "Beetle Bailey" (4)
- OTTO
- 81 Across: Good loser (5)
- SPORT
- 83 Across: Grid scores: Abbr. (3)
- TDS
- 86 Across: Uses one's gray matter (7)
- IDEATES
- 88 Across: Taper upward (5)
- SPIRE
- 89 Across: Wash. figure (3)
- REP
- 90 Across: Treasure-hunt aid (3)
- MAP
- 91 Across: Home of Brigham Young U. (4)
- UTAH
- 94 Across: "Hold That ___" (5)
- TIGER
- 95 Across: ___ of (happen to) (6)
- BECOME
- 97 Across: Cap-___ (4)
- APIE
- 100 Across: Never's counterpart (3)
- NOW
- 102 Across: Pulver of "Mister Roberts": Abbr. (3)
- ENS
- 103 Across: Man of triple-vision (15)
- EBENEZERSCROOGE
- 106 Across: What Santa's doing (11)
- MAKINGALIST
- 110 Across: Suit to ___ (4)
- ATEE
- 111 Across: Tamper with a check (4)
- KITE
- 112 Across: Wood fragment (6)
- SLIVER
- 113 Across: Cry of revelry (4)
- EVOE
- 114 Across: ___ ex machina (4)
- DEUS
- 115 Across: Sassy one (4)
- SNIP
- 116 Across: Poetic word (4)
- NEER
- 117 Across: Be amiss (3)
- ERR
- 118 Across: Latin conjunction (3)
- SED
- 119 Across: Writer Josephine (3)
- TEY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Roast slightly (5)
- PARCH
- 2 Down: Hilo greetings (6)
- ALOHAS
- 3 Down: "___ to your leader" (6)
- TAKEME
- 4 Down: Make uniform (5)
- ALINE
- 5 Down: Big-top big name (8)
- RINGLING
- 6 Down: Lunchtime, in Lyon (4)
- MIDI
- 7 Down: Regional life (5)
- BIOTA
- 8 Down: Interweave (7)
- ENTWINE
- 9 Down: Cadet (7)
- TRAINEE
- 10 Down: Mine find (3)
- ORE
- 11 Down: Author Deighton (3)
- LEN
- 12 Down: Gift of sorts (3)
- GAB
- 13 Down: Namath's alma mater (7)
- ALABAMA
- 15 Down: Wine quality (3)
- SEC
- 16 Down: Cheat on the final (4)
- CRIB
- 18 Down: Camouflage a message (6)
- ENCODE
- 20 Down: Uses a dogsled (6)
- MUSHES
- 21 Down: Unimportant (5)
- SMALL
- 25 Down: Biblical name (3)
- NER
- 27 Down: Shimmying sister (4)
- KATE
- 28 Down: Quid pro quo (5)
- TRADE
- 33 Down: "___ may look on a king" (4)
- ACAT
- 34 Down: House guest of 103 Across (12)
- MARLEYSGHOST
- 36 Down: Recipient of a familiar visit (12)
- CLEMENTMOORE
- 38 Down: Next to R.I. in size (3)
- DEL
- 42 Down: With skill (4)
- ABLY
- 43 Down: Madeleine, e.g. (3)
- RUE
- 45 Down: Forfeit (4)
- LOSE
- 46 Down: "Buzz off!" (5)
- SCRAM
- 47 Down: Took the soapbox (6)
- ORATED
- 48 Down: Thomas Benton works (6)
- MURALS
- 50 Down: Autos of yore (4)
- REOS
- 52 Down: Thickness (3)
- PLY
- 53 Down: Ending for salmon or Cinder (4)
- ELLA
- 54 Down: Before aboo (4)
- PEEK
- 55 Down: Exist, in Paris (4)
- ETRE
- 57 Down: Cheap whisky (6)
- ROTGUT
- 58 Down: Most confident (6)
- SUREST
- 60 Down: Neighbor of Oahu (4)
- MAUI
- 61 Down: Eye part (4)
- IRIS
- 62 Down: Chimney dust, to Chaucer (4)
- SOTE
- 63 Down: Fond treatment: Abbr. (3)
- TLC
- 65 Down: Western event (5)
- RODEO
- 67 Down: Partisan: Suffix (4)
- CRAT
- 68 Down: River isle (3)
- AIT
- 70 Down: Glass base (4)
- FRIT
- 71 Down: Pesty flier (4)
- GNAT
- 74 Down: Timetable abbr. (3)
- ETA
- 76 Down: Fox or Rabbit (4)
- BRER
- 77 Down: Form of French "to love" (5)
- AIMEZ
- 78 Down: Harem room (3)
- ODA
- 79 Down: Groucho's specialty (8)
- REPARTEE
- 81 Down: Column or cord (6)
- SPINAL
- 82 Down: Grid need (7)
- PIGSKIN
- 83 Down: One of the clefs (6)
- TREBLE
- 84 Down: What mountebanks do (7)
- DECEIVE
- 85 Down: " . . . a word from our ___" (7)
- SPONSOR
- 87 Down: Your, in Bonn (4)
- EUER
- 88 Down: Watch parts (5)
- STEMS
- 92 Down: Consecrate (6)
- ANOINT
- 93 Down: Thwart completely (6)
- HOGTIE
- 95 Down: "___ Clown" (3)
- BEA
- 96 Down: Word with kilo or centi (5)
- METER
- 98 Down: Spurious: Prefix (5)
- PSEUD
- 99 Down: Tops off a cake (4)
- ICES
- 101 Down: Tearful (5)
- WEEPY
- 104 Down: St. Louis bridge (4)
- EADS
- 105 Down: Approves (3)
- OKS
- 107 Down: "___ Got a Secret" (3)
- IVE
- 108 Down: Once-named (3)
- NEE
- 109 Down: "Cave canem" sound (3)
- GRR
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