PARTYGOERS' LAMENT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 12/26/1976. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Close-mouthed one (4)
CLAM
5 Across: Decorous (4)
PRIM
9 Across: Doc's dates (5)
APPTS
14 Across: Turkish title (4)
AGHA
18 Across: Playwright Joshua (5)
LOGAN
20 Across: V.I.P.'s car, for short (4)
LIMO
21 Across: Psalm word (5)
SELAH
22 Across: Boeotian of myth (4)
SAON
23 Across: Sky: Prefix (5)
URANO
24 Across: Jewish month (4)
ADAR
25 Across: Hockey's Bobby, formally (5)
MRORR
26 Across: Sellout signs (4)
SROS
27 Across: Start of a verse (21)
BRINGINGMEWASYOURIDEA
31 Across: After auld lang (4)
SYNE
32 Across: D.D.E. (3)
IKE
33 Across: TV satellite (5)
TIROS
34 Across: One over par (5)
BOGEY
35 Across: Throw in the towel (4)
QUIT
37 Across: ___ even keel (4)
ONAN
38 Across: Miss Harding (3)
ANN
39 Across: "Hallelujah," e.g. (5)
SHOUT
42 Across: O.T. book (4)
OBAD
45 Across: Church areas (5)
APSES
49 Across: Kind of pot? (3)
SEX
52 Across: More of verse (21)
NOWIMINAMAUDLINSTUPOR
57 Across: "We ___ amused" (6)
ARENOT
58 Across: Hollywood's Duke (5)
WAYNE
59 Across: Also (3)
TOO
60 Across: Writer Jaffe (4)
RONA
61 Across: Hippie's home (3)
PAD
62 Across: "___ we dance?" (5)
SHALL
64 Across: Drive-in worker (6)
CARHOP
66 Across: ___-bitsy (4)
ITSY
67 Across: Bounce, in Scotland (4)
STOT
68 Across: "La ___ du Régiment" (5)
FILLE
70 Across: Not that (4)
THIS
72 Across: "___ three ships . . . " (4)
ISAW
75 Across: Water nymph (6)
UNDINE
77 Across: All-purpose beans (5)
SOYAS
79 Across: Wane (3)
EBB
82 Across: Spanish baby (4)
NENA
83 Across: Asian gazelle (3)
GOA
84 Across: Grows dim (5)
FADES
86 Across: Pre-strike advice (6)
GOSLOW
88 Across: More of verse (21)
GETMEHOMEORELSEILLBEA
92 Across: Egyptian spirit (3)
AKH
93 Across: Lab burners (5)
ETNAS
94 Across: Serb (4)
SLAV
95 Across: Sweetie-pie! (5)
DEARY
96 Across: Kin: Abbr. (3)
REL
98 Across: European capital (4)
OSLO
101 Across: Fencing foil (4)
EPEE
103 Across: "I ___ Parade!" (5)
LOVEA
105 Across: Burglar's bargain (5)
STEAL
106 Across: Onassis (3)
ARI
107 Across: Nostalgic throe (4)
PANG
111 Across: End of verse (21)
SUPERDUPERPARTYPOOPER
115 Across: Kind of aerial bomb (4)
AZON
116 Across: "___ Ben Jonson!" (5)
ORARE
117 Across: Broz (4)
TITO
118 Across: Political shake-up (5)
PURGE
119 Across: Irk (4)
ROIL
120 Across: "The ___ closed" (host's sign-off) (5)
BARIS
121 Across: Alaskan governor (4)
EGAN
122 Across: Mall unit (5)
STORE
123 Across: Griffith or Gump (4)
ANDY
124 Across: Put in office (5)
ELECT
125 Across: Kind of devil (4)
DARE
126 Across: In a ___ (teed off) (4)
SNIT

Down Answers

1 Down: Shillelaghs (5)
CLUBS
2 Down: London truck (5)
LORRY
3 Down: "Kiss Me ___" (5)
AGAIN
4 Down: Store-window tenant (9)
MANNEQUIN
5 Down: Fish food (8)
PLANKTON
6 Down: Vimy ___ of W.W. I (5)
RIDGE
7 Down: Mosque prayer leader (4)
IMAM
8 Down: "Oh, weep no ___!" (9)
MORETODAY
9 Down: Eritrea's capital (6)
ASMARA
10 Down: None of your business (8)
PERSONAL
11 Down: Ruses (5)
PLOYS
12 Down: Pacific staple (4)
TARO
13 Down: Mistletoe, for one (5)
SHRUB
14 Down: Allot (6)
ASSIGN
15 Down: Eden, notably (10)
GARDENSPOT
16 Down: Bunk! (5)
HOOEY
17 Down: Heavenly handle (4)
ANSA
19 Down: Holiday drink (3)
NOG
28 Down: Three, on the clock (3)
III
29 Down: Conquer (3)
WIN
30 Down: Friars Club entrée (5)
ROAST
36 Down: Nth degree (6)
UTMOST
39 Down: Kind of judgment (4)
SNAP
40 Down: Israeli reel (4)
HORA
41 Down: Was in debt (4)
OWED
43 Down: Cry like a baby (4)
BAWL
44 Down: Scenic Italian drive (6)
AMALFI
46 Down: Meatiness (4)
PITH
47 Down: High-hat (6)
SNOOTY
48 Down: Gullets, grandly (8)
ESOPHAGI
50 Down: Time periods (4)
EONS
51 Down: Candid camera shot (4)
XRAY
53 Down: "___ you'd never ask!" (8)
ITHOUGHT
54 Down: Hazy (7)
UNCLEAR
55 Down: New or raw (4)
DEAL
56 Down: "Exodus" author (4)
URIS
63 Down: Scholar's arrival time (6)
ATNOON
65 Down: Vend again (6)
RESELL
67 Down: Did the butterfly (4)
SWAM
69 Down: Dope (4)
INFO
71 Down: Tristan's lady (6)
ISOLDE
72 Down: Miss Swenson (4)
INGA
73 Down: Look for (4)
SEEK
74 Down: Kind of ape (10)
ANTHROPOID
76 Down: Señora's title (4)
DAMA
78 Down: Greek peak (4)
OSSA
79 Down: Exile isle (4)
ELBA
80 Down: One of the wars (4)
BOER
81 Down: Variety's st. (4)
BWAY
85 Down: Like ghost towns (9)
DESOLATED
87 Down: Short camping trips (9)
SLEEPOUTS
89 Down: Smorgasbord fisherman (5)
EELER
90 Down: Like the in-group (8)
ESOTERIC
91 Down: "They'd eaten ___" (8)
EVERYONE
97 Down: In a fair way (6)
EVENLY
99 Down: Most arid (6)
SEREST
100 Down: Luxurious seat (3)
LAP
102 Down: Doozy (3)
PIP
103 Down: Manila site (5)
LUZON
104 Down: Hacienda brick (5)
ADOBE
105 Down: Lean (5)
SPARE
106 Down: Rose extract (5)
ATTAR
108 Down: Stringed thing (5)
APRON
109 Down: Pola (5)
NEGRI
110 Down: " . . . ___ the purpling east" (5)
GREET
111 Down: Poet Teasdale (4)
SARA
112 Down: Russian range (4)
URAL
113 Down: Baltic port (4)
RIGA
114 Down: Goddess of plenty (3)
OPS

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