PLAINS-SPEAKING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 1/2/1977. By J. A. Felker.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Clean (6): WASHUP
7 Across: Violently (5): AMAIN
12 Across: Certain mater (4): ALMA
16 Across: Barbecue need (4): SPIT
20 Across: Give the cold-shoulder (6): IGNORE
21 Across: Ship, in Spain (5): BARCO
22 Across: On a ___ (carousing) (4): TEAR
23 Across: Part of "La Tosca" (5): SCENE
24 Across: Connecticut (17): THEPEANUTMEGSTATE
27 Across: Soviet mountains (5): URALS
28 Across: Infamous marquis (4): SADE
29 Across: More curious (6): NOSIER
30 Across: Kind of TV audience (4): LIVE
31 Across: French painter (6): GRANET
32 Across: Turn in a way (5): UPEND
33 Across: Studied (5): PORED
34 Across: Good name (6): REPUTE
35 Across: Miss Lillie et al. (4): BEAS
39 Across: Knight of TV (3): TED
40 Across: Mushroom (4): CEPE
41 Across: ___ out (stayed) (5): SATIT
42 Across: Merman and Kennedy (6): ETHELS
44 Across: Slip back (7): RELAPSE
47 Across: Pronto (6): ATONCE
49 Across: Attack (6): LEAPAT
50 Across: Dreary account (6): LITANY
51 Across: Kind of excuse (4): LAME
53 Across: Kind of bag (4): GRAB
55 Across: Western gulch (6): ARROYO
56 Across: Hokkaido port (5): OTARU
57 Across: Sick's partner (5): TIRED
58 Across: Teen or dog's (3): AGE
59 Across: Auto-race city, for short (4): INDY
60 Across: Certain vote (3): YES
62 Across: In a while (7): LATERON
64 Across: ___ Coeur (5): SACRE
66 Across: Corded fabric (3): REP
67 Across: Ski ___ (4): TOWS
68 Across: Thwarts (6): SPITES
70 Across: Certain sportsman (5): HIKER
71 Across: Follow (5): ENSUE
73 Across: Decrees (7): ORDAINS
76 Across: Tom (5): PAINE
78 Across: John (5): OHARA
80 Across: Easy win (6): SHOOIN
82 Across: Northern European (4): LAPP
83 Across: Map abbr. (3): RTE
86 Across: Kind of eclipse (5): LUNAR
87 Across: Lamp owner (7): ALADDIN
90 Across: Suffix for consul or sultan (3): ATE
91 Across: Old alloy (4): ASEM
92 Across: Antelope (3): GNU
93 Across: Heat, to Cicero (5): CALOR
95 Across: Disagreed loudly (5): BOOED
97 Across: Promise (6): ASSURE
99 Across: Indian flour (4): ATTA
101 Across: Kind of house (4): OPEN
102 Across: Tropical parrot (6): CONURE
103 Across: "___ for Sergeants" (6): NOTIME
104 Across: Shade of character (6): STRIPE
106 Across: Irritating (7): GALLING
108 Across: Connecting agent (6): UNITER
109 Across: Regional bird life (5): ORNIS
110 Across: Campus org. (4): ROTC
111 Across: High, in music (3): ALT
113 Across: Rhode Island denizens (4): REDS
114 Across: Penny ___ (6): ARCADE
116 Across: Location (5): SITUS
118 Across: Spanish paintings (5): DALIS
120 Across: Did a sewing job (6): DARNED
121 Across: Waste allowance (4): TRET
122 Across: Keep after school (6): PUNISH
123 Across: Malarial ailment (4): AGUE
127 Across: Semblance (5): IMAGE
128 Across: The works (17): FROMSOUPTOPEANUTS
131 Across: Tore around (5): RACED
132 Across: Skirt style (4): MINI
133 Across: Court decree (5): ARRET
134 Across: Songbird (6): LINNET
135 Across: Fraternal people (4): ELKS
136 Across: Voices (4): SAYS
137 Across: Forward (5): FRESH
138 Across: Leash, in Paris (6): LAISSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Dim and half (4): WITS
2 Down: Turkish title (4): AGHA
3 Down: Trim, in Scotland (4): SNED
4 Down: Actress Lange (4): HOPE
5 Down: Actress Mary (3): URE
6 Down: Insulting words (12): PEANUTSTOYOU
7 Down: Treated badly (6): ABUSED
8 Down: Before midi (5): MATIN
9 Down: Like a payroll guard (5): ARMED
10 Down: Baked-goods worker (4): ICER
11 Down: Drink (3): NOG
12 Down: Clothes (7): ATTIRES
13 Down: Decamp (5): LEAVE
14 Down: Joined (5): MATED
15 Down: Common verb (3): ARE
16 Down: Working on dirty pans (8): SCRAPING
17 Down: Christmas favorite (18): PEANUTCRACKERSUITE
18 Down: Narrow waterway (5): INLET
19 Down: Experience (5): TESTE
23 Down: " . . . lamb was ___ go" (6): SURETO
25 Down: Relative of nah (4): NOPE
26 Down: Joe, sometimes (6): SLOPPY
31 Down: Jarred (6): GRATED
33 Down: Nitty-gritty (15): PEANUTSANDBOLTS
35 Down: Area of L.A. (6): BELAIR
36 Down: Always, to poets (6): ETERNE
37 Down: Tough problem (18): AHARDPEANUTTOCRACK
38 Down: Indian soldier (5): SEPOY
40 Down: Barton (5): CLARA
41 Down: "___ Time, Next Year" (4): SAME
43 Down: Minstrel's offering (3): LAY
44 Down: Music abbr. (3): RIT
45 Down: Relative of etc. (4): ETAL
46 Down: T.S. and family (6): ELIOTS
48 Down: Tidal flood (5): EAGRE
50 Down: Kind of leader (4): LOSS
52 Down: English composer (4): ARNE
54 Down: Drink (4): BEER
57 Down: Triplet (4): TRIN
61 Down: Sheep (4): EWES
63 Down: Roof ornament (3): EPI
64 Down: Lollipop or Pinafore (4): SHIP
65 Down: Biblical spring (3): AIN
67 Down: Peter or Ivan (4): TSAR
69 Down: Quarrel (4): SPAT
72 Down: New Deal org. (3): NRA
73 Down: Tea (6): OOLONG
74 Down: Jungle noise (4): ROAR
75 Down: Achieved (3): DID
77 Down: In ___ (succinct) (12): APEANUTSHELL
78 Down: Miss Korbut (4): OLGA
79 Down: Leigh and Marsha (5): HUNTS
81 Down: Sound (4): HALE
82 Down: Put on cargo (4): LADE
84 Down: Designated (6): TERMED
85 Down: Arabian rulers (6): EMEERS
88 Down: Column order (5): IONIC
89 Down: Certain word (4): NOUN
91 Down: Active (5): ASTIR
93 Down: Cheated on an exam (6): COPIED
94 Down: Planet inhabitants (4): APES
96 Down: Work unit (3): ERG
98 Down: Family member (3): SON
100 Down: Classifies (8): ARRANGES
102 Down: Hard hits (6): CLOUTS
105 Down: Verily (6): INDEED
107 Down: Moon goddess (7): ARTEMIS
111 Down: Big Dipper star (6): ALIOTH
112 Down: Speech trouble (4): LISP
114 Down: C'est ___ (5): ADIRE
115 Down: Of a branch (5): RAMAL
116 Down: Groove (5): STRIA
117 Down: Literary form (5): IRONY
118 Down: Barbizon painter (5): DUPRE
119 Down: Poker moves (5): ANTES
122 Down: Cat or motor sound (4): PURR
123 Down: Roman years (4): ANNI
124 Down: Revs the engine (4): GUNS
125 Down: U.S. Indians (4): UTES
126 Down: Italian family (4): ESTE
128 Down: Some radio stations (3): FMS
129 Down: Idiot (3): OAF
130 Down: Org. for Saarinen (3): AIA

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