PRO-TOTYPES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/9/1977. By Stanley A. Kurzban.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Misbehave (5)
ACTUP
6 Across: Slow train (5)
LOCAL
11 Across: What Eris threw (5)
APPLE
16 Across: Fasten again (6)
RESNAP
18 Across: Banished (6)
EXILED
20 Across: One who couples (6)
PAIRER
21 Across: ___ up (kept mum) (7)
CLAMMED
23 Across: Fall fare at Shea Stadium (13)
JETPROPULSION
25 Across: Wearer of hash marks (7)
STRIPER
26 Across: Individuals (4)
ONES
27 Across: Snide remark (3)
DIG
28 Across: Shade (4)
TONE
29 Across: Site of a pleasure dome (6)
XANADU
31 Across: Turkish title (3)
AGA
32 Across: Saddle afflictions (5)
SORES
33 Across: Bistros (5)
CAFES
36 Across: How the Miami Dolphins play (13)
PORPOISEFULLY
41 Across: Nigerian people (4)
AROS
42 Across: Indian weight (3)
SER
43 Across: Before line and sinker (4)
HOOK
44 Across: Swab (3)
MOP
45 Across: East Lansing campus (3)
MSU
46 Across: Vessel prized in the N.F.L. (12)
CHAMPIONSHIP
50 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
54 Across: Gates, to Caesar (6)
PORTAE
56 Across: Relative of org. (3)
SOC
57 Across: Good bond rating (3)
AAA
58 Across: Coin (4)
CENT
59 Across: Part of a shoe (6)
INSOLE
60 Across: African lake (4)
CHAD
63 Across: Postal dept. (3)
RLO
65 Across: Stage shrew (4)
KATE
66 Across: One-sided victory for Baltimore (17)
COLTBLOODEDMURDER
71 Across: Locker or rec (4)
ROOM
73 Across: ___ Lanka (3)
SRI
74 Across: Beat (4)
LASH
75 Across: Coated steel plates (6)
TERNES
78 Across: Atmosphere (4)
AURA
79 Across: Elec. unit (3)
AMP
81 Across: Mail-address initials (3)
POB
83 Across: Rhubarb (6)
HASSLE
84 Across: Small bird (4)
WREN
85 Across: January quest (12)
SUPERBOWLWIN
89 Across: Possess, old style (3)
HEV
90 Across: Pronoun (3)
YOU
92 Across: Arias (4)
SOLI
93 Across: Wijk ___ Zee, Holland (3)
AAN
94 Across: Tops (4)
AONE
95 Across: Pittsburgh team, often (13)
SCENESTEELERS
99 Across: Nile dam (5)
ASWAN
100 Across: Caracalla specialties (5)
BATHS
102 Across: Singer Charles (3)
RAY
103 Across: Eye part (6)
RETINA
105 Across: Jai ___ (4)
ALAI
106 Across: Goal (3)
AIM
107 Across: Zone (4)
AREA
110 Across: Hillary's conquest (7)
EVEREST
114 Across: Exhortation in Dallas (13)
RIDEEMCOWBOYS
117 Across: One who misleads (7)
DELUDER
118 Across: ___ say (seemingly) (6)
ASIFTO
119 Across: Of the sun: It. (6)
SOLARE
120 Across: Moon goddess (6)
SELENE
121 Across: Hide away (5)
STASH
122 Across: Writer Peter B. and family (5)
KYNES
123 Across: Parking-lot mishaps (5)
DENTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Curves (4)
ARCS
2 Down: Boston cager, for short (4)
CELT
3 Down: Ruler (4)
TSAR
4 Down: Separates, as metals (7)
UNMIXES
5 Down: Argentine terrain (6)
PAMPAS
6 Down: The day, in France (6)
LEJOUR
7 Down: Beasts of burden (4)
OXEN
8 Down: Refer to (4)
CITE
9 Down: Locale for a chalet (4)
ALPS
10 Down: Irish sea god (3)
LER
11 Down: Indian mulberry (3)
AAL
12 Down: Posse from Green Bay (13)
PISTOLPACKERS
13 Down: Religious house (6)
PRIORY
14 Down: Sierra ___ (5)
LEONE
15 Down: Sea eagles (5)
ERNES
17 Down: Hammer part (4)
PEEN
19 Down: Sidestep (5)
DODGE
20 Down: Small dog (3)
PUG
22 Down: ___ flag, as over a bier (6)
DRAPEA
24 Down: Chanteuse Edith (4)
PIAF
30 Down: Sleeping places (5)
DORMS
31 Down: ___ favor (requests) (5)
ASKSA
32 Down: Road sign (3)
SLO
33 Down: College grounds: Var. (5)
CAMPI
34 Down: Firebug job (5)
ARSON
35 Down: Eighty, to Lincoln (9)
FOURSCORE
37 Down: Biblical captain (7)
PHICHOL
38 Down: Perfect-game line score (3)
OOO
39 Down: Charged atom (3)
ION
40 Down: Grid official (3)
UMP
42 Down: Oct. 31 needs (6)
SHEETS
46 Down: Phone (4)
CALL
47 Down: Little, in Spain (4)
POCO
48 Down: Damage (4)
HARM
49 Down: Egyptian heaven (4)
IALU
51 Down: Acquires the knack (9)
LEARNSHOW
52 Down: Insect (3)
ANT
53 Down: Hwy. (3)
RTE
55 Down: Complaint about Kansas City (13)
TOOMANYCHIEFS
61 Down: Oklahoma city (3)
ADA
62 Down: Pillage (7)
DESPOIL
64 Down: Through thick ___ (6)
ORTHIN
67 Down: German drink (4)
BRAU
68 Down: Like Dali's watches (4)
LIMP
69 Down: Arab vessel (4)
DHOW
70 Down: College official (4)
DEAN
71 Down: Like March weather (3)
RAW
72 Down: Possessive (3)
OUR
76 Down: Form of Helen (5)
ELENA
77 Down: Dice number (5)
SEVEN
80 Down: Troublesome (5)
PESTY
82 Down: Sound loudly (5)
BLARE
85 Down: Spot or shine (3)
SUN
86 Down: Shad dish (3)
ROE
87 Down: Wheat, in France (3)
BLE
88 Down: Spent unwisely (6)
WASTED
91 Down: Faroe winds (3)
OES
94 Down: Customarily (7)
ASARULE
95 Down: Locales for games (6)
STADIA
96 Down: Norse explorer (4)
ERIC
97 Down: Aegean island (5)
SAMOS
98 Down: Obliterates (6)
ERASES
99 Down: Anointed (6)
ANELED
100 Down: Theda and family (5)
BARAS
101 Down: Tilting (5)
ALIST
104 Down: Burl or Saint (4)
IVES
106 Down: Latin-study word (3)
AMO
107 Down: With competence (4)
ABLY
108 Down: Horse color (4)
ROAN
109 Down: Literary Jane (4)
EYRE
111 Down: Garden (4)
EDEN
112 Down: Dispatched (4)
SENT
113 Down: ___ bien (4)
TRES
115 Down: Ordinal suffix (3)
ETH
116 Down: Chinese cooking dish (3)
WOK

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