EVERY WHICH WAY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 1/30/1977. By Dorothea E. Shipp.

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Across Answers

1 Across: See above (6): ACROSS
7 Across: Heavy fabric (4): GROS
11 Across: Pension org. (3): SSA
14 Across: English forest (5): ARDEN
19 Across: Kind of card (6): CREDIT
20 Across: Network (4): RETE
21 Across: Nissen and Quonset (4): HUTS
22 Across: Early British cop (6): PEELER
24 Across: Like a teddy bear (6): CUDDLY
25 Across: Bone: Prefix (4): OSTE
26 Across: Fuegian natives (4): ONAS
27 Across: Dress size (6): PETITE
28 Across: Crab genus (3): UCA
29 Across: Appropriate direction (11): LEFTTORIGHT
32 Across: Concurs (7): ASSENTS
33 Across: Forwards (5): SENDS
35 Across: Used up (3): ATE
36 Across: Stile, e.g. (6): STAIRS
38 Across: French pupil's place (5): ECOLE
39 Across: He, in Italy (4): ESSO
40 Across: Embroidery X's and 40 (Diag. down) Conflicting aims (13): CROSSSTITCHES
44 Across: Waste allowance (4): TRET
45 Across: Fan noise (4): WHIR
47 Across: Toast opener (5): HERES
48 Across: Type style: Abbr. (4): ITAL
50 Across: Flowery plants (6): CANNAS
53 Across: Egyptian god (6): OSIRIS
55 Across: Rockne (5): KNUTE
56 Across: T.V.A. unit (3): DAM
59 Across: David's musician (5): ASAPH
60 Across: Area of Yugoslavia (6): BOSNIA
61 Across: Owing heavily (10): DEEPINDEBT
63 Across: Exaggerated accounts (10): ROMANCINGS
65 Across: Greek god (4): ARES
66 Across: Certain bricks (6): ADOBES
67 Across: Deuce's superior (4): TREY
68 Across: Med. course (4): ANAT
69 Across: Mind: Prefix (5): PHREN
71 Across: Seethes (5): STEWS
72 Across: S.A. beverages (5): MATES
74 Across: Bible town of France (5): DOUAI
75 Across: Scottish terrier (5): CAIRN
76 Across: Little Woman et al. (5): BETHS
77 Across: Kind of sieve (5): RICER
78 Across: Assam native (4): GARO
79 Across: Kind of rock or door (4): TRAP
83 Across: ___ finger at (6): POINTA
85 Across: Place for Sophia's flowers (4): VASO
86 Across: "Madam, I'm Adam" (10): PALINDROME
88 Across: Atlantic gunnel (10): BUTTERFISH
90 Across: Christmas offerings (6): CAROLS
92 Across: Red dye (5): EOSIN
93 Across: Relatives of aves. (3): STS
94 Across: Condescend (5): STOOP
95 Across: Book-ad listings (6): NOVELS
96 Across: First-born (6): ELDEST
97 Across: Rattle, in Scotland (4): TIRL
98 Across: Places for berets (5): TETES
99 Across: Miss Bagnold (4): ENID
100 Across: Spring mos. (4): APRS
104 Across: Typical samples and 104 (Diag. up) Ocean dangers (13): CROSSSECTIONS
108 Across: German river (4): EDER
112 Across: Freud specialty (5): DREAM
114 Across: ___ time (6): ONEATA
115 Across: React to boredom (3): NOD
116 Across: Battery part (5): ANODE
117 Across: Gardeners, at times (7): DIGGERS
119 Across: Place to get in on (11): GROUNDFLOOR
123 Across: Pourboire (3): TIP
124 Across: One fleeing a land (6): EMIGRE
125 Across: Forest near S.F. (4): MUIR
126 Across: Atmosphere: Prefix (4): AERI
127 Across: Prim (6): SEDATE
129 Across: Bridge gaffe (6): RENEGE
130 Across: Blue and Franklin (4): BENS
131 Across: As is (4): NEAT
132 Across: Target of Tet offensive (6): SAIGON
133 Across: Flung the gauntlet (5): DARED
134 Across: Botanist Gray (3): ASA
135 Across: Cathedral part (4): APSE
136 Across: Musician Herb (6): ALPERT

Down Answers

1 Down: Charge (6): ACCUSE
2 Down: Decisive points (6): CRUCES
3 Down: Fortifications (6): REDANS
4 Down: Roulette bet (3): ODD
5 Down: Beverly and window (5): SILLS
6 Down: Eye woe: Var. (4): STYE
7 Down: Capri's is blue (6): GROTTO
8 Down: Leavings, in Paris (6): RESTES
9 Down: Preminger (4): OTTO
10 Down: Prescient one (4): SEER
11 Down: Panamas (7): SUNHATS
12 Down: Interference (6): STATIC
13 Down: Jenny (3): ASS
14 Down: Book addenda: Abbr. (4): APPS
15 Down: Della (5): REESE
16 Down: Spot (6): DETECT
17 Down: Writer Glyn (6): ELINOR
18 Down: Provoke (6): NETTLE
21 Down: Makes helpless (7): HOGTIES
23 Down: Put back in place (5): RESET
30 Down: Boxer Tommy (4): FARR
31 Down: Yugoslav peninsula (6): ISTRIA
32 Down: Ahead by one tennis unit (6): ASETUP
34 Down: Installment forerunner (11): DOWNPAYMENT
37 Down: Stone and wine (6): RHINES
40 Down: On this side: Prefix (3): CIS
41 Down: Climbs, in a way (5): SHINS
42 Down: Sonora Indian (4): SERI
43 Down: Surfeited condition (9): SATIATION
46 Down: Writer Emily (4): HAHN
49 Down: Don't be this, said Polonius (6): LENDER
50 Down: Dray (4): CART
51 Down: Hebrew lyre (4): ASOR
52 Down: Baptize (4): NAME
53 Down: Mrs. Chaplin et al. (5): OONAS
54 Down: N.C.O. (4): SSGT
55 Down: Acute (4): KEEN
56 Down: Socialist Eugene (4): DEBS
57 Down: Burrows (3): ABE
58 Down: McKinley and Hood: Abbr. (3): MTS
60 Down: Twining stems (5): BINES
61 Down: German number (4): DREI
62 Down: Oppressed (11): DOWNTRODDEN
64 Down: Purgative (9): CATHARTIC
65 Down: Sandarac tree (4): ARAR
69 Down: Somewhat, in music (4): POCO
70 Down: Cry's partner (3): HUE
71 Down: Ranees' wear (5): SARIS
73 Down: Certify (6): ATTEST
74 Down: Spoon's elopement partner (4): DISH
75 Down: Hails (5): CALLS
76 Down: Snaffles and bridoons (4): BITS
77 Down: Grate (4): RASP
78 Down: British pokey (4): GAOL
80 Down: Kind of window (4): ROSE
81 Down: Writer Kingsley (4): AMIS
82 Down: Kind of house (4): PENT
83 Down: Educ. TV initials (3): PBS
84 Down: Umpire's call (3): OUT
85 Down: ___ cello (6): VIOLON
86 Down: Ready, old style (5): PREST
87 Down: Take-out shop (4): DELI
89 Down: Linings, in Spain (6): FORROS
90 Down: French slope (6): COTEAU
91 Down: "___ plaisir" (4): AVEC
95 Down: Wise advisers (7): NESTORS
96 Down: Letters (3): ENS
98 Down: Catherine, for one (7): TSARINA
99 Down: Within: Prefix (4): ENDO
100 Down: Viper (5): ADDER
101 Down: Got a pump going (6): PRIMED
102 Down: Victoria ___ (6): REGINA
103 Down: Clay box (6): SAGGER
105 Down: Musical transitions (6): SEGUES
106 Down: Dig and red (6): INFRAS
107 Down: Limestone (6): OOLITE
109 Down: Senility (6): DOTAGE
110 Down: Newspaper V.I.P. (6): EDITOR
111 Down: Renounce sinning (6): REPENT
113 Down: Combine (5): MERGE
116 Down: Of a space (5): AREAL
118 Down: Oboe, for one (4): REED
120 Down: Aztec hero's wife (4): NANA
121 Down: Throat or River (4): DEEP
122 Down: Pelion's resting place (4): OSSA
125 Down: Univ. degree (3): MBA
128 Down: Land hollow (3): DIP

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