OPERA COMIQUE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 3/6/1977. By Alfio Micci.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Crude abodes (6)
SHACKS
7 Across: Skiff (4)
BOAT
11 Across: Sweetmeat (6)
COMFIT
17 Across: Passed over (7)
SLURRED
18 Across: ___ de Leon (5)
PONCE
19 Across: Shrub genus (7)
OLEARIA
21 Across: Garland film? (13)
MIMIINSTLOUIS
23 Across: Holdings (7)
TENURES
24 Across: Darts (6)
SCOOTS
25 Across: Carson et al. (4)
KITS
26 Across: Article (3)
THE
28 Across: Despots (5)
TSARS
29 Across: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
30 Across: McCrea (4)
JOEL
31 Across: A West from the East (3)
MAE
32 Across: Toper (3)
SOT
33 Across: Church calendar (4)
ORDO
35 Across: Indian prince (4)
RAJA
37 Across: Lures (8)
ATTRACTS
42 Across: Nabokov heroine (3)
ADA
45 Across: Two make 20 (3)
IOS
46 Across: Horn tissue (4)
SCUR
47 Across: Greek letter (3)
RHO
48 Across: "Arabian Nights" number (4)
IOOI
49 Across: Kind of cheese (7)
COTTAGE
51 Across: Verb ending (4)
ESCE
53 Across: Between Wolfgang and Mozart (7)
AMADEUS
55 Across: ___ Major (4)
URSA
56 Across: Correct (7)
CHASTEN
59 Across: Adjective suffix (3)
IAL
60 Across: Bacheller hero (3)
DRI
61 Across: Marina sights (5)
PIERS
63 Across: Loser to D.D.E. (3)
AES
64 Across: Merry, in Nice (3)
GAI
65 Across: Highlander (4)
SCOT
67 Across: Burns's line? (19)
CARMENTHROUGHTHERYE
73 Across: Abominable Snowman (4)
YETI
74 Across: Bounder (3)
CAD
75 Across: ___-jongg (3)
MAH
76 Across: Germs (5)
SEEDS
78 Across: Trouble (3)
WOE
81 Across: Card game (3)
LOO
82 Across: Worship (7)
ADULATE
84 Across: Sea growth (4)
ALGA
85 Across: Wild sheep (7)
ARGALIS
87 Across: Spanish boy (4)
NINO
88 Across: Ignited (7)
KINDLED
91 Across: Jai ___ (4)
ALAI
92 Across: Guitarist Paul (3)
LES
94 Across: Musical closing (4)
CODA
96 Across: Sarge (3)
NCO
97 Across: Mrs., in Mexico (3)
SRA
98 Across: Fear (8)
COLDFEET
100 Across: Maintain (4)
AVER
101 Across: Sculls (4)
OARS
103 Across: ___ poetica (3)
ARS
104 Across: "The works" (3)
ALL
106 Across: Sediment (4)
SILT
108 Across: Senor's aunts (4)
TIAS
111 Across: Soul (5)
ANIMA
114 Across: Golden or Bronze (3)
AGE
115 Across: Remain (4)
STAY
116 Across: Tibetan porter (6)
SHERPA
118 Across: Game piece (7)
NINEPIN
120 Across: Shaw play? (13)
MANONSUPERMAN
123 Across: Fiddled badly (7)
SCRAPED
124 Across: Reckon (5)
OPINE
125 Across: Wimpole Street resident (7)
BARRETT
126 Across: Fish repository (6)
EELERY
127 Across: Slangy denial (4)
NOPE
128 Across: Not acquired (6)
INNATE

Down Answers

1 Down: Cut (5)
SLICE
2 Down: Wit (5)
HUMOR
3 Down: Melodic passage (6)
ARIOSO
4 Down: Yardsticks (8)
CRITERIA
5 Down: Rosewall and Venturi (4)
KENS
6 Down: Campus militants (3)
SDS
7 Down: Footwear cords (9)
BOOTLACES
8 Down: Stigma (4)
ONUS
9 Down: Chemical prefix (3)
ACI
10 Down: Seed coat (5)
TESTA
11 Down: Birdhouse (4)
COTE
12 Down: Violinist Bull (3)
OLE
13 Down: Guide (6)
MENTOR
14 Down: Magical treatment? (8)
FAUSTAID
15 Down: Singer Petina (4)
IRRA
16 Down: Layer (4)
TIER
17 Down: Sweater sizes: Abbr. (3)
SMS
18 Down: Toolbox item (6)
PLIERS
20 Down: Fool (3)
ASS
22 Down: Ring decision (3)
TKO
27 Down: Attend a concert (4)
HEAR
30 Down: Key words? (12)
JOSECANIOSEE
31 Down: Famed mime (7)
MARCEAU
32 Down: Put up with (7)
STOMACH
34 Down: Peke, for one (3)
DOG
36 Down: Only making the grade? (11)
JUSTGODUNOV
38 Down: Weds? (12)
THAISTHEKNOT
39 Down: Campus figure (4)
COED
40 Down: Go on the road (4)
TOUR
41 Down: Spanish assents (4)
SISI
42 Down: "We'll tak' ___ . . . " (4)
ACUP
43 Down: Column style (5)
DORIC
44 Down: Confused (5)
ATSEA
50 Down: Linger (5)
TARRY
52 Down: Puzzle (6)
ENIGMA
54 Down: Shade of green (5)
ALOES
57 Down: ___ up (angry) (3)
HET
58 Down: Refuse container (6)
ASHCAN
62 Down: Odor (5)
SMELL
66 Down: Step (5)
TREAD
68 Down: Prima ballerinas (7)
ETOILES
69 Down: Extreme (7)
RADICAL
70 Down: Pillbox (3)
HAT
71 Down: Cries (5)
YELLS
72 Down: Trimming tool (5)
EDGER
77 Down: Actress Thompson (4)
SADA
78 Down: "G.I. Jane" of 1942 (4)
WAAC
79 Down: Plinth (4)
ORLO
80 Down: Alike, in Arles (4)
EGAL
83 Down: Magnet (9)
LODESTONE
86 Down: What I do when hungry? (8)
AIDAMEAL
89 Down: Peruvian city (3)
ICA
90 Down: Cross or lights (8)
NORTHERN
93 Down: Smoker (4)
STAG
95 Down: Operatic heroine (6)
ARIANE
99 Down: Fountain treat (6)
FRAPPE
102 Down: Saw-toothed ridge (6)
SIERRA
105 Down: Martini twist (5)
LEMON
107 Down: Ghent's river (3)
LYS
109 Down: Medieval helmet (5)
ARMET
110 Down: Outpouring (5)
SPATE
111 Down: Reply: Abbr. (3)
ANS
112 Down: Pleasing (4)
NICE
113 Down: Regarding (4)
INRE
114 Down: "Showboat" skipper (4)
ANDY
115 Down: Cut (4)
SNIP
116 Down: Bridge (4)
SPAN
117 Down: Emmet (3)
ANT
119 Down: Comparative ending (3)
IER
121 Down: G.I. address (3)
APO
122 Down: Where: Lat. (3)
UBI

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