SPRING FEVER - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 3/13/1977. By Louis C. Mandes Jr..

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Across Answers

1 Across: Predicament (6): SCRAPE
7 Across: Hastily (5): APACE
12 Across: Culmination (4): ACME
16 Across: Toasting words (5): MUDIN
21 Across: On ___ (6): THELAM
22 Across: Core group (5): CADRE
23 Across: Linen source (4): FLAX
24 Across: Agreed (5): ATONE
25 Across: Heroine of 1778 (12): MOLLYPITCHER
27 Across: Precipitate (4): RASH
28 Across: Yells at the ump (5): RANTS
29 Across: Notice (3): SPY
30 Across: Expanded (7): DILATED
31 Across: Locomotive parts (11): COWCATCHERS
33 Across: Laugh, in Lyons (4): RIRE
34 Across: Portnoy's creator (4): ROTH
36 Across: Alone (4): SOLE
37 Across: Score into the 10th (3): TIE
38 Across: Love, on the Lido (5): AMORE
40 Across: Spate (7): FRESHET
43 Across: Luncheonettes (8): TEAROOMS
46 Across: Confide in (5): TRUST
47 Across: Pastry (4): FLAN
48 Across: Desire (4): EROS
50 Across: Read meter (4): SCAN
51 Across: Stretch in the 7th (4): RISE
52 Across: A Dionne girl (5): QUINT
53 Across: Like sandlot infields (5): BUMPY
55 Across: Cavalryman (6): HUSSAR
59 Across: Comic-strip cries (4): EEKS
60 Across: Like taped baseballs (4): USED
61 Across: Hacks (7): CABBIES
63 Across: Release (5): LETGO
64 Across: More disreputable (8): SLEAZIER
66 Across: Little bits (4): JOTS
67 Across: Innocent one (4): NAIF
69 Across: Overhead carrier (4): TRAM
70 Across: True's partner (5): TRIED
71 Across: Batter's ploy (4): BUNT
72 Across: Played on home grounds (6): HOSTED
74 Across: Hit ___ country mile (3): ITA
75 Across: Relaxed (6): UNBENT
77 Across: Left (9): WALKEDOUT
79 Across: Split, as a bat (6): BROKEN
81 Across: Arrowroot (3): PIA
82 Across: Dieter's standby (6): CELERY
84 Across: Tarnish (4): RUST
85 Across: "___ Ben Jonson" (5): ORARE
86 Across: Senator from R.I. (4): PELL
88 Across: Home run by-product (4): ROAR
89 Across: Fishing net (4): FYKE
90 Across: Brest's region (8): BRITTANY
93 Across: Renown (5): ECLAT
95 Across: Intend (7): PROPOSE
97 Across: Energy source (4): COAL
98 Across: Eye defect: Suffix (4): OPIA
99 Across: Deliver (6): RESCUE
101 Across: Excalibur (5): SWORD
102 Across: Intact (5): WHOLE
103 Across: Hit a fly (4): LOFT
104 Across: Apple pitcher (4): ERIS
106 Across: Passable (4): SOSO
107 Across: Smog factor (4): HAZE
108 Across: Strike hard at (5): PASTE
109 Across: Football infractions (8): OFFSIDES
113 Across: Riding whip (7): RAWHIDE
115 Across: C.J. after Marshall (5): TANEY
116 Across: Ewe said it (3): BAA
117 Across: Golden and Bronze (4): ERAS
119 Across: Coalesce (4): KNIT
120 Across: Maglie and Bando (4): SALS
121 Across: Flatware item (11): SILVERPLATE
125 Across: Riverfront (7): STADIUM
128 Across: Big-leaguer (3): PRO
131 Across: Aunt in "Oklahoma!" (5): ELLER
132 Across: Captive of Hercules (4): IOLE
133 Across: Albania (12): BALKANNATION
135 Across: Chinks (5): SLITS
136 Across: Yacht haven (4): COVE
137 Across: Ryan or Tatum (5): ONEAL
138 Across: Compact (6): TREATY
139 Across: Sanity (5): SENSE
140 Across: Singles (4): ONES
141 Across: Confuse (5): ADDLE
142 Across: Sentence structure (6): SYNTAX

Down Answers

1 Down: Hurricanes: Abbr. (4): STMS
2 Down: Baltimore ___ (4): CHOP
3 Down: Count (on) (4): RELY
4 Down: Everyone (3): ALL
5 Down: Lucky strike (7): PAYDIRT
6 Down: Furniture style (6): EMPIRE
7 Down: Recorded proceedings (4): ACTA
8 Down: Agreement (4): PACT
9 Down: Supporter (8): ADHERENT
10 Down: Statements of faith (6): CREDOS
11 Down: Poetic word (3): EER
12 Down: Hair style (4): AFRO
13 Down: Pincers (5): CLAWS
14 Down: Bat boy (6): MASCOT
15 Down: Blows out (7): EXHALES
16 Down: French brandy (4): MARC
17 Down: State or lake (4): UTAH
18 Down: ___ a turn (6): DONETO
19 Down: Physically fit (6): INTRIM
20 Down: Headlands (6): NESSES
26 Down: O'Neill play (3): ILE
31 Down: Putti (7): CHERUBS
32 Down: Inform (5): TEACH
33 Down: Rhyme opening (8): ROSESARE
35 Down: "The Bronx is up, but ___" (15): THEBATTERYSDOWN
38 Down: Blithe spirit (5): ARIEL
39 Down: Ammo of '76 (11): MUSKETBALLS
40 Down: Handbill (5): FLIER
41 Down: Leather strip (4): RAND
42 Down: Vault (4): TOMB
44 Down: Gov. Castro of Arizona (4): RAUL
45 Down: Beginning (5): ONSET
46 Down: Very, in Vichy (4): TRES
47 Down: Blended (5): FUSED
49 Down: Protract (7): SPINOUT
52 Down: Librarian, at times (7): QUIETER
54 Down: Beer ingredient (5): YEAST
56 Down: Attitudinize (11): STRIKEAPOSE
57 Down: Precious stone (5): AGATE
58 Down: Caesar, e.g. (5): ROMAN
61 Down: Bop on the head (4): CONK
62 Down: What subs do (3): SIT
65 Down: Chemical element (4): ZINC
66 Down: All-Star game time (4): JULY
68 Down: Feverish (7): FEBRILE
71 Down: Pushcarts (7): BARROWS
72 Down: Sox (4): HOSE
73 Down: Darn it! (4): DRAT
75 Down: Kind of deck (5): UPPER
76 Down: Relative (5): NIECE
77 Down: Lasts (5): WEARS
78 Down: Snider (4): DUKE
80 Down: Bobolinks (8): ORTOLANS
83 Down: Cut off (3): LOP
85 Down: Papal cape (5): ORALE
87 Down: Clouts the ball (5): LACES
89 Down: Desert (7): FORSAKE
90 Down: Red-eye (5): BOOZE
91 Down: Smart (5): NIFTY
92 Down: Eucalypt (4): YATE
94 Down: Pakistani people (4): TURI
96 Down: Unfortunate (4): POOR
97 Down: Republic of Africa (4): CHAD
100 Down: Sea duck (5): EIDER
102 Down: Pared away (8): WHITTLED
105 Down: Al Pacino film (7): SERPICO
108 Down: Outstanding (7): PALMARY
109 Down: Preoccupy (6): OBSESS
110 Down: Ribbed fabric (6): FAILLE
111 Down: N.C.O.'s order (6): FALLIN
112 Down: Barroom (6): SALOON
114 Down: ___ hers (6): HISAND
115 Down: Catcalls (6): TAUNTS
118 Down: Balm (5): SALVE
120 Down: Sloth, e.g. (3): SIN
122 Down: Rookies' opposites (4): VETS
123 Down: Gaelic (4): ERSE
124 Down: Links places (4): TEES
126 Down: Hindu deity (4): AKAL
127 Down: Rural spot (4): DALE
128 Down: British antitank gun (4): PIAT
129 Down: Roster (4): ROTA
130 Down: Cameo stone (4): ONYX
133 Down: Neckpiece (3): BOA
134 Down: A.L. team (3): TEN

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