CAPSULE COMMENTS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/20/1977. By Ruth N. Schultz.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Marner or Lapham (5)
- SILAS
- 6 Across: Spiny-finned fish (4)
- SCAD
- 10 Across: Red Baron, e.g. (3)
- ACE
- 13 Across: Side dish (4)
- SLAW
- 17 Across: Voiced (6)
- SONANT
- 18 Across: Iroquois (4)
- ERIE
- 19 Across: General's word (4)
- NUTS
- 21 Across: ___ colada, rum drink (4)
- PINA
- 22 Across: Emulate Delilah (6)
- ENTICE
- 23 Across: Two years in the House (4)
- TERM
- 24 Across: Tidy (4)
- NEAT
- 25 Across: Fail to mention (4)
- OMIT
- 26 Across: Queen's words (14)
- WEARENOTAMUSED
- 29 Across: Prima ballerina (6)
- ETOILE
- 31 Across: Egyptian cotton (3)
- SAK
- 32 Across: Comment (6)
- REMARK
- 33 Across: Caxton or Zenger (7)
- PRINTER
- 34 Across: Dweller (7)
- RESIDER
- 38 Across: Mideast natives (8)
- IRANIANS
- 41 Across: Lulu Bett's sister (3)
- INA
- 42 Across: King's words (12)
- LETATCESTMOI
- 47 Across: Bellamann book: 1940 (8)
- KINGSROW
- 52 Across: Society girls (4)
- DEBS
- 53 Across: Hives (5)
- UREDO
- 54 Across: Detective's word (10)
- ELEMENTARY
- 57 Across: Reaped after reapers (7)
- GLEANED
- 59 Across: Achieve much (5)
- GOFAR
- 60 Across: Errata (5)
- TYPOS
- 62 Across: Year in reign of Louis VII (4)
- MCLI
- 64 Across: Ruminate (4)
- MUSE
- 65 Across: King's words (13)
- THEWOMANILOVE
- 69 Across: Rio Rita: Abbr. (4)
- SRTA
- 73 Across: Greek god (4)
- ARES
- 74 Across: Loosely woven fabrics (5)
- LENOS
- 75 Across: Fifth wheel (5)
- SPARE
- 80 Across: Generosity (7)
- LARGESS
- 82 Across: Diarist's words (10)
- ANDSOTOBED
- 84 Across: Squirrel fare (5)
- ACORN
- 85 Across: Fans' words (4)
- GOGO
- 89 Across: Trestle (8)
- SAWHORSE
- 90 Across: Conqueror's words (12)
- VENIVIDIVICI
- 94 Across: Conger (3)
- EEL
- 95 Across: Atomic group (8)
- ISOTONES
- 96 Across: Ecuadorean province (7)
- LOSRIOS
- 100 Across: Retinue (7)
- CORTEGE
- 104 Across: More clownish (6)
- ZANIER
- 106 Across: Buttons (3)
- RED
- 108 Across: Bob or shingle (6)
- HAIRDO
- 109 Across: Flower seller's words (14)
- IWANTTOBEALADY
- 114 Across: Give the nod to (4)
- OKAY
- 115 Across: Gumbo (4)
- OKRA
- 117 Across: "Bei Mir ___ du Schon" (4)
- BIST
- 118 Across: Lennon or Starr (6)
- BEATLE
- 119 Across: Sumps (4)
- PITS
- 120 Across: John's predecessor (4)
- DEMI
- 121 Across: D-Day beach (4)
- UTAH
- 122 Across: Failed a G. I. rifle-range test (6)
- BOLOED
- 123 Across: Lap, at times (4)
- SEAT
- 124 Across: Pale (3)
- WAN
- 125 Across: The take (4)
- GATE
- 126 Across: Entangling (5)
- SNARY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "___ and yet so far" (6)
- SONEAR
- 2 Down: Output's opposite (6)
- INTAKE
- 3 Down: Hideout (4)
- LAIR
- 4 Down: Noun suffix (4)
- ANCE
- 5 Down: British gun (4)
- STEN
- 6 Down: Irish, for one (6)
- SETTER
- 7 Down: Quintessence (5)
- CREAM
- 8 Down: Kind of postage (7)
- AIRMAIL
- 9 Down: Objected (8)
- DEMURRED
- 10 Down: Princess (4)
- ANNE
- 11 Down: Signaled (4)
- CUED
- 12 Down: After zeta (3)
- ETA
- 13 Down: Flatware item (5)
- SPOON
- 14 Down: Last straw (5)
- LIMIT
- 15 Down: Old-womanish (5)
- ANILE
- 16 Down: Kind of bed (5)
- WATER
- 17 Down: Backstitches (4)
- SEWS
- 20 Down: English novelist (6)
- STERNE
- 27 Down: Pay dirt (3)
- ORE
- 28 Down: Ray (5)
- SKATE
- 30 Down: Web (6)
- TISSUE
- 33 Down: Felt shoe (3)
- PAC
- 35 Down: Millisecond (5)
- SIGMA
- 36 Down: Place an ad (6)
- INSERT
- 37 Down: Mend socks (4)
- DARN
- 39 Down: Collar (3)
- NAB
- 40 Down: Pronoun (3)
- ITS
- 43 Down: Streetcar (4)
- TRAM
- 44 Down: Carte (4)
- MENU
- 45 Down: Pindar's output (4)
- ODES
- 46 Down: Antiseptic: Fr. (4)
- IODE
- 47 Down: Pub vessel (3)
- KEG
- 48 Down: Worldwide labor org. (3)
- ILO
- 49 Down: Ship-shaped clock (3)
- NEF
- 50 Down: Beavers' neighbors (6)
- OTTERS
- 51 Down: "The ___ Were" (5)
- WAYWE
- 55 Down: Certain mail cars: Abbr. (4)
- RPOS
- 56 Down: ___ Kippur (3)
- YOM
- 57 Down: Moth's tongue (6)
- GLOSSA
- 58 Down: Ullmann (3)
- LIV
- 61 Down: Girl in a song (3)
- SAL
- 62 Down: Neighbor of Wis. (4)
- MINN
- 63 Down: Lumps of clay (5)
- CLODS
- 66 Down: Owns (3)
- HAS
- 67 Down: Teachers' org. (3)
- NEA
- 68 Down: Biblical queen (6)
- ESTHER
- 69 Down: Muscovite, e.g. (4)
- SLAV
- 70 Down: Sprint (4)
- RACE
- 71 Down: Cyclo follower (4)
- TRON
- 72 Down: Kind of culture (4)
- AGRI
- 76 Down: African tree (5)
- POOLI
- 77 Down: Shorten, for short (3)
- ABR
- 78 Down: Legal matter (3)
- RES
- 79 Down: Town near Arnhem (3)
- EDE
- 81 Down: Was jealous of (6)
- ENVIED
- 83 Down: Has debts (4)
- OWES
- 85 Down: Scram! (3)
- GIT
- 86 Down: Ab ___ (from the start) (3)
- OVO
- 87 Down: Tokyo's "Fifth Ave." (5)
- GINZA
- 88 Down: Insect on the deep (8)
- OCEANBUG
- 91 Down: "No news ___ news" (6)
- ISGOOD
- 92 Down: Female rabbit (3)
- DOE
- 93 Down: "___ Lovely Day?" (7)
- ISNTITA
- 96 Down: ___ Lip (Durocher) (6)
- LEOTHE
- 97 Down: Any planet (3)
- ORB
- 98 Down: Bryan was one (6)
- ORATOR
- 99 Down: Becky Sharp's victim (6)
- SEDLEY
- 100 Down: Karate blows (5)
- CHOPS
- 101 Down: Jack, of old films (5)
- OAKIE
- 102 Down: Lariat (5)
- RIATA
- 103 Down: Romantic meeting (5)
- TRYST
- 105 Down: "Where ___!" (5)
- ITSAT
- 107 Down: Recolored (4)
- DYED
- 109 Down: Mlle. La Douce (4)
- IRMA
- 110 Down: Farm wagon (4)
- WAIN
- 111 Down: Sags or flags (4)
- EBBS
- 112 Down: Time unlimited (4)
- AEON
- 113 Down: Gershwin's "___, Lucille" (4)
- LALA
- 116 Down: "Go down to ___ . . . " (3)
- KEW
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