BULLET-BITING TIME - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 3/27/1977. By Jay Spry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Partly open (4): AJAR
5 Across: Pavlov (4): IVAN
9 Across: Chooses (4): OPTS
13 Across: Solitaire wastepile (5): TALON
18 Across: Hand-dyed fabric (5): BATIK
20 Across: Style (4): MODE
21 Across: Air Force unit (5): GROUP
22 Across: Type of type (5): AGATE
23 Across: Start of a quotation (23): MOSTPEOPLEWOULDBEGLADTO
27 Across: Brouhaha (3): ADO
28 Across: Ferber and others (5): EDNAS
29 Across: Catches sight of (5): SPIES
30 Across: Female rabbit (3): DOE
31 Across: Author Deighton (3): LEN
32 Across: Sunder (4): REND
34 Across: Hodges (3): GIL
35 Across: Tarbell (3): IDA
36 Across: Record (5): ENTER
38 Across: Creeping S. A. plant (6): IPECAC
41 Across: Concerning (5): ANENT
43 Across: City in Italy (4): ASTI
44 Across: Delight (6): PLEASE
46 Across: Tax people (9): ASSESSORS
49 Across: Obstacles (5): SNAGS
53 Across: Kipling subject (5): BOOTS
54 Across: No-man (4): ANTI
55 Across: Links area (3): TEE
56 Across: Notice (4): SPOT
57 Across: Spatiates (5): ROVES
58 Across: Lofty (6): ANDEAN
60 Across: Transferable pictures (6): DECALS
63 Across: Quotation: Part II (3): PAY
64 Across: In the crib (4): ABED
65 Across: Half note (5): MINIM
66 Across: Took place (5): AROSE
68 Across: Ring around a lagoon (5): ATOLL
70 Across: Lone Eagle's monogram (3): CAL
71 Across: Stewed (5): FUMED
72 Across: E.R.A. or R.B.I. (4): STAT
73 Across: Lampoon (6): SATIRE
75 Across: Quotation: Part III (23): THEIRTAXESWITHASMILEBUT
81 Across: Liz of TV newscasting (6): TROTTA
82 Across: Overhanging edge (4): EAVE
83 Across: Mother of Aphrodite (5): DIONE
84 Across: Noun suffix (3): URE
85 Across: Pit (5): STONE
86 Across: Rich cake (5): TORTE
88 Across: French ___ (5): DOORS
89 Across: To-do (4): STIR
90 Across: Quotation: Part IV (3): THE
91 Across: Empties (6): DRAINS
93 Across: Author of "Tristram Shandy" (6): STERNE
95 Across: Tamerlane was one (5): TATAR
96 Across: Alert (4): WARN
98 Across: Mystery-story pioneer (3): POE
99 Across: Yalies (4): ELIS
100 Across: Distaff Astaire (5): ADELE
101 Across: Goose genus (5): ANSER
103 Across: Consider (9): ENTERTAIN
107 Across: Hindu ascetics (6): FAKIRS
109 Across: N.Y. team (4): METS
111 Across: Hebrew measures (5): OMERS
112 Across: Fierce looks (6): GLARES
114 Across: Push (5): SHOVE
116 Across: Call ___ day (3): ITA
117 Across: In the style of (3): ALA
118 Across: Pack pipe tobacco (4): TAMP
122 Across: W.W. II theater (3): ETO
123 Across: Epoch (3): ERA
125 Across: Kind of case (5): STAIR
127 Across: Orange or Indian (5): OSAGE
129 Across: Call of the riled (3): BOO
130 Across: End of quotation (23): GOVERNMENTINSISTSONCASH
135 Across: Welcome (5): GREET
136 Across: Doll up (5): PREEN
137 Across: Low-lying tract (4): VALE
138 Across: Slipknot (5): NOOSE
139 Across: Outcries (5): YELLS
140 Across: Kernel (4): SEED
141 Across: Trudge (4): PLOD
142 Across: Miseries (4): WOES

Down Answers

1 Down: Home (5): ABODE
2 Down: Argonaut (5): JASON
3 Down: A.B.A. member (3): ATT
4 Down: Full-blown (4): RIPE
5 Down: Lion's prey (6): IMPALA
6 Down: Tennesseans (4): VOLS
7 Down: Fruit punch (3): ADE
8 Down: Word (4): NEWS
9 Down: City near Paris (7): ORLEANS
10 Down: Bolls (4): PODS
11 Down: Decrepit boat (3): TUB
12 Down: Rushed (4): SPED
13 Down: Abilities (7): TALENTS
14 Down: Begum's spouse (3): AGA
15 Down: Soup scoop (5): LADLE
16 Down: Dark-brown fur (5): OTTER
17 Down: Inert gas (4): NEON
19 Down: Small anchors (6): KEDGES
21 Down: Cicerones (6): GUIDES
23 Down: Damage (3): MAR
24 Down: "Cinched" (5): ONICE
25 Down: Reckon (5): OPINE
26 Down: Leaves (4): GOES
33 Down: Bantingized (6): DIETED
37 Down: Containers (4): TINS
39 Down: Base on balls (4): PASS
40 Down: Voltaire novel (7): CANDIDE
41 Down: Where Laos is (4): ASIA
42 Down: Roomy handbags (5): TOTES
43 Down: Bewildered (4): ASEA
44 Down: Pompous official (6): POOBAH
45 Down: Billets-doux (11): LOVELETTERS
47 Down: Hold back (4): STEM
48 Down: Hard times (10): RECESSIONS
50 Down: Fruit-based spread (11): APPLEBUTTER
51 Down: Aim (4): GOAL
52 Down: Pen (3): STY
53 Down: Dogwood petal (5): BRACT
54 Down: Event re Texas: 1845 (10): ANNEXATION
58 Down: Strive for (5): AIMAT
59 Down: Aborigines (7): NATIVES
60 Down: Biblical verb (4): DOTH
61 Down: Most South Americans (6): LATINS
62 Down: Fence crossing (5): STILE
65 Down: Grumble (6): MUTTER
67 Down: Deserve (4): RATE
69 Down: Pay dirt (3): ORE
71 Down: Palm leaf (5): FROND
72 Down: Bat a gnat (4): SWAT
74 Down: Romeo's emotion (5): AMORE
76 Down: Revenue agent: Abbr. (3): IRO
77 Down: Sun. lectures (4): SERS
78 Down: Worshipful (7): ADORING
79 Down: Asian wild sheep (6): URIALS
80 Down: Zola's "La ___" (5): TERRE
85 Down: Thai language (4): SHAN
87 Down: ___ a customer (5): ONETO
88 Down: Cold-cuts store (4): DELI
89 Down: Cruel one (6): SADIST
90 Down: A pair, in Ayr (3): TWA
92 Down: Mimics (4): APES
94 Down: British meals (4): TEAS
95 Down: Require (4): TAKE
97 Down: Captain of the Nautilus (4): NEMO
102 Down: Goes back (7): REVERTS
104 Down: Gave off (7): EMITTED
105 Down: Keep (6): RETAIN
106 Down: Teach (5): TRAIN
107 Down: Ballads (5): FALAS
108 Down: Part of Spain (6): ARAGON
110 Down: Sea swallow (4): TERN
113 Down: Stood the gaff (6): LASTED
114 Down: Accumulation (5): STORE
115 Down: Uncle Tom's cabin (5): HOVEL
119 Down: Humble (5): ABASE
120 Down: Asch book (5): MOSES
121 Down: Cry of contempt (3): POH
122 Down: Like floating islands (4): EGGY
124 Down: Watts' kin (4): AMPS
125 Down: Koko's weapon (4): SNEE
126 Down: Society tag line (4): RSVP
127 Down: European capital (4): OSLO
128 Down: " . . . were Paradise ___!" (4): ENOW
131 Down: Conger (3): EEL
132 Down: Sonneteer's word (3): ERE
133 Down: Adjective suffix (3): IAL
134 Down: Dovecote sound (3): COO

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