A SPELL OF LETTERS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/17/1977. By Jordan S. Lasher.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Trinity" author (4)
- URIS
- 5 Across: Peak of Thessaly (4)
- OSSA
- 9 Across: Bicarb (4)
- SODA
- 13 Across: Vocalize (5)
- SPEAK
- 18 Across: Baby girls: Sp. (5)
- NENAS
- 20 Across: Crucial elements (9)
- KEYSTONES
- 22 Across: ___ del Sol (5)
- COSTA
- 23 Across: Humphrey (15)
- AITCHAITCHAITCH
- 25 Across: Evaluation (5)
- ASSAY
- 26 Across: Mythical princess (3)
- INO
- 27 Across: Portly (5)
- OBESE
- 28 Across: Three-wheeler (5)
- TRIKE
- 29 Across: Weak: Prefix (5)
- LEPTO
- 30 Across: Experiences anew (7)
- RELIVES
- 32 Across: Newsy note (4)
- ITEM
- 33 Across: Church recess (4)
- APSE
- 34 Across: Post Cato held (5)
- EDILE
- 35 Across: They get their man (10)
- ARCEEEMPEE
- 39 Across: Roof covering (3)
- EPI
- 42 Across: Money in Zagreb (5)
- DINAR
- 43 Across: Made a refusal (4)
- NOED
- 44 Across: Charged force (4)
- ELOD
- 45 Across: Mongrel (3)
- CUR
- 46 Across: "Wall Street Gang" author (3)
- NEY
- 47 Across: Dovekies (4)
- AUKS
- 49 Across: Attended a meeting (5)
- SATIN
- 51 Across: F.D.R. measure: 1933 (4)
- FERA
- 52 Across: OGPU successor (11)
- ENKAYVEEDEE
- 55 Across: "Twenty times, thou ___": "Richard II" (5)
- LIEST
- 56 Across: Madison Ave. product (3)
- ADV
- 59 Across: Victory symbols (4)
- VEES
- 60 Across: Oil used in perfumes (5)
- ORRIS
- 61 Across: Pointer or grass (6)
- FESCUE
- 62 Across: Record players (7)
- DEEJAYS
- 64 Across: Assert (5)
- CLAIM
- 65 Across: Young community promoters (7)
- JAYCEES
- 66 Across: Fatty liquid (6)
- OLEINE
- 67 Across: March man (5)
- SOUSA
- 68 Across: Solecist's word (4)
- AINT
- 69 Across: Time abbr. (3)
- EDT
- 70 Across: Oxhide straps (5)
- RIEMS
- 71 Across: 2,065 (11)
- EMEMELEXVEE
- 73 Across: Code word for "A" (4)
- ALFA
- 74 Across: Battery terminal (5)
- ANODE
- 75 Across: Former Dodger (4)
- LOES
- 76 Across: ___ de Triomphe (3)
- ARC
- 79 Across: Moppet (3)
- TAD
- 80 Across: Swindle (4)
- ROOK
- 81 Across: Atop (4)
- UPON
- 83 Across: Vergil hero: Var. (5)
- ENEAS
- 85 Across: Cry of discovery (3)
- OHO
- 86 Across: Big Apple address (10)
- ENWYEENWYE
- 89 Across: Dull finish (5)
- MATTE
- 90 Across: Exhort (4)
- URGE
- 92 Across: Muscovites (4)
- REDS
- 93 Across: Slats for fences (7)
- PICKETS
- 95 Across: Ann ___ (5)
- ARBOR
- 97 Across: Hollow: Prefix (5)
- COELO
- 99 Across: Fierce look (5)
- GLARE
- 101 Across: Cambridge tech. center (3)
- MIT
- 102 Across: Sluice gate (5)
- VALVE
- 103 Across: Title for 23 Across (15)
- ELBEEJAYSVEEPEE
- 106 Across: Red as ___ (5)
- ABEET
- 107 Across: Makers of cowboys' goods (9)
- SPURRIERS
- 108 Across: Garbed, old style (5)
- DREST
- 109 Across: Children's author (5)
- SEUSS
- 110 Across: Hardy girl (4)
- TESS
- 111 Across: Jubilation (4)
- GLEE
- 112 Across: College studies (4)
- ARTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Not publicized (7)
- UNAIRED
- 2 Down: Checked one's mount (8)
- REINEDIN
- 3 Down: Bring ___ (discipline) (8)
- INTOLINE
- 4 Down: Pouch (3)
- SAC
- 5 Down: Certain migrants (5)
- OKIES
- 6 Down: Collections (4)
- SETS
- 7 Down: Indian groom (4)
- SYCE
- 8 Down: Rowan (3)
- ASH
- 9 Down: Evening party (6)
- SOIREE
- 10 Down: Punctual (6)
- ONTIME
- 11 Down: Bedizen (4)
- DECK
- 12 Down: Court star (4)
- ASHE
- 13 Down: Hustled tickets (7)
- SCALPED
- 14 Down: Propounds (5)
- POSES
- 15 Down: Humane org. for juveniles (12)
- ESSPEECEECEE
- 16 Down: Rat-___ (4)
- ATAT
- 17 Down: Ring victory (4)
- KAYO
- 19 Down: Rude commuter (6)
- SHOVER
- 21 Down: Used a shuttle (6)
- TATTED
- 24 Down: Mary Todd's man (3)
- ABE
- 31 Down: "Now ___ me down . . . " (4)
- ILAY
- 32 Down: Cocktail rocks (3)
- ICE
- 33 Down: Eternity (4)
- AEON
- 35 Down: Singer and family (5)
- ANKAS
- 36 Down: Optimistic (4)
- ROSY
- 37 Down: Doles (5)
- METES
- 38 Down: Ballet bend (4)
- PLIE
- 40 Down: Ran after (7)
- PURSUED
- 41 Down: Most provoked (7)
- IRATEST
- 47 Down: Keep ___ on (watch over) (5)
- ANEYE
- 48 Down: Luau instruments (4)
- UKES
- 49 Down: Soap opera (6)
- SERIAL
- 50 Down: Take ___ view of (4)
- ADIM
- 51 Down: Exchequer (4)
- FISC
- 52 Down: Dale or Bergen (5)
- EVANS
- 53 Down: Loudness (6)
- VOLUME
- 54 Down: Rub the board (5)
- ERASE
- 55 Down: Samar's neighbor (5)
- LEYTE
- 56 Down: Beloved, in Bologna (7)
- ADORATO
- 57 Down: Seductress (7)
- DELILAH
- 58 Down: Ex-soldiers' group (12)
- VEEEFDOUBLEU
- 61 Down: Temples (5)
- FANES
- 63 Down: Iwo ___ (4)
- JIMA
- 64 Down: A Yalie (4)
- COED
- 65 Down: Hipster's jargon (4)
- JIVE
- 67 Down: Fumous (5)
- SMOKY
- 68 Down: Nerve-cell process (5)
- AXONE
- 71 Down: " . . . Paradise ___" (4)
- ENOW
- 72 Down: Town in Arizona (4)
- ELOY
- 74 Down: Tops (4)
- AONE
- 76 Down: Biblical giant (4)
- ANAK
- 77 Down: Mix again, as concrete (8)
- RETEMPER
- 78 Down: Most spiteful (8)
- CATTIEST
- 80 Down: Has misgivings (7)
- REGRETS
- 81 Down: Destroyer (6)
- UNDOER
- 82 Down: Stalag inmates: Abbr. (3)
- PWS
- 83 Down: Ran the show (6)
- EMCEED
- 84 Down: Six-line stanzas (7)
- SESTETS
- 87 Down: Dark place in myths (6)
- EREBUS
- 88 Down: Snigglers (6)
- EELERS
- 91 Down: Is nomadic (5)
- ROVES
- 93 Down: Outmoded (5)
- PASSE
- 94 Down: Berlin, for short (3)
- IRV
- 95 Down: Gardner, et al. (4)
- AVAS
- 96 Down: Playwright David (4)
- RABE
- 97 Down: ___ la vie (4)
- CEST
- 98 Down: Wine pitcher (4)
- OLPE
- 99 Down: Highlander (4)
- GAEL
- 100 Down: Harp of Hellas (4)
- LYRE
- 104 Down: Irish dance (3)
- JIG
- 105 Down: Time span (3)
- ERA
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