COLORFUL PEOPLE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 6/5/1977. By Barbara Gillis.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Jazz singing (4): SCAT
5 Across: Substance (4): MEAT
9 Across: City in Florida (5): TAMPA
14 Across: Disturb (7): AGITATE
21 Across: Soft drink (4): COLA
22 Across: Norse Fate (4): URTH
23 Across: Migrant workers (5): OKIES
24 Across: North Star (7): POLARIS
25 Across: Exam (4): ORAL
26 Across: Jolly one (10): GREENGIANT
28 Across: Pullovers (7): SLIPONS
29 Across: Winter wear (6): PARKAS
31 Across: Nautical term (5): ABEAM
32 Across: Supplemented, with "out" (4): EKED
34 Across: Slave (4): ESNE
35 Across: Tree (3): ELM
36 Across: "Good man" (12): CHARLIEBROWN
40 Across: Raids (6): FORAYS
42 Across: Particle (4): ATOM
43 Across: Destroyer (6): UNDOER
44 Across: Egyptian goddess (4): ISIS
46 Across: Convinced (4): SOLD
49 Across: Haul (4): TOTE
51 Across: Secures (7): BATTENS
53 Across: Greek island (3): KOS
56 Across: Mature (5): ADULT
58 Across: Chatters (4): YAKS
60 Across: Maine tree (4): PINE
61 Across: Opposed (7): AGAINST
63 Across: Classes (6): GENERA
65 Across: Like some bills (6): UNPAID
67 Across: American writer (4): AGEE
69 Across: Middling (4): SOSO
70 Across: Starry (6): ASTRAL
71 Across: Legendary home of Hercules (6): TIRYNS
72 Across: Row (3): OAR
73 Across: Jug (4): EWER
74 Across: Wedding words (3): IDO
76 Across: Carnival man (4): GEEK
77 Across: Precipice (4): CRAG
79 Across: Mountain ridge (5): ARETE
80 Across: Simon subject (21): LASTOFTHEREDHOTLOVERS
86 Across: Mulcts (5): FINES
87 Across: Belongs (4): FITS
88 Across: Chilean President: 1942–46 (4): RIOS
89 Across: Caesar's pronoun (3): EGO
90 Across: Hide-out (4): LAIR
91 Across: Legal deg. (3): BCL
92 Across: Sound system (6): STEREO
94 Across: Debris (6): RUBBLE
99 Across: Porch part (4): ANTA
100 Across: Heaps (4): LOTS
102 Across: Carved emblems (6): TOTEMS
103 Across: Cream puff (6): ECLAIR
104 Across: Conjugal (7): MARITAL
106 Across: Mountain lake (4): TARN
108 Across: Season (4): SALT
110 Across: Indian language (5): HINDI
111 Across: That, in Taxco (3): ESA
112 Across: Assistant (7): ACOLYTE
114 Across: Artist Bonheur (4): ROSA
116 Across: Inert gas (4): NEON
117 Across: Gumbo (4): OKRA
118 Across: Bequest (6): LEGACY
122 Across: Berserk, in Burma (4): AMOK
124 Across: Badger (6): HARASS
128 Across: Man from Minsk (12): WHITERUSSIAN
131 Across: Quick to learn (3): APT
134 Across: Landed (4): ALIT
135 Across: "___ soit . . . " (4): HONI
137 Across: Religious leader (5): RABBI
138 Across: Homophone for a Roman (6): SEIZER
140 Across: Scored (7): TALLIED
142 Across: Oldsters (10): GRAYBEARDS
146 Across: Brazilian Indian (4): MURA
147 Across: Wrinkled (7): CREASED
148 Across: Asian capital (5): HANOI
149 Across: English historian (4): BEDE
150 Across: Invites (4): ASKS
151 Across: European mints (7): HYSSOPS
152 Across: Medicinal herb (5): SENNA
153 Across: North Sea feeder (4): YSER
154 Across: TV show (4): MASH

Down Answers

1 Down: Range (5): SCOPE
2 Down: Atoll builder (5): CORAL
3 Down: Tocsin (5): ALARM
4 Down: Lecture (4): TALK
5 Down: Kind of photo (7): MUGSHOT
6 Down: Stray (3): ERR
7 Down: "The homage of ___": Byron (5): ATEAR
8 Down: Policeman on TV (13): THEBLUEKNIGHT
9 Down: Dressed like Cicero (6): TOGAED
10 Down: Hand on hip (6): AKIMBO
11 Down: Farrow (3): MIA
12 Down: Female swan (3): PEN
13 Down: In ___ (worried) (5): ASTEW
14 Down: Church section (4): APSE
15 Down: Fleming villain (10): GOLDFINGER
16 Down: River in China (3): ILI
17 Down: Candle (5): TAPER
18 Down: Swiss resort (5): AROSA
19 Down: Metallic (5): TINNY
20 Down: Snaky shapes (5): ESSES
27 Down: Frau's refusal (4): NEIN
30 Down: Personate (3): ACT
33 Down: Heal (4): KNIT
37 Down: Port opposite Taiwan (4): AMOY
38 Down: Bridge calls (6): REBIDS
39 Down: Algerian city (4): ORAN
41 Down: Peak in Thessaly (4): OSSA
42 Down: Noted conductor (5): ADLER
45 Down: Osprey (8): SEAEAGLE
46 Down: Heroic tale (4): SAGA
47 Down: Verses (4): ODES
48 Down: Theater name (4): LUNT
50 Down: Firm (4): TAUT
52 Down: Earl Grey, e.g. (3): TEA
53 Down: Informed one (6): KNOWER
54 Down: Caucasians (6): OSSETS
55 Down: Bootery (5): STORE
57 Down: Features (6): TRAITS
59 Down: Binges (6): SPREES
60 Down: Puccini lieutenant (9): PINKERTON
62 Down: French Alps area (5): ISERE
64 Down: Actor Ray (4): ALDO
66 Down: Town in Mass. (4): AYER
68 Down: Fall guy (4): GOAT
75 Down: Racy (8): OFFCOLOR
77 Down: Tasks (6): CHORES
78 Down: Levin novel (13): ROSEMARYSBABY
79 Down: Guarantee (6): AVOUCH
80 Down: Climbing plants (6): LIANAS
81 Down: "Peer Gynt" enchantress (6): ANITRA
82 Down: Caravansary (5): SERAI
83 Down: Pinball-machine sign (4): TILT
84 Down: Parliament (4): DIET
85 Down: Fiend (4): OGRE
86 Down: Sweetheart (5): FLAME
91 Down: Prodigal son (10): BLACKSHEEP
92 Down: Wall or Fleet (6): STREET
93 Down: European capital (4): OSLO
95 Down: Trice (5): BLINK
96 Down: Poison (4): BANE
97 Down: Italian resort (4): LIDO
98 Down: Innisfail (4): ERIN
101 Down: Piggery (3): STY
105 Down: N.M. art center (4): TAOS
107 Down: Gudrun's king (4): ATLI
109 Down: Chinese hero, for short (4): TSAI
113 Down: Sheer fabric (4): LAWN
115 Down: Collector (7): AMASSER
119 Down: Monster slain by Hercules (6): GERYON
120 Down: Saracen's milieu (6): ARABIA
121 Down: Kind of root (4): CUBE
123 Down: United (3): ONE
124 Down: Originate (5): HATCH
125 Down: Winglike (5): ALARY
126 Down: Peeves (5): RILES
127 Down: Overburdened Titan (5): ATLAS
129 Down: Anticyclones (5): HIGHS
130 Down: Paddock papas (5): SIRES
131 Down: City near L.A. (5): AZUSA
132 Down: Freshens (up) (5): PERKS
133 Down: Junk (5): TRASH
136 Down: Track figures (4): ODDS
139 Down: Moslem leader (4): IMAM
141 Down: Equal: Prefix (3): ISO
143 Down: Arctic explorer (3): RAE
144 Down: Raggedy doll (3): ANN
145 Down: J.F.K. predecessor (3): DDE

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