TRANSMISSION - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 132 clues). Published 6/12/1977. By Jay Scott.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Galileo's town (4)
- PISA
- 5 Across: Fill up again (9)
- REPLENISH
- 14 Across: Middle: Comb. form (6)
- CENTRI
- 20 Across: Effluvium (4)
- ODOR
- 21 Across: Guarantee against loss, old style (9)
- ENSURANCE
- 22 Across: Assertive one (6)
- AVOWER
- 23 Across: Counteractive process (14)
- NEUTRALIZATION
- 25 Across: City in Suisse (6)
- GENEVE
- 26 Across: October attraction (6)
- SERIES
- 27 Across: Made of wood (5)
- TREEN
- 29 Across: In the: It. (3)
- NEL
- 30 Across: "Reduce Speed" (3)
- SLO
- 31 Across: G.B.S. (4)
- SHAW
- 35 Across: Unearth (4)
- FIND
- 36 Across: ___ vez (again, in Spain) (4)
- OTRA
- 37 Across: Middle East garment (6)
- CAFTAN
- 40 Across: In code (8)
- CIPHERED
- 42 Across: A ___ the ointment (5)
- FLYIN
- 43 Across: Go by plane (6)
- AVIATE
- 44 Across: Makes effervescent (7)
- AERATES
- 45 Across: Word with bare or flat (6)
- FOOTED
- 46 Across: More succinct (6)
- TERSER
- 47 Across: Contort (6)
- WRITHE
- 48 Across: Far from fragile (5)
- TOUGH
- 49 Across: Morns (3)
- AMS
- 50 Across: C.I.A.'s forerunner (3)
- OSS
- 51 Across: Kind of charges (8)
- CARRYING
- 54 Across: Carroll grinner (3)
- CAT
- 55 Across: Jockey Angel (7)
- CORDERO
- 60 Across: Ex-Yankee pitcher (5)
- LOPAT
- 61 Across: U.S. cartoonist (3)
- REA
- 62 Across: ___ pro nobis (3)
- ORA
- 63 Across: Begin intense activity (13)
- SHIFTINTOHIGH
- 65 Across: Pennyweight: Abbr. (3)
- DWT
- 66 Across: Hr. component (3)
- MIN
- 67 Across: Must (5)
- HASTO
- 68 Across: Signoret and de Beauvoir (7)
- SIMONES
- 69 Across: That girl (3)
- SHE
- 70 Across: D's and F's (8)
- BADMARKS
- 72 Across: Hitherto (3)
- YET
- 73 Across: Former chess champion (3)
- TAL
- 74 Across: Incursion (5)
- FORAY
- 75 Across: Land tenure (6)
- SOCAGE
- 78 Across: Do road work (6)
- REPAVE
- 81 Across: Reporting coups (6)
- SCOOPS
- 83 Across: Plant named for a governor of Santo Domingo (7)
- BEGONIA
- 84 Across: Makes one's day (6)
- ELATES
- 85 Across: Whittles (5)
- PARES
- 86 Across: More ingenious (8)
- BRAINIER
- 87 Across: Producer-director Stanley and family (6)
- DONENS
- 88 Across: "___ Three Lives" (4)
- ILED
- 89 Across: Vientiane's land (4)
- LAOS
- 90 Across: June celebrities (4)
- DADS
- 91 Across: Disencumber (3)
- RID
- 92 Across: ___ de guerre (3)
- NOM
- 93 Across: Miles (5)
- SARAH
- 94 Across: Tristan's beloved (6)
- ISEULT
- 98 Across: X-rated (6)
- EROTIC
- 100 Across: Gridiron razzle-dazzle plays (14)
- DOUBLEREVERSES
- 107 Across: Medicinal drink (6)
- TISANE
- 108 Across: Wipe out (9)
- ERADICATE
- 109 Across: Pack down (4)
- TAMP
- 110 Across: Bird dog (6)
- SETTER
- 111 Across: One of the media (9)
- NEWSPAPER
- 112 Across: In the twinkling ___ eye (4)
- OFAN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: French Lily (4)
- PONS
- 2 Down: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 3 Down: Off-key (4)
- SOUR
- 4 Down: Picasso y Goya (8)
- ARTISTAS
- 5 Down: Logical newsman? (8)
- REASONER
- 6 Down: Made bigger: Abbr. (3)
- ENL
- 7 Down: Greek letter (3)
- PSI
- 8 Down: Light, in Cuba (3)
- LUZ
- 9 Down: Pitcher's stat (3)
- ERA
- 10 Down: One of the Turners (3)
- NAT
- 11 Down: Hole ___ (golf thrill) (3)
- INI
- 12 Down: Not in harm's way (8)
- SCOTFREE
- 13 Down: Units of inductance (7)
- HENRIES
- 14 Down: Behind bars (5)
- CAGED
- 15 Down: Deadlocked (4)
- EVEN
- 16 Down: Reverse of: Prefix (3)
- NON
- 17 Down: Maine (16)
- TWENTYTHIRDSTATE
- 18 Down: Woolgatherer's vision (7)
- REVERIE
- 19 Down: Limerick's locale (7)
- IRELAND
- 24 Down: Spin a yarn (6)
- RELATE
- 28 Down: Peroration (3)
- END
- 31 Down: Old word for headland (4)
- SCAW
- 32 Down: Yesterday, in Paris (4)
- HIER
- 33 Down: Deductive (7)
- APRIORI
- 34 Down: Famous dialogue line (13)
- WHATSONSECOND
- 36 Down: Science (5)
- OLOGY
- 37 Down: Subterranean complex (8)
- CATACOMB
- 38 Down: Rosary bead (8)
- AVEMARIA
- 39 Down: Primary (16)
- FIRSTANDFOREMOST
- 41 Down: Old English letters (4)
- ETHS
- 42 Down: Quarters (7)
- FOURTHS
- 45 Down: Animal food (6)
- FORAGE
- 48 Down: Easy shot for Dr. J (5)
- TAPIN
- 51 Down: Silver salmon (4)
- COHO
- 52 Down: Ivy League city (8)
- NEWHAVEN
- 53 Down: Like some fences (8)
- GATELESS
- 55 Down: Notes (7)
- CSHARPS
- 56 Down: Maureen and Scarlett (6)
- OHARAS
- 57 Down: Having long odds (5)
- RISKY
- 58 Down: Ones on trial: Abbr. (4)
- DFTS
- 59 Down: W.W. II area (3)
- ETO
- 60 Down: Actor Herbert (3)
- LOM
- 64 Down: Oberon's spouse (7)
- TITANIA
- 71 Down: Lowed (5)
- MOOED
- 72 Down: Berra or Bear (4)
- YOGI
- 75 Down: Vacation spot (8)
- SEASHORE
- 76 Down: Donated, in Scotland (4)
- GIED
- 77 Down: Dumbo's large features (4)
- EARS
- 78 Down: Oklahoma-Texas border (8)
- REDRIVER
- 79 Down: Kay Thompson's heroine: 1956 (6)
- ELOISE
- 80 Down: Wait on hand and foot (8)
- PANDERTO
- 81 Down: Small pianos (7)
- SPINETS
- 82 Down: Dieter's unit (7)
- CALORIE
- 83 Down: Expand (7)
- BROADEN
- 86 Down: Tavern section (3)
- BAR
- 89 Down: Worker in a football factory (5)
- LACER
- 93 Down: Trig function (4)
- SINE
- 95 Down: "Wild blue yonder" gp. (4)
- USAF
- 96 Down: Motto, in Madrid (4)
- LEMA
- 97 Down: Recipe amt. (4)
- TSPN
- 99 Down: Work on doilies (3)
- TAT
- 101 Down: Detroit labor initials (3)
- UAW
- 102 Down: Groups of directors: Abbr. (3)
- BDS
- 103 Down: Durocher's nickname (3)
- LIP
- 104 Down: U.S. agcy., 1948–51 (3)
- ECA
- 105 Down: What fall guys take (3)
- RAP
- 106 Down: Paris, when it sizzles (3)
- ETE
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