FATHER'S DAY - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 6/19/1977. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Most candid (7)
- OPENEST
- 8 Across: Maine college (5)
- BATES
- 13 Across: Sword (5)
- SABER
- 18 Across: Groggery (3)
- BAR
- 21 Across: Opera piece (7)
- ARIETTA
- 22 Across: Raggedy-edged (5)
- EROSE
- 23 Across: "Like ___ from the blue" (5)
- ABOLT
- 24 Across: Dutch town (3)
- EDE
- 25 Across: Monday: 6 A.M. (19)
- FORWHOMTHEBELLTOLLS
- 28 Across: Moroccan mountain region (3)
- RIF
- 29 Across: Aunt, in Cádiz (3)
- TIA
- 30 Across: Ceremony (4)
- RITE
- 31 Across: Where Tralee is (4)
- EIRE
- 32 Across: Large bird (3)
- EMU
- 33 Across: Italian poet (5)
- TASSO
- 36 Across: Monday: 8:35 A.M. (17)
- MANHATTANTRANSFER
- 42 Across: Stout (3)
- ALE
- 43 Across: Chart motif (3)
- PIE
- 45 Across: Nervy one (5)
- DARER
- 46 Across: Of human groups (8)
- SOCIETAL
- 47 Across: Japanese ship (4)
- MARU
- 49 Across: Creaky (3)
- OLD
- 51 Across: Needle point (4)
- LACE
- 54 Across: Brewing vat (3)
- TUN
- 55 Across: Monday: 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. (22)
- PRISONEROFSECONDAVENUE
- 64 Across: Chanson subject (5)
- AMOUR
- 65 Across: Inventor Pliny ___ (5)
- EARLE
- 66 Across: Young ones (5)
- TOTOS
- 67 Across: "Punch" character (4)
- ARRY
- 69 Across: Nabokov novel (3)
- ADA
- 71 Across: Shoes (5)
- FLATS
- 73 Across: Lovely valley (5)
- TEMPE
- 75 Across: Lucid (4)
- SANE
- 76 Across: Monday: 6 P.M. (13)
- THELASTTYCOON
- 81 Across: Kingdom (5)
- REALM
- 83 Across: Mfgr.'s group (3)
- NAM
- 84 Across: Cries of surprise (3)
- HOS
- 85 Across: U.N. arm (3)
- ILO
- 86 Across: Isle of Pines (5)
- KUNIE
- 88 Across: Deception (3)
- LIE
- 89 Across: Suffix with serpent (3)
- INE
- 90 Across: Ref's counterpart (3)
- UMP
- 91 Across: " . . . let ___ put asunder" (5)
- NOMAN
- 94 Across: Monday: 6:25 P.M. (13)
- TAKETHEATRAIN
- 98 Across: Headcheese (4)
- MEAT
- 100 Across: Crane or heron (5)
- WADER
- 102 Across: Hoosier poet (5)
- RILEY
- 103 Across: Sellout sign (3)
- SRO
- 104 Across: Dixie dish (4)
- PONE
- 105 Across: Art or O'Neal (5)
- TATUM
- 107 Across: Pours (5)
- TEEMS
- 109 Across: Poetic feet (5)
- IAMBI
- 113 Across: Monday: 8 P.M. (22)
- FARFROMTHEMADDINGCROWD
- 118 Across: "Winterset" hero (3)
- MIO
- 119 Across: Sea bird (4)
- ERNE
- 120 Across: Rita's bailiwick (3)
- RIO
- 121 Across: Influence (4)
- SWAY
- 122 Across: "Indy" arena (8)
- SPEEDWAY
- 127 Across: Rope hemp (5)
- SISAL
- 131 Across: School org. (3)
- PTA
- 133 Across: Signed up: Abbr. (3)
- ENL
- 134 Across: Monday: 11 P.M. (17)
- LIEDOWNINDARKNESS
- 138 Across: Savage (5)
- FERAL
- 140 Across: Timetable abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 141 Across: Antelopes (4)
- GNUS
- 142 Across: Solecist's word (4)
- AINT
- 143 Across: Brother (3)
- FRA
- 144 Across: Pacific porgy (3)
- TAI
- 145 Across: Tuesday: 6 A.M. (19)
- TREADMILLTOOBLIVION
- 153 Across: Midi season (3)
- ETE
- 154 Across: C. Robin's father (5)
- MILNE
- 155 Across: Juniper (5)
- CEDAR
- 156 Across: Swiss city (7)
- LUCERNE
- 157 Across: Berg's "___ Wein" (3)
- DER
- 158 Across: Miner's nails (5)
- SPADS
- 159 Across: Nobelist in 1946 (5)
- HESSE
- 160 Across: Fermented (7)
- YEASTED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Lummox (3)
- OAF
- 2 Down: Favorable (3)
- PRO
- 3 Down: Healing goddess (3)
- EIR
- 4 Down: Salamanders (5)
- NEWTS
- 5 Down: African (6)
- ETHIOP
- 6 Down: Colonnade (4)
- STOA
- 7 Down: Cap (3)
- TAM
- 8 Down: Losing (6)
- BEHIND
- 9 Down: Franklin (6)
- ARETHA
- 10 Down: " . . . right___ arms" (6)
- TOBEAR
- 11 Down: Ethnic suffix (3)
- ESE
- 12 Down: Salt, in Paris (3)
- SEL
- 13 Down: Glossy fabric (5)
- SATIN
- 14 Down: Ends abruptly (6)
- ABORTS
- 15 Down: Jacket or dance (6)
- BOLERO
- 16 Down: Wing (3)
- ELL
- 17 Down: Wall St. abbr. (3)
- RTS
- 18 Down: Stripped of (6)
- BEREFT
- 19 Down: ___ dozen (cheap) (6)
- ADIMEA
- 20 Down: Roll up again (6)
- REFURL
- 26 Down: La-la's leader (3)
- TRA
- 27 Down: Pasture (3)
- LEA
- 33 Down: Florida city (5)
- TAMPA
- 34 Down: Frighten (5)
- ALARM
- 35 Down: Comic like Chaplin (5)
- SERIO
- 36 Down: Skirmish (5)
- MELEE
- 37 Down: Kind of vision (4)
- TELE
- 38 Down: Mather product (5)
- TRACT
- 39 Down: "Hamlet" conclusion (4)
- ACTV
- 40 Down: Polynesian island (4)
- NIUE
- 41 Down: Medicinal plants (6)
- SENNAS
- 44 Down: Atomic particle (3)
- ION
- 48 Down: Normal (5)
- USUAL
- 50 Down: Rough copy (5)
- DRAFT
- 52 Down: Water bird (4)
- COOT
- 53 Down: Journalize (5)
- ENTER
- 56 Down: Decree (6)
- ORDAIN
- 57 Down: Busy airport (4)
- ORLY
- 58 Down: Singer Roberta (5)
- FLACK
- 59 Down: Start (6)
- SETOUT
- 60 Down: Geodesic ___ (4)
- DOME
- 61 Down: ___ as a ghost (6)
- ASPALE
- 62 Down: Astronomy Muse (6)
- URANIA
- 63 Down: Verdi opera (6)
- ERNANI
- 68 Down: Red Sea kingdom (5)
- YEMEN
- 70 Down: " . . . on ___ boat to China" (5)
- ASLOW
- 72 Down: Sea tracker (5)
- SONAR
- 74 Down: Inventor Howe (5)
- ELIAS
- 76 Down: Heavy knock (5)
- THUMP
- 77 Down: " . . . ___ the brave" (6)
- HOMEOF
- 78 Down: Ramon's country (6)
- ESPANA
- 79 Down: Love apple (6)
- TOMATO
- 80 Down: Khrushchev (6)
- NIKITA
- 82 Down: Like Homer's verses (6)
- METRIC
- 87 Down: Sniggled (5)
- EELED
- 92 Down: Garden evictee (4)
- ADAM
- 93 Down: Clean: Fr. (5)
- NETTE
- 95 Down: ___ off (angry) (4)
- TEED
- 96 Down: Scandinavian giant (5)
- HYMIR
- 97 Down: Bellows (5)
- ROARS
- 99 Down: Named (6)
- TERMED
- 101 Down: German steel center (4)
- RUHR
- 106 Down: Altar part (5)
- MENSA
- 108 Down: Uses shears (5)
- SNIPS
- 110 Down: Lawn tool (5)
- MOWER
- 111 Down: Safari boss (5)
- BWANA
- 112 Down: Pastoral poem (5)
- IDYLL
- 114 Down: Rover's relative (4)
- FIDO
- 115 Down: Theater-seat location (4)
- ROWW
- 116 Down: Golda (4)
- MEIR
- 117 Down: Obtained (3)
- GOT
- 122 Down: Scheduled (6)
- SLATED
- 123 Down: Lafitte, e.g. (6)
- PIRATE
- 124 Down: More spooky (6)
- EERIER
- 125 Down: "Mame" name (6)
- ANGELA
- 126 Down: ___ yang (6)
- YINAND
- 128 Down: Old Norse bards (6)
- SKALDS
- 129 Down: Loos et al. (6)
- ANITAS
- 130 Down: Poe heroine (6)
- LENORE
- 132 Down: Gunther subject (6)
- AFRICA
- 135 Down: Some Renoirs (5)
- NUDES
- 136 Down: Heroism award (3)
- DSM
- 137 Down: Narrative: Abbr. (3)
- STO
- 139 Down: Roof edges (5)
- EAVES
- 143 Down: Chimney channel (4)
- FLUE
- 145 Down: Logos: Abbr. (3)
- TMS
- 146 Down: Irving hero (3)
- RIP
- 147 Down: Bonn pronoun (3)
- ICH
- 148 Down: Shelter (3)
- LEE
- 149 Down: A famous Nellie (3)
- BLY
- 150 Down: N.Y. subway (3)
- IRT
- 151 Down: United (3)
- ONE
- 152 Down: Rorem (3)
- NED
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