SPOONERIZING - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/26/1977. By Sam Lake.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Level (4): EVEN
5 Across: Sailors' patron saint (4): ELMO
9 Across: Shh! (4): HUSH
13 Across: Don Juan's delight (4): AMOR
17 Across: Hindu caste (4): TELI
18 Across: Family member (5): NIECE
20 Across: She wrote "Them" (5): OATES
22 Across: Cloy; glut (4): SATE
23 Across: Aftershave powder (4): TALC
24 Across: Artist's complaint re a drama (11): TINTERSWAIL
26 Across: Shipshape (4): TRIM
27 Across: Hebrew song (6): ELIELI
29 Across: Cancels (5): DELES
30 Across: ___ Park, N.Y.C. (8): GRAMERCY
32 Across: Tennyson's "___ Arden" (5): ENOCH
34 Across: Limiting conditions (5): TERMS
36 Across: Entangling (5): SNARY
37 Across: Husky bred in the U.S.S.R. (8): SIBERIAN
40 Across: Command in a Western (5): REACH
42 Across: Comprehensive (6): GLOBAL
45 Across: Library treasures (3): ANA
46 Across: Script direction (5): ENTER
48 Across: Monroe's "___ Good Feeling" (5): ERAOF
50 Across: Autry birthplace, in Texas (5): TIOGA
51 Across: Paul's friend (4): LUKE
53 Across: Paganini's hometown (5): GENOA
55 Across: Aligns (5): TRUES
57 Across: Tackle (4): DROP
58 Across: ___ Yisrael (Palestine) (5): ERETS
60 Across: "Like Niobe, all ___" (5): TEARS
62 Across: ___ City, Calif. (5): YREKA
64 Across: Marshall Plan initials (3): ERP
65 Across: Shadrach's friend (7): MESHACH
67 Across: Newsy digest (5): RECAP
69 Across: Brewer or Wright (6): TERESA
71 Across: Medicinal plant (4): ALOE
72 Across: "Peace ___ time": Chamberlain (5): INOUR
73 Across: Mottled (4): PIED
74 Across: Yalie's rival (6): CANTAB
76 Across: Strategic Pacific island (5): NAURU
77 Across: Late Greek tycoon (7): ONASSIS
81 Across: Hamlet's cry (3): FOH
82 Across: Author of "State Fair" (5): STONG
84 Across: ___ Tuva, U.S.S.R. region (5): TANNU
86 Across: Seven, in Sicily (5): SETTE
87 Across: Ditto (4): IDEM
89 Across: Pea and bean (5): SOUPS
91 Across: Trotsky and Jaworski (5): LEONS
93 Across: Cafe au ___ (4): LAIT
94 Across: Wild; savage (5): FERAL
96 Across: German child's hero (5): KLAUS
98 Across: Changed the décor (5): REDID
100 Across: Mauna ___ (3): LOA
101 Across: Whirled; purled (6): EDDIED
103 Across: Slander (5): LIBEL
105 Across: Counterirritant (8): LINIMENT
107 Across: Within: Prefix (5): INTRA
109 Across: Goya's "Maja" et al. (5): NUDES
111 Across: Bobby-soxer's "Of course!" (5): NATCH
112 Across: Continual (8): CONSTANT
115 Across: Freshen (5): RENEW
117 Across: Puget Sound port (6): TACOMA
120 Across: Broadway group (4): ANTA
121 Across: He can't spell chickadee (11): WORDBOTCHER
124 Across: Burden (4): ONUS
125 Across: City in Utah (4): LEHI
126 Across: Tropical climber (5): LIANA
127 Across: Garb for Calpurnia (5): STOLA
128 Across: Abominable Snowman (4): YETI
129 Across: Sense; think (4): FEEL
130 Across: "___ for All Seasons (4): AMAN
131 Across: What Simon does (4): SAYS
132 Across: Concordes (4): SSTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Small one: Suffix (4): ETTE
2 Down: Patty ingredient (4): VEAL
3 Down: Girl makes pies, not yummy to the tummy (10): ELLIEBAKES
4 Down: ___ Creed: A.D. 325 (6): NICENE
5 Down: Attractive (8): ENTICING
6 Down: Roman 52 (3): LII
7 Down: Recuperate (4): MEND
8 Down: Nonet minus one (5): OCTET
9 Down: Playwright's cayuse emporium (8): HOSSMART
10 Down: Assembly-line group: Abbr. (3): UAW
11 Down: For men only (4): STAG
12 Down: Legatees (5): HEIRS
13 Down: Starfish or minor planet (8): ASTEROID
14 Down: Do actors do this? (10): MARRYBORES
15 Down: Of the ear (4): OTIC
16 Down: "Apostle of the Franks" (4): REMY
19 Down: Angler for congers (5): EELER
21 Down: Gang's language (5): SLANG
25 Down: Cattail of India (5): REREE
28 Down: Knowledge (4): LORE
31 Down: Brewer's purchase (4): MALT
33 Down: Read Walton without interest (11): HATETHEBOOK
35 Down: Alarming trimmer in a wagon (11): SCARYPRUNER
37 Down: Western capital (5): SALEM
38 Down: Toughen (5): INURE
39 Down: Hawaiian bird (4): NENE
41 Down: One of 24 (4): HOUR
43 Down: Plaza (5): AGORA
44 Down: Northlander (4): LAPP
47 Down: Leo's April ailment (11): ROARINGPAIN
49 Down: Soles beatin' out a jazzman's rhythm (11): FEETPOUNDIN
52 Down: Allen or Frome (5): ETHAN
54 Down: Fight site (5): ARENA
56 Down: Coil of yarn (5): SKEIN
59 Down: Epsom ___ (5): SALTS
61 Down: Carson was one (5): SCOUT
63 Down: Precincts (5): AREAS
66 Down: Blazers (5): COATS
68 Down: Synonym for 15 Down (5): AURAL
70 Down: Car that "bombed" (5): EDSEL
74 Down: Like cryptograms (5): CODED
75 Down: ___ band (cattle on parade, proverbially) (10): AHERDINTHE
78 Down: Old whetstone twisted by icy pellets (10): STALEHONES
79 Down: Compound suffix (5): ITION
80 Down: Attack (5): SETAT
81 Down: "___ with Lather," musical soap opera (4): FIFE
83 Down: Void's partner (4): NULL
85 Down: Carol or Coward (4): NOEL
88 Down: What a sane male turns at sea (8): MAINSAIL
90 Down: Station wagon (8): SUBURBAN
92 Down: Frank, Nancy et al. (8): SINATRAS
95 Down: Native of Riga (4): LETT
97 Down: Cicero's "I sit" (5): SEDEO
99 Down: Philippine tree (4): DITA
102 Down: Talk like a Georgian (5): DRAWL
104 Down: Periods of fasting (5): LENTS
106 Down: Hatfields' foes (6): MCCOYS
108 Down: Idiocy (5): ANOIA
110 Down: Religious groups (5): SECTS
112 Down: Dogie (4): CALF
113 Down: Small shoe size (4): ONEE
114 Down: Colliery vehicle (4): TRAM
116 Down: Command to Dobbin (4): WHOA
118 Down: Jeff's partner (4): MUTT
119 Down: Without any changes (4): ASIS
122 Down: Key to heredity (3): DNA
123 Down: Culbertson (3): ELY

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