IT'S ELEMENTAL! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 172 clues). Published 7/17/1977. By Alex F. Black.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Tropical tree (6)
- ACACIA
- 7 Across: Width of a ship (4)
- BEAM
- 11 Across: Capital of Oregon (5)
- SALEM
- 16 Across: Hick (4)
- RUBE
- 20 Across: Stubborn (6)
- MULISH
- 21 Across: He, to Caesar (4)
- ILLE
- 22 Across: Strainer (5)
- SIEVE
- 23 Across: Jar (4)
- OLLA
- 24 Across: Shakespearean nugget (22)
- ALLTHATGLISTERSISNOTAU
- 28 Across: Three-way joint (3)
- TEE
- 29 Across: Type of relief (3)
- BAS
- 30 Across: Zeta follower (3)
- ETA
- 31 Across: M.S. prerequisite (3)
- BSC
- 32 Across: A king of Israel (4)
- OMRI
- 33 Across: Vessel for Omar (3)
- JUG
- 34 Across: World's best people (17)
- THENACLOFTHEEARTH
- 40 Across: Sectors (5)
- AREAS
- 43 Across: Go-ahead signal (3)
- AOK
- 44 Across: Corn spike (3)
- EAR
- 45 Across: Antediluvian (3)
- OLD
- 46 Across: Half a bray (3)
- HEE
- 47 Across: Evening star (6)
- VESPER
- 49 Across: Tracy's wife (4)
- TESS
- 52 Across: Prepares tea (6)
- STEEPS
- 54 Across: Tops (4)
- AONE
- 55 Across: "___ ever so humble . . . " (4)
- BEIT
- 57 Across: Convinced (4)
- SOLD
- 59 Across: Wallach (3)
- ELI
- 60 Across: Brought to court (4)
- SUED
- 61 Across: German diplomat (8)
- VONPAPEN
- 65 Across: Engines (7)
- DIESELS
- 68 Across: Littoral region (5)
- COAST
- 70 Across: Case for trivia (4)
- ETUI
- 71 Across: Geraint's wife (4)
- ENID
- 73 Across: Roman naturalist (5)
- PLINY
- 74 Across: Frank and Sexton (5)
- ANNES
- 75 Across: Flattop, e.g. (4)
- SHIP
- 76 Across: Served perfectly (4)
- ACED
- 78 Across: Genesis name (3)
- EVE
- 79 Across: Electrical unit (5)
- FARAD
- 81 Across: Carry (4)
- TOTE
- 82 Across: Petty bettor (13)
- SNHORNGAMBLER
- 85 Across: Receptive (4)
- OPEN
- 89 Across: Rodeo structure (5)
- CHUTE
- 91 Across: Shoe size (3)
- AAA
- 92 Across: "This Is ___ Life" (4)
- YOUR
- 93 Across: Kind of moth (4)
- LUNA
- 94 Across: Homeric classic (5)
- ILIAD
- 96 Across: Strike (5)
- SMITE
- 98 Across: Rose lover (4)
- ABIE
- 100 Across: Sack the QB (4)
- DROP
- 101 Across: Lieder (5)
- SONGS
- 102 Across: Oldest, as jokes (7)
- STALEST
- 104 Across: Like some nylons (8)
- SEAMLESS
- 106 Across: Judge's bench (4)
- BANC
- 107 Across: Vandalize (3)
- MAR
- 108 Across: Use a muddler (4)
- STIR
- 110 Across: Portico (4)
- STOA
- 111 Across: Lofty (4)
- HIGH
- 112 Across: Like evergreen cones (6)
- PINEAL
- 115 Across: "Beowulf" is one (4)
- EPIC
- 117 Across: Pele's sport (6)
- SOCCER
- 121 Across: Kind of dye (3)
- AAL
- 122 Across: Lacking color (3)
- WAN
- 123 Across: St. Tropez season (3)
- ETE
- 124 Across: Far East name (3)
- MAO
- 126 Across: Hector (5)
- TEASE
- 127 Across: Dumas hero (17)
- THEMANINTHEFEMASK
- 133 Across: F.D.R. agency (3)
- CCC
- 134 Across: Arena receipts (4)
- GATE
- 135 Across: Undivided (3)
- ONE
- 136 Across: Tax pro (3)
- CPA
- 137 Across: Andalusian aunt (3)
- TIA
- 139 Across: Ring decision (3)
- TKO
- 140 Across: Mary's flowers (22)
- AGBELLSANDCOCKLESHELLS
- 146 Across: Groucho look (4)
- LEER
- 147 Across: Point toward (5)
- AIMAT
- 148 Across: Amerind (4)
- CREE
- 149 Across: Sun Moon, e.g. (6)
- KOREAN
- 150 Across: Without purpose (4)
- IDLY
- 151 Across: Crowd (5)
- PRESS
- 152 Across: Durocs (4)
- HOGS
- 153 Across: Like the Milky Way (6)
- STARRY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Wine cup (3)
- AMA
- 2 Down: Refinement in manners, taste, etc. (7)
- CULTURE
- 3 Down: States without proof (7)
- ALLEGES
- 4 Down: Quote (4)
- CITE
- 5 Down: Kabibble (3)
- ISH
- 6 Down: Pequod skipper (4)
- AHAB
- 7 Down: V.I.P. (7)
- BIGSHOT
- 8 Down: Extension (3)
- ELL
- 9 Down: Strange (5)
- ALIEN
- 10 Down: Memorable hostess (5)
- MESTA
- 11 Down: Wind dir. (3)
- SSE
- 12 Down: Okefenokee vehicle (7)
- AIRBOAT
- 13 Down: With more restraint (10)
- LESSFREELY
- 14 Down: Oust (5)
- EVICT
- 15 Down: Enero or febrero (3)
- MES
- 16 Down: Lodged at a dorm (6)
- ROOMED
- 17 Down: Extreme (5)
- ULTRA
- 18 Down: Famed D.C. residence (10)
- BLAIRHOUSE
- 19 Down: ___ de Cologne (3)
- EAU
- 25 Down: Wodehouse goodbye (4)
- TATA
- 26 Down: Langley A.F.B. group (3)
- TAC
- 27 Down: Seasonal airs (5)
- NOELS
- 33 Down: Jakarta native: Abbr. (3)
- JAV
- 35 Down: Squeezes out (4)
- EKES
- 36 Down: Article, in Amiens (3)
- LES
- 37 Down: Pueblo Indian (4)
- HOPI
- 38 Down: Beliefs (6)
- TENETS
- 39 Down: Take advice (4)
- HEED
- 41 Down: A shoo-in (12)
- APBPIPECINCH
- 42 Down: "___ pin, pick it up" (4)
- SEEA
- 48 Down: In season (4)
- RIPE
- 50 Down: Grassy patch (3)
- SOD
- 51 Down: Fluff (4)
- SLIP
- 53 Down: City lines (3)
- ELS
- 54 Down: Broadway Rx for murder (12)
- ASANDOLDLACE
- 56 Down: Lessee (6)
- TENANT
- 58 Down: Assigns (9)
- DELEGATES
- 61 Down: Endow (4)
- VEST
- 62 Down: Roman emperor (4)
- OTHO
- 63 Down: Night, in Nantes (4)
- NUIT
- 64 Down: Spot for a bust (5)
- NICHE
- 66 Down: Hindu deity (4)
- SIVA
- 67 Down: Marius, to Sulla (5)
- ENEMY
- 68 Down: Vikki from Texas (4)
- CARR
- 69 Down: Out ___ limb (3)
- ONA
- 72 Down: "In ___ Speramus" (3)
- DEO
- 77 Down: Kyd work (5)
- DRAMA
- 79 Down: Bungles (5)
- FLUBS
- 80 Down: Hawks' nests (6)
- AERIES
- 82 Down: River pollution problem (4)
- SUDS
- 83 Down: Brad or spad (4)
- NAIL
- 84 Down: Stole (3)
- BOA
- 86 Down: Like Simon (4)
- PURE
- 87 Down: Biblical patriarch (4)
- ENOS
- 88 Down: Rests (4)
- NAPS
- 90 Down: Beldam (3)
- HAG
- 94 Down: Major Prophet (6)
- ISAIAH
- 95 Down: Like storks and stilts (10)
- LONGLEGGED
- 96 Down: Main or Elm (10)
- STREETNAME
- 97 Down: Town near Padua (4)
- ESTE
- 99 Down: Diner sign (4)
- EATS
- 102 Down: Vistula feeder (3)
- SAN
- 103 Down: O'Neill (3)
- TIP
- 105 Down: Debatable (4)
- MOOT
- 106 Down: Bombay bard (4)
- BHAT
- 107 Down: Dress style (4)
- MINI
- 109 Down: Fissure (4)
- RIMA
- 112 Down: Switchboard (5)
- PANEL
- 113 Down: Statues by Phidias et al. (7)
- ATHENAS
- 114 Down: Jackie's sister (3)
- LEE
- 116 Down: Moves rook and king (7)
- CASTLES
- 118 Down: Egg layer (7)
- CACKLER
- 119 Down: Oilfish (7)
- ESCOLAR
- 120 Down: Disk for a D.J. (3)
- REC
- 122 Down: Diluted (6)
- WATERY
- 125 Down: Migrant worker (4)
- OKIE
- 128 Down: Normand of the silents (5)
- MABEL
- 129 Down: Emphatic denial (5)
- NOSIR
- 130 Down: Agency controlling TV (3)
- FCC
- 131 Down: Miocene or Pliocene (5)
- EPOCH
- 132 Down: Large or gross (5)
- MACRO
- 138 Down: Questions (4)
- ASKS
- 139 Down: Japanese monastery (4)
- TERA
- 140 Down: Clay today (3)
- ALI
- 141 Down: Baby's perch (3)
- LAP
- 142 Down: Skid-row affliction (3)
- DTS
- 143 Down: Vessel for beer (3)
- KEG
- 144 Down: Peppery (3)
- HOT
- 145 Down: Hull curve (3)
- SNY
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