COOL IT! - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 8/7/1977. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Bowl call (3)
RAH
4 Across: Something to shed (4)
COAT
8 Across: Goya subject (4)
MAJA
12 Across: Wisconsinite (6)
BADGER
18 Across: Former Italian Prime Minister (4)
MORO
19 Across: Coy (4)
ARCH
20 Across: It's been split (4)
ATOM
21 Across: Scenic Italian drive (6)
AMALFI
22 Across: With 7 Down, Biblical advice (21)
PUTOFFTHYSHOESFROMOFF
26 Across: Six-line stanzas (7)
SESTETS
27 Across: "'Tis ___ to be wise" (5)
FOLLY
28 Across: Backslide (7)
RELAPSE
29 Across: Will administrator: Abbr. (3)
CTA
30 Across: Sown; strewn: Fr. (5)
SEMEE
31 Across: Mixer's frozen assets (5)
CUBES
32 Across: With 31 Down, G. Herbert's comment (12)
NOTHINGWEARS
36 Across: Jurassic division (4)
LIAS
37 Across: Chew the fat (3)
JAW
40 Across: Sea calls (5)
AHOYS
41 Across: Age: Lat. abbr. (3)
AET
42 Across: College mil. group (4)
ROTC
43 Across: Utah's lily (4)
SEGO
44 Across: Morse-code word (3)
DAH
45 Across: Harness part (4)
HAME
47 Across: ___ accompli (4)
FAIT
49 Across: Singer Sullivan (6)
KATHIE
51 Across: A Gershwin (3)
IRA
52 Across: Ignited (3)
LIT
53 Across: Bayh (5)
BIRCH
54 Across: Late TV fare (6)
RERUNS
55 Across: Like old sweaters (8)
RAVELLED
58 Across: Awry: Scot. var. (5)
AGLEE
59 Across: Drink cooler (3)
ICE
60 Across: Key dice throw (5)
SEVEN
61 Across: "Ignorance ___" (7)
ISBLISS
63 Across: Patterns: Abbr. (5)
DIAGS
66 Across: Hawaiian drink (3)
AVA
67 Across: Savvies (5)
SABES
68 Across: Get loose from a calaboose (8)
BREAKOUT
71 Across: Wee antelope (6)
DIKDIK
74 Across: Earthen pots (5)
OLLAS
75 Across: Former Arab org. (3)
UAR
76 Across: Pilot's device: Abbr. (3)
DME
77 Across: Gouda (6)
CHEESE
78 Across: Marine hazard (4)
REEF
79 Across: Cookbook abbr. (4)
TBSP
81 Across: Ms. Hogg (3)
IMA
82 Across: Supermarket lineup (4)
CANS
83 Across: Scott's Meg (4)
DODS
85 Across: Inst. at Lexington, Va. (3)
VMI
86 Across: Wanders (5)
ROVES
88 Across: Wedding words (3)
IDO
89 Across: To be: Fr. (4)
ETRE
90 Across: Informal invitation (12)
COMEASYOUARE
94 Across: Boo-boo (5)
ERROR
95 Across: Kind of squash (5)
ACORN
96 Across: Likely (3)
APT
97 Across: He, she or it (7)
PRONOUN
100 Across: Boadicea's tribe (5)
ICENI
101 Across: Carried along (7)
SWEPTUP
105 Across: Advice on a bad wallpaper job (21)
TAKEITOFFTAKEITALLOFF
108 Across: Prufrock's "Do I dare to eat ___?" (6)
APEACH
109 Across: "Requiem for ___" (4)
ANUN
110 Across: Blind part (4)
SLAT
111 Across: Footless (4)
APOD
112 Across: Merchant guilds (6)
HANSAS
113 Across: Jeune fille (4)
MISS
114 Across: Nero's cover-up (4)
TOGA
115 Across: Reply to Virginia (3)
YES

Down Answers

1 Down: Gay blade (4)
ROUE
2 Down: Wiles (4)
ARTS
3 Down: ___-kootchy (7)
HOOTCHY
4 Down: Levantine garment (6)
CAFTAN
5 Down: Leavings (4)
ORTS
6 Down: Herr's "Alas!" (3)
ACH
7 Down: See 22 Across (7)
THYFEET
8 Down: Composer Gustav (6)
MAHLER
9 Down: Granada gruels (6)
ATOLES
10 Down: Heatherton (4)
JOEY
11 Down: Morning hrs. (3)
AMS
12 Down: Circus group (14)
BAREBACKRIDERS
13 Down: Soap plants (6)
AMOLES
14 Down: Spanish ladies (5)
DAMAS
15 Down: Icky food (4)
GLOP
16 Down: Letters (4)
EFFS
17 Down: Abundant (4)
RIFE
18 Down: U.K. lawmakers (3)
MPS
23 Down: Fixation (6)
FETISH
24 Down: Psyche's opposite (4)
SOMA
25 Down: Result (5)
FRUIT
30 Down: Herrick's choice in dress (13)
SWEETDISORDER
31 Down: See 32 Across (13)
CLOTHESBUTMAN
32 Down: Rock bottom (5)
NADIR
33 Down: Scarlett and John (6)
OHARAS
34 Down: "___ and to Hold" (6)
TOHAVE
35 Down: Gamekeeper, in Glasgow (5)
GAMIE
37 Down: Fast driver (4)
JEHU
38 Down: Not "fer" (4)
AGIN
39 Down: Prickly heat et al. (4)
WOES
42 Down: Prepares potatoes (5)
RICES
43 Down: Perform a cool caper (6)
STREAK
46 Down: Keats wished to bear these (14)
ALLNAKEDTRUTHS
47 Down: Coolest wear (7)
FIGLEAF
48 Down: "Disraeli" actor (6)
ARLISS
50 Down: Fungus spores (5)
AECIA
53 Down: Prate (6)
BABBLE
56 Down: Ducks the issue (6)
EVADES
57 Down: Blue jeans (5)
LEVIS
62 Down: Soupy (5)
SALES
64 Down: Cool horsewoman (6)
GODIVA
65 Down: Bikini time (6)
SUMMER
69 Down: Indian crops (5)
RABIS
70 Down: Strip ___ (5)
TEASE
71 Down: Start of eighth century (4)
DCCI
72 Down: "If ___ My Way" (4)
IHAD
73 Down: Gambling game (4)
KENO
80 Down: Push ahead (6)
PROPEL
84 Down: Bangor neighbor (5)
ORONO
85 Down: Utmost (7)
VERIEST
87 Down: Win at a game (7)
OUTPLAY
89 Down: Beethoven's Third (6)
EROICA
90 Down: Prickly plant (6)
CACTUS
91 Down: Oodles (6)
OCEANS
92 Down: Fra (4)
MONK
93 Down: Japanese port (6)
YAWATA
94 Down: Trojan hero: Var. (5)
ENEAS
97 Down: Memphis god (4)
PTAH
98 Down: ___ Nui (Easter Island) (4)
RAPA
99 Down: Moon crater (4)
OKEN
100 Down: Moroccan district (4)
IFNI
101 Down: Male "at eve" (4)
STAG
102 Down: Drink too much (4)
TOPE
103 Down: Flying saucers (4)
UFOS
104 Down: N.Y.S.E. abbr. (3)
PFD
106 Down: Albee's "___ and Yam" (3)
FAM
107 Down: U.N. body (3)
ILO

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