PASSING THE BUCK - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 162 clues). Published 11/6/1977. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Sandblaster's target (5): GRIME
6 Across: Circumvent (5): EVADE
11 Across: Mature (5): RIPEN
16 Across: Warhol film (5): TRASH
21 Across: Unwind (5): RELAX
22 Across: Motorized bike (5): MOPED
23 Across: Accrue (5): ENURE
24 Across: Norse chieftain (5): ROLLO
25 Across: Start of a verse (23): APOLITICALHACKDIDBEWAIL
29 Across: Political contest (10): SENATERACE
30 Across: Flock of herons (5): SIEGE
31 Across: Brought up (6): REARED
32 Across: Jack's need (4): PLAY
33 Across: Breathing noise (4): RALE
34 Across: Hearth (5): ASTRE
35 Across: Stove parts (7): BURNERS
36 Across: Sprinkle (3): WET
37 Across: Suit to ___ (4): ATEE
38 Across: Ionian gulf (4): ARTA
39 Across: Second line of verse (23): HISFATEINSENDINGOUTMAIL
51 Across: Gawking (6): ASTARE
52 Across: Soggy (5): MOIST
53 Across: Forbidden things (5): NONOS
54 Across: Sport fish (4): CERO
55 Across: Bring together (5): MARRY
56 Across: Anchovy (5): SPRAT
57 Across: Brought into harmony (5): TUNED
58 Across: Group of eight (5): OCTAD
59 Across: One to distrust (4): LIAR
60 Across: U.S. painter: 1871–1951 (5): SLOAN
61 Across: Gun parts (5): BORES
62 Across: The Green Wave (6): TULANE
63 Across: Gormandize (3): EAT
64 Across: Vega, for one (4): STAR
65 Across: Chimp's cousin (5): ORANG
66 Across: Egyptian king (4): SETI
67 Across: Third line of verse (23): THATCONTAINEDSOMEADVICE
75 Across: Shortage (4): WANT
76 Across: Kind of season (5): RAINY
77 Across: Of the soil: Comb. form (4): AGRO
78 Across: Trim (3): LOP
79 Across: In a sluggish way (6): LAZILY
82 Across: "Eye in the sky" (5): SAMOS
83 Across: Dessert wine (5): TOKAY
85 Across: As well (4): ALSO
86 Across: Vituperation (5): ABUSE
87 Across: Harp on (5): RUBIN
88 Across: Farm machine (5): BALER
89 Across: Make wavy (5): CRIMP
90 Across: Dissolve (4): MELT
91 Across: Make a quick visit (5): POPIN
92 Across: Menu choice (5): SALAD
93 Across: Albatross (6): GOONIE
94 Across: Fourth line of verse (23): PLUSSOMECASHTOVOTETWICE
98 Across: School orgs. (4): PTAS
99 Across: Relative of a b'ar (4): COON
100 Across: Saison (3): ETE
101 Across: Big-A laggard (7): ALSORAN
105 Across: Sing, as a lullaby (5): CROON
107 Across: Iniquity units (4): DENS
109 Across: Franklin's flier (4): KITE
113 Across: ___ a pin (6): NEATAS
114 Across: N.Z. native (5): MAORI
115 Across: Of a chemical process (10): SOLUTIONAL
117 Across: Last line of verse (23): TODAYHESRUNNINGFROMJAIL
120 Across: Infuriated (5): IRATE
121 Across: Condition (5): STATE
122 Across: Lustrous bast fiber (5): RAMIE
123 Across: Heavy satin (5): PANNE
124 Across: Supply prepared food (5): CATER
125 Across: Eton boy's father (5): PATER
126 Across: Reaches across (5): SPANS
127 Across: Dagger (5): SKEEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Comprehension (5): GRASP
2 Down: Disgust (5): REPEL
3 Down: Actress Massey (5): ILONA
4 Down: Native of Penang (5): MALAY
5 Down: Turnpike sign (4): EXIT
6 Down: Arab chieftain's domain (7): EMIRATE
7 Down: Outspoken (5): VOCAL
8 Down: Swiftly (5): APACE
9 Down: Remove (4): DELE
10 Down: Old English letter (3): EDH
11 Down: Ticked off (7): RECITED
12 Down: Pressman (5): INKER
13 Down: Plump one (5): PUDGE
14 Down: Canal started in 1817 (4): ERIE
15 Down: "Dead ___," Masefield novel (3): NED
16 Down: African rodent (7): TREERAT
17 Down: Martin's pal (5): ROWAN
18 Down: Nose part (5): ALARE
19 Down: More furtive (5): SLIER
20 Down: Owns (5): HOLDS
26 Down: Almost cylindrical (6): TERETE
27 Down: Approval (6): ASSENT
28 Down: "Dear ___" (6): BRUTUS
34 Down: Nuclear trial (5): ATEST
35 Down: Coop group (5): BROOD
36 Down: Suspicious (4): WARY
37 Down: Mongol, for one (5): ASIAN
38 Down: Saint of Jan. 21 (5): AGNES
39 Down: Noble vacillator (6): HAMLET
40 Down: O. T. book (6): ISAIAH
41 Down: Layers (6): STRATA
42 Down: Loser to Louis: Aug. 30, 1937 (4): FARR
43 Down: Meaning (6): IMPORT
44 Down: Ephron or Helmer (4): NORA
45 Down: Entombs (6): INURNS
46 Down: External world (6): NONEGO
47 Down: Year in reign of Henry III (6): MCCLIV
48 Down: Philippine dwarf (4): AETA
49 Down: CENTO member (4): IRAN
50 Down: Word with star or stone (4): LODE
56 Down: Bias (5): SLANT
57 Down: Sycophant (5): TOADY
58 Down: Best (5): OUTDO
60 Down: Unyielding (5): STONY
61 Down: Machine guns (5): BRENS
62 Down: Lachrymose (5): TEARY
64 Down: Proportion (5): SCALE
65 Down: Bermuda or red (5): ONION
66 Down: Popeye's creator (5): SEGAR
68 Down: Plot devices (6): TWISTS
69 Down: Jordan's tongue (6): ARABIC
70 Down: "___ conventional dither . . . " (6): IAMINA
71 Down: Stretch, in a way (6): MAKEDO
72 Down: Grange's team (6): ILLINI
73 Down: Grandiose (6): COSMIC
74 Down: Heroic poem (6): EPOPEE
79 Down: Nightingale's vessel (4): LAMP
80 Down: U.S. labor leader (4): ABEL
81 Down: Natal native (4): ZULU
82 Down: Met extras, for short (5): SUPES
83 Down: Hawk's asset (5): TALON
84 Down: Norwegian king (4): OLAV
85 Down: Lined up (4): AROW
87 Down: Type of type (5): ROMAN
88 Down: Solti's need (5): BATON
89 Down: Pigeon coop (4): COTE
91 Down: Dead Sea product (6): POTASH
92 Down: Cinch (6): SHOOIN
93 Down: Reaches (6): GETSTO
95 Down: One with a bug gun (7): SPRAYER
96 Down: Iconoclast (7): SCORNER
97 Down: Job securities (7): TENURES
101 Down: Huxley's "___ Hay" (5): ANTIC
102 Down: "Arrowsmith" heroine (5): LEORA
103 Down: Anwar of Egypt (5): SADAT
104 Down: Mexican basket grass (5): OTATE
105 Down: Weight (5): CARAT
106 Down: Highway (5): ROUTE
107 Down: Rigid belief (5): DOGMA
108 Down: Mischievous (5): ELFIN
109 Down: Telly on the telly (5): KOJAK
110 Down: Witless (5): INANE
111 Down: Hippolyte of France (5): TAINE
112 Down: Soprano Shade (5): ELLEN
114 Down: Feeder of Lake Ilmen (4): MSTA
115 Down: Go berserk (4): SNAP
116 Down: Saucy ones (4): IMPS
118 Down: J.B. Rhine subj. (3): ESP
119 Down: Revenue org. (3): IRS

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