AS THE ROMANS DID - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 172 clues). Published 11/20/1977. By Anthony B. Canning.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Farewells in No. L (6)
- ALOHAS
- 7 Across: Start of a Wolfe title (6)
- THEWEB
- 13 Across: Smoked salmon (3)
- LOX
- 16 Across: Insignificant one (5)
- SPRAT
- 21 Across: Yacht basin (6)
- MARINA
- 22 Across: Ciudad for Castro (6)
- HABANA
- 23 Across: Amin (3)
- IDI
- 24 Across: A thing found (5)
- TROVE
- 25 Across: X-rated language (13)
- IVLETTERWORDS
- 27 Across: Revolver (9)
- VISHOOTER
- 29 Across: X follower (3)
- RAY
- 30 Across: Veil (6)
- SCREEN
- 31 Across: Prone (to) (5)
- GIVEN
- 33 Across: Clinic apprentice (6)
- INTERN
- 34 Across: Stag's mate (4)
- HIND
- 35 Across: Scheherazade's forte (5)
- TALES
- 36 Across: Listener's phrase (4)
- ISEE
- 37 Across: Girl of song (3)
- SAL
- 40 Across: Xth: Prefix (4)
- DECI
- 41 Across: Release (4)
- EMIT
- 42 Across: Grenade filling (3)
- TNT
- 43 Across: Lay off (4)
- STOP
- 47 Across: African port (7)
- TRIPOLI
- 49 Across: Track strips (5)
- LANES
- 51 Across: Missile's home (4)
- SILO
- 52 Across: Exact (4)
- TRUE
- 53 Across: A major crime (5)
- ARSON
- 54 Across: Famed French friends (13)
- IIIMUSKETEERS
- 58 Across: Inquired, in Dogpatch (3)
- AST
- 59 Across: Dubs (6)
- TITLES
- 61 Across: Radar image (4)
- BLIP
- 62 Across: "___ peace" (6)
- RESTIN
- 63 Across: Hagen (3)
- UTA
- 64 Across: Knievel (4)
- EVEL
- 65 Across: The Balearics (5)
- ISLAS
- 67 Across: Cavatina (3)
- AIR
- 68 Across: Mount in Israel (6)
- CARMEL
- 70 Across: Leo's lair (3)
- DEN
- 71 Across: Gardner vehicle of MCMXLVIII (13)
- ITOUCHOFVENUS
- 76 Across: Towers (5)
- REARS
- 77 Across: Tinker's target (5)
- EVERS
- 78 Across: III: Prefix (3)
- TRI
- 79 Across: Appointed (5)
- NAMED
- 81 Across: City on the Ganges (5)
- PATNA
- 84 Across: Curly et al. (13)
- THEIIISTOOGES
- 89 Across: X x XXX (3)
- CCC
- 92 Across: On deck (6)
- ATHAND
- 94 Across: Plat abbrs. (3)
- STS
- 95 Across: Old Greek flasks (5)
- OLPES
- 96 Across: Hokum (4)
- BLAH
- 97 Across: Conjunction (3)
- NOR
- 98 Across: Space laps (6)
- ORBITS
- 101 Across: Ford (4)
- WADE
- 102 Across: Layers (6)
- STRATA
- 104 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
- ANE
- 105 Across: Pride plus VI (13)
- VIIDEADLYSINS
- 109 Across: Less common (5)
- RARER
- 110 Across: Refection (4)
- MEAL
- 112 Across: ___-do-well (4)
- NEER
- 113 Across: Bardot's income (5)
- RENTE
- 114 Across: Eastern name of fame (7)
- TSETUNG
- 116 Across: Sparkling-wine city (4)
- ASTI
- 117 Across: Indian ape (3)
- KRA
- 118 Across: Baez (4)
- JOAN
- 119 Across: Like X-o'clock scholars (4)
- LATE
- 120 Across: Thus, to Burns (3)
- SAE
- 121 Across: Item stolen while a crowd watches (4)
- BASE
- 123 Across: Jupiter's XII (5)
- MOONS
- 124 Across: Caterpillar hair (4)
- SETA
- 125 Across: "___ Need Is Love" (6)
- ALLYOU
- 128 Across: Nobelist Neruda (5)
- PABLO
- 129 Across: Architects' concerns (6)
- STAIRS
- 131 Across: Behan's "Borstal ___" (3)
- BOY
- 134 Across: U.S.S.R. enterprise (9)
- VYEARPLAN
- 136 Across: Fortunate finds (13)
- IVLEAFCLOVERS
- 139 Across: Kind of sale (5)
- ICENT
- 140 Across: Tate treasures (3)
- ART
- 141 Across: Vex (6)
- NETTLE
- 142 Across: May or Stewart (6)
- ELAINE
- 143 Across: Backs (5)
- DORSA
- 144 Across: Sch. affiliate (3)
- PTA
- 145 Across: ___ cheese (6)
- GRATED
- 146 Across: Cloth-drying frame (6)
- TENTER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Moslem lord (4)
- AMIR
- 2 Down: Destroyer in A.D. LXXIX (4)
- LAVA
- 3 Down: Parisian suburb (4)
- ORLY
- 4 Down: Shake a leg (3)
- HIE
- 5 Down: Formicidae (4)
- ANTS
- 6 Down: Pitcher Paige (7)
- SATCHEL
- 7 Down: Lyrical laments (6)
- THRENI
- 8 Down: Hesitated orally (5)
- HAWED
- 9 Down: Hardwood tree (4)
- EBON
- 10 Down: MDCCCXII event (3)
- WAR
- 11 Down: Finales for Fischer (8)
- ENDGAMES
- 12 Down: Legendary reptile (8)
- BASILISK
- 13 Down: Plutarch title word (5)
- LIVES
- 14 Down: Bor's son (4)
- ODIN
- 15 Down: Numbers or letters (3)
- XIS
- 16 Down: XIV lbs., in England (5)
- STONE
- 17 Down: Object (7)
- PROTEST
- 18 Down: Set system (4)
- ROTE
- 19 Down: Claim (4)
- AVER
- 20 Down: Sea swallow (4)
- TERN
- 26 Down: Danish king called "the Memorable" (6)
- ERICII
- 28 Down: Adjective for an event in MLXVI (8)
- HISTORIC
- 32 Down: D.V.M. (3)
- VET
- 35 Down: X ahead, in golf (5)
- TENUP
- 36 Down: Entrance (5)
- INLET
- 37 Down: Said (6)
- STATED
- 38 Down: Succeed (6)
- ARRIVE
- 39 Down: Attend (6)
- LISTEN
- 40 Down: Consummated (4)
- DONE
- 42 Down: Haberdashery (4)
- TIES
- 44 Down: Wound (6)
- TRAUMA
- 45 Down: Expulsion (6)
- OUSTER
- 46 Down: Peony parts (6)
- PETALS
- 48 Down: Straw vote (4)
- POLL
- 49 Down: Blossom for Whitman (5)
- LILAC
- 50 Down: Followers of Ammann (5)
- AMISH
- 51 Down: Violinist Isaac (5)
- STERN
- 55 Down: "___ for thee, Ben!": Thomas Moore (6)
- IBLUSH
- 56 Down: Dunkirk's lake (4)
- ERIE
- 57 Down: Captures (6)
- SNARES
- 60 Down: Spot (4)
- SITE
- 66 Down: File (4)
- SORT
- 67 Down: Flier, to Ovid (4)
- AVIS
- 69 Down: Rubescent (3)
- RED
- 71 Down: Chekhov's first play (6)
- IVANOV
- 72 Down: Sistrunk of football (4)
- OTIS
- 73 Down: Mon. plus IV (3)
- FRI
- 74 Down: Sealed (6)
- UNOPEN
- 75 Down: Pundit (4)
- SAGE
- 77 Down: Wife of Alfonso XIII (3)
- ENA
- 80 Down: Flattop fare (4)
- MESS
- 81 Down: Jipijapa item (6)
- PANAMA
- 82 Down: Does penance (6)
- ATONES
- 83 Down: Blackmailer's weapon (6)
- THREAT
- 85 Down: Chemical compound (5)
- ESTER
- 86 Down: "___ boy!" (4)
- ITSA
- 87 Down: French or milk (5)
- TOAST
- 88 Down: Joe Miller joke (5)
- OLDIE
- 89 Down: Bright, to Brutus (6)
- CLARUS
- 90 Down: Connected series (6)
- CATENA
- 91 Down: Put on the cuff (6)
- CHARGE
- 93 Down: Chug-a-lugs (8)
- DRINKSUP
- 96 Down: Jackanapes (4)
- BRAT
- 99 Down: Parisian's drink (5)
- BIERE
- 100 Down: Inkling (4)
- IDEA
- 101 Down: Ed and Keenan (5)
- WYNNS
- 103 Down: Joshua, e.g. (4)
- TREE
- 106 Down: Talking foolishly (8)
- DROOLING
- 107 Down: ___ backward (8)
- LEANOVER
- 108 Down: Unchanging (6)
- STATIC
- 111 Down: Natives of XLVII Across (7)
- LIBYANS
- 115 Down: Hollywood hopeful (7)
- STARLET
- 118 Down: Post (3)
- JOB
- 119 Down: Browsed, in a way (6)
- LEAFED
- 122 Down: Corporeal channel (5)
- AORTA
- 123 Down: Colombian cloak (5)
- MANTA
- 124 Down: Unappetizing (5)
- STALE
- 125 Down: Athirst (4)
- AVID
- 126 Down: Wolf: Comb. form (4)
- LYCO
- 127 Down: Lascivious look (4)
- LEER
- 128 Down: Bit or lead (4)
- PART
- 129 Down: Paving stone (4)
- SETT
- 130 Down: Flatfish (4)
- SOLE
- 131 Down: "___ ever so humble . . . " (4)
- BEIT
- 132 Down: Caen's river (4)
- ORNE
- 133 Down: Nieuport's river (4)
- YSER
- 135 Down: Sitter's creation (3)
- LAP
- 137 Down: Kind of aircraft: Abbr. (3)
- LTA
- 138 Down: Head (3)
- VAN
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