PENNY-WISE - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 11/27/1977. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Jai alai equipment (6)
- CESTAS
- 7 Across: Imitative (5)
- APISH
- 12 Across: Selfish (7)
- EGOCENTRIC
- 19 Across: Cracker (7)
- SALTINE
- 20 Across: Oblivion (5)
- LETHE
- 21 Across: Appraise (7)
- VALUATE
- 22 Across: Easily accessible (13)
- CENTRALLYLOCATED
- 24 Across: Appears (7)
- EMERGES
- 25 Across: Inner: Prefix (4)
- ENTO
- 26 Across: Tuftlike mass (4)
- FLOC
- 27 Across: Future chick (3)
- EGG
- 29 Across: Sauce or bean (3)
- SOY
- 30 Across: Sandra or Ruby (3)
- DEE
- 31 Across: Stimulus (6)
- INCENTIVE
- 33 Across: Interpret (4)
- READ
- 35 Across: Quarrel (4)
- SPAT
- 38 Across: Spell (7)
- RELIEVE
- 40 Across: Crapshooter's wager (6)
- CENTERBET
- 42 Across: Fisherman's decoy (4)
- LURE
- 44 Across: ___ Dame (5)
- NOTRE
- 45 Across: Tax agcy. (3)
- IRS
- 46 Across: Patriotic org. (3)
- SAR
- 47 Across: Old (4)
- AGED
- 48 Across: Sergeant's charge (7)
- TRAINEE
- 51 Across: Growing out (5)
- ENATE
- 53 Across: Pedantic (7)
- DONNISH
- 55 Across: Gaunt (7)
- HAGGARD
- 56 Across: Photographer's abbr. (3)
- ENL
- 57 Across: Stresses (8)
- ACCENTUATES
- 59 Across: Detail (4)
- ITEM
- 60 Across: Fabled bird (3)
- ROC
- 61 Across: "G.W.T.W." name (5)
- RHETT
- 62 Across: Tarkington book, with "The" (17)
- MAGNIFICENTAMBERSONS
- 70 Across: Keep another date with (5)
- RESEE
- 71 Across: ___ Canals (3)
- SOO
- 72 Across: Horse feed (4)
- OATS
- 75 Across: Routs (8)
- DEBACLES
- 78 Across: Keeve (3)
- TUB
- 79 Across: Grenade charges (7)
- TOLITES
- 82 Across: Traveler in Torino (7)
- TURISTA
- 83 Across: Dilutes (5)
- THINS
- 85 Across: Menlo Park family (7)
- EDISONS
- 86 Across: Kind of sale (4)
- ONECENT
- 87 Across: Nice friend (3)
- AMI
- 89 Across: Hexapod (3)
- ANT
- 90 Across: Effect of past experience (5)
- MNEME
- 91 Across: Ancient Asian (4)
- MEDE
- 92 Across: Kind of habit (6)
- RIDING
- 94 Across: Sacrament (7)
- BAPTISM
- 96 Across: Dispatched (4)
- SENT
- 98 Across: Wood quantity (4)
- CORD
- 99 Across: Check (6)
- ARREST
- 100 Across: Aside (3)
- OFF
- 103 Across: ___ de guerre (3)
- NOM
- 105 Across: Israel's Bar ___ (3)
- LEV
- 106 Across: Evening, in Paris (4)
- SOIR
- 107 Across: Guthrie (4)
- ARLO
- 108 Across: Steel helmet (7)
- BASINET
- 112 Across: Golden title (13)
- FORTWOCENTSPLAIN
- 116 Across: Post was one (7)
- AVIATOR
- 117 Across: Road maneuver (5)
- UTURN
- 118 Across: Shoulder décor (7)
- EPAULET
- 119 Across: Clarissa of fiction (7)
- HARLOWE
- 120 Across: Cotton fabrics (5)
- LENOS
- 121 Across: Rod for a rifle (6)
- RAMMER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: French film director (5)
- CARNE
- 2 Down: Beetle (6)
- ELATER
- 3 Down: Town on the Vire (4)
- STLO
- 4 Down: East Indian herb (3)
- TIL
- 5 Down: One or another (3)
- ANY
- 6 Down: Heedless of others (9)
- SELFCENTERED
- 7 Down: Recess (6)
- ALCOVE
- 8 Down: Irene's concern (5)
- PEACE
- 9 Down: Communications initials (3)
- ITT
- 10 Down: Most transparent (8)
- SHEEREST
- 11 Down: He bets against his own bets (6)
- HEDGER
- 12 Down: Massenet oratorio (3)
- EVE
- 13 Down: Whale schools (4)
- GAMS
- 14 Down: Backdrops for TV scenes (5)
- OLEOS
- 15 Down: American aloe (9)
- CENTURYPLANT
- 16 Down: Joplin specialty (3)
- RAG
- 17 Down: Follower: Suffix (3)
- ITE
- 18 Down: These: Fr. (3)
- CES
- 19 Down: Fragrant (4)
- SCENTED
- 23 Down: One source of oil (5)
- OLIVE
- 28 Down: Chews the fat (4)
- GABS
- 31 Down: Massey (5)
- ILONA
- 32 Down: Saltpeter (5)
- NITER
- 34 Down: Crank position (7)
- DEADCENTER
- 36 Down: Bellow's March (5)
- AUGIE
- 37 Down: Comoid item (5)
- TRESS
- 39 Down: Riddle (6)
- ENIGMA
- 40 Down: Studio dept. (11)
- CENTRALCASTING
- 41 Down: Rainbow and brook (6)
- TROUTS
- 43 Down: Old English letter (3)
- EDH
- 45 Down: Pure (5)
- INNOCENT
- 48 Down: Part of a weather rpt. (3)
- THI
- 49 Down: Bandicoot (3)
- RAT
- 50 Down: " . . . ___ of purest ray serene" (4)
- AGEM
- 51 Down: Most unearthly (7)
- EERIEST
- 52 Down: Lobe adornments (7)
- EARBOBS
- 54 Down: Western alliance (4)
- NATO
- 58 Down: Guevara (3)
- CHE
- 63 Down: Fat, in France (4)
- GRAS
- 64 Down: Heavenly drink (6)
- NECTAR
- 65 Down: Kind of calendar (7)
- ISLAMIC
- 66 Down: Charge (3)
- FEE
- 67 Down: Steed (5)
- MOUNT
- 68 Down: Rackets (6)
- NOISES
- 69 Down: Tanaka's predecessor (4)
- SATO
- 73 Down: Last of the count (3)
- TEN
- 74 Down: Draft initials (3)
- SSS
- 75 Down: Scene from Provincetown (5)
- DUNES
- 76 Down: Noted conductor from Genoa (5)
- EREDE
- 77 Down: 1976 (9)
- BICENTENNIAL
- 79 Down: Actor's agent (9)
- TENPERCENTER
- 80 Down: He wrote "Night Music" (5)
- ODETS
- 81 Down: Restriction (5)
- LIMIT
- 82 Down: Twain's Canty (3)
- TOM
- 84 Down: Open ballot (8)
- HANDVOTE
- 88 Down: Golden calf, e.g. (4)
- IDOL
- 90 Down: Tosca's lover (5)
- MARIO
- 93 Down: Angry (6)
- IREFUL
- 94 Down: Cleveland eleven (6)
- BROWNS
- 95 Down: Esprit de corps (6)
- MORALE
- 97 Down: Role for Jay Silverheels (5)
- TONTO
- 99 Down: Texas athlete (5)
- ASTRO
- 101 Down: Aerialist (5)
- FLIER
- 102 Down: Assortment of type (4)
- FONT
- 104 Down: Feline whine (4)
- MEOW
- 107 Down: Astringent (4)
- ALUM
- 108 Down: Scrooge's cry (3)
- BAH
- 109 Down: Former Mrs. Rooney (3)
- AVA
- 110 Down: Falstaff's title (3)
- SIR
- 111 Down: Uno e due (3)
- TRE
- 113 Down: Bank scourge (3)
- RUN
- 114 Down: Bath, for one (3)
- SPA
- 115 Down: Jack of clubs (3)
- PAM
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