LOCUS-POCUS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 12/4/1977. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Spoofs, in a way (6): ROASTS
7 Across: Rough spot (5): SCUFF
12 Across: Loose dress (5): SHIFT
17 Across: Gist (3): NUB
20 Across: "Rhapsody ___" (6): INBLUE
21 Across: Sort of court (5): MOTEL
22 Across: Famed jurist (5): TANEY
23 Across: Granular snow (4): NEVE
24 Across: Sharpened (6): ACUATE
25 Across: Where most of this is (11): OVERABARREL
27 Across: Sponge spicule (4): OXEA
28 Across: Tennis call (3): LET
29 Across: Fuses (6): UNITES
31 Across: Oil drum (6): BARREL
32 Across: Perfume oil (5): ATTAR
33 Across: Dolphin's blind cousin (4): SUSU
35 Across: Poetic work (3): ODE
36 Across: Don Ho prop (3): LEI
37 Across: Melee (5): FIGHT
39 Across: What larvae do (6): PUPATE
41 Across: Lumbermen or beetles (7): SAWYERS
45 Across: Presumptively (7): APRIORI
48 Across: Deep sleep (5): SOPOR
49 Across: Less desiccated (7): SAPPIER
51 Across: Cancel (8): DISANNUL
52 Across: Hole-___ (5): INONE
53 Across: Gain by force (5): WREST
54 Across: Poland China (5): SWINE
56 Across: Used up (4): GONE
57 Across: Pongee color (3): TAN
58 Across: Partner of Rogers and Powell (7): ASTAIRE
61 Across: Bouquet (5): SCENT
62 Across: Man from Big D (3): TEX
63 Across: Camise (5): SHIRT
64 Across: Fissile rock (5): SHALE
65 Across: One of last year's frosh (4): SOPH
68 Across: Cooperstown name (4): COBB
72 Across: Where part of this is (10): UNDERSHIRT
75 Across: More pixilated (7): NUTTIER
78 Across: Agents (8): OPERANTS
80 Across: Author of "BUtterfield 8" (5): OHARA
81 Across: Butte native (8): MONTANAN
82 Across: Negev and Nefud (7): DESERTS
83 Across: Where the end of this is (10): ABOVEBOARD
85 Across: N.C.O.'s (4): SGTS
86 Across: Yellow flag (4): IRIS
87 Across: Kind of Danish (5): PRUNE
88 Across: Enplane (5): BOARD
90 Across: Usti ___Labem, Czechoslovak city (3): NAD
92 Across: Vitality (5): PULSE
93 Across: Henna (7): HAIRDYE
95 Across: Catch (3): BAG
98 Across: Bread spread (4): OLEO
100 Across: Dormouse (5): LEROT
101 Across: Christophe's homeland (5): HAITI
102 Across: Athenian political subdivision (5): PHYLE
104 Across: Lengthen (8): ELONGATE
106 Across: Adjective for diamond (7): HARDEST
108 Across: Demolish (5): TOTAL
109 Across: Marked with stripes (7): LINEATE
110 Across: Orphan's new parent (7): ADOPTER
112 Across: Assenting sounds (6): UHHUHS
114 Across: Glyceride (5): ESTER
115 Across: One, in Berlin (3): EIN
116 Across: Wildebeest (3): GNU
117 Across: Defendant, in law (4): REUS
119 Across: Medicinal amounts (5): DOSES
121 Across: Kind of school (6): NORMAL
124 Across: American dogwoods (6): OSIERS
127 Across: Huckle (3): HIP
128 Across: Co-inventor of cordite (4): ABEL
129 Across: Where most of this is (11): BELOWNORMAL
131 Across: Unemployed (6): OTIOSE
133 Across: Nursery villain (4): WOLF
134 Across: African antelope (5): ORIBI
135 Across: Vandyke, e.g. (5): BEARD
136 Across: Why some products fail (6): NONUSE
137 Across: Ship-shaped clock (3): NEF
138 Across: Skirt insert (5): GODET
139 Across: Arab land (5): SYRIA
140 Across: Exempted (6): SPARED

Down Answers

1 Down: Shah's pelf (5): RIALS
2 Down: Start of "The Raven" (9): ONCEUPONA
3 Down: What this does twice (9): ABUTSUPON
4 Down: Suburb of Rabat (3): SLA
5 Down: Short skirt (4): TUTU
6 Down: "Eyes have they, but they ___" (6): SEENOT
7 Down: Hit, Biblical style (5): SMOTE
8 Down: Where vessels nestle (4): COVE
9 Down: Salt Lake City team (4): UTES
10 Down: Acier ingredient (3): FER
11 Down: "Front porch" (4): FLAB
12 Down: Wide-eyed tourist (6): STARER
13 Down: Political pollster (6): HARRIS
14 Down: Dictator's phrase (4): INRE
15 Down: Become lightheaded (9): FEELFAINT
16 Down: Father___, in Wolff's "The Bluebird" (3): TYL
17 Down: Where to find this (13): NEXTTONOTHING
18 Down: Eye area (4): UVEA
19 Down: Silvertip (4): BEAR
23 Down: Zilch (7): NOTHING
26 Down: Haying machine (5): BALER
30 Down: Kin of calends (4): IDES
32 Down: Pearl Mosque site (4): AGRA
34 Down: In the know (4): UPON
38 Down: ___dixit (4): IPSE
40 Down: Sectors (5): AREAS
41 Down: Ariel, for one (6): SPRITE
42 Down: Little or Frye (4): APER
43 Down: Sapient (4): WISE
44 Down: Thus far (3): YET
46 Down: Magic incantation (4): RUNE
47 Down: Holly (4): ILEX
48 Down: Take a chair (3): SIT
50 Down: Oscar and Tony (6): AWARDS
51 Down: Banquet (4): DINE
54 Down: Pharaoh's talisman (6): SCARAB
55 Down: Strip (4): WELT
59 Down: Switches tracks (6): SHUNTS
60 Down: Colors (5): TINTS
61 Down: Worcester or York (5): SHIRE
64 Down: Thin slice (5): SHAVE
65 Down: Diverse (6): SUNDRY
66 Down: Giant at 16 (3): OTT
67 Down: School orgs. (4): PTAS
68 Down: Torsk (3): COD
69 Down: Poetic verb (3): OPE
70 Down: Where most of this is (13): BESIDEONESELF
71 Down: ___Rabbit (4): BRER
73 Down: Hale (6): ROBUST
74 Down: Glistened (5): SHONE
75 Down: U.S.-Can. defense org. (5): NORAD
76 Down: Snack (3): EAT
77 Down: Important hosp. group (3): RNS
79 Down: "Exodus" hero (3): ARI
81 Down: Soprano Kawana et al. (6): MAORIS
83 Down: Guthrie (4): ARLO
84 Down: Kind of dictum (6): OBITER
87 Down: Sinless (4): PURE
89 Down: Profundity (5): DEPTH
90 Down: Coward (4): NOEL
91 Down: "___Want for Christmas . . . " (4): ALLI
92 Down: Pianist from N.Y.C. (9): PETERNERO
93 Down: Cardinals' QB (4): HART
94 Down: Deputy (4): AIDE
95 Down: Locale of this phrase (9): BYTHEHOUR
96 Down: Like eggs baked with Gruyère cheese (9): ALASUISSE
97 Down: Semisolid (3): GEL
99 Down: Make___scarce (7): ONESELF
100 Down: Like Apley (4): LATE
101 Down: Fortune (3): HAP
103 Down: Cuckoo's announcement (4): HOUR
105 Down: Roscoes (4): GATS
106 Down: Lustrous fabric (5): HONAN
107 Down: Porter product (4): TUNE
110 Down: Bacterium (6): AEROBE
111 Down: Blockhead (6): DIMWIT
113 Down: Iroquoian group (6): HURONS
116 Down: Hayworth role (5): GILDA
118 Down: Radar reading (5): SPEED
119 Down: Sunup (4): DAWN
120 Down: Musette (4): OBOE
122 Down: Far from fragrant (4): OLID
123 Down: Soft throws (4): LOBS
124 Down: Actor Sharif (4): OMAR
125 Down: Patola (4): SARI
126 Down: Road sign (4): STOP
129 Down: Quagmire (3): BOG
130 Down: Ferdinand was one (3): REY
132 Down: Manet's "___ Boat" (3): INA

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