GIRTH CONTROL - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 12/11/1977. By Olga Kowals.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Buttons up (7)
- FASTENS
- 8 Across: ___ Bell, Brontë pen name (5)
- ELLIS
- 13 Across: Own up (5)
- ADMIT
- 18 Across: Name (7)
- APPOINT
- 19 Across: Horse-opera command (5)
- REACH
- 20 Across: Bison (7)
- AUROCHS
- 22 Across: Result of a conspirator's diet? (21)
- THATLEANANDHUNGRYLOOK
- 25 Across: Emphasis on yes or no (5)
- SIREE
- 26 Across: He has creed, will travel (9)
- MISSIONER
- 27 Across: Ceremonial Roman chariot (5)
- TENSA
- 28 Across: Poet's vehicle (3)
- ODE
- 29 Across: Loch in Scotland (5)
- ETIVE
- 31 Across: Cosmetician Lauder (5)
- ESTEE
- 32 Across: Caucasian (5)
- OSSET
- 33 Across: Angel ace (6)
- TANANA
- 35 Across: Suffix with Johnson or journal (3)
- ESE
- 36 Across: Prefix with pod or stere (4)
- DECA
- 38 Across: He wrote "I Like It Here" (4)
- AMIS
- 40 Across: Auto race (5)
- RALLY
- 42 Across: ___ the hills (5)
- OLDAS
- 43 Across: Numbers man (3)
- CPA
- 46 Across: Plaid or ship (6)
- TARTAN
- 48 Across: Subside (6)
- SETTLE
- 51 Across: J.F.K. commanded one (6)
- PTBOAT
- 53 Across: Hindmost (5)
- AREAR
- 54 Across: Uses a compactor (7)
- CRUSHES
- 56 Across: Behind schedule (4)
- LATE
- 57 Across: Mitch Miller plays it (4)
- OBOE
- 59 Across: Sluggish, in Sicilia (6)
- INERTE
- 63 Across: "___ homo" (4)
- ECCE
- 64 Across: Eat a calorie-free diet? (19)
- PUTWORDSINONESMOUTH
- 70 Across: "___ Like It Hot" (4)
- SOME
- 71 Across: Madhouse (6)
- BEDLAM
- 72 Across: Timberlane of fiction (4)
- CASS
- 73 Across: Ballerina's knee bend (4)
- PLIE
- 74 Across: Dilettante (7)
- AMATEUR
- 77 Across: Kemper, in K.C. (5)
- ARENA
- 82 Across: Trolley noise (6)
- CLANGS
- 85 Across: These have keys (6)
- PIANOS
- 86 Across: Nicklaus collection (6)
- PRIZES
- 87 Across: Astronaut's "Perfect!" (3)
- AOK
- 88 Across: City that may make you tired (5)
- AKRON
- 90 Across: No-no in some diets (5)
- SPICE
- 93 Across: Dismiss (4)
- DROP
- 94 Across: Stringed instrument (4)
- VIOL
- 95 Across: Marquand's "___ Daughter" (3)
- BFS
- 97 Across: Fleming (6)
- RHONDA
- 99 Across: Billiards shot (5)
- MASSE
- 103 Across: Royal circlet (5)
- TIARA
- 105 Across: Climber in S.A. (5)
- LIANE
- 106 Across: Felt shoe (3)
- PAC
- 109 Across: Japan's greatest port (5)
- OSAKA
- 110 Across: Extreme (9)
- UTTERMOST
- 112 Across: Idolize (5)
- ADORE
- 114 Across: Exercise at a discotheque? (21)
- THROWONESWEIGHTAROUND
- 117 Across: ___ shoulders above (7)
- HEADAND
- 118 Across: Scary (5)
- EERIE
- 119 Across: Tallinn is its capital (7)
- ESTONIA
- 120 Across: Rebellion leader: 1786–87 (5)
- SHAYS
- 121 Across: Upbeat (5)
- ARSIS
- 122 Across: Make a new requisition (7)
- REORDER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Diet reneger (5)
- FATSO
- 2 Down: Orchard pest (5)
- APHID
- 3 Down: Middle-age bulge (9)
- SPARETIRE
- 4 Down: Lug (4)
- TOTE
- 5 Down: "Wonderful Town" role (6)
- EILEEN
- 6 Down: Helm letters (3)
- NNE
- 7 Down: What rash dieters lose (7)
- STAMINA
- 8 Down: Take off (5)
- ERASE
- 9 Down: Optician's product (4)
- LENS
- 10 Down: Start of a speech (6)
- LADIES
- 11 Down: Kravchenko's "___ Freedom" (6)
- ICHOSE
- 12 Down: Sidetrack (5)
- SHUNT
- 13 Down: Ear: Comb. form (3)
- AUR
- 14 Down: Breakfast fare (8)
- DRYTOAST
- 15 Down: Burrowing animals (5)
- MOLES
- 16 Down: Sacred pictures (5)
- ICONS
- 17 Down: "___ were the days" (5)
- THOSE
- 20 Down: Conceded (6)
- AGREED
- 21 Down: Card game for three (4)
- SKAT
- 23 Down: Snowy (5)
- NIVAL
- 24 Down: Quilter's necessity (6)
- NEEDLE
- 30 Down: Poconos pool (4)
- TARN
- 34 Down: Dog star (4)
- ASTA
- 35 Down: Argus's specialty (4)
- EYES
- 37 Down: Biggin (3)
- CAP
- 38 Down: Alma-___, U.S.S.R. city (3)
- ATA
- 39 Down: Botch (3)
- MAR
- 41 Down: Baton Rouge inst. (3)
- LSU
- 42 Down: Norwegian composer (5)
- OLSEN
- 43 Down: Work in concert (5)
- COACT
- 44 Down: Tract of land (5)
- PATCH
- 45 Down: To ___ (exactly) (4)
- ATEE
- 47 Down: Nicely lined up (4)
- AROW
- 49 Down: Hammett dieter? (7)
- THINMAN
- 50 Down: "___ clock scholar" (4)
- TENO
- 52 Down: Cordon ___ (chef) (4)
- BLEU
- 54 Down: Heart of the matter (4)
- CORE
- 55 Down: Foxx (4)
- REDD
- 58 Down: Dock (3)
- BOB
- 60 Down: Receipt (4)
- RECU
- 61 Down: Top authority (4)
- TSAR
- 62 Down: Bad ___, German spa (3)
- EMS
- 64 Down: Chicken, in Calabria (5)
- POLLO
- 65 Down: Eskimo boat (5)
- UMIAK
- 66 Down: Kind of age (4)
- TEEN
- 67 Down: Done in (5)
- SLAIN
- 68 Down: "Today ___ man" (4)
- IAMA
- 69 Down: Glacial ridges (4)
- OSAR
- 70 Down: Humane org. (4)
- SPCA
- 75 Down: Mix a salad (4)
- TOSS
- 76 Down: J. B. Rhine specialty (3)
- ESP
- 78 Down: Lorna Doone's lover (4)
- RIDD
- 79 Down: Man of weighty cantos (9)
- EZRAPOUND
- 80 Down: Avant-gardist (3)
- NEO
- 81 Down: Uraeus symbol (3)
- ASP
- 83 Down: Bestowed (8)
- GAVEAWAY
- 84 Down: Emulate kanonen (3)
- SKI
- 85 Down: Civil (6)
- POLITE
- 86 Down: Rancho worker (4)
- PEON
- 89 Down: Needing a diet (6)
- ROTUND
- 91 Down: Linen or whiskey (5)
- IRISH
- 92 Down: Yak (7)
- CHATTER
- 95 Down: Matthew Vassar, e.g. (6)
- BREWER
- 96 Down: Tourists (6)
- FARERS
- 98 Down: " . . . so very ___ God": Paget (6)
- NEARTO
- 99 Down: Miller (4)
- MOTH
- 100 Down: Lenten symbol (5)
- ASHES
- 101 Down: Isaac's mother (5)
- SARAH
- 102 Down: Czech industrialist (5)
- SKODA
- 104 Down: Bemused (5)
- ATSEA
- 105 Down: Theater seats (5)
- LOGES
- 107 Down: Golfer with an "army" (5)
- ARNIE
- 108 Down: Juniper (5)
- CEDAR
- 111 Down: Year in reign of Ethelred II (4)
- MIII
- 113 Down: Revolver of a sort (4)
- DOOR
- 115 Down: Sides of cricket wickets (3)
- ONS
- 116 Down: Ibsen character (3)
- ASE
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