UNGLUE THE CLUES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 160 clues). Published 12/18/1977. By Jim Page.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Nobelist in Physics: 1944 (4)
- RABI
- 5 Across: World's busiest airport (5)
- OHARE
- 10 Across: Position: Comb. form (5)
- STASI
- 15 Across: Comic (3)
- WAG
- 18 Across: Argentine press (6)
- PRENSA
- 21 Across: Ora pro ___ (5)
- NOBIS
- 22 Across: Writes on a blackboard (6)
- CHALKS
- 23 Across: Bar order (3)
- RYE
- 24 Across: Moulin Rouge dance (6)
- CANCAN
- 25 Across: Burst or burgeon (5)
- ERUPT
- 26 Across: Where Leander floundered (10)
- HELLESPONT
- 28 Across: STONEWALLED (20)
- BOULDERSTREETMCMAHON
- 31 Across: Lineage (6)
- STRAIN
- 32 Across: ___ as Methuselah (5)
- ASOLD
- 33 Across: Part of A.E.C. (6)
- ENERGY
- 35 Across: Stage curtain (4)
- DROP
- 37 Across: Clay today (3)
- ALI
- 38 Across: Pearl Buck book (4)
- SONS
- 40 Across: Joint (4)
- KNEE
- 42 Across: LEADENNESS (15)
- MEADOWLAIRELIOT
- 48 Across: Bumps into (5)
- MEETS
- 49 Across: ___ ear (hearkened) (6)
- LENTAN
- 50 Across: Spore sacs in fungi (4)
- ASCI
- 51 Across: Borne by the wind (5)
- EOLIC
- 53 Across: Upbeat (5)
- ARSIS
- 54 Across: Parishioners (5)
- LAITY
- 55 Across: Child of Zeus (6)
- ATHENA
- 57 Across: Cyrano's problem (4)
- NOSE
- 58 Across: Cow catcher (5)
- LASSO
- 59 Across: Baseball statistics (7)
- ASSISTS
- 61 Across: Violin string (3)
- GUT
- 63 Across: Dross of metal (4)
- SLAG
- 65 Across: ___ over (ponder) (4)
- MULL
- 66 Across: Lariat (5)
- RIATA
- 70 Across: ___ Flow (5)
- SCAPA
- 74 Across: Witnesses (5)
- EYERS
- 77 Across: Dimension (4)
- AREA
- 78 Across: BETROTHAL (13)
- ANTEBOSHMARCH
- 81 Across: Goldie (4)
- HAWN
- 83 Across: Treatise (5)
- ESSAY
- 85 Across: Stradivari's teacher (5)
- AMATI
- 86 Across: City in Tenn. (5)
- ALCOA
- 87 Across: Concert halls (4)
- ODEA
- 88 Across: Swear at (4)
- CUSS
- 90 Across: River near Gerona (3)
- TER
- 92 Across: Parties to a legal transaction (7)
- PRIVIES
- 94 Across: Fortuneteller's card (5)
- TAROT
- 97 Across: Fleur-de-lis (4)
- IRIS
- 101 Across: Boil with rage (6)
- SEETHE
- 105 Across: "___ of a Salesman" (5)
- DEATH
- 106 Across: "___ the West Wind" (5)
- ODETO
- 107 Across: Fundamental (5)
- BASIC
- 109 Across: Queenly nickname (4)
- CLEO
- 110 Across: Romans' small shields (6)
- PELTAE
- 111 Across: Clans (5)
- SEPTS
- 112 Across: SPARERIBS (15)
- VICHYASTOTEASES
- 115 Across: Urban eyesore (4)
- SLUM
- 116 Across: St., ave., etc. (4)
- RTES
- 118 Across: Marker (3)
- IOU
- 119 Across: Boat-bottom timber (4)
- KEEL
- 120 Across: Click beetle (6)
- ELATER
- 122 Across: Tubers' kin (5)
- BULBS
- 125 Across: Joseph and Stewart (6)
- ALSOPS
- 129 Across: RIGAMAROLE (20)
- SSRCAPITALKETTLEPART
- 134 Across: Locale out West (10)
- BOISEIDAHO
- 136 Across: Zoological class: Comb. form (5)
- OIDEI
- 137 Across: Chopper parts (6)
- ROTORS
- 139 Across: Gun a motor (3)
- REV
- 140 Across: Stone tablets (6)
- STELAE
- 141 Across: Dorm sound (5)
- SNORE
- 142 Across: Wonder (6)
- STEVIE
- 143 Across: Beatitudes verb (3)
- ARE
- 144 Across: Became withered (5)
- SERED
- 145 Across: Moth (5)
- EGGER
- 146 Across: Jackstay (4)
- ROPE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Correspondence courtesy: Abbr. (3)
- RPC
- 2 Down: Saracens (5)
- ARABS
- 3 Down: "___ afraid of greatness": Shak. (5)
- BENOT
- 4 Down: Bring upon oneself (5)
- INCUR
- 5 Down: Humdinger (4)
- ONER
- 6 Down: Hengist's brother (5)
- HORSA
- 7 Down: Is up against (5)
- ABUTS
- 8 Down: Hilarious (10)
- RIPROARING
- 9 Down: Actress Winwood (7)
- ESTELLE
- 10 Down: Semites' ancestor (4)
- SHEM
- 11 Down: Bath powder (4)
- TALC
- 12 Down: "___ are liars": Psalm 116 (6)
- ALLMEN
- 13 Down: Daggers (6)
- SKEANS
- 14 Down: "Who is Silvia? what ___ . . . ": Shak. (5)
- ISSHE
- 15 Down: Lack of justice (9)
- WRONGNESS
- 16 Down: Writer Rand (3)
- AYN
- 17 Down: Obtain (3)
- GET
- 19 Down: Time of youthful inexperience (9)
- SALADDAYS
- 20 Down: Fireplace fixture (7)
- ANDIRON
- 22 Down: Lab occupant (3)
- CHT
- 27 Down: PIGEONHOLES (15)
- PORKERAGEHOVELS
- 29 Down: Sufficient, of old (4)
- ENOW
- 30 Down: Roman official (5)
- EDILE
- 34 Down: Abominable Snowmen (5)
- YETIS
- 36 Down: Land map (4)
- PLAT
- 38 Down: Like Lindy's flight (4)
- SOLO
- 39 Down: Actor Skinner (4)
- OTIS
- 41 Down: It, in Italy (4)
- ESSO
- 42 Down: Use a yardstick (7)
- MEASURE
- 43 Down: Quarantines (7)
- ENISLES
- 44 Down: HUNDREDWEIGHT (15)
- ATTILASCOTTMASS
- 45 Down: Rowan (3)
- ASH
- 46 Down: Hamill's milieu (3)
- ICE
- 47 Down: Charged particle (3)
- ION
- 48 Down: SE Asian peninsula (5)
- MALAY
- 49 Down: Andes ruminant (5)
- LLAMA
- 52 Down: These, in Tours (3)
- CES
- 55 Down: A ___ Able (4)
- ASIN
- 56 Down: Down-Under people (7)
- AUSSIES
- 60 Down: Salvers (5)
- TRAYS
- 62 Down: Exclamation of disgust (3)
- TCH
- 64 Down: "Gipsy Love" composer (5)
- LEHAR
- 67 Down: ___ standstill (3)
- ATA
- 68 Down: Pro ___ (3)
- TEM
- 69 Down: Nets' ex-league (3)
- ABA
- 71 Down: M.D.'s group (3)
- AMA
- 72 Down: Sidekick (3)
- PAL
- 73 Down: Curve (3)
- ARC
- 75 Down: Glow (7)
- RADIATE
- 76 Down: "Ida! ___ Apple Cider" (7)
- SWEETAS
- 79 Down: Pittsburgh catcher (3)
- OTT
- 80 Down: Handle a problem (4)
- COPE
- 82 Down: Elizabethan playwright (5)
- NASHE
- 84 Down: Reo, Essex, etc. (5)
- AUTOS
- 89 Down: Kinsman (3)
- SIB
- 91 Down: Boatman's chore (10)
- RECAULKING
- 93 Down: Edenic place (9)
- IDEALSPOT
- 94 Down: Turn's partner (4)
- TOSS
- 95 Down: An Astaire (5)
- ADELE
- 96 Down: Disgusting (9)
- REPULSIVE
- 98 Down: Talk gibberish (4)
- RAVE
- 99 Down: Horn-wearing goddess (4)
- ISIS
- 100 Down: Thus, to Tacitus (3)
- SIC
- 102 Down: City railroads (3)
- ELS
- 103 Down: Asian festival (3)
- TET
- 104 Down: Golfer's problem (4)
- HOOK
- 108 Down: City on Tokyo Bay (5)
- CHIBA
- 110 Down: Ecdysiasts (7)
- PEELERS
- 113 Down: "Heads I win; tails ___" (7)
- YOULOSE
- 114 Down: Duck or color (4)
- TEAL
- 116 Down: Speak a piece (6)
- RECITE
- 117 Down: Market figure (6)
- TRADER
- 121 Down: Part of a switch (5)
- TRESS
- 123 Down: Hound (5)
- BEDOG
- 124 Down: Cubic meter (5)
- STERE
- 126 Down: Horse opera (5)
- OATER
- 127 Down: Utah resort (5)
- PROVO
- 128 Down: Gaza or Sunset (5)
- STRIP
- 130 Down: Stake (4)
- PALE
- 131 Down: "If ___ My Way" (4)
- IHAD
- 132 Down: Peen of a hammer (3)
- TOE
- 133 Down: Row (4)
- TIER
- 134 Down: Bikini part (3)
- BRA
- 135 Down: Poetic preposition (3)
- OER
- 138 Down: Episcopacy (3)
- SEE
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