AFTER THE BALL - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 1/1/1978. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Spikes the coffee (5): LACES
6 Across: Newsy digest (5): RECAP
11 Across: Rosters (5): ROTAS
16 Across: Conform (5): ADAPT
21 Across: Siouan Sooner (5): OSAGE
22 Across: Bastard wing (5): ALULA
23 Across: "___ down to the seas again" (5): IMUST
24 Across: Chutzpah (5): MOXIE
25 Across: Punctuation mark (5): COLON
26 Across: Galileo, for one (5): PISAN
27 Across: Sculpture piece (5): TORSO
28 Across: All thumbs (5): INEPT
29 Across: Start of a verse (20): OFFTOWASHINGTONIWENT
33 Across: Golfer's gear (5): IRONS
34 Across: El Bahr (4): NILE
35 Across: Greek peak (4): OSSA
36 Across: Antitoxins (4): SERA
40 Across: Bird class (4): AVES
43 Across: Union of two (4): DUAD
45 Across: Comaneci's rival (6): KORBUT
47 Across: Vessel for hyson (6): TEACUP
49 Across: "___ ask; my wants are few" (7): LITTLEI
51 Across: Nisan, formerly (4): ABIB
53 Across: School Shelley attended (4): ETON
55 Across: Kissars (5): LYRES
56 Across: "The Swamp Fox" (6): MARION
57 Across: "Buffoons and poets ___ related": Goethe (7): ARENEAR
59 Across: Poet laureate: 1715–18 (4): ROWE
61 Across: Employ (3): USE
62 Across: Guinness and Templeton (5): ALECS
63 Across: "Au Clair de la ___" (4): LUNE
64 Across: Howl at the moon (3): BAY
66 Across: Social asset (4): TACT
68 Across: More of verse (19): THISISWHATIHADTOSAY
76 Across: Supermarket lineup (4): CANS
80 Across: Doc's date (4): APPT
81 Across: City once called Last Chance (6): HELENA
82 Across: Fourth or real (6): ESTATE
83 Across: Woodwind (4): OBOE
84 Across: Capet, for one (3): ROI
85 Across: Wedding words (3): IDO
86 Across: Possessive pronoun (3): ITS
88 Across: Fitzgerald or Grasso (4): ELLA
89 Across: Camera stand (6): TRIPOD
91 Across: "Habanera" singer (6): CARMEN
94 Across: Chilean statesman (4): FREI
95 Across: Golda (4): MEIR
96 Across: More of verse (19): SIRIFIWEREPRESIDENT
100 Across: Southwest wind (4): AFER
101 Across: "Fables in Slang" author (3): ADE
102 Across: Bullfighter's attendant (4): PEON
103 Across: Musical group (5): OCTET
108 Across: Linen marking (3): HIS
111 Across: Oil-rich land (4): IRAQ
113 Across: Naïve (7): ARTLESS
116 Across: Split: Comb. form (6): SCHIZO
117 Across: Booth or Newman (5): EDWIN
119 Across: Places (4): PUTS
121 Across: Kiln (4): OAST
122 Across: Tot's transport (7): SCOOTER
123 Across: Projecting rim (6): FLANGE
125 Across: "A thing of beauty ___ forever" (6): ISAJOY
127 Across: Samoan seaport (4): APIA
129 Across: ___-poly (4): ROLY
130 Across: Vols' state (4): TENN
131 Across: ___-Coburg (4): SAXE
133 Across: Cousin of etc. (4): ETAL
135 Across: Stevenson (5): ADLAI
137 Across: End of verse (20): IDABOLISHNEWYEARSDAY
144 Across: Safari boss (5): BWANA
147 Across: Slanting (5): ATILT
148 Across: Makes equal (5): EVENS
149 Across: Practical (5): UTILE
150 Across: Deep bell tones (5): BONGS
151 Across: Ecological formation (5): BIOME
152 Across: Sartre subject (5): GENET
153 Across: Smooth the edges (5): BEVEL
154 Across: Sound of a wet mop (5): SWISH
155 Across: Young or Mature (5): ACTOR
156 Across: Plaster of paris (5): GESSO
157 Across: Of space (5): AREAL

Down Answers

1 Down: Daffy (4): LOCO
2 Down: Time-setting phrase (4): ASOF
3 Down: Dogie (4): CALF
4 Down: Stuck on oneself (9): EGOTISTIC
5 Down: Man of La Mancha (5): SENOR
6 Down: Easter Island (7): RAPANUI
7 Down: Landi or Dido (6): ELISSA
8 Down: Ham's eldest son (4): CUSH
9 Down: Actor Delon (5): ALAIN
10 Down: Small cup (8): PANNIKIN
11 Down: Thelma of films (6): RITTER
12 Down: "Typee" sequel (4): OMOO
13 Down: Evict (7): TURNOUT
14 Down: Lawyer's aide (8): ASSISTOR
15 Down: Puts away (5): STOWS
16 Down: Idi of Uganda (4): AMIN
17 Down: "You ___!" (7): DONTSAY
18 Down: Part of a halberd (3): AXE
19 Down: Doozy (3): PIP
20 Down: Asian holiday (3): TET
30 Down: Odin, to Anglo-Saxons (5): WODEN
31 Down: Shakespearean theater (5): GLOBE
32 Down: Have a bite (3): EAT
37 Down: Curtain color (4): ECRU
38 Down: Regrets (4): RUES
39 Down: Church feature (4): APSE
40 Down: Soprano Gluck (4): ALMA
41 Down: Small bottle (4): VIAL
42 Down: Common French verb (4): ETRE
44 Down: Shucks! (6): DARNIT
46 Down: Scold (6): BERATE
48 Down: Exercises an option (6): ELECTS
50 Down: Like Miss Procter's chord (4): LOST
52 Down: Honey harvesters (4): BEES
54 Down: Part of N.B. (4): NOTA
57 Down: Prophetic token (7): AUSPICE
58 Down: Large snail (7): ABALONE
60 Down: Attacks with vigor (7): WADESIN
63 Down: Great eighth-century Chinese poet (4): LIPO
65 Down: Yang's partner (3): YIN
67 Down: Carved emblem (5): TOTEM
69 Down: Made of sterner stuff. (7): HARDIER
70 Down: Mewl (7): WHIMPER
71 Down: Jewish school (5): HEDER
72 Down: Afro, beehive, etc. (7): HAIRDOS
73 Down: Emporium event (4): SALE
74 Down: Gudrun's husband (4): ATLI
75 Down: "Happy New ___!" (4): YEAR
76 Down: Fingerstalls (4): COTS
77 Down: Hillside cavity (4): ABRI
78 Down: "Le Rouge et le ___": Stendhal (4): NOIR
79 Down: Kind of print (5): SEPIA
87 Down: Numerical suffix (4): TEEN
90 Down: Near future (6): OFFING
92 Down: Sky Altar (3): ARA
93 Down: ___ beet (6): REDASA
94 Down: Celebration in Cádiz (6): FIESTA
97 Down: Stole or shawl (4): WRAP
98 Down: Goddess of hope (4): SPES
99 Down: Colorful S.A. bird (4): TOCO
104 Down: Hymn harmonizer (9): CHORISTER
105 Down: Broz (4): TITO
106 Down: Juniper tree: Bib. (4): EZEL
107 Down: Conservative (4): TORY
108 Down: Weight (4): HEFT
109 Down: Slothful (4): IDLE
110 Down: Disguise for Zeus (4): SWAN
112 Down: Fanciful (8): QUIXOTIC
114 Down: One of the fairies (5): TOOTH
115 Down: Bomb on Broadway (8): LAYANEGG
116 Down: Milan's La ___ (5): SCALA
118 Down: Divisions in cricket (7): INNINGS
120 Down: Prufrock's creator (7): TSELIOT
122 Down: " . . . two ___ every question" (7): SIDESTO
124 Down: That, in Taxco (3): ESA
126 Down: Trinculo, e.g. (6): JESTER
128 Down: Actor John and family (6): PAYNES
132 Down: Addis ___ (5): ABABA
134 Down: Mississippi sight (5): LEVEE
136 Down: Island with large oil refineries (5): ARUBA
138 Down: Elan (4): DASH
139 Down: Most illustrious: Abbr. (4): ILMO
140 Down: Cysts (4): WENS
141 Down: Gainer or Mollberg (4): DIVE
142 Down: One of Athena's names (4): ALEA
143 Down: Holler (4): YELL
144 Down: Air-rifle ammo (3): BBS
145 Down: Golly! (3): WOW
146 Down: Witch bird (3): ANI

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