FIRST THE GOOD NEWS . . . - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 1/8/1978. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: David Low's Colonel (5)
- BLIMP
- 6 Across: Moslem judge (4)
- CADI
- 10 Across: Guru (4)
- SAGE
- 14 Across: Daybeds (5)
- SOFAS
- 19 Across: Of the ear or air (5)
- AURAL
- 20 Across: Well-informed (4)
- UPON
- 21 Across: Jabbar's target (4)
- HOOP
- 22 Across: Elèves' milieu (5)
- ECOLE
- 23 Across: FORECAST, with 33 Across (21)
- GLOBALTENSIONWILLEASE
- 27 Across: Sylvan blight (8)
- SUNSCALD
- 28 Across: Sort of port (5)
- HAVEN
- 29 Across: Singer Frankie (6)
- AVALON
- 30 Across: Emulated the Sprats (3)
- ATE
- 31 Across: Infuriation (4)
- RAGE
- 32 Across: "___ for All Seasons" (4)
- AMAN
- 33 Across: See 23 Across (21)
- ATBOTHTHEPOLARREGIONS
- 43 Across: Awaken (5)
- ROUSE
- 44 Across: Practices (4)
- USES
- 45 Across: Raison ___ (5)
- DETRE
- 46 Across: Placebo (3)
- SOP
- 47 Across: Calvary letters (4)
- INRI
- 48 Across: Suffix with blithe and frolic (4)
- SOME
- 50 Across: United (3)
- ONE
- 51 Across: Playbill heading (4)
- ACTI
- 52 Across: FORECAST, with 75 Across (21)
- AIRPOLLUTIONWILLABATE
- 59 Across: Actor Jack (3)
- SOO
- 60 Across: Short snorts (4)
- NIPS
- 61 Across: Full of regret (5)
- RUING
- 62 Across: Habituated (6)
- INURED
- 63 Across: Comprehensive (4)
- WIDE
- 64 Across: Conglomerate initials (3)
- ITT
- 65 Across: Ringside ringer (4)
- GONG
- 66 Across: Ill will (6)
- MALICE
- 69 Across: Refuse (5)
- WASTE
- 71 Across: Fountain item (4)
- CONE
- 72 Across: Game scores: Abbr. (3)
- PTS
- 75 Across: See 52 Across (21)
- ASENERGYSHORTAGESGROW
- 79 Across: Arena receipts (4)
- GATE
- 80 Across: Neighbor of Que. (3)
- ONT
- 81 Across: Kind of gun or squad (4)
- RIOT
- 82 Across: Libertine (4)
- RAKE
- 83 Across: Courtroom vow (3)
- IDO
- 84 Across: Genetic group (5)
- CLONE
- 86 Across: Just (4)
- FAIR
- 88 Across: Scrambled, in a way (5)
- CODED
- 89 Across: FORECAST, with 107 Across (21)
- CONGRESSWILLTOILASONE
- 94 Across: Communion is one (4)
- RITE
- 95 Across: Retail event (4)
- SALE
- 96 Across: King Cole (3)
- NAT
- 97 Across: Frictionless (6)
- SMOOTH
- 100 Across: Dr. Sabin's target (5)
- POLIO
- 102 Across: Malnourished (8)
- UNDERFED
- 107 Across: See 89 Across (21)
- TOVOTEITSELFAPAYRAISE
- 110 Across: Oil source (5)
- OLIVE
- 111 Across: Shaker contents (4)
- SALT
- 112 Across: Kind of course (4)
- MEAT
- 113 Across: Contralto Nikolaidi (5)
- ELENA
- 114 Across: Shore bird (5)
- WADER
- 115 Across: Units of conductance (4)
- MHOS
- 116 Across: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 117 Across: Direct attention (5)
- REFER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Luggage (4)
- BAGS
- 2 Down: Humdinger (4)
- LULU
- 3 Down: Shipment to Bethlehem (4)
- IRON
- 4 Down: Fairy queen and namesakes (4)
- MABS
- 5 Down: Appease (7)
- PLACATE
- 6 Down: Veal ___ (6)
- CUTLET
- 7 Down: Followed exactly (4)
- APED
- 8 Down: Teacher at Oxford (3)
- DON
- 9 Down: Fit as a fiddle (7)
- INSHAPE
- 10 Down: Post-blizzard tool (6)
- SHOVEL
- 11 Down: Top-rated (4)
- AONE
- 12 Down: Halston creation (4)
- GOWN
- 13 Down: Spire ornament (3)
- EPI
- 14 Down: Border (7)
- SELVAGE
- 15 Down: Bodies of water: Lat. (6)
- OCEANI
- 16 Down: Stable newcomer (4)
- FOAL
- 17 Down: Too (4)
- ALSO
- 18 Down: Noticed (4)
- SEEN
- 24 Down: Plaster backing (4)
- LATH
- 25 Down: Shakespearean roles (5)
- IAGOS
- 26 Down: Debussy opus (5)
- LAMER
- 31 Down: Bowling-alley button (5)
- RESET
- 32 Down: Russian craft society (5)
- ARTEL
- 33 Down: Operatic songs (5)
- ARIAS
- 34 Down: "Pagliacci" clown (5)
- TONIO
- 35 Down: Donkey (5)
- BURRO
- 36 Down: Poet Mandelstam (4)
- OSIP
- 37 Down: Organic part of soil (5)
- HUMUS
- 38 Down: "___ the long years": G.B.S. (5)
- ADOWN
- 39 Down: Back down: Var. (5)
- RENIG
- 40 Down: Levant (5)
- OSCAR
- 41 Down: Night, in Roma (5)
- NOTTE
- 42 Down: Descried (5)
- SPIED
- 48 Down: One of Seaver's deceivers (6)
- SLIDER
- 49 Down: Greek flask (4)
- OLPE
- 51 Down: "Snug as ___ . . . " (4)
- ABUG
- 53 Down: Reserved (5)
- ONICE
- 54 Down: Galway citizens (5)
- IRISH
- 55 Down: "___ lunch" (5)
- OUTTO
- 56 Down: Saltpeter (5)
- NITER
- 57 Down: Jungle cub (6)
- LIONET
- 58 Down: Two of Henry VIII's wives (5)
- ANNES
- 63 Down: Sommelier's concern (4)
- WINE
- 65 Down: Kind of dancer (4)
- GOGO
- 66 Down: Thaumaturgy (5)
- MAGIC
- 67 Down: Barbecue (5)
- ASADO
- 68 Down: Admit (5)
- LETON
- 69 Down: Ed and Keenan (5)
- WYNNS
- 70 Down: In ___ (agitated) (5)
- ASTEW
- 71 Down: City of over five million (5)
- CAIRO
- 72 Down: Madrid museum (5)
- PRADO
- 73 Down: Symbol (5)
- TOKEN
- 74 Down: Nobel was one (5)
- SWEDE
- 76 Down: Brant or quink (5)
- GOOSE
- 77 Down: Overused (5)
- TRITE
- 78 Down: Ribbed silk (4)
- GROS
- 84 Down: Hoss, e.g. (7)
- CRITTER
- 85 Down: Oblivion (5)
- LETHE
- 86 Down: Thrash or thresh (5)
- FLAIL
- 87 Down: Hit song of 1931 (7)
- ALLOFME
- 88 Down: Party purveyor (7)
- CATERER
- 90 Down: Channel (6)
- GROOVE
- 91 Down: Keys (6)
- ISLETS
- 92 Down: Congenital (6)
- INNATE
- 93 Down: Chatterley (4)
- LADY
- 97 Down: Pack away (4)
- STOW
- 98 Down: Ocean sunfish (4)
- MOLA
- 99 Down: Roman poet (4)
- OVID
- 100 Down: Egyptian god of creation (4)
- PTAH
- 101 Down: Site of Akershus Castle (4)
- OSLO
- 102 Down: Poisonous plant (4)
- UPAS
- 103 Down: Breathing noise (4)
- RALE
- 104 Down: Feudal estate (4)
- FIEF
- 105 Down: Toiler in 104 Down (4)
- ESNE
- 106 Down: Expensive (4)
- DEAR
- 108 Down: Doctrine (3)
- ISM
- 109 Down: Gas: Prefix (3)
- AER
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