TURNING PHRASES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 2/12/1978. By Jordan S. Lasher.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rose essence (5): ATTAR
6 Across: Hermit or Alaska king (4): CRAB
10 Across: Prefix with fix (3): PRE
13 Across: Seal (6): SIGNET
19 Across: In (6): ATHOME
20 Across: Pious frauds (9): PHARISEES
22 Across: Lobster ___ (6): CREOLE
23 Across: Chianti's morning-after legacy (16): THEWRATHOFGRAPES
25 Across: Shake-roll connection (6): RATTLE
26 Across: Tenor role in "The Snow Maiden" (3): LEL
27 Across: Resourceful (6): ADROIT
28 Across: Coronation of June 2, 1953 (12): DAYFORAQUEEN
30 Across: French cordial flavoring (4): ANIS
32 Across: Formerly (4): ONCE
33 Across: Last year's jrs. (3): SRS
34 Across: Eagerly awaiting (4): ATIP
35 Across: Yegg's target (4): SAFE
36 Across: Anterooms (6): FOYERS
38 Across: Judge's seat (4): BANC
40 Across: Hua's predecessor (3): MAO
43 Across: Turn out (5): ENDUP
45 Across: Scandinavian's idols (13): GODSOFTHELAPP
51 Across: Get on (5): BOARD
52 Across: Love affair (16): MATTEROFTHEHEART
55 Across: Hit a high fly (6): LOFTED
56 Across: Feminists' bill (3): ERA
57 Across: Kind of pity (4): SELF
58 Across: British knight (4): EDEN
59 Across: Norwegian composer (5): OLSEN
60 Across: Nobelist in Literature: 1957 (5): CAMUS
62 Across: Prophecy of a sort (4): DOOM
64 Across: Salt Lake City team (4): UTES
67 Across: Wilde was one (3): WIT
68 Across: Irascible (8): CHOLERIC
71 Across: Of yore (3): AGO
74 Across: Morsels (4): ORTS
76 Across: Lehar opus: 1911 (3): EVA
77 Across: Pecking wood, e.g. (15): HABITOFCREATURE
82 Across: Cheer (3): RAH
83 Across: Schism (4): RIFT
85 Across: Ayesha (3): SHE
86 Across: Smith and Jones (8): SURNAMES
87 Across: Singular (3): ONE
88 Across: At a distance (4): AFAR
90 Across: Shankar (4): RAVI
94 Across: Conquerors of matter (5): MINDS
95 Across: Ex ___ (one-sided) (5): PARTE
97 Across: City on the Dvina (4): RIGA
100 Across: Trig function (4): SINE
102 Across: A.F.L.'s complement (3): CIO
103 Across: Oscar winner: 1942 (6): GARSON
104 Across: Mom (16): BRIDEOFTHEFATHER
109 Across: Chekhov (5): ANTON
110 Across: Up on one's vocabulary (13): WISETOTHEWORD
111 Across: Guzzle (5): QUAFF
112 Across: Wee hour (3): IAM
113 Across: Observed (4): SEEN
114 Across: City once called Pig's Eye (6): STPAUL
118 Across: Numerical prefix (4): OCTA
121 Across: New World: Abbr. (4): AMER
123 Across: Hole puncher (3): AWL
126 Across: Sun: Prefix (4): HELI
127 Across: Inn unit (4): ROOM
128 Across: III (12): KINDOFATHREE
133 Across: Puts on guard (6): ALERTS
136 Across: W.W. II vessel (3): MTB
137 Across: Familiar with (6): USEDTO
138 Across: Citation at ophiology convention? (16): SERPENTOFTHEYEAR
141 Across: London's Haymarket, e.g. (6): RIALTO
142 Across: Extends (9): PROTRACTS
143 Across: In a senectuous way (6): AGEDLY
144 Across: Relaxing (6): ATREST
145 Across: Plant (3): SOW
146 Across: Social-athletic org. (4): YMHA
147 Across: Curtis and Perkins (5): TONYS

Down Answers

1 Down: Greek Minerva (6): ATHENA
2 Down: Office routine (14): THELIFEOFSTAFF
3 Down: Haul (3): TOW
4 Down: Hog plum of India (4): AMRA
5 Down: Peruse (4): READ
6 Down: Handpicked (6): CHOICE
7 Down: Roof beam (6): RAFTER
8 Down: Dispute: Abbr. (3): ARG
9 Down: Avifauna (5): BIRDS
10 Down: Famed diarist (5): PEPYS
11 Down: Hesperus's undoing (4): REEF
12 Down: He, in Genoa (4): ESSO
13 Down: Withdrawn at Belmont (9): SCRATCHED
14 Down: Thief of Baghdad, e.g. (5): IRAQI
15 Down: Costume (5): GETUP
16 Down: Sol or ela (4): NOTE
17 Down: She, in Marseille (4): ELLE
18 Down: High schooler (4): TEEN
19 Down: Rand's "___ Shrugged" (5): ATLAS
20 Down: Like a $3 bill (5): PHONY
21 Down: River to the Moselle (4): SAAR
24 Down: March (5): TROOP
29 Down: ___ gamut (ranged) (6): RANTHE
31 Down: Group of 100 (6): SENATE
36 Down: Elmer of the comics (4): FUDD
37 Down: N.C.O. (3): SGT
38 Down: Hit show: Slang (5): BOFFO
39 Down: Stern (3): AFT
40 Down: Bleat (3): MAA
41 Down: Showery mo. (3): APR
42 Down: Elect (3): OPT
44 Down: Saturate (6): DRENCH
46 Down: Vowels or whirlwinds (3): OES
47 Down: Stowe novel (4): DRED
48 Down: Unaccompanied (4): SOLO
49 Down: "Woe," to Caesar (4): EHEU
50 Down: Slowly, in music (5): LENTO
51 Down: Where Sucre is (7): BOLIVIA
52 Down: More farinaceous (7): MEALIER
53 Down: Helmet of old (5): ARMET
54 Down: Bull: Prefix (5): TAURO
55 Down: Frown (5): LOWER
60 Down: Irish seaport (4): COBH
61 Down: Wife of Thor (3): SIF
63 Down: Pilotless aircraft (7): MATADOR
65 Down: Line fluffs in "All's Well" (14): ERRORSOFCOMEDY
66 Down: Famed suffragist (7): STANTON
69 Down: Owns (3): HAS
70 Down: Syringe amts. (3): CCS
72 Down: Tragacanths (4): GUMS
73 Down: Pay dirt (3): ORE
75 Down: Luster (5): SHEEN
78 Down: Grog (3): RUM
79 Down: Conductor Leinsdorf (5): ERICH
80 Down: Broadway hit (5): ANNIE
81 Down: Sevilla's land (6): ESPANA
84 Down: Late: Sp. (5): TARDE
89 Down: River of Orange Free State (4): RIET
91 Down: Very pale (5): ASHEN
92 Down: Opinion (4): VIEW
93 Down: Dope (4): INFO
96 Down: "___ art's sake" (6): ARTFOR
98 Down: Shrub of beet family (9): GOOSEFOOT
99 Down: ___ fashion (haphazardly) (6): AFTERA
101 Down: Corn unit (3): EAR
103 Down: Caesar's conquest (4): GAUL
104 Down: Trinidad's loc. (3): BWI
105 Down: Inlet (3): RIA
106 Down: Doctrine (3): ISM
107 Down: Tea, in Toulon (3): THE
108 Down: Six-pointers: Abbr. (3): TDS
111 Down: Riding whip (5): QUIRT
115 Down: Roof covering (6): THATCH
116 Down: Jai alai ball (6): PELOTA
117 Down: Hebrew letters (5): ALEFS
119 Down: Bottom lines (6): TOTALS
120 Down: Recess for holding vestments (5): AMBRY
121 Down: Confuse (5): ADDLE
122 Down: Groves on prairies (5): MOTTS
123 Down: Sign symbol (5): ARROW
124 Down: Rivaled Niobe (4): WEPT
125 Down: Suspicious (5): LEERY
128 Down: Caspian feeder (4): KURA
129 Down: "Lord, ___ I?": Matt. 26:22 (4): ISIT
130 Down: In proximity (4): NEAR
131 Down: Recipe amts. (4): TSPS
132 Down: Protagonist (4): HERO
134 Down: Which or who (4): THAT
135 Down: Utah's lily (4): SEGO
139 Down: Thai river (3): NAM
140 Down: Itch (3): YEN

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