TALL TITLES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 2/19/1978. By Maura B. Jacobson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Eden fugitive (4)
- CAIN
- 5 Across: Plays the horses (4)
- BETS
- 9 Across: Genoese statesman (5)
- DORIA
- 14 Across: Critical comment (4)
- BARB
- 18 Across: "M*A*S*H" star (4)
- ALDA
- 19 Across: Friend of Aramis (5)
- ATHOS
- 21 Across: Wielding (5)
- USING
- 22 Across: "Rubáiyát" author (4)
- OMAR
- 23 Across: Meadow medley (4)
- MOOS
- 24 Across: ESP almanac (16)
- THEFORESIGHTSAGA
- 27 Across: Life sign (5)
- PULSE
- 29 Across: Italian fabric (5)
- RAION
- 30 Across: Probed (8)
- SEARCHED
- 31 Across: Clay, today (3)
- ALI
- 33 Across: Aids for acquiring lore (6)
- ORGANA
- 35 Across: Vane reading (3)
- SSE
- 36 Across: First-aid manual (14)
- OFHUMANBANDAGE
- 41 Across: Fez ornament (6)
- TASSEL
- 46 Across: Female ruff (3)
- REE
- 47 Across: Honkers (5)
- GEESE
- 48 Across: Juliette Low's org. (3)
- GSA
- 50 Across: Western resort (5)
- TAHOE
- 51 Across: Blue dyes (7)
- INDIGOS
- 54 Across: Bakery buys (5)
- TARTS
- 56 Across: Cacophonies (4)
- DINS
- 57 Across: Less usual (5)
- ODDER
- 58 Across: Phone cut-in (3)
- TAP
- 61 Across: Bread spreads (5)
- OLEOS
- 62 Across: Slip-up (5)
- LAPSE
- 63 Across: Landlord's paper work (6)
- LEASES
- 65 Across: An Athenian and a constellation (6)
- DRACOS
- 67 Across: "___ a Nightingale" (5)
- ODETO
- 69 Across: Work unit (3)
- ERG
- 70 Across: Cultists tell all (13)
- THEJOYOFSECTS
- 73 Across: U.S. law group (3)
- FBA
- 76 Across: Moslem ruler (5)
- AMEER
- 78 Across: Bogart role (6)
- MANTEE
- 79 Across: Author Zweig (6)
- STEFAN
- 81 Across: Tower site (5)
- BABEL
- 83 Across: "Of Thee ___" (5)
- ISING
- 85 Across: Sellout sign (3)
- SRO
- 87 Across: Homophone for wood (5)
- WOULD
- 88 Across: Refluxes (4)
- EBBS
- 89 Across: Jai alai item (5)
- CESTA
- 90 Across: Engines (7)
- DIESELS
- 92 Across: Helps along (5)
- ABETS
- 94 Across: Exist (3)
- ARE
- 95 Across: Laborite Ernest (5)
- BEVIN
- 98 Across: Card game (3)
- LOO
- 99 Across: Vaughan and Caldwell (6)
- SARAHS
- 101 Across: Guide to nude beaches (14)
- BRAZENINTHESUN
- 106 Across: Roulette bet (3)
- RED
- 108 Across: Partner of fits (6)
- STARTS
- 109 Across: Suffix with outrage and umbrage (3)
- OUS
- 110 Across: Stances (8)
- POSTURES
- 115 Across: Stem covering (5)
- OCREA
- 116 Across: Supply with funds (5)
- STAKE
- 120 Across: Handbook for careful pilots (16)
- LOOKBACKINHANGAR
- 124 Across: Greek hero (4)
- AJAX
- 125 Across: Met basso Flagello (4)
- EZIO
- 126 Across: "Rights of Man" author (5)
- PAINE
- 127 Across: Engraved pillar (5)
- STELA
- 128 Across: Emulate Petruchio (4)
- TAME
- 129 Across: Ennis and Crandall (4)
- DELS
- 130 Across: Saint ___ fire (5)
- ELMOS
- 131 Across: Jacob's twin (4)
- ESAU
- 132 Across: Mesozoic and Cenozoic (4)
- ERAS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bivouac (4)
- CAMP
- 2 Down: Matty of baseball (4)
- ALOU
- 3 Down: Adored one (4)
- IDOL
- 4 Down: Bahamian capital (6)
- NASSAU
- 5 Down: Pipistrelle (3)
- BAT
- 6 Down: Biblical verb ending (3)
- ETH
- 7 Down: Lloyd C. Douglas opus (7)
- THEROBE
- 8 Down: In ___ (to the extent that) (7)
- SOFARAS
- 9 Down: Chaperon (6)
- DUENNA
- 10 Down: Donovan's gp. (3)
- OSS
- 11 Down: Social reformer (4)
- RIIS
- 12 Down: "Bus Stop" author and kin (5)
- INGES
- 13 Down: Amazed (6)
- AGHAST
- 14 Down: Pear (4)
- BOSC
- 15 Down: Delhi nanny (4)
- AMAH
- 16 Down: Tantrum (4)
- RAGE
- 17 Down: Flat nail (4)
- BRAD
- 20 Down: Well-groomed (6)
- SOIGNE
- 25 Down: Map line (4)
- ROAD
- 26 Down: Pick up the tab (5)
- TREAT
- 28 Down: O'Neill tree (3)
- ELM
- 32 Down: Othello's aide (4)
- IAGO
- 34 Down: Sets upon (9)
- AGGRESSES
- 36 Down: Meadowlark's relative (6)
- ORIOLE
- 37 Down: Body-shop problem (6)
- FENDER
- 38 Down: Memoirs of a gossip columnist (11)
- HEDDAGABBER
- 39 Down: Vespiary, e.g. (4)
- NEST
- 40 Down: This, in Toledo (4)
- ESTO
- 42 Down: Cairo bigwig (5)
- SADAT
- 43 Down: Tale of a tanker (11)
- SHIPOFFUELS
- 44 Down: Ages and ages (4)
- EONS
- 45 Down: ___-majesté (4)
- LESE
- 49 Down: Org. (5)
- ASSOC
- 52 Down: Plural ending (3)
- IES
- 53 Down: Humperdinck heroine (6)
- GRETEL
- 54 Down: "She Stoops ___" (tall dancer's bio) (7)
- TOCONGA
- 55 Down: On high (5)
- ALOFT
- 59 Down: Aide to a C.O. (3)
- ADJ
- 60 Down: They gave their word (9)
- PROMISERS
- 62 Down: "___ forget" (6)
- LESTWE
- 64 Down: Haggard title (3)
- SHE
- 66 Down: Having: Fr. (5)
- AYANT
- 68 Down: Skid row affliction (3)
- DTS
- 71 Down: Jong (5)
- ERICA
- 72 Down: Always, in poems (3)
- EER
- 74 Down: "Cat ___" (6)
- BALLOU
- 75 Down: "Dombey ___" (6)
- ANDSON
- 77 Down: Perle (5)
- MESTA
- 80 Down: Dawn goddess (3)
- EOS
- 81 Down: Arthur and Lillie (4)
- BEAS
- 82 Down: Eban of Israel (4)
- ABBA
- 84 Down: Nish native (4)
- SERB
- 86 Down: Host at Valhalla (4)
- ODIN
- 91 Down: "___ the valley of Death . . . " (4)
- INTO
- 93 Down: Landscaper's buy (5)
- SHRUB
- 95 Down: Yogi's family (6)
- BERRAS
- 96 Down: Cold-war antidote (7)
- ENTENTE
- 97 Down: Countenances (7)
- VISAGES
- 100 Down: Ruana's kin (6)
- SERAPE
- 102 Down: Makes up for (6)
- ATONES
- 103 Down: Taylor, for short (4)
- ZACH
- 104 Down: Czech reformer (3)
- HUS
- 105 Down: Squire's domain (6)
- ESTATE
- 107 Down: Paste-on (5)
- DECAL
- 110 Down: Supplicated (4)
- PLED
- 111 Down: Marsh or bog (4)
- OOZE
- 112 Down: Besmirch (4)
- SOIL
- 113 Down: Ring victories (4)
- TKOS
- 114 Down: Read cursorily (4)
- SKIM
- 117 Down: Not fully closed (4)
- AJAR
- 118 Down: The Hindu Cupid (4)
- KAMA
- 119 Down: Former mates (4)
- EXES
- 121 Down: Mythical princess (3)
- INO
- 122 Down: Neighbor of Ga. (3)
- ALA
- 123 Down: L.A. pitcher (3)
- RAU
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