ALPHABETICAL ACROBATICS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/5/1978. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Frolic (4)
- ROMP
- 5 Across: Flat cap (5)
- BERET
- 10 Across: Certification (5)
- PROOF
- 15 Across: Like some cellars (4)
- DANK
- 19 Across: Sioux (4)
- OTOE
- 20 Across: Famed Polish soprano (5)
- RAISA
- 21 Across: Norse pantheon gods (5)
- AESIR
- 22 Across: Great Lake (4)
- ERIE
- 23 Across: Crèche figures (10)
- THREEYSMEN
- 25 Across: Question for Brother John (10)
- RUSLEEPING
- 27 Across: Portable stove (8)
- HOTPLATE
- 28 Across: Gold Coast republic (5)
- GHANA
- 30 Across: Oozes (6)
- EXUDES
- 31 Across: Goes astray (4)
- SINS
- 32 Across: Color of natural wool (5)
- BEIGE
- 33 Across: Except (3)
- BUT
- 34 Across: Perfumed bag (6)
- SACHET
- 37 Across: Ancient: Comb. form (5)
- PALEO
- 38 Across: Coastal dweller (8)
- SHOREMAN
- 43 Across: Musketeer (5)
- ATHOS
- 44 Across: Start of a famed soliloquy (11)
- TOBORNOTTOB
- 46 Across: Wrath (3)
- IRE
- 47 Across: Believe, old style (4)
- TROW
- 48 Across: Rational (4)
- SANE
- 49 Across: Waistcoat (4)
- VEST
- 50 Across: Landing craft (4)
- LSTS
- 51 Across: Evergreen (3)
- YEW
- 52 Across: American novelist (9)
- LNGLASGOW
- 56 Across: Attack (5)
- BESET
- 57 Across: Certain tires (8)
- RETREADS
- 60 Across: Persian sprite (4)
- PERI
- 61 Across: Slants (6)
- BEVELS
- 62 Across: Ponderous (5)
- HEAVY
- 63 Across: Happened (5)
- FARED
- 64 Across: Wined and dined (5)
- FETED
- 65 Across: "Wreck of the Mary ___" (5)
- DEARE
- 66 Across: Adjective ending (4)
- ITIC
- 67 Across: Touching (8)
- PATHETIC
- 70 Across: "Papa" of music (5)
- HAYDN
- 71 Across: Blowguns (9)
- PSHOOTERS
- 73 Across: Abode: Abbr. (3)
- HSE
- 74 Across: Regarding (4)
- INRE
- 75 Across: Nigerian people (4)
- EFIK
- 77 Across: Familiar and cozy (4)
- HOMY
- 78 Across: Obnoxious one (4)
- PEST
- 79 Across: Coin of old (3)
- ECU
- 80 Across: Exam category (11)
- SAQUESTIONS
- 84 Across: Form of croquet (5)
- ROQUE
- 85 Across: Canine specialists (8)
- DENTISTS
- 87 Across: Actress Ellen (5)
- TERRY
- 88 Across: Clergymen's digs (6)
- MANSES
- 89 Across: P.I. native (3)
- ATI
- 90 Across: Razor clam (5)
- SOLEN
- 91 Across: Gasp for breath (4)
- PANT
- 92 Across: A.R.C. founder (6)
- BARTON
- 95 Across: Horrify (5)
- APPAL
- 96 Across: S.A. dances (8)
- CARIOCAS
- 100 Across: Certain testifiers (10)
- IWITNESSES
- 102 Across: English ritual (10)
- AFTERNOONT
- 104 Across: Carter's Attorney General (4)
- BELL
- 105 Across: Mideast hot spot (5)
- SINAI
- 106 Across: Scandinavians (5)
- NORSE
- 107 Across: ___ bene (4)
- NOTA
- 108 Across: Trifling (4)
- IDLE
- 109 Across: Derision (5)
- SCORN
- 110 Across: Administered medicine (5)
- DOSED
- 111 Across: Tore (4)
- SPED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Philip or Lillian (4)
- ROTH
- 2 Down: Roman emperor: A.D. 69 (4)
- OTHO
- 3 Down: Comedian Sahl (4)
- MORT
- 4 Down: Raree (8)
- PEEPSHOW
- 5 Down: "Thanatopsis" poet (6)
- BRYANT
- 6 Down: Bridge positions (5)
- EASTS
- 7 Down: Hoar (4)
- RIME
- 8 Down: Compass reading (3)
- ESE
- 9 Down: Citrus hybrid (7)
- TANGELO
- 10 Down: Model (7)
- PARAGON
- 11 Down: See former classmates (5)
- REUNE
- 12 Down: Greek peak (4)
- OSSA
- 13 Down: OPEC's concern (3)
- OIL
- 14 Down: Plunder (8)
- FREEBOOT
- 15 Down: Send with authority (6)
- DEPUTE
- 16 Down: Saharan (4)
- ARID
- 17 Down: Sayers's "The ___ Tailors" (4)
- NINE
- 18 Down: Beer containers (4)
- KEGS
- 24 Down: Faure and Wiesel (5)
- ELIES
- 26 Down: Region beyond city limits (5)
- EXURB
- 29 Down: Yesterday, in Paris (4)
- HIER
- 32 Down: Din (5)
- BABEL
- 34 Down: Goatish god (5)
- SATYR
- 35 Down: Up ___ (at a disadvantage) (5)
- ATREE
- 36 Down: Line re a certain threesome (11)
- CHOWTHEYRUN
- 37 Down: Hollow ringing sounds (5)
- PONGS
- 38 Down: Mulligan, for one (4)
- STEW
- 39 Down: Alts. (3)
- HTS
- 40 Down: Had lapses onstage (11)
- MISSEDTHEQS
- 41 Down: Soviet cooperative (5)
- ARTEL
- 42 Down: Cozy retreats (5)
- NESTS
- 44 Down: Actress Jessica (5)
- TANDY
- 45 Down: Egglike (5)
- OVOID
- 48 Down: Bondsman (5)
- SLAVE
- 50 Down: Embankment (5)
- LEVEE
- 53 Down: Beat ___ to (make for hastily) (5)
- APATH
- 54 Down: Tragicomic, for short (5)
- SERIO
- 55 Down: El or José (5)
- GRECO
- 56 Down: One of the "Little Women" (4)
- BETH
- 58 Down: Novelist Charles ___: 1814–84 (5)
- READE
- 59 Down: Merit (4)
- EARN
- 61 Down: Ross or Palmer (5)
- BETSY
- 63 Down: Famed actress, Mrs. ___ (5)
- FISKE
- 64 Down: Acreage (5)
- FARMS
- 65 Down: Reel (5)
- DANCE
- 67 Down: Garden bloomer (5)
- PEONY
- 68 Down: Offspring (5)
- ISSUE
- 69 Down: Whales (5)
- CETES
- 70 Down: Went in haste (4)
- HIED
- 71 Down: Papal name (4)
- PIUS
- 72 Down: Prickle (5)
- THORN
- 75 Down: Casual unconcern (8)
- EASINESS
- 76 Down: Often: Abbr. (3)
- FQT
- 78 Down: Boats used as bridge supports (8)
- PONTOONS
- 80 Down: Repress (5)
- SITON
- 81 Down: Visits briefly (7)
- STOPSIN
- 82 Down: Tissue (4)
- TELA
- 83 Down: Milesian's country (7)
- IRELAND
- 84 Down: Arrested (5)
- RANIN
- 86 Down: Spill the beans (6)
- TATTLE
- 88 Down: Spoiled (6)
- MARRED
- 90 Down: Asparagus unit (5)
- SPEAR
- 91 Down: Country, in Calabria (5)
- PAESE
- 92 Down: Actress Andersson (4)
- BIBI
- 93 Down: Struck with wonder (4)
- AWED
- 94 Down: Streamlet (4)
- RILL
- 95 Down: Donkey, in Durango (4)
- ASNO
- 96 Down: Hubs: Abbr. (4)
- CTRS
- 97 Down: Hen's domain (4)
- COOP
- 98 Down: Feed the kitty (4)
- ANTE
- 99 Down: African village (4)
- STAD
- 101 Down: Abélard's "___ et Non" (3)
- SIC
- 103 Down: ___ yong (Chinese omelet) (3)
- FOO
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