FLOWERY SPEECH - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 3/26/1978. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Iniquity (4): VICE
5 Across: Shaded walk (7): ALAMEDA
12 Across: "There is ___ in the affairs . . . " (5): ATIDE
17 Across: Kind of scale or test (5): BINET
18 Across: Seats of taste (7): PALATES
19 Across: Pansy (8): THOUGHTS
23 Across: Yellow violet (14): RURALHAPPINESS
25 Across: Forget-me-not (8): TRUELOVE
26 Across: Others, to Dante (5): ALTRI
27 Across: "A wither'd violet is her ___" (5): BLISS
28 Across: Rice dish (5): PILAU
30 Across: White ___ ("youthful innocence") (5): LILAC
31 Across: Fishline sinker (5): PLUMB
32 Across: Reedlike grass (4): BENT
33 Across: Pinchfist (5): MISER
34 Across: Hubby's (3): HIS
35 Across: Affirmative vote (3): AYE
36 Across: Andy's partner (4): AMOS
38 Across: ___ bag (pitching aid) (5): ROSIN
39 Across: "Pure and lovely," if red (7): ROSEBUD
43 Across: His emblem is the thistle flower (4): SCOT
44 Across: Part of "A Loss of Roses" (5): SCENE
46 Across: Inclination (5): SLANT
48 Across: Yoko from Tokyo (3): ONO
49 Across: Japanese city (6): ASHIYA
52 Across: Printshop worker (5): PAGER
53 Across: Dam (4): MARE
54 Across: Agitated state (4): SNIT
55 Across: Signet (4): SEAL
56 Across: Deep red rose (12): BASHFULSHAME
60 Across: V.I.P. in Cairo (5): SADAT
61 Across: White chrysanthemum (5): TRUTH
63 Across: Bicycle part (5): WHEEL
64 Across: Items of interest (3): ANA
65 Across: Petulant (6): FEISTY
66 Across: Easter oval (3): EGG
67 Across: Love affair (5): AMOUR
69 Across: Leeds's river (4): AIRE
72 Across: Seabee motto (5): CANDO
73 Across: Doe, in Düren (3): REH
74 Across: Thornless rose (15): EARLYATTACHMENT
78 Across: The G-men (3): FBI
81 Across: Like old jokes (5): TIRED
83 Across: Kind of tide (4): NEAP
84 Across: Pour ___ dire (so to speak): Fr. (5): AINSI
85 Across: Youngster (3): LAD
86 Across: Worcester and York (6): SHIRES
88 Across: Health resort (3): SPA
90 Across: Pollute (5): TAINT
92 Across: Lasso (5): NOOSE
94 Across: Soft, as a sound (5): LENIS
95 Across: Blue violet or heliotrope (12): FAITHFULNESS
99 Across: Sheep genus (4): OVIS
100 Across: Réunion and Corse (4): ILES
101 Across: Billboard (4): SIGN
102 Across: Inventor Pliny ___ (5): EARLE
103 Across: Phase (6): ASPECT
105 Across: High railways (3): ELS
106 Across: Key dice throw (5): SEVEN
107 Across: Regions (5): AREAS
108 Across: Crops (4): MAWS
109 Across: Cockade (7): ROSETTE
111 Across: After, in Arles (5): APRES
113 Across: In this place (4): HERE
114 Across: Troublesome (3): BAD
117 Across: O. T. book (3): NEH
118 Across: Rabbit tails (5): SCUTS
119 Across: Sheepskin clutcher (4): GRAD
121 Across: "Adonais" is one (5): ELEGY
123 Across: Hoofed animal (5): TAPIR
126 Across: Max and Buddy (5): BAERS
127 Across: Garment for Gandhi (5): DHOTI
128 Across: Man-___ (5): TOMAN
129 Across: Blue crocus (8): ABUSENOT
131 Across: Peach blossom (14): IAMYOURCAPTIVE
134 Across: French marigold or yellow rose (8): JEALOUSY
135 Across: Italian port (7): TRIESTE
136 Across: Celebrate Alumni Day (5): REUNE
137 Across: Perfume ingredient (5): ESTER
138 Across: Leavened (7): YEASTED
139 Across: Instance (4): CASE

Down Answers

1 Down: Green mint (6): VIRTUE
2 Down: Walking arm ___ (5): INARM
3 Down: Bachelor's button (8): CELIBACY
4 Down: Numerical ending (3): ETH
5 Down: "Temptation" is their word (6): APPLES
6 Down: Rabbit fur (5): LAPIN
7 Down: Tilting, as a ship (5): ALIST
8 Down: Fortifies (4): MANS
9 Down: Fleur season (3): ETE
10 Down: Contemnors (9): DESPISERS
11 Down: Town of St. Francis (6): ASSISI
12 Down: Rose oil (5): ATTAR
13 Down: Done, for short (4): THRU
14 Down: Gambling note (3): IOU
15 Down: Swordsman (7): DUELIST
16 Down: Notre Dame de Paris, e.g. (6): EGLISE
17 Down: Ruffian (5): BULLY
20 Down: Londoner's day off (3): HOL
21 Down: Tenn. power project (3): TVA
22 Down: Part of a min. (3): SEC
23 Down: ___ Nui (Easter Island) (4): RAPA
24 Down: Monastery head (5): ABBOT
29 Down: Photographer (7): LENSMAN
33 Down: Commercial alloy (5): MONEL
34 Down: Sharpen (4): HONE
37 Down: Biblical land (4): MOAB
38 Down: Adjust (8): REGULATE
39 Down: Recherché (4): RARE
40 Down: Yellow honeysuckle (11): BONDSOFLOVE
41 Down: Eastern Catholic (5): UNIAT
42 Down: Tetched (5): DOTTY
43 Down: Dregs (4): SILT
44 Down: Starlike (6): SPHERY
45 Down: Barroom (4): CAFE
47 Down: Dalai ___ (4): LAMA
49 Down: "Variety" is its word (5): ASTER
50 Down: Suit fabric (5): SERGE
51 Down: Yellow sunflower (11): HAUGHTINESS
54 Down: Uttered (4): SAID
57 Down: "___ to the wise . . . " (5): AWORD
58 Down: Synagogue (4): SHUL
59 Down: Hic, ___, hoc (4): HAEC
60 Down: Submitted (6): SENTIN
62 Down: Inheritor, in law (6): HAERES
65 Down: Rooters (4): FANS
68 Down: Daisy and Winnie (4): MAES
70 Down: Give ___ try (3): ITA
71 Down: Ecstasies (8): RAPTURES
72 Down: Piggy-bank money (5): CENTS
75 Down: Med. school subject (4): ANAT
76 Down: Army base in Alaska (6): HAINES
77 Down: Colliery (4): MINE
79 Down: Irreducible (5): BASIC
80 Down: That is: Lat. (5): IDEST
82 Down: "Message" is its message (4): IRIS
86 Down: More cunning (5): SLIER
87 Down: Greeting (5): HELLO
88 Down: "Domestic virtue" is its phrase (4): SAGE
89 Down: Ship's boat (7): PINNACE
91 Down: ___ breve (4): ALLA
93 Down: Apologetic exclamation (4): OOPS
95 Down: ___-fingered ivy (4): FIVE
96 Down: "Kind ___ more than coronets" (9): HEARTSARE
97 Down: Bus riders (5): FARES
98 Down: European coal basin (4): SAAR
101 Down: Clockmaker Thomas (4): SETH
104 Down: It speaks of "delicate pleasures" (8): SWEETPEA
106 Down: Recording systems (7): STEREOS
108 Down: Doc (5): MEDIC
110 Down: Quarantine (6): ENISLE
112 Down: White lily (6): PURITY
113 Down: Basil (6): HATRED
114 Down: Four-leaf clover (6): BEMINE
115 Down: Century plant (5): AGAVE
116 Down: Unit of force (4): DYNE
118 Down: Butterfly (5): SATYR
119 Down: Poltergeist (5): GHOST
120 Down: Way (5): ROUTE
122 Down: It signifies "eloquence" (5): LOTUS
123 Down: ___ Mahal (3): TAJ
124 Down: Ribicoff (3): ABE
125 Down: ___ hemp (3): PUA
126 Down: Make ground tests (4): BOSE
127 Down: Hennas (4): DYES
130 Down: Pecan (3): NUT
132 Down: Miss Farrow (3): MIA
133 Down: Curve (3): ARC

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