SHAKESPEARE ON SPORTS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 4/23/1978. By Bert Rosenfield.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Deep sleep (5)
- SOPOR
- 6 Across: Awful, in Apulia (6)
- ATROCE
- 12 Across: Remarkable variable star (4)
- MIRA
- 16 Across: Seer of a sort (5)
- SWAMI
- 21 Across: Sandblaster's target (5)
- GRIME
- 22 Across: Eloquent speaker (6)
- RHETOR
- 23 Across: Military miscreant (4)
- AWOL
- 24 Across: Trimmed, as upholstery (5)
- PIPED
- 25 Across: Mortise's companion (5)
- TENON
- 26 Across: Drag through mud (6)
- BEMIRE
- 27 Across: Caesura (4)
- REST
- 28 Across: Highest of the Pyrenees (5)
- ANETO
- 29 Across: W.S. on hockey ("A Midsummer Night's Dream" II, 1) (20)
- GENTLEPUCKCOMEHITHER
- 33 Across: Belfry denizens (4)
- BATS
- 34 Across: Alack's partner (4)
- ALAS
- 35 Across: Gaza or Sunset (5)
- STRIP
- 36 Across: U.S.N.A. graduate (3)
- ENS
- 37 Across: Musical key (8)
- ANATURAL
- 39 Across: Northern constellation (3)
- LEO
- 40 Across: Armstrong's "Perfect!" (3)
- AOK
- 42 Across: Dog star (4)
- ASTA
- 46 Across: Cockchafers: Var. (5)
- DORRS
- 47 Across: W.S. on bowling ("The Tempest" I, 1) (16)
- MERCYONUSWESPLIT
- 53 Across: Poetic word (3)
- OER
- 55 Across: Mae West role (3)
- LIL
- 56 Across: Physicist Bohr (5)
- NIELS
- 57 Across: Latin I verb (3)
- AMO
- 58 Across: Rains of film fame (6)
- CLAUDE
- 61 Across: Cairn ___ (Scottish peak) (4)
- EIGE
- 62 Across: Haggard (5)
- DRAWN
- 64 Across: Singer John (5)
- ELTON
- 66 Across: Seoul soldiers (4)
- ROKS
- 67 Across: W.S. on football ("Othello" V, 2) (13)
- LETHIMNOTPASS
- 71 Across: Brontë heroine (4)
- EYRE
- 72 Across: "___ for the Czar" (Glinka opera) (5)
- ALIFE
- 74 Across: Flying spray (4)
- SCUD
- 75 Across: "Awake and Sing" playwright (5)
- ODETS
- 76 Across: "Hamlet" segment (3)
- ACT
- 78 Across: Marine mammal (7)
- MANATEE
- 80 Across: Numero ___ (3)
- UNO
- 81 Across: Some ex-Princetonians (7)
- ALUMNAE
- 85 Across: Former Mideast initials (3)
- UAR
- 86 Across: Lean as ___ (5)
- ARAKE
- 89 Across: Hind's mate (4)
- STAG
- 92 Across: ___ and end-all (5)
- BEALL
- 93 Across: Leave port (4)
- SAIL
- 96 Across: W.S. on golf ("King John" IV, 1) (13)
- GIVEMETHEIRON
- 100 Across: One-tenth of MLXX (4)
- CVII
- 101 Across: Seed covering (5)
- TESTA
- 103 Across: Yellow-fever mosquito (5)
- AEDES
- 104 Across: Part of Q.E.D. (4)
- ERAT
- 105 Across: Keys (6)
- ISLETS
- 107 Across: Dunderhead (3)
- ASS
- 108 Across: Sleep: Prefix (5)
- SOMNI
- 110 Across: Cabinet dept. (3)
- AGR
- 111 Across: Character in "Turandot" (3)
- LIU
- 112 Across: W.S. on baseball ("Othello" III, 3) (16)
- YOUDIDBIDMESTEAL
- 118 Across: Thong (5)
- STRAP
- 122 Across: Graf ___ (4)
- SPEE
- 123 Across: Clangor (3)
- DIN
- 124 Across: Enzyme: Suffix (3)
- ASE
- 125 Across: Renounce (8)
- ABDICATE
- 128 Across: Golf-club part (3)
- TOE
- 130 Across: Poet's concern (5)
- METER
- 132 Across: N.T. book (4)
- APOC
- 133 Across: Part of Excalibur (4)
- HILT
- 134 Across: W.S. on basketball ("Henry V" III, Prologue) (20)
- HEARTHESHRILLWHISTLE
- 139 Across: Dungeon sound (5)
- CLANK
- 141 Across: Litter Lilliputian (4)
- RUNT
- 142 Across: Fourth of a famous five (6)
- EMILIE
- 143 Across: In the van (5)
- AHEAD
- 145 Across: Ex ___ (5)
- PARTE
- 146 Across: Arab chieftain (4)
- EMIR
- 147 Across: Salt marsh (6)
- SALINA
- 148 Across: Intrinsically (5)
- PERSE
- 149 Across: Hewers (5)
- AXMEN
- 150 Across: Game in a Reno casino (4)
- KENO
- 151 Across: Hamlet's "___ and arrows" (6)
- SLINGS
- 152 Across: Long legs, in Leghorn (5)
- SESTE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Rank above cpl. (3)
- SGT
- 2 Down: Seasoning for pizza (7)
- OREGANO
- 3 Down: Cold-remedy component (7)
- PINETAR
- 4 Down: W.S. on tennis ("3 Henry VI" III, 2) (15)
- OMONSTROUSFAULT
- 5 Down: Budget item (4)
- RENT
- 6 Down: Old Assyrian city (6)
- ARBELA
- 7 Down: "Hard as ___ of ploughman": W.S. (7)
- THEPALM
- 8 Down: Fictional uncle (5)
- REMUS
- 9 Down: Auricular (4)
- OTIC
- 10 Down: Stops up (5)
- CORKS
- 11 Down: In an upright manner (7)
- ERECTLY
- 12 Down: Scott hero (7)
- MARMION
- 13 Down: "___ for Adonais": Shelley (5)
- IWEEP
- 14 Down: ___ ha-Shanah (4)
- ROSH
- 15 Down: Choir voices (4)
- ALTI
- 16 Down: Hall of Fame pitcher (5)
- SPAHN
- 17 Down: Popular apple (7)
- WINESAP
- 18 Down: Little or Frye (4)
- APER
- 19 Down: Where Sills' trills give thrills (3)
- MET
- 20 Down: Courtroom vow (3)
- IDO
- 30 Down: Domestic deity (3)
- LAR
- 31 Down: Mountain: Comb. form (4)
- OREO
- 32 Down: "Mene, mene, ___, upharsin" (5)
- TEKEL
- 33 Down: Troublesome (3)
- BAD
- 38 Down: No longer new (4)
- USED
- 40 Down: "___ going to St. Ives . . . " (6)
- ASIWAS
- 41 Down: Buck or Jesse (5)
- OWENS
- 43 Down: Having a grayish cast (5)
- SLATY
- 44 Down: Part of the Malay Archipelago (5)
- TIMOR
- 45 Down: In accord (5)
- ATONE
- 48 Down: Root or Yale (5)
- ELIHU
- 49 Down: Unyielding (5)
- RIGID
- 50 Down: Skelton role (4)
- CLEM
- 51 Down: Slow; dull (5)
- UNAPT
- 52 Down: Compass point (3)
- SSE
- 54 Down: C.S.A. general's monogram (3)
- REL
- 58 Down: Stuff (4)
- CRAM
- 59 Down: Mascagni's temptress (4)
- LOLA
- 60 Down: Sib (4)
- AKIN
- 61 Down: Useful catchall (3)
- ETC
- 62 Down: Fuddy-duddy (4)
- DODO
- 63 Down: Hwy. (3)
- RTE
- 65 Down: W.S. on auto racing ("Macbeth" II, 1) (15)
- LETMECLUTCHTHEE
- 68 Down: Suffix with Taiwan (3)
- ESE
- 69 Down: Composition for nine (5)
- NONET
- 70 Down: ___ volatile (3)
- SAL
- 73 Down: Seventh Greek letter (3)
- ETA
- 77 Down: Wrigley Field player (3)
- CUB
- 79 Down: Energy unit (3)
- ERG
- 80 Down: Kin of "gee-tars" (4)
- UKES
- 81 Down: Past (3)
- AGO
- 82 Down: Hub (4)
- NAVE
- 83 Down: Dismounted (4)
- ALIT
- 84 Down: Cantabs' rivals (4)
- ELIS
- 86 Down: Oat protein (6)
- AVENIN
- 87 Down: Decorated afresh (5)
- REDID
- 88 Down: Soul, in Sedan (3)
- AME
- 89 Down: Where lint may glint (5)
- SERGE
- 90 Down: Papal crown (5)
- TIARA
- 91 Down: Dramaturgy is one (3)
- ART
- 93 Down: Nautical ropes (5)
- STAYS
- 94 Down: Fabulous fabulist (5)
- AESOP
- 95 Down: Progeny (5)
- ISSUE
- 97 Down: Opposites of trochees (5)
- IAMBI
- 98 Down: Race segment (4)
- HEAT
- 99 Down: Zilch (3)
- NIL
- 102 Down: Thus, in Toledo (3)
- ASI
- 106 Down: Alfonso's affirmative (4)
- SISI
- 109 Down: More unusual (5)
- ODDER
- 113 Down: Diplomatic word (7)
- DETENTE
- 114 Down: Mehta or Ozawa (7)
- MAESTRO
- 115 Down: Tallinn native (4)
- ESTH
- 116 Down: Second-sighted woman (7)
- SEERESS
- 117 Down: Crested plover (7)
- LAPWING
- 119 Down: Scolds (7)
- RAILERS
- 120 Down: In any event (7)
- ATLEAST
- 121 Down: Ill humor (3)
- PET
- 126 Down: Black teas (6)
- BOHEAS
- 127 Down: 601, Roman style (3)
- DCI
- 129 Down: Like some buckets (5)
- OAKEN
- 130 Down: Kingsley's "___ White" (5)
- MENIN
- 131 Down: Pertaining to fissures (5)
- RIMAL
- 132 Down: Spent (5)
- ALLIN
- 134 Down: Mischief (4)
- HARM
- 135 Down: Arduous journey (4)
- TREK
- 136 Down: Actor Cronyn (4)
- HUME
- 137 Down: Chookasian of the Met (4)
- LILI
- 138 Down: Dummkopfs (4)
- SAPS
- 139 Down: Bus. consultant (3)
- CPA
- 140 Down: Easygoing (3)
- LAX
- 144 Down: Sandra or Ruby (3)
- DEE
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