DAD'S DUE - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 164 clues). Published 6/18/1978. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sizable (5)
- LARGE
- 6 Across: ___ oil (5)
- SHALE
- 11 Across: Strident (5)
- RASPY
- 16 Across: Photograph (5)
- SHOOT
- 21 Across: " . . . sadly ___": S. Foster (5)
- IROAM
- 22 Across: Vichyssoise, for one (5)
- PUREE
- 23 Across: Flirty one (5)
- OGLER
- 24 Across: Dismiss (5)
- LETGO
- 25 Across: Start of a four-line verse (23)
- NEWPIPENEWROBEORSWEATER
- 29 Across: Performed with subtlety (10)
- UNDERACTED
- 30 Across: Slow-witted (5)
- DENSE
- 31 Across: Cash in (6)
- REDEEM
- 32 Across: Word with Simon (4)
- SAYS
- 33 Across: Pale blue (4)
- CIEL
- 34 Across: Spiny-finned fish (5)
- PERCH
- 35 Across: Multifaceted (7)
- DIVERSE
- 36 Across: Row (4)
- TIER
- 37 Across: Obscure (5)
- MISTY
- 38 Across: Nicene ___ (5)
- CREED
- 39 Across: Torn ligament (6)
- SPRAIN
- 43 Across: Optician's product (4)
- LENS
- 44 Across: Four-time homer king (4)
- MAYS
- 45 Across: Oopak or hyson (3)
- TEA
- 48 Across: Second line of verse (23)
- WOULDGIVEDEARDADATHRILL
- 55 Across: Calm (5)
- ALLAY
- 56 Across: "___ on Sunday" (5)
- NEVER
- 57 Across: Miscalculated (5)
- ERRED
- 58 Across: Gain an edge (5)
- OUTDO
- 59 Across: Carriage (4)
- MIEN
- 60 Across: Sitting rooms (5)
- ATRIA
- 61 Across: Fountain order (5)
- FLOAT
- 62 Across: Downstairs person (6)
- BUTLER
- 63 Across: Legume (3)
- POD
- 64 Across: Mother Hubbard, e.g. (5)
- DRESS
- 65 Across: Like some I.R.S. returns (5)
- JOINT
- 66 Across: Snakebirds (7)
- DARTERS
- 67 Across: Fish, in a way (5)
- SEINE
- 68 Across: Dipsy doodle (5)
- CURVE
- 69 Across: Auto race (5)
- RALLY
- 70 Across: Did some tailoring (7)
- RESEWED
- 73 Across: Victor from Denmark (5)
- BORGE
- 74 Across: Goren, at times (5)
- DUMMY
- 75 Across: Expert (3)
- PRO
- 78 Across: Horrify (6)
- APPALL
- 79 Across: Like a séance (5)
- EERIE
- 80 Across: Now (5)
- TODAY
- 81 Across: Off pitch (4)
- FLAT
- 82 Across: Pierre's "That does it!" (5)
- VOILA
- 83 Across: One of a famed trio (5)
- ATHOS
- 84 Across: "Jean" and "Marie" (5)
- SONGS
- 85 Across: Square (5)
- PLAZA
- 86 Across: Third line of the verse (23)
- EXCEPTTHATTWOWEEKSLATER
- 90 Across: Alkaline solution (3)
- LYE
- 91 Across: Buck heroine (4)
- OLAN
- 92 Across: White-tailed eagle (4)
- ERNE
- 93 Across: Rising high (6)
- TOWERY
- 94 Across: Shaw's "Superman" (5)
- WOMAN
- 96 Across: Ready to hit the hay (5)
- WEARY
- 98 Across: Dominion (4)
- SWAY
- 100 Across: Salt-covered plains (7)
- SALADAS
- 103 Across: Flip (5)
- SASSY
- 104 Across: Anjou or Kieffer (4)
- PEAR
- 105 Across: James or Chanel (4)
- COCO
- 109 Across: Protein-rich dish (6)
- OMELET
- 110 Across: Soupçon (5)
- TASTE
- 111 Across: Thistlelike plants (10)
- ARTICHOKES
- 113 Across: End of verse (23)
- DADKNOWSWHOLLGETTHEBILL
- 116 Across: Sign before Taurus (5)
- ARIES
- 117 Across: Devour (5)
- EATUP
- 118 Across: Walkway (5)
- AISLE
- 119 Across: Rugged ridge (5)
- ARETE
- 120 Across: Famous jockey of yore (5)
- SANDE
- 121 Across: Earrings (5)
- DROPS
- 122 Across: Plied with potions (5)
- DOSED
- 123 Across: Light amplification of a kind (5)
- LASER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "Peanuts" character (5)
- LINUS
- 2 Down: Battleground (5)
- ARENA
- 3 Down: Street tough (5)
- ROWDY
- 4 Down: Says "Aaah" (5)
- GAPES
- 5 Down: Moslem V.I.P. (4)
- EMIR
- 6 Down: Coined money (6)
- SPECIE
- 7 Down: Stag bagger (6)
- HUNTER
- 8 Down: Whirling (5)
- AREEL
- 9 Down: Prurient (4)
- LEWD
- 10 Down: Poet's "forever" (3)
- EER
- 11 Down: Moses or Morse (6)
- ROBERT
- 12 Down: Realtor's bailiwick (6)
- AGENCY
- 13 Down: Flounder (5)
- SLOSH
- 14 Down: Maman's man (4)
- PERE
- 15 Down: Kin of mos. and wks. (3)
- YRS
- 16 Down: Raglan feature (6)
- SLEEVE
- 17 Down: Ran the show (6)
- HEADED
- 18 Down: Minklike swimmer (5)
- OTTER
- 19 Down: S-curves (5)
- OGEES
- 20 Down: "The Velvet Fog" (5)
- TORME
- 26 Down: Expectant father's activity (6)
- PACING
- 27 Down: Texas city (6)
- ODESSA
- 28 Down: Most perverse (6)
- WRIEST
- 34 Down: Undernourished sheep (5)
- PINER
- 35 Down: Eurydice was one (5)
- DRYAD
- 36 Down: Antimacassar (4)
- TIDY
- 37 Down: Tragedy by Euripides (5)
- MEDEA
- 38 Down: Future officer (5)
- CADET
- 39 Down: Engulf (5)
- SWAMP
- 40 Down: Salk's target (5)
- POLIO
- 41 Down: Like legal pads (5)
- RULED
- 42 Down: Arkin or Bates (4)
- ALAN
- 43 Down: Dungarees' kin (5)
- LEVIS
- 44 Down: Bathtub-murder victim (5)
- MARAT
- 45 Down: Item on a marquee (5)
- TITLE
- 46 Down: Granddad (5)
- ELDER
- 47 Down: Then, in Vienne (5)
- ALORS
- 49 Down: Contemplate (6)
- INTEND
- 50 Down: Chapter's partner (5)
- VERSE
- 51 Down: Go over one's yesterdays (6)
- RELIVE
- 52 Down: Pilotless plane (5)
- DRONE
- 53 Down: Every 3,600 seconds (6)
- HOURLY
- 54 Down: Like many dirt roads (5)
- RUTTY
- 60 Down: Maurois's biography of Shelley (5)
- ARIEL
- 61 Down: Smith's place (5)
- FORGE
- 62 Down: "Bananas" (5)
- BALMY
- 64 Down: Rooster's wattle (6)
- DEWLAP
- 65 Down: Law expert (6)
- JURIST
- 66 Down: Firm, lustrous fabric (6)
- DAMASK
- 67 Down: Author of "A Lonely Rage" (5)
- SEALE
- 68 Down: Barbizon painter (5)
- COROT
- 69 Down: Dickens's "Barnaby ___" (5)
- RUDGE
- 70 Down: Tangle or disentangle (5)
- RAVEL
- 71 Down: Modern adhesive (5)
- EPOXY
- 72 Down: Anise or mace (5)
- SPICE
- 73 Down: The "Borstal Boy" (5)
- BEHAN
- 74 Down: One on the receiving end (5)
- DONEE
- 75 Down: Where Fisk crouches (5)
- PLATE
- 76 Down: He brings down the house (5)
- RAZER
- 77 Down: Eared seal (5)
- OTARY
- 79 Down: Allen or Frome (5)
- ETHAN
- 80 Down: Local yokel (5)
- TOWNY
- 81 Down: Defect (4)
- FLAW
- 83 Down: Globe-trotter's aid (5)
- ATLAS
- 84 Down: Rueful (5)
- SORRY
- 85 Down: Stratagem (4)
- PLOY
- 87 Down: Salad item (6)
- TOMATO
- 88 Down: Equivocate (6)
- WEASEL
- 89 Down: Dieter's concern (6)
- STARCH
- 94 Down: Took four balls (6)
- WALKED
- 95 Down: Danish seaport (6)
- ODENSE
- 96 Down: Cleansing process (6)
- WASHUP
- 97 Down: Bars legally (6)
- ESTOPS
- 98 Down: Decide (6)
- SETTLE
- 99 Down: Stayed for (6)
- WAITED
- 100 Down: Refreshments (5)
- SODAS
- 101 Down: Lucine of the Met (5)
- AMARA
- 102 Down: Did an usher's job (5)
- LEDIN
- 103 Down: Took care of (5)
- SAWTO
- 104 Down: Basketball tactic (5)
- PRESS
- 105 Down: Menace in India (5)
- COBRA
- 106 Down: Steinbeck subjects (5)
- OKIES
- 107 Down: Gael, to Giscard (5)
- CELTE
- 108 Down: Famed Canadian physician (5)
- OSLER
- 110 Down: Peter I or Paul I (4)
- TSAR
- 111 Down: Money-changing discount (4)
- AGIO
- 112 Down: Cure (4)
- HEAL
- 114 Down: Unite (3)
- WED
- 115 Down: Dad, once (3)
- LAD
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