ECHOES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 7/23/1978. By Jack L. Steinhardt.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rum-soaked cakes (5)
BABAS
6 Across: Name in espionage (4)
MATA
10 Across: Securely attached (4)
FAST
14 Across: Raddle (4)
SCAR
18 Across: Siouan Indian (5)
OMAHA
19 Across: Over, in Offenbach (4)
UBER
20 Across: Wakefield churchman (5)
VICAR
21 Across: Tops (4)
AONE
22 Across: Heliacal (5)
SOLAR
23 Across: Carolina rail (4)
SORA
24 Across: Courage, to Carlos (5)
ANIMO
25 Across: Cubitus (4)
ULNA
26 Across: Musical sign (12)
CYMBALSYMBOL
29 Across: Glum activist (8)
DOURDOER
31 Across: Firm denials (4)
NOES
32 Across: Iconoscopes, for short (4)
IKES
34 Across: Parisian's property (5)
AVOIR
35 Across: In toto (7)
OVERALL
39 Across: Inconsiderable (5)
SCANT
40 Across: Unfamiliar (3)
NEW
41 Across: Calloway (3)
CAB
44 Across: Players' social group (9)
CASTCASTE
46 Across: Belgian river (4)
YSER
48 Across: Distinction (6)
REPUTE
50 Across: It's served at Sing Sing (4)
TIME
51 Across: Targets of a Wylie book (4)
MOMS
53 Across: Stave unit (5)
VERSE
55 Across: Claudia ___ Johnson (4)
ALTA
56 Across: October beverages (4)
ALES
57 Across: Examination of records (5)
AUDIT
58 Across: Norwegian fjord (4)
ALST
59 Across: Hungarian sheep dogs (5)
PULIS
60 Across: To boot (4)
ALSO
61 Across: Heraldic band (4)
ORLE
63 Across: Campaign verb (7)
REELECT
65 Across: Of a secret order (7)
MASONIC
69 Across: Beg (5)
PLEAD
70 Across: Goats and rabbits (7)
ANGORAS
71 Across: Lady's waiting maid (7)
ABIGAIL
72 Across: Gnostic power (4)
AEON
73 Across: Venetians' resort (4)
LIDO
74 Across: Conrad of old films (5)
NAGEL
75 Across: Gain as due return (4)
EARN
77 Across: Shower footwear (5)
CLOGS
79 Across: Type of thermometer (4)
ORAL
83 Across: Court contender (4)
ASHE
84 Across: Coadjutors: Abbr. (5)
ASSTS
85 Across: Apiece (4)
EACH
86 Across: Fixed route (4)
LANE
87 Across: Prepare to start (6)
GETSET
89 Across: Little foxes (4)
KITS
91 Across: Zasu's theater areas (9)
PITTSPITS
94 Across: Suffix for 20 Across (3)
ESS
95 Across: Sol. Gen. (3)
ATT
97 Across: Ballyhoos (5)
TOUTS
99 Across: Mahogany trees (7)
SAPELES
100 Across: Snout of a sawfish (5)
SERRA
102 Across: What eleemosynars give (4)
ALMS
103 Across: Hoosegow (4)
STIR
104 Across: Canvas bargain (8)
SAILSALE
107 Across: Kapellmeister (12)
LIEDERLEADER
113 Across: "Vissi d'___": Puccini (4)
ARTE
114 Across: Mooring chain (5)
CABLE
116 Across: Hindu weight (4)
TOLA
117 Across: Cathode's opposite (5)
ANODE
118 Across: Russia's "Mother of Cities" (4)
KIEV
119 Across: Retinue (5)
TRAIN
120 Across: One-man performances (4)
SOLI
121 Across: Solemn music (5)
DIRGE
122 Across: Moderate (4)
EASE
123 Across: True grit (4)
SAND
124 Across: Formerly formerly (4)
ERST
125 Across: Unctuous (5)
SLEEK

Down Answers

1 Down: Anjou's cousin (4)
BOSC
2 Down: Far East seaport (4)
AMOY
3 Down: Aromatic resin (4)
BALM
4 Down: Husband of Jezebel (4)
AHAB
5 Down: Name of three lakes in N.Y. (7)
SARANAC
6 Down: Bivalves' brawn (14)
MUSSELSMUSCLES
7 Down: Frost's "___ Will" (5)
ABOYS
8 Down: Polk had one (4)
TERM
9 Down: Semitic language (6)
ARABIC
10 Down: Half a sawbuck (3)
FIN
11 Down: Type of test (4)
ACID
12 Down: South Pacific native (6)
SAMOAN
13 Down: Medieval poet (8)
TROUVERE
14 Down: ___ Arabia (5)
SAUDI
15 Down: Tint picker (11)
COLORCULLER
16 Down: Maxwell Anderson heroine (4)
ANNE
17 Down: Tower (4)
REAR
20 Down: Roman emperor's drapery (13)
VALENSVALANCE
27 Down: Falana (4)
LOLA
28 Down: Acceptable (4)
OKAY
30 Down: Baseball's "Schoolboy" (4)
ROWE
33 Down: Girded one's loins (7)
STEELED
35 Down: Numerical prefix (4)
OCTA
36 Down: Colorado ski resort (4)
VAIL
37 Down: Salinger girl (4)
ESME
38 Down: 1, 9, 66: Abbr. (4)
RTES
39 Down: Trailer type, for short (4)
SEMI
42 Down: Greek region (6)
ATTICA
43 Down: Crude, coarse cads (6)
BEASTS
45 Down: Brouhaha (4)
TODO
47 Down: B.&O., etc. (3)
RRS
49 Down: São ___, Brazil (5)
PAULO
52 Down: Lifted loaves (13)
STOLENSTOLLEN
54 Down: Direct passage (14)
STRAIGHTSTRAIT
57 Down: Et ___ (and others) (4)
ALII
59 Down: "___ My Heart" (4)
PEGO
60 Down: Chem. process (4)
ANAL
62 Down: Contemporary of a Stutz (3)
REO
64 Down: Objectives (4)
ENDS
65 Down: Get along (6)
MANAGE
66 Down: Demotes (6)
ABASES
67 Down: Spots lots (11)
SIGHTSSITES
68 Down: Gulae (5)
OGEES
69 Down: Musical suite (7)
PARTITA
73 Down: Places (4)
LOCI
76 Down: Inquire (3)
ASK
78 Down: Folds over (4)
LAPS
79 Down: Pitcher for Pericles (4)
OLPE
80 Down: Complain bitterly (4)
RAIL
81 Down: Prefix for chamber (4)
ANTE
82 Down: Minus (4)
LESS
84 Down: Magnetizes (8)
ATTRACTS
88 Down: Teacup handles (4)
EARS
90 Down: Japanese ink (4)
SUMI
92 Down: Shadow (4)
TAIL
93 Down: Fancy meals (7)
SPREADS
96 Down: Peruvian seaport (6)
TALARA
98 Down: Fly with an echo (6)
TSETSE
101 Down: Lofty, in Lourdes (5)
ELEVE
103 Down: Convinces (5)
SELLS
104 Down: Benefit (4)
SAKE
105 Down: See 113 Across (4)
ARIA
106 Down: Middle East diplomat (4)
EBAN
108 Down: Word with post or prize (4)
DOOR
109 Down: Deep blue (4)
ANIL
110 Down: Schary (4)
DORE
111 Down: Advantage (4)
EDGE
112 Down: Malodor (4)
REEK
115 Down: Scuttle part (3)
LID

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