ENGLISH MUFFIN' - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 172 clues). Published 7/30/1978. By Jordan S. Lasher.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Merino's yield (4)
- WOOL
- 5 Across: West and Murray (4)
- MAES
- 9 Across: Appetizer (4)
- PATE
- 13 Across: Valuable N.Z. food fish (3)
- IHI
- 16 Across: Eight times CCCXXV (4)
- MMDC
- 20 Across: "It's a true fact!" (14)
- ERRORINDICTION
- 23 Across: Demented (3)
- MAD
- 24 Across: When William II died (4)
- IIOO
- 25 Across: "I found my keys walking up the path'' (18)
- DANGLINGPARTICIPLE
- 27 Across: Chinese unit of measure (4)
- TSUN
- 28 Across: Supermarket display (5)
- OLEOS
- 29 Across: Countless years (4)
- AEON
- 30 Across: Singer Brewer (6)
- TERESA
- 31 Across: Junior's Saturday evening post (3)
- TUB
- 32 Across: Monogram of a Romantic poet (3)
- PBS
- 33 Across: Old Faithful, e.g. (6)
- GEYSER
- 35 Across: Scrap or scrape (6)
- TUSSLE
- 38 Across: "What Kind of Fool ___?" (3)
- AMI
- 41 Across: Foulard (3)
- TIE
- 42 Across: Andrea ___ Sarto (3)
- DEL
- 43 Across: Dismounted (4)
- ALIT
- 45 Across: Suffix with velvet (3)
- EEN
- 46 Across: Smith of Rhodesia (3)
- IAN
- 47 Across: "I used to always go there" (15)
- SPLITINFINITIVE
- 53 Across: Lennon's mate (3)
- ONO
- 54 Across: Coffee variety (5)
- MOCHA
- 56 Across: Insinuating (5)
- SNIDE
- 57 Across: Parris Island dweller (6)
- MARINE
- 58 Across: " . . . for the gain of ___": Swift (4)
- AFEW
- 59 Across: Word susceptible to 17 Down (4)
- OURS
- 61 Across: Mail ctrs. (4)
- GPOS
- 62 Across: River to the Adriatic (5)
- PIAVE
- 63 Across: Obstacle (4)
- SNAG
- 64 Across: "La Douce" (4)
- IRMA
- 66 Across: It sometimes thickens (4)
- PLOT
- 68 Across: Formal mall (5)
- ALLEE
- 69 Across: One of the Marianas (6)
- SAIPAN
- 71 Across: "Giddap!" (3)
- HUP
- 72 Across: Muse (5)
- ERATO
- 73 Across: "I cannot tell ___" (4)
- ALIE
- 74 Across: Votes (7)
- BALLOTS
- 75 Across: Beast: Abbr. (3)
- ANL
- 76 Across: Pusilanimous Pharoah (15)
- MISSPELLEDWORDS
- 80 Across: Hold court (3)
- SIT
- 81 Across: Setscrew receptacles (7)
- TOEDOGS
- 83 Across: Roscoe of stuttering fame (4)
- ATES
- 84 Across: Battery pole (5)
- ANODE
- 85 Across: Powerful initials (3)
- TVA
- 86 Across: Gets into the act (6)
- ENTERS
- 87 Across: Shaggy beast (5)
- BISON
- 89 Across: Santa ___ (Holy See) (4)
- SEDE
- 90 Across: Rabbit or Fox (4)
- BRER
- 91 Across: Office asst. (4)
- SECY
- 92 Across: ___ earth (track down) (5)
- RUNTO
- 93 Across: Father: Comb. form (4)
- PATR
- 95 Across: Alliance acronym (4)
- NATO
- 97 Across: Peon's pittance (4)
- PESO
- 98 Across: One-thousandth of a millimeter (6)
- MICRON
- 99 Across: "My Name Is ___ Lev" (5)
- ASHER
- 101 Across: February luminary (5)
- CUPID
- 104 Across: Word in the next clue (3)
- ONE
- 105 Across: "One of us are wrong" (15)
- LACKOFAGREEMENT
- 108 Across: ___ polloi (3)
- HOI
- 109 Across: Lookout, for one: Abbr. (3)
- MTN
- 110 Across: Skewed (4)
- ALOP
- 111 Across: Novelist Levin (3)
- IRA
- 112 Across: Morse signal (3)
- DAH
- 113 Across: Denouement (3)
- END
- 114 Across: Firework (6)
- PETARD
- 116 Across: Where Carey takes care (6)
- ALBANY
- 120 Across: Warp yarn (3)
- ABB
- 121 Across: Tortoise's beak (3)
- NEB
- 122 Across: Less exacting (6)
- EASIER
- 124 Across: Friend of 124 Down (4)
- FALA
- 126 Across: ___ fatuus (5)
- IGNIS
- 131 Across: Skin woe (4)
- ACNE
- 132 Across: "I only have two hands!," etc. (18)
- MISPLACEDMODIFIERS
- 136 Across: Cult (4)
- SECT
- 137 Across: Opposite of WSW (3)
- ENE
- 138 Across: "Keep this between you and I" (14)
- ERRORINGRAMMAR
- 139 Across: "___ Death" (4)
- ASES
- 140 Across: Capek drama (3)
- RUR
- 141 Across: "The Say-Hey Kid" (4)
- MAYS
- 142 Across: Be zetetic (4)
- SEEK
- 143 Across: Soprano from Cannes (4)
- PONS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "___ Our Part," N.R.A. slogan (4)
- WEDO
- 2 Down: Viva voce (4)
- ORAL
- 3 Down: Caen's river (4)
- ORNE
- 4 Down: Trademark (4)
- LOGO
- 5 Down: An edile's 1002 (3)
- MII
- 6 Down: Poe's Lee et al. (8)
- ANNABELS
- 7 Down: Bounds (5)
- EDGES
- 8 Down: African mahogany (4)
- SIPO
- 9 Down: Giotto was one: Abbr. (3)
- PTR
- 10 Down: River isle (3)
- AIT
- 11 Down: Hoity-___ (5)
- TOITY
- 12 Down: Suffixes with refer and defer (5)
- ENCES
- 13 Down: One of the moods (10)
- IMPERATIVE
- 14 Down: "Laughing Cavalier" creator (4)
- HALS
- 15 Down: Perceptual (8)
- IDEATIVE
- 16 Down: Gloves, for Bench (5)
- MITTS
- 17 Down: "Every dog has it's day" (18)
- MISUSEOFAPOSTROPHE
- 18 Down: "I don't have nobody" (14)
- DOUBLENEGATIVE
- 19 Down: Study (3)
- CON
- 21 Down: "Tusitala" (3)
- RLS
- 22 Down: Has the means (3)
- CAN
- 26 Down: Dander (3)
- IRE
- 32 Down: Humdinger (3)
- PIP
- 33 Down: Kelly and Tierney (5)
- GENES
- 34 Down: Tolkien creature (3)
- ELF
- 36 Down: Salt Lake City player (3)
- UTE
- 37 Down: " . . . Paradise ___" (4)
- ENOW
- 38 Down: Intention (3)
- AIM
- 39 Down: Chou's colleague (3)
- MAO
- 40 Down: "If winter comes" (18)
- INCOMPLETESENTENCE
- 41 Down: Autocrat (4)
- TSAR
- 42 Down: Caper (4)
- DIDO
- 44 Down: What a tourist drops (4)
- LINE
- 48 Down: Fort Knox treasure (6)
- INGOTS
- 49 Down: A 1 (6)
- TIPTOP
- 50 Down: Hints (7)
- IMPLIES
- 51 Down: Out at the plate (6)
- NAILED
- 52 Down: Dies ___ (4)
- IRAE
- 55 Down: Successor to 39 Down (3)
- HUA
- 58 Down: Dye herb (4)
- ANIL
- 60 Down: Parsley pieces (6)
- SPRIGS
- 63 Down: Mud volcano (5)
- SALSE
- 64 Down: "Oh! How ___ to Get Up . . . " (5)
- IHATE
- 65 Down: "I like this book, it's great!," etc. (14)
- RUNONSENTENCES
- 67 Down: Highland miss (4)
- LASS
- 68 Down: "Bananas" star (5)
- ALLEN
- 69 Down: Deject (6)
- SADDEN
- 70 Down: Spectral type (5)
- NSTAR
- 72 Down: Atlanta university (5)
- EMORY
- 73 Down: City near Johnstown, Pa. (7)
- ALTOONA
- 74 Down: Actor Crawford (4)
- BROD
- 77 Down: "___ Eden" (6)
- EASTOF
- 78 Down: "This ___ noblest Roman . . . " (6)
- WASTHE
- 79 Down: Unit dosage of radiation (6)
- ONEREM
- 82 Down: Art ___ (4)
- DECO
- 87 Down: Horse of the Year: 1966 (10)
- BUCKPASSER
- 88 Down: Nested boxes (4)
- INRO
- 90 Down: Heat meas. (3)
- BTU
- 92 Down: Puerto ___ (4)
- RICO
- 93 Down: React to a thrust (5)
- PARRY
- 94 Down: On the briny (4)
- ASEA
- 96 Down: Arthritis drug (4)
- ACTH
- 97 Down: Vainglory (4)
- POMP
- 98 Down: Landlubber's ailment (8)
- MALDEMER
- 100 Down: Crane's symbol of courage (8)
- REDBADGE
- 102 Down: Cyclotron item (3)
- ION
- 103 Down: Executed (3)
- DID
- 105 Down: Household god (3)
- LAR
- 106 Down: Kind of rummy (3)
- GIN
- 107 Down: Collar (3)
- NAB
- 115 Down: Acts the accomplice (5)
- ABETS
- 117 Down: Back talk (3)
- LIP
- 118 Down: Brazilian seaport (5)
- BELEM
- 119 Down: Palindromic bird (5)
- ARARA
- 120 Down: Unaided (5)
- ALONE
- 123 Down: Hokkaido native (4)
- AINU
- 124 Down: After H.C.H. (3)
- FDR
- 125 Down: Author Kingsley (4)
- AMIS
- 126 Down: "___ body . . . " (3)
- IFA
- 127 Down: Ornamental fabric (4)
- GIMP
- 128 Down: Nautilus's skipper (4)
- NEMO
- 129 Down: OPEC member (4)
- IRAN
- 130 Down: Kazakh and Uzbek: Abbr. (4)
- SSRS
- 131 Down: Clean ___ whistle (3)
- ASA
- 133 Down: Blubber (3)
- CRY
- 134 Down: Dawn goddess (3)
- EOS
- 135 Down: Nettle (3)
- IRK
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