THEYDUNIT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 172 clues). Published 11/19/1978. By Maura B. Jacobson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Thoreau vista (4): POND
5 Across: Ziegfeld (3): FLO
8 Across: Watch the birdie (4): POSE
12 Across: Certain lights (4): ARCS
16 Across: Campus shindig (4): PROM
20 Across: Eye area (4): UVEA
21 Across: Mauna ___ (3): LOA
22 Across: Andes native (4): INCA
23 Across: Hennery (4): COOP
24 Across: Designer Gernreich (4): RUDI
25 Across: "Some Buried Caesar" (8): REXSTOUT
27 Across: "Le Coup de lune" (14): GEORGESSIMENON
30 Across: Namesakes of 74 Across (7): ARTHURS
31 Across: Mlle. Signoret (6): SIMONE
32 Across: Fabric design (8): STRIPING
33 Across: Seine sight (3): ILE
34 Across: On the stump (7): ORATING
36 Across: Curve intersector (6): SECANT
37 Across: "The Innocence of Father Brown" (10): CHESTERTON
41 Across: Island near Sumatra (4): NIAS
43 Across: Do slaloms (3): SKI
44 Across: Actress Prentiss (5): PAULA
45 Across: Spinks (4): LEON
46 Across: Female adviser (6): EGERIA
48 Across: Whodunit award (5): EDGAR
52 Across: Pitch (4): HURL
53 Across: Beggar's cry (4): ALMS
54 Across: "___ longa, vita brevis" (3): ARS
55 Across: Kind of laugh (5): BELLY
57 Across: Pi–sigma connection (3): RHO
58 Across: Tallinn native (4): ESTH
59 Across: Architect I. M. ___ (3): PEI
60 Across: Zilch (3): NIL
61 Across: Ike's colleague in W.W. II (5): MONTY
62 Across: Mob scene (4): RIOT
63 Across: Assails (8): BELABORS
65 Across: Brand of figs (5): ELEME
67 Across: Sine qua ___ (3): NON
68 Across: Soprano Gluck (4): ALMA
69 Across: Tomato disease (5): EDEMA
70 Across: River of Flanders (4): YSER
72 Across: Italian port (5): GENOA
74 Across: "A Study in Scarlet" (5): DOYLE
76 Across: ___ Marple (4): MISS
78 Across: Locusts (7): CICADAS
80 Across: Nard (4): BALM
81 Across: "The Four of Hearts" (5): QUEEN
83 Across: Defeated one (5): LOSER
84 Across: Reduce to carbon (4): CHAR
86 Across: Sheriff's group (5): POSSE
90 Across: Cousin's parent (4): AUNT
91 Across: Act the mime (3): APE
93 Across: Swamp plant (5): SEDGE
95 Across: Contrite one (8): REPENTER
97 Across: Cleavage (4): RIFT
98 Across: Southwest lariat (5): RIATA
100 Across: Signify assent (3): NOD
101 Across: Peking idol (3): MAO
102 Across: Art ___ (4): DECO
103 Across: Greek nickname (3): ARI
104 Across: Thick (5): DENSE
105 Across: G-man or T-man (3): FED
106 Across: LaMotta of ring fame (4): JAKE
107 Across: Naval noncoms (4): CPOS
108 Across: Oblivion (5): LETHE
110 Across: Muscle (6): TENSOR
112 Across: Marquis de ___ (4): SADE
113 Across: Lorelei's milieu (5): RHINE
114 Across: D.A. (3): ATT
116 Across: Recipe direction (4): STIR
117 Across: "Thank You, Mr. Moto" (10): JPMARQUAND
119 Across: Knight's cloak (6): TABARD
122 Across: Poirot (7): HERCULE
124 Across: Keats subject (3): URN
125 Across: Insurance contracts (8): POLICIES
127 Across: Norman Vincent's family (6): PEALES
128 Across: Over-the-line driver (7): ROADHOG
132 Across: "The Pale Horse" (14): AGATHACHRISTIE
134 Across: "I, the Jury" (8): SPILLANE
135 Across: Appraise (4): RATE
136 Across: Neighbor of Burma (4): LAOS
137 Across: "It is later ___ you think" (4): THAN
138 Across: "McGraw's boy" (3): OTT
139 Across: Leprechaun's land (4): ERIN
140 Across: Started, at golf (4): TEED
141 Across: Coin receptacle (4): SLOT
142 Across: Thesaurus entries: Abbr. (4): SYNS
143 Across: Med. degree (3): DDS
144 Across: Rio girl (4): RITA

Down Answers

1 Down: Aqua ___ (4): PURA
2 Down: Done with (4): OVER
3 Down: Adjacent (4): NEXT
4 Down: "The Glass Key" (15): DASHIELLHAMMETT
5 Down: Small bloom (6): FLORET
6 Down: Gehrig and Costello (4): LOUS
7 Down: Stable staple (3): OAT
8 Down: Crude metal (7): PIGIRON
9 Down: Kind of show (6): ONEMAN
10 Down: Skedaddle (5): SCOOT
11 Down: I.R.S. interest (8): EARNINGS
12 Down: Tennis coup (3): ACE
13 Down: "Drury Lane's Last Case" (4): ROSS
14 Down: Prices (5): COSTS
15 Down: Skyline sights (6): SPIRES
16 Down: Settled up beforehand (7): PREPAID
17 Down: Set-to (5): RUNIN
18 Down: Tooth: Comb. form (5): ODONT
19 Down: Chinese dynasty (4): MING
26 Down: Oil city (5): TULSA
28 Down: Aladdin's mentor (5): GENIE
29 Down: See 134 Across (6): MICKEY
31 Down: Spanish thickets (5): SOTOS
35 Down: Cinema Camille (5): GARBO
37 Down: Made happen (6): CAUSED
38 Down: Dash headlong (6): HURTLE
39 Down: Namesakes of 81 Across (7): ELLERYS
40 Down: Negligent (6): REMISS
42 Down: Brown pigment (6): SIENNA
44 Down: Small bird: Var. (5): PHEBE
46 Down: "The Case of the Velvet Claws" (11): ERLEGARDNER
47 Down: Choir member (4): ALTO
49 Down: Barbecue need (5): GRILL
50 Down: "Oh, give me ___ . . . " (5): AHOME
51 Down: Hurdy-gurdy (4): ROTA
53 Down: V-mail address (3): APO
54 Down: Be under the weather (3): AIL
56 Down: ___ Bird Johnson (5): LYNDA
60 Down: Portia's maid (7): NERISSA
61 Down: Threatened (7): MENACED
62 Down: "The Big Sleep" (15): RAYMONDCHANDLER
64 Down: Sea inlet: Fr. (4): BAIE
66 Down: Neither sml. nor lge. (3): MED
71 Down: Andes echo (3): ECO
73 Down: U.S.S.R. silk city (3): OSH
75 Down: Ancient flask (4): OLPE
77 Down: Kind of drum (5): SNARE
79 Down: So-so grade (3): CEE
80 Down: Wave coming ashore (7): BREAKER
81 Down: Paper quantity (5): QUIRE
82 Down: Not qualified (5): UNFIT
83 Down: Charters (6): LEASES
85 Down: Drake's conquest (6): ARMADA
87 Down: Intervene (6): STEPIN
88 Down: "As is" item (6): SECOND
89 Down: Eaten away (5): EROSE
90 Down: Soviet sea (4): ARAL
92 Down: Pub measure (4): PINT
94 Down: Olympus resident (3): GOD
96 Down: "The Purloined Letter" (3): POE
99 Down: Extra inning (5): TENTH
104 Down: Disconnect (6): DETACH
105 Down: C.S.A. general and family (8): FORRESTS
106 Down: Bond of spydom (5): JAMES
109 Down: Garbed (7): HABITED
111 Down: Cesare of opera (5): SIEPI
112 Down: Passions; emotions (7): SPLEENS
113 Down: Part of R.F.D. (5): RURAL
115 Down: Perry Mason's rituals (6): TRIALS
117 Down: Bond of Georgia (6): JULIAN
118 Down: Ring-toss game (6): QUOITS
119 Down: Part of Caesar's wardrobe (5): TOGAE
120 Down: Winged (5): ALATE
121 Down: Paste-on (5): DECAL
123 Down: Heathcliff's love (5): CATHY
125 Down: Role (4): PART
126 Down: Scram! (4): SHOO
128 Down: Said again: Abbr. (4): RPTD
129 Down: Spydom name (4): HARI
130 Down: Step ___ (hurry) (4): ONIT
131 Down: Actress Rowlands (4): GENA
133 Down: Q–U connection (3): RST
134 Down: Turf (3): SOD

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