REVERSE VERSIONS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 12/3/1978. By Alfio Micci.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Quest of some scouts (6): TALENT
7 Across: Mess of cress (5): SALAD
12 Across: Trilby (4): FOOT
16 Across: Retired (4): ABED
20 Across: Woman in Corneille's "Cinna" (6): AMELIE
21 Across: "Philebus" author (5): PLATO
22 Across: Precipitate (4): RASH
23 Across: Antitoxins (4): SERA
24 Across: Worthy fellow? (13): BADFORNOTHING
27 Across: Late? (9): AFTERHAND
29 Across: Person on commision (6): BROKER
30 Across: Giant with a hundred eyes (5): ARGUS
32 Across: Stupefy (6): BEMUSE
33 Across: Bustle (3): ADO
36 Across: One at table (5): EATER
37 Across: Lippizaner, e.g. (5): STEED
38 Across: Anabaena (4): ALGA
39 Across: Sutherland, for one (4): DIVA
41 Across: Time span: Abbr. (3): CEN
42 Across: Less cordial (5): ICIER
43 Across: Joe Doakes (7): SOANDSO
47 Across: Obtained vindication (7): AVENGED
49 Across: Honorable racket game? (10): GOODMINTON
52 Across: Resident of: Suffix (3): OTE
53 Across: Wedded (6): MERGED
54 Across: Masters's river (5): SPOON
56 Across: "Hawaii Five-O" star (4): LORD
57 Across: Kind of dive (4): SWAN
58 Across: Garden bloom (5): ASTER
59 Across: Steep declivity (5): SCARP
60 Across: Small role (5): CAMEO
62 Across: Dance in a Brando film title (5): TANGO
63 Across: Most extreme (3): NTH
64 Across: Ladd or King (4): ALAN
65 Across: Garage and yard events (5): SALES
66 Across: Secrete (5): CACHE
67 Across: Half a fly (3): TSE
68 Across: Dice game in the van? (11): FRONTGAMMON
71 Across: Miscalculation (5): ERROR
72 Across: Where G.W. nestles with A.L. (6): WALLET
74 Across: Run off (5): ELOPE
75 Across: Espadrille (6): SANDAL
77 Across: Martinique volcano (5): PELEE
78 Across: Drawing near the index? (11): BACKISPIECE
80 Across: Time for a ser. (3): SAB
83 Across: Respiratory sounds (5): RALES
84 Across: Alaskan auk (5): ARRIE
85 Across: Soprano Grist (4): RERI
86 Across: Singing syllable (3): TRA
87 Across: About 39 inches (5): METER
88 Across: Felicity (5): BLISS
89 Across: Utah city (5): PROVO
91 Across: Bravo or brava (5): CHEER
93 Across: Pale (4): ASHY
94 Across: Caterpillar's hair (4): SETA
95 Across: Caesura (5): PAUSE
96 Across: Prefix with nuclear or plastic (6): THERMO
97 Across: ___ Anne de Beaupré (3): STE
98 Across: Cause of disaster? (10): BEFOREMATH
101 Across: Man of Oman (7): ARABIAN
102 Across: Met tenor (7): CORELLI
104 Across: Word of procrastination (5): LATER
105 Across: Sixth-century date (3): DLI
106 Across: Finish, in Frankfurt (4): ENDE
107 Across: Attic (4): LOFT
108 Across: Birds' morning song (5): MATIN
109 Across: Dating from birth (5): NATAL
111 Across: Understand (3): GET
112 Across: Malay mammals (6): TAPIRS
115 Across: Horse follower (5): SENSE
116 Across: Merciful (6): HUMANE
117 Across: Unrealistic? (9): UPTOEARTH
119 Across: Large valise? (13): UNDERNIGHTBAG
125 Across: Decree (4): FIAT
126 Across: Gist (4): MEAT
127 Across: Discontinue (5): CEASE
128 Across: Work, in Milano (6): LAVORO
129 Across: Russian news service (4): TASS
130 Across: " . . . ere I saw ___" (4): ELBA
131 Across: Went after morays (5): EELED
132 Across: Cleaned the blackboard (6): ERASED

Down Answers

1 Down: Filer's aid (3): TAB
2 Down: Doctors' org. (3): AMA
3 Down: Wielded a baton (3): LED
4 Down: Tolkien creature (3): ELF
5 Down: Zeus turned her into stone (5): NIOBE
6 Down: Like some hillsides (8): TERRACED
7 Down: Oral (6): SPOKEN
8 Down: Modify (5): ALTER
9 Down: Memorable comedian (4): LAHR
10 Down: P.I. native (3): ATI
11 Down: Eleemosynar's gift (8): DONATION
12 Down: Humbug (5): FRAUD
13 Down: Dolts (4): OAFS
14 Down: German direction (3): OST
15 Down: Stir ___ (excite) (8): THEBLOOD
16 Down: Furnace worker (6): ASHMAN
17 Down: Lover (4): BEAU
18 Down: Water birds (4): ERNS
19 Down: Richest county in Fla. (4): DADE
25 Down: Famous (5): NOTED
26 Down: Von Stroheim classic (5): GREED
28 Down: She gave Lear the air (5): REGAN
31 Down: Seed (4): GERM
33 Down: Unyielding (7): ADAMANT
34 Down: Strips (7): DIVESTS
35 Down: In good health? (14): OVERTHEWEATHER
37 Down: Reporter's coup (5): SCOOP
38 Down: Texas athlete (5): ASTRO
40 Down: French seraph (4): ANGE
42 Down: Sikorsky (4): IGOR
44 Down: Uncovering sofas? (14): DOWNHOLSTERING
45 Down: Old hand (6): STAGER
46 Down: Vinous prefix (4): OENO
48 Down: Eur. country (3): GER
50 Down: Lake south of Leningrad (5): ILMEN
51 Down: Certain votes (4): NOES
54 Down: Limited (5): SCANT
55 Down: Gasp for air (4): PANT
57 Down: ___ Romana Rota (5): SACRA
59 Down: ___ gin fizz (4): SLOE
60 Down: Coeds' milieux (5): CAMPI
61 Down: Eaglewood (5): ALOES
62 Down: Late, in León (5): TARDE
64 Down: City on the Rhone (5): ARLES
65 Down: Williams' "Summer and ___" (5): SMOKE
66 Down: Shelley's "The ___" (5): CENCI
68 Down: Mock (5): FLEER
69 Down: These make a mesh (5): GEARS
70 Down: Sister of Androclea (5): ALCIS
73 Down: Tin Pan or Gasoline (5): ALLEY
75 Down: "Jumblies" craft (5): SIEVE
76 Down: Flying prefix (4): AERO
77 Down: Quickly, maestro! (6): PRESTO
78 Down: Pipe (5): BRIAR
79 Down: Those in favor (4): PROS
81 Down: "Marriages ___ in heaven": Lyly (7): AREMADE
82 Down: English title (7): BARONET
84 Down: Kind of tenor (4): ALTO
87 Down: Not fem. or neut. (4): MASC
88 Down: Suit (5): BEFIT
89 Down: Priest's plate (5): PATEN
90 Down: Where Dortmund is (4): RUHR
91 Down: Rolled tea (3): CHA
92 Down: Wife of Hercules (4): HEBE
94 Down: Identical (8): SELFSAME
95 Down: G. and S. operetta (8): PATIENCE
96 Down: Eternal or Bermuda (8): TRIANGLE
98 Down: Eric of films (5): BLORE
99 Down: Dash (4): ELAN
100 Down: Island off China (5): MATSU
101 Down: Asian range (5): ALTAI
103 Down: T. S. and George (6): ELIOTS
105 Down: Put a curse on (6): DAMNED
108 Down: Famed Indian conductor (5): MEHTA
109 Down: Nightingale, for one (5): NURSE
110 Down: Composer of "Vilia" (5): LEHAR
112 Down: Clump (4): TUFT
113 Down: Samoan port (4): APIA
114 Down: School orgs. (4): PTAS
115 Down: Awkward try (4): STAB
116 Down: Get better (4): HEAL
118 Down: Electrical unit (3): REL
120 Down: Aberdeen's stream (3): DEE
121 Down: Sen. Norris's pride (3): TVA
122 Down: Cattle genus (3): BOS
123 Down: Beatitudes verb (3): ARE
124 Down: Jehovah (3): GOD

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