POTBOILERS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/7/1979. By Alex F. Black.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Ami of Porthos (6)
- ARAMIS
- 7 Across: Dowdy ones (6)
- FRUMPS
- 13 Across: Piece of needlework (7)
- SAMPLER
- 20 Across: Most churlish (6)
- RUDEST
- 21 Across: Battologize (6)
- REPEAT
- 22 Across: Stein-line ending (7)
- ISAROSE
- 23 Across: "God sends meat ___": J. Taylor (21)
- ANDTHEDEVILSENDSCOOKS
- 26 Across: Myerson (4)
- BESS
- 27 Across: Fountain (4)
- PETE
- 28 Across: Dagger of yore (4)
- SNEE
- 29 Across: Agreed upon (3)
- SET
- 30 Across: Electrical pioneer (3)
- OHM
- 31 Across: Cold course, in Cannes (6)
- SALADE
- 34 Across: Start of a Synge title (6)
- RIDERS
- 37 Across: Binaural systems (7)
- STEREOS
- 41 Across: "The Forty Days of Musa ___" (4)
- DAGH
- 42 Across: Raced (4)
- TORE
- 43 Across: " ___ one is born a roaster of meat": Brillat-Savarin (20)
- ONECANBECOMEACOOKBUT
- 48 Across: Toast, in Tours (5)
- SALUT
- 49 Across: Rocky outcropping (4)
- SCAR
- 50 Across: Pat on the back (4)
- LAUD
- 51 Across: Sale stipulation (4)
- ASIS
- 53 Across: One of the Graces (6)
- AGLAIA
- 55 Across: Scale duo (4)
- REMI
- 58 Across: High points (3)
- UPS
- 59 Across: Darnel (4)
- TARE
- 60 Across: Grayling (5)
- OMBRE
- 63 Across: Hearth (5)
- INGLE
- 65 Across: Passover dinner (5)
- SEDER
- 66 Across: "Kissing ___": Meredith (17)
- DONTLASTCOOKERYDO
- 70 Across: Blockheads (5)
- CLODS
- 72 Across: Rival of A. J. Foyt (5)
- UNSER
- 73 Across: Ruhr city (5)
- ESSEN
- 74 Across: Unyielding (4)
- HARD
- 75 Across: Stage (3)
- LEG
- 76 Across: Quite a bit (4)
- LOTS
- 78 Across: Mrs. Kowalski (6)
- STELLA
- 83 Across: Ponerology topic (4)
- EVIL
- 84 Across: Mother of Rome's twins (4)
- ILIA
- 86 Across: "Ecclesiam ___": Pope Paul VI (4)
- SUAM
- 89 Across: Oily liquid (5)
- OLEIN
- 90 Across: "Oh, I am ___": Gilbert (20)
- ACOOKANDACAPTAINBOLD
- 95 Across: Muscle (4)
- THEW
- 96 Across: In any way (4)
- EVER
- 97 Across: Long gone (7)
- ANCIENT
- 98 Across: Famed judge of Israel (6)
- SAMSON
- 101 Across: Crepelike fabric (6)
- PLISSE
- 103 Across: Involuntary wink (3)
- TIC
- 104 Across: Hair fabric (3)
- ABA
- 105 Across: Rodomontade (4)
- BRAG
- 106 Across: Pushers' pursuer (4)
- NARC
- 108 Across: Blind as ___ (4)
- ABAT
- 112 Across: "Ruling a big country is ___": Lao-tzu (21)
- LIKECOOKINGASMALLFISH
- 119 Across: Diaskeuasts (7)
- EDITORS
- 120 Across: Laundered (6)
- DONEUP
- 121 Across: Card game (6)
- ECARTE
- 122 Across: Stimulus-response devices (7)
- SENSORS
- 123 Across: Acclimates (6)
- ENURES
- 124 Across: Tiny grooves (6)
- STRIAE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Steed for a caliph (4)
- ARAB
- 2 Down: Norse poem (4)
- RUNE
- 3 Down: Increases (4)
- ADDS
- 4 Down: Torre's men (4)
- METS
- 5 Down: Kabibble (3)
- ISH
- 6 Down: Crane or Spender (7)
- STEPHEN
- 7 Down: Guitar part (4)
- FRET
- 8 Down: Dreams, in Dijon (5)
- REVES
- 9 Down: News org. (3)
- UPI
- 10 Down: Allen or Brooks (3)
- MEL
- 11 Down: Excerpt (7)
- PASSAGE
- 12 Down: "The Red and the Black" author (8)
- STENDHAL
- 13 Down: Kind of kick or car (4)
- SIDE
- 14 Down: Jennet (3)
- ASS
- 15 Down: Singer Davis (3)
- MAC
- 16 Down: Anti's antonym (3)
- PRO
- 17 Down: Unfettered (5)
- LOOSE
- 18 Down: Glacial ridge (5)
- ESKER
- 19 Down: Caesurae (5)
- RESTS
- 24 Down: Returns to civvies (6)
- DEMOBS
- 25 Down: Society-page word (3)
- NEE
- 30 Down: Ciceronian collection (8)
- ORATIONS
- 32 Down: Worship (5)
- ADORE
- 33 Down: Gangster's getaway (3)
- LAM
- 34 Down: Crosses (5)
- ROODS
- 35 Down: Nettle (3)
- IRK
- 36 Down: Reflected upon (7)
- DEBATED
- 37 Down: Monkey wrench (4)
- SNAG
- 38 Down: Rossini hero (4)
- TELL
- 39 Down: Col. neighbor (4)
- ECUA
- 40 Down: Like some wines (3)
- SEC
- 42 Down: "Rugs" (7)
- TOUPEES
- 43 Down: Ursa, to Pedro (3)
- OSA
- 44 Down: Show affection (6)
- CARESS
- 45 Down: Makes watertight (6)
- CAULKS
- 46 Down: Threadbare, in Toledo (5)
- USADO
- 47 Down: Flag (4)
- TIRE
- 52 Down: Indian weight (3)
- SER
- 54 Down: Total: Abbr. (3)
- AMT
- 56 Down: Prefix with watt or wave (5)
- MICRO
- 57 Down: Mythical princess (3)
- INO
- 61 Down: Sabbath stricture (7)
- BLUELAW
- 62 Down: Foisted (6)
- RANGIN
- 64 Down: Gets high (6)
- GOESUP
- 65 Down: Having equal resonant frequency (8)
- SYNTONIC
- 66 Down: Parthenon style (5)
- DORIC
- 67 Down: Wall St. quantities (7)
- ODDLOTS
- 68 Down: Hill, to a Syrian (3)
- TEL
- 69 Down: Object, in law (3)
- RES
- 70 Down: Fidel's former friend (3)
- CHE
- 71 Down: Viscous destroyer (4)
- LAVA
- 75 Down: Compare (5)
- LIKEN
- 77 Down: Rulers (5)
- TSARS
- 79 Down: Magdeburg's river (4)
- ELBE
- 80 Down: Spinks (4)
- LEON
- 81 Down: Happy tune (4)
- LILT
- 82 Down: Common connective (3)
- AND
- 85 Down: Capital of S. Australia (8)
- ADELAIDE
- 87 Down: ___ glance (3)
- ATA
- 88 Down: T. M. word or formula (6)
- MANTRA
- 91 Down: Cry of surprise (3)
- OHO
- 92 Down: City on the Rhone (7)
- AVIGNON
- 93 Down: These, in Thiers (3)
- CES
- 94 Down: Signs of winter (7)
- ICICLES
- 98 Down: Soupy (5)
- SALES
- 99 Down: Tolerate (5)
- ABIDE
- 100 Down: Historic atoll (5)
- MAKIN
- 101 Down: Rec. place (3)
- PRK
- 102 Down: Follow (5)
- ENSUE
- 105 Down: Ornament (4)
- BOSS
- 107 Down: Elec. units (4)
- AMPS
- 108 Down: Distant (4)
- AFAR
- 109 Down: Hindu's cheap cigarette (4)
- BIRI
- 110 Down: Dog star (4)
- ASTA
- 111 Down: Friends' pronoun (4)
- THEE
- 113 Down: French connections (3)
- ETS
- 114 Down: Bill's partner (3)
- COO
- 115 Down: Hockey superstar (3)
- ORR
- 116 Down: Kokoon (3)
- GNU
- 117 Down: Chalice veil (3)
- AER
- 118 Down: W.W. II craft (3)
- LCT
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