CAPITAL PHRASES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 164 clues). Published 1/28/1979. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pickets (5): PALES
6 Across: Propounded (5): POSED
11 Across: ___ Pradesh, India (5): UTTAR
16 Across: Robe for Cornelia (5): STOLA
21 Across: Swarming (5): ALIVE
22 Across: Fanon (5): ORALE
23 Across: Pulitzer Prize author: 1918 (5): POOLE
24 Across: Citified (5): URBAN
25 Across: Milkweed extract (5): LATEX
26 Across: Of apples (5): MALIC
27 Across: Medieval guild (5): HANSE
28 Across: Irish goblin (5): POOKA
29 Across: Rome (22): AMERICANVARIETYOFAPPLE
33 Across: Conservative (4): TORY
34 Across: Boundary (4): EDGE
35 Across: Les girls (5): ELLES
36 Across: Italian article (3): GLI
37 Across: Sinuous shape (3): ESS
38 Across: Crook in a branch (4): KNEE
39 Across: Relative of Sèvres (5): SPODE
40 Across: Video production (8): TELECAST
45 Across: Troop group (3): GIS
46 Across: Arkansas toothpick (4): SHIV
47 Across: Walt Kelly creation (4): POGO
48 Across: U.S.S.R. river (3): CHU
49 Across: Berlin (22): UNITEDSTATESSONGWRITER
57 Across: Glissade (5): SLIDE
58 Across: W.W. II org. (3): OPA
59 Across: Land of the Cymry (5): WALES
60 Across: Cather's "___ Ours" (5): ONEOF
61 Across: Asian evergreen (4): ATLE
62 Across: Shearer of ballet (5): MOIRA
64 Across: Not live (5): TAPED
65 Across: Lovable (6): CUDDLY
66 Across: Hit letters (3): SRO
67 Across: Disciplinarian (6): RAMROD
68 Across: Singer Sumac (3): YMA
69 Across: Black Sea resort (4): POTI
70 Across: Panama (23): HATMADEOFJIPIJAPALEAVES
78 Across: Part of U.S.N.A. (4): ACAD
79 Across: Salt Lake City athlete (3): UTE
80 Across: Siouan Sooners (6): OSAGES
81 Across: Fishpond occupant (3): IDE
82 Across: Flounder (6): MEGRIM
85 Across: Walk daintily (5): MINCE
87 Across: Last of the Mohicans (5): UNCAS
88 Across: Amphora handle (4): ANSA
89 Across: At ___ (confused) (5): ALOSS
90 Across: Herd of seals (5): PATCH
91 Across: Poetic time (3): EEN
92 Across: Till now (5): ASYET
93 Across: Vienna (22): LIGHTCRUSTYBREADORROLL
99 Across: SHAEF area (3): ETO
100 Across: Venetians' resort (4): LIDO
101 Across: Budget item (4): RENT
102 Across: ___ Gev, Israeli settlement (3): EIN
103 Across: Identical (8): SELFSAME
106 Across: Sparling (5): SMELT
108 Across: Habilimented (4): CLAD
110 Across: G-man (3): FED
113 Across: Make known (3): AIR
114 Across: Ho's partner (5): HEAVE
115 Across: QE2 berth (4): SLIP
116 Across: Jungle sound (4): ROAR
117 Across: Copenhagen (22): DUKEOFWELLINGTONSHORSE
123 Across: Noxious substance (5): TOXIN
124 Across: "___ Rookh" (5): LALLA
125 Across: Kid (5): TEASE
126 Across: Is a party to (5): ABETS
127 Across: Beautify (5): ADORN
128 Across: Made slick (5): OILED
129 Across: Join (5): ENTER
130 Across: Theater seats (5): LOGES
131 Across: Backs (5): DORSA
132 Across: Resplendence (5): GLORY
133 Across: Cooper role (5): DEEDS
134 Across: Conte (5): STORY

Down Answers

1 Down: Intellectual relish (6): PALATE
2 Down: Cottonwoods (6): ALAMOS
3 Down: Petrol units (6): LITERS
4 Down: Companion of each (5): EVERY
5 Down: Numerical prefix (4): SEXI
6 Down: Brilliantine (6): POMADE
7 Down: Temple or mandarin (6): ORANGE
8 Down: Palliate (5): SALVE
9 Down: "Roast Pig" essayist (4): ELIA
10 Down: Rundown (8): DECREPIT
11 Down: Supported (6): UPHELD
12 Down: Precisely (6): TOATEE
13 Down: Show biz awards (5): TONYS
14 Down: To boot (4): ALSO
15 Down: Reduce sail (4): REEF
16 Down: Limber (6): SUPPLE
17 Down: Capricorn, e.g. (6): TROPIC
18 Down: Agora coin (4): OBOL
19 Down: Placid or Como (4): LAKE
20 Down: Boswellian collection (3): ANA
30 Down: Thurify (5): CENSE
31 Down: "The Man ___" (5): ILOVE
32 Down: Radiant (5): AGLOW
38 Down: Cheat on a check (4): KITE
39 Down: Wild sheep (3): SHA
40 Down: ___ down (muted) (5): TONED
41 Down: ___ Benedict (4): EGGS
42 Down: Portrayed (5): ACTED
43 Down: Hebrew Hades (5): SHEOL
44 Down: Resembling peat (5): TURFY
45 Down: Nobelist in Literature: 1947 (4): GIDE
46 Down: ___ David (6): STAROF
47 Down: Wroclaw man (4): POLE
49 Down: Extreme (5): ULTRA
50 Down: Native of Khartoum (5): NILOT
51 Down: Star-crossed (6): DOOMED
52 Down: Agnew (5): SPIRO
53 Down: Pundit (5): SWAMI
54 Down: Spider monkey (7): SAPAJOU
55 Down: Directs (6): ROUTES
56 Down: Ink or rubber (5): INDIA
57 Down: Window part (4): SASH
62 Down: Title for a chairperson (5): MADAM
63 Down: Supplement (7): ADJUNCT
64 Down: Melville novel (5): TYPEE
65 Down: Kin of cabbages (5): COLES
67 Down: Bigot (6): RACIST
69 Down: Heathen: It. (6): PAGANO
71 Down: Wetland (5): MARSH
72 Down: Pruritic (5): ITCHY
73 Down: ___ as a pin (6): ASNEAT
74 Down: Took measured steps (5): PACED
75 Down: Plastic for records (5): VINYL
76 Down: LTD's extinct relative (5): EDSEL
77 Down: Ottoman (4): SEAT
82 Down: Men (5): MALES
83 Down: Upper crust (5): ELITE
84 Down: "Dead Souls" author (5): GOGOL
85 Down: Actress Adams (5): MAUDE
86 Down: "Wishing Will Make ___" (4): ITSO
88 Down: Garland's "___ of the Middle Border" (4): ASON
90 Down: Decorous (4): PRIM
92 Down: Gobilike (4): ARID
94 Down: Cigar (5): CLARO
95 Down: Short: Prefix (5): BREVI
96 Down: Let up (8): RELENTED
97 Down: Tolkien creature (3): ENT
98 Down: Gets the benefit (5): REAPS
104 Down: Moslem mendicants (6): FAKIRS
105 Down: Raw pigment (6): SIENNA
106 Down: Bear of a sort (6): SELLER
107 Down: Arthritis, e.g. (6): MALADY
108 Down: Shut (6): CLOSED
109 Down: Hard-hit balls (6): LINERS
110 Down: Precede (6): FOREGO
111 Down: Island annexed by Chile (6): EASTER
112 Down: Chichi (6): DRESSY
114 Down: Cry of surprise (5): HELLO
115 Down: Aver (5): STATE
116 Down: Golem, for one (5): ROBOT
117 Down: Mossback (4): DODO
118 Down: Nero's or Caesar's wife (4): UXOR
119 Down: Whip (4): FLOG
120 Down: Lament (4): WAIL
121 Down: Kelly or Tunney (4): GENE
122 Down: Dutch painter (4): HALS
123 Down: Urchin (3): TAD

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