RHYME SCHEME - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/4/1979. By Maura B. Jacobson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Highlander (4)
- SCOT
- 5 Across: Masterson (3)
- BAT
- 8 Across: Common contraction (4)
- ISNT
- 12 Across: State without proof (6)
- ALLEGE
- 18 Across: " . . . God ___ joined together" (4)
- HATH
- 19 Across: Cuckoo (3)
- ANI
- 20 Across: Talk-show hostess (5)
- SHORE
- 22 Across: Not so taut (6)
- LOOSER
- 23 Across: Wings for Amor (4)
- ALAE
- 24 Across: Neptune's domain (3)
- SEA
- 25 Across: Quicker (12)
- MOVINGFASTER
- 27 Across: Munich Mr. (4)
- HERR
- 28 Across: Tbilisi's river (4)
- KURA
- 30 Across: Harpsichordist Landowska (5)
- WANDA
- 31 Across: Georgia ___ Clark (5)
- NEESE
- 32 Across: Sticker (15)
- BUMPERACCESSORY
- 36 Across: ___ pearl (4)
- SEED
- 37 Across: Son of Ramses I (4)
- SETI
- 38 Across: Corn unit (3)
- EAR
- 39 Across: Bouillon ingredient (4)
- BEEF
- 41 Across: Study: Suffix (3)
- ICS
- 44 Across: Jeanne d'___ (3)
- ARC
- 45 Across: Trick, in Toledo (5)
- TRETA
- 48 Across: Chaplinesque figures (6)
- TRAMPS
- 52 Across: Alone (6)
- SOLELY
- 54 Across: Slicker (14)
- KINDOFRAINCOAT
- 57 Across: Type of tent (6)
- OXYGEN
- 58 Across: Suffix for Paul or Bernard (3)
- INE
- 59 Across: Russian stream (4)
- URAL
- 60 Across: Spectral (5)
- EERIE
- 61 Across: City in Cebu (4)
- NAGA
- 62 Across: St. Paul's writings: Abbr. (3)
- EPS
- 64 Across: Sproutings (7)
- GROWTHS
- 66 Across: Shade tree (3)
- ELM
- 67 Across: Fainéants (6)
- IDLERS
- 69 Across: Pricker (3)
- PIN
- 70 Across: Irate (6)
- HEATED
- 72 Across: Badger (3)
- NAG
- 74 Across: Issue (7)
- EDITION
- 76 Across: Author Stone, to friends (3)
- IRV
- 77 Across: Actress Rowlands (4)
- GENA
- 80 Across: Puts fringes on (5)
- EDGES
- 82 Across: Electrical units (4)
- OHMS
- 83 Across: Would-be flower (3)
- BUD
- 85 Across: More balanced (6)
- EVENER
- 87 Across: Ticker (14)
- WALLSTREETTAPE
- 90 Across: Bird's breathing aid (6)
- AIRSAC
- 91 Across: "I'll take ___ road" (6)
- THELOW
- 92 Across: Convex, as a molding (5)
- TORIC
- 93 Across: Trafalgar and Times: Abbr. (3)
- SQS
- 94 Across: Ordinal ending (3)
- ETH
- 95 Across: ___ the finish (4)
- INAT
- 97 Across: Mouths (3)
- ORA
- 98 Across: Calendar abbr. (4)
- TUES
- 100 Across: Galsworthy's "___ of Devon" (4)
- AMAN
- 103 Across: Flicker (15)
- SHINEUNSTEADILY
- 110 Across: Lieder (5)
- SONGS
- 112 Across: "___ of Roses," Inge play (5)
- ALOSS
- 113 Across: Can.'s Yukon, for one (4)
- TERR
- 114 Across: Disfigure (4)
- MAIM
- 116 Across: Picker (12)
- COTTONWORKER
- 119 Across: Healer at Valhalla (3)
- EIR
- 120 Across: N.K.V.D. predecessor (4)
- OGPU
- 121 Across: Melodious (6)
- ARIOSO
- 122 Across: Quondam rulers (5)
- TSARS
- 123 Across: Caucho (3)
- ULE
- 124 Across: Yuletide (4)
- NOEL
- 125 Across: Flag (6)
- PENNON
- 126 Across: Once, once (4)
- ERST
- 127 Across: Mud or clay: Comb. form (3)
- PEL
- 128 Across: To be: Lat. (4)
- ESSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pahlevi (4)
- SHAH
- 2 Down: Dickens's Plummer (5)
- CALEB
- 3 Down: Hokkaido city (5)
- OTARU
- 4 Down: Units of heat (6)
- THERMS
- 5 Down: Wicker (12)
- BASKETRYNEED
- 6 Down: Lacking nervous energy (7)
- ANEURIC
- 7 Down: Coronet (5)
- TIARA
- 8 Down: Doctrine (3)
- ISM
- 9 Down: Sprayed (8)
- SHOWERED
- 10 Down: Stars that blaze and fade (5)
- NOVAS
- 11 Down: Triplets (5)
- TRINS
- 12 Down: Landon (3)
- ALF
- 13 Down: Bank deal (4)
- LOAN
- 14 Down: Is humiliated (9)
- LOSESFACE
- 15 Down: Cosmetician Lauder (5)
- ESTEE
- 16 Down: Honkers (5)
- GEESE
- 17 Down: Made a gaffe (5)
- ERRED
- 21 Down: Within: Prefix (4)
- ENDO
- 26 Down: Togs (4)
- GARB
- 29 Down: Vinegary mixture (6)
- ACETIN
- 33 Down: Artist Rembrandt (5)
- PEALE
- 34 Down: Chili con ___ (5)
- CARNE
- 35 Down: Himalayan apparition (4)
- YETI
- 40 Down: Borgnine (6)
- ERNEST
- 41 Down: "The bird ___ the Wing" (4)
- ISON
- 42 Down: Hip joint (4)
- COXA
- 43 Down: Snicker (9)
- SLYGIGGLE
- 46 Down: Round robin: Abbr. (5)
- TOURN
- 47 Down: Hairdo (4)
- AFRO
- 49 Down: Thicker (9)
- MOREDENSE
- 50 Down: Sandbox sight (4)
- PAIL
- 51 Down: Goblet part (4)
- STEM
- 53 Down: Mild oath (4)
- EGAD
- 54 Down: "___ Boys Goodbye" (7)
- KISSTHE
- 55 Down: Untanned pelt (7)
- RAWHIDE
- 56 Down: Do a tailoring job (5)
- ALTER
- 63 Down: Previous (5)
- PRIOR
- 64 Down: Game for two (3)
- GIN
- 65 Down: Bicker (12)
- HAVEAQUARREL
- 68 Down: Unit of instruction (6)
- LESSON
- 69 Down: Position, in Pisa (5)
- POSTO
- 71 Down: Hungarian city (4)
- EGER
- 72 Down: Salamander (4)
- NEWT
- 73 Down: ___ Isaacs Menken of stage fame (4)
- ADAH
- 75 Down: "___ a Californian . . . ": Frost (4)
- IMET
- 78 Down: Without a chaser (4)
- NEAT
- 79 Down: Ogee, e.g. (4)
- ARCH
- 81 Down: "Mood Indigo" co-composer (9)
- ELLINGTON
- 83 Down: Ayr child (5)
- BAIRN
- 84 Down: Directed skyward (6)
- UPCAST
- 86 Down: Held firmly (5)
- VISED
- 88 Down: "___ brillig . . . " (4)
- TWAS
- 89 Down: Knickers (8)
- TROUSERS
- 93 Down: Aseptic (7)
- STERILE
- 96 Down: Spring phenomenon (4)
- THAW
- 99 Down: Signoret (6)
- SIMONE
- 100 Down: Musical org. (5)
- ASCAP
- 101 Down: English sculptor (5)
- MOORE
- 102 Down: She wrote "The Promised Land" (5)
- ANTIN
- 104 Down: Seine sight (4)
- ILOT
- 105 Down: Vikings (5)
- NORSE
- 106 Down: Ridge, in geology: Var. (5)
- ESKAR
- 107 Down: Start a golf game (5)
- TEEUP
- 108 Down: Nigerian capital (5)
- LAGOS
- 109 Down: Cries of pain (5)
- YIPES
- 111 Down: Mediocre (4)
- SOSO
- 115 Down: Kicker (4)
- MULE
- 117 Down: ___ sequitur (3)
- NON
- 118 Down: Q–U connection (3)
- RST
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