A TAXING SITUATION - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 4/8/1979. By Alfio Micci.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Allay (5): SLAKE
6 Across: Pivotal (5): POLAR
11 Across: Epic containing 24 books (5): ILIAD
16 Across: ___-à-dire (4): CEST
20 Across: Beset (5): HEMIN
21 Across: P.D.Q. (5): APACE
22 Across: Dipper (5): LADLE
23 Across: Polo (5): MARCO
24 Across: Start of a verse (23): OHALASWITHEVERYTOMORROW
28 Across: Rodomontade (4): RANT
29 Across: Douze mois (5): ANNEE
30 Across: Napoleon: 1814 (5): EXILE
31 Across: Chant (6): INTONE
32 Across: Diocletian and Julian (4): ERAS
33 Across: Painter Jan van der ___ (4): MEER
34 Across: Ryan of L.A. (5): ONEAL
35 Across: Party man (7): CATERER
36 Across: Absquatulated (4): FLED
37 Across: Pastry shell (5): CRUST
38 Across: Desert transport (5): CAMEL
39 Across: Mutism (6): ALALIA
43 Across: Verbal lumps for umps (4): BOOS
44 Across: Water buffalo (4): ARNI
45 Across: Caesar's X (3): TEN
48 Across: Note (6): REMARK
49 Across: Bread, in Brest (4): PAIN
50 Across: Foreigner (5): ALIEN
52 Across: Subtle emanations (5): AURAE
54 Across: Second line of verse (23): MYASSETSGROWLESSANDLESS
58 Across: Regretful one, in songdom (4): OTIS
59 Across: Beldams (4): HAGS
60 Across: Gets better (5): HEALS
61 Across: Dunne and Rich (6): IRENES
62 Across: Fez color (3): RED
63 Across: Abounding with clay (5): MARLY
65 Across: Intrinsically (5): PERSE
66 Across: Tasks (6): STINTS
67 Across: Brazilian port (5): BELEM
68 Across: El Greco's homeland (5): CRETE
69 Across: Larceny (5): THEFT
70 Across: Practice the horn (6): TOOTLE
72 Across: Fulcrum for an oar (5): THOLE
73 Across: Courage (5): HEART
74 Across: Brazier (3): PAN
77 Across: Third-largest island (6): BORNEO
78 Across: Breathe hard (5): HEAVE
79 Across: Scriptorium item (4): DESK
80 Across: Stupefy (4): DATE
81 Across: Third line of verse (23): ANDNOWIAMFORCEDTOBORROW
86 Across: Take the helm (5): STEER
87 Across: Hornswoggles (5): DUPES
88 Across: Marchioness (4): LADY
89 Across: Varnish bases (6): ELEMIS
90 Across: Opposite of vert. (3): HOR
91 Across: Courteous bloke (4): GENT
92 Across: That: Fr. (4): CELA
93 Across: Heir's windfall (6): LEGACY
94 Across: Native of Yugoslavia (5): CROAT
96 Across: Brilliance (5): ECLAT
98 Across: Dickens's Betsey ___ (4): PRIG
100 Across: Miserly (7): SAVEALL
103 Across: Pub offering (5): STOUT
104 Across: British measure for herring (4): CRAN
105 Across: Title for Hess or Evans (4): DAME
109 Across: Danish seaport (6): ODENSE
110 Across: Disdain (5): SCORN
111 Across: Inclination (5): TREND
112 Across: Greek group in W.W. II (4): ELAS
113 Across: End of verse (23): FORSOMETHINGTHEYCALLIRS
117 Across: Crime laid to Nero (5): ARSON
118 Across: Sky over Seville (5): CIELO
119 Across: Chinese province (5): HOPEH
120 Across: Skirt (5): EVADE
121 Across: Erect (4): REAR
122 Across: Eve of films (5): ARDEN
123 Across: Surpass (5): OUTDO
124 Across: Plant substance (5): RESIN

Down Answers

1 Down: Land's end (5): SHORE
2 Down: "Gypsy Love" composer (5): LEHAR
3 Down: Iowa church society (5): AMANA
4 Down: Black Watch garb (5): KILTS
5 Down: Queen before Sofia (3): ENA
6 Down: Okla. city or county (6): PAWNEE
7 Down: Thought (6): OPINED
8 Down: Mañana (5): LATER
9 Down: Charley horse (4): ACHE
10 Down: Cousin of 6 Down (3): REE
11 Down: Hollies (6): ILEXES
12 Down: Roper's item (6): LARIAT
13 Down: Pastoral poem (5): IDYLL
14 Down: Berlin graybeard (4): ALTE
15 Down: ___ volente (3): DEO
16 Down: Monopoly (6): CARTEL
17 Down: Baseball statistic (5): ERROR
18 Down: High-tea tidbit (5): SCONE
19 Down: London landmark (5): TOWER
23 Down: Casino game (5): MONTE
25 Down: Author of the verse (7): SAMLAKE
26 Down: Target of the Pioneer (5): VENUS
27 Down: Southern resort (5): MIAMI
34 Down: U. of Maine town (5): ORONO
35 Down: Tropical plant (5): CANNA
36 Down: Pulp sources (4): FIRS
37 Down: Coconut fibers (5): COIRS
38 Down: Salad ingredient (5): CRESS
39 Down: Garb for Gawain (5): ARMOR
40 Down: One of the Philippines (5): LEYTE
41 Down: "The way of a man with ___" (5): AMAID
42 Down: Jeune fille (4): LASS
43 Down: Like old trousers (5): BAGGY
44 Down: Two on the ___ (5): AISLE
45 Down: Helen of soap operas (5): TRENT
46 Down: Makes simpler (5): EASES
47 Down: Loch ___ (4): NESS
49 Down: Sacred song (5): PSALM
50 Down: Parisian's air-raid alarm (6): ALERTE
51 Down: Tenant's contract (5): LEASE
52 Down: Loose, as a boat (6): ADRIFT
53 Down: Suffix with fraud or flat (5): ULENT
55 Down: What "baby makes" (5): THREE
56 Down: V.P.: 1877–81 (7): WHEELER
57 Down: Chilean export (5): NITER
63 Down: Shooting star (6): METEOR
64 Down: Concede (5): ALLOW
65 Down: Radical European youths (6): PROVOS
66 Down: Military headdress (5): SHAKO
67 Down: French maid (5): BONNE
68 Down: Abrade (5): CHAFE
69 Down: Waspish (5): TESTY
70 Down: Scout's rider (5): TONTO
71 Down: Bid (5): ORDER
72 Down: Emulate Circe (5): TEMPT
73 Down: Ibsen woman (5): HEDDA
74 Down: Toscanini's birthplace (5): PARMA
75 Down: Without life (5): ATOIC
76 Down: Paperboy (5): NEWSY
77 Down: Southampton shindig (4): BASH
78 Down: Favorite resort (5): HAUNT
79 Down: Started a card game (5): DEALT
80 Down: Vestige (4): DREG
82 Down: Utopian (5): IDEAL
83 Down: Ground gripper (5): CLEAT
84 Down: "Johnny ___," 1948 film (7): BELINDA
85 Down: Cassini (4): OLEG
91 Down: Legendary robot (5): GOLEM
92 Down: Emulated a limpet (5): CLUNG
94 Down: Cato's title in 184 B.C. (6): CENSOR
95 Down: Cassock's relative (5): RASON
96 Down: Principal dancer (6): ETOILE
97 Down: ___ the cob (6): CORNON
98 Down: Sought a victim (6): PREYED
99 Down: Estancia (6): RANCHO
100 Down: Until now (5): SOFAR
101 Down: Dote on (5): ADORE
102 Down: Vice follower (5): VERSA
103 Down: Timetable, for short (5): SCHED
104 Down: Moved on all fours (5): CREPT
105 Down: Probe (5): DELVE
106 Down: A.k.a. (5): ALIAS
107 Down: ___ Gras (5): MARDI
108 Down: German city (5): ESSEN
110 Down: Cooking direction (4): STIR
111 Down: Biblical pronoun (4): THOU
114 Down: Government agcy.: 1948–51 (3): ECA
115 Down: However, for short (3): THO
116 Down: Celtic Neptune (3): LER

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