HAPPY EASTER! - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/15/1979. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Caesar, for one (5): SALAD
6 Across: Very swank (4): POSH
10 Across: The "Athens of Italy" (5): PARMA
15 Across: Neighbor of Miss. (3): ALA
18 Across: Soap plant (5): AMOLE
19 Across: Concerning (4): ASTO
20 Across: "Why Haven't ___ You?" (5): ITOLD
21 Across: Guy's sweetie (4): DOLL
23 Across: Ah Sin's creator (5): HARTE
24 Across: Thick slice (4): SLAB
25 Across: Rock bottom (5): NADIR
26 Across: Ionian Sea gulf (4): ARTA
27 Across: Start of a verse (21): IPROMISEYOUALOVELYDAY
31 Across: Sen. Birch of Ind. (4): BAYH
32 Across: What some put on (4): AIRS
33 Across: Head the cast (4): STAR
34 Across: "Chances Are" singer (6): MATHIS
35 Across: Prefix with pod (4): OCTO
37 Across: Lima or Orson (4): BEAN
38 Across: Kentucky bluegrass (3): POA
39 Across: Zodiac sign (5): LIBRA
42 Across: "It Ain't Gonna Rain ___" (4): NOMO
45 Across: Olympic Games site: 1964 (5): TOKYO
49 Across: Existed (3): WAS
52 Across: More of verse (21): ASUNNYSKYANDALLOFTHAT
57 Across: Sacs that may get attacks (6): BURSAE
58 Across: Italian beachhead: 1944 (5): ANZIO
59 Across: Perfect, in rocketry (3): AOK
60 Across: Like a day in June (4): RARE
61 Across: N.Y. or Rio (3): SPT
62 Across: Western salt pan (5): PLAYA
64 Across: Gov. Ella of Conn. (6): GRASSO
66 Across: Writer Wister (4): OWEN
67 Across: Seaweed (4): KELP
68 Across: Ceylonese monkeys (5): MAHAS
70 Across: BB or FF (4): SHOT
72 Across: Mine, in Marseille (4): AMOI
75 Across: Adjective for St. Augustine, Fla. (6): OLDEST
77 Across: Clip a merino (5): SHEAR
79 Across: Choler (3): IRE
82 Across: Finished (4): DONE
83 Across: War assets org. (3): WAA
84 Across: Miss Dinsmore (5): ELSIE
86 Across: "Ye cannot serve God and ___" (6): MAMMON
88 Across: More of verse (21): APERFECTDAYISWHATISAY
92 Across: Jo's older sister (3): MEG
93 Across: "Doe, ___, a female . . . " (5): ADEER
94 Across: "In ___ veritas" (4): VINO
95 Across: Maine town (5): ORONO
96 Across: Capek classic (3): RUR
98 Across: Beloved of Radamès (4): AIDA
101 Across: John Dickson or Vikki (4): CARR
103 Across: Kate's younger sister (6): BIANCA
106 Across: K–P connection (4): LMNO
107 Across: Twirled (4): SPUN
109 Across: Site of Frogner Park (4): OSLO
113 Across: End of verse (21): ORIWILLEATMYEASTERHAT
117 Across: Descartes (4): RENE
118 Across: Bingo's cousin (5): LOTTO
119 Across: Slips (4): ERRS
120 Across: Lasso (5): RIATA
121 Across: Chemical compound (4): ENOL
122 Across: "Body all ___ and racked . . . " (5): ACHIN
123 Across: Writer James: 1909–55 (4): AGEE
124 Across: He corrects poor dyes (5): INKER
125 Across: Labor org. (3): AFL
126 Across: Electra, to Menelaus (5): NIECE
127 Across: Actor Foxx (4): REDD
128 Across: Ecstasy's partner (5): AGONY

Down Answers

1 Down: Sir, in India (5): SAHIB
2 Down: Macapá is its capital (in Brazil) (5): AMAPA
3 Down: London truck (5): LORRY
4 Down: Cornets' cousins (9): ALTOHORNS
5 Down: Consider (4): DEEM
6 Down: Intense desires (8): PASSIONS
7 Down: Canadian physician (5): OSLER
8 Down: Corset features (5): STAYS
9 Down: Bindlestiff (4): HOBO
10 Down: Mexican festival jar (6): PINATA
11 Down: Three golden apples undid her (8): ATALANTA
12 Down: "Every ___ staff of empire . . . ": Bacon (5): RODOR
13 Down: Twice DXXVII (4): MLIV
14 Down: To the point (5): ADREM
15 Down: " . . . ___ search for God": Carman (6): ADAYTO
16 Down: William Joyce's title in W.W. II (10): LORDHAWHAW
17 Down: Russian territory (5): ALTAI
22 Down: Old poems (4): LAYS
28 Down: "Ten thousand saw ___ a glance": Wordsworth (3): IAT
29 Down: Employ (3): USE
30 Down: In the ___ luxury (5): LAPOF
36 Down: Party tidbit (6): CANAPE
37 Down: Ruth's husband (4): BOAZ
39 Down: M.I.T. rooms (4): LABS
40 Down: "The jig ___!" (4): ISUP
41 Down: Lancaster (4): BURT
43 Down: Slangy assent (4): OKAY
44 Down: "___ is Legion": Mark 5:9 (6): MYNAME
46 Down: Spanish Main waves (4): OLAS
47 Down: Dumplings, in Germantown (6): KLOSSE
48 Down: Honshu seaport (8): YOKOHAMA
50 Down: Swiss river (4): AARE
51 Down: British gun (4): STEN
53 Down: Like Miss Havisham's wedding dress (8): YELLOWED
54 Down: When Morpheus takes over (7): NIGHTLY
55 Down: Tennyson poem (4): DORA
56 Down: Dog, fox or turkey (4): TROT
63 Down: "___ called Golgotha": Matt. 27:33 (6): APLACE
65 Down: Home of St. Francis (6): ASSISI
67 Down: Dying vat (4): KIER
69 Down: Cruising (4): ASEA
71 Down: W. J. Bryan (6): ORATOR
72 Down: First to take a ribbing (4): ADAM
73 Down: Sit about and brood (4): MOPE
74 Down: " . . . without ___ sense": Dryden (10): ONEGRAINOF
76 Down: Appointment (4): DATE
78 Down: Chopped down (4): HEWN
79 Down: "___ Tired," Beatles song (4): IMSO
80 Down: Reddish brown (4): ROAN
81 Down: Companion of Ares (4): ENYO
85 Down: Polynesian dance (4): SIVA
87 Down: Reflecting (9): MIRRORING
89 Down: Stuffed, as oysters (5): FARCI
90 Down: Vivid; striking (8): DRAMATIC
91 Down: Tricked (8): HOCUSSED
97 Down: Ailing (6): UNWELL
99 Down: Recite monotonously (6): INTONE
100 Down: DeLuise of comedy (3): DOM
102 Down: Picnic pest (3): ANT
103 Down: He makes you yawn (4): BORE
104 Down: Ireland, to Spenser (5): IRENA
105 Down: Poe's middle name (5): ALLAN
106 Down: Oblivion (5): LETHE
107 Down: Worsted (5): SERGE
108 Down: Whittled (5): PARED
110 Down: Bearskin's relative (5): SHAKO
111 Down: Make tardy (5): LATEN
112 Down: Eared seal (5): OTARY
114 Down: Sites (4): LOCI
115 Down: Four seasons (4): YEAR
116 Down: Silkworm (4): ERIA

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