TYPECASTING - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/29/1979. By Richard Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Hakenkreuzler (4)
- NAZI
- 5 Across: Outlets for admen (5)
- MEDIA
- 10 Across: Variable star (4)
- NOVA
- 14 Across: Certain votes (4)
- AYES
- 18 Across: Prayer response (4)
- AMEN
- 19 Across: "___ as good as a wink": Scott (6)
- ANODIS
- 21 Across: Footnote abbr. (4)
- IBID
- 22 Across: Gone to Davy Jones's locker (4)
- SUNK
- 23 Across: ___ avis (4)
- RARA
- 24 Across: Star of "The Subject Was Roses"? (11)
- CLAIREBLOOM
- 26 Across: Stratagem (4)
- PLOY
- 27 Across: St. Vitus' dance (6)
- CHOREA
- 29 Across: "___ with Love" (5)
- TOSIR
- 30 Across: Qualified (8)
- ELIGIBLE
- 32 Across: Emulate Electra (5)
- MOURN
- 34 Across: In a frenzy (5)
- MANIC
- 36 Across: Belle of the Old West (5)
- STARR
- 37 Across: Singer's quick way to Scotland (7)
- LOWROAD
- 39 Across: Strings (5)
- CELLI
- 41 Across: Corset (5)
- STAYS
- 43 Across: Job for Poirot (3)
- CAS
- 44 Across: Kiowa's cousin (4)
- OTOE
- 46 Across: Fritz ___, film director (4)
- LANG
- 48 Across: Heaters (5)
- ETNAS
- 50 Across: Tiresome routines (4)
- RUTS
- 52 Across: Thomas and Condé (5)
- NASTS
- 54 Across: Positive (4)
- SURE
- 55 Across: Within: Comb. form (4)
- ENTO
- 56 Across: Basis for a patent (4)
- IDEA
- 57 Across: "Gypsy Love" composer (5)
- LEHAR
- 59 Across: Radio tube (5)
- DIODE
- 62 Across: Sound receiver (3)
- EAR
- 63 Across: Titian's teacher (7)
- BELLINI
- 66 Across: Wear away (5)
- ERODE
- 68 Across: "___ vincitor!" (Verdi aria) (7)
- RITORNA
- 70 Across: Suit to ___ (4)
- ATEE
- 71 Across: President of Texas: 1838–41 (5)
- LAMAR
- 72 Across: Kind of hand or rags (4)
- GLAD
- 73 Across: Workbench item (7)
- HANDSAW
- 76 Across: "___ piece of work . . . !": Hamlet (5)
- WHATA
- 77 Across: Oval (7)
- ELLIPSE
- 81 Across: Fuss (3)
- ADO
- 82 Across: Kitchen emanation (5)
- AROMA
- 84 Across: Simon and Diamond (5)
- NEILS
- 86 Across: Fort ___, Okla. (4)
- SILL
- 87 Across: Rubber trees (4)
- ULES
- 89 Across: Feed-bag fare (4)
- OATS
- 91 Across: Show contempt (5)
- SNEER
- 93 Across: River duck (4)
- TEAL
- 94 Across: Thomas Moore's "___ Rookh" (5)
- LALLA
- 96 Across: Bant (4)
- DIET
- 97 Across: Pundit (4)
- SAGE
- 98 Across: Creek (3)
- RIA
- 99 Across: "___ like Water . . . ": FitzGerald (5)
- ICAME
- 101 Across: Treat a wound (5)
- DRESS
- 104 Across: Islamic month or fast (7)
- RAMADAN
- 107 Across: Like bighorns (5)
- OVINE
- 109 Across: ___ on (deferred) (5)
- SLEPT
- 111 Across: City near Peoria (5)
- LACON
- 112 Across: Overcast (8)
- LOWERING
- 115 Across: Stella ___ (5)
- MARIS
- 117 Across: Jackson or Smith (6)
- REGGIE
- 120 Across: Winged (4)
- ALAR
- 121 Across: Star of "Kiss Me, Kate"? (11)
- GREGORYPECK
- 124 Across: Duration (4)
- TERM
- 125 Across: Dam's partner (4)
- SIRE
- 126 Across: Short foot, in prosody (4)
- MORA
- 127 Across: Long seat (6)
- SETTEE
- 128 Across: Part of 61 Down (4)
- ALII
- 129 Across: Jets' QB (4)
- TODD
- 130 Across: Charity (4)
- ALMS
- 131 Across: Repeated, old style (5)
- ROTED
- 132 Across: Essence (4)
- GIST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Undercover cop (4)
- NARC
- 2 Down: Oriental nurse (4)
- AMAH
- 3 Down: Star of "Much Ado About Nothing"? (10)
- ZEROMOSTEL
- 4 Down: Consecutively (6)
- INAROW
- 5 Down: Coconut cookie (8)
- MACAROON
- 6 Down: Photographer's abbr. (3)
- ENL
- 7 Down: Love too fondly: Var. (4)
- DOAT
- 8 Down: Regional dialect (5)
- IDIOM
- 9 Down: Bird's breathing apparatus (6)
- AIRSAC
- 10 Down: Zip or zilch (3)
- NIL
- 11 Down: Shawm's descendant (4)
- OBOE
- 12 Down: Kin of 39 Across (5)
- VIOLS
- 13 Down: Lets on (6)
- ADMITS
- 14 Down: Sound the "H" (8)
- ASPIRATE
- 15 Down: Star of "A Christmas Carol"? (10)
- YULBRYNNER
- 16 Down: Organic compound (4)
- ENOL
- 17 Down: Type of terrier (4)
- SKYE
- 20 Down: Fishing net (5)
- SEINE
- 25 Down: European flatfish (6)
- BRILLS
- 28 Down: Area north of Afr. (3)
- EUR
- 31 Down: The take (4)
- GATE
- 33 Down: Star of "The Petrified Forest"? (11)
- NATALIEWOOD
- 35 Down: Star of "Stormy Weather"? (11)
- CLAUDERAINS
- 37 Down: Summa cum ___ (5)
- LAUDE
- 38 Down: Medicinal amount (4)
- DOSE
- 40 Down: Letters at Calvary (4)
- INRI
- 42 Down: Old Scratch (5)
- SATAN
- 43 Down: Plagiarize (4)
- CRIB
- 45 Down: Star of "Run Silent, Run Deep"? (11)
- ETHELWATERS
- 47 Down: Star of "The Birds" (11)
- GEORGESEGAL
- 49 Down: Carolina rail (4)
- SORA
- 51 Down: Something to toss (5)
- SALAD
- 53 Down: Abraham's wife (5)
- SARAH
- 58 Down: Co-star with Caesar? (5)
- ROMAN
- 60 Down: Herb used for flavoring (4)
- DILL
- 61 Down: Relative of etc. (4)
- ETAL
- 64 Down: "___ boy!" (4)
- ITSA
- 65 Down: At hand (4)
- NEAR
- 67 Down: Shipment from Baghdad (5)
- DATES
- 69 Down: Horace, e.g. (5)
- ODIST
- 73 Down: What teamsters do (4)
- HAUL
- 74 Down: Loser to Dwight (5)
- ADLAI
- 75 Down: Star of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"? (10)
- NOELCOWARD
- 78 Down: Star of "On the Waterfront"? (10)
- PIERANGELI
- 79 Down: Done in (5)
- SLAIN
- 80 Down: Grasso (4)
- ELLA
- 83 Down: Downstairs person (4)
- MAID
- 85 Down: Man behind the Bunkers (4)
- LEAR
- 88 Down: Drooled (8)
- SLAVERED
- 90 Down: Sailor's patron (6)
- STELMO
- 92 Down: Observed casually (8)
- REMARKED
- 95 Down: Kabul nabob (4)
- AMIR
- 100 Down: Russia, to Churchill (6)
- ENIGMA
- 102 Down: ___ Tower, world's tallest building (5)
- SEARS
- 103 Down: More agile (6)
- SPRYER
- 105 Down: Borg specialty (3)
- ACE
- 106 Down: G.I. ID (6)
- DOGTAG
- 108 Down: Matriculate (5)
- ENROL
- 110 Down: From ___ toe (5)
- TIPTO
- 112 Down: In the cellar (4)
- LAST
- 113 Down: Medley (4)
- OLIO
- 114 Down: Bud or seed (4)
- GERM
- 116 Down: Stone paving block (4)
- SETT
- 118 Down: Hera's messenger (4)
- IRIS
- 119 Down: Give off (4)
- EMIT
- 122 Down: Highway sign (3)
- GAS
- 123 Down: Bee follower (3)
- CEE
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