MEMO TO DAD - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/13/1979. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fast-food shop (4)
- DELI
- 5 Across: Ballerina's knee bend (4)
- PLIE
- 9 Across: Towel fabric (5)
- CRASH
- 14 Across: Scenic view (5)
- SCAPE
- 19 Across: Buck heroine (4)
- OLAN
- 20 Across: Norman or Edward (4)
- LEAR
- 21 Across: Word of surprise (5)
- HELLO
- 22 Across: Lucubrated (5)
- PORED
- 23 Across: Start of a verse (21)
- NOWTHATMAMASLIBERATED
- 27 Across: Romberg's forte (8)
- OPERETTA
- 28 Across: Insect: Comb. form (5)
- ENTOM
- 29 Across: Repetitive recital (6)
- LITANY
- 30 Across: R & R spots (7)
- RESORTS
- 31 Across: Aspect (5)
- FACET
- 32 Across: Schnapps (3)
- GIN
- 33 Across: Finger sign (3)
- VEE
- 34 Across: Was homesick (5)
- PINED
- 35 Across: Cellaret (8)
- TANTALUS
- 40 Across: Like an impala (5)
- FLEET
- 43 Across: Yarborough, e.g. (4)
- BUST
- 44 Across: Chan's expression (4)
- AHSO
- 45 Across: Knucklehead (4)
- DOPE
- 46 Across: Second line of verse (21)
- REDROSESHOLDNOPROMISE
- 51 Across: Overlook (4)
- OMIT
- 52 Across: Say grace (4)
- PRAY
- 53 Across: Avant-garde (5)
- OUTRE
- 54 Across: Stuck (5)
- MIRED
- 55 Across: Hood's weapon (3)
- GAT
- 56 Across: Tall story (4)
- YARN
- 57 Across: Actress Jeanne (5)
- CRAIN
- 58 Across: Guarantee (6)
- SURETY
- 59 Across: Impugn (4)
- DENY
- 60 Across: Space pioneer (5)
- GLENN
- 61 Across: Chigger (4)
- MITE
- 62 Across: Construction workers (6)
- MASONS
- 65 Across: Winged (5)
- ALATE
- 66 Across: Cold wind in Peru (4)
- PUNA
- 67 Across: Intelligence (3)
- WIT
- 70 Across: Bright-eyed (5)
- ALERT
- 71 Across: Kit Carson was one (5)
- SCOUT
- 72 Across: Soil layers (4)
- SOLA
- 73 Across: Princess, in Punjab (4)
- RANI
- 74 Across: Third line of verse (21)
- FORMAMAHASANTICIPATED
- 78 Across: Year in the reign of Sweyn I (4)
- IOII
- 79 Across: Encourage (4)
- ABET
- 80 Across: Pittypat in "G.W.T.W." (4)
- AUNT
- 81 Across: Posh (5)
- RITZY
- 82 Across: Given to a false show (8)
- AFFECTED
- 84 Across: Needle (5)
- TAUNT
- 86 Across: Marsh (3)
- FEN
- 87 Across: "Ben ___" (3)
- HUR
- 88 Across: Eruption (5)
- BURST
- 89 Across: Poem by Shelley: 1816 (7)
- ALASTOR
- 93 Across: Openness (6)
- CANDOR
- 97 Across: Banks of baseball (5)
- ERNIE
- 98 Across: Sedentary (8)
- INACTIVE
- 99 Across: Last line of verse (21)
- AWEEKENDINSAINTTHOMAS
- 102 Across: Elbe tributary (5)
- SAALE
- 103 Across: Shoelace tip (5)
- AGLET
- 104 Across: Hammett heroine (4)
- NORA
- 105 Across: Pictorial presswork (4)
- ROTO
- 106 Across: Tippecanoe's running mate (5)
- TYLER
- 107 Across: Abzug (5)
- BELLA
- 108 Across: "Too bad!" (4)
- ALAS
- 109 Across: TV talking horse (4)
- MRED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Carnegie was one (5)
- DONOR
- 2 Down: Marry on the run (5)
- ELOPE
- 3 Down: Sing Sing's famed warden (5)
- LAWES
- 4 Down: Typical Woody Allen role (9)
- INTROVERT
- 5 Down: North ___, Neb. (6)
- PLATTE
- 6 Down: Lithuanians' kin (5)
- LETTS
- 7 Down: "___ Dancer," Nureyev film (4)
- IAMA
- 8 Down: Age (3)
- ERA
- 9 Down: Lottery ticket (6)
- CHANCE
- 10 Down: Took life easy (6)
- RESTED
- 11 Down: Apportion (5)
- ALLOT
- 12 Down: Svelte (4)
- SLIM
- 13 Down: Fireplace ledge (3)
- HOB
- 14 Down: Dash (6)
- SPRINT
- 15 Down: Criterion for a show dog (4)
- COAT
- 16 Down: Ionian gulf (4)
- ARTA
- 17 Down: Nail remover (4)
- PEEN
- 18 Down: Author of "No and Yes" (4)
- EDDY
- 24 Down: "From ___ Eternity" (6)
- HERETO
- 25 Down: "___ Me," 1929 song (6)
- MEANTO
- 26 Down: Writer Wylie (6)
- ELINOR
- 31 Down: Suspect (5)
- FISHY
- 32 Down: Scenic peninsula (5)
- GASPE
- 34 Down: Korean port (5)
- PUSAN
- 35 Down: Irritant (5)
- THORN
- 36 Down: Esteem (6)
- ADMIRE
- 37 Down: River into Bay of Biscay (5)
- LOIRE
- 38 Down: Overthrow (5)
- UPSET
- 39 Down: Unkempt (5)
- SEEDY
- 40 Down: Batrachian (4)
- FROG
- 41 Down: British Open winner: 1964 (4)
- LEMA
- 42 Down: Rewrite, in a way (4)
- EDIT
- 43 Down: Item to be picked (5)
- BERRY
- 44 Down: "The Promised Land" author (5)
- ANTIN
- 47 Down: Teams of horses (5)
- SPANS
- 48 Down: Actress Young (7)
- LORETTA
- 49 Down: Boxer Bobick (5)
- DUANE
- 50 Down: Kyushu port (5)
- OMUTA
- 56 Down: Gossip, Yiddish style (5)
- YENTA
- 57 Down: Kringle (5)
- CLAUS
- 58 Down: Moses' mountain (5)
- SINAI
- 59 Down: Far ahead in a golf match (6)
- DORMIE
- 60 Down: Revel in a victory (5)
- GLOAT
- 61 Down: Swindle or fine (5)
- MULCT
- 62 Down: Puzo subject (5)
- MAFIA
- 63 Down: Like a loner (5)
- ALOOF
- 64 Down: Stroke on a letter (5)
- SERIF
- 65 Down: Suffered (5)
- ACHED
- 66 Down: Meaning (5)
- POINT
- 67 Down: Power unit (4)
- WATT
- 68 Down: Columnist Robb (4)
- INEZ
- 69 Down: Antimacassar (4)
- TIDY
- 71 Down: Cavalry weapon (5)
- SABER
- 72 Down: Dwarf (5)
- STUNT
- 73 Down: Shower (9)
- RAINSTORM
- 75 Down: Develop (6)
- MATURE
- 76 Down: Mal de mer (6)
- NAUSEA
- 77 Down: Emulate Sunday (6)
- PREACH
- 83 Down: String of pearls (6)
- CHOKER
- 84 Down: Holland, for one (6)
- TUNNEL
- 85 Down: Loser at Palo Alto: 1846 (6)
- ARISTA
- 86 Down: ___ a pancake (6)
- FLATAS
- 88 Down: Turbot (5)
- BRILL
- 89 Down: Sinuses (5)
- ANTRA
- 90 Down: One of the Lesser Sundas (5)
- TIMOR
- 91 Down: Egg-shaped (5)
- OVATE
- 92 Down: Doctor a lawn (5)
- RESOD
- 93 Down: Found (4)
- CAST
- 94 Down: Putting position (4)
- AWAY
- 95 Down: Patricia of films (4)
- NEAL
- 96 Down: Excise (4)
- DELE
- 97 Down: Advantage (4)
- EDGE
- 98 Down: Chemical suffix (4)
- INOL
- 100 Down: Collar (3)
- NAB
- 101 Down: Frost's "___ Vale" (3)
- INA
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