WHODUNIT? - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 164 clues). Published 5/20/1979. By Elaine D. Schorr.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Barflies (8)
- TOSSPOTS
- 9 Across: Navigational systems (6)
- LORANS
- 15 Across: Butternut squash (6)
- CUSHAW
- 21 Across: Pangolin (8)
- ANTEATER
- 22 Across: Needlelike (7)
- ACERATE
- 24 Across: Sound sight (6)
- MARINA
- 25 Across: Mrs. O'Leary did it (23)
- WENTTHROUGHFIREANDWATER
- 28 Across: He used his lip (3)
- LEO
- 29 Across: Affirmed sound (5)
- SNORT
- 30 Across: Inhibit (5)
- DETER
- 31 Across: Laurel (4)
- STAN
- 32 Across: Street runner (5)
- GAMIN
- 35 Across: When Brutus did it (4)
- IDES
- 36 Across: Part of L.C.D. (5)
- LEAST
- 38 Across: Day divs. (3)
- HRS
- 39 Across: Steinbeck character (4)
- ARON
- 40 Across: Bright (5)
- NITID
- 42 Across: Schmo (5)
- TWERP
- 44 Across: D.D.E. (3)
- IKE
- 46 Across: Diller's surgeon did it (9)
- SAVEDFACE
- 49 Across: Like some boas (5)
- FURRY
- 50 Across: Carl, Fritz or Rob (6)
- REINER
- 53 Across: Prefix with fix (3)
- PRE
- 54 Across: Split (5)
- RIVED
- 55 Across: Stewpots (5)
- OLLAS
- 56 Across: Nobelist for Peace: 1931 (6)
- ADDAMS
- 57 Across: One of the cattlemen (6)
- DROVER
- 59 Across: Censor a telecast (5)
- BLEEP
- 60 Across: Anent (4)
- ASTO
- 62 Across: Devotee of an art (3)
- IST
- 63 Across: Apparition (5)
- SHAPE
- 64 Across: Scatters (6)
- STREWS
- 66 Across: Select, as a jury (7)
- IMPANEL
- 68 Across: Musical direction (6)
- ATEMPO
- 69 Across: Solecist's word (4)
- AINT
- 70 Across: Piece for Pavarotti (4)
- ARIA
- 71 Across: Decamp for romance (5)
- ELOPE
- 74 Across: Luminescence (5)
- FLAME
- 75 Across: Armistead did it at McHenry (11)
- HELDTHEFORT
- 78 Across: Peninsula in the news (5)
- SINAI
- 79 Across: Emulated Hero (5)
- LOVED
- 80 Across: To ___ (exactly) (4)
- ATEE
- 81 Across: Univ. course (4)
- ECON
- 82 Across: ___ the arm (boost) (6)
- SHOTIN
- 83 Across: He wrote "Praise of Folly" (7)
- ERASMUS
- 85 Across: Traversely (6)
- ACROSS
- 87 Across: Groundwork for plastering (5)
- LATHS
- 88 Across: Heliologist's topic (3)
- SUN
- 90 Across: Lovely lake southeast of Rome (4)
- NEMI
- 91 Across: Proboscis (5)
- SNOUT
- 92 Across: Danish city named for a god (6)
- ODENSE
- 94 Across: Summer flounder (6)
- PLAICE
- 96 Across: Legendary labyrinth builder (5)
- MINOS
- 97 Across: Swung round (5)
- SLUED
- 98 Across: Shebang (3)
- HUT
- 101 Across: Portions for certain agents (6)
- TENTHS
- 102 Across: Wall attachment (5)
- PINUP
- 103 Across: The Oysters did it for the Walrus (9)
- TOOKSTEPS
- 105 Across: ___ volente (3)
- DEO
- 106 Across: Swiss city on the Rhine (5)
- BASEL
- 107 Across: A.M. trumpet calls (5)
- DIANS
- 109 Across: "If I Only ___ Heart" (4)
- HADA
- 110 Across: Star pitcher (3)
- ACE
- 112 Across: N.Y.S.E. category (5)
- RAILS
- 114 Across: Palpitate (4)
- PANT
- 115 Across: Intensity (5)
- ARDOR
- 116 Across: Causerie (4)
- CHAT
- 118 Across: Queue (5)
- BRAID
- 120 Across: Abalone (5)
- ORMER
- 122 Across: Arabic name meaning "father" (3)
- ABU
- 123 Across: Simple Simon might have done it (23)
- CARRIEDCOALSTONEWCASTLE
- 130 Across: Take turns (6)
- ROTATE
- 131 Across: Necessitates (7)
- ENTAILS
- 132 Across: O.K. (8)
- SANCTION
- 133 Across: Hole under a grate (6)
- ASHPIT
- 134 Across: "Lucia . . . " showstopper (6)
- SEXTET
- 135 Across: Flint's cache (8)
- TREASURE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Marble shooter (3)
- TAW
- 2 Down: Singleton (3)
- ONE
- 3 Down: Stop on a R.R. (3)
- STN
- 4 Down: Fishing gear (7)
- SETLINE
- 5 Down: Eucharistic plate (5)
- PATEN
- 6 Down: Roman emperor: A.D. 69 (4)
- OTHO
- 7 Down: ___ Borch, Dutch artist (3)
- TER
- 8 Down: Hit signs (4)
- SROS
- 9 Down: ___ Como, Italian resort (6)
- LAGODI
- 10 Down: Used a yellowish pigment (6)
- OCHRED
- 11 Down: Fissures (5)
- REFTS
- 12 Down: Uris hero (3)
- ARI
- 13 Down: Soothing substance (4)
- NARD
- 14 Down: N.F.L. team (8)
- STEELERS
- 15 Down: U.S.N. bigwigs (5)
- CMDRS
- 16 Down: Douglas Fraser's org. (3)
- UAW
- 17 Down: Kin of Mmes. (4)
- SRAS
- 18 Down: The village blacksmith did it (19)
- HITTHENAILONTHEHEAD
- 19 Down: Lend ___ (hearken) (5)
- ANEAR
- 20 Down: Admonishes (5)
- WARNS
- 23 Down: Truck stop (6)
- EATERY
- 26 Down: How we stand (6)
- UNITED
- 27 Down: ___ tide (4)
- NEAP
- 32 Down: Breathe laboriously (4)
- GASP
- 33 Down: North African pine (4)
- ARAR
- 34 Down: Atlas did it when he sneezed (19)
- MOVEDHEAVENANDEARTH
- 37 Down: Blackbeard did it (13)
- TIEDONESHANDS
- 40 Down: Hub (4)
- NAVE
- 41 Down: Workers on layers (5)
- ICERS
- 42 Down: San Joaquin River plants (5)
- TULES
- 43 Down: Cloakroom item (4)
- WRAP
- 45 Down: Coogan role (3)
- KID
- 47 Down: Bligh did it (13)
- DROPPEDANCHOR
- 48 Down: "Hawaii ___" (5)
- FIVEO
- 49 Down: Chanticleer did it (11)
- FLEWTHECOOP
- 50 Down: Pro ___ (4)
- RATA
- 51 Down: Town in West Germany (3)
- EMS
- 52 Down: Alphabetical trio (3)
- RST
- 55 Down: Odorous (5)
- OLENT
- 58 Down: Rod for a cannoneer (6)
- RAMMER
- 59 Down: Honeymooner (5)
- BRIDE
- 60 Down: Aqaba noble (4)
- AMIR
- 61 Down: Light splash (4)
- SPAT
- 63 Down: City in Manche (4)
- STLO
- 65 Down: Contes (5)
- TALES
- 66 Down: Restraining items (5)
- IRONS
- 67 Down: George and T.S. (6)
- ELIOTS
- 68 Down: C.I.O. partner (3)
- AFL
- 70 Down: In progress (5)
- AFOOT
- 72 Down: Country: Sp. (4)
- PAIS
- 73 Down: German article (3)
- EIN
- 75 Down: Village where Patton is buried (4)
- HAMM
- 76 Down: Case for trivia (4)
- ETUI
- 77 Down: Grayish yellows (5)
- ECRUS
- 82 Down: Unctuous (5)
- SLEEK
- 84 Down: Gets the point (4)
- SEES
- 85 Down: Countermand (5)
- ANNUL
- 86 Down: Publicist (5)
- SOLON
- 88 Down: N.Y.C. is one (3)
- SPT
- 89 Down: Caucho (3)
- ULE
- 91 Down: ___ qua non (4)
- SINE
- 93 Down: Twosomes (4)
- DUOS
- 95 Down: Suffix with Adam or Edom (3)
- ITE
- 96 Down: Assignments (8)
- MISSIONS
- 97 Down: ___ Island (6)
- STATEN
- 99 Down: Hair style (4)
- UPDO
- 100 Down: Pre-Lenin ruler (4)
- TSAR
- 102 Down: Blenheim, for one (6)
- PALACE
- 104 Down: Fencing actions (7)
- THRUSTS
- 106 Down: Creeper or roller (4)
- BIRD
- 107 Down: Thrust at repeatedly (6)
- DARTLE
- 108 Down: Farthest from the surface (6)
- INMOST
- 110 Down: Capital of Ghana (5)
- ACCRA
- 111 Down: Utter confusion (5)
- CHAOS
- 113 Down: Red as ___ (5)
- ABEET
- 114 Down: Presuppose (5)
- POSIT
- 115 Down: Fiber for rope (5)
- ABACA
- 117 Down: Springe (4)
- TRAP
- 119 Down: Tidbit from Iraq (4)
- DATE
- 121 Down: Labor Day blessing (4)
- REST
- 122 Down: Youth's problem (4)
- ACNE
- 124 Down: "Lord, is ___?": Matt. 26:22 (3)
- ITI
- 125 Down: Negligent (3)
- LAX
- 126 Down: Kind of club or path (3)
- WAR
- 127 Down: Teutonic sky god (3)
- TIU
- 128 Down: Relative of "Lawd" (3)
- LOR
- 129 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
- ENE
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