ONE FOR THE BOOK - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 132 clues). Published 5/27/1979. By Jack Luzzatto.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Protracted poems (5)
- EPICS
- 6 Across: Festive exhibitions (5)
- FAIRS
- 11 Across: Negligent (6)
- REMISS
- 17 Across: "We ___ amused" (6)
- ARENOT
- 18 Across: Able to pay bills (7)
- SOLVENT
- 20 Across: "Better ___ fool . . . ": Shak. (6)
- AWITTY
- 21 Across: Bookworm (14)
- CONSTANTREADER
- 23 Across: Lebanon trees (6)
- CEDARS
- 24 Across: Clue (4)
- HINT
- 25 Across: Way to go (5)
- ROUTE
- 26 Across: Feebler, as excuses (5)
- LAMER
- 28 Across: Tosspot (3)
- SOT
- 29 Across: Aloof (3)
- ICY
- 30 Across: Adm. Byrd book (5)
- ALONE
- 31 Across: Long John (6)
- SILVER
- 33 Across: Tall Asiatic tree (4)
- ACLE
- 34 Across: Martinet's activity (8)
- PADDLING
- 36 Across: Meddled or muddled (6)
- MESSED
- 37 Across: "A ___ of Life" (5)
- PSALM
- 38 Across: Trouble en masse (4)
- RIOT
- 39 Across: Places for opinions (4)
- FORA
- 40 Across: Lawful (5)
- LICIT
- 42 Across: Madagascar mammal (6)
- TENREC
- 44 Across: "___ Jimmy Valentine" (5)
- ALIAS
- 46 Across: Beats all hollow (6)
- CREAMS
- 49 Across: Catches flies (5)
- SHAGS
- 50 Across: Hurdle (8)
- OBSTACLE
- 53 Across: Embarrassments in print (6)
- ERRATA
- 55 Across: "Ecstasy" name (4)
- HEDY
- 56 Across: Escapee from a witch (6)
- GRETEL
- 57 Across: Trusted friends (9)
- ALTEREGOS
- 59 Across: Away (3)
- OFF
- 60 Across: Jabberwocky (13)
- NONSENSEVERSE
- 62 Across: Dramaturgy is one (3)
- ART
- 63 Across: Bibliophile's possible acquirement (9)
- ERUDITION
- 65 Across: Underwater concrete depositor (6)
- TREMIE
- 66 Across: Autocrat (4)
- CZAR
- 67 Across: Widow (6)
- RELICT
- 68 Across: Seattle transport (8)
- MONORAIL
- 70 Across: Wheat: Sp. (5)
- TRIGO
- 71 Across: Good Book heroine (6)
- ESTHER
- 73 Across: Commune near La Coruña (5)
- NARON
- 74 Across: Of sea gulls (6)
- LARINE
- 76 Across: Wood joiner (5)
- TENON
- 78 Across: The lowdown (4)
- DIRT
- 79 Across: Christie was one (4)
- DAME
- 80 Across: Church pulpits (5)
- AMBOS
- 83 Across: Conservatives (6)
- TORIES
- 85 Across: Critiqued a new book (8)
- REVIEWED
- 89 Across: "Stars" partner (4)
- BARS
- 90 Across: Blows on the beak (6)
- NOSERS
- 91 Across: Neighbor of Ethiopia (5)
- SUDAN
- 92 Across: A nucleic acid (3)
- RNA
- 93 Across: Bunyan blade (3)
- AXE
- 94 Across: Adriatic northers (5)
- BORAS
- 95 Across: Clan chief: Var. (5)
- THEGN
- 96 Across: "The ___ of the Four" (4)
- SIGN
- 97 Across: "Ecce Homo" painter (6)
- TITIAN
- 99 Across: Henry James was one (14)
- LITERARYCRITIC
- 103 Across: Strangely beautiful (6)
- EXOTIC
- 104 Across: Perkins, Greeley et al. (7)
- EDITORS
- 105 Across: Tertiary epoch (6)
- EOCENE
- 106 Across: Where Stone meets Gravel (6)
- SENATE
- 107 Across: Wax dramatic (5)
- EMOTE
- 108 Across: Cubic meter (5)
- STERE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Rostov book: 1977 (6)
- EROICA
- 2 Down: Kin of shilling shockers (14)
- PENNYDREADFULS
- 3 Down: U.S.C. or U.C.L.A. (4)
- INST
- 4 Down: Fingerstall (3)
- COT
- 5 Down: Blue zircon (8)
- STARLITE
- 6 Down: Specialty (5)
- FORTE
- 7 Down: Wind-shielded (4)
- ALEE
- 8 Down: Marsh elder (3)
- IVA
- 9 Down: Sinclair Lewis's nickname (3)
- RED
- 10 Down: Fishhook lines (6)
- SNELLS
- 11 Down: Foyt or Unser (5)
- RACER
- 12 Down: Pitcher (4)
- EWER
- 13 Down: "___ pleasures and palaces . . . ": Payne (3)
- MID
- 14 Down: A Mississippi source (6)
- ITASCA
- 15 Down: Take a walk (6)
- STROLL
- 16 Down: Method (6)
- SYSTEM
- 17 Down: ___ off the old block (5)
- ACHIP
- 18 Down: Suddenly smarting (5)
- STUNG
- 19 Down: Emulate Gulliver (6)
- TRAVEL
- 22 Down: Koestler's "Darkness at ___" (4)
- NOON
- 27 Down: Doc (5)
- MEDIC
- 30 Down: French exclamation (5)
- ALORS
- 31 Down: Novel installment plans (13)
- SERIALSTORIES
- 32 Down: Nobelist Singer (5)
- ISAAC
- 33 Down: Popeyed (6)
- ASTARE
- 35 Down: Drab and dismal (5)
- DINGY
- 36 Down: Heated; glowing (6)
- MOLTEN
- 37 Down: M. Cardin (6)
- PIERRE
- 39 Down: Attach firmly (8)
- FASTENON
- 41 Down: Malay dagger (6)
- CREESE
- 42 Down: "Land of ___" (7)
- THEFREE
- 43 Down: French horns (5)
- CORNI
- 45 Down: Insect in bondage (8)
- SLAVEANT
- 47 Down: Periodical author (14)
- MAGAZINEWRITER
- 48 Down: Computer memory (7)
- STORAGE
- 49 Down: Smith for horses (5)
- SHOER
- 51 Down: Twiggy broom (5)
- BESOM
- 52 Down: Resin for lacquer (5)
- ELEMI
- 54 Down: Houston player (5)
- ASTRO
- 56 Down: Obtained (6)
- GOTTEN
- 58 Down: Warble (5)
- TRILL
- 60 Down: Recesses (6)
- NICHES
- 61 Down: Fluffs (6)
- ERRORS
- 64 Down: Duplicates (6)
- DITTOS
- 66 Down: Thriller theme (5)
- CRIME
- 69 Down: Lowest point (5)
- NADIR
- 70 Down: Transportation for Theroux (5)
- TRAIN
- 72 Down: Copter blade (5)
- ROTOR
- 75 Down: Prepayments to authors (8)
- ADVANCES
- 77 Down: Register recording (6)
- NOSALE
- 80 Down: Slacks off (6)
- ABATES
- 81 Down: Relative of 88 Down (6)
- MAXIXE
- 82 Down: Rennes native (6)
- BRETON
- 84 Down: Dwell (6)
- RESIDE
- 85 Down: Sorry ones (5)
- RUERS
- 86 Down: Nervous (4)
- EDGY
- 87 Down: Donkey, e.g. (6)
- ENGINE
- 88 Down: Guaracha or samba (5)
- DANCE
- 90 Down: Present occasion (5)
- NONCE
- 91 Down: Royalty, to an author (5)
- SHARE
- 94 Down: Chum, for one (4)
- BAIT
- 95 Down: Easy gait (4)
- TROT
- 96 Down: Six, on a die (4)
- SICE
- 98 Down: Spanish diminutive (3)
- ITA
- 100 Down: Christmas boy (3)
- TIM
- 101 Down: Eur. war theater (3)
- ETO
- 102 Down: Piffle (3)
- ROT
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