SYNTHETIC SYNONYMS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 6/3/1979. By Bert H. Kruse.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Dutch cheeses (5): EDAMS
6 Across: Attacks (7): ASSAILS
13 Across: Demure (3): COY
16 Across: Nincompoop (3): ASS
19 Across: Beverage (5): COCOA
20 Across: Boston square (7): SCOLLAY
21 Across: Past (3): AGO
22 Across: Berlin avenue (5): ALLEE
24 Across: Author of "Hiawatha" (13): HWHIGHPOCKETS
26 Across: New Yorkers (9): PLUSFOURS
28 Across: Poetry (4): ODES
29 Across: Porky's plaint (4): OINK
30 Across: Storehouse (5): ETAPE
32 Across: Colors (6): TINGES
33 Across: Customs (5): MORES
34 Across: Decelerates (5): SLOWS
35 Across: Let (4): HIRE
36 Across: Removes from office (8): DEPRIVES
40 Across: Ahab's quarry (5): WHALE
41 Across: Soccer great (4): PELE
42 Across: G.I. Jane (3): WAC
45 Across: Stritch and May (7): ELAINES
46 Across: Easy, vulnerable target (10): SEATEDTEAL
48 Across: Trapper's trophy (4): HIDE
49 Across: Inn guest (6): LODGER
50 Across: Scenic view (5): SCAPE
51 Across: Trilby on a Londoner (3): HAT
52 Across: Dealt sparingly (5): DOLED
53 Across: Galore (5): AGOGO
54 Across: Push (5): SHOVE
55 Across: Debt memo (4): CHIT
57 Across: Treelike cactus (6): CHOLLA
58 Across: Desires (4): YENS
59 Across: Growing out (5): ENATE
60 Across: Tore (3): RAN
61 Across: A bit more tetched (7): LOOPIER
62 Across: Tupolev-144, e.g. (3): SST
63 Across: L.A. team (9): MALESHEEP
66 Across: Rooks (7): CASTLES
67 Across: More content (7): HAPPIER
70 Across: Bravo, in Barcelona (3): OLE
71 Across: Memorable chief (7): PONTIAC
72 Across: Draws back (7): RECOILS
73 Across: Dinner entree (9): ROASTELIA
75 Across: Women's service org. (3): ORT
78 Across: Beavers (7): CASTORS
79 Across: Shanty (3): HUT
80 Across: Aunt in "Oklahoma!" (5): ELLER
81 Across: Stowe transport (4): TBAR
82 Across: Dress (6): ATTIRE
83 Across: Buzzes (4): HUMS
84 Across: "___ needs a good memory" (5): ALIAR
85 Across: Menace in India (5): COBRA
86 Across: Garlic unit (5): CLOVE
87 Across: Frivolous girl (3): SAL
88 Across: ___ nothing (5): ALLOR
89 Across: Eddied (6): PURLED
90 Across: Honey site (4): HIVE
91 Across: G. & S. ship (10): GIRLSAPRON
94 Across: Cat variety (7): MALTESE
95 Across: Compass dir. (3): ENE
96 Across: Bridge coup (4): SLAM
97 Across: Like a certain range (5): ALPEN
98 Across: Props (8): SUPPORTS
99 Across: Hoax (4): SHAM
100 Across: Erect (5): BUILD
101 Across: Actress Shire (5): TALIA
102 Across: Eastern incarnation (6): AVATAR
105 Across: Asian inn (5): SERAI
106 Across: Perdition (4): RUIN
107 Across: Skin (4): PELT
111 Across: A view from Cleveland (9): LAKEWEIRD
113 Across: City northwest of Roma (13): SAUSAGEITALIA
117 Across: Stranger (5): ALIEN
118 Across: Spenserian hag (3): ATE
119 Across: Circe, e.g. (7): ENTICER
120 Across: Crime increasing in our time (5): ARSON
121 Across: Stop (3): END
122 Across: Crop (3): MAW
123 Across: Money in ancient Greece (7): STATERS
124 Across: Difficult years (5): TEENS

Down Answers

1 Down: She loved Narcissus (4): ECHO
2 Down: Elwood, in "Harvey" (4): DOWD
3 Down: Throb (4): ACHE
4 Down: Avril et mai, e.g. (4): MOIS
5 Down: Lose pep (3): SAG
6 Down: Is ambitious (7): ASPIRES
7 Down: Rich biscuits (6): SCONES
8 Down: Hose (5): SOCKS
9 Down: Turpentine resin (3): ALK
10 Down: ___ de France (3): ILE
11 Down: Kind of TV show (8): LATELATE
12 Down: Heart contraction (7): SYSTOLE
13 Down: A cartoonist and cartoon hero (5): CAPPS
14 Down: Flirt visually (4): OGLE
15 Down: "Te" in "Te amo" (3): YOU
16 Down: Without help (5): ALONE
17 Down: Garden pest (4): SLUG
18 Down: Dry (4): SERE
22 Down: Burning (5): AFIRE
23 Down: Kind of curve (3): ESS
25 Down: Western dam (6): HOOVER
27 Down: Quiet (5): STILL
31 Down: Greatly impressed (4): AWED
33 Down: Actor from N.Y.C.: 1939–76 (5): MINEO
34 Down: Condition (5): SHAPE
35 Down: Field trial event (4): HEAT
36 Down: Holds up (6): DELAYS
37 Down: R.I.P. speeches (6): ELOGES
38 Down: Deer-antelope playground (13): PADONTHESTOVE
39 Down: King bested him (5): RIGGS
40 Down: Makes cloth (6): WEAVES
41 Down: Solid fuel (4): PEAT
42 Down: Famous jockey (13): WILLIECOBBLER
43 Down: Astaire's sister et al. (6): ADELES
44 Down: Tree on Lebanon's flag (5): CEDAR
46 Down: Sea duck (6): SCOTER
47 Down: Like many a model (4): THIN
48 Down: P.R. man's forte (6): HOOPLA
50 Down: Oil-producing rocks (6): SHALES
52 Down: Garb for Gandhi (5): DHOTI
54 Down: Escargots (6): SNAILS
55 Down: Maskegons' kin (5): CREES
56 Down: Chance (3): HAP
57 Down: Tandy, to Cronyn (6): COSTAR
59 Down: British, for one (6): EMPIRE
61 Down: Emerson contemporary (6): LANIER
64 Down: Owls' sounds (5): HOOTS
65 Down: Musical high note (3): ELA
66 Down: Nab (6): COLLAR
68 Down: On the go (6): ACTIVE
69 Down: U.S. painter: 1859–1940 (5): POORE
71 Down: Peak in Thessaly (6): PELION
72 Down: Rope-ladder step (6): RATLIN
73 Down: Kind of punch (3): RUM
74 Down: Tattle (6): TELLON
76 Down: Most unusual (6): RAREST
77 Down: Manual arts (6): TRADES
78 Down: Hide (5): CACHE
79 Down: Cordell (4): HULL
81 Down: Wrong, in Roma (5): TORTO
83 Down: Injure (4): HARM
84 Down: He crowned William the Conqueror (5): ALRED
85 Down: Mea ___ (5): CULPA
87 Down: Realm of Rama I (4): SIAM
88 Down: Applicable, old style (8): APPLIANT
89 Down: "Storia di Cristo" author (6): PAPINI
91 Down: Bright light (5): GLARE
92 Down: Lizard: Comb. form (4): SAUR
93 Down: Other names (7): ALIASES
94 Down: ___ puisne (7): MULIERS
96 Down: Dancer Ted (5): SHAWN
98 Down: Small pike-perch (6): SAUGER
99 Down: Equine (5): STEED
100 Down: Moisten (5): BEDEW
101 Down: Vestige (5): TRACE
102 Down: Ga. neighbor (3): ALA
103 Down: Galba's good-bye (4): VALE
104 Down: Sib (4): AKIN
105 Down: Sp. lass (4): SRTA
107 Down: Reduce (4): PARE
108 Down: If not (4): ELSE
109 Down: One in social demand (4): LION
110 Down: Browns (4): TANS
112 Down: "___ Woman" (3): IAM
114 Down: Hagen (3): UTA
115 Down: Create a lap (3): SIT
116 Down: Produce lace (3): TAT

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