ALL-AMERICAN VERSES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 7/1/1979. By Anne Fox.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Speaks gruffly (5)
- BARKS
- 6 Across: Essays (5)
- TRIES
- 11 Across: Low bow (6)
- SALAAM
- 17 Across: Literature Nobelist: 1925 (4)
- SHAW
- 21 Across: Moslem prince (5)
- AMEER
- 22 Across: Droll (5)
- WITTY
- 23 Across: Spanish stew (6)
- PAELLA
- 24 Across: Sheltered place (4)
- COVE
- 25 Across: Poem for June 17, 1775 (18)
- BALLADOFBUNKERHILL
- 28 Across: Turgenev's birthplace (4)
- OREL
- 29 Across: Apple thrower of myth (4)
- ERIS
- 30 Across: Not seldom (5)
- OFTEN
- 31 Across: Bakery aide (4)
- ICER
- 32 Across: Bombard (6)
- ATTACK
- 34 Across: Tennis great René (7)
- LACOSTE
- 36 Across: Chinese-American architect (3)
- PEI
- 37 Across: That is to say (5)
- TOWIT
- 39 Across: Poem for Aug. 6, 1777 (19)
- THEBATTLEOFORISKANY
- 48 Across: Jelly fruit (5)
- GUAVA
- 52 Across: ___ incognita (5)
- TERRA
- 53 Across: Asian tree (4)
- DITA
- 54 Across: Sun: Comb. form (5)
- HELIO
- 55 Across: City on the Chemung (6)
- ELMIRA
- 57 Across: Kind of cross (3)
- TAU
- 58 Across: Balancing (7)
- POISING
- 61 Across: Pull (4)
- YANK
- 62 Across: Poem for Dec. 26, 1776–Jan. 3, 1777 (19)
- TRENTONANDPRINCETON
- 66 Across: Heel's companion (3)
- TOE
- 67 Across: "___ semper tyrannis" (3)
- SIC
- 68 Across: Emulate Killy (3)
- SKI
- 69 Across: Celt (4)
- GAEL
- 70 Across: Story from the past (6)
- LEGEND
- 72 Across: U.S. satellite (4)
- ECHO
- 74 Across: Progenitor (6)
- PARENT
- 77 Across: Graduated (6)
- SCALAR
- 80 Across: Poem for July 16, 1779 (23)
- THESTORMINGOFSTONYPOINT
- 88 Across: Moved along an apron (6)
- TAXIED
- 89 Across: Chubby (6)
- ROTUND
- 90 Across: Word with bank or ball (4)
- SNOW
- 91 Across: Magnificent (6)
- SUPERB
- 94 Across: Over: Fr. (4)
- FINI
- 95 Across: Western org. (3)
- OAS
- 98 Across: First-rate (3)
- ACE
- 99 Across: Daughter of Cadmus (3)
- INO
- 100 Across: Poem for May 12, 1780 (19)
- SONGABOUTCHARLESTON
- 108 Across: Forbidding (4)
- GRIM
- 110 Across: Some speakers (7)
- WOOFERS
- 111 Across: Yangtze feeder (3)
- KAN
- 112 Across: Show off (6)
- FLAUNT
- 113 Across: Memorable impresario (5)
- HUROK
- 115 Across: Reunion et al. (4)
- ILES
- 116 Across: Overcast (5)
- SEWED
- 118 Across: Surround (5)
- EMBAY
- 119 Across: Poem for Oct. 19, 1781 (19)
- THENEWSFROMYORKTOWN
- 124 Across: "The Bells of St. ___" (5)
- MARYS
- 125 Across: Promissory note (3)
- IOU
- 126 Across: Pinched with a jerk (7)
- TWEAKED
- 131 Across: Past (6)
- BYGONE
- 134 Across: Swirl (4)
- EDDY
- 136 Across: Teacher of Stradivari (5)
- AMATI
- 139 Across: ___ bene (4)
- NOTA
- 140 Across: U.S. island (4)
- OAHU
- 141 Across: Poem for April 30, 1789 (18)
- THEVOWOFWASHINGTON
- 146 Across: Bed part (4)
- SLAT
- 147 Across: Mexican state (6)
- COLIMA
- 148 Across: ___ the Riveter (5)
- ROSIE
- 149 Across: Chan portrayer (5)
- OLAND
- 150 Across: First name in clocks (4)
- SETH
- 151 Across: Comet man (6)
- HALLEY
- 152 Across: Asian range (5)
- ALTAI
- 153 Across: In disorder (5)
- MESSY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Biblical tower (5)
- BABEL
- 2 Down: Opera star Lucine (5)
- AMARA
- 3 Down: Esteemed object (5)
- RELIC
- 4 Down: Great horse of the 60's (5)
- KELSO
- 5 Down: Relative of Mme. (3)
- SRA
- 6 Down: Goodly part of a yard (7)
- TWOFEET
- 7 Down: Breach (4)
- RIFT
- 8 Down: "Let ___," Beatles song (4)
- ITBE
- 9 Down: Vingt-___ (4)
- ETUN
- 10 Down: With: Prefix (3)
- SYN
- 11 Down: Money in coin (6)
- SPECIE
- 12 Down: River to the Rhine (4)
- AARE
- 13 Down: Long oven (4)
- LEHR
- 14 Down: Hero of a Sheed book (3)
- ALI
- 15 Down: Every (3)
- ALL
- 16 Down: African republic (6)
- MALAWI
- 17 Down: U.S. poet Francis (8)
- SCOTTKEY
- 18 Down: Israeli dance (4)
- HORA
- 19 Down: ___ plaisir (4)
- AVEC
- 20 Down: "Champagne music" man (4)
- WELK
- 26 Down: "How ___ the little busy . . . " (4)
- DOTH
- 27 Down: German port (4)
- KIEL
- 33 Down: Rinehart character (4)
- TISH
- 35 Down: Jumps (6)
- STARTS
- 36 Down: School group (3)
- PTA
- 37 Down: Comedienne Fields (5)
- TOTIE
- 38 Down: Praying figure (5)
- ORANT
- 40 Down: Greek letter (4)
- BETA
- 41 Down: Island off Ireland (4)
- ARAN
- 42 Down: Swimming stroke (7)
- TRUDGEN
- 43 Down: Ruler of the Aesir (4)
- ODIN
- 44 Down: Exchequer (4)
- FISC
- 45 Down: Winged (5)
- ALATE
- 46 Down: Sheer fabric (5)
- NINON
- 47 Down: Joined (5)
- YOKED
- 48 Down: "Ready, ___, go!" (6)
- GETSET
- 49 Down: Zwingli's first name (6)
- ULRICH
- 50 Down: Actor Don from Kenosha (6)
- AMECHE
- 51 Down: Médoc, for one (3)
- VIN
- 56 Down: Astronaut's "perfect" (3)
- AOK
- 58 Down: First president of the Transvaal (9)
- PRETORIUS
- 59 Down: Fuel in the news (3)
- OIL
- 60 Down: "Gee whiz!" (5)
- GOLLY
- 63 Down: Unless before: Lat. abbr. (5)
- NIPRI
- 64 Down: Throe (4)
- PANG
- 65 Down: One of the tides (4)
- NEAP
- 71 Down: ___ point (lace) (4)
- GROS
- 73 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4)
- OSTE
- 75 Down: Spirit of St. Louis (3)
- AME
- 76 Down: Free of (3)
- RID
- 77 Down: Erwin of films (3)
- STU
- 78 Down: Against (3)
- CON
- 79 Down: Contract phrase (5)
- ANDOR
- 81 Down: Salts (4)
- TARS
- 82 Down: "The ___ Incident," 1943 movie (5)
- OXBOW
- 83 Down: Baptismal basin (4)
- FONT
- 84 Down: Thorn, for one (7)
- STICKER
- 85 Down: "Three men ___" (6)
- INATUB
- 86 Down: Texas town (6)
- NOCONA
- 87 Down: Jackson's bill (6)
- TWENTY
- 91 Down: Kind of seer (5)
- SIGHT
- 92 Down: Loser to Reagan: 1970 (5)
- UNRUH
- 93 Down: French fruit (5)
- POIRE
- 94 Down: Pro (3)
- FOR
- 96 Down: Loser to F.D.R.: 1936 (3)
- ALF
- 97 Down: Moon goddess (6)
- SELENE
- 101 Down: Strident (5)
- NOISY
- 102 Down: Plays the Doral (5)
- GOLFS
- 103 Down: Southwest wind (4)
- AFER
- 104 Down: Amador's delight (4)
- BESO
- 105 Down: Dove's opposite (4)
- HAWK
- 106 Down: "He hath spread ___ . . . " (4)
- ANET
- 107 Down: Avuncular name (3)
- SAM
- 109 Down: Battle site: June 28, 1778 (8)
- MONMOUTH
- 114 Down: Great English actor (4)
- KEAN
- 116 Down: Trifle (3)
- SOU
- 117 Down: Be precise (7)
- DOTTHEI
- 120 Down: Despicable one (6)
- WRETCH
- 121 Down: Part of a fair (6)
- MIDWAY
- 122 Down: Toy (4)
- YOYO
- 123 Down: James Jones book: 1975 (4)
- WWII
- 127 Down: Fish (5)
- ANGLE
- 128 Down: Bantu-speaking people (5)
- KOTAS
- 129 Down: Collars (5)
- ETONS
- 130 Down: "Just great!" (5)
- DANDY
- 131 Down: Tweed, e.g. (4)
- BOSS
- 132 Down: ___ blue (4)
- YALE
- 133 Down: Mountain pass, in India (4)
- GHAT
- 134 Down: Bad (4)
- EVIL
- 135 Down: Capitol feature (4)
- DOME
- 136 Down: Truant G.I. (4)
- AWOL
- 137 Down: Topgallant (4)
- MAST
- 138 Down: Land mass (4)
- ASIA
- 142 Down: ___-Binh, 1970 film (3)
- HOA
- 143 Down: Annex (3)
- ELL
- 144 Down: Lippo Lippi (3)
- FRA
- 145 Down: ___ de guerre (3)
- NOM
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