WHAT'S WHOSE? - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/16/1979. By Mary Virginia Orna.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: ___ by (saves) (4)
- PUTS
- 5 Across: Research ctrs. (4)
- LABS
- 9 Across: Coil: Comb. form (5)
- SPIRO
- 14 Across: Touchstone (4)
- TEST
- 18 Across: It follows sieben (4)
- ACHT
- 19 Across: "___ a customer" (5)
- ONETO
- 21 Across: King or queen (5)
- HONOR
- 22 Across: Prefix for present (4)
- OMNI
- 23 Across: What Mark got stuck with? (16)
- CLEOPATRASNEEDLE
- 26 Across: Actress Patricia (4)
- NEAL
- 27 Across: Off-limits (5)
- TABOO
- 28 Across: "___ wise father . . . " (5)
- ITISA
- 29 Across: Right angle (3)
- ELL
- 30 Across: Dry (4)
- SERE
- 31 Across: Guernsey or Jersey (3)
- ELM
- 32 Across: Greek shipping domain? (15)
- CHRISTINASWORLD
- 36 Across: Dominique's donation (3)
- EGG
- 38 Across: Booted feline (4)
- PUSS
- 40 Across: Gothic novelist Victoria (4)
- HOLT
- 41 Across: Stapes locale (3)
- EAR
- 42 Across: Three-ring setting (6)
- BIGTOP
- 44 Across: Big cats (5)
- PUMAS
- 45 Across: Copy (5)
- DITTO
- 49 Across: Rock song for Victorians? (13)
- BRAHMSLULLABY
- 53 Across: Gallinaceous female (6)
- PEAHEN
- 54 Across: Angry; peeved (4)
- SORE
- 55 Across: Lamb (4)
- ELIA
- 56 Across: Grand ___, Evangeline's home (3)
- PRE
- 58 Across: Mt. Wilson glass (4)
- LENS
- 59 Across: Ross or Andaman (3)
- SEA
- 61 Across: Tupelo hero (5)
- ELVIS
- 63 Across: Alpine feature (5)
- ARETE
- 65 Across: Ending with hex or malt (3)
- OSE
- 66 Across: B'way sign (3)
- SRO
- 68 Across: Cabinet appliance in 1867? (13)
- SEWARDSICEBOX
- 71 Across: Rent (3)
- LET
- 72 Across: Chop off (3)
- LOP
- 73 Across: Metal-bending tool (5)
- SWAGE
- 74 Across: Ecole inhabitant (5)
- ELEVE
- 75 Across: El ___, Spanish hero (3)
- CID
- 77 Across: Ripens (4)
- AGES
- 79 Across: Storm part (3)
- EYE
- 80 Across: Auricular (4)
- OTIC
- 81 Across: Tease (4)
- TWIT
- 84 Across: Textile dealer (6)
- MERCER
- 86 Across: Red Sox infielder's decision? (13)
- HOBSONSCHOICE
- 91 Across: Word with up or head (5)
- START
- 92 Across: Brilliant unit (5)
- CARAT
- 93 Across: Emulates Marple (6)
- SOLVES
- 94 Across: Personate (3)
- ACT
- 96 Across: Expanse fed by the Amu Darya (4)
- ARAL
- 97 Across: Seraph's song: Var. (4)
- PEAN
- 99 Across: Sullivan and Wynn (3)
- EDS
- 100 Across: Where George got free drinks? (15)
- MARTHASVINEYARD
- 106 Across: Militant campus org. (3)
- SDS
- 108 Across: A Waugh (4)
- ALEC
- 109 Across: A West (3)
- MAE
- 110 Across: Circle parts (5)
- RADII
- 111 Across: ___ miss (haphazardly) (5)
- HITOR
- 114 Across: Co-signer with Hancock (4)
- RUSH
- 115 Across: Wonderland tearoom? (16)
- ALICESRESTAURANT
- 119 Across: Sheltered (4)
- ALEE
- 120 Across: Indian queens (5)
- RANIS
- 121 Across: Salts or Downs (5)
- EPSOM
- 122 Across: Author Wiesel (4)
- ELIE
- 123 Across: Is employed in Valenciennes (4)
- TATS
- 124 Across: Stewart or Joseph (5)
- ALSOP
- 125 Across: Petrol-station accessory (4)
- TYRE
- 126 Across: Soaks flax (4)
- RETS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: NATO, e.g. (4)
- PACT
- 2 Down: Bruins' campus (4)
- UCLA
- 3 Down: Did it cost three pennies? (15)
- THEBEGGARSOPERA
- 4 Down: Pigeon of a sort (5)
- STOOL
- 5 Down: Mauna ___ (3)
- LOA
- 6 Down: Clowns' specialties (6)
- ANTICS
- 7 Down: Uppers and lowers (6)
- BERTHS
- 8 Down: Part of a flight (5)
- STAIR
- 9 Down: Haggard novel (3)
- SHE
- 10 Down: "The Tell-Tale Heart" author (3)
- POE
- 11 Down: Forms a new paragraph (7)
- INDENTS
- 12 Down: Missouri campus town (5)
- ROLLA
- 13 Down: Threatening alternative (6)
- ORELSE
- 14 Down: Barber-ous? (9)
- TONSORIAL
- 15 Down: Relative of a sheik (5)
- EMEER
- 16 Down: Watchdog's warning (5)
- SNARL
- 17 Down: Like many bathrooms (5)
- TILED
- 20 Down: Bone: Prefix (4)
- OSSI
- 24 Down: "Chicago piano" (6)
- POMPOM
- 25 Down: Preakness winner: 1955 (6)
- NASHUA
- 33 Down: The Taj Mahal, e.g. (4)
- TOMB
- 34 Down: Faulkner's "As ___ Dying" (4)
- ILAY
- 35 Down: Wimbledon winner: 1977 (4)
- WADE
- 36 Down: Recedes (4)
- EBBS
- 37 Down: Copter's cousin (4)
- GIRO
- 39 Down: Highs (3)
- UPS
- 43 Down: "Friendly" pronoun (4)
- THEE
- 44 Down: Tartan (5)
- PLAID
- 46 Down: "Little Women" sequel? (15)
- THEOLDWIVESTALE
- 47 Down: Future, e.g. (5)
- TENSE
- 48 Down: Town on Buzzards Bay (5)
- ONSET
- 50 Down: Elbowroom (6)
- LEEWAY
- 51 Down: Amount needed to fill a cask (6)
- ULLAGE
- 52 Down: Pound, in Paris (5)
- LIVRE
- 53 Down: A companion of Falstaff (4)
- PETO
- 56 Down: André or Dory (6)
- PREVIN
- 57 Down: Strads' precursors (6)
- REBECS
- 60 Down: Balaam's "vehicle" (3)
- ASS
- 62 Down: Compass dir. (3)
- SSE
- 63 Down: Vinegar: Prefix (5)
- ACETO
- 64 Down: Title for a gov. or amb. (3)
- EXC
- 66 Down: Bridge feats (5)
- SLAMS
- 67 Down: Thesaurus name (5)
- ROGET
- 69 Down: Liquid container (4)
- EWER
- 70 Down: Berlin's "When ___ You" (5)
- ILOST
- 76 Down: Chemical suffix (4)
- ITOL
- 78 Down: Horseplayers' concerns (9)
- SCRATCHES
- 82 Down: Glacé (4)
- ICED
- 83 Down: Hardy heroine (4)
- TESS
- 85 Down: Emulate Hogarth (4)
- ETCH
- 86 Down: Mata ___ (4)
- HARI
- 87 Down: Dinars are spent here (4)
- ORAN
- 88 Down: Workers in cotton (6)
- BALERS
- 89 Down: Jeff Davis's org. (3)
- CSA
- 90 Down: Osaka's island (6)
- HONSHU
- 92 Down: Mine disasters (7)
- CAVEINS
- 95 Down: Spicy Italian mixture (6)
- TAMARA
- 97 Down: Sissified (6)
- PRISSY
- 98 Down: Ben Bradlee, e.g. (6)
- EDITOR
- 100 Down: Corday's victim (5)
- MARAT
- 101 Down: Wing tip (5)
- ALULA
- 102 Down: Button for a bowler (5)
- RESET
- 103 Down: West Coast shrub (5)
- SALAL
- 104 Down: Easily handled, as a ship (4)
- YARE
- 105 Down: Skilled (5)
- ADEPT
- 107 Down: More threatening (5)
- DIRER
- 112 Down: "You can bet ___!" (4)
- ONIT
- 113 Down: 66, 95, etc. (4)
- RTES
- 116 Down: A.F.L. affiliate (3)
- CIO
- 117 Down: Psychic's métier (3)
- ESP
- 118 Down: Soul, in Solesmes (3)
- AME
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