OLD-CLUES RUSE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 9/23/1979. By George Rose Smith.

Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.

Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle

Across Answers

1 Across: Let up (6): ABATED
7 Across: Hebrew prophet (4): AMOS
11 Across: Lean-to (4): SHED
15 Across: "Front porch" (4): FLAB
19 Across: Hard as nails, for one (6): SIMILE
20 Across: Andrea ___ (5): DORIA
22 Across: He sang "Start Movin'": 1957 (5): MINEO
24 Across: Marquisette (4): LENO
25 Across: Mineral springs (12): STEELSPIRALS
27 Across: Building extensions (10): ADDINGONTO
29 Across: Bill (3): TEN
30 Across: Showed mercy (6): SPARED
31 Across: Vetches (5): TARES
33 Across: Plaid (6): TARTAN
34 Across: White Sox all-star (4): ORTA
35 Across: Desires (5): WANTS
36 Across: About (4): SOME
37 Across: U.S. missile (3): SAM
40 Across: Immaterial (4): AIRY
41 Across: "Common Sense" author (5): PAINE
42 Across: What déjeuners satisfy (8): APPETITS
46 Across: Cloying or sticky (7): TREACLY
48 Across: Mine entrance (11): MYFRONTDOOR
50 Across: Vein's glory (3): ORE
51 Across: Strads' kin (6): AMATIS
52 Across: Use a blender (5): PUREE
53 Across: Unguis (4): HOOF
54 Across: Koko's weapon (4): SNEE
55 Across: Heads (5): POLLS
56 Across: Not so noble (5): BASER
57 Across: Happy as ___ (5): ALARK
59 Across: Execution (5): DOING
60 Across: Citole (4): LUTE
61 Across: Gas: Prefix (4): AERI
62 Across: Sheep (5): OVINE
63 Across: Logomachize (6): DEBATE
64 Across: Silkworm (3): ERI
65 Across: Algerian port (11): AFRICANWINE
68 Across: Locker room V.I.P. (7): TRAINER
69 Across: Morning Prayer (6): MATINS
71 Across: Room in a maison (5): SALLE
72 Across: Bowl in Miami (6): ORANGE
73 Across: "___ one hope . . . ": J. R. Lowell (7): ONELOVE
75 Across: Persian wheel (11): MIDEASTBIKE
77 Across: Felt shoe (3): PAC
80 Across: Trigonometric term (6): COSINE
81 Across: Youngest son (5): CADET
82 Across: Solemnity (4): RITE
83 Across: Kernel (4): PITH
84 Across: Sun hat (5): TOPEE
85 Across: Shipworm (5): BORER
86 Across: ___ couture (5): HAUTE
88 Across: Napoli dish (5): PASTA
89 Across: ___ even keel (4): ONAN
90 Across: Quitclaim, e.g. (4): DEED
91 Across: Pods of flax (5): BOLLS
92 Across: Any human (6): MORTAL
93 Across: Boone or O'Brien (3): PAT
94 Across: Choice part (11): LEADINGLADY
97 Across: Romberg-Gershwin work (7): ROSALIE
98 Across: Imparts gradually (8): INSTILLS
100 Across: Month in Pamplona (5): ENERO
101 Across: Mar slightly (4): DENT
102 Across: A.F.B. in Colorado (3): ENT
103 Across: Vex (4): ROIL
104 Across: Specific-gravity scale (5): BAUME
105 Across: Somewhat, in music (4): POCO
106 Across: Glutting (6): SATING
109 Across: Fire worshiper (5): PARSI
110 Across: Fata morgana (6): MIRAGE
112 Across: Unseal: Poetic (3): OPE
115 Across: Stone monument (10): MTRUSHMORE
117 Across: Polish coins (12): SHINEPENNIES
120 Across: Dash (4): ELAN
121 Across: Balzac's birthplace (5): TOURS
122 Across: Zenana (5): HAREM
123 Across: Halters (6): NOOSES
124 Across: Help with the dishes (4): WIPE
125 Across: Harte (4): BRET
126 Across: Oasis (4): WADI
127 Across: Early cenobite (6): ESSENE

Down Answers

1 Down: Staff mem. (4): ASST
2 Down: Fall for a gag (4): BITE
3 Down: The last word (4): AMEN
4 Down: Sleeper (3): TIE
5 Down: Cubits (4): ELLS
6 Down: Ravages (8): DESPOILS
7 Down: "Tobacco is ___ weed. I like it.": Hemminger (6): ADIRTY
8 Down: Peloponnesus (5): MOREA
9 Down: Toward the mouth (4): ORAD
10 Down: Part of R.S.V.P. (3): SIL
11 Down: Spruce (7): SMARTEN
12 Down: Trapper's collection (5): HIDES
13 Down: Destinies (4): ENDS
14 Down: "Agnus ___" (3): DEI
15 Down: Tiny blossom (6): FLORET
16 Down: Forty weekdays (4): LENT
17 Down: Pier of a sort (4): ANTA
18 Down: Favor (4): BOON
21 Down: Fred or Adele (7): ASTAIRE
23 Down: In control (7): ONTOPOF
26 Down: Turn aside (5): PARRY
28 Down: More intrepid (5): GAMER
32 Down: Part of A.D. (4): ANNO
35 Down: Cookie (5): WAFER
36 Down: Ghost (5): SPOOK
37 Down: Wheat or cotton (6): STAPLE
38 Down: Tommy of links fame (6): ARMOUR
39 Down: Table scraps (13): MEALTIMESPATS
40 Down: Galatea's beloved (4): ACIS
41 Down: Dido died on one (4): PYRE
42 Down: Set on a pedestal (5): ADORE
43 Down: Greek letter (13): IONIANEPISTLE
44 Down: XXX, to Pierre (6): TRENTE
45 Down: Noted folk singer (6): SEEGER
47 Down: Asian evergreen (4): ATLE
48 Down: Euterpe's sphere (5): MUSIC
49 Down: Highland lord (5): THANE
52 Down: "City of Light" (5): PARIS
54 Down: Best seller in 1924 (5): SOBIG
56 Down: Author of "Games People Play" (5): BERNE
57 Down: City NW of Madrid (5): AVILA
58 Down: Queues (5): LINES
59 Down: Silas ___, U.S. diplomat (5): DEANE
61 Down: " . . . in ___ and Ten Cent Store" (5): AFIVE
62 Down: Young hooter (5): OWLET
63 Down: Shade of green (5): DRAKE
65 Down: In harmony (5): ATONE
66 Down: Play byplay (5): ASIDE
67 Down: Gadfly in Washington (5): NADER
68 Down: Lacking imagination (5): TRITE
70 Down: Peregrine (5): ALIEN
72 Down: Public notices (5): OBITS
73 Down: Cephalopods (6): OCTOPI
74 Down: Earhart's copilot (6): NOONAN
75 Down: Melville book (5): MARDI
76 Down: Word in a letter (5): TRULY
78 Down: Bring off (6): ATTAIN
79 Down: Alpine abode (6): CHALET
81 Down: Some Yalies (5): COEDS
83 Down: Belém (4): PARA
85 Down: Companion of end-all (5): BEALL
86 Down: Viscount Templewood (5): HOARE
87 Down: Ray from Pen Argyl (4): ALDO
88 Down: Newel (4): POST
90 Down: Transport (7): DELIGHT
91 Down: Imperfection (7): BLEMISH
92 Down: Formed by one eruption (8): MONOGENE
94 Down: Detroit eleven (5): LIONS
95 Down: Least generous (7): NEAREST
96 Down: Kokoons (4): GNUS
97 Down: Type of précis (5): RECAP
99 Down: Being three in one (6): TRIUNE
101 Down: Cabbage or kale (6): DOREMI
104 Down: City in Vermont (5): BARRE
105 Down: Had deep longings (5): PINED
106 Down: Merganser (4): SMEW
107 Down: Gudrun's spouse (4): ATLI
108 Down: Bunker (4): TRAP
109 Down: Stream (4): POUR
110 Down: Star in the Whale (4): MIRA
111 Down: Biblical oldster (4): ENOS
112 Down: Its capital is Beauvais (4): OISE
113 Down: Hammer part (4): PEEN
114 Down: Actual being (4): ESSE
116 Down: Rabble (3): MOB
118 Down: Exclamation (3): HAW
119 Down: Gogol tale (3): NOS

Ready to play?

Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.

Play This Puzzle Today's Daily Crossword Browse All Puzzles