NUMBERS MAGIC - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 9/30/1979. By Timothy S. Lewis.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Flatten (5): CRUSH
6 Across: Little hooters (6): OWLETS
12 Across: Italian dessert (7): SPUMONI
19 Across: Jouster's weapon (5): LANCE
20 Across: Marched en masse (7): TROOPED
21 Across: Pedestrian bullfighters (7): TOREROS
22 Across: Fur magnate (5): ASTOR
23 Across: Impedes (7): HINDERS
24 Across: "My cup ___ over" (7): RUNNETH
25 Across: V.P. after Hubert (5): SPIRO
26 Across: Ransom (6): REDEEM
27 Across: Obese one's nickname (5): FATSO
28 Across: Author of "Men of Iron" (4): PYLE
29 Across: Prefix with gram or type (4): TELE
30 Across: Anne's 1,000 (4): DAYS
31 Across: Place where jays prey (4): NEST
35 Across: 43,560 sq. ft. (4): ACRE
37 Across: Puts the lid back (7): RESEALS
41 Across: Devil's walking-stick, e.g. (4): TREE
42 Across: Sapphira's coconspirator (7): ANANIAS
45 Across: Rand and Struthers (6): SALLYS
46 Across: Revealed (5): SHOWN
47 Across: Horse exercise yard (7): PADDOCK
48 Across: Futile (6): OTIOSE
49 Across: Picked dandelions (6): WEEDED
50 Across: Aussies' animals (4): ROOS
51 Across: Spat (4): TIFF
53 Across: Rate of speed: Abbr. (3): MPH
54 Across: Indy cars lack these (7): FENDERS
55 Across: ___ days, for prayer and fasting (5): EMBER
57 Across: Bug killer (3): DDT
58 Across: Indeed (3): YEA
59 Across: Bassoon's little cousin (4): OBOE
60 Across: "Jumblies" craft (5): SIEVE
61 Across: Morse code signals (4): DAHS
63 Across: Liza or Mizar (4): STAR
65 Across: I.C.C. concern (5): RATES
69 Across: Within: Prefix (4): ENDO
71 Across: Inquisitive interjections (3): EHS
73 Across: Abzug trademark (3): HAT
74 Across: To the point (5): ADREM
75 Across: "Miniver Cheevy, ___ late . . . " (7): BORNTOO
78 Across: Misery (3): WOE
79 Across: What Simon does (4): SAYS
81 Across: Simple (4): MERE
82 Across: Certain daisies (6): OXEYES
83 Across: Tranquilize (6): SOOTHE
85 Across: Wife jilted for Cleopatra (7): OCTAVIA
87 Across: Irate (5): RILED
88 Across: Hi-fi component, for short (6): PREAMP
89 Across: Peak sometimes called Tacoma (7): RAINIER
90 Across: Invention germ (4): IDEA
91 Across: Most uncivilized (7): WILDEST
92 Across: Brothers in an abbey (4): FRAS
93 Across: Melampus or Mopsus (4): SEER
94 Across: Certificate (4): BOND
95 Across: Author Wiesel (4): ELIE
97 Across: Auditors (4): CPAS
101 Across: Pitiful (5): SORRY
103 Across: Eggnog additive (6): NUTMEG
106 Across: Verbal contraction (5): SHANT
107 Across: Off one's rocker (7): BANANAS
110 Across: Lord High Everything Else (7): POOHBAH
111 Across: Dark grayish blue (5): PERSE
112 Across: Pressing (7): EXIGENT
113 Across: Car-door feature (7): ARMREST
114 Across: Homophone for 22 Across (5): ASTER
115 Across: Behaves (7): DEPORTS
116 Across: Fermented dairy food: Var. (6): YAOURT
117 Across: Manner (5): STYLE

Down Answers

1 Down: Foulard fastener (5): CLASP
2 Down: Grating (5): RASPY
3 Down: "Wait ___ Dark" (5): UNTIL
4 Down: ___" (21): SCOREANDSEVENYEARSAGO
5 Down: Idol (4): HERO
6 Down: Mirador (5): ORIEL
7 Down: ___" (17): WONDERSOFTHEWORLD
8 Down: Word with star or stone (4): LODE
9 Down: Inventor of a sign language (4): EPEE
10 Down: Type of paper (4): TERM
11 Down: Radical org. (3): SDS
12 Down: Pound prospects (6): STRAYS
13 Down: Sulks (5): POUTS
14 Down: Ash holders (4): URNS
15 Down: ___" (21): MENONTHEDEADMANSCHEST
16 Down: Bauxite, e.g. (3): ORE
17 Down: "To Have and Have ___" (3): NOT
18 Down: Iffy suffix (3): ISH
20 Down: ___" (12): THREESKIDDOO
27 Down: Like G.W.'s wooden teeth (5): FALSE
29 Down: Leaflet (5): TRACT
30 Down: ___" (17): DAYSHATHSEPTEMBER
32 Down: Disintegrate slowly (5): ERODE
33 Down: Dorcas was one (5): SEWER
34 Down: Minds (5): TENDS
36 Down: John L. Lewis's group in the 30's (3): CIO
38 Down: "I earn that I ___": Shak. (3): EAT
39 Down: Viscous (5): SLIMY
40 Down: Decamps (6): ELOPES
42 Down: After, to Marcel (5): APRES
43 Down: Explorer Uemura (5): NAOMI
44 Down: Pueblo material (5): ADOBE
46 Down: Certain madrileña (6): SENORA
49 Down: Arachnid's work (3): WEB
52 Down: Anti-saccharin agcy. (3): FDA
54 Down: ___" (12): FORTYORFIGHT
56 Down: Like prom suits (6): RENTED
62 Down: Drove away (6): SHOOED
64 Down: Top rating for 94 Across (3): AAA
66 Down: Roman fontana (5): TREVI
67 Down: Uncanny (5): EERIE
68 Down: Slander (5): SMEAR
70 Down: Southampton shindigs (3): DOS
72 Down: Caterpillars' hairs (5): SETAE
75 Down: Godunov or Badenov (5): BORIS
76 Down: Compound within rust (5): OXIDE
77 Down: Book by D. S. Freeman (5): RELEE
80 Down: Panic (5): SCARE
83 Down: Thorny (5): SPINY
84 Down: Ship initials (3): HMS
86 Down: Aunt, in Juárez (3): TIA
91 Down: Betters (6): WORSTS
94 Down: Arctic goose (5): BRANT
96 Down: Minimum (5): LEAST
98 Down: "Card ___," Stravinsky ballet (5): PARTY
99 Down: Photographer Adams (5): ANSEL
100 Down: 1,000,000 cc. (5): STERE
102 Down: Kayo or lulu (4): ONER
103 Down: Writer Ephron (4): NORA
104 Down: Man, to Marcello (4): UOMO
105 Down: "Help Me Make It ___ the Night" (4): THRU
106 Down: Springs (4): SPAS
107 Down: Oyster's home (3): BED
108 Down: Twibil (3): AXE
109 Down: Tuck's partner (3): NIP
110 Down: Word with roll or dirt (3): PAY

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