LETTER-PERFECT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 10/21/1979. By David J. Pohl and John M. Samson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mil. award (3): DSC
4 Across: Menelaus' wife (5): HELEN
9 Across: Savoy dance (5): STOMP
14 Across: Lombard city (5): MILAN
19 Across: Wash (5): BATHE
21 Across: Glide along (5): SKATE
22 Across: Marine painter (5): HOMER
23 Across: "Pal Joey" author (5): OHARA
24 Across: i (17): EYEOFTHEHURRICANE
27 Across: Where Shillong is (5): ASSAM
28 Across: Bring ___ (animate) (6): TOLIFE
29 Across: Twaddle (6): DRIVEL
30 Across: Lustrous black (5): RAVEN
32 Across: ___-la-la (3): TRA
33 Across: Card position (6): FACEUP
35 Across: Slaughter (4): ENOS
37 Across: Turner's org. (3): CIA
38 Across: PT or U- (4): BOAT
39 Across: Prefix with plasm (4): ECTO
40 Across: h (15): BEETHOVENSFIFTH
44 Across: Crew member (3): OAR
47 Across: Acme (3): TOP
48 Across: Particular (3): OWN
49 Across: ___ Palmas (3): LAS
50 Across: Cardinal point (4): EAST
51 Across: Locale (4): SPOT
53 Across: Invalidated (6): NULLED
55 Across: Swab (3): MOP
56 Across: Excited (7): FLUSHED
59 Across: ___ Coeur, Parisian landmark (5): SACRE
61 Across: Den (4): LAIR
62 Across: Skipjack (6): BONITO
64 Across: Impoverished (5): NEEDY
65 Across: Actor Alan (5): ARKIN
66 Across: Pt. of speech (3): ADV
67 Across: ___ es Salaam (3): DAR
68 Across: Smear (4): DAUB
70 Across: Govt. agents (4): TMEN
71 Across: Adman's come-on (6): TEASER
73 Across: Antipathetic (6): AVERSE
76 Across: Bric-a-___ (4): BRAC
78 Across: Undivided (3): ONE
79 Across: Blunder (5): FLUFF
80 Across: Quell (7): REPRESS
82 Across: Refuse (5): TRASH
84 Across: Primate (3): APE
86 Across: Being, in Brest (4): ETRE
88 Across: Grooming (6): TOILET
89 Across: Tumultuous (6): HECTIC
91 Across: Quiet (4): LULL
93 Across: Alone (4): SOLO
95 Across: Its: Fr. (3): SES
96 Across: Past (3): AGO
98 Across: Implicit (5): TACIT
100 Across: Deck (5): ORLOP
102 Across: Crab's claw (6): NIPPER
104 Across: Campus V.I.P. (4): PROF
105 Across: Austrian neighbor (5): ITALY
106 Across: Practice quiz (7): PRETEST
108 Across: Son of Odin (3): TYR
109 Across: Arizona native (6): NAVAJO
111 Across: Scissors sound (4): SNIP
112 Across: Russian hemp (4): RINE
113 Across: Painting (3): OIL
114 Across: Ram's dam (3): EWE
115 Across: ___ affaire flambée (3): UNE
117 Across: ___ Paulo (3): SAO
118 Across: o (15): SECONDINCOMMAND
123 Across: Minus (4): LESS
125 Across: Small songbird (4): WREN
126 Across: Red Baron, e.g. (3): ACE
127 Across: At no time: Poet. (4): NEER
128 Across: Barked, in a way (6): YIPPED
131 Across: Mass. cape (3): ANN
132 Across: Pico de ___ (5): ANETO
134 Across: Take down a peg (6): DEMOTE
138 Across: Memorable actress from Canada (6): LILLIE
140 Across: Type of maid (5): METER
142 Across: c (17): CIVILRIGHTSLEADER
145 Across: Grenoble's river (5): ISERE
146 Across: Organic compound (5): AMINE
147 Across: Bias (5): SLANT
148 Across: Words on proofs (5): STETS
149 Across: Narrow groove (5): STRIA
150 Across: Annoying (5): PESKY
151 Across: Bristles (5): SETAE
152 Across: June grads (3): SRS

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ Judgment (5): DAYOF
2 Down: Stone monument (5): STELA
3 Down: Selection (6): CHOICE
4 Down: Royal letters (3): HSH
5 Down: ___ out (got by) (4): EKED
6 Down: City in Germany (4): LAHR
7 Down: Sewing case (4): ETUI
8 Down: e (8): NERVEEND
9 Down: Civil War battle site: 1862 (6): SHILOH
10 Down: Couperin's "Tic-___-choc" (3): TOC
11 Down: Jerusalem's Mosque of ___ (4): OMAR
12 Down: Imperils (7): MENACES
13 Down: Conductor/composer (6): PREVIN
14 Down: Lament (4): MOAN
15 Down: Letters on a chasuble (3): IHS
16 Down: s (17): LASTOFTHEMOHICANS
17 Down: Turkey's highest point (6): ARARAT
18 Down: Athlete/actor (6): NAMATH
19 Down: Stake (3): BET
20 Down: Result (6): EFFECT
25 Down: Münster man (6): TEUTON
26 Down: Tear (4): RENT
31 Down: Canvas support (5): EASEL
34 Down: p (12): POPULARFRONT
36 Down: Lawgiver (5): SOLON
38 Down: Actress Jacqueline (6): BISSET
40 Down: "El Libertador" (7): BOLIVAR
41 Down: Oenochoe (4): EWER
42 Down: Tasteless (5): VAPID
43 Down: Rural Roman god (4): FAUN
44 Down: Greek peak (4): OSSA
45 Down: Aside (5): APART
46 Down: f (17): ROCKEFELLERCENTER
52 Down: Examination (5): TRIAL
54 Down: Youth (3): LAD
55 Down: Tasty tidbits (7): MORSELS
56 Down: y (12): FOURTHOFJULY
57 Down: First place (4): EDEN
58 Down: Unit of force (4): DYNE
60 Down: Result (5): ENSUE
62 Down: Fence (7): BARRIER
63 Down: Flap (3): TAB
67 Down: Trial witness, of a sort (7): DEPOSER
69 Down: Expose (4): BARE
72 Down: Tritons (4): EFTS
74 Down: Legionnaire, e.g. (3): VET
75 Down: Stengel follower (3): ESE
77 Down: Cholla and opuntia (5): CACTI
81 Down: Famished (7): STARVED
83 Down: Photocopies (5): STATS
84 Down: Askew (4): ALOP
85 Down: Engine sound (4): PURR
87 Down: Hebrew judge (3): ELI
90 Down: Eyelashes (5): CILIA
92 Down: Emollient (6): LOTION
94 Down: Of vision (5): OPTIC
97 Down: Tibetan gazelle (3): GOA
99 Down: Steno's slip (4): TYPO
101 Down: Robert ___ Warren (4): PENN
103 Down: Power tower (5): PYLON
104 Down: Pledge or risk (4): PAWN
107 Down: Portable chair (5): SEDAN
109 Down: Almost a direct hit (8): NEARMISS
110 Down: "Anna Christie" playwright (6): ONEILL
113 Down: Former (7): ONETIME
116 Down: Discerns (6): ESPIES
118 Down: Pundits (6): SWAMIS
119 Down: Composer Bloch (6): ERNEST
120 Down: Glacial mass (6): ICECAP
121 Down: Jumble (6): MEDLEY
122 Down: Seemann's milieu (4): MEER
124 Down: Slapping sounds (6): SPLATS
129 Down: Doyen (5): ELDER
130 Down: Fares (5): DIETS
132 Down: Range (4): AREA
133 Down: Genus of 114 Across (4): OVIS
135 Down: Stare amorously (4): OGLE
136 Down: "Take ___!" (4): THAT
137 Down: "Vulcan's chimney" (4): ETNA
139 Down: Forage plant (3): ERS
141 Down: "___ tu," Verdi aria (3): ERI
143 Down: Squid's defense (3): INK
144 Down: ___ Anne de Beaupré (3): STE

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