DUAL ROLES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 162 clues). Published 11/4/1979. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "He ___ me to lie down . . . " (6)
MAKETH
7 Across: Projecting edges (5)
EAVES
12 Across: Kind of tense (4)
PAST
16 Across: Principal (5)
MAJOR
21 Across: Ballet duet (6)
ADAGIO
22 Across: Cantina offering (5)
CHILI
23 Across: To ___ (just so) (4)
ATEE
24 Across: Sweetsop or soursop (5)
ANONA
25 Across: Actor plays Fischer (17)
DONAMECHESSMASTER
28 Across: Dog tag (5)
IDENT
29 Across: City on the Oka (4)
OREL
30 Across: Nonpayer (5)
CRIME
31 Across: Change: Mus. dir. (4)
MUTA
32 Across: Yacht facilities (7)
MARINAS
34 Across: Rhone feeder (3)
AIN
35 Across: Glacial phenomena (6)
SERACS
37 Across: German textile center (4)
GERA
38 Across: "The Chairman" turns rubbish collector (17)
FRANKSINATRASHMAN
45 Across: Sharif (4)
OMAR
48 Across: Newspapers (7)
DAILIES
49 Across: Yens (5)
URGES
50 Across: Charge it (3)
OWE
51 Across: Nuchal area (4)
NAPE
52 Across: Sam and Tom (6)
UNCLES
53 Across: Athanasian, for one (5)
CREED
54 Across: Author of "The Titans" (5)
JAKES
56 Across: Notes (3)
TIS
57 Across: Waters (5)
ETHEL
58 Across: York's river (4)
OUSE
59 Across: Dam on the Missouri (4)
OAHE
60 Across: Titter (5)
TEHEE
62 Across: Spare (4)
LEAN
63 Across: Actor plays Saarinen (17)
FREDRICMARCHITECT
68 Across: Sun. talk (3)
SER
69 Across: Stockpile (5)
AMASS
71 Across: Kefauver (5)
ESTES
72 Across: Antenna housings on aircraft (7)
RADOMES
73 Across: Injury (6)
DAMAGE
75 Across: "___ Dream," in an opera (5)
ELSAS
76 Across: Albanian capital (6)
TIRANA
77 Across: Exalted (7)
SUBLIME
79 Across: Peregrine (5)
ALIEN
80 Across: Staggering (5)
AREEL
81 Across: Recipe abbr. (3)
TSP
84 Across: Writer turns actor (17)
ISAACASIMOVIESTAR
87 Across: Stadium feature (4)
TIER
88 Across: Billiard stroke (5)
MASSE
89 Across: Be curious (4)
GAPE
90 Across: Cooperstown name (4)
TRIS
91 Across: Right: Prefix (5)
RECTI
92 Across: Ending with Paul and Bernard (3)
INE
93 Across: Caesura (5)
PAUSE
95 Across: Legal right (5)
DROIT
97 Across: Cranial feature (6)
BASION
98 Across: Be distressed (4)
ACHE
100 Across: Debussy heroine (3)
LIA
101 Across: Vowel sequence (5)
AEIOU
102 Across: Final sound in a word (7)
AUSLAUT
103 Across: Kind of tide (4)
NEAP
104 Across: Golfer turns businessman (17)
ARNOLDPALMERCHANT
108 Across: Engrossed (4)
RAPT
110 Across: Battery terminals (6)
ANODES
111 Across: Autograph (3)
INK
112 Across: Aged (7)
MATURED
115 Across: Equalize (4)
EVEN
116 Across: King Cotton's bundles (5)
BALES
118 Across: Attention-getter (4)
PSST
122 Across: Practical (5)
UTILE
123 Across: Dramatist turns apiarist (17)
EDWARDALBEEKEEPER
127 Across: Picardy bloomers (5)
ROSES
128 Across: Obstacle (4)
SNAG
129 Across: Accrue (5)
ENURE
130 Across: Shoe feature (6)
INSOLE
131 Across: St. ___, W. Indies isle (5)
KITTS
132 Across: Singer Stevens (4)
KAYE
133 Across: He sang "Mack the Knife" (5)
DARIN
134 Across: Vex (6)
NETTLE

Down Answers

1 Down: Trumpeter perch (4)
MADO
2 Down: Swiss statesman: 1845–1928 (4)
ADOR
3 Down: Welles role (4)
KANE
4 Down: Alike, in Arles (4)
EGAL
5 Down: Conway (3)
TIM
6 Down: Cornmeal goodies (8)
HOECAKES
7 Down: Sea urchins (6)
ECHINI
8 Down: Interrupter's sound (4)
AHEM
9 Down: Workbench adjunct (4)
VISE
10 Down: Greco and Cid (3)
ELS
11 Down: Fermented (8)
SIMMERED
12 Down: Spaghetti and ravioli (6)
PASTAS
13 Down: Tie on (6)
ATTACH
14 Down: Grasp (3)
SEE
15 Down: Duration (4)
TERM
16 Down: Ville V.I.P. (5)
MAIRE
17 Down: Hearth item (7)
ANDIRON
18 Down: Ex-quarterback turns numbers man (18)
JOENAMATHEMATICIAN
19 Down: Choreographer White (4)
ONNA
20 Down: Phooey! (4)
RATS
26 Down: Wooden stand (5)
CRISS
27 Down: Nimbi (5)
AURAS
33 Down: Copperfield's second wife (5)
AGNES
35 Down: Safekeeping: Abbr. (4)
STGE
36 Down: Misocapnist's menace (6)
SMOKER
38 Down: Cousin of bonkers (6)
FANTEE
39 Down: Actor plays Gauguin (18)
RICHARDBASEHARTIST
40 Down: Poet Ginsberg (5)
ALLEN
41 Down: French marshal of 19th century (4)
NIEL
42 Down: Adm. Condor's group (6)
NURSES
43 Down: Slender as ___ (5)
AREED
44 Down: Great respect (3)
AWE
46 Down: Each (6)
APIECE
47 Down: Alley buttons (6)
RESETS
48 Down: Macho matches (5)
DUELS
53 Down: Malediction (5)
CURSE
54 Down: Madison or Monroe (5)
JAMES
55 Down: Melodrama cries (4)
AHAS
58 Down: "Rock ___" (6)
OFAGES
59 Down: Gas-pump word (6)
OCTANE
60 Down: Kind of bore (5)
TIDAL
61 Down: Billed cap (4)
ETON
64 Down: Experience again (6)
RELIVE
65 Down: Japanese-American (5)
ISSEI
66 Down: News broadcasters (6)
CRIERS
67 Down: Great Plains denizen (4)
HARE
69 Down: Church vestment (5)
AMICE
70 Down: Cradle rocker (4)
MAMA
74 Down: Eheu! (4)
ALAS
75 Down: Head for Gretna Green (5)
ELOPE
76 Down: Idiosyncrasy (5)
TRAIT
77 Down: Monkey or ape (6)
SIMIAN
78 Down: Interest (6)
USANCE
79 Down: Amo, ___, amat (4)
AMAS
80 Down: Entrance court (6)
ATRIUM
82 Down: Display (6)
SETOUT
83 Down: Figured fabric (5)
PRINT
85 Down: Large lizard (6)
IGUANA
86 Down: Bar accommodation (5)
STOOL
87 Down: Contemporary of Edison (5)
TESLA
91 Down: Incautious (4)
RASH
93 Down: China piece (5)
PLATE
94 Down: Make known (3)
AIR
95 Down: Was contingent (8)
DEPENDED
96 Down: Inlets (4)
RIAS
97 Down: Horse or leather (8)
BUCKSKIN
99 Down: Uniform feature (7)
EPAULET
101 Down: Snake (5)
ADDER
102 Down: Female water buffalo (5)
ARNEE
105 Down: Street sign (6)
ONEWAY
106 Down: Potherb (6)
LOVAGE
107 Down: Soprano Farrell (6)
EILEEN
109 Down: Basketball defense (5)
PRESS
112 Down: Fog (4)
MURK
113 Down: Thine, to Thérèse (4)
ATOI
114 Down: Secretary (4)
DESK
116 Down: Mackle (4)
BLUR
117 Down: Sedan shelter (4)
ABRI
118 Down: Varmint (4)
PEST
119 Down: Espy (4)
SPOT
120 Down: Betray (4)
SELL
121 Down: Ceiba or ipil (4)
TREE
124 Down: Genetic letters (3)
DNA
125 Down: Memorabilia (3)
ANA
126 Down: Vane reading (3)
ENE

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