LINGUISTRICKS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 11/18/1979. By William J. Yskamp.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Hacks (6)
- CABMEN
- 7 Across: Wild goat (4)
- TAHR
- 11 Across: Social classes (6)
- STRATA
- 17 Across: Appointment (4)
- DATE
- 21 Across: Small pit (6)
- AREOLE
- 22 Across: Dad, in Damascus (4)
- ABOU
- 23 Across: Contribute (6)
- CHIPIN
- 24 Across: Ardor (4)
- ELAN
- 25 Across: Darius, to his spouse? (11)
- PERSIANLAMB
- 27 Across: Makes merry (6)
- REVELS
- 28 Across: Firm or quick (4)
- FAST
- 29 Across: Snake eyes at Vegas (4)
- ONES
- 30 Across: Poet Lizette (5)
- REESE
- 31 Across: Had the misery (5)
- AILED
- 32 Across: Gambling game (6)
- ECARTE
- 34 Across: Writer Hentoff (3)
- NAT
- 35 Across: Cardiff dog-track figure? (11)
- WELSHRABBIT
- 37 Across: This often runneth over (7)
- BRIMMER
- 38 Across: Old name for a Swiss city (5)
- BASLE
- 39 Across: Hall of Fame surgeon (4)
- REED
- 40 Across: Part of O.D. (5)
- OLIVE
- 41 Across: That that is (7)
- REALITY
- 44 Across: This, to a torero (4)
- ESTA
- 46 Across: Sigurd's steed (5)
- GRANI
- 47 Across: "___ Mir Bist . . . " (3)
- BEI
- 50 Across: Blotter item (6)
- ARREST
- 51 Across: Peking supermarket group? (15)
- CHINESECHECKERS
- 55 Across: Largest port in Gloucestershire (7)
- BRISTOL
- 57 Across: Owns (3)
- HAS
- 58 Across: Ladies of Lisbon (5)
- DONAS
- 59 Across: Cobbler's sparable (4)
- NAIL
- 60 Across: Flee (4)
- BOLT
- 61 Across: Interrupt (5)
- ABORT
- 63 Across: Dir. from Bern to 38 Across (3)
- ENE
- 64 Across: Rap session? (6)
- SEANCE
- 66 Across: Tax org. (3)
- IRS
- 67 Across: Facts (4)
- DATA
- 69 Across: Party mixture (3)
- DIP
- 71 Across: Aristotle irked? (10)
- GREEKCROSS
- 74 Across: Cruel one (6)
- SADIST
- 76 Across: Jaguar (3)
- CAT
- 78 Across: Sadat's namesakes (6)
- ANWARS
- 79 Across: Temporary teacher in Torino? (10)
- ITALIANSUB
- 83 Across: Ship-shaped napkin holder (3)
- NEF
- 85 Across: In ___ (in place) (4)
- SITU
- 86 Across: Bath is one (3)
- SPA
- 89 Across: Observance of moral law (6)
- NOMISM
- 90 Across: Auction input (3)
- BID
- 92 Across: Prowl after prey (5)
- RAVEN
- 94 Across: Caesar was here (4)
- GAUL
- 95 Across: Leak (4)
- DRIP
- 96 Across: Rundown (5)
- SEEDY
- 98 Across: "Bel ___," Burnford novel: 1978 (3)
- RIA
- 99 Across: Goon (7)
- GORILLA
- 102 Across: Nureyev donning tights? (15)
- RUSSIANDRESSING
- 106 Across: Feats of Keats (6)
- VERSES
- 107 Across: Dead ember (3)
- ASH
- 108 Across: Oafs (5)
- CLODS
- 109 Across: Newts (4)
- EFTS
- 110 Across: Holders of salt or wine (7)
- CELLARS
- 111 Across: Kipling's Kim (5)
- OHARA
- 112 Across: 107, to Gaius (4)
- CVII
- 114 Across: Rival of Martina (5)
- CHRIS
- 115 Across: Emulate ecdysiasts (7)
- DISROBE
- 118 Across: "A votre santé!" (11)
- FRENCHTOAST
- 121 Across: Directed (3)
- LED
- 124 Across: Site of Twain's remains (6)
- ELMIRA
- 125 Across: Threesome (5)
- TRINE
- 126 Across: Weird (5)
- EERIE
- 127 Across: Force afloat (4)
- NAVY
- 128 Across: Alexandrian V.I.P. (4)
- CLEO
- 129 Across: Glum (6)
- MOROSE
- 131 Across: Oriental desire (11)
- JAPANESEYEN
- 133 Across: Cytologist's interest (4)
- CELL
- 134 Across: Carol opener (6)
- ADESTE
- 135 Across: Wicked (4)
- EVIL
- 136 Across: H. W. L. subject (6)
- REVERE
- 137 Across: Tosca's "Vissi d'___" (4)
- ARTE
- 138 Across: Wise elder (6)
- NESTOR
- 139 Across: Mack and Lewis (4)
- TEDS
- 140 Across: Fits' partner (6)
- STARTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Gallinaceous entree (5)
- CAPON
- 2 Down: Omni or Kemper (5)
- ARENA
- 3 Down: Groucho wore one (5)
- BERET
- 4 Down: Bryophyte (4)
- MOSS
- 5 Down: Whitney (3)
- ELI
- 6 Down: " . . . I am ___ the gods": Socrates (9)
- NEARESTTO
- 7 Down: Author Gay (6)
- TALESE
- 8 Down: Discomfit (5)
- ABASH
- 9 Down: Marine painter (5)
- HOMER
- 10 Down: Chafe (3)
- RUB
- 11 Down: French dramatist: 1791–1861 (6)
- SCRIBE
- 12 Down: Keep ___ on (6)
- THELID
- 13 Down: Fastener (5)
- RIVET
- 14 Down: Impersonated (4)
- APED
- 15 Down: East Indian herb (3)
- TIL
- 16 Down: Silly (8)
- ANSERINE
- 17 Down: Slander (6)
- DEFAME
- 18 Down: Startle (5)
- ALARM
- 19 Down: Sample (5)
- TASTE
- 20 Down: Come in (5)
- ENTER
- 26 Down: Giant petrel (5)
- NELLY
- 31 Down: " . . . not worth ___" (5)
- ABEAN
- 33 Down: Oppidan (5)
- CIVIC
- 35 Down: Oft watched line (5)
- WAIST
- 36 Down: Like a Tate display (8)
- ARTISTIC
- 37 Down: Lets off hot air (5)
- BLAHS
- 38 Down: Beatified (5)
- BLEST
- 40 Down: Killer whale (4)
- ORCA
- 41 Down: Ben Ezra (5)
- RABBI
- 42 Down: Mistake (5)
- ERROR
- 43 Down: Seed coverings (5)
- ARILS
- 44 Down: She loved Narcissus (4)
- ECHO
- 45 Down: Pottery fragment (5)
- SHARD
- 46 Down: Major divisions in biology (6)
- GENERA
- 47 Down: Relative of bingo (5)
- BEANO
- 48 Down: Sevareid and Blore (5)
- ERICS
- 49 Down: British ___ (5)
- ISLES
- 52 Down: Nigerian town (3)
- EDE
- 53 Down: Porter opus (4)
- SONG
- 54 Down: Burls on trunks (5)
- KNARS
- 56 Down: Old tongue (5)
- LATIN
- 62 Down: Fish or voice (4)
- BASS
- 64 Down: Three-handed card game (4)
- SKAT
- 65 Down: Color (4)
- ECRU
- 67 Down: Platform (4)
- DAIS
- 68 Down: He took a ribbing (4)
- ADAM
- 70 Down: Roast or roaster (3)
- PAN
- 72 Down: Start of Mass. motto (4)
- ENSE
- 73 Down: Adlai ___ Stevenson (5)
- EWING
- 74 Down: Butterfingers' word (5)
- SLIPS
- 75 Down: Potatoes, e.g. (6)
- TUBERS
- 77 Down: Great! (8)
- TERRIFIC
- 79 Down: Hindu god (5)
- INDRA
- 80 Down: Convex molding (5)
- TORUS
- 81 Down: Certain Mennonites (5)
- AMISH
- 82 Down: Stay (4)
- BIDE
- 84 Down: Indistinct (5)
- FAINT
- 86 Down: Sauce for pasta (5)
- SALSA
- 87 Down: He pours out whines (5)
- PULER
- 88 Down: "I loved ___": Wither (5)
- ALASS
- 91 Down: Lalo's "Le Roi ___" (3)
- DYS
- 93 Down: Weary Willies (4)
- VAGS
- 94 Down: Little women (5)
- GIRLS
- 96 Down: Zzzzzzz (5)
- SNORE
- 97 Down: Norse saga (4)
- EDDA
- 100 Down: Foremen (9)
- OVERSEERS
- 101 Down: Kindled again (5)
- RELIT
- 103 Down: Ethereal fluid (5)
- ICHOR
- 104 Down: Dixie dweller (8)
- ALABAMAN
- 105 Down: Le Havre's river (5)
- SEINE
- 110 Down: Network (5)
- CHAIN
- 111 Down: Bird or player (6)
- ORIOLE
- 112 Down: Papini subject (6)
- CRISTO
- 113 Down: Superficial polish (6)
- VENEER
- 114 Down: Anthozoans (6)
- CORALS
- 115 Down: Br. navigation aid (5)
- DECCA
- 116 Down: Danube feeder (5)
- ILLER
- 117 Down: Sparling (5)
- SMELT
- 118 Down: Robert or David (5)
- FROST
- 119 Down: Labor; struggle (5)
- HEAVE
- 120 Down: Hypothermal (5)
- TEPID
- 121 Down: Hen (5)
- LAYER
- 122 Down: Turn outward (5)
- EVERT
- 123 Down: Work units (5)
- DYNES
- 125 Down: ___ bien (4)
- TRES
- 127 Down: Shade of green (4)
- NEVA
- 130 Down: Horatian gem (3)
- ODE
- 131 Down: 747 (3)
- JET
- 132 Down: Bridge reversal (3)
- SET
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