PUN FUN - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 11/25/1979. By Alex F. Black.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Does the floor (4)
- MOPS
- 5 Across: Different (4)
- ELSE
- 9 Across: Belief (5)
- TENET
- 14 Across: Scarlett's mansion (4)
- TARA
- 18 Across: Jack's giant, e.g. (4)
- OGRE
- 19 Across: Held (4)
- KEPT
- 20 Across: Missouri feeder (5)
- OSAGE
- 21 Across: Slithy creatures (5)
- TOVES
- 22 Across: Dressing rooms (15)
- CLOTHESQUARTERS
- 25 Across: List parts (5)
- ITEMS
- 26 Across: Quintet plus two (6)
- HEPTAD
- 27 Across: Sheds (4)
- RIDS
- 28 Across: Panache (4)
- ELAN
- 30 Across: Never, in Neustadt (3)
- NIE
- 31 Across: Pasty (5)
- ASHEN
- 32 Across: A charge at the butcher's (12)
- JOINTACCOUNT
- 36 Across: Energy unit (3)
- ERG
- 37 Across: Relative of "Pow!" (3)
- BAM
- 40 Across: Econ. or ecol. (3)
- SCI
- 41 Across: Like a galley (5)
- OARED
- 42 Across: Sgt.'s superiors (3)
- LTS
- 43 Across: Henry Miller novel (5)
- SEXUS
- 45 Across: Mott St. hors d'oeuvre (7)
- EGGROLL
- 48 Across: Black or Red (3)
- SEA
- 49 Across: Like an Abu Dhabi dance (12)
- SHEIKTOSHEIK
- 51 Across: Recedes (4)
- EBBS
- 55 Across: Jailbird (3)
- CON
- 56 Across: Bobolink (7)
- ORTOLAN
- 57 Across: Filling for shells (3)
- TNT
- 58 Across: Before, to poets (3)
- ERE
- 59 Across: Modernize (6)
- UPDATE
- 61 Across: Untidy (5)
- MUSSY
- 63 Across: Continental subdivision (8)
- EASTASIA
- 67 Across: Wan (6)
- PALLID
- 68 Across: Rode the wind (5)
- KITED
- 70 Across: Entrance (6)
- PORTAL
- 71 Across: Remonstrates (8)
- PROTESTS
- 74 Across: Gaulish garb (5)
- SAGUM
- 76 Across: Copter propulsion (6)
- ROTORS
- 77 Across: Asner and McMahon (3)
- EDS
- 78 Across: Korean G.I. (3)
- ROK
- 80 Across: "___ not forgotten" (7)
- GONEBUT
- 82 Across: Polynesian fruit (3)
- FEI
- 83 Across: Go up (4)
- RISE
- 85 Across: Prague exile (12)
- BOUNCEDCZECH
- 87 Across: Vintner's 252 gallons (3)
- TUN
- 88 Across: Ancient Adriatic area (7)
- ILLYRIA
- 90 Across: Reply to "Sez who?" (5)
- SEZME
- 91 Across: Cries of surprise (3)
- OHS
- 92 Across: Condor's roost (5)
- AERIE
- 94 Across: Lippo Lippi's title (3)
- FRA
- 96 Across: Ubiquitous bean (3)
- SOY
- 97 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
- ANE
- 98 Across: Cupid's collections (12)
- OBJETSDHEART
- 102 Across: Clark's companion (5)
- LEWIS
- 105 Across: Charge (3)
- FEE
- 106 Across: On the ocean (4)
- ASEA
- 107 Across: Forest, in France (4)
- BOIS
- 110 Across: La ___, Spanish seaport (6)
- CORUNA
- 111 Across: Northern highway (5)
- ALCAN
- 113 Across: Roget and Webster (15)
- TWOGOODFORWORDS
- 117 Across: Tycoon J. Paul (5)
- GETTY
- 118 Across: Sandy ridge (5)
- ESKER
- 119 Across: Singer Cantrell (4)
- LANA
- 120 Across: Former D.C. agency (4)
- USIS
- 121 Across: "___ est percipi" (4)
- ESSE
- 122 Across: Takes a break (5)
- RESTS
- 123 Across: Former spouses (4)
- EXES
- 124 Across: Reprieve (4)
- STAY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Arabian coffee (5)
- MOCHA
- 2 Down: Eyes amorously (5)
- OGLES
- 3 Down: Seer's ledger statement (14)
- PROPHETANDLOSS
- 4 Down: Hunter's helpers (7)
- SETTERS
- 5 Down: Just managed, with "out" (4)
- EKED
- 6 Down: A Brown of renown (3)
- LES
- 7 Down: Abbr. on a Roman standard (4)
- SPQR
- 8 Down: Small case (4)
- ETUI
- 9 Down: Trunks (6)
- TORSOS
- 10 Down: Superlative suffix (3)
- EST
- 11 Down: Scottish turndown (3)
- NAE
- 12 Down: Pond denizen (5)
- EGRET
- 13 Down: Electrician-inventor (5)
- TESLA
- 14 Down: Short drink in a pub (3)
- TOT
- 15 Down: Approach (6)
- AVENUE
- 16 Down: Jog the memory (6)
- REMIND
- 17 Down: Cash or charm (5)
- ASSET
- 21 Down: Borax once imported from Tibet (6)
- TINCAL
- 23 Down: Suspend (4)
- HANG
- 24 Down: Descriptive wd. (3)
- ADJ
- 29 Down: "Oh, I am ___ . . . " (5)
- ACOOK
- 33 Down: Readies champagne (4)
- ICES
- 34 Down: "___ Must Fall," 1963 film (5)
- NIGHT
- 35 Down: Escutcheon border (4)
- ORLE
- 37 Down: Sugar source (4)
- BEET
- 38 Down: Truism (5)
- AXIOM
- 39 Down: Igloo footgear (6)
- MUKLUK
- 42 Down: Italian poet: 1798–1837 (8)
- LEOPARDI
- 43 Down: Makes strips (6)
- SHREDS
- 44 Down: Quiescence (6)
- STASIS
- 46 Down: Chromosome component (4)
- GENE
- 47 Down: Singer Coolidge (4)
- RITA
- 48 Down: Deck opening (7)
- SCUPPER
- 49 Down: Fool's play of yore (5)
- SOTIE
- 50 Down: In the spotlight (7)
- ONSTAGE
- 52 Down: Top dog (14)
- BESTOFTHEWURST
- 53 Down: Multihanded giant (8)
- BRIAREUS
- 54 Down: Caps or cans (7)
- SEALSIN
- 60 Down: Hgt. (3)
- ALT
- 62 Down: "___ and little fishes!" (6)
- YEGODS
- 64 Down: Trim (6)
- SPRUCE
- 65 Down: Nail's partner (5)
- TOOTH
- 66 Down: Carney or Tatum (3)
- ART
- 69 Down: Certain cap wearers (6)
- DUNCES
- 72 Down: Homer's one-horse town (4)
- TROY
- 73 Down: Tart (4)
- SOUR
- 75 Down: Half, in Messina (5)
- MEZZO
- 79 Down: "Mack the ___" (5)
- KNIFE
- 81 Down: "___ valentine" (4)
- BEMY
- 84 Down: Land of Brian Boru (4)
- EIRE
- 85 Down: Sanctify (5)
- BLESS
- 86 Down: Dear, on the Via Condotti (4)
- CARA
- 89 Down: Monotonous recital (6)
- LITANY
- 91 Down: Troublesome (7)
- ONEROUS
- 92 Down: Poplars (6)
- ABELES
- 93 Down: Throws out (6)
- EJECTS
- 95 Down: Shady places (6)
- ARBORS
- 97 Down: Antonym of aloft (4)
- ALOW
- 98 Down: Come ___ (mature) (5)
- OFAGE
- 99 Down: Discourage (5)
- DETER
- 100 Down: Role for an anchor cable (5)
- HAWSE
- 101 Down: In addition (3)
- TOO
- 103 Down: Home of a Brahman (5)
- INDIA
- 104 Down: Fresh (5)
- SASSY
- 108 Down: Run in neutral gear (4)
- IDLE
- 109 Down: Tunisian port (4)
- SFAX
- 110 Down: Tomorrow, to Tiberius (4)
- CRAS
- 112 Down: Eroded (3)
- ATE
- 114 Down: Gives the go-ahead (3)
- OKS
- 115 Down: Catch (3)
- GET
- 116 Down: Homophone for won (3)
- ONE
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