THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 12/16/1979. By Michael Priestley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Silvers from Brooklyn (4): PHIL
5 Across: Mashes grapes (6): STOMPS
11 Across: Metric weight (4): GRAM
15 Across: Sermon's preface (4): TEXT
19 Across: Beans (5): LIMAS
21 Across: Imitation gold (6): ORMOLU
22 Across: ___ de boeuf (4): ROTI
23 Across: Baker's assistant (4): ICER
24 Across: Yawning (5): AGAPE
25 Across: Adviser to Odysseus (6): MENTOR
26 Across: Age (5): YEARS
27 Across: Turner (4): LANA
28 Across: Pale hero (11): WHITEKNIGHT
30 Across: "Nat Turner" author (6): STYRON
31 Across: Parachutist's descent (4): DROP
32 Across: Sub detector (5): SONAR
33 Across: Short distance (4): STEP
35 Across: Seeds (6): SPORES
37 Across: Liz or Robert (6): TAYLOR
42 Across: The law's reach (3): ARM
43 Across: "Follow me ___!": Kipling (3): OME
44 Across: Neighbor of Mex. (3): USA
47 Across: Roman moralist (4): CATO
50 Across: Radamès's beloved (4): AIDA
51 Across: Egg, to Nero (4): OVUM
53 Across: Iroquoian (7): SENECAN
55 Across: Richard Arlen role: 1933 (11): CHESHIRECAT
58 Across: Cartoonist's light bulb (4): IDEA
60 Across: Consequence (6): RESULT
61 Across: Discordant (4): AJAR
62 Across: Prunes (4): LOPS
63 Across: Flagpole rope (7): HALYARD
66 Across: Oscillate (5): WEAVE
67 Across: Tender (4): SORE
68 Across: Boxer's stat (3): KOS
69 Across: Rosie's fastener (5): RIVET
70 Across: Cygnet's sire (3): COB
72 Across: These, to René (3): CES
73 Across: Uses a letter opener (5): SLITS
75 Across: Distant: Prefix (4): TELE
76 Across: Flick foretaste (6): PREVUE
79 Across: Look-alikes (23): TWEEDLEDUMANDTWEEDLEDEE
88 Across: Finesse (6): OUTWIT
89 Across: Uproot (4): GRUB
90 Across: Witch's town (5): ENDOR
91 Across: Actress Charlotte (3): RAE
94 Across: Dernier ___ (3): CRI
95 Across: Hebrew A (5): ALEPH
97 Across: Ling. unit (3): SYL
100 Across: Preserve (4): CURE
101 Across: Dole out (5): ALLOT
104 Across: Go gaga over (7): ENTHUSE
106 Across: Pad of sorts (4): FLAT
107 Across: Prefix with chord or meter (4): OCTA
108 Across: Glassy (6): VITRIC
110 Across: Aesir, e.g. (4): GODS
111 Across: Edna May Oliver role: 1933 (11): THEREDQUEEN
114 Across: In high dudgeon (7): ENRAGED
116 Across: Computer's sustenance (4): DATA
118 Across: Llama's habitat (4): PERU
119 Across: Hindus' sacred books (4): VEDA
120 Across: Rumanian coin (3): LEU
121 Across: Yale name (3): ELI
122 Across: Tormé (3): MEL
123 Across: Neighbor of Perugia (6): ASSISI
125 Across: Flourish (6): THRIVE
128 Across: Perry's creator (4): ERLE
130 Across: What "duco" means (5): ILEAD
134 Across: Dillydallier (4): POKE
136 Across: Population statistic (6): BIRTHS
138 Across: Gibberish (11): JABBERWOCKY
144 Across: Andean native (4): INCA
145 Across: Desirable thing (5): ASSET
146 Across: Like Verdi's music (6): ARIOSO
147 Across: "___ Sensational," 1956 song (5): YOURE
148 Across: Soviet sea (4): AZOV
149 Across: Phalanges' locales (4): TOES
150 Across: "Ecce homo" man (6): PILATE
151 Across: Comforts (5): EASES
152 Across: Wife: Law (4): FEME
153 Across: Long ago, long ago (4): ERST
154 Across: Annual incomes, in Arles (6): RENTES
155 Across: Angel Clare's bride (4): TESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Surveyor's map (4): PLAT
2 Down: Anticyclones (5): HIGHS
3 Down: Adult insect (5): IMAGO
4 Down: Rabbit fur (5): LAPIN
5 Down: "___ Like It Hot" (4): SOME
6 Down: Weight allowance (4): TRET
7 Down: Atlanta's civic center (4): OMNI
8 Down: Lepidopteran (4): MOTH
9 Down: Snow removers (5): PLOWS
10 Down: California's Big ___ (3): SUR
11 Down: Western novelist (4): GREY
12 Down: Leonine outbursts (5): ROARS
13 Down: One of the Fates (7): ATROPOS
14 Down: Use of a wrong name (8): MISNOMER
15 Down: Diacritical mark (5): TILDE
16 Down: Pre-election competition (10): CAUCUSRACE
17 Down: Kind of phobia (4): XENO
18 Down: Golfer's obstacle (4): TRAP
20 Down: Church or Nunn (7): SENATOR
26 Down: Egghead (12): HUMPTYDUMPTY
29 Down: Isthmus or monkey (3): KRA
30 Down: Abject (7): SERVILE
34 Down: Lao-tse's way (3): TAO
36 Down: Freshen (5): RENEW
38 Down: Brute (5): YAHOO
39 Down: Speech imperfections (5): LISPS
40 Down: Tributary verses (4): ODES
41 Down: Bowl call (3): RAH
45 Down: Unguent (5): SALVE
46 Down: Pays the pot (5): ANTES
47 Down: Wheedle (6): CAJOLE
48 Down: Mite or tick (6): ACARID
49 Down: Cylindrical (6): TERETE
52 Down: ___ culpa (3): MEA
54 Down: That, in Toledo (3): ESE
55 Down: Armor part (5): TASSE
56 Down: Kind (3): ILK
57 Down: Piaget subject (5): CHILD
59 Down: Discharged light (5): ARCED
64 Down: Vindicates (7): AVENGES
65 Down: Symbol of peace (4): DOVE
69 Down: Possible creator of some Easter bonnets (12): THEMADHATTER
71 Down: News acct. (3): BUL
74 Down: Highway sign (3): SLO
75 Down: Doubly: Prefix (3): TWI
77 Down: Catch-22, perhaps (3): RUB
78 Down: Town in Gelderland (3): EDE
80 Down: French noble (3): DUC
81 Down: Being, to Sartre (4): ETRE
82 Down: Part of A.E.S. (5): EWING
83 Down: Land unit, in Canada (5): ARPEN
84 Down: Ovation's demand (6): ENCORE
85 Down: Reasoned out (6): EDUCED
86 Down: Not ___ red cent (6): WORTHA
87 Down: Pick up the tab (5): TREAT
91 Down: "La Valse" composer (5): RAVEL
92 Down: Type of skirt (5): ALINE
93 Down: Kind of soup (10): MOCKTURTLE
96 Down: Fine shines (7): LUSTERS
97 Down: Vilipends (5): SLURS
98 Down: Sonora Indian (5): YAQUI
99 Down: Inc., in London (3): LTD
102 Down: Sixty minutes, in Siena (3): ORA
103 Down: Blake's model of symmetry (5): TIGER
105 Down: Mann's "Der ___ in Venedig" (3): TOD
106 Down: Doctor's bills (4): FEES
109 Down: Vow taker (8): CELIBATE
112 Down: D.C. ecology group (3): EPA
113 Down: Bad-luck glance (7): EVILEYE
115 Down: Quotient factor (7): DIVISOR
117 Down: "___ in the Family" (3): ALL
124 Down: Dubbed one (3): SIR
126 Down: Pant (5): HEAVE
127 Down: Gaels (5): ERSES
129 Down: Craggy nest (5): EYRIE
131 Down: Armed vessel, British style (5): EBOAT
132 Down: Revile (5): ABUSE
133 Down: ___ Salaam (5): DARES
134 Down: Late chanteuse (4): PIAF
135 Down: Between dix and douze (4): ONZE
137 Down: Criterion (4): TEST
139 Down: Ceramist's need (4): KILN
140 Down: Layer (4): COAT
141 Down: Bone: Prefix (4): OSTE
142 Down: Troubles (4): WOES
143 Down: Falconer's strap (4): JESS
146 Down: Mar. follower (3): APR

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