WITH BEST WISHES . . . - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 164 clues). Published 12/30/1979. By E.T.M..

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Happy ___!" (7): NEWYEAR
8 Across: Communication (7): MESSAGE
15 Across: In Hades (5): BELOW
20 Across: Sudden inclination (7): IMPULSE
21 Across: Epical (7): ILIADIC
22 Across: Apocopates (6): ELIDES
24 Across: Start of a greeting to solvers (23): TOALLKINDFANSBOTHOLDAND
28 Across: Biblical verb suffix (3): ETH
29 Across: Año nuevo celebrant (5): SENOR
30 Across: Hebrew letter (3): MEM
31 Across: Encumbrance (4): LIEN
32 Across: Attic promenade (4): STOA
33 Across: Iago's forte (4): LIES
35 Across: Interdict (5): DEBAR
37 Across: Extremities of cold, etc. (6): RIGORS
39 Across: Peppery (3): HOT
40 Across: Catfish's look-alike (5): LOACH
42 Across: "The Sun Also ___" (5): RISES
44 Across: Words in Jack-and-Jill rhyme (6): TOGETA
46 Across: Ballerina's leap (4): JETE
47 Across: "He wasted both toil ___": Cicero (6): ANDOIL
49 Across: Word with horn or string (4): SHOE
50 Across: "___, There," 1954 song (3): HEY
51 Across: Cynical (6): SNEERY
53 Across: Three, in Toledo (4): TRES
55 Across: Court defense (5): PRESS
57 Across: Greeting: Part II (3): NEW
58 Across: Neighbor of Perugia (7): SPOLETO
61 Across: Pullulate (4): TEEM
62 Across: Golden-rule preposition (4): UNTO
66 Across: Mazuma (4): GELT
69 Across: Writer Bontemps (4): ARNA
70 Across: Girl in "Le Nozze di Figaro" (7): SUSANNA
72 Across: Grudge (5): PEEVE
74 Across: Daube (4): LARD
76 Across: Tropical climber (5): LIANA
78 Across: Man of the soil (7): PEASANT
80 Across: Attends Choate, e.g. (5): PREPS
82 Across: Links gadget (3): TEE
83 Across: Song-___ man (8): ANDDANCE
85 Across: Nabokov novel (3): DAR
86 Across: Native of Asmara (8): ERITREAN
88 Across: Panay inhabitant (3): ATI
89 Across: Where Chanticleer rules (5): ROOST
91 Across: Greek phonetician (7): ETACIST
94 Across: One hundred make a gridiron (5): YARDS
95 Across: Exec's note (4): MEMO
97 Across: Between: Prefix (5): INTER
99 Across: Voiceless sound in German (7): ICHLAUT
101 Across: Bundle of cotton (4): BALE
102 Across: Lessee's payment (4): RENT
104 Across: Unit of loudness (4): SONE
105 Across: Turkish weight units (4): OKES
106 Across: Rose or nomad (7): RAMBLER
108 Across: Greeting: Part III (3): MAY
110 Across: Ocean greyhound (5): LINER
112 Across: Musketeer's foil (4): EPEE
113 Across: Old hand (6): STAGER
116 Across: Washington V.I.P. (3): SEN
117 Across: Fasces items (4): RODS
120 Across: Assails (6): SETSAT
124 Across: Type of dive or song (4): SWAN
125 Across: Geometer's straight line (6): SECANT
127 Across: "___ the Rose," Young novel (5): SORED
129 Across: Sailing vessel (5): KETCH
130 Across: Sigma follower (3): TAU
131 Across: ___ peanuts (6): SALTED
133 Across: Innsbruck is here (5): TIROL
135 Across: Dreary, in Dundee (4): DREE
136 Across: "___ boy!" (4): ATTA
138 Across: Assent in Acapulco (4): SISI
139 Across: Negation in Nürnberg (3): NIE
141 Across: Pram pushers (5): NANAS
143 Across: From ___ Z (3): ATO
144 Across: End of greeting (23): THENEWDECADEBEKINDTOYOU
149 Across: Main course in U.S. (6): ENTREE
150 Across: Refined (7): ELEGANT
151 Across: Osmium or uranium (7): ELEMENT
152 Across: Begat (5): SIRED
153 Across: N.H.L. team (7): TORONTO
154 Across: Calls it a day (7): RETIRES

Down Answers

1 Down: Genus of stoneworts (7): NITELLA
2 Down: Fear or hate, e.g. (7): EMOTION
3 Down: Harry Hopkins: 1935–38 (7): WPAHEAD
4 Down: Actor Brynner (3): YUL
5 Down: Building wings (4): ELLS
6 Down: Interrogated (5): ASKED
7 Down: Carl, Fritz or Rob (6): REINER
8 Down: Jewish religious exposition (7): MIDRASH
9 Down: "A right jolly old ___" (3): ELF
10 Down: Thailand, once (4): SIAM
11 Down: More lucid (5): SANER
12 Down: Madison Ave. copywriters (8): ADSMITHS
13 Down: Adjustable piece in a machine (3): GIB
14 Down: Bionomics (7): ECOLOGY
15 Down: Commands (7): BEHESTS
16 Down: Esau's father-in-law (4): ELON
17 Down: Adjective for Abner (3): LIL
18 Down: Bookie's concern (4): ODDS
19 Down: Everybody's concern (7): WEATHER
23 Down: Supercilious (6): SNOOTY
25 Down: Ora pro ___ (5): NOBIS
26 Down: Word with flat or spare (4): TIRE
27 Down: Appointment (4): DATE
34 Down: Mary Stuart's realm (8): SCOTLAND
36 Down: Begins anew (7): REOPENS
38 Down: Rises (6): GOESUP
41 Down: Charter (4): HIRE
43 Down: Swain's song (8): SERENADE
45 Down: Raggedy doll (3): ANN
46 Down: Peridot, e.g. (5): JEWEL
48 Down: Inviting word (4): LETS
52 Down: Brain scan, for short (3): EEG
54 Down: Bits or hints (8): SOUPCONS
56 Down: Efflux (9): EMANATION
58 Down: Moslem's greeting (6): SALAAM
59 Down: Caxton or Zenger (7): PRINTER
60 Down: Stop ___ (7): ONADIME
61 Down: Oriental shrine (3): TAA
63 Down: Knot in cotton (3): NEP
64 Down: Mother ___, Nobelist for Peace (6): TERESA
65 Down: Puccini prelude (8): OVERTURE
67 Down: Football play (7): LATERAL
68 Down: Lever on a loom (7): TREADLE
71 Down: Takes care of (6): SEESTO
73 Down: Spire ornament (3): EPI
75 Down: Not so sparse (6): DENSER
77 Down: Rhine feeder (3): AAR
79 Down: They follow an animal's trail (8): TRACKERS
81 Down: Swine's confines (3): STY
84 Down: We, to Luciano (3): NOI
87 Down: Formed a joint, in carpentry (8): RABBETED
90 Down: Half a score (3): TEN
92 Down: Type of cigar (7): CHEROOT
93 Down: "___ ne passeront pas" (3): ILS
96 Down: Pope's "Essay ___" (5): ONMAN
98 Down: Let up (6): RELENT
100 Down: Campers' curfew (4): TAPS
103 Down: The "it" game (3): TAG
107 Down: Proverbial heirs (4): MEEK
109 Down: Affirmation (3): YES
111 Down: One with a plan (8): INTENDER
113 Down: Wrap in bandages (6): SWATHE
114 Down: Stretches tightly (7): TAUTENS
115 Down: Dwelt (7): RESIDED
116 Down: Organ stop (7): SALICET
118 Down: "___ me only . . . " (7): DRINKTO
119 Down: Eastern inn (5): SERAI
121 Down: Vagabond (7): STRAYER
122 Down: Paint solvent (7): ACETONE
123 Down: On ___ (at variance) (7): THEOUTS
124 Down: E.R.A. or R.B.I. (4): STAT
126 Down: Instance (4): CASE
128 Down: Companion of Blitzen (6): DONNER
132 Down: Muralist Rivera (5): DIEGO
134 Down: Soup scoop (5): LADLE
137 Down: Oppositionist (4): ANTI
138 Down: Popeye's ___ Pea (4): SWEE
140 Down: Abba of Israel (4): EBAN
142 Down: Galley word (4): STET
145 Down: Bobble the ball (3): ERR
146 Down: Cicero's "I maintain" (3): ALO
147 Down: Tolkien creature (3): ENT
148 Down: Chinese peak (3): OMI

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