UNCOMMON LETTERS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 2/3/1980. By Henry Hook.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Flirtation (9): DALLIANCE
10 Across: ___ vobiscum (3): PAX
13 Across: Eliot called it cruellest (5): APRIL
18 Across: Chicago-born actress (11): RAQUELWELCH
20 Across: Secretary between Day and Root (3): HAY
21 Across: Succulent (5): JUICY
22 Across: Furniture on casters (11): TRUNDLEBEDS
23 Across: Fenway Pk. star (3): YAZ
24 Across: Shakespearean setting (5): ARDEN
25 Across: "Grand Old Man of Football" (5): STAGG
26 Across: They're often exploded (5): MYTHS
28 Across: Pay (6): EXPEND
29 Across: One of Uranus's moons (5): ARIEL
31 Across: In medias ___ (3): RES
32 Across: Pen talk (5): OINKS
35 Across: Adjective aptly applied to Apley (4): LATE
36 Across: Ozark "encore" (4): AGIN
37 Across: Grandiosity of a sort (13): MAGNILOQUENCE
41 Across: Seaworthy (4): SNUG
42 Across: Resort in the Bahamas (6): NASSAU
43 Across: Austrian contralto: 1803–77 (5): UNGER
44 Across: Mrs. Warner's nickname (3): LIZ
47 Across: Shetland chapeau (3): TAM
48 Across: He once was Bud's buddy (3): LOU
49 Across: Ictus (6): STRESS
51 Across: Irish county (5): CLARE
53 Across: Conforming (6): INSTEP
55 Across: Passover wafer (5): MATZO
57 Across: Store-window sign (4): OPEN
58 Across: Exculpate (6): ACQUIT
60 Across: Sides of cricket fields (4): OFFS
64 Across: Locale of a 1944 novel (5): ADANO
65 Across: Gym twist (10): CONTORTION
69 Across: Spreads nitrates (10): FERTILIZES
71 Across: Excellent poker hand (5): AAAAQ
72 Across: "Darling, Je Vous ___ Beaucoup" (4): AIME
73 Across: Beatle name (6): LENNON
74 Across: Tamiroff (4): AKIM
75 Across: Pippin (5): APPLE
78 Across: Insipid (6): JEJUNE
82 Across: Bumps on the skin (5): MILIA
84 Across: Hedda of fiction (6): GABLER
87 Across: Kramden's vehicle (3): BUS
88 Across: "No way!" (3): NIX
89 Across: Loser to H.C.H.: 1928 (3): AES
90 Across: Search widely (5): SCOUR
92 Across: Restrain with a chain (6): TETHER
95 Across: Pitchfork part (4): TINE
96 Across: She was Tosca on TV in 1955 (13): LEONTYNEPRICE
98 Across: Mrs. Van Buren, née ___ (4): HOES
99 Across: Coin of Cuba (4): PESO
102 Across: Sierra ___ (5): LEONE
103 Across: Mardi Gras V.I.P. (3): REX
104 Across: Bloodhound's clue (5): SCENT
106 Across: Product for overseas sale (6): EXPORT
108 Across: Callas or Tallchief (5): MARIA
110 Across: Vowel sequence (5): AEIOU
112 Across: Ante (5): STAKE
113 Across: Desert coat (3): ABA
115 Across: Principle of minimized hypotheses (11): OCCAMSRAZOR
119 Across: True's partner (5): TRIED
120 Across: Grackle (3): DAW
121 Across: Hawkish (11): BELLIGERENT
122 Across: "___ of Iwo Jima" (5): SANDS
123 Across: Persian unit of length (3): ZAR
124 Across: After-dinner drink (9): DEMITASSE

Down Answers

1 Down: The fourth Musketeer (9): DARTAGNAN
2 Down: Piscine pens (9): AQUARIUMS
3 Down: Fencer's maneuver (7): LUNGING
4 Down: Sill (5): LEDGE
5 Down: "Well, ___ be!" (3): ILL
6 Down: Word with some or struck (3): AWE
7 Down: Beak (3): NEB
8 Down: Renowned Missourian (7): CLEMENS
9 Down: She grins and bares it (9): ECDYSIAST
10 Down: Mr. America's source of pride (8): PHYSIQUE
11 Down: Drivers' org. (3): AAA
12 Down: Talleyrand's "Affair" (3): XYZ
13 Down: Character in the "Iliad" (4): AJAX
14 Down: Like Burgess's cow (6): PURPLE
15 Down: "___ cockhorse . . . " (5): RIDEA
16 Down: ___ sale (5): ICENT
17 Down: Dorothea ___ Dix (5): LYNDE
18 Down: Wall St. abbr. (3): RTS
19 Down: Winner over T.E.D. (3): HST
27 Down: After yoo or boo (3): HOO
28 Down: Thrall of puzzledom (4): ESNE
30 Down: K–S connection (7): LMNOPQR
31 Down: Grid linemen (3): RGS
33 Down: Convent dwellers (4): NUNS
34 Down: Delivery to a pub (4): KEGS
36 Down: ___ spumante (4): ASTI
38 Down: N.C.A.A.'s rival (3): AAU
39 Down: Noted U.S. entomologist: 1879–1943 (4): LUTZ
40 Down: D.C. group protecting minorities (3): CRC
44 Down: Calif. pearl-fishing center (5): LAPAZ
45 Down: Mrs. Vernon Castle (5): IRENE
46 Down: Two Greek philosophers (5): ZENOS
48 Down: "___ d'Or," 1909 opera (5): LECOQ
50 Down: Mansard (4): ROOF
52 Down: Home of over 25,000 Garden Staters (6): LODINJ
54 Down: Japanese straw mat (6): TATAMI
55 Down: XVII times LIX (4): MIII
56 Down: N.R.C. concern (4): ATOM
59 Down: Actress Hagen (3): UTA
61 Down: Hew a yew (4): FELL
62 Down: Manumit (4): FREE
63 Down: RR depot (3): STN
64 Down: Shade of green (5): ALOES
65 Down: Southern African fox (5): CAAMA
66 Down: Jack of old films: 1903–78 (5): OAKIE
67 Down: Catches red-handed (5): NAILS
68 Down: Actress Patricia (4): NEAL
70 Down: Damages (7): INJURES
76 Down: Rose, for one (4): PETE
77 Down: Set costs of articles before retailing (9): PREPRICED
79 Down: Emulates Gompers (9): UNIONIZES
80 Down: 12:51 (9): NINETOONE
81 Down: Quintet in this puzzle (4): EXES
83 Down: Enzyme (3): ASE
84 Down: Used up (4): GONE
85 Down: Detroit offering (4): AUTO
86 Down: College near Phila. (8): BRYNMAWR
87 Down: Bill, in Nice (3): BEC
91 Down: Young zebra (4): COLT
93 Down: Molasses (7): TREACLE
94 Down: Variety headline word (3): HIX
95 Down: " . . . to reach ___ of God": Wilde (7): THEEARS
96 Down: What Lot's wife did (6): LOOKED
97 Down: A.F.T. rival (3): NEA
99 Down: Aphids (5): PESTS
100 Down: Paperboy's cry (5): EXTRA
101 Down: Whence Cugat came (5): SPAIN
105 Down: "I do not ___ farthing candle . . . for Handel": Lamb (5): CAREA
107 Down: Riverfront men (4): REDS
109 Down: Hijack (3): ROB
111 Down: Ust-___, U.S.S.R. plateau (3): URT
113 Down: Axlike tool (3): ADZ
114 Down: Ewe said it (3): BAA
116 Down: Alpine pastureland (3): ALM
117 Down: Year in the 11th century (3): MII
118 Down: N.C.O. (3): SGT

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