HEBDOMADNESS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 2/24/1980. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Roman in charge of games (5): EDILE
6 Across: Aristophanes' "The ___" (5): WASPS
11 Across: Word with fettle (4): FINE
15 Across: Masticate (4): CHEW
19 Across: Churchill's "enigma" (6): RUSSIA
21 Across: Dido (5): ANTIC
22 Across: "___ Do This Sum" (5): ICANT
24 Across: Vatican tribunal (4): ROTA
25 Across: Travolta hit (18): SATURDAYNIGHTFEVER
28 Across: Slayer of Castor (4): IDAS
29 Across: Nigerian native (3): EDO
30 Across: Salt maker of sorts (6): EARNER
31 Across: Bizarre (5): OUTRE
32 Across: Common Latin phrase (5): IDEST
34 Across: One of the Stooges (3): MOE
35 Across: Canonical hour (5): NONES
36 Across: Rarae ___ (4): AVES
37 Across: Power tool (7): BANDSAW
42 Across: Volcano on Martinique (5): PELEE
43 Across: One-eyed god (4): ODIN
44 Across: N.Y.S.E. item (3): STK
47 Across: Von Weber opera (6): OBERON
48 Across: Sandy Dennis stage vehicle (12): ANYWEDNESDAY
51 Across: Pallid (3): WAN
52 Across: Pundit (6): SAVANT
53 Across: Meted out (5): DOLED
54 Across: Drudgery (4): MOIL
55 Across: ___-majesté (4): LESE
56 Across: Burgoo and matelote (5): STEWS
57 Across: Winsor heroine (5): AMBER
58 Across: Posts (5): MAILS
60 Across: Duomo statue in Firenze (5): PIETA
61 Across: Followers of cannon and musket (4): EERS
62 Across: Sand, to Chopin (4): AMIE
63 Across: Tureen accessory (5): LADLE
64 Across: Jousted (6): TILTED
65 Across: U.K. award (3): DSO
66 Across: Female assistant (10): GIRLFRIDAY
69 Across: Notables (6): GREATS
70 Across: " . . . ditties of ___": Keats (6): NOTONE
73 Across: Word with Costa or Puerto (5): RICAN
74 Across: Graft, as a plant (6): INARCH
75 Across: Classify (6): ASSORT
76 Across: Dodger outfielder (10): RICKMONDAY
78 Across: Ossuary (3): URN
81 Across: Scale (6): SQUAMA
82 Across: ___ Square (5): TIMES
83 Across: Affected manner (4): AIRS
84 Across: Scottish hillside (4): BRAE
85 Across: Sudden thrust (5): LUNGE
86 Across: Vacuous (5): SILLY
87 Across: Fusses (5): TODOS
89 Across: Olivia's clown (5): FESTE
90 Across: "Candy striper" (4): AIDE
91 Across: Fleuret's relative (4): EPEE
92 Across: Memento (5): RELIC
93 Across: Gross (6): SORDID
94 Across: Labor org. (3): ILA
95 Across: "___ This Must Be Belgium" (12): IFITSTUESDAY
98 Across: Teach, for one (6): PIRATE
99 Across: Aye neutralizer (3): NAY
100 Across: Hair style (4): AFRO
101 Across: Sword handles (5): HILTS
102 Across: Calmed (7): ALLAYED
103 Across: Melville opus (4): OMOO
104 Across: First king of Egypt (5): MENES
105 Across: Bacheller hero (3): DRI
106 Across: "King Olaf" composer (5): ELGAR
108 Across: Episperm (5): TESTA
109 Across: Medium's state (6): TRANCE
112 Across: Saturn's consort (3): OPS
115 Across: Cupid, in art (4): AMOR
116 Across: With 18 Down, erstwhile TV show (18): THATWASTHEWEEKTHAT
120 Across: Hookah (4): PIPE
121 Across: Caravansary (5): SERAI
122 Across: Wear away (5): ERODE
123 Across: Rap session of sorts (6): SEANCE
124 Across: Ilmenite and uraninite (4): ORES
125 Across: Jupati (4): PALM
126 Across: Eclipse cycle (5): SAROS
127 Across: "I ___ of Jeanie . . . " (5): DREAM

Down Answers

1 Down: Gaelic (4): ERSE
2 Down: Pair (4): DUAD
3 Down: Ratio words (4): ISTO
4 Down: Baton Rouge inst. (3): LSU
5 Down: Sometime name for Ireland (4): EIRE
6 Down: Singer Newton (5): WAYNE
7 Down: British princess (4): ANNE
8 Down: The slammer (4): STIR
9 Down: Poke occupant (3): PIG
10 Down: Taught (8): SCHOOLED
11 Down: XV (7): FIFTEEN
12 Down: Champagne buckets (5): ICERS
13 Down: Hub (4): NAVE
14 Down: Compass dir. (3): ENE
15 Down: "___ and Whispers" (5): CRIES
16 Down: Masons' burdens (4): HODS
17 Down: Coup d'___ (4): ETAT
18 Down: See 116 Across (3): WAS
20 Down: Inflexible (7): ADAMANT
23 Down: Minuscule (7): TRIVIAL
26 Down: Lined up (4): AROW
27 Down: Brought into harmony (5): TUNED
33 Down: Disavow (4): DENY
35 Down: More recent (5): NEWER
36 Down: ___ Ababa (5): ADDIS
37 Down: Ordered around (6): BOSSED
38 Down: Subsides (6): ABATES
39 Down: Melina Mercouri movie (13): NEVERONSUNDAY
40 Down: Delineates (5): DRAWS
41 Down: "___ and Lovers" (4): SONS
42 Down: W.W. II journalist (4): PYLE
43 Down: "___ mio" (5): OSOLE
44 Down: Steinbeck novel (13): SWEETTHURSDAY
45 Down: Preferences (6): TASTES
46 Down: Work with the hands (5): KNEAD
48 Down: Esteem highly (6): ADMIRE
49 Down: Swedish philanthropist (5): NOBEL
50 Down: Poet Dickinson (5): EMILY
55 Down: Fragrant shrub (5): LILAC
57 Down: Make ___ (get rich) (5): AMINT
58 Down: "Call Me ___" (5): MADAM
59 Down: Joppolo's post (5): ADANO
60 Down: Kind of glass or table (4): PIER
62 Down: Where oboli were spent (5): AGORA
63 Down: Laps up (5): LICKS
64 Down: Salvers (5): TRAYS
67 Down: "Firefly" composer (5): FRIML
68 Down: Resembling a cereal grain (5): RICEY
69 Down: Growls (5): GNARS
71 Down: Siouan people (5): OSAGE
72 Down: Reference book (4): TOME
74 Down: Oligophrenia (6): IDIOCY
75 Down: Celestial Eagle (6): AQUILA
76 Down: Gets one's goat (5): RILES
77 Down: Comaneci (5): NADIA
79 Down: Ostrich or emu (6): RATITE
80 Down: Requisite (6): NEEDED
81 Down: Done in (5): SLAIN
82 Down: Attach (5): TIETO
84 Down: Yogi of the Yankees (5): BERRA
86 Down: "Dum ___, spero" (5): SPIRO
87 Down: Rorschach, etc. (5): TESTS
88 Down: Auto pioneer (4): OLDS
89 Down: Discomfit (4): FOIL
91 Down: Struggles (7): EFFORTS
92 Down: Quitclaims (8): RELEASES
93 Down: Joins (7): SPLICES
95 Down: "___ Camera" (4): IAMA
96 Down: In ___ (socially active) (7): THESWIM
97 Down: Range in Utah (5): UINTA
102 Down: "Judith" composer (4): ARNE
103 Down: Scarebabes (5): OGRES
104 Down: Bismuth, e.g. (5): METAL
105 Down: V.P.: 1925–29 (5): DAWES
106 Down: Kuwaiti chieftain (4): EMIR
107 Down: Gait like a canter (4): LOPE
108 Down: Fictional mansion (4): TARA
109 Down: Air Force missile (4): THOR
110 Down: Change the décor (4): REDO
111 Down: Supplemented, with "out" (4): EKED
112 Down: Without, in Weimer (4): OHNE
113 Down: S.A. rodent (4): PACA
114 Down: Watch part (4): STEM
115 Down: G.I.'s overseas address (3): APO
117 Down: Onto (3): HEP
118 Down: Refrain syllable (3): TRA
119 Down: Salt (3): TAR

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