MALAPROP POPS UP AGAIN! - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 3/9/1980. By Bert H. Kruse.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Peridot (5): JEWEL
6 Across: Poet Shapiro (4): KARL
10 Across: E.r.a. or r.b.i. (4): STAT
14 Across: "High ___ Windy Hill" (3): ONA
17 Across: End of a Stein line (5): AROSE
18 Across: Roosevelt and Teasdale (5): SARAS
19 Across: Hemidemisemiquaver (4): NOTE
20 Across: Robert ___ Sherwood (5): EMMET
22 Across: Mail service, to M. (11): PARTIALPOST
24 Across: M.'s name for Athens's famous height (10): APOCALYPSE
26 Across: Sommer from Berlin (4): ELKE
27 Across: Final disposal (5): MOPUP
28 Across: Fight (5): SCRAP
30 Across: ___ of quinine (6): OLEATE
31 Across: Polytheistic (5): PAGAN
32 Across: Kind of pool (5): KELLY
33 Across: Salver (4): TRAY
34 Across: Undrafted mil. group (3): USV
37 Across: Mouths (3): ORA
38 Across: Don't, in Dundee (5): DINNA
40 Across: German emperors (7): KAISERS
43 Across: Treat under glass (8): PHEASANT
46 Across: M.'s considered opinions (9): SEDIMENTS
49 Across: Actress Hagen (3): UTA
51 Across: Worsted (5): SERGE
52 Across: Life of Riley (4): EASE
54 Across: Stew (6): RAGOUT
55 Across: ___ Penh (4): PNOM
56 Across: Harvested alfalfa, e.g. (5): HAYED
57 Across: Public-utility magnate of the 30's (6): INSULL
59 Across: Sailing problem (4): CALM
60 Across: Iraqi port (5): BASRA
61 Across: Killer whales (4): ORCS
62 Across: Pyknic (5): OBESE
63 Across: "Ripeness ___": King Lear (5): ISALL
65 Across: Shipbuilder's strip of wood (6): BATTEN
66 Across: Father ___, in a Wolff opera (3): TYL
67 Across: M. identifies a certain law (11): STATESTATUE
69 Across: Netherlandish (6): DUTCHY
70 Across: Film awards (6): OSCARS
72 Across: S.A. port, for short (3): RIO
73 Across: Pacify (6): SOOTHE
74 Across: Dahlias' kin (6): ASTERS
75 Across: M.'s word for future generations (10): PROSPERITY
79 Across: Wander idly (3): GAD
82 Across: One not dry behind the ears (6): GREENY
83 Across: Skipper's order (5): LIETO
84 Across: City in Ohio (5): NILES
85 Across: Except (4): SAVE
86 Across: Face with stone (5): REVET
87 Across: Word to a dog (4): HEEL
88 Across: Caught lepidopterans (6): NETTED
90 Across: Santo ___, Philippine university (5): TOMAS
91 Across: Lulu (4): ONER
92 Across: Tenderhearted one (6): SOFTIE
94 Across: Banker's decision (4): LOAN
95 Across: U.S.S.R. monetary unit (5): RUBLE
96 Across: Merry, in Metz (3): GAI
97 Across: What M. learned (9): CATACLYSM
99 Across: Secy. of the ___ (Cabinet post, to M.) (8): INFERIOR
102 Across: They use gins to get skins (7): SNARERS
105 Across: "Half Mile Down" author (5): BEEBE
107 Across: Measure of area (3): ARE
108 Across: Blaster's need (3): TNT
109 Across: Tiny chorine (4): PONY
110 Across: These make some love N.Y. (5): SHOWS
112 Across: Creator of the Moffats (5): ESTES
114 Across: Sugar, e.g. (6): STAPLE
117 Across: Large barges (5): SCOWS
118 Across: Aristocles (5): PLATO
119 Across: Shock (4): JOLT
123 Across: M. gets a medical checkup (10): HASAFISCAL
125 Across: M.'s sharp perceptions (11): KEENINSIDES
127 Across: Practical (5): UTILE
128 Across: Bore (4): PALL
129 Across: Ex ___ (one-sided) (5): PARTE
130 Across: Religious society of Iowa (5): AMANA
131 Across: British collation (3): TEA
132 Across: Canasta item (4): TREY
133 Across: More underhanded (5): SLYER
134 Across: Rhode Island Red (5): LAYER

Down Answers

1 Down: Play tricks (4): JAPE
2 Down: Of an age (4): ERAL
3 Down: Solve, as a puzzle (4): WORK
4 Down: Commune near Padua (4): ESTE
5 Down: Hawaiian wreath (3): LEI
6 Down: Greek letter (5): KAPPA
7 Down: Here and there (6): AROUND
8 Down: Wood file (4): RASP
9 Down: W.W. II craft (3): LST
10 Down: Jam that's not sweet (5): SNARL
11 Down: "Rob Peter ___ Paul" (5): TOPAY
12 Down: Surmounting (4): ATOP
13 Down: L.A.P.D. member (3): TEC
14 Down: Insecticide, for short (4): OMPA
15 Down: Hatching post (4): NEST
16 Down: Fit to ___ (4): ATEE
18 Down: Madison Ave. product (6): SLOGAN
20 Down: Athenian's homeland (5): ELLAS
21 Down: "Light of ___!": Herbert (5): MYEYE
23 Down: Soprano Lucine (5): AMARA
25 Down: Tense for Thucydides (6): AORIST
28 Down: Transmit (4): SEND
29 Down: Director René (5): CLAIR
31 Down: Propounded (5): POSED
32 Down: Genuflect (5): KNEEL
33 Down: Late great jazz pianist (5): TATUM
34 Down: Outcome (6): UPSHOT
35 Down: Having an uneven gloss (6): SHEARY
36 Down: M.'s singular vascular problem (13): VERYCLOSEVEIN
39 Down: Sends forth (6): ISSUES
40 Down: Hillock (5): KNOLL
41 Down: M. ranges from A to Z (13): RUNSTHEGAMBIT
42 Down: Part of a London building (6): STOREY
44 Down: Jaques' septet (4): AGES
45 Down: M.'s lessees (6): TENETS
47 Down: Portuguese colony off China (5): MACAU
48 Down: Parisienne's peer (5): EGALE
50 Down: Galsworthy's "___ of Devon" (4): AMAN
53 Down: Fox of southern Africa (4): ASSE
55 Down: Herd of seals (5): PATCH
57 Down: Building steel (5): IBARS
58 Down: Relationship (7): LIAISON
60 Down: Lt. col.'s group (4): BATT
62 Down: Kind of seal (5): OTARY
64 Down: Fret on a guitar (4): STOP
65 Down: Channel markers (5): BUOYS
67 Down: Gift for milady (5): SCENT
68 Down: Jog (4): TROT
69 Down: Was foolishly fond (5): DOTED
71 Down: Filet mignon source (5): STEER
73 Down: Cousins of satyrs (6): SILENI
74 Down: Punta ___, Chile (6): ARENAS
75 Down: Buonarroti masterpiece (5): PIETA
76 Down: Holy Grail, e.g. (5): RELIC
77 Down: Inter (6): ENTOMB
78 Down: Singer Coolidge (4): RITA
80 Down: King Arthur's final home (6): AVALON
81 Down: Painted ___, Ariz. (6): DESERT
82 Down: Tar's quaff (4): GROG
83 Down: Ring blows (5): LEFTS
85 Down: Off-key (4): SOUR
87 Down: Very old (5): HOARY
89 Down: Red ___ (southern African shrubs) (5): ELSES
90 Down: Last of a Hemingway title (5): TREES
92 Down: Play start (6): SCENEI
93 Down: Be rude in a crowd (5): ELBOW
98 Down: Sources of archers' bows (4): YEWS
100 Down: Not so slovenly (7): NATTIER
101 Down: Refrigerant (5): FREON
103 Down: Dismay (5): APPAL
104 Down: Husband of Pocahontas (5): ROLFE
106 Down: Where to catch congers (6): EELERY
110 Down: Squama (5): SCALE
111 Down: Buddy of rock fame (5): HOLLY
113 Down: "A votre ___!" (5): SANTE
114 Down: Occlude (4): SHUT
115 Down: Poet laureate after Shadwell (4): TATE
116 Down: Where Bhutan is (4): ASIA
117 Down: Cicatrix (4): SCAR
118 Down: Resound (4): PEAL
119 Down: Iwo ___ (4): JIMA
120 Down: Singer Anita (4): ODAY
121 Down: Unaspirated (4): LENE
122 Down: Winter Palace resident (4): TSAR
124 Down: N.Y.C. or Balt. (3): SPT
125 Down: G.I. aides to cooks (3): KPS
126 Down: Gal of songdom (3): SAL

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