CHARADES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/30/1980. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Humid (4)
- DAMP
- 5 Across: "Time ___ the essence" (4)
- ISOF
- 9 Across: Lecturer's aid (5)
- GRAPH
- 14 Across: Rudiments (3)
- ABC
- 17 Across: Notion (4)
- IDEA
- 18 Across: Sinuses (5)
- ANTRA
- 19 Across: Logrolling contest (5)
- ROLEO
- 20 Across: Emporium (4)
- MART
- 22 Across: Wardens (10)
- CONTENDERS
- 24 Across: Averse to writing research papers (10)
- ANTITHESES
- 26 Across: Circus people (8)
- TRAINERS
- 27 Across: Seabees' motto (5)
- CANDO
- 29 Across: Rock salt (6)
- HALITE
- 30 Across: TV appendage (7)
- ANTENNA
- 31 Across: Cant (5)
- LINGO
- 32 Across: Wild (6)
- FERINE
- 33 Across: Seine (3)
- NET
- 34 Across: Urgency (5)
- HASTE
- 35 Across: Cape hartebeest (5)
- CAAMA
- 36 Across: Humane org. (5)
- ASPCA
- 39 Across: Where a native will clue you in (11)
- HINTERLANDS
- 41 Across: Very softly: Mus. dir. (3)
- PPP
- 44 Across: Your, in Hanover (4)
- IHRE
- 45 Across: Gugelhupf (4)
- CAKE
- 46 Across: Some, in Spain (4)
- UNOS
- 47 Across: Raja ___, Indian novelist (3)
- RAO
- 48 Across: Philippine tree (3)
- DAO
- 49 Across: A man's enunciation (11)
- MALEDICTION
- 53 Across: Choreographer Kurt (5)
- JOOSS
- 55 Across: Elec. unit (3)
- AMP
- 56 Across: Hippolyte's sire (4)
- ARES
- 57 Across: Racket (5)
- NOISE
- 58 Across: Ardor (6)
- WARMTH
- 59 Across: Beam (6)
- RAFTER
- 61 Across: Briefly brilliant stars (5)
- NOVAE
- 62 Across: Curtain recently opened (6)
- BAMBOO
- 63 Across: Popular health food (6)
- YOGURT
- 64 Across: Sourdough (5)
- MINER
- 65 Across: Watson's cry (4)
- FORE
- 66 Across: ___-la-la (3)
- TRA
- 68 Across: Mites (5)
- ACARI
- 69 Across: Allotments in Cluny (11)
- LACERATIONS
- 71 Across: Fleming or Smith (3)
- IAN
- 72 Across: Trading place: Abbr. (3)
- MKT
- 73 Across: Word on a door (4)
- PUSH
- 74 Across: Lyrical literature (4)
- ODES
- 75 Across: Blockhead (4)
- DOLT
- 76 Across: Compass reading (3)
- SSE
- 77 Across: Cutie Knievel guided (11)
- DISHEVELLED
- 81 Across: Tooth surface (5)
- MENSA
- 82 Across: Triangle (5)
- DELTA
- 83 Across: "Let's Make ___" (5)
- ADEAL
- 84 Across: Holiday, for short (3)
- VAC
- 85 Across: Becoming (6)
- SEEMLY
- 87 Across: City east of Erie (5)
- OLEAN
- 88 Across: Some are à trois (7)
- MENAGES
- 92 Across: "Rigoletto" setting (6)
- MANTUA
- 93 Across: Cousin of a union (5)
- GUILD
- 94 Across: Steep in a pickling solution (8)
- MARINATE
- 95 Across: Hinder nice blokes (10)
- DETERGENTS
- 97 Across: Country without women (10)
- STAGNATION
- 99 Across: Natives of: Suffix (4)
- ITES
- 100 Across: Finnish lake, to Swedes (5)
- ENARE
- 101 Across: Sheeplike (5)
- OVINE
- 102 Across: Lab burner (4)
- ETNA
- 103 Across: Tate offering (3)
- ART
- 104 Across: Shipment from Iraq (5)
- DATES
- 105 Across: Wendy Darling's dog (4)
- NANA
- 106 Across: Quiescence (4)
- REST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pronouncements (5)
- DICTA
- 2 Down: Bedeck (5)
- ADORN
- 3 Down: Egyptian amulet (5)
- MENAT
- 4 Down: G. & S. heroine (8)
- PATIENCE
- 5 Down: Hindu god of thunder (5)
- INDRA
- 6 Down: Cécile and Jeanne (4)
- STES
- 7 Down: Retiree of hockey fame (3)
- ORR
- 8 Down: Mussolini was one (7)
- FASCIST
- 9 Down: Agriculturist (7)
- GRANGER
- 10 Down: Sonata movement (5)
- RONDO
- 11 Down: Kind of saxophone (4)
- ALTO
- 12 Down: Architect I. M. (3)
- PEI
- 13 Down: Fiery bosses (8)
- HOTHEADS
- 14 Down: Menotti heroine (6)
- AMELIA
- 15 Down: Washbowl (5)
- BASIN
- 16 Down: Minoan's home (5)
- CRETE
- 18 Down: Concerning (5)
- ANENT
- 21 Down: Mao ___-tung (3)
- TSE
- 23 Down: Nine: Comb. form (5)
- ENNEA
- 25 Down: Injures (5)
- HARMS
- 28 Down: Feed the kitty (4)
- ANTE
- 31 Down: Divided, as highways (5)
- LANED
- 32 Down: Papal vestment (5)
- FANON
- 34 Down: B.S.A. outings (5)
- HIKES
- 35 Down: Birchbark (5)
- CANOE
- 36 Down: Verdi opera (4)
- AIDA
- 37 Down: Fake jewelry (9)
- SHAMROCKS
- 38 Down: Shore up an entryway (9)
- PROPAGATE
- 39 Down: Item spent in Praha (5)
- HALER
- 40 Down: Rainer (5)
- LUISE
- 41 Down: Snead swing (9)
- PROMOTION
- 42 Down: Former Ph.D. tests (9)
- PASTORALS
- 43 Down: Luxurious (4)
- POSH
- 45 Down: Insert mark (5)
- CARET
- 49 Down: Kind of arch? (5)
- MATRI
- 50 Down: Hole-___ (5)
- INONE
- 51 Down: Shelter (5)
- COVER
- 52 Down: Jeweled band (5)
- TIARA
- 53 Down: He wrote "What Maisie Knew" (5)
- JAMES
- 54 Down: Sphere (3)
- ORB
- 58 Down: Cautions (5)
- WARNS
- 60 Down: Kolinsky, e.g. (3)
- FUR
- 61 Down: Special position (5)
- NICHE
- 62 Down: Expressed dislike (5)
- BOOED
- 63 Down: Sweet potatoes (4)
- YAMS
- 64 Down: "Three Sisters" character (5)
- MASHA
- 65 Down: He overthrew Fulgencio (5)
- FIDEL
- 67 Down: Broadway org. (4)
- ANTA
- 69 Down: Robust (5)
- LUSTY
- 70 Down: Hydrocarbon (5)
- TOLAN
- 73 Down: Tiresome person grew old (8)
- PILLAGED
- 75 Down: Wine bottle (8)
- DECANTER
- 77 Down: Object (5)
- DEMUR
- 78 Down: Gladstones' kin (7)
- VALISES
- 79 Down: Biographer of 53 Down (4)
- EDEL
- 80 Down: Entices (7)
- LEADSON
- 81 Down: Craze (5)
- MANIA
- 82 Down: Execrate (6)
- DETEST
- 84 Down: Sci-fi pioneer (5)
- VERNE
- 85 Down: Andalusian song (5)
- SAETA
- 86 Down: Diarize (5)
- ENTER
- 87 Down: Bizarre (5)
- OUTRE
- 88 Down: ___ cum laude (5)
- MAGNA
- 89 Down: Offenbach's "___ Parisienne" (5)
- GAITE
- 90 Down: Short jackets (5)
- ETONS
- 91 Down: Body meeting in Paris (5)
- SENAT
- 92 Down: Year in Luther's time (3)
- MDI
- 93 Down: Punkie (4)
- GNAT
- 94 Down: Conduit (4)
- MAIN
- 96 Down: Sofia's predecessor (3)
- ENA
- 98 Down: Dam org. (3)
- TVA
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