PROPER NOMENCLATURE - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/13/1980. By Richard Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Due follower (3)
- TRE
- 4 Across: Welfare (4)
- WEAL
- 8 Across: Alias (3)
- AKA
- 11 Across: Assuage (6)
- SOOTHE
- 17 Across: Beautiful, in Bonn (5)
- SCHON
- 19 Across: Lars Porsena was one (8)
- ETRUSCAN
- 21 Across: For example (6)
- SUCHAS
- 22 Across: Fields comedy classic (14)
- THEBANKRICHARD
- 24 Across: Dutch genre display (6)
- STEENS
- 25 Across: Arch in a vault (3)
- RIB
- 26 Across: Sought coal (5)
- MINED
- 27 Across: Summer coolers (4)
- ADES
- 28 Across: Looie's aide (5)
- SARGE
- 29 Across: Sid's co-star (7)
- IMOGENE
- 31 Across: Where Perry triumphed (4)
- ERIE
- 32 Across: Dandy's partner (4)
- FINE
- 33 Across: Piece of wisdom (5)
- PEARL
- 34 Across: A place for fins (11)
- WILLIAMFOLD
- 39 Across: Lugubrious (3)
- SAD
- 42 Across: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 43 Across: Petty quarrel (4)
- TIFF
- 44 Across: "Hard ___!" (4)
- ALEE
- 45 Across: City in Mo. (3)
- AVA
- 46 Across: Woodland deity (5)
- SATYR
- 48 Across: King beater (3)
- ACE
- 49 Across: Begat (5)
- SIRED
- 51 Across: Read a meter (4)
- SCAN
- 52 Across: Esthetic movement (10)
- ARTHURDECO
- 56 Across: Mulligrubs (5)
- COLIC
- 57 Across: Wood sorrel (3)
- OCA
- 60 Across: Buffalo, for one (4)
- CITY
- 61 Across: Leeds's river (4)
- AIRE
- 62 Across: Conditional release (6)
- PAROLE
- 63 Across: Efface (7)
- NULLIFY
- 65 Across: Moffo and Pavlova (5)
- ANNAS
- 66 Across: Certain steeplejack (7)
- RIVETER
- 67 Across: Optimally (6)
- ATBEST
- 68 Across: Title Mac held (4)
- SCAP
- 69 Across: Special (4)
- SALE
- 70 Across: Pres. and prem. (3)
- HDS
- 71 Across: Doctor (5)
- TREAT
- 72 Across: Urban noisemaker (10)
- JOHNHAMMER
- 74 Across: Merit (4)
- EARN
- 75 Across: Type of cigar (5)
- CLARO
- 77 Across: Hang loosely (3)
- LOP
- 78 Across: First P.M. of India (5)
- NEHRU
- 83 Across: Envelope abbr. (3)
- ATT
- 84 Across: Type of deck (4)
- POOP
- 85 Across: Powerful bloc (4)
- OPEC
- 87 Across: Grandmother of Timothy (4)
- LOIS
- 88 Across: N.B.A. whistler (3)
- REF
- 89 Across: Garb of young Sinatra's fans (11)
- ROBERTSOCKS
- 93 Across: Nard (5)
- SALVE
- 94 Across: Miasma (4)
- REEK
- 96 Across: Easy: Scot. (4)
- EITH
- 97 Across: Scoop, e.g. (7)
- UTENSIL
- 99 Across: Actor from Dublin (5)
- BRENT
- 101 Across: Chevet (4)
- APSE
- 102 Across: Delays, to D.A.'s (5)
- MORAE
- 104 Across: Start of a hole (3)
- TEE
- 105 Across: Oxidized (6)
- RUSTED
- 107 Across: Ball-park fan (14)
- FRANCISFURTERS
- 110 Across: Acclivity (6)
- ASCENT
- 111 Across: Circular diamond (8)
- RONDELLE
- 112 Across: Silkworms (5)
- ERIAS
- 113 Across: Combinations for Serkin (6)
- CHORDS
- 114 Across: Suffix with malt (3)
- OSE
- 115 Across: Crucifix (4)
- ROOD
- 116 Across: Shivaree (3)
- DIN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "___ of heraldry . . . ": Gray (8)
- THEBOAST
- 2 Down: Rifle (3)
- ROB
- 3 Down: Champlevé (6)
- ENAMEL
- 4 Down: " . . . ___ the worst too young!": Kipling (6)
- WEKNEW
- 5 Down: To be: Fr. (4)
- ETRE
- 6 Down: Desiccated (4)
- ARID
- 7 Down: Director Jean-___ Godard (3)
- LUC
- 8 Down: University in Nova Scotia (6)
- ACADIA
- 9 Down: Hoopster Abdul-Jabbar (6)
- KAREEM
- 10 Down: Connectives (4)
- ANDS
- 11 Down: Draft org. (3)
- SSS
- 12 Down: External (7)
- OUTSIDE
- 13 Down: Immense quantity (5)
- OCEAN
- 14 Down: Bathrobe material (12)
- THERESACLOTH
- 15 Down: Knack (4)
- HANG
- 16 Down: Actual being (4)
- ESSE
- 17 Down: Stars' companions (7)
- STRIPES
- 18 Down: Foolish fancy (7)
- CHIMERA
- 20 Down: Omar from Alexandria (6)
- SHARIF
- 23 Down: "Delta of Venus" author (3)
- NIN
- 30 Down: Colour (4)
- GREY
- 31 Down: Ouphe (3)
- ELF
- 32 Down: Skedaddled (4)
- FLED
- 35 Down: Restive (5)
- ITCHY
- 36 Down: Place (4)
- LIEU
- 37 Down: Banking game (4)
- FARO
- 38 Down: Violinist ___ Bull (3)
- OLE
- 40 Down: Benefited (7)
- AVAILED
- 41 Down: Graham's group (7)
- DANCERS
- 47 Down: Bigot (6)
- RACIST
- 48 Down: A.B.A. member (4)
- ATTY
- 49 Down: Celestial being (6)
- SERAPH
- 50 Down: Sherbets (4)
- ICES
- 51 Down: Miffed (4)
- SORE
- 53 Down: Fissure (4)
- RIFT
- 54 Down: This is often grande (6)
- RANCHO
- 55 Down: City in NW France (5)
- DINAN
- 56 Down: Carlsbad attraction (6)
- CAVERN
- 57 Down: Carousing (7)
- ONATEAR
- 58 Down: Cheap (7)
- CUTRATE
- 59 Down: One way to dine (12)
- ALBERTFRESCO
- 62 Down: Nap (4)
- PILE
- 64 Down: Spare (4)
- LEAN
- 65 Down: Hebrew instrument (4)
- ASOR
- 66 Down: Inclined plane (4)
- RAMP
- 69 Down: Loose garment (5)
- SMOCK
- 72 Down: Mock (4)
- JAPE
- 73 Down: Waugh or Templeton (4)
- ALEC
- 75 Down: Cordon bleu (4)
- COOK
- 76 Down: Part of Borg's game (3)
- LOB
- 79 Down: Verve (4)
- ELAN
- 80 Down: Breed of dairy cattle (8)
- HOLSTEIN
- 81 Down: Where the jet set may get wet (7)
- RIVIERA
- 82 Down: Democrats' adjective for Grant (7)
- USELESS
- 84 Down: Play a role (7)
- PRETEND
- 85 Down: Belgian port (6)
- OSTEND
- 86 Down: Cry of contempt (3)
- POH
- 90 Down: Copies, for short (6)
- REPROS
- 91 Down: Mild medicinal beverage (6)
- TISANE
- 92 Down: Rode the waves (6)
- SURFED
- 93 Down: Become enraged (6)
- SEERED
- 95 Down: Board (5)
- ENTER
- 98 Down: Greek letter (3)
- TAU
- 99 Down: Bric-a-___ (4)
- BRAC
- 100 Down: Cattail (4)
- RUSH
- 101 Down: Hairdo (4)
- AFRO
- 102 Down: Grain sorghum (4)
- MILO
- 103 Down: European capital (4)
- OSLO
- 106 Down: Skid-row affliction (3)
- DTS
- 108 Down: Waxlike: Comb. form (3)
- CER
- 109 Down: Part of TNT (3)
- TRI
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