NAG, NAG, NAG - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 5/18/1980. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Blanched (5): ASHEN
6 Across: Make a choice (3): OPT
9 Across: Faucet (3): TAP
12 Across: "City of the Kings" (4): LIMA
16 Across: Star in Ursa Major (4): PHAD
20 Across: Grocery, e.g. (5): STORE
21 Across: Prefix for view (3): PRE
22 Across: Greek letter (3): ETA
23 Across: Kind of hygiene (4): ORAL
24 Across: Jackstay (4): ROPE
25 Across: Marx film shot at Eider Downs? (13): HORSEFEATHERS
28 Across: Advice to a pony-car owner? (9): GETAHORSE
30 Across: Unseat (4): OUST
31 Across: Allow to pass (8): INTROMIT
32 Across: Business abbr. (3): INC
33 Across: Three rivers in England (5): OUSES
34 Across: Cannes season (3): ETE
35 Across: Make beloved (6): ENDEAR
36 Across: One with a blazing saddle? (9): RACEHORSE
39 Across: Carved stones (6): CAMEOS
41 Across: Fortuneteller (5): SIBYL
44 Across: Members of the "400" (6): ASTORS
47 Across: Tenderly, in music (7): AMOROSO
49 Across: Flu shots (4): SERA
50 Across: Pinpoint (6): LOCATE
54 Across: Favorite (3): PET
55 Across: Manservant (5): VALET
56 Across: Keep (6): RETAIN
58 Across: "We hold these ___ . . . " (6): TRUTHS
59 Across: That, in Sonora (3): ESA
60 Across: Ready (6): ALLSET
62 Across: Work at the bar (4): TEND
63 Across: Thither (5): THERE
64 Across: Everglades denizen (5): EGRET
66 Across: RR depot (3): STA
67 Across: Apportioned (6): SHARED
69 Across: Simpletons (5): GEESE
70 Across: Medieval dagger (6): ANLACE
71 Across: Does some roofing (4): TARS
73 Across: Bitter (5): ACERB
74 Across: Annoy (3): IRK
75 Across: Lives (8): SUBSISTS
77 Across: Dillon of TV (4): MATT
79 Across: African tongue (7): SUDANIC
82 Across: Witnessed (4): SEEN
83 Across: Wag (8): COMEDIAN
87 Across: Bren or Sten (3): GUN
88 Across: Stockholm institute (5): NOBEL
90 Across: Heyerdahl (4): THOR
94 Across: Anoints, old style (6): ANELES
95 Across: Jargon (5): ARGOT
97 Across: Cockloft (6): GARRET
99 Across: Canzone (3): ODE
100 Across: Devilfish (5): MANTA
101 Across: Bridge cards (5): TREYS
102 Across: Nick and Nora's pooch (4): ASTA
103 Across: Buffalo team (6): SABRES
105 Across: Nero's pronoun (3): EGO
106 Across: Knocked down (6): DECKED
108 Across: European capital (6): ATHENS
110 Across: Tooth or tomato follower (5): PASTE
111 Across: Bo Derek's rating (3): TEN
112 Across: Roman of Nebraska (6): HRUSKA
113 Across: Cross (4): ROOD
114 Across: Most banal (7): TRITEST
116 Across: Man of many words (6): ORATOR
118 Across: Short-barreled rifle (5): YAGER
120 Across: Threesomes (6): TRINES
121 Across: Old mare's throat problem? (9): HORSINESS
125 Across: Kind of circle (6): SEWING
127 Across: Sheep sound (3): MAA
130 Across: Out of sorts (5): CROSS
132 Across: Understand (3): GET
133 Across: Rustlers' activity (8): THIEVING
136 Across: Horseless carriage (4): FORD
137 Across: "Equus"? (9): HORSEPLAY
139 Across: Dabbling in polo? (13): HORSINGAROUND
141 Across: Alleviate (4): EASE
142 Across: Fashion (4): FORM
143 Across: Boo-boo kisser (3): MOM
144 Across: Actuary's concern (3): AGE
145 Across: Loosen (5): UNTIE
146 Across: Flintstone (4): FRED
147 Across: ___ Nostra (4): COSA
148 Across: Huxtable (3): ADA
149 Across: Rorem (3): NED
150 Across: Solvent (5): ETHER

Down Answers

1 Down: " . . . lived in ___" (5): ASHOE
2 Down: Thickset (5): STOUT
3 Down: Shut out the Texas Rangers? (11): HORSECOLLAR
4 Down: Whilom (4): ERST
5 Down: Once named (3): NEE
6 Down: Public (8): OPENDOOR
7 Down: Chatters (6): PRATES
8 Down: Aquarium fish (5): TETRA
9 Down: Pullulate (4): TEEM
10 Down: Bell town (4): ATRI
11 Down: Napoleons and Bismarcks (6): PASTRY
12 Down: Valid reasoning (5): LOGIC
13 Down: One of the Horae (5): IRENE
14 Down: Duplicate (5): MATCH
15 Down: Corolla part (3): ALA
16 Down: He wrote "Swann's Way" (6): PROUST
17 Down: "Girl of the Golden West," etc.? (11): HORSEOPERAS
18 Down: Altar area (4): APSE
19 Down: Ruby and Sandra (4): DEES
26 Down: Penalties (5): FINES
27 Down: Era when people were old-fashioned and crazy? (17): HORSEANDBUGGYDAYS
29 Down: Mr. Ed's words of wisdom? (10): HORSESENSE
35 Down: Overacts (6): EMOTES
37 Down: Hussein's stable? (17): ALLTHEKINGSHORSES
38 Down: Swearword (4): OATH
40 Down: God on Olympus (4): ARES
42 Down: Blue flag (4): IRID
43 Down: Prohibit (3): BAN
45 Down: Do a surgeon's job (6): RESECT
46 Down: Expresses (6): STATES
47 Down: Skipper's "Cease!" (5): AVAST
48 Down: Neighbor of Gozo (5): MALTA
49 Down: Pilots (6): STEERS
51 Down: Galena and cuprite (4): ORES
52 Down: Remedies (5): CURES
53 Down: Snacked (3): ATE
57 Down: To be: Fr. (4): ETRE
61 Down: Idest (6): THATIS
63 Down: Scray (4): TERN
65 Down: Sparkle (5): GLINT
68 Down: Recorded proceedings (4): ACTA
69 Down: Goliath (5): GIANT
70 Down: White poplars (6): ABELES
72 Down: Food fish (5): SMELT
76 Down: Addict (4): USER
78 Down: What a ghost rider beats? (10): ADEADHORSE
80 Down: Pairs (4): DUOS
81 Down: Glazed (6): COATED
83 Down: Revived (6): CAMETO
84 Down: Catapult or ass (6): ONAGER
85 Down: Three for the swayback? (11): MENONAHORSE
86 Down: British stoolies (5): NARKS
89 Down: Breakfast cereal (4): BRAN
91 Down: Whence tips come to a D.V.M.? (11): HORSESMOUTH
92 Down: Lefty's creator (5): ODETS
93 Down: Cycling button (5): RESET
96 Down: Miasma (4): REEK
98 Down: Studio activity (6): TAPING
101 Down: Inst. at Fort Worth (3): TCU
102 Down: Point ___ (equine term) (4): ATOE
104 Down: Subtract (4): BATE
107 Down: Goes wrong (4): ERRS
108 Down: S.A. country (3): ARG
109 Down: Like violins (8): STRINGED
115 Down: ___ bell (register) (5): RINGA
117 Down: Flipped (6): TOSSED
119 Down: Bronchospastic problem (6): ASTHMA
120 Down: Pricking (6): TWINGE
122 Down: Dome-shaped abode (5): IGLOO
123 Down: Approaches (5): NEARS
124 Down: Original forms of words (5): ETYMA
126 Down: French spa (5): EVIAN
128 Down: Palmer of golf (5): ARNIE
129 Down: Krait (5): ADDER
130 Down: Cuisinier (4): CHEF
131 Down: Stadium sound (4): ROAR
134 Down: Canopy (4): HOOD
135 Down: "My Friend ___" (4): IRMA
136 Down: Source (4): FONT
138 Down: First-class G.I. (3): PFC
140 Down: Mourn (3): RUE

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