LONG RUNS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/1/1980. By Threba Johnson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Religious executive (6)
- ABBESS
- 7 Across: Small handbill (5)
- FLIER
- 12 Across: Diminished (6)
- ABATED
- 18 Across: Kind of sheet or press (6)
- COOKIE
- 19 Across: Immediately (6)
- PRESTO
- 20 Across: Amplifiers of electromagnetic waves (6)
- LASERS
- 21 Across: Semior citizens (6)
- ELDERS
- 22 Across: Shames (7)
- ABASHES
- 24 Across: Shining (6)
- LUCENT
- 25 Across: Utter (3)
- SAY
- 26 Across: N.A. Indians (4)
- UTES
- 28 Across: Culprits, in Calabria (3)
- REI
- 29 Across: Region, to René (6)
- CLIMAT
- 31 Across: Fast long-run carrier (19)
- SUPERSONICTRANSPORT
- 37 Across: Living quarters: Abbr. (4)
- APTS
- 39 Across: Ingredient of pepper pot (5)
- TRIPE
- 40 Across: Cockle (4)
- OAST
- 41 Across: Chinese pagoda (3)
- TAA
- 42 Across: One of the Yugoslavs (5)
- CROAT
- 44 Across: Public (5)
- OVERT
- 46 Across: Bullfinch specialty (4)
- MYTH
- 47 Across: Long run on Broadway (4)
- HAIR
- 48 Across: Army missile (3)
- ROC
- 49 Across: More competent (5)
- ABLER
- 51 Across: Bulgarian weight (3)
- OKE
- 53 Across: Bone marrow (7)
- MEDULLA
- 55 Across: An Amerind (6)
- ESKIMO
- 57 Across: Assyrian war god (4)
- ASUR
- 59 Across: "Spirit of '76" musician (5)
- FIFER
- 60 Across: Vertexes (6)
- APICES
- 61 Across: Humane soc. (5)
- ASPCA
- 62 Across: Verve (4)
- ELAN
- 63 Across: Montemezzi's "L'Amore dei ___ Re" (3)
- TRE
- 66 Across: Littler or Wilder (4)
- GENE
- 67 Across: Kitchen meas. (3)
- TBS
- 69 Across: Famed physicist: 1787–1854 (3)
- OHM
- 70 Across: Moon buggy (3)
- LEM
- 71 Across: Ark passenger (4)
- SHEM
- 72 Across: Part of a joule (3)
- ERG
- 73 Across: Ancient mariner (4)
- NOAH
- 74 Across: Perfect paradigm (5)
- IDEAL
- 76 Across: Hinder (6)
- IMPEDE
- 78 Across: Feel (5)
- SENSE
- 79 Across: Desolate (4)
- LORN
- 80 Across: Seculars (6)
- LAYMEN
- 81 Across: Highly agreeable (7)
- WELCOME
- 84 Across: Compass pt. (3)
- SSW
- 85 Across: Squirrels' nests (5)
- DRAYS
- 88 Across: Brit. lexicon (3)
- OED
- 89 Across: Mine, in Marseille (4)
- AMOI
- 90 Across: Father in Arabia (4)
- ABOU
- 92 Across: Nostrils (5)
- NARES
- 94 Across: Froth (5)
- SPUME
- 96 Across: Contraction (3)
- TIC
- 97 Across: Hogarth subject (4)
- RAKE
- 98 Across: Nudniks (5)
- PESTS
- 100 Across: Sputnik's bpl. (4)
- USSR
- 101 Across: Long run in the North (19)
- TRANSALASKAPIPELINE
- 107 Across: With great tension (6)
- TAUTLY
- 108 Across: A follower (3)
- ONE
- 109 Across: Press (4)
- IRON
- 110 Across: Unpopular bill (3)
- TWO
- 113 Across: "___ of Sundays": Updike (6)
- AMONTH
- 115 Across: Radar device (7)
- SCANNER
- 118 Across: Worse (6)
- POORER
- 120 Across: Horn: Comb. form (6)
- CERATO
- 121 Across: Would-be frat member (6)
- PLEDGE
- 122 Across: Ultimate conclusion (6)
- ENDALL
- 123 Across: King of Morocco (6)
- HASSAN
- 124 Across: Dogie catcher (5)
- LASSO
- 125 Across: With profundity (6)
- DEEPLY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: A good pair (4)
- ACES
- 2 Down: Gaucho's weapon (4)
- BOLA
- 3 Down: Bad place for a long run (12)
- BODYSTOCKING
- 4 Down: Augment, with "out" (3)
- EKE
- 5 Down: Pancake topper (5)
- SIRUP
- 6 Down: Part of a sonnet (6)
- SESTET
- 7 Down: D.C. bank group (3)
- FRB
- 8 Down: Cub (7)
- LEARNER
- 9 Down: Japanese immigrant (5)
- ISSEI
- 10 Down: Moral principle (5)
- ETHIC
- 11 Down: Coral of a lobster (3)
- ROE
- 12 Down: Long run on TV (14)
- ALLINTHEFAMILY
- 13 Down: Authors L. Frank and Vicki (5)
- BAUMS
- 14 Down: Tin Pan Alley acronym (5)
- ASCAP
- 15 Down: Like the W.C.T.U. (8)
- TEETOTAL
- 16 Down: Piscivorous bird (3)
- ERN
- 17 Down: Summer time in N.Y.C. (3)
- DST
- 19 Down: Unresisting (7)
- PASSIVE
- 23 Down: Tern (5)
- SCRAY
- 27 Down: Actor Flynn (5)
- ERROL
- 30 Down: Hardest part of a long run (8)
- LASTMILE
- 32 Down: Dos Passos trilogy (3)
- USA
- 33 Down: Teatro San Carlo offerings (6)
- OPERAS
- 34 Down: "Mean ___," 1929 song (4)
- TOME
- 35 Down: Marsh hen (4)
- RAIL
- 36 Down: St. Patrick's headquarters (4)
- TARA
- 37 Down: Land area (7)
- ACREAGE
- 38 Down: Thrive (7)
- PROSPER
- 43 Down: Subdue (4)
- TAME
- 45 Down: Result of many a long run (9)
- TOUCHDOWN
- 47 Down: Ben-___ (3)
- HUR
- 50 Down: Long run in April (14)
- BOSTONMARATHON
- 52 Down: Role for Hoffman or Streep (6)
- KRAMER
- 54 Down: Unter ___ Linden (3)
- DEN
- 56 Down: Sherbet (3)
- ICE
- 58 Down: What the victor gets (6)
- SPOILS
- 59 Down: Hew a yew (4)
- FELL
- 61 Down: Court celebrity (4)
- ASHE
- 63 Down: Christie's record-breaking long run (12)
- THEMOUSETRAP
- 64 Down: Ransoms (7)
- REDEEMS
- 65 Down: Redactor (7)
- EMENDER
- 68 Down: In which a long run leads to home (8)
- BASEBALL
- 71 Down: Snoop (3)
- SPY
- 73 Down: Avant-gardist (3)
- NEO
- 75 Down: Gromyko or Vishinsky (6)
- ANDREI
- 77 Down: Cumulus (4)
- MASS
- 78 Down: School subj. (3)
- SCI
- 81 Down: Unit of power (4)
- WATT
- 82 Down: Moslem noble (4)
- EMIR
- 83 Down: Card-file devices (8)
- LOCATORS
- 84 Down: Brings to court (4)
- SUES
- 86 Down: Breathe (7)
- RESPIRE
- 87 Down: Tanglefoot (5)
- ASTER
- 91 Down: Approves (5)
- OKAYS
- 93 Down: Adds (7)
- APPENDS
- 95 Down: Jeu de mots (3)
- PUN
- 99 Down: Like Jay Peak (6)
- SLOPED
- 102 Down: Pushers in Hyde Park (5)
- NANAS
- 103 Down: Sermon of Buddha (5)
- SUTTA
- 104 Down: Eucalyptus eater (5)
- KOALA
- 105 Down: Queen ___ lace (5)
- ANNES
- 106 Down: Hole-___ (5)
- INONE
- 111 Down: Efficiently (4)
- WELL
- 112 Down: End of a Parisian's long run (4)
- ORLY
- 113 Down: Sigh in Stuttgart (3)
- ACH
- 114 Down: ___ culpa (3)
- MEA
- 116 Down: An N.C.O. (3)
- CPL
- 117 Down: Self (3)
- EGO
- 119 Down: Genethliacon, e.g. (3)
- ODE
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