DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/8/1980. By Walter Webb.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Initials of the Wagner Act: 1935 (4)
- NLRA
- 5 Across: They play at Shea (4)
- JETS
- 9 Across: Attention-getter (4)
- AHEM
- 13 Across: To ___ (precisely) (4)
- ATEE
- 17 Across: Smoothed (6)
- EVENED
- 20 Across: Spread not fit for a bed (4)
- OLEO
- 21 Across: Pitch (9)
- SALESTALK
- 23 Across: Contemporary rendezvous (11)
- SINGLESBARS
- 25 Across: Logarithmic instrument (9)
- SLIDERULE
- 26 Across: One-on-one gamble, usually (7)
- SIDEBET
- 27 Across: Riled (5)
- IRATE
- 29 Across: Irish peer (4)
- AIRE
- 30 Across: Trattoria treat (7)
- LASAGNA
- 32 Across: Men to be headed off at the pass (4)
- ENDS
- 34 Across: " . . . ___ to touch": Brooke (4)
- FURS
- 37 Across: Prefix with meter and liter (4)
- DECI
- 40 Across: Mac's nix (3)
- NAE
- 41 Across: Brest beast (4)
- BETE
- 42 Across: Distributor (6)
- ISSUER
- 44 Across: Take (8)
- PROCEEDS
- 47 Across: Coral islands (6)
- ATOLLS
- 49 Across: Dir. from Pisa to Verona (3)
- NNE
- 50 Across: Horn leader (3)
- TIN
- 51 Across: Versatile one (12)
- TRIPLETHREAT
- 54 Across: Garrison (4)
- POST
- 55 Across: Brut's relative (3)
- SEC
- 56 Across: N.L. team (6)
- ENNEAD
- 57 Across: Consequently: Var. (8)
- THEREFOR
- 59 Across: Squeeze, in Savoie (5)
- SERRE
- 61 Across: Prank (4)
- DIDO
- 63 Across: U.S.N. or U.S.A.F. (3)
- SER
- 64 Across: His home has a dome (5)
- ASTRO
- 65 Across: Guidry, Cey and Santo (4)
- RONS
- 66 Across: Emulate Fisk (5)
- CATCH
- 68 Across: Word before stand or draw (4)
- WITH
- 69 Across: Short surplice (5)
- COTTA
- 71 Across: Aves. (3)
- STS
- 73 Across: "___ Spake Zarathustra" (4)
- THUS
- 75 Across: Good vision, to an umpire (5)
- ASSET
- 77 Across: Rude (8)
- IMPOLITE
- 79 Across: Journalism, for one (6)
- ESTATE
- 81 Across: Kind of hen (3)
- MUD
- 83 Across: Batters' stats (4)
- RBIS
- 84 Across: "Gulf Stream" painter (12)
- WINSLOWHOMER
- 88 Across: ___ word (briefly) (3)
- INA
- 89 Across: This, to Thérèse (3)
- CET
- 90 Across: Oil exporters (6)
- IRAQIS
- 91 Across: Fragmented, as food (8)
- MORSELED
- 93 Across: Some have fallen (6)
- ARCHES
- 96 Across: Gists (4)
- NUBS
- 97 Across: Plath's "The Bell ___" (3)
- JAR
- 98 Across: Former darling of the Met set (4)
- ALDA
- 99 Across: Discard (4)
- SHED
- 100 Across: All trailer (4)
- STAR
- 101 Across: One with aspirations (7)
- DESIRER
- 104 Across: How some runners pull up (4)
- LAME
- 106 Across: Strike areas (5)
- LANES
- 108 Across: CB O.K. (7)
- TENFOUR
- 112 Across: Zinc, e.g. (9)
- BASEMETAL
- 116 Across: Military command (11)
- ONTHEDOUBLE
- 118 Across: Put back in office (9)
- REINSTATE
- 119 Across: Sailing (4)
- ASEA
- 120 Across: Pals of Fran and Stan (6)
- OLLIES
- 121 Across: Transactions (4)
- ACTA
- 122 Across: It's for the birds (4)
- SEED
- 123 Across: Linen marking (4)
- HERS
- 124 Across: Canonical hour (4)
- SEXT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Promontory (4)
- NESS
- 2 Down: Half of CXIV (4)
- LVII
- 3 Down: Sunder (4)
- REND
- 4 Down: Like putti (7)
- ANGELIC
- 5 Down: Coaching, e.g. (3)
- JOB
- 6 Down: May who worked with a Mike (6)
- ELAINE
- 7 Down: ___ alba (gypsum) (5)
- TERRA
- 8 Down: N.L. pitcher (4)
- SOSA
- 9 Down: Nominee endorser in Britain (8)
- ASSENTOR
- 10 Down: McRae of baseball (3)
- HAL
- 11 Down: Inventor Howe (5)
- ELIAS
- 12 Down: Middle: Comb. form (4)
- MEDI
- 13 Down: Father of Agamemnon (6)
- ATREUS
- 14 Down: Greek letter (3)
- TAU
- 15 Down: Wing (3)
- ELL
- 16 Down: Get by, with "out" (3)
- EKE
- 18 Down: Exile island (4)
- ELBA
- 19 Down: Rivers in Scotland and Wales (4)
- DEES
- 22 Down: Feudal underlings (5)
- SERFS
- 24 Down: Substitute (7)
- STANDIN
- 28 Down: Thirty-two are a mouthful (5)
- TEETH
- 31 Down: Caught one's breath (6)
- GASPED
- 33 Down: Strike out (6)
- DELETE
- 35 Down: Average (12)
- RUNOFTHEMILL
- 36 Down: Stimulus-response device (6)
- SENSOR
- 37 Down: Org. units (4)
- DPTS
- 38 Down: American Indians (5)
- ERIES
- 39 Down: Musical standard (12)
- CONCERTPITCH
- 41 Down: What Fred Lynn wields (3)
- BAT
- 42 Down: That cad: Lat. (4)
- ISTE
- 43 Down: Kind of rocket (5)
- RETRO
- 45 Down: "A portion of the ___": Shelley (7)
- ETERNAL
- 46 Down: Gannets' kin (5)
- ERNES
- 48 Down: Comic Bert (4)
- LAHR
- 52 Down: Nonclerical group (5)
- LAICS
- 53 Down: Snorri Sturluson's summary (4)
- EDDA
- 54 Down: Vexers (5)
- PESTS
- 58 Down: Agriculturists (7)
- RAISERS
- 60 Down: Printing processes, for short (5)
- ROTOS
- 62 Down: Hall of Famer (3)
- OTT
- 63 Down: Be quiet! (5)
- SHUSH
- 67 Down: Plug (4)
- CHEW
- 68 Down: Dilute (5)
- WATER
- 69 Down: About (5)
- CIRCA
- 70 Down: European graylings (6)
- OMBERS
- 71 Down: Ado (4)
- STIR
- 72 Down: Flat occupant (6)
- TENANT
- 74 Down: Plant openings (6)
- STOMAS
- 76 Down: ___ in (aware) (5)
- TUNED
- 78 Down: "There be fools alive, ___ . . . ": Shak. (4)
- IWIS
- 80 Down: Ancient Semitic tongue (7)
- AMORITE
- 82 Down: Art movement (4)
- DADA
- 85 Down: Cried harshly (8)
- SQUALLED
- 86 Down: Sept. 23–Oct. 22 baby (5)
- LIBRA
- 87 Down: W.W. II group (3)
- OSS
- 92 Down: Sharp reprimands (7)
- EARFULS
- 94 Down: City once called Last Chance (6)
- HELENA
- 95 Down: Dutch cheeses (5)
- EDAMS
- 97 Down: Fool (6)
- JESTER
- 100 Down: Bristles (5)
- SETAE
- 101 Down: Compact (5)
- DENSE
- 102 Down: Change the interior (4)
- REDO
- 103 Down: Organic compound (4)
- ENOL
- 105 Down: World Series winners: 1969 (4)
- METS
- 107 Down: Early wildlife preserver (4)
- NOAH
- 109 Down: Stage prize (4)
- OBIE
- 110 Down: Eurasian shrub (4)
- ULEX
- 111 Down: Musical symbol (4)
- REST
- 112 Down: Undergarment (3)
- BRA
- 113 Down: N.R.C. predecessor (3)
- AEC
- 114 Down: Ride the bench (3)
- SIT
- 115 Down: Consumed (3)
- ATE
- 117 Down: Owns (3)
- HAS
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