POLYGLOT - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/27/1980. By Richard Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Slabs of peat (5)
- TURFS
- 6 Across: W.W. II front (3)
- ETO
- 9 Across: Say further (3)
- ADD
- 12 Across: Tool for planting seeds (6)
- DIBBLE
- 18 Across: At the summit (5)
- ONTOP
- 19 Across: ___ New York (7)
- GREATER
- 21 Across: Sports official (6)
- SCORER
- 22 Across: Alter (14)
- OLDERINGERMANY
- 24 Across: Principles of faith (6)
- TENETS
- 25 Across: Notable play of 1921 (3)
- RUR
- 26 Across: Gaggle group (5)
- GEESE
- 27 Across: "What ___, Life?": Masefield (3)
- AMI
- 28 Across: It's often hard to break (5)
- LEASE
- 29 Across: Hole enlargers (7)
- REAMERS
- 31 Across: Monroe follower (5)
- ADAMS
- 33 Across: Cowboy's chum (4)
- PARD
- 34 Across: Computer fodder (5)
- INPUT
- 35 Across: Arena (11)
- SANDINSPAIN
- 39 Across: April initials (3)
- IRS
- 42 Across: Spotted (4)
- SEEN
- 43 Across: Con men (4)
- NOES
- 44 Across: Toward the mouth (4)
- ORAD
- 45 Across: Hoop hanger (3)
- NET
- 46 Across: Driller's deg. (3)
- DDS
- 48 Across: Hill dweller (3)
- ANT
- 49 Across: Oligophrenic (5)
- MORON
- 51 Across: Tower locale (4)
- PISA
- 52 Across: Due (13)
- ITALIANFORTWO
- 56 Across: Roman road (4)
- ITER
- 57 Across: Newspaper's logo (3)
- SIG
- 60 Across: Simian space traveler: 1959 (4)
- ABLE
- 61 Across: Amonasro's daughter (4)
- AIDA
- 62 Across: Reiner or Sagan (4)
- CARL
- 63 Across: In a clumsy way (7)
- INEPTLY
- 65 Across: Bobwhite (5)
- COLIN
- 66 Across: Pass on, as responsibilities (7)
- DEVOLVE
- 69 Across: Hair style (4)
- AFRO
- 70 Across: City once called College Farm (4)
- AMES
- 71 Across: Big book (4)
- TOME
- 72 Across: Still (3)
- YET
- 73 Across: Dumb performer (4)
- MIME
- 74 Across: Mar (13)
- SPANISHFORSEA
- 79 Across: Red-cased cheese (4)
- EDAM
- 80 Across: Underworld (5)
- HADES
- 81 Across: Nucleic acid, for short (3)
- RNA
- 82 Across: Hindrance (3)
- RUB
- 84 Across: Coin of Japan (3)
- SEN
- 85 Across: Stony weather (4)
- HAIL
- 86 Across: U.S.S.R. range (4)
- ALAI
- 88 Across: Scarce (4)
- RARE
- 91 Across: Ouph (3)
- ELF
- 92 Across: Tout (11)
- ALLINFRANCE
- 96 Across: Sea lion's entourage (5)
- HAREM
- 97 Across: Windigo (4)
- OGRE
- 99 Across: Protuberant (5)
- BULGY
- 100 Across: Objective outlook (7)
- REALISM
- 102 Across: Rubber capital (5)
- AKRON
- 104 Across: Start of a hole (3)
- TEE
- 105 Across: Leo et al. (5)
- SIGNS
- 107 Across: Difference between the ai and the unau (3)
- TOE
- 108 Across: Tank feature (6)
- TURRET
- 110 Across: Court (14)
- FRENCHFORSHORT
- 113 Across: Black Sea port (6)
- ODESSA
- 114 Across: Speaker's concern (7)
- DICTION
- 115 Across: Having a scent (5)
- OLENT
- 116 Across: Most uncouth (6)
- RUDEST
- 117 Across: Guitarfish (3)
- RAY
- 118 Across: March 15, in Milano (3)
- IDI
- 119 Across: English battle site: May 14, 1264 (5)
- LEWES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Part of TNT (7)
- TOLUENE
- 2 Down: Like some statues (8)
- UNDRAPED
- 3 Down: Map abbr. (3)
- RTE
- 4 Down: Overlook (6)
- FORGET
- 5 Down: Screen in a British manor house (5)
- SPIER
- 6 Down: Roe (4)
- EGGS
- 7 Down: Monkey puzzle, e.g. (4)
- TREE
- 8 Down: Done, to Donne (3)
- OER
- 9 Down: Cossack chief (6)
- ATAMAN
- 10 Down: Casual wear (6)
- DENIMS
- 11 Down: Anhydrous (3)
- DRY
- 12 Down: Summer in N.Y.C. (3)
- DST
- 13 Down: Where Fischer beat Spassky (7)
- ICELAND
- 14 Down: Goof (5)
- BONER
- 15 Down: Pane (12)
- BREADINITALY
- 16 Down: Court calls (4)
- LETS
- 17 Down: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 20 Down: "___ of Gaul," medieval romance (6)
- AMADIS
- 22 Down: Perfume base (5)
- ORRIS
- 23 Down: Capone's nemesis (4)
- NESS
- 30 Down: Sic transit gloria ___ (5)
- MUNDI
- 31 Down: Hoosier humorist (3)
- ADE
- 32 Down: Big spender (5)
- SPORT
- 33 Down: Instrument for Serkin (5)
- PIANO
- 36 Down: Broadway heroine (5)
- ANNIE
- 37 Down: ___ bene (4)
- NOTA
- 38 Down: In a line (4)
- AROW
- 40 Down: Store or stock (7)
- RESERVE
- 41 Down: Hollywood hopeful (7)
- STARLET
- 47 Down: Photocopy (4)
- STAT
- 48 Down: Associate (4)
- ALLY
- 49 Down: In style (6)
- MODISH
- 50 Down: Algerian port (4)
- ORAN
- 51 Down: One-trillionth: Comb. form (4)
- PICO
- 53 Down: Lat. case (3)
- ABL
- 54 Down: Names meaning "sweet or pleasant" (6)
- NAOMIS
- 55 Down: Does clerical work (5)
- FILES
- 57 Down: Thai (7)
- SIAMESE
- 58 Down: Non-Moslem, to Moslems (7)
- INFIDEL
- 59 Down: Rot (12)
- GERMANFORRED
- 64 Down: Skald's opus (4)
- POEM
- 65 Down: Malacca (4)
- CANE
- 66 Down: Tennyson heroine (4)
- DORA
- 67 Down: German river (3)
- EMS
- 68 Down: Change direction (4)
- VEER
- 71 Down: Keynote (5)
- TONIC
- 74 Down: A source of oil (5)
- SHALE
- 75 Down: Water carrier (4)
- PAIL
- 76 Down: Off-the-cuff remark (5)
- ADLIB
- 77 Down: Kukla's friend (4)
- FRAN
- 78 Down: Of the ear (5)
- AURAL
- 83 Down: Merrill or Milnes (8)
- BARITONE
- 85 Down: Tackle (7)
- HARNESS
- 86 Down: Silvery (6)
- ARGENT
- 87 Down: Not of the cloth (3)
- LAY
- 89 Down: Vichy et al. (7)
- RESORTS
- 90 Down: Irish patriot (5)
- EMMET
- 93 Down: Beaverlike fur (6)
- NUTRIA
- 94 Down: Like cumulus clouds (6)
- FLEECY
- 95 Down: "Cogito, ___ sum" (4)
- ERGO
- 96 Down: Fight (6)
- HASSLE
- 98 Down: Juniper (5)
- GORSE
- 101 Down: Register (5)
- ENROL
- 102 Down: Noun suffix (4)
- ATOR
- 103 Down: African antelope (4)
- KUDU
- 105 Down: Wearing pumps (4)
- SHOD
- 106 Down: Former African province of Spain (4)
- IFNI
- 109 Down: Use a shuttle (3)
- TAT
- 110 Down: Four-termer's monogram (3)
- FDR
- 111 Down: Twice LI (3)
- CII
- 112 Down: Fell (3)
- HEW
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