TITILLATING TUNES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 8/3/1980. By Jordan S. Lasher.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Right-angle extension (3): ELL
4 Across: Ready (3): PAT
7 Across: ___ as a ghost (6): ASPALE
13 Across: Thespian (5): ACTOR
18 Across: Architect I. M. (3): PEI
19 Across: Soup green (4): OKRA
21 Across: "___, My God, to Thee" (6): NEARER
22 Across: Polynesian native (5): MAORI
23 Across: Suffix with editor or janitor (3): IAL
24 Across: "Chanson d'Amour" subtitle (17): THERADADADADASONG
27 Across: Como hit of 1947 (14): CHIBABACHIBABA
29 Across: Grenoble's river (5): ISERE
30 Across: Writer Christie (6): AGATHA
31 Across: "___ Time": 1921 (3): ANY
32 Across: British parties (3): DOS
33 Across: "___ Maria" (3): AVE
35 Across: Rubberneck (6): STARER
38 Across: A Siamese twin (3): ENG
39 Across: Part of H.S.H. (3): HER
40 Across: Not windward (4): ALEE
41 Across: Roger and Madeline (5): KAHNS
42 Across: Inflict (5): WREAK
45 Across: Part of a table setting (9): SALADFORK
47 Across: Steer's wild ancestor (4): URUS
48 Across: Appearances (5): MIENS
49 Across: Sills specialty (7): TREMOLO
50 Across: Attorney's deg. (3): LLB
51 Across: "Song of the South" song: 1946 (13): ZIPADEEDOODAH
54 Across: Nessen or Ziegler (3): RON
57 Across: Sire of Osiris (3): KEB
58 Across: Sharpshooter (3): ACE
59 Across: Blackbird (4): MERL
60 Across: One-time Mrs. Sinatra (3): AVA
61 Across: Call ___ day (3): ITA
62 Across: Song by Sayers: 1891 (13): TARARABOMDERE
69 Across: Gulliver, for short (3): LEM
70 Across: Ezra Pound work (3): NOH
71 Across: Tra followers (4): LALA
72 Across: Comedian DeLuise (3): DOM
73 Across: Natural resource (3): ORE
74 Across: Zoo favorite (3): GNU
75 Across: Berlin song: 1913 (13): SNOOKEYOOKUMS
81 Across: Pussycat's poetic partner (3): OWL
82 Across: Dispossess (7): BEREAVE
84 Across: Vincent of chillers (5): PRICE
85 Across: Algonquian language (4): CREE
86 Across: Pure (9): UNBLOTTED
88 Across: Trade-in candidate (5): CRATE
89 Across: Range between continents (5): URALS
90 Across: Island feast (4): LUAU
91 Across: Kin of tri (3): TER
92 Across: Emulate Daedalus (3): FLY
93 Across: Relieves (6): SPELLS
94 Across: Speedometer rdg. (3): MPH
95 Across: They, in Marseille (3): ILS
96 Across: "___ Hear a Waltz?": 1965 (3): DOI
97 Across: Member of the sacerdocy (6): PRIEST
100 Across: "Cosi fan ___" (5): TUTTE
102 Across: Oscar-winning song of 1964 (14): CHIMCHIMCHEREE
107 Across: Como hit of 1950 (17): BIBBIDIBOBBIDIBOO
109 Across: Fire (3): AXE
110 Across: Elephant of juveniles (5): BABAR
111 Across: "___ Kelly, I Love You": 1922 (6): NELLIE
112 Across: Dispatched (4): SENT
113 Across: Peerce (3): JAN
114 Across: Luce (5): CLARE
115 Across: Kind of fee (6): GREENS
116 Across: A.D.A. member's degree (3): DDS
117 Across: Chip's sis (3): AMY

Down Answers

1 Down: "Beowulf," e.g. (4): EPIC
2 Down: Laban's daughter (4): LEAH
3 Down: "Hi-___, Hi-Lo": 1953 (4): LILI
4 Down: Broths (7): POTAGES
5 Down: Greatest Mogul emperor of India: Var. (6): AKHBAR
6 Down: Minister to (5): TREAT
7 Down: "The Breeze ___": 1940 (4): ANDI
8 Down: Shore or dune (7): SEABANK
9 Down: Sumatran seaport (6): PADANG
10 Down: Berlin song: 1915 (5): ARABY
11 Down: Mother of the Gemini (4): LEDA
12 Down: The Big Band ___ (3): ERA
13 Down: Pile up (5): AMASS
14 Down: Word in Gardner titles (4): CASE
15 Down: An "Irish Lullaby": 1914 (16): TOORALOORALOORAL
16 Down: "It's Now ___": 1960 (7): ORNEVER
17 Down: Tractor-trailer (3): RIG
20 Down: St. Louis sight (4): ARCH
25 Down: "I caught you!" (3): AHA
26 Down: Miniature scene (7): DIORAMA
28 Down: Heifers' habitats (5): BARNS
32 Down: Took out (5): DELED
34 Down: "A mouse!" (3): EEK
35 Down: Sneak's activity (8): SKULKING
36 Down: Officer under Cornwallis (8): TARLETON
37 Down: "Dig You Later" subtitle: 1945 (16): AHUBBAHUBBAHUBBA
38 Down: Naturalness (4): EASE
39 Down: Arlen or 67 Down (6): HAROLD
40 Down: C.I.O.'s complement (3): AFL
42 Down: Car attachment (5): WIPER
43 Down: U.S. cartoonist (3): REA
44 Down: Denouement (3): END
45 Down: Williwaw (5): STORM
46 Down: First note: Var. (3): DOH
48 Down: Glistening mineral (4): MICA
51 Down: "Iz ___ so!" (3): ZAT
52 Down: Surround (5): EMBAY
53 Down: ___ volente (3): DEO
55 Down: More than satisfactorily (8): OVERWELL
56 Down: Unknown (8): NAMELESS
63 Down: "Everybody Loves ___": 1958 (6): ALOVER
64 Down: Smoothed sand traps (5): RAKED
65 Down: Stout (3): ALE
66 Down: Draw out (5): EDUCE
67 Down: "Fanny" songwriter: 1954 (4): ROME
68 Down: Rheine's river (3): EMS
75 Down: Full-house sign (3): SRO
76 Down: In a pique (7): NETTLED
77 Down: Warren or Joyce Carol (5): OATES
78 Down: Grand Ole ___ (4): OPRY
79 Down: Plural of os (3): ORA
80 Down: Little fox (3): KIT
83 Down: Chosen, in Cannes (3): ELU
85 Down: Where the Minotaur menaced (5): CRETE
86 Down: Einstein's birthplace (3): ULM
87 Down: Kind of vows (7): NUPTIAL
88 Down: Welcome words to a hitchhiker (7): CLIMBIN
89 Down: Outcomes (7): UPSHOTS
92 Down: Human frailty (6): FOIBLE
93 Down: Kind of base or fiddle (6): SECOND
95 Down: " . . . long before ___": Brooke (5): ITIRE
96 Down: Ferocious dog of India (5): DHOLE
97 Down: Prof. probably (3): PHD
98 Down: Journalist Jacob (4): RIIS
99 Down: Plant deeply (5): IMBED
101 Down: Aspen transport (4): TBAR
102 Down: Betty Ford is one (4): CBER
103 Down: Companies, in Caen (4): CIES
104 Down: Delhi noble (4): RAJA
105 Down: Midterm or final (4): EXAM
106 Down: "___ Meeny Miney Mo": 1935 (4): EENY
107 Down: U.K. network (3): BBC
108 Down: Gerund ending (3): ING

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