MIX AND MATCH - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 8/24/1980. By Judson G. Trent.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Amiens's river (5)
SOMME
6 Across: Donner or Khyber (4)
PASS
10 Across: Chrysalis (4)
PUPA
14 Across: Southwestern art center (4)
TAOS
18 Across: Nautical term (5)
ABEAM
19 Across: Krubi's kin (5)
CALLA
20 Across: Pyromaniac's act (5)
ARSON
21 Across: Reef (5)
LEDGE
22 Across: Importunate? (11)
PERMUTATION
24 Across: Enumeration? (11)
MOUNTAINEER
26 Across: Tay feeder (4)
ISLA
27 Across: Common verbal contraction (5)
ARENT
28 Across: Arizona flattops (5)
MESAS
29 Across: Schools in Sedan (6)
ECOLES
30 Across: Ruby that sparkles onstage (3)
DEE
31 Across: Middle of a well-known Kipling trio (5)
ABONE
32 Across: Welland is one (5)
CANAL
33 Across: Groups of three (6)
TRINES
34 Across: Dutch cheeses (5)
EDAMS
35 Across: Maestro Georg (5)
SOLTI
36 Across: Indian ranges (5)
GHATS
37 Across: Falsifies, as evidence (7)
DOCTORS
40 Across: Iridescent? (10)
INDISCREET
42 Across: Links teacher (3)
PRO
45 Across: "All ___!" (6)
ABOARD
46 Across: Kind of artery or vein (5)
ILIAC
47 Across: As to (4)
INRE
48 Across: Uncompromising (4)
GRIM
49 Across: Novelette (5)
CONTE
50 Across: "Awake and Sing!" playwright (5)
ODETS
51 Across: Springe (5)
SNARE
53 Across: Female sandpiper (5)
REEVE
54 Across: Myra or Rudolf (4)
HESS
55 Across: Blockhead (4)
CLOD
56 Across: Article in Aachen (4)
EINE
57 Across: "Laura" lyricist (6)
MERCER
58 Across: "___ was saying . . . " (3)
ASI
59 Across: Legislator? (10)
ALLEGORIST
63 Across: Antenna connectors (7)
LEADINS
64 Across: TV hit show (6)
DALLAS
67 Across: Emanate (5)
ARISE
68 Across: Sacking (6)
BURLAP
69 Across: L.A. eleven (7)
THERAMS
71 Across: Emendation? (10)
DENOMINATE
73 Across: Call ___ day (3)
ITA
76 Across: K.P. utensils (6)
PARERS
77 Across: Cumulus (4)
PILE
78 Across: Nones follower (4)
IDES
79 Across: Expectant (4)
ATIP
80 Across: He played Chan 16 times (5)
OLAND
81 Across: Consecrate (5)
BLESS
82 Across: Duties (5)
TAXES
84 Across: Saw (5)
ADAGE
85 Across: "I ___ Song Go . . . " (4)
LETA
86 Across: Berlin's "He's ___ Picker" (4)
ARAG
87 Across: Lawmaker (5)
SOLON
88 Across: London critic (6)
SLATER
89 Across: Nabokov's "The ___" (3)
EYE
90 Across: Coordinate? (10)
DECORATION
93 Across: Holy Land pilgrims (7)
PALMERS
94 Across: Like Bryce Canyon (5)
EROSE
96 Across: Roman games official (5)
EDILE
97 Across: Quest of running mates (5)
VOTES
98 Across: Lacking (6)
ABSENT
100 Across: Word with time or room (5)
SPARE
101 Across: Suspicious (5)
LEERY
102 Across: Vichy is one (3)
SPA
105 Across: Flower or locust tree (6)
ACACIA
106 Across: Parts of tents (5)
FLAPS
107 Across: Trunk line, in a way (5)
AORTA
108 Across: Actor Tamiroff (4)
AKIM
109 Across: Oscillation? (11)
COLONIALIST
111 Across: Procreation? (11)
INCORPORATE
113 Across: Prompters (5)
CUERS
114 Across: Coppers (5)
CENTS
115 Across: Abstracted (5)
MOONY
116 Across: Mickey Mouse, in Mexico (5)
RATON
117 Across: Wrongful act (4)
TORT
118 Across: Aglets (4)
TAGS
119 Across: Raisin for Reynaldo (4)
PASA
120 Across: Mingle (5)
BLEND

Down Answers

1 Down: Flavorsome (5)
SAPID
2 Down: Like Falstaff (5)
OBESE
3 Down: Oberon from Tasmania (5)
MERLE
4 Down: Pistol-packer of songdom (4)
MAMA
5 Down: Cassowary's cousin (3)
EMU
6 Down: Plates for the Host (6)
PATENS
7 Down: Adjective for a flared skirt (5)
ALINE
8 Down: Letter drop (4)
SLOT
9 Down: ___ Bernardino (3)
SAN
10 Down: Dull (7)
PROSAIC
11 Down: Prevalent (5)
USUAL
12 Down: Lily from France (4)
PONS
13 Down: Pismire (3)
ANT
14 Down: Joining pegs (6)
TENONS
15 Down: An Astaire (5)
ADELE
16 Down: Pointed arches (5)
OGEES
17 Down: Sun. discourses (4)
SERS
19 Down: Ricochets (6)
CAROMS
20 Down: Catkins (6)
AMENTS
21 Down: Aboveboard (5)
LICIT
23 Down: Geraint's tunic (6)
TABARD
25 Down: Oxygenize (6)
AERATE
28 Down: Derived from apples (5)
MALIC
31 Down: Idolize (5)
ADORE
32 Down: Musical denouements (5)
CODAS
33 Down: "___ is a tide . . . " (5)
THERE
34 Down: Les ___-Unis (5)
ETATS
35 Down: Pet (4)
SNIT
36 Down: Art of Bruegel or Vermeer (5)
GENRE
37 Down: Muscovite's villa (5)
DACHA
38 Down: Shawm's descendants (5)
OBOES
39 Down: Desecration? (11)
CONSIDERATE
40 Down: ___ la Cité (5)
ILEDE
41 Down: Merry (5)
RIANT
42 Down: Peripatetic? (11)
PRECIPITATE
43 Down: Split (5)
RIVEN
44 Down: Measures in Judea (5)
OMERS
46 Down: Teraphim (5)
IDOLS
48 Down: Frey's wife (5)
GERDA
50 Down: Sevillian stewpots (5)
OLLAS
51 Down: Earthquake (5)
SEISM
52 Down: Nipponese born in Napa (5)
NISEI
53 Down: Kind of estate (4)
REAL
55 Down: Kon-Tiki's troubles (5)
CALMS
57 Down: Ponds, in poesy (5)
MERES
60 Down: Celts (5)
GAELS
61 Down: Battle scene: Feb. 24, 1916 (5)
ORNES
62 Down: Corcovado's city (3)
RIO
63 Down: Mandolins' kin (5)
LUTES
65 Down: Detroit's Joe Louis ___ (5)
ARENA
66 Down: Daube (4)
LARD
68 Down: Black Forest site (5)
BADEN
69 Down: Letter-shaped wagon tongue (5)
TPOLE
70 Down: "Roots" author (5)
HALEY
71 Down: Muralist Rivera (5)
DIEGO
72 Down: One of the Lakers (5)
NIXON
74 Down: Subject of a Blake poem (5)
TIGER
75 Down: Copyists (5)
APERS
77 Down: "Big A" bet (5)
PLACE
79 Down: Inedible apple (5)
ADAMS
81 Down: Finistère port (5)
BREST
82 Down: ___ de Jouy (fabric) (5)
TOILE
83 Down: Tub plant (4)
ALOE
84 Down: Part of a tennis court (5)
ALLEY
86 Down: Lord or God, in Hebrew (6)
ADONAI
87 Down: Stimulates (5)
STIRS
88 Down: Henchman (6)
SATRAP
91 Down: Victuals (7)
REPASTS
92 Down: Modifies (6)
ADAPTS
93 Down: Berryman's bequest (6)
POETRY
94 Down: Convoy (6)
ESCORT
95 Down: Saddlers' products (5)
REINS
97 Down: Home of Valentine and Proteus (6)
VERONA
98 Down: Hearing: Comb. form (5)
ACOUO
99 Down: He packs cotton (5)
BALER
100 Down: First-aid contrivance (5)
SLING
101 Down: Western weeds, for short (5)
LOCOS
102 Down: What the Rangers do (5)
SKATE
103 Down: Climber's spike (5)
PITON
104 Down: Improve (5)
AMEND
105 Down: I.R.S. employee (4)
ACCT
106 Down: Kind of market (4)
FLEA
107 Down: Buffalo's cousin (4)
ANOA
108 Down: Inland sea (4)
ARAL
110 Down: Emulate Arnold Moss (3)
ACT
111 Down: Ketcham's Dennis, e.g. (3)
IMP
112 Down: Any planet (3)
ORB

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