HIGH SPIRITS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/31/1980. By Joy L. Wouk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Chorus in "The Green Pastures" (6): ANGELS
7 Across: Volcanic emissions (6): EJECTA
13 Across: Least attentive (7): DEAFEST
20 Across: Lark or eagle (6): SOARER
21 Across: Paid (up) (6): PONIED
22 Across: Hurriedly (7): INHASTE
23 Across: Assignations (6): TRYSTS
24 Across: River to Hecate Strait (6): SKEENA
25 Across: Office, in Santander (7): AGENCIA
26 Across: Lace tag (5): AGLET
27 Across: "Balloon Hoax" author (3): POE
28 Across: Comic-strip pilot (10): SMILINJACK
30 Across: Early car (3): REO
31 Across: P.S. 6 Man., e.g. (7): ELEMSCH
35 Across: Press (4): IRON
36 Across: Sommer (4): ELKE
37 Across: Po River city (5): TURIN
39 Across: Song syllable (3): TRA
40 Across: Teller's place (4): CAGE
41 Across: "Mr. Republican" (4): TAFT
42 Across: Pigments for Gainsborough (6): OCHRES
44 Across: Ann Ronell's command to a willow (4): WEEP
45 Across: Certain jockey's concern (4): DISC
47 Across: Game, such as rounders (3): TUT
48 Across: Lend ___ (help) (5): AHAND
49 Across: Crab shells (9): CARAPACES
52 Across: Ulithi, e.g. (5): ATOLL
54 Across: Patriotic org. (3): SAR
55 Across: Vedic sky dragon (3): AHI
56 Across: Browning's "___ Duchess" (6): MYLAST
57 Across: Poet St.-John, 1960 Nobelist (5): PERSE
58 Across: Rainbow goddess (4): IRIS
60 Across: Seat for Burger (4): BANC
62 Across: Barbarian (3): HUN
63 Across: " . . . ___ spacious skies" (3): FOR
64 Across: Did some decorative stitching (7): SMOCKED
66 Across: Oar parts (5): LOOMS
68 Across: Tybalt, to Juliet (7): KINSMAN
72 Across: Bergamot, e.g. (3): OIL
73 Across: U.N. arm (3): ILO
74 Across: Augury (4): OMEN
76 Across: Saarinen (4): EERO
77 Across: Obtund (5): BLUNT
80 Across: Mogadishu resident (6): SOMALI
83 Across: Stingo, in Soho (3): ALE
84 Across: Muffler mangler (3): RUT
85 Across: Ouida (5): RAMEE
86 Across: Becoming communicative (9): OPENINGUP
88 Across: Mesta (5): PERLE
90 Across: D.C. agency under McIntyre (3): OMB
91 Across: Occlude (4): SHUT
93 Across: Heller hero (4): GOLD
94 Across: Used a rosary (6): PRAYED
95 Across: Pongo and wou-wou (4): APES
97 Across: "___ volat propriis" (Oregon motto) (4): ALIS
99 Across: Ass, in Tours (3): ANE
100 Across: Flora and fauna (5): BIOTA
101 Across: Ford's running mate: 1976 (4): DOLE
102 Across: Moroccan district (4): IFNI
103 Across: Kentucky Derby winner: 1956 (7): NEEDLES
105 Across: Game played with counters (3): NIM
108 Across: Buccaneers' black banner (10): JOLLYROGER
111 Across: Aria area (3): CEE
112 Across: G.I.'s "sky pilot" (5): PADRE
114 Across: Spanish philosopher: 1864–1936 (7): UNAMUNO
115 Across: Swatch (6): SAMPLE
118 Across: Christie's "The ___ of Chimneys": 1925 (6): SECRET
119 Across: Covered with tin or steel (7): METALED
120 Across: Creates a jam (6): TIESUP
121 Across: Part of a rosebush's hip (6): ACHENE
122 Across: Arranges beforehand (7): PRESETS
123 Across: Kaufman quips (6): ADLIBS
124 Across: ___ prunes (6): STEWED

Down Answers

1 Down: "___ Is Born" (5): ASTAR
2 Down: Neighbor of Sverige (5): NORGE
3 Down: " . . . haughty gallant, ___?": N. Rowe (11): GAYLOTHARIO
4 Down: Gaelic (4): ERSE
5 Down: Possessed of learning (8): LETTERED
6 Down: Grads-to-be (3): SRS
7 Down: British spa or college (5): EPSOM
8 Down: Card (8): JOKESTER
9 Down: Paris-to-Reims dir. (3): ENE
10 Down: Co., in Metz (3): CIE
11 Down: Sawbucks (4): TENS
12 Down: He wrote "The Native's Return": 1934 (6): ADAMIC
13 Down: Conversation writer (9): DIALOGIST
14 Down: Donkeys on shipboard (7): ENGINES
15 Down: "Two owls and ___": E. Lear (4): AHEN
16 Down: Kind of aircraft (6): FANJET
17 Down: Reversible machine (9): ESCALATOR
18 Down: Measures of set type (9): STICKFULS
19 Down: Vessel on the range (9): TEAKETTLE
27 Down: Implement for flights of fancy (3): PEN
29 Down: Sultanic say-sos (6): IRADES
32 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3): LIS
33 Down: Quintessence (5): CREAM
34 Down: Opper creation (13): HAPPYHOOLIGAN
38 Down: Inspiration for Keats (3): URN
42 Down: Bedouin's goal, at times (5): OASIS
43 Down: Allure (5): CHARM
44 Down: Farm wagon (4): WAIN
46 Down: Poultry treat (5): CAPON
49 Down: Its capital is N'Djamena (4): CHAD
50 Down: Astringent (4): ALUM
51 Down: Provençal love song (5): CANSO
53 Down: Pithy (5): TERSE
55 Down: Slayer of Eric IV (4): ABEL
59 Down: A quick bread (5): SCONE
61 Down: Region, to Byron (5): CLIME
63 Down: Choice (4): FINE
65 Down: Sharpers (5): KITES
67 Down: Buck heroine (4): OLAN
68 Down: Iodine source (4): KELP
69 Down: Buffoon (11): MERRYANDREW
70 Down: "Any fool can make ___ . . . ": Thoreau (5): ARULE
71 Down: Eminent (5): NOTED
75 Down: Whittier's Miss Muller (4): MAUD
77 Down: Decathlon item (9): BROADJUMP
78 Down: Satirist (9): LAMPOONER
79 Down: Like plants of the carrot family (9): UMBELLATE
80 Down: Grits and chitlins (9): SOULFOODS
81 Down: Choosing (6): OPTING
82 Down: "___ swell foop" (5): INONE
87 Down: Campus group (8): GLEECLUB
88 Down: Broad view (8): PROSPECT
89 Down: Erode (3): EAT
92 Down: Snood (7): HAIRNET
94 Down: Flan (3): PIE
96 Down: Lagerlof et al. (6): SELMAS
98 Down: Mexican institution (6): SIESTA
100 Down: Wheat, in Colmar (3): BLE
104 Down: Abysses (5): DEEPS
106 Down: Drama by S. Johnson (5): IRENE
107 Down: Apportioned (5): METED
109 Down: Time of "comfort and joy" (4): YULE
110 Down: Foray (4): RAID
113 Down: Yearn (4): ACHE
116 Down: Brooks (3): MEL
117 Down: "___ Love You," 1934 song (3): PSI
118 Down: His Most Serene Highness: Fr. abbr. (3): SAS

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