FIELD LARK - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 9/7/1980. By Caroline G. Fitzgerald.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Coating or film (5): GLAZE
6 Across: On Old Ironsides (6): ABOARD
12 Across: Frolic (4): ROMP
16 Across: Churchill's "___ Country" (4): AFAR
20 Across: Start over (5): RENEW
21 Across: Thurified (6): CENSED
22 Across: Unlucky (4): EVIL
23 Across: Largest country in Africa (5): SUDAN
25 Across: Originate (5): ARISE
26 Across: Apostles' and Nicene (6): CREEDS
27 Across: Tarzan's swing (4): VINE
28 Across: Moslem scholars (5): ULEMA
29 Across: Memorial Stadium (11): COLTSCORRAL
31 Across: Riverfront Stadium (11): BENGALSLAIR
33 Across: Observe (3): EYE
34 Across: Suffix with diction (3): ARY
35 Across: Ham it up (5): EMOTE
37 Across: Rumpled (7): TOUSLED
38 Across: Hog fat (4): LARD
40 Across: Metallic disks (6): PATENS
42 Across: High, waterproof boot (3): PAC
43 Across: Meadowlands stadium (12): GIANTSCASTLE
46 Across: Shea Stadium (8): JETPLAIN
51 Across: City ENE of Indianapolis (6): MUNCIE
52 Across: Suffix with suffer (4): ANCE
53 Across: Drudge (6): SLAVEY
55 Across: Ericsson (4): LEIF
57 Across: Baba the woodcutter (3): ALI
58 Across: Bullet (4): SLUG
60 Across: Eight-time Norris Trophy winner (3): ORR
62 Across: Capital of Southern Yemen (4): ADEN
63 Across: Piscivorous flier (4): ERNE
64 Across: Veterans Stadium (10): EAGLESNEST
67 Across: Starfish (8): ASTEROID
71 Across: Noted ref. book (3): OED
72 Across: Spurt (4): GOUT
73 Across: Trouble (3): ADO
74 Across: Year in reign of Otto I (4): CMLI
75 Across: Mounted police (8): TROOPERS
77 Across: Eye sore (3): STY
79 Across: Estelle from Lynn (7): PARSONS
82 Across: Part of Can. (3): NWT
83 Across: False claim (8): PRETENSE
88 Across: Central Park producer (4): PAPP
89 Across: Key letter (3): PHI
92 Across: Undercover cop (4): NARC
95 Across: Linden or Holbrook (3): HAL
96 Across: Isolated (8): SEPARATE
98 Across: Louisiana Superdome (10): SAINTSHALO
101 Across: Great Barrier Island (4): OTEA
103 Across: Operatic prince (4): IGOR
104 Across: Islanders' org. (3): NHL
106 Across: Undiluted (4): NEAT
107 Across: Kier or keeve (3): VAT
108 Across: Compact (4): TAMP
109 Across: Make bubbly (6): AERATE
111 Across: Egg-shaped (4): OOID
113 Across: Doe, to a fawn (6): PARENT
115 Across: Pontiac Silverdome (8): LIONSDEN
117 Across: Orange Bowl (12): DOLPHINSTANK
120 Across: ___ Canals, St. Marys River (3): SOO
121 Across: Roman officials (6): EDILES
122 Across: Suit to ___ (4): ATEE
123 Across: Ex-Dodger manager and familiy (7): ALSTONS
127 Across: Kind of remark (5): SNIDE
128 Across: N.Z. tree (3): AKE
129 Across: Bill (3): TAB
132 Across: Metropolitan Stadium (11): VIKINGSCOVE
134 Across: County Coliseum (11): RAIDERSCAVE
139 Across: " . . . ___ and silver beam": Shelley (5): AMILD
140 Across: Asian desert (4): GOBI
141 Across: Unworthy idol (6): TINGOD
142 Across: Dimmer (5): PALER
143 Across: Moore's "___ Rookh" (5): LALLA
144 Across: Persea or wicopy (4): TREE
145 Across: Witch in TV's "Bewitched" (6): ENDORA
146 Across: Nautical direction (5): APORT
147 Across: Loom reed (4): SLEY
148 Across: Orange-red ring stone (4): SARD
149 Across: Taws, often (6): AGATES
150 Across: Tithe part (5): TENTH

Down Answers

1 Down: Favor (5): GRACE
2 Down: "Bad" Mr. Brown (5): LEROY
3 Down: Old-womanish (5): ANILE
4 Down: Gusto (4): ZEST
5 Down: Togolese group (4): EWES
6 Down: Harmonies (7): ACCORDS
7 Down: Bird's morsel (5): BERRY
8 Down: Person who is sui generis (4): ONER
9 Down: On a cruise (4): ASEA
10 Down: Memorable, as a day (9): REDLETTER
11 Down: Deg. for one who cares about caries (3): DDS
12 Down: Faces, as an embankment (6): REVETS
13 Down: Like bighorns (5): OVINE
14 Down: Type of porcelain (4): MING
15 Down: Skirt feature (5): PLEAT
16 Down: "Business ___" (7): ASUSUAL
17 Down: All-out (9): FULLSCALE
18 Down: "Let's Make ___" (5): ADEAL
19 Down: Nettle (5): RAMIE
24 Down: Plant or ointment (4): NARD
30 Down: Trusts (7): CARTELS
31 Down: "Treasure Island" pirate (5): BONES
32 Down: Drooping (5): LOPPY
36 Down: Ferrer or Tormé (3): MEL
38 Down: Varnish base (3): LAC
39 Down: Cordials (9): ANISETTES
40 Down: Roast or roaster (3): PAN
41 Down: Tie for a groom (5): ASCOT
43 Down: Solzhenitsyn's "Archipelago" (5): GULAG
44 Down: Architect Jones: 1573–1652 (5): INIGO
45 Down: Like gnus in zoos (5): CAGED
46 Down: Broken-down horse (4): JADE
47 Down: She married a Lloyd (5): EVERT
48 Down: Drift (5): TENOR
49 Down: Great-grandchild, in Glasgow (5): IEROE
50 Down: Forty-___ (5): NINER
51 Down: Busch or Marsh (3): MAE
54 Down: Quarter type in Paris (5): LATIN
56 Down: I.R.S. agents (4): FEDS
59 Down: ___ boat, for sailing (3): UNA
61 Down: Memorial Coliseum (7): RAMSPEN
65 Down: Irving Stone's "___ for Life" (4): LUST
66 Down: Bribe (3): SOP
68 Down: Dr. in "Tristram Shandy" (4): SLOP
69 Down: Charged atom (3): ION
70 Down: Southern New York, e.g. (9): DOWNSTATE
74 Down: Demo follower (4): CRAT
76 Down: Egyptian god (4): PTAH
78 Down: Chemical suffix (3): YNE
80 Down: Notwithstanding (5): APART
81 Down: Place to get fit (3): SPA
83 Down: Unit of illumination (4): PHOT
84 Down: Amount of assessment (5): RATAL
85 Down: Ink resin (5): ELEMI
86 Down: Emulated Caleb (5): SPIED
87 Down: Bore hated by sailors (5): EAGRE
90 Down: Official language of India (5): HINDI
91 Down: Suffix with opal (3): INE
93 Down: Poe's one-word bird (5): RAVEN
94 Down: Sharp metallic sound (5): CLANK
97 Down: Bookbinder's sheepskin (4): ROAN
98 Down: Spot for a snow bunny (5): SLOPE
99 Down: One of many behind bars (7): TAPSTER
100 Down: Four-time N.L. home-run champ (3): OTT
102 Down: Marginal note (9): APOSTILLE
105 Down: Outlet for fans (9): HOLLERING
109 Down: "I Feel ___ Comin' On": 1935 (5): ASONG
110 Down: Arcaro or Stanky (5): EDDIE
112 Down: Letters on a chasuble (3): IHS
114 Down: "Norma ___" (3): RAE
116 Down: Lunchtime for many (7): NOONDAY
118 Down: Like: Suffix (3): OID
119 Down: ___ a jaybird (7): NAKEDAS
121 Down: Committed a deadly sin (6): ENVIED
123 Down: Of grandparents (4): AVAL
124 Down: Certain beans (5): LIMAS
125 Down: Carpentry, for one (5): SKILL
126 Down: Some noncoms (5): SSGTS
127 Down: Temperate (5): SOBER
128 Down: Antonym for abhor (5): ADORE
129 Down: Leftovers in solitaire (5): TALON
130 Down: Prevent (5): AVERT
131 Down: Slip for a ship (5): BERTH
133 Down: J. F. Cooper heroine (4): CORA
135 Down: Lick ___ promise (4): ANDA
136 Down: "___ Rhythm": 1930 (4): IGOT
137 Down: Young oyster (4): SPAT
138 Down: Elizabeth is one (4): CAPE
141 Down: Boston jetsam: Dec. 16, 1773 (3): TEA

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