IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/26/1980. By Elaine D. Schorr.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Auricular (4)
- OTIC
- 5 Across: Expeditious (5)
- RAPID
- 10 Across: Reduce in rank (5)
- ABASE
- 15 Across: Competitive setting (4)
- OVAL
- 19 Across: Togetherness for leftovers (4)
- HASH
- 20 Across: Be devious (5)
- EVADE
- 21 Across: Part of U.S.N.R. (5)
- NAVAL
- 22 Across: ___ cloth (4)
- PINA
- 23 Across: Carmen in Herrera's country (16)
- MIRANDAVENEZUELA
- 26 Across: Lady of Limerick land (4)
- ERIN
- 27 Across: Kind of activity (5)
- RADIO
- 28 Across: Demesne (6)
- SPHERE
- 29 Across: Practice halieutics (5)
- ANGLE
- 30 Across: Implement for Hawkeye (7)
- SCALPEL
- 33 Across: Company lover (6)
- MISERY
- 34 Across: Doll babies (6)
- CUTIES
- 35 Across: Start of a speech (6)
- LADIES
- 36 Across: Ulan ___ (5)
- BATOR
- 37 Across: A discovery of Gene Kelly (5)
- CARON
- 38 Across: Arrow poison (4)
- INEE
- 39 Across: Ellen of Big Sky country (12)
- TERRYMONTANA
- 43 Across: Doxy (3)
- ISM
- 46 Across: Flappers, e.g. (4)
- GALS
- 47 Across: Resinous substance (3)
- LAC
- 48 Across: Heraldic wreath (4)
- ORLE
- 49 Across: Fierce Hawaiian shark (4)
- MANO
- 50 Across: Biographer Winslow (3)
- OLA
- 51 Across: Tennyson lass in a hit musical (12)
- ENIDOKLAHOMA
- 56 Across: The Tentmaker (4)
- OMAR
- 57 Across: Culvert entry (5)
- INLET
- 59 Across: Like some rules (5)
- RIGID
- 60 Across: Ball-gown fabric (5)
- MOIRE
- 61 Across: Fashion fashioner (7)
- MODISTE
- 63 Across: Gemstone surface (5)
- FACET
- 64 Across: Honeyed phrases (7)
- BLARNEY
- 66 Across: Sharp spur (5)
- ARETE
- 67 Across: Fey (5)
- ELFIN
- 68 Across: Up and about (5)
- RISEN
- 69 Across: Glacial ridges (4)
- OSAR
- 70 Across: Stone maiden of the Nile (12)
- ROSETTAEGYPT
- 74 Across: Rheine's river (3)
- EMS
- 77 Across: Profligate (4)
- ROUE
- 78 Across: Boundaries: Lat. (4)
- ORAE
- 79 Across: Hunters' org. (3)
- NRA
- 80 Across: Waterlogged (4)
- ASOP
- 81 Across: Officeholders (3)
- INS
- 82 Across: Georgia girl in pine country (12)
- AUGUSTAMAINE
- 87 Across: "___ creature was . . . " (4)
- NOTA
- 88 Across: Cantankerous (5)
- TESTY
- 90 Across: Then: Fr. (5)
- ALORS
- 91 Across: Used the aerie (6)
- NESTED
- 93 Across: Actress Fisher (6)
- CARRIE
- 95 Across: Desultory (6)
- RANDOM
- 97 Across: Like a corduroy fabric (7)
- PINWALE
- 98 Across: George Eliot's real name (5)
- EVANS
- 99 Across: Precursor of the feminist movement (6)
- SANGER
- 100 Across: Stockholm's Hasso (5)
- SIGNE
- 101 Across: Apologue, e.g. (4)
- TALE
- 102 Across: English queen in Ahmadou Ahidjo's land (16)
- VICTORIACAMEROON
- 107 Across: Les Etats-___ (4)
- UNIS
- 108 Across: Grenoble's river (5)
- ISERE
- 109 Across: An Alexander (5)
- SHANA
- 110 Across: Smooth sailing (4)
- EASE
- 111 Across: E.R.A. is one (4)
- STAT
- 112 Across: Stuck in the mud (5)
- MIRED
- 113 Across: Pueblo Indians (5)
- HANOS
- 114 Across: Take in tow (4)
- DRAW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Electrical unit (3)
- OHM
- 2 Down: Asian language (3)
- TAI
- 3 Down: Rep. bordering Lebanon (3)
- ISR
- 4 Down: "___ Angels" (8)
- CHARLIES
- 5 Down: Most rubicund (7)
- REDDEST
- 6 Down: Profit (5)
- AVAIL
- 7 Down: Peacock constellation (4)
- PAVO
- 8 Down: Orfe (3)
- IDE
- 9 Down: Dullness (7)
- DENSITY
- 10 Down: ___-Sudzhensk, U.S.S.R. city (7)
- ANZHERO
- 11 Down: Hank ___, ex-Yankee (5)
- BAUER
- 12 Down: ___ Fisher Hall, N.Y.C. (5)
- AVERY
- 13 Down: Kind of closeout (4)
- SALE
- 14 Down: Guidonian note (3)
- ELA
- 15 Down: "___ the public" (6)
- OPENTO
- 16 Down: One of the Mayos in the Land of Lakes (17)
- VIRGINIAMINNESOTA
- 17 Down: Old-womanish (5)
- ANILE
- 18 Down: Rural rights of way (5)
- LANES
- 24 Down: Place for a clasp (4)
- NAPE
- 25 Down: ___ Downs (5)
- EPSOM
- 29 Down: Distinctive air (4)
- AURA
- 30 Down: Irish port (5)
- SLIGO
- 31 Down: Sight from Buzzards Bay (5)
- CANAL
- 32 Down: A leading lady Down Under (17)
- ADELAIDEAUSTRALIA
- 33 Down: Polo (5)
- MARCO
- 34 Down: Crete's capital (5)
- CANEA
- 36 Down: Nail variety (4)
- BRAD
- 37 Down: Storm's predecessor (4)
- CALM
- 40 Down: Flower of the flock (5)
- ELITE
- 41 Down: Like very few baseball games (5)
- NOHIT
- 42 Down: Walked on (4)
- TROD
- 44 Down: Dragnet (5)
- SNARE
- 45 Down: Amsterdam (5)
- MOREY
- 49 Down: Poet Marianne (5)
- MOORE
- 51 Down: It precedes where (4)
- ELSE
- 52 Down: It precedes work (3)
- NET
- 53 Down: Tough wrapping paper (5)
- KRAFT
- 54 Down: Aboveboard (5)
- LICIT
- 55 Down: Rocket stage (5)
- AGENA
- 58 Down: Saltpeter in Soho (5)
- NITRE
- 60 Down: Food for hogs (4)
- MAST
- 61 Down: Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa is one (5)
- MAORI
- 62 Down: Bean raised in Vermont (5)
- ORSON
- 63 Down: Turns tail (5)
- FLEES
- 64 Down: Three-time also-ran (5)
- BRYAN
- 65 Down: Outer edge (3)
- LIP
- 67 Down: Genesis brother (4)
- ESAU
- 70 Down: A way to go (5)
- ROUTE
- 71 Down: Caligula specialty (4)
- ORGY
- 72 Down: Equip for the fray (5)
- ENARM
- 73 Down: Like ashes in Amiens (4)
- GRIS
- 75 Down: Touring stop (5)
- MOTEL
- 76 Down: One of a top suit (5)
- SPADE
- 80 Down: Honored an R.S.V.P. (8)
- ANSWERED
- 82 Down: Take-it-or-leave-it phrase (4)
- ASIS
- 83 Down: Performed, as the Castles (7)
- TANGOED
- 84 Down: Cabinetwork wood (5)
- ALDER
- 85 Down: Like Saracens' architecture (7)
- MOORISH
- 86 Down: Hard nuts to crack (7)
- ENIGMAS
- 89 Down: Wilde hero (6)
- ERNEST
- 92 Down: Nine: Comb. form (4)
- ENNE
- 93 Down: Equatorial constellation (5)
- CETUS
- 94 Down: ___-garde (5)
- AVANT
- 95 Down: Bonneville contestant (5)
- RACER
- 96 Down: Cavern, poetically (5)
- ANTRE
- 97 Down: Emil Gilels plays it (5)
- PIANO
- 99 Down: Porkfish (4)
- SISI
- 100 Down: Give the once-over (4)
- SCAN
- 102 Down: Ginger (3)
- VIM
- 103 Down: Cry of triumph (3)
- AHA
- 104 Down: Rower (3)
- OAR
- 105 Down: Explorer Johnson (3)
- OSA
- 106 Down: Unessayed (3)
- NEW
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